No matter where you go or who you speak to it’s as if everyone in the country minus those who live under rocks or in caves knows who Terrelle Pryor is. Everyone wants to know where the 6-foot-6, 230-pound, five-star quarterback will play his college football and now we will all now soon enough.
"I'm announcing my decision tomorrow at noon at my high school," Pryor said. "It is between Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State. I eliminated Oregon."
Pryor has told various media outlets that he is down to two teams, but today he told us it still remains set at three.
One source who only spoke on condition of anonymity, but is very close to the situation has informed us that Michigan has made up a lot of ground recently and could be the wild card in this situation.
“Several very influential Michigan players past and present and other NFL people have been telling him that Michigan would be the best move for his future,” our source said. “Ohio State looks to be the front-runner, but I wouldn’t close the door on Michigan just yet.”
Pryor doesn’t appear to be very dramatic about the whole decision making process and was not evasive when we asked if the school of choice already knew his plans.
“I’m pretty sure they know I’m coming,” Pryor stated. “I just want to get this whole thing over with and move on.
Pryor had planned on graduating early, actually in March so many felt he was leaning towards Ohio State because they were the one school that he mentioned that went by trimesters, instead of quarters. Now he tells us that is not the case. “I’m finishing out the year,” Pryor said when asked about his earlier plans. “I’m going to graduate in June.”
Pryor is fresh off of helping Jeannette win a PIAA basketball title against Strawberry Mansion. Less than four months after he helped lead the Jayhawks to a state championship in football. Jeannette is the first WPIAL team to win state championships in both sports.
Despite what has been written about him over the past month, Pryor has managed to keep his composure. Some media outlets have said he is stringing everyone along to keep the limelight on himself and Pryor categorically denies that.
“I don’t even pay attention to all that,” Pryor said. “I wanted to focus on basketball and take my time. I’ve got two state championships. I don’t need publicity. I’m a team player and it shows.”
Pryor informed us that there was a reason for deciding on Wednesday. “Good Friday is coming up,” he said. “Spring break starts on Thursday and there is no school, until the following week. I just want to get this done and out of the way. I want to get my playbook and start focusing on the next step.”
So what can the wunderkind do for an encore? “I thought about going out for track,” Pryor laughed.
Big Man's Prognostication: All things have pointed to Ohio State for a year. I see nothing now that makes me change my mind. Pryor will be a Buckeye and good luck to the rest of the Big Ten defending the manchild from The Nette.
Here is some senior game film of Pryor in action.
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