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QB/WR Terrelle Pryor ('10 Rose, '11 Sugar MVP)

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Ohio State Buckeyes land top recruit Terrelle Pryor


Thursday, March 20, 2008Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
You've seen Jim Tressel lead a team to a National Championship and seen him coach Troy Smith to the Heisman Trophy. But you've never seen him with a quarterback like Terrelle Pryor, and in three years, you may think about Tressel in an entirely different way.
When the nation's No. 1 quarterback recruit finally committed to Ohio State on Wednesday, Pryor established himself as the player who may most define Tressel's tenure.
Tressel's reputation has always been more conservative than his offense, but for outsiders, the headstrong, fleet-footed quarterback from outside Pittsburgh and his straitlaced new boss may seem like an odd match. But Tressel, an old quarterback who loves nothing more than calling plays, has been waiting for a talent like the 6-6, 230-pounder with 4.4 speed to land in Columbus.




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Ohio State Buckeyes to see Terrelle Pryor on the field soon

Thursday, March 20, 2008 Doug Lesmerises

Plain Dealer Reporter
Terrelle Pryor will play at Ohio State. This season.
"The thing you need to do as a coaching staff is get the people on the field that can make plays and design things for what people are ready to do," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Wednesday after Pryor signed his National Letter of Intent with Ohio State. "He's excited about learning the offense and he's excited about helping any way he can. He has great respect for Todd Boeckman and all the rest of the guys.
"I think everyone is aware of the fact that he has the kind of ability that once he understands the system and knows opposing defenses and all the rest, then he's going to have a chance to express his physical abilities and his playmaking ability. No question about it, you try to find as many ways you can to get playmakers into the ballgame."
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How? Easy. It's been done before.



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Gazette

Pryor's wait was worth it for Ohio State
Thursday, March 20, 2008
By Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Lake Fong/Post-Gazette
Terrelle Pryor waves to supporters during his news conference yesterday. At left is his grandmother, Marlene Arnold; his father, Craig Pryor, is on the right.

Terrelle Pryor's recruiting saga had many bizarre twists and turns -- right up until the final hour.
It was less than two hours until the star high school quarterback let the world know his college choice was Ohio State, and Mr. Pryor was nowhere to be found.
He did not show up for classes yesterday morning at Jeannette High School. Athletic director Bob Murphy couldn't get him on the phone. Guidance counselor Rick Klimchock was starting to get nervous as members of the media were arriving for a noon news conference.
Never mind wanting to know where Mr. Pryor was going to college. Jeannette officials simply wanted to know where he was. Forty-two days earlier, Mr. Pryor called a news conference -- to announce he hadn't made a college decision.
"Not again," Mr. Klimchock muttered yesterday morning.
Mr. Pryor eventually arrived at school, an hour before the news conference. But he was still being coy. Fifteen minutes before the announcement, Jeannette football coach Ray Reitz emerged from a meeting with Mr. Pryor and said, "He's still not telling us yet."



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Gazette

Ohio State wins Pryor sweepstakes

By Paul Schofield
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Moments after Terrelle Pryor ended his news conference Wednesday in the Jeannette High School auditorium, he received a text message from his new football coach, Ohio State's Jim Tressel. It read: "Terrelle, you are awesome. Your dream has come true. Call me when you have a minute, I love you, man, Coach Tressel."
Pryor, Tressel and the Ohio State football program may have a special bond for a long time. Even before Pryor decided yesterday to make his decision and sign a letter of intent to wear the scarlet and gray of the Buckeyes, he always talked highly of the program.
So it wasn't a surprise when he pulled a black Ohio State hat out of his dad's jacket and proudly put it on his head.




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Canton

Terrelle Pryor makes his college choice: Ohio State
Thursday, March 20, 2008
By Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

JEANNETTE, Pa. In Jim Tressel's mind, Terrelle Pryor always was a Buckeye. All the 6-foot-6, 230-pound quarterback from Jeannette High School did Wednesday was announce it to the world.

Pryor signed and faxed a letter of intent to Tressel's office shortly before a noon press conference.

It ended perhaps the most hyped and dramatic recruiting saga since Al Gore and the Internet.

Pryor feels he can help OSU get over the "hump."

"We want to work hard and do whatever we can," Pryor said. "That little championship losing two years in a row."

In choosing Ohio State, Pryor passed on Michigan, Penn State and Oregon, though he never officially visited the latter two.

"When I told Coach Tressel, he said, 'Welcome to the family,' " said Pryor, the only QB in Pennsylvania history to run and pass for more than 4,000 yards in a career.

"Coach Rodriguez was still recruiting me and giving me lines. I felt bad. ... Coach Rodriguez did his job. He is a great coach. He'll still make stuff happen."

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Sports spotlight: Jim Tressel feels his new quarterback is misunderstood
Thursday, March 20, 2008
BY Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

JEANNETTE, Pa. Much has been written and said about what kind of person Terrelle Pryor is.

There are videos on YouTube people will use to show he is a prima donna. There is the recent postgame fight involving his Jeannette High School basketball team. There was Pryor a month ago, before a national TV audience and reporters from at least three states, delaying his college football choice.

The nerve.

I don't know Pryor and will defer to Ohio State Head Coach Jim Tressel. He has spent the last two years getting to know the country's hottest high school football recruit. He has spent the entire recruiting season trying to convince Pryor the Buckeyes were the best fit.

In the end, Tressel can't convince anyone of that. Players must convince themselves.


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Dispatch
Rob Oller commentary: Dual threat or double trouble

Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:37 AM
By Rob Oller



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JEANNETTE, Pa. -- The hilly streets where Terrelle Pryor walks surprise you with how quickly they change direction. They twist left then immediately turn right, rise sharply up one block and tumble down another. The roller-coaster roads are not unlike the player himself, who can switch from shy student to angry athlete at a moment's notice. With Pryor, you know what you're getting on the football field -- a tremendous talent who is the No. 1-ranked recruit in the nation -- but not necessarily what you're getting the rest of the time.
Ohio State fans are excited that Pryor is leaving these rolling streets of western Pennsylvania for Columbus. They just don't want the Buckeyes' grand prize traveling a bumpy road once he arrives.
It is the great unknown -- what kind of kid are the Buckeyes getting? It is the great fear -- that what they're getting is another high-maintenance freshman.



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Dispatch
When can he start?
Buckeyes could look at two-QB system with Boeckman, Pryor
Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:37 AM
By Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Pryor results

Terrelle Pryor leaves behind a mountain of yards, points and wins in Jeannette, Pa., where over the past three years as quarterback he:
  • Rushed for 4,250 yards
  • Passed for 4,249 yards
  • Either ran or passed for 115 touchdowns
  • Led his team to a 38-4 overall record, 13-2 in the playoffs, including the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League titles in 2006 and 2007, and the state Class AA championship in 2007 (16-0)
In 2007 alone, he:
  • Rushed for 1,899 yards, 38 TDs
  • Passed for 1,889 yards, 21 TDs
  • Helped Jeannette set a state all-classes record for points (860)
In basketball, he:
  • Finished eighth on the WPIAL all-time scoring list with 2,285 points
  • Led his team to the Class AA state semifinals in 2007 and to the state championship this year, making Jeannette just the third school in state history to win a football and a basketball title in the same school year
Source: Josh Funk, PennLive.com


JEANNETTE, Pa. -- Terrelle Pryor probably could have started from day one at Michigan. Penn State promised it would change its offense. And Oregon? It already has a wide-open offense, but he probably could have picked his own uniform scheme from the Ducks' deep walk-in closet. Yet when it came time to choose a college yesterday, Pryor -- the top overall prospect in the nation this year -- signed with Ohio State. The Jeannette High School quarterback did so even though there was no promise of a starting job from coach Jim Tressel.
Senior Todd Boeckman returns, and he took the Buckeyes to the national championship game last season. There are two other competitors, Antonio Henton and Joe Bauserman, already on the roster. But there is a precedent for Pryor's situation, and it shows how he might fit in with the Buckeyes this season.



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OSU tops Michigan to reel in star QB

Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:28 AM
By Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Terrelle Pryor's cap shows his pick.


JEANNETTE, Pa. -- Quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the nation's No. 1 football prospect in the 2008 class, presided over his second news conference in six weeks yesterday, but this time he didn't waffle. "University of Ohio State," he said as he reached for a block O cap and pulled it snugly onto his head in his high-school auditorium.
That the name was wrong didn't muddle the message: The 6-foot-6, 230-pounder from Jeannette High School had picked Ohio State over Michigan and chosen a side in what some people consider the greatest rivalry in college football.
His mother, Toni Pryor, said she could tell earlier in the day that her son was feeling the impact of the moment.



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Overheard: Terrelle Pryor

Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:26 AM




"We're just going to work hard and do everything we can to help coach Tress get over that little hump he's got, that little championship game losing two years in a row." Terrelle Pryor, who committed yesterday to Ohio State



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When RR was announced as coach at Michigan, there was much hype about how he would change the Big Ten "arms race". Well. They were right about a coach taking the Big Ten to another level.
They just chose the wrong coach! :biggrin:
Pryor and Tressel could do big things in and out of conference.
 
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Free Press - JT 1 - Rodriguez 0

Recruiting victories are largely symbolic, but considering the Wolverines haven't beaten Tressel and Ohio State on the field the past four years, any kind of triumph would have been appreciated.
Rodriguez came to U-M with one edict: Beat the Buckeyes. Pryor was the first head-to-head test, and Rodriguez couldn't get it done.
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It's no secret how badly Rodriguez wanted Pryor. He notified Pryor of his intentions to take the U-M job before he told his West Virginia players.
But he couldn't get the better of Tressel in his first try, and now the gap between Ohio State and Michigan is a little wider.
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