College and NFL
Pringle attended California State University, Fullerton, where he played on the Cal State Fullerton Titans football team.. At Cal State Fullerton, Pringle shared the NCAA single-game rushing record at one time with 357 yards against New Mexico State on November 4, 1989. He also led the nation that year in all-purpose yardage with a school-record 2,690 yards.
Pringle played well enough to be selected 139th overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1990 NFL draft. However, he would never play a down in the National Football League, spending most of the 1990 NFL season on the practice roster (although he dressed for the final three games). The final cut from Atlanta's 1991 training camp, Pringle, like fellow Cal State Fullerton alumni Damon Allen and Allen Pitts, went on to the Canadian Football League, where he became one of the best players in league history at his position.
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