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Dakota Prukop (born October 17, 1993) is a professional gridiron football quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for Montana State from 2013 to 2015 and for Oregon in 2016.
College career
Prukop transferred to the University of Oregon upon his graduation from Montana State University. Prukop announced his intentions to transfer to Oregon on December 15, 2015. On January 5, 2016, Prukop began classes at Oregon, officially joining the football team. After struggling in the Ducks' 5th game against Washington State, Prukop was benched and freshman quarterback Justin Herbert took over for the rest of the year.
Professional career
Toronto Argonauts
On May 23, 2017, Prukop signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL. He played in nine games as the third-string quarterback, but also saw time on special teams, recording six special teams tackles for the year. While he didn't dress in any playoff games, he was a member of the 105th Grey Cup championship team in 2017. In 2018, he began the year as the fourth-string quarterback again, but was promoted to the active roster and regularly dressed as the third-string quarterback due to an injury to the team's starter, Ricky Ray. Following the Ray's retirement, Prukop became the team's third-string quarterback entering the 2019 Toronto Argonauts season, but was soon elevated to back up following an injury to starter, James Franklin. He saw his first action at quarterback on July 25, 2019 against the Edmonton Eskimos in relief of McLeod Bethel-Thompson, but he threw two interceptions and the team lost 26-0. Later that season, after the Argonauts had been eliminated from post-season contention, he again saw game action and threw his first career touchdown pass to Rodney Smith on a 13-yard completion on October 26, 2019 against the Ottawa Redblacks. As a pending free agent in 2020, he was released during the free agency negotiation window on February 7, 2020.
Calgary Stampeders
On February 11, 2020, Prukop signed with the Calgary Stampeders.
