DaPrato was a multi-talented player who ran with the ball, handled place-kicking and punting, and was also considered "a fine forward passer.
[7] At the end of the 1915 season, DaPrato was a consensus first-team selection on the 1915 College Football All-America Team.
[2] He made his pro debut on Sunday, November 7, 1915—one day after he appeared in his final collegiate game for M.A.C.
The Detroit Free Press noted: "Jerry De Prato helped some while he was in there, but he was so banged up from the Marquette game that he was forced to retire after the first half.
He served with the United States Army in Germany and was appointed acting mayor of a German town during the occupation.
"[12] In September 1920, the NFL (called the American Professional Football Association during the 1920 and 1921 seasons) was founded at a meeting in the Hupmobile auto showroom of the owner of the Canton Bulldogs.