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

[Bleed S & G]

Mel Kiper is no coach

 

[Steve19]

I am very sure that, if Mel Kiper says something, Jim Tressel will want to write it down and study it .

 

[3074326]

Haha, that is such a stupid comment. It's kind of unbelievable, even coming from ESPN.

 

[Trevi]

From Cleveland Plain Dealer:

cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland

Ohio State needn't worry about Pryor image - yet

We might think we know what kind of quarterback Terrelle Pryor will be at Ohio State, a future he made official when, as the nation's No. 1 high school football recruit, he signed a National Letter of Intent with the Buckeyes on Wednesday. But no one knows what kind of student, teammate or person he'll be.

 

[utgrad73]

From Cleveland Plain Dealer:

cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland

Ohio State needn't worry about Pryor image - yet

We might think we know what kind of quarterback Terrelle Pryor will be at Ohio State, a future he made official when, as the nation's No. 1 high school football recruit, he signed a National Letter of Intent with the Buckeyes on Wednesday. But no one knows what kind of student, teammate or person he'll be.

That's all we have now - uncertainty. Pryor admitted to a temper and stubborn streak. When I watched him play basketball last month, I didn't love the way he handled himself on the court. Seemed a little self-important and dismissive of authority - just like a kid I saw in line for popcorn at the movies the following weekend.

His image is what he projects now, at this moment. Whether he tempers that with humility and becomes the student of the game under Jim Tressel remains to be seen. He is what he is, a tremendous athlete, but also he's an 18 year old who will still buy popcorn at the movies, maybe even act goofy or say something inappropriate. That's life as a teenager, and growing up as a Buckeye in the next few years will either turn him into a fine young Buckeye or a self serving hot shot with a swagger. My money is on the former because Tressel won't tolerate it the other way. This is a team in which there are star players at every position and where stars unite to become constellations. He'll hold the clipboard on the sideleines, learn the plays, study the game and hopefully when the time is right, he'll impress the Buckeye nation with not only his football skills but more importantly his inevitable transformation as a young adult, student, and representative of the Ohio State University Buckeye Football Team.

 

[alpo]

Apologize if already posted:

CantonRep.com - Canton and Stark County News

Appropriate article coming from a place that will be synonymous w/his name someday, hopefully.
"I just want to be an ordinary kid, work out and go please the Buckeye nation." / Makes me want to cry!

 

[shetuck]

Dispatch: Daniels has a Pryor commitment

Daniels has a Pryor commitment
OSU assistant's task is to develop touted QB

Sunday, March 23, 2008 3:30 AM
By Tim May

The truth about college football recruiting is nothing matters but the fax. That's why, with the signed national letter of intent from quarterback Terrelle Pryor on the way, Ohio State assistant coach Joe Daniels made sure he was sitting by the fax machine in the football office last Wednesday.

That Daniels was there against doctors' orders -- he is still recovering from Feb. 28 surgery to remove a cancerous kidney -- didn't matter. What mattered, Daniels said, was seeing confirmation that the Buckeyes had just signed the No. 1 prospect in the country.

"Let me just say it was very important to me," said Daniels, the point man on the Pryor case for two years. "When you spend that much time recruiting a guy, you want to be there when it becomes official. And, of course, the recruiting with him went a little extra long, so it was great to see it."

Ohio State now has the rights to the most sought-after player in the country, a 6-foot-6, 230-pound running/throwing wunderkind that some experts think is the next Vince Young.

Those grand expectations fall primarily on the shoulders of Daniels, the quarterbacks coach on Jim Tressel's staff.

cont'd...

 

[Oneshot]

Terelle is, at the very least, going to give us an AMAZING look for facing teams with mobile quarterbacks.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Gotcha' but we ran a very similar offense to those teams in '05 when we had Troy. Lots of draws, options, and screen passes. That style of offense isn't exactly new to Tressel.

not to mention the fact that Tressel has been known to go from a triple option one season to a run and shoot the next while at YSU. he runs whatever offense suits his players the best.

 

[Steve19]

From Cleveland Plain Dealer:

cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland

Ohio State needn't worry about Pryor image - yet

We might think we know what kind of quarterback Terrelle Pryor will be at Ohio State, a future he made official when, as the nation's No. 1 high school football recruit, he signed a National Letter of Intent with the Buckeyes on Wednesday. But no one knows what kind of student, teammate or person he'll be.

Uh, yeah, we pretty much know that he is an honors student in high school who completes assignments and does the work, according to his teachers and school administrators. Why would that change now? The pro expectations have been there for years for this kid.

 

[sandgk]

The bitterness in Ann Arbor continues unabated:
Michigan Daily - Spinning Your Way to a Happier March

Terrelle Pryor choosing Ohio State over Michigan.
Or should I say, the University of Ohio State. Let's be honest, Pryor isn't a frontrunner for the Academic All-Big Ten team next year. Pryor going to school in Columbus is good news for everyone except the Ann Arbor News, which was probably licking its chops for a potential academic "scandal."

Which is fine and dandy except that Pryor is an honor roll student (maintains 3.4 GPA thus >B+ average).

Pryor may be the most recruited player in western Pennsylvania since Washington High running back Brian Davis, a national high school player of the year in the mid 1980s. Davis' career at Pitt ended quickly because of academic problems, and he never played college football again.
Pryor has a 3.4 grade-point average, goes to class and is being mentored by Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch, who met him through a relative and is helping guide him through the recruiting process.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Link

Four area players make first-team all-state in boys basketball

By Staff and Wire Reports

Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:41 AM EDT
This season, it was almost necessary to be a leading player of the year candidate nationally to be considered for the same award on the state level in Pennsylvania.

Terrelle Pryor and Tyreke Evans, two of the country?s top high school athletes, lead The Associated Press Pennsylvania boys basketball all-state teams after achieving considerable recognition far beyond the commonwealth?s borders.

Pryor had quite the senior year at Jeannette, going 2-for-2 in state championships. As the nation?s most-recruited high school quarterback, he led the Jayhawks to the state Class AA football title. Then, refusing to be distracted by nearly around-the-clock football recruiting that didn?t end until he signed with Ohio State on March 19, he pulled off the same feat by powering his team to the AA basketball championship.

?I know he loves the game. I?m just going to tell you, I don?t know if some of you guys realize the commitment that he?s made to our basketball team,? said Jeannette?s Jim Nesser, chosen as the AA coach of the year. ?The kid?s made a lot of sacrifices for our team. ... I have great respect for Terrelle Pryor

Continued...

 

[Smooth Olaf]

sandgk, that article was completely tongue-in-cheek. It was obviously just a play on Pryor's "Univeristy of Ohio State" comment, not on his academic standing at his high school.

Hell, his silver-lining outlook on the Celtics being the overall #1 seed in the East made some pretty good sense.

 

[BB73]

From today's presser (I transcribed this from an audio file on the official site):

JT: "Terrelle's just one of those kinda guys, he's so passionate about being a great quarterback, and reaching goals and so forth, that he loves to talk about it. He constantly wants to be evaluated. I remember, we got a chance to go over and watch one game, because they happened to play on a Thursday, and Thad and I and Allen Major and Joe Daniels and so forth went over; and I remember ... I think that was back in the times where you could call once a week.

"I can't remember if I called him or he called me but whatever ... he wanted to explain to me about that one pass he didn't hit: 'You know, I saw the safety, and I let it go just a little bit, I shoulda hit it' you know, and all that.

"He loves to talk about football, and about becoming as good as he can become. I think his comfort level, quite honestly, with our players gave him a little more comfort with us coaches. I know when he was over here for Senior Camp, he really loved the way that the strength guys, you know, pushed and challenged him - he wants to be challenged.

"He wants to do well, When he was done with you guys on, whatever day that was, Wednesday last week, about 1:30 or 2 o'clock I get a text - after signing you're allowed to text them by the way; I don't want to get in any trouble here (he could always text us). But I got a text from him saying 'Did I do good?', like evaluate me - and I didn't even watch it. So .. don't write that, 'cause he might read it.

"I told him he did great (laughter from the crowd), as far as I knew, but I was gonna wait and read all the articles.

"But he just wants to be good, and he wants you to evaluate him, and I think that creates a good relationship, because we want to be good."

 

[BB73]

JT also said today that Pryor will be #2.

That's jersey number 2, not a comment about where he'll be on the depth chart.