QB Terrelle Pryor (official thread)

[osugrad21]

'08 PA ATH Terrelle Pryor

Pro-style quarterback
Jeannete (PA)
Ht: 6-foot-6
Wt: 220 lbs
Forty: 4.4 secs
2006 stats: 1,732 yards passing, 15 TD's; 1,676 yards rushing, 28 TD's; 1 TD receiving
Class: 2008 (High School)

Terrelle has offers from Pitt, Clemson, PSU, and tOSU. He is a versatile athlete that can multiple positions at the college level.

[osugrad21]

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All eyes will be on quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who is considered one of the top junior basketball players in the nation, Pryor will try to enhance his growing football reputation as well.
As a sophomore, Pryor (6-6, 220) ran for 596 yards and 12 touchdowns, and passed for 647 yards and six scores. His play helped Jeannette go 8-2, 6-1.
Joining Pryor will be senior wide receiver Davonte Shannon (6-1, 175), junior running back/defensive back Jerry Harris (5-10, 160) and junior fullback/linebacker Mike Matt (6-1, 205).

[osugrad21]

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PG East: Jeannette's Pryor reconsiders his future on football field

Thursday, August 24, 2006
By Chris Adamski, Tri-State Sports & News Service


Terrelle Pryor likely has a very bright athletic future ahead of him, but he wants people to know he's not just thinking of himself.
A star at Jeannette, he is best known for being a standout basketball player. But he was also the starting quarterback as a sophomore on a very good Jayhawks football team last season.
A year older, Pryor sounds a year wiser, which should not only pay dividends on the football field, but also for what has become a very public life.
"I'm not setting any individual goals. I'm not looking at being anything myself," Pryor said. "If I set my goals, I do it for the team. I'm not setting any goals other than that for the football team and what they need from me."
Pryor admits that during last basketball season, when he averaged 21.5 points per game in leading the Jayhawks to the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals, he might have been thinking too much of himself. But Pryor is saying the right things as he heads into this academic year, sounding like a changed young man.
"It's hard, talking to people, people talking to me, trying to make decisions," Pryor said. "Now I have talked to some people and decided to relax. The pressure, it was unbelievable. I don't want to sound like I am complaining, but you don't even understand. I can't express the words to explain it."
Pryor said he is beginning to understand the repercussions of his actions and the reaction he might generate.
There are the not-so-kind rumblings from Pitt fans, for example, after Pryor initially verbally committed to play basketball for the Panthers, but reopened his options.
One of those options is football. There are those in the high school and college football ranks who believe Pryor, 6 feet 5, 220 pounds, is a superior player, and that he has been given some bad advice about not pursuing football more.
He was a regular at several big-time basketball camps, but not at major football camps.
"He's a hard worker, but the AAU guys do a good job keeping him away from football camps," Jeannette football coach Ray Reitz said. "If he would go to one camp, I can't even imagine ... I think everybody in the country would want him."
As recently as late spring, Pryor expressed little interest in playing college football in an interview with the Post-Gazette and insinuated that his future career ranked above winning when prioritizing his goals. Reitz at the time sounded frustrated, too.
That all seems changed now for a gracious, polite Pryor.
"I want to be a leader now," Pryor said. "It's a big role, too. The last couple of seasons -- even in basketball -- I got a bit big-headed. I want to be different and play for my team even more.
"I'm not saying I didn't play for my team last year, but I want to make sure that every time I step on the field or court now, I am doing it for my team and my teammates."
Reitz, who expressed a renewed commitment and attitude in Pryor, isn't afraid to throw a high-profile name out to compare Pryor to: Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young, who led the University of Texas to the national championship in January.
"He's very elusive and athletic, and he's strong, too," Reitz said. "He has the strength and accuracy in his arm. He's got a gift from God. And he's got the heart to work hard, too.
"There's nothing he can't do on a football field."
Pryor passed for 647 yards and six touchdowns during the regular season last year, and had team-highs in rushing attempts (90), yards (596) and touchdowns (12) as the Jayhawks went 8-1 before losing to Mohawk in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs.
Perhaps in the past, Pryor would have felt the pressure to improve his stats this year or, worse, not play football at all to reduce the risk of injury for basketball.
Not this season. Now when he is asked what his goals are for the year, "I" is not used. Just "we."
"We have to play every single game and play hard and work hard and not look past anybody," he said. "We're in a good [conference]. But we want to get into the playoffs and win in the playoffs."

[westbuck04]

Sounds like an unbelievable athlete...any chance he actually plays football? He's said in the past that he's definitely a basketball player, but even if he plays football, I'd imagine Wanstedt will do everything he can to get him.

He was commited to Pitt for a while, so I'd imagine they have to be a heavy favorite here no matter what sport he plays.

[Poz79]

Bucknuts $

9/6

Update by Kyle Lamb. Willie Burns, Terrelle's guardian talks of Terrelle receiving an offer from Ohio State Sept. 1. Terrelle decommitted from a basketball verbal to Pitt in April. He's receiving offers for both sports.

[akronbuck]

Originally Posted by osugrad21

'08 PA ATH Terrelle Pryor

Pro-style quarterback
Jeannete (PA)
Ht: 6-foot-6
Wt: 220 lbs
Forty: 4.4 secs
Class: 2008 (High School)

Terrelle has offers from Pitt, Clemson, PSU, and tOSU. He is a versatile athlete that can multiple positions at the college level.

if all thats true with his size and speed .He could play QB,WR,TE,DE,OLB OR S.

Sounds like M.jordan athlete

[osugrad21]

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Jeannette throttles Washington
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TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, September 9, 2006

This past week at practice, the Jeannette football team got a pep talk from three members of the 1956 WPIAL Class AA championship team. The talk worked like a charm. After the 1956 team, which included Dick Hoak, Wayne Tucci, John Dobrinick and Jim Burzio -- was honored prior to Friday's game against Washington at McKee Stadium, No. 5 Jeannette used three touchdowns by Davonte Shannon and two by quarterback Terrelle Pryor to roll over Washington, 46-7, in an Interstate Conference battle.
The victory improves Jeannette's record to 2-0 and sets up an early-season first-place showdown with No. 4 Yough next Friday at Cougar Mountain. Yough defeated Waynesburg last night.
Shannon caught two touchdown passes -- covering 25 and 41 yards -- from Pryor, who completed 10-of-13 passes for 203 yards. Pryor, who also scored on two 1-yard sneaks, also received an offer from No. 1-ranked Ohio State earlier in the week.
"I didn't think we were very sharp," Jeannette coach Ray Reitz said. "It was one of those games, we couldn't get a flow. We were very lucky at the end of the half." Part of the reason why Jeannette looked sluggish was the play of Washington in the first half.
After Pryor connected on a 25-yard flip to Shannon in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead, Washington threatened twice to tie the score after quarterback Chad Smith and split end C.J. Baker connected on a 43-yard pass to the Jeannette 1.
But Jeannette's defense kept Washington out of the end zone and took over on downs at Jeannette's 11. Washington's defense then forced a fumble on the next play and the Prexies took over at the Jeannette 17.
This time, however, Jeannette's defense turned the tables. A second-down pitch by Smith went awry and Jeannette's T.J. Burns scooped up the ball and raced 67 yards to the Washington 1. Pryor scored on the next play for a 14-0 lead.
Pryor and Shannon hooked up on a perfectly thrown 41-yard scoring strike late in the first half to make it 21-0.
"What can you say?" Washington coach Bill Britton said. "We're inexperienced and we had a couple of plays that deflated us in the first half. But I thought we had some kids step up and play hard, especially in the first half. I thought we out-hit Jeannette."
Washington cut the score to 21-7 when Alex Evans scored on a 27-yard run with 40 seconds left.
The play that flattened Washington came on the final play of the first half. Jeannette lined up for a 29-yard field goal, but the kick was blocked by Mark Wise. The ball bounced into the hands of Shannon, who raced 15 yards for the score.
Because the kick never crossed the line of scrimmage, the ball was still live.
"I didn't know what to do at first," Shannon said. "Shaw (Sunder) said 'Run, run run,' and I took off."
Jeannette dominated the second half. Running back Michael Matt, who finished with 69 yards on 12 carries, started to find running lanes, and Jeannette's defense only allowed Washington one first down during the final 24 minutes. Washington finished with 84 yards passing, all in the first half, and 11 yards rushing.
"That blocked kick took the wind out of their sails," Reitz said. "The key here at Jeannette is if we play defense, we'll be OK."
Pryor scored in the third quarter to make it 33-7, and the Jeannette reserves closed out the scoring in the fourth quarter.
"We still can get better," Pryor said. "We're starting to click and I'm still learning."
Shannon said he and Pryor are starting to get on the same page.
"We're starting to read each other," Shannon said. "We're starting to come together really good. We didn't play at our best. We still have room to improve."
Britton, who saw his team fall to 0-2, said he held out 10 players, including three starters. One starter was injured and nine others were suspended for breaking team rules.
"We had to stick to our rules," Britton said. "This will make us a better team in the long run."

[osugrad21]

Pryor, who received a football scholarship offer last week from No. 1 Ohio State to play quarterback, looked sharp in Jeannette's victory against Washington. Pryor, who rushed for two scores, competed 11 of 14 passes for 212 yards and tossed scoring strikes of 25 and 46 yards to Davonte Shannon.

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[osugrad21]

Jeannette quarterback Terrelle Pryor completed 12 of 23 passes for 179 yards and a touchdown. He also scored on a 2-yard run.

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[Poz79]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

High School Notebook: Pryor has choice of colleges, sports
Friday, September 22, 2006
by Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

College basketball coaches are pulling Jeanette's Terrelle Pryor from one side. College football coaches are tugging from the other.

Pryor is willing to compromise. He now hopes to play both sports in college.

Pryor, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound Jeanette junior, already has Division 1 scholarship offers in both sports. This tells you about his football potential: Ohio State offered him a scholarship last week. Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia also have offered, while Michigan and Notre Dame are starting to show interest. Pryor plays quarterback and safety.

"I think I'm going to play both in college," Pryor said. "I want to get to a school that will let me do both."

This thinking is a change from Pryor's sophomore year when he said his future was just basketball. A guard-forward, he made a verbal commitment to Pitt in January for basketball. A few months later, he changed his mind about his decision and opened up his recruiting again. Some scouting services rank him among the top 30 juniors in the country for basketball.

Playing both sports is a challenge--physically and academically--at the Division 1 level.

"I think I could do both," Pryor said.

Said Jeanette football coach Ray Reitz: "I think it's a possibility that he could play both. I know some of the schools talking to him say they'll let him play both, but it's a tough thing to do. I think maybe down the road, at some point, he might have to make a choice."

But Pryor seems to have the athleticism to play both.

"The kid is special. He has a gift from God," Reitz said. "I timed him in the 40 this summer and he ran a 4.47 with his shoes untied."

Pryor played linebacker-defensive end as a sophomore but moved to the secondary this season.

"I feel a lot more comfortable in football now," he said.

[BGriffBuckeye]

A bigger VY at QB? Damn.

[jwinslow]

He is the #2 SF in the '08 class as well, #19 overall prospect. That would be one heck of a bonus player for Thad Matta, not that he needs any help.

[HotMic]

impressive to say the least.

[RhodeIslandBuck]

Originally Posted by HotMic

impressive to say the least.

Mic, got an idea of how we're doing with pryor?

[HotMic]

Haven't even heard a peep. Grad, wad, 22, jeff, jwinslow....anyone hear anything about this kid yet?