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Ailene Voisin: QB as much vocation as position for Raiders' Pryor
By Ailene Voisin
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Published: Sunday, Sep. 15, 2013
OAKLAND – Terrelle Pryor always wanted to be a quarterback, OK? When coaches and friends, and even NFL analyst Jon Gruden, suggested he switch to tight end or wide receiver, the third-year Raiders quarterback politely but stubbornly shook his head and said, "No thanks."
Quarterback is in his head, in his DNA, in his local soil. Joe Namath and Joe Montana grew up within an hour of Pryor's hometown of Jeannette, Pa. Terry Bradshaw and Ben Roethlisberger won Super Bowls with Pryor's Pittsburgh Steelers. And back at his old high school, the colors blue and red are beloved.
"Around here, Friday night's the night," Jeannette High athletic director Matt Lebe said from his cellphone. "The years Terrelle blew through, it was just electric, exciting. There were only 80 people in his graduating class, maybe 300 in the school, so you can imagine the amount of attention he received. People here still follow him closely."
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/15/5737232/ailene-voisin-qb-as-much-vocation.html#storylink=cpy
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