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

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Pryor belongs on list of state's best players

Patriot News (Harrisburg, PA)

Pryor belongs on list of state's best players

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
BY ROD FRISCO

So, let's ask it: Is Terrelle Pryor the best high school football player you've ever seen in this state?

Careful now. Read the question again.

We did not ask if Pryor, Jeannette's all-state and soon to be All-America quarterback, was the best high school player ever in Pennsylvania. We're asking if he's the best you've ever seen. (And we'll feel sorry for you if you missed him either of the last two seasons.)

There's a reason for that distinction. We haven't seen all of the state's best players as schoolboys over the years, so we can't tell you who is No. 1. We can't even define the criteria.

Would he have to be a two-way player (like Pryor)? Would he have to compile stratospheric stats (like Pryor)? Would he have to be a great college player (like Pryor might well be)? An NFL star (ditto)? We'll leave that up to the debaters.

Thanks to the state playoffs, which began in 1988, we've been fortunate to see some exceptional high school stars: Berwick quarterback Ron Powlus, Hickory receiver and kick returner Andre Coleman, Cumberland Valley fullback Jon Ritchie, North Hills linebacker LaVar Arrington, McKeesport linebacker Brandon Short, Downingtown running back Aaron Harris, Central Bucks West linebacker Dave Armstrong, Perry quarterback Rod Rutherford, Aliquippa everything Darrell Revis, Parkland tailback Austin Scott, Woodland Hills return man Steve Breaston (a QB when he played for Woody High), Strath Haven linebacker Dan Connor and Hopewell linebacker (and tailback, then) Paul Posluszny.

Good heavens, what a list. And that roster is abbreviated. Given that we're talking about the players when we saw them in high school, the list could fill up this page.

Of course, we just listed players who played in state championship games. What about that massive pool of players who never got there (like Bishop McDevitt's LeSean McCoy) or never had state playoffs at all (like Bishop McDevitt's Ricky Watters)?

Let's stick with the basics. Is Pryor the best Pennsylvania scholastic player we've ever seen?

Athletically, the answer is a qualified yes.

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The article was also written by a Michigan site. I will take this is trying to make something out of nothing and be on with it. Nothing that has been said by ANY service (website or ESPN "experts") should be taken as nothing mroe than smoke and mirrors.

I didn't want to believe it when it was happening, but when Mike Floyd was being heavily recruited by us before he commited to Notre Dame he had taken on official visit (to ND) and that was it, no others were even scheduled. The moment Terrelle goes, or even schedules, an official visit other than the one he took to Ohio State... please wake me.
 
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don't think this article has been posted. it's a couple days old...

MLive.com: All eyes turn to Pryor

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All eyes turn to Pryor

Posted by [URL="http://blog.mlive.com/thediagabout.html"]Chris Burke[/URL] December 17, 2007 19:14PM

Rich Rodriguez has signed on the dotted line. Will his first big coup see him land arguably the nation's best recruit in Terrelle Pryor?



Rivals.com writer Gerry Ahern discusses the possible ramifications.
Michigan would provide Pryor with all the ingredients he seeks to show his wares - a huge stadium filled with rabid fans and colossal national TV exposure in an offense that suits him to a "T." [...]​
One factor that could come into play is that Pryor has stated he'd like to play both football and basketball in college - he's a five-star small forward on the hardwood. Obviously, Ohio State's hoops program is leaps and bounds ahead of Michigan's at the time, but Pryor's athleticism and mid-range jumper could fit in very nicely with John Beilein's system.
He's a football recruit first, though, so all of the basketball hoopla will depend on what happens with his football commitment.

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The Huge Show is a sports radio weekly out of Grand Rapids MI. Consider the source and consider whether the transcript is complete.

Certainly the stakes here got ramped up - but, the factors that make Ohio State the best fit when comparing Ohio State vs. WVU remain unchanged in absolute value when comparing TSUN and Ohio State as destinations. There may be some shifting in relative value, but the absolutes remain favorable.
 
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t_BuckeyeScott;1032984; said:
It's the coach... he hasn't seemed happy with OSU the whole time. Whatever it is I'm not worried unitl our guys (45,21, 22, LJB) are worried. Until then its all just news. Take it as is.
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Thats exactly how I feel as well. I haven't been on these boards for all that long (about a year) but one thing I've learned is that those guys seem to know a lot about whats going on behind the scenes. I'll trust them more than any piece of reporting.
 
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