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The Life And Career Of Terrelle Pryor (Story)

Terrelle Pryor was a quarterback who had potential early in his football career.

He had tremendous athleticism, and before he got to the National Football League, he won numerous awards while making scouts drool in anticipation of what he could do at the pro level.

Unfortunately, he didn’t quite pan out as planned, and some off-the-field incidents marred his overall reputation and the way that fans remember him.

Growing Up In Middle America

Terrelle Pryor was born on June 20, 1989, in Jeannette, Pa., a small town in the western portion of the state not too far from Pittsburgh.

As a young athlete, Pryor possessed the rare combination of height, size and speed. He would grow to be 6-foot-4 (some publications listed him at 6-foot-6) and about 230 pounds, and while at Jeannette High School, he not only played quarterback, but also defensive back.

Some of his exploits were hard for observers to forget. One time, during his junior season, he was running towards the end zone when a defender stood in his way at the five-yard line.

Pryor simply jumped over him and landed in the end zone for a touchdown.

Another time, he was playing defense on special teams during an extra point attempt. Right after the ball was snapped, he jumped over the head of the opposing team’s center and took the football off the kicking tee.

Pryor became an outstanding dual-threat QB, and he led Jeannette to its first appearance in the Pennsylvania PIAA Class “AA” state football championship game when he was a junior.

The following year, he took his team back to the championship game where it defeated Dunmore to win the state title.

In that game, he was simply something to behold. Although he only threw four passes all game, he connected on three of them for 83 yards, and one of them led to a touchdown.

The senior also ran for 209 yards and three touchdowns on 12 rush attempts. In fact, on one additional play at the end of the first half, he caught a 28-yard pass against double coverage for yet another score.

It allowed him to end his high school career with 4,250 career yards rushing and 4,249 yards passing, making him the other high school player in Pennsylvania history to surpass 4,000 yards in both passing and rushing.

Pryor’s production earned him two Pennsylvania Player of the Year awards, the offensive Player of the Year and the MVP of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

That championship game versus Dunmore was broadcast across PA, introducing numerous fans across the Keystone State to this amazing sensation.

Pennsylvania, especially western PA, had always been a hotbed for high school football players who went on to stardom in college and the pros, but there was something about Pryor that seemed different. Some compared him to a young Randall Cunningham, as well as Vince Young, both of whom were big and extremely mobile QBs.

“If there is a better player than him, ever, I haven’t seen him,” Jeannette coach Ray Reitz said of Pryor. “I can’t speak for more than 40 years ago, or way, way back. But I will say this without any question: Terrelle Pryor is the best I have ever seen.”

Pryor’s sublime physical attributes also made him a great basketball player. He led Jeannette to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) title as a junior and the Pennsylvania PIAA state basketball championship in his senior year.

His goal was to play both sports in college. Many thought it was simply unrealistic, but one man, Charlie Ward, seemed to believe that Pryor could pull it off.

Ward had won the 1993 Heisman Trophy as a quarterback at Florida State University, leading the Seminoles to the national championship in football and a couple of NCAA tournament appearances in basketball. He would eventually choose basketball, a choice that took him to the NBA for 11 seasons, mostly with the New York Knicks.

“Most people want you to choose football or basketball to see how you can develop in that one sport,” said Ward, who was a 6-2, 185-pound guard in the NBA. “But my whole deal was, ‘I’m a team guy.’ I wanted to be loyal to my basketball teammates.”

Pryor would be recruited by several schools in both sports throughout his prep career. At first, he committed to playing basketball at the University of Pittsburgh, but as time went on, it became clear that he had more potential on the gridiron than he did on the hardwood.

His ability to run the 40-yard dash in just 4.4 seconds had the University of Michigan, Ohio State University, the University of Oregon and Pennsylvania State University all vying for his services.

Everyone was eagerly anticipating Pryor’s official decision of which school he would play football for, and Sports Illustrated even called it “the most anticipated signing day announcement in history.”

After delaying his decision by over a month, he finally chose to head to Ohio State.

Excelling In The College Game

In the fall of 2008, Pryor entered Ohio State, and it wouldn’t take that long for him to show America how special he was.

He barely played in the Buckeyes’ season opener versus Youngstown State, and he only got to throw nine passes the following week against the mighty University of Southern California Trojans.

But in the third week of the 2008 schedule, Pryor started to take off.

He threw for four touchdowns, which was an Ohio State record for freshman quarterbacks, to lead his team to a blowout win over Troy. The following week against Wisconsin, Pryor scored the game-winning touchdown on the ground, and he followed it up with 226 passing yards on Oct. 25.

Three weeks later, the Buckeyes took on Illinois, and although Pryor was held to 49 passing yards, he ran for 110 in a 30-20 victory.

In all, he took Ohio State to an 8-1 record, which got them a spot in the Fiesta Bowl. The team lost there to the Texas Longhorns, but Pryor still showed his versatility, running for 78 yards on 15 carries, and at one point he even lined up as a wide receiver and caught a short pass for a touchdown.

He ended the 2008 season by being named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

As a freshman, Pryor’s best attribute was his running, but he improved his abilities as a passer in 2009. That year, he threw for 2,094 yards and 18 touchdowns, a major improvement over his 1,311 passing yards and 12 touchdowns the year before.

He also continued to make things happen with his legs, rushing for 779 yards and seven touchdowns on the season.

Ohio State had another strong season, winning the Big Ten Championship for the second year in a row and making it to the Rose Bowl, where it defeated Oregon 26-17.

Pryor shined bright under the hot lights of the big game, posting a career-high 266 yards, plus two touchdowns, while also running for 72 yards, earning him the Rose Bowl offensive Most Valuable Player award.

(2010) Terrelle Pryor hits DeVier Posey on a back shoulder throw to seal the Rose Bowl win. pic.twitter.com/HlAndzeD74 — Buckeye Moments (@BuckeyeMoments) September 1, 2017

By the 2010 season, Pryor was a phenomenon, and many felt he was on his way to winning numerous awards that season. In an early-season contest versus Eastern Michigan, he took things to a higher level, throwing for 224 yards and four touchdowns, 104 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown and even catching a pass for a sixth touchdown.

The Buckeyes massacred Eastern Michigan, putting up an almost unheard-of 73 points, and Pryor’s profile was lifted even more.

32 Days. #2 Terrelle Pryor (2008-2010) 6,177 Passing Yards / 57 TDs 2,164 Rushing Yards / 17 TDs 2008 B1G Freshman of the Year Rose Bowl Champ Super Bowl Champ 3-0 vs Michigan as a starter Total score in those 3 games vs Michigan was 100-24. pic.twitter.com/GsJAC2HKiS — Buckeyes in the NFL (@LetsGoBuckeyes) July 31, 2018

But his promise was brought down to earth by an incident that was completely preventable.

Courting Controversy

In December of 2010, it came to light that Pryor and several of his teammates sold Big Ten championship rings, individual awards and merchandise such as jerseys in return for money and discounts at a Columbus, Ohio tattoo parlor.

The owner of the parlor, Edward Rife, would later plead guilty to federal drug trafficking and money-laundering charges.

Their actions violated NCAA rules, and as a result, they were suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season. However, in a controversial decision, Pryor and the rest were allowed to still participate in the Sugar Bowl that season.

The Buckeyes would win the Sugar Bowl, but the win would later be vacated.

In addition, all five Buckeyes players who were penalized were ordered to pay out a four-digit sum for selling the items they peddled.

Those sympathetic to Pryor claimed that he sold items in order to help his family financially.

“The time this occurred with these young men was a very tough time in our society. It’s one of the toughest economic environments in our history,” athletic director Gene Smith said . “The decisions that they made they made to help their families.”

What Pryor did may not have been a true moral outrage, but it was just the beginning.

Months later, it was reported that Pryor’s driver’s license had been suspended by the state of Ohio, but that he continued to operate a motor vehicle anyway. The suspension happened when, during a February traffic stop by law enforcement, he failed to show proof of auto insurance.

In addition, a former friend of Pryor’s told ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” that the quarterback had signed his autograph on dozens of pieces of memorabilia in return for thousands of dollars of cash, another violation of NCAA rules.

Perhaps giving in to public pressure, in June of 2011, Pryor decided to withdraw from Ohio State and forgo his senior season of eligibility. A few weeks later, after the school concluded that he had “failed to cooperate” to the NCAA’s investigation into his improper benefits, he would be barred from any contact with the institution for five years.

The fallout from the controversy was that head coach Jim Tressel was forced to resign, while Ohio State was banned from taking part in the postseason that followed the 2012 season and placed on probation for three years.

Pryor seemed to get the majority of the blame for the consequences the Buckeyes faced, even though Sports Illustrated revealed that as many as a few dozen other players had engaged in improper transactions going back to 2002.

This type of major scandal is the kind of thing that can destroy a career and one’s reputation. But Pryor still seemed determined to make it to the NFL and become a star.

After all, the one saving grace for all this upheaval was that he was eligible for the league’s supplemental draft.

Stumbling Into The Pros

In August of 2011, Pryor took part in an official workout. If the scandal he had been a central part of had rocked the sports world and caused outrage, he was still something of a hot prospect, as representatives from 17 NFL teams watched him go through drills.

If his passing skills were not quite elite (he still completed 27-of-39 passes), the team reps on hand were thoroughly impressed with his speed, which was outstanding, especially given his size and bulk.

The Oakland Raiders took Pryor in the third round of the supplemental draft, and three days later, both sides agreed to a four-year contract.

But before he could take the field in the silver and black, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hit Pryor with a five-game suspension because of his role in “Tattoogate” while at Ohio State.

Ever since losing in the Super Bowl following the 2002 season, the Raiders had gone into a long drought, the likes of which the high-profile organization had never experienced before. At the time, Oakland had quarterback Jason Campbell, who in October suffered a fractured collarbone that ended his season.

Instead of handing the reigns over to Pryor, the Raiders traded for quarterback Carson Palmer, who, like Pryor, had been a big-time college superstar. Palmer would start under center for the rest of the schedule.

Pryor only appeared in one game in late October, during which he lined up at wide receiver and attempted to run a quarterback sneak, only to be called for a false start penalty.

He also barely played in 2012, as Palmer continued to be the starter at QB. However, towards the end of the season, with Oakland sagging towards a 4-12 finish, Pryor would finally get an opportunity.

In Week 16 versus the Carolina Panthers, he caught a 22-yard pass from Palmer. The following week, head coach Dennis Allen decided to start Pryor under center against the San Diego Chargers, the Raiders’ AFC West and cross-state rivals.

The results were mixed. The second-year man only completed 13-of-28 passes, but he did post 150 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, 49 rushing yards on nine attempts and one rushing touchdown in a three-point loss.

Finally Getting An Opportunity

After Palmer got traded to the Arizona Cardinals, the starting QB spot for the 2013 season was an open competition between Pryor, Matt Flynn and Tyler Wilson. Pryor won the starting job, giving him the opportunity he had longed for his entire life.

At first, he showed promise. In Week 1 versus the Indianapolis Colts, he completed 19-of-29 passes for 217 yards and a touchdown. Although he threw two interceptions, he also ran for 112 yards on just 13 rushing attempts, which set a franchise QB rushing record.

In Week 2, Oakland got its first win of the season, although Pryor had no touchdowns and only threw for 126 yards.

The Raiders traveled to meet the Denver Broncos the following week, and Pryor got his first dose of NFL adversity. He recorded 281 passing yards while completing 19-of-28 passes and connecting on a touchdown pass to Denarius Moore, but he suffered a concussion in the second half and was forced to leave the contest.

Pryor returned for the Raiders’ Week 5 game against the Chargers, and he was impressive, hitting on his first 10 pass attempts while throwing for two touchdowns in the first quarter. Oakland took a 17-0 lead, and although San Diego rallied in the second half, Pryor responded well.

With minutes remaining in the game, he faced a third down and was about to be sacked, when he escaped and found Brice Butler for a 20-yard completion. The play helped seal a 27-17 Raiders win, giving them a not-too-shabby 2-3 record.

Pryor struggled in Week 6 against the Kansas City Chiefs, completing just 18-of-34 passes, throwing three interceptions and getting sacked a whopping nine times in a 24-7 loss. The following week, Oakland defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Pryor finished with 106 rushing yards, most of which came on a 93-yard run that resulted in a touchdown, which was the longest touchdown by a QB in league history.

October 27, 2013 🏴‍☠️🏈✍️🏻 QB Terrelle Pryor ran for a 93-yard touchdown versus the Steelers @ the Oakland Coliseum. This is the longest TD run by a quarterback in NFL history. Also, it is the longest rushing play in #Raiders history. pic.twitter.com/MN6zBACXtC — AFL Godfather 🏴‍☠️👓🏈🔥 (@NFLMAVERICK) October 27, 2021

However, he struggled as a passer, only recording 88 passing yards and committing two interceptions.

The former Buckeye had another dismal performance in Week 9 versus the New York Giants, when he sprained his MCL and missed Oakland’s next three games.

By now, coach Allen had lost faith in Pryor. Even when the QB was able to play again, he was demoted to playing a backup role behind Matt McGloin.

Still, Pryor got one more start in the final week of the season when the Raiders hosted Denver. His passing wasn’t too accurate, as he completed just 21-of-38 throws, but he did connect on two touchdown passes while also rushing for 49 yards.

The Raiders lost by 20 points, however, ending yet another embarrassing season in which they won just four games.

If Pryor was thought to have serious potential as a dynamic NFL quarterback, that potential was now gone and unrealized.

Drifting Around

Pryor was traded to the Seattle Seahawks during the offseason, just a couple of months after they had won the Super Bowl. Although he played for them during the preseason, he did not survive their final cuts to the roster before Week 1.

Afterward, Pryor made a concerted attempt to remain in the league, but after trying out for the Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and Washington Redskins, none of them kept him around.

Early in 2015, the Chiefs signed him to a one-year contract, only to release him in May. The Cincinnati Bengals picked him up a few days later, but they also released him after just five weeks.

The following day, Pryor, through his agent, let it be known that he was willing to play wide receiver. The Cleveland Browns decided they were willing to take on flyer on him, and although they initially waived him five days later, they brought him back in early December when quarterback Josh McCown suffered a season-ending injury.

Pryor played in the Browns’ final regular season game, managing just one reception for 42 yards.

It seemed like maybe he was getting a legitimate second chance when the Browns made him a starter at wideout for the 2016 season. he didn’t do too badly, posting three 100-yard games and finishing the year with 1,007 yards and four touchdowns while playing in all 16 games and starting all but one of them.

In Week 3, with the Browns’ top two QBs, McCown and Robert Griffin III, out, Pryor even got a bit of time under center. Against the Miami Dolphins, he threw five passes, completing three of them for 35 yards, while also scoring a rushing touchdown and even being sent in as a safety for one play towards the end of the contest.

That game made him the first NFL player to have at least 120 receiving yards, 30 passing yards and 20 rushing yards in a single game since the legendary Frank Gifford do so in 1959.

Pryor played nine games for the Washington Redskins in 2017, starting two contests and catching 20 passes for 240 yards and one touchdown on the season. He played through an ankle injury for much of the season, and in late November he decided to have it operated on, ending his season.

The 2018 campaign was Pryor’s swan song in the NFL. He played six games for the New York Jets and two games for the Buffalo Bills, finishing the year with 235 yards and two touchdowns.

Terrelle Pryor with a SPECTACULAR one handed catch for a #Jets touchdown. This might be best play all day in any game. pic.twitter.com/V3bopys5f1 — Fin (@jessefinver) October 7, 2018

Continued Indiscretion

It’s sad that Pryor will be remembered more for “Tattoogate” and his seemingly pompous persona than his spectacular and unique play while at Ohio State, or even his scattered moments of excellence in the NFL.

But if he wanted to make the public forget about his past indiscretions, he failed to do so.

In November 2019, he and Shalaya Briston got into a violent argument in a Pittsburgh apartment. Both were charged with assault, and to make matters worse, the former QB was stabbed in the neck and chest, resulting in him being hospitalized.

Once Pryor recovered, he ended up getting 90 days of probation.

He tried to make a comeback to the NFL in 2020, and he said he had talked to the New England Patriots about getting an opportunity, although nothing of the sort materialized.

Two years later, Pryor was involved in another violent altercation with Briston, his ex-girlfriend. She claimed that during the incident, Pryor hit her with an open hand on her face and head, resulting in a bruised and inflamed eye. The former football player also allegedly threw a deck chair at her when she tried to run away, and after she got in her Mercedes-Benz and drove away, Pryor threw pumpkins at its windshield.

As of this writing, Pryor is facing criminal mischief, harassment and simple assault charges.

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How Terrelle Pryor has become Cleveland's No. 1 receiver

LANDOVER, MD - OCTOBER 2: Wide receiver Terrelle Pryor #11 of the Cleveland Browns carries the ball past outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan #91 of the Washington Redskins in the first quarter at FedExField on October 2, 2016 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

With little help—and three different QBs throwing him the ball—Terrelle Pryor has 290 receiving yards through the first four weeks of the season. That’s more than Brandon Marshall, DeAndre Hopkins, Allen Robinson, and Jordy Nelson, among others, and represents the kind of strides Pryor has made over his position switch from quarterback to wide receiver.

Many were skeptical about how that shift would work, myself included, but when I saw Pryor at the Browns' training camp this summer, I was impressed with how natural he looked at his new position. He could run smooth, technical routes, and looked fluid in his movements. He looked like a natural—a guy that had been playing receiver for years, not months. The only issue I saw that day was a few dropped passes, which I was concerned could limit his effectiveness once live action started, but so far this season, he has dropped just one pass, so perhaps I just caught a bad day at the office when it came to his hands.

This isn’t the first season Pryor has played wide receiver. Last year, he had already made the position switch, but saw a total of six passes thrown his way, all coming in the final three weeks of the season, and five of the six in the final game. He had just one catch for 42 yards, and was only on the field for 92 snaps all year, having been cut and then re-signed early December when an injury opened up a roster spot.

Back in 2013, Pryor had been a QB for the Raiders, and then tried to find his way back into the game after Oakland traded him to Seattle, who subsequently cut him. After the Raiders moved him, Pryor either worked out or signed for six different teams—one of them twice—as a QB, before ultimately accepting that the NFL saw no future for him at that position, announcing that he was open to the position switch to wide receiver.

The single-biggest lesson to take from Pryor is that freaky athletes in college remain freaky athletes at the NFL level. The level of competition goes up with the jump to the pros, but not really at the top end when it comes to athleticism. The difference between the college level and the pros is that there’s nobody in the NFL walking on between their engineering classes and playing safety. The bottom-end athletes in the NFL are all legit, but if you were embarrassing the best your conference had to offer in the NCAA, you’re still likely on a level above the rest in the NFL once you make that step up.

We saw that even when Pryor was playing QB for Oakland.

His iconic play at that position was a simple read-option run in which the Steelers blew their run fits and Pryor ran 95-yards for the touchdown. Given the lousy defense from Pittsburgh, it’s difficult to talk him up too much on the play, except to show how easily he ran away from the entire team, including some of the fastest guys on their roster in the secondary.

That is elite athleticism on display in one clip. It’s still there at wide receiver. Take a play from the preseason as an example.

Yes, it’s only a preseason snap, but before we dismiss it as a play against future practice squad players, this came against Atlanta’s Desmond Trufant—not just a starter, but one of the league’s better cornerbacks. Trufant was in man coverage on Pryor, with the Browns' receiver running right past him for a 50-yard touchdown.

Trufant didn’t get any kind of contact on Pryor, and was just unprepared for the raw speed the big wideout can muster, effectively underestimating the kind of athlete he was dealing with. From being level and in-phase on the release, he was trailing by 3 yards by the time Pryor was looking for the ball, and even turned to look for it himself in the vague hope that an underthrown pass would rescue him and allow him to make a play on the ball, because he had no hope of making a play on the receiver at that point.

The rest of the league has already taken notice. After electing not to have big-money free-agent CB Josh Norman track either Antonio Brown or Dez Bryant (at least until the fourth quarter), Washington then used him to follow Odell Beckham Jr. in Week 3, but also gave the same treatment to Terrelle Pryor in Week 4. Seven of Pryor’s eight targets came against Norman, and he caught four of them for 42 yards and a touchdown. It wasn’t exactly a dominant performance from him, but that is against one of the league’s best cornerbacks with a rookie third-string QB throwing him the ball, and he did win on a few plays.

On the touchdown, in particular, he effectively beat bracket coverage from Norman and the safety who came down onto his crossing route from the middle of the field, but couldn’t prevent the catch. Pryor again simply ran away from the two defensive backs, and Cody Kessler was able to put the ball where it needed to be for the score.

It’s definitely true to say that Pryor’s athleticism and physical tools are the defining feature of his play at wide receiver right now, but it’s not all he has going for him. He has shown both good hands and the ability to separate from defensive backs with subtle contact and footwork.

The next thing on the list for Pryor’s game is to expand the variety of ways in which he is used. He runs a pretty simple route tree, with 29 of his 34 targets this season coming on just four routes (slants, hitches, crossers, and go routes). While some of that is a product of the offense Cleveland has been running—50 percent of RG III’s pass attempts were targeting the same four routes, as were 54 percent of Josh McCown’s, and 51 percent of Kessler’s—it’s an area in which he can expand and improve on in future, and one that he needs to in order to be a truly unstoppable force.

Pryor’s transition to wide receiver has already been a success. He has gone from a roster bubble afterthought to Cleveland’s No. 1 receiver, good enough to make the Browns forget about Josh Gordon and think about moving on from him entirely. Pryor, in fact, looks a lot like Gordon at times on the field, with the ability to just run away from people that are a completely different size and speed combination.

Pryor has elite physical traits and the ability to make elite-level plays, and has already had success against top cornerbacks, but he can’t quite be counted among the game’s elite receivers just yet, because he isn’t as well-rounded. The Browns have found a player with an incredibly high ceiling, and so far, he has excelled at every aspect of his transition. He should remain productive and effective even in the limited role he has within that offense, because he is their best receiver and best athlete, and can continue to make plays against even the game’s top coverage. There is no reason that he can’t become the well-rounded receiver that would instantly catapult him into the echelon of top players at that position—the only question is how long it will take for the Browns to try and make it happen.

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These are strange times, in the Raider Nation and across the globe, as we grapple with the coronavirus, which has shut down professional sports — including spring football — and many other aspects of “normal” life.

So, even as we await a scaled-down 2020 NFL Draft in the Raiders’ new home of Las Vegas, it seems like as good a time as any to discuss one of the NFL’s stranger draft footnotes: the Supplemental Draft.

The annual Supplemental Draft is normally a summer footnote for those who follow (often marginal) college football prospects. This draft, held after the regular NFL Draft in April, is designed as an entry point into the league for players who have lost their eligibility to play NCAA football in the intervening time, often due to disciplinary issues.

A team can “bid” on a player in each round of the draft, forfeiting the equivalent pick in the following NFL Draft. So, for instance, if a team were to bid for a player in the fourth round, and win him, it would give up its fourth-round pick the next April. In many years, none of the eligible players is chosen, making them college free agents eligible to be signed by any team.

The Raiders have a very minimal history with the Supplemental Draft, having essentially chosen only one player since 1977, when most sources indicate the draft was formally initiated. (More on that in a minute.)

(Photo: The Raiders have not had much experience with the Supplemental Draft when it comes to team-building.)

The team’s lone selection in the traditional Supplemental Draft was a fairly recent one: quarterback Terrelle Pryor , chosen out of Ohio State with a third-round pick in 2011. Of course, the pick became known as the final choice made by owner Al Davis, who died during the 2011 season that fall.

Pryor, a three-year starter for the Buckeyes, had been suspended by the NCAA when it sanctioned the team in an improper benefits scandal that year. The loss of eligibility for what would have been his senior season led Pryor to enter the Supplemental Draft, and the Raiders took a chance on him there.

The Raiders forfeited their third-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft as a result, and that, combined with then-coach Hue Jackson’s trade for quarterback Carson Palmer during the 2011 season, left the team’s first pick in 2012 as a late third-round compensatory selection.

Pryor was suspended by the NFL for the first five games of his rookie year as punishment for avoiding the NCAA suspension, and played in only one game that season — getting called for a false start penalty on a wildcat snap. He started the final game of the 2012 season, and then wound up starting nine games at quarterback in 2013. Pryor busted loose for a highlight-reel 93-yard touchdown run at one point, but injuries and ineffectiveness contributed to an overall mediocre season.

Pryor was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in the offseason for a seventh-round draft pick that became safety Jonathan Dowling. He bounced around for a few years, eventually converting to wide receiver, and most recently had a cup of coffee with the Jacksonville Jaguars during the 2019 training camp.

The selection of Pryor actually was not the first time the Raiders had participated in the Supplemental Draft, but the previous occasion was part of a special three-round draft of USFL and CFL players in 1984. That draft allowed NFL teams to claim the rights to players who had signed with the rival leagues, particularly the upstart USFL.

Selections in that draft included future stars such as quarterback Steve Young and defensive end Reggie White who had been lured to the USFL with big-money contracts.

The Raiders, of course, didn’t do things the usual way, choosing two players from the Canadian Football League and only one from the USFL.

The three were:

Wide receiver and kick returner Chris Woods  of Auburn, who had signed with the Edmonton Eskimos; chosen with the 28th overall pick of the 1st round;

Linebacker Stewart Hill  of Washington, who had also signed with the Eskimos; chosen with the 56th overall pick of the 2nd round;

Offensive guard James Farr  of Clemson, who had signed with the Washington Federals; chosen with the 84th overall pick of the 3rd round.

Only Woods ever played for the Raiders, serving as the team’s primary punt returner in 1987 and spending part of 1988 on the roster as well.

Hill spent his career in the CFL, where he starred as a pass-rusher. Farr played two seasons in the USFL.

As mentioned, most sources cite 1977 as the year the NFL instituted the Supplemental Draft, but players were also chosen in 1973 and 1974, and one of them was chosen by the Raiders.

That was  defensive end Blenda Gay , chosen in the first round in 1973 out of Fayetteville State. Gay, whose pick apparently came late enough that he wasn’t included in the team’s media guide, failed to make the team. Although Gay went on to an NFL career, he was killed by his wife in 1976 while still an active player, in a case involving allegations of abuse and insanity.

The Raiders have, from time to time, also signed players who were eligible for the Supplemental Draft, but not chosen. The most recent example was defensive back and special teams player Hiram Eugene, who signed in 2005 out of Louisiana Tech and played for Oakland until 2010.

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Cleveland Browns doing their research on Terrelle Pryor for NFL supplemental draft

• Updated: Jun. 21, 2011, 2:03 a.m.
• | Published: Jun. 21, 2011, 1:03 a.m.
• Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Browns are intrigued enough by former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor to do their due diligence on him for the supplemental draft, a league source told The Plain Dealer.

Whether or not the Browns submit a bid for Pryor remains to be seen. Because Pryor hasn't yet officially entered the draft -- which could take place in mid-to-late July -- the Browns can't comment on him.

Coach Pat Shurmur, speaking Monday at Cleveland Browns Stadium after working with kids at the team's youth football camp, declined to say whether or not the Browns would make a pitch for the controversial quarterback. Teams can submit bids in the round they wish to draft the player and are awarded the player if he's still there. The team then forfeits the corresponding pick in next year's draft.

The Browns will start camp with Colt McCoy as their starting quarterback and Seneca Wallace as the backup. Jake Delhomme, currently under contract at $5.4 million for next season, will only return if the two sides agree to a reduced salary. But Delhomme might want a chance to go somewhere as a No. 2.

If the Browns deem Pryor a worthwhile project, they could draft him and use him as their No. 3. But opinions on him vary.

NFL Network's Mike Mayock recently said "I would set the over-under line on the fourth round. Can somebody take him in the third round? Absolutely."

Mayock said Pryor can be used in wildcat packages in his rookie year "while you develop his skill set."

ESPN's Jon Gruden -- a protege and close confidante of Browns President Mike Holmgren -- thinks Pryor has tremendous potential. Gruden, who highly recommended McCoy to Holmgren, has already filmed a Terrelle Pryor QB Camp special to air on ESPN June 30.

"This is a freak of nature," Gruden said in April at Ohio State's annual football clinic. "This guy is really something with the ball in his hands."

Gruden disagreed with colleague Mel Kiper Jr., who thinks Pryor would make a better NFL tight end.

"Terrelle Pryor can run and he can throw and he's a hell of a competitor," Gruden said. "You might have to cater your offense, to a degree, towards his strengths, but I think this guy can develop his passing."

Extra points: Shurmur said running back Montario Hardesty should be ready for full participation in training camp after recovering from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

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Terrelle Pryor

Position : QB Throws: Right

6-4 ,  228lb  (193cm, 103kg)

Born: June 20 , 1989 in Jeannette,  PA

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...) : 16 (6540th overall since 1960)

High School : Jeannette ( PA )

Draft : Oakland Raiders in the 3rd round (1st overall) of the 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft .

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• August 26, 2011: Selection List Signing

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Terrelle Pryor is 35 years old.

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Terrelle Pryor was born on June 20, 1989.

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Terrelle Pryor was born in Jeannette, PA.

How tall is Terrelle Pryor?

Terrelle Pryor is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Terrelle Pryor weigh when playing?

Terrelle Pryor weighed 228 lbs (103 kg) when playing.

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Terrelle Pryor has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

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Terrelle Pryor played 51 games over his career.

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Terrelle Pryor had 1,994 passing yards over his career.

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Terrelle Pryor had 9 touchdowns over his career.

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Terrelle Pryor last played in 2018.

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Terrelle Pryor: Scandal and Implications

US college sport can be regarded as a replica of the US professional sport with its stars, achievements and scandals. Sport is now associated with big money and such popular kind of sport as football is associated with huge money. It is not surprising that even athletes of college leagues are involved in various scandals. For instance, the story of a promising college football player, Terrelle Pryor, is an example of the way athletes are involved in scandals.

Terrelle Pryor (born in 1989) achieved his first significant results in football when he was a high school student. The young athlete was in the position of quarterback and his team managed to enter the state championship. After his high school football league success, Pryor started his career at Ohio State as he entered the Ohio State University (Miller, 2011). The athlete was very successful during his time in the team and he set a record of seven games with three hundred yards of offence (Miller, 2011). He is a promising athlete with his 6-foot-4 frame. Many sport analytics and coaches note that Pryor is ready for professional sport due to his height and his athletic skills.

However, the athlete’s behavior threatened his future in the professional football. Pryor was involved in a number of scandals. For instance, the athlete’s relatives owned several expensive cars, which made it clear that Pryor received illegal benefits. The incidents of driving a car with expired driving license, infuriated Pryor’s fans even more. The athlete was involved in the scandal associated with memorabilia as he was accused of selling his signature for big money (Miller, 2011). Nevertheless, many people stress that incidents associated with memorabilia are quite common among athletes as well as sport managers (Bacon, 2013). Interestingly, the scandals did not lead to complete expulsion of Pryor. On the contrary, he entered the professional league. At present, he is trying to prove coaches and sport managers as well as his fans that he is a capable athlete who can achieve really high results.

The fact that the young athlete has offers from a number of teams and the fact that he has signed a contract with Cincinnati Bengals shows that professional sport is not very sensitive to such scandals (Patra, 2015). Bacon (2013) also adds that the athlete made the right decision when he announced that he took the money for the memorabilia, as he needed to pay his mum’s rent. Clearly, this can make the fact of getting unlawful and unethical benefits less unethical as the young man is a caring son (Bacon, 2013). It is noteworthy that Terrelle will not play the first games in the season, which is a sign that the team management tries to show their attitude towards scandals and unethical (or unlawful) behaviors of athletes (Luchs & Dale, 2012).

At the same time, it is also clear that Pryor has learned a lesson, but only partially. On the one hand, he claimed that he would not play for his college team to keep his teammates uninvolved in the scandal. He also seemed to regret about his behavior (Miller, 2011). Nonetheless, he also admits that many athletes do similar things. The athlete is also quite confident that he will sign a good contract and he even insists on keeping the position of the quarterback although some coaches are considering other positions for him (Patra, 2015).

Terrelle Pryor’s career and his behavior are very suggestive and they shed light on peculiarities of the US college and professional sport leagues. Sport is gradually turning into business where rules can be sometimes broken or evaded if there is a chance of earning more profit. High achievers will get attention and contracts even though their behavior can be sometimes unethical. However, it is quite alarming that these trends that are typical of big business and big sport are already found in college leagues. Of course, Pryor’s misbehavior has not led to devastating effects and teams are trying to be responsible punishing their athletes. Athletes are suspended or fined. However, the more effective an athlete is, the less serious punishment he/she gets. There are chances that athletes as well as teams will become less sensitive to scandals and less responsible in the future.

In conclusion, it is necessary to note that Terrelle’s Pryor can be regarded as an illustration of the existing trends in college and professional sport. Scandals and focus on profits can deteriorate major sport principles. Hence, it is essential to draw people’s attention to the problem. It is important to start a discussion of the importance of ethical and responsible behavior of athletes, teams and leagues especially when it comes to such popular sports as football. People should remember that sport is still a source of role models for younger generations and teenagers often copy behaviors of their sport idols. It is clear that athletes should remember that each of their unethical actions can corrupt young people who will develop a society of unfair competitors.

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Bacon, J.U. (2013). Fourth and long: The fight for the soul of college football. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.

Luchs, J., & Dale, J. (2012). Illegal procedure: A sports agent comes clean on the dirty business of college football. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing USA.

Miller, R. (2011). Terrelle Pryor leaving Ohio State: Star quarterback ends college career . Huffington Post.

Patra, K. (2015). Terrelle Pryor signs with Cincinnati Bengals .

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Does Terrelle Pryor still play in the NFL? Career of the former Ohio State Buckeyes prospect explored

Terrelle Pryor was one of the most intriguing college prospects to make the NFL in the last decade, as he was a multi-positional and multi-sport prospect. Pryor was a major draft prospect in 2011, which is no mean feat. The Ohio State Buckeyes standout once had the world at his feet, with the league's best teams paying rapt attention.

However, it's now 2022 and the thirty-three-year-old is out of the NFL. Pryor has not been part of an active roster since 2018. So what went wrong? How did such a fascinating prospect exit the league before 30 and is there any hope for him to make a comeback in the NFL?

What went wrong for Terrelle Pryor?

A host of factors led to Pryor leaving the league. Here are a few:

#1. Jack of all trades, master of none

Terrelle Pryor could play any sport during high school and for the better part of college. His 6 ft 4 in height and 228 lb frame made him a threat at almost every position on the Gridiron.

However, Pryor's mistake was that in being so maluable, he did not specialize in an individual position heading into the NFL. Pryor played as a quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back. Though he was solid at all of these, he wasn't the best prospect in any position.

#2. Off-field issues

Trouble never ventured too far from Terrelle Pryor , as was the case since high school. This followed him into college and eventually the NFL. The NFL has a low tolerance for off-the-field drama, especially when it brings the league into disrepute.

Pryor seemed to attract headlines, from incidents such as 'Tattoogate' (Pryor received discounted tattoos and memorabilia from a tattoo parlor) to him being stabbed in the neck and chest by his partner in 2019. There was an incident where he was arrested after allegedly slapping his ex-girlfriend and throwing pumpkins at her car. These incidents hurt Pryor's reputation and will always be leivied against him.

#3. Injuries

The NFL is a contact sport, and wide receivers are some of the most injury-plagued players in the league. Hence, staying injury-free as a wide receiver is no easy task, and Pryor was not fortunate in this regard.

Terrelle Pryor is a big guy and was used to bring the ball down in contested situations. Hence, he was hit several times. These hits led to numerous injuries, leaving him out of the league before his thirtieth birthday.

Terrelle Pryor's career stats

Terrrelle Pryor played for multiple teams in his NFL career. He was drafted in the third round by the Oakland Raiders (now Las Vegas) and played three campaigns with them between 2011-2013. In the 2015 season, he signed for the Cleveland Browns. He signed for Washington in the 2017 campaign before splitting the 2018 season between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets.

As aforementioned, Pryor played in multiple positions during his NFL career. As a quarterback, Pryor completed 175 out of 311 attempted passes for 1,994 yards, nine touchdowns, and 12 picks. He was sacked 32 times. This stat sheet gave him a career 69.3 passer rating.

As a wide receiver (a position that he converted to full-time in 2015, though he continued to take the occasional QB snap), he totaled 115 receptions for 1,563 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. His most productive season as a WR was with the Cleveland Browns in 2015, where he received over 1,000 yards, the first and last time he'd attain such a feat on the Gridiron.

With him being close to his mid-thirties and not having played a single snap in four years, it seems Terelle Pryor might be finished in the NFL.

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Free agent Terrelle Pryor healthy after stabbing, confident he can still play in NFL

No matter where his football career goes from here, two words will always follow Terrelle Pryor.

What if he had gone somewhere other than Ohio State?

What if he had not switched positions and stayed a quarterback in the NFL? What if he had signed a multi-year deal when he had the chance and stayed with the Cleveland Browns?

What if he didn’t get injured so often? Or, what if he had chosen basketball over football?

The list goes on.

“It’s always been that way,” Pryor said. “You’re always going to wonder about those things. But I am thinking about where I am now. And I know I can still play in the NFL.”

The former Jeannette and Ohio State star quarterback-turned-pro wide receiver is far from ready to give up on his career in pro football.

A free agent since he was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars in September after being placed on injured reserve, has been with nine teams in eight years since entering the NFL via the supplemental draft in 2011.

Injuries have haunted him, from groin and hamstring ailments, to an ankle problem that required surgery. It has been fits and starts since he became a pro.

But Pryor said he is healed and ready to test the free agent waters yet again. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Pryor believes he has plenty left in the tank.

But will a team take a chance on the 30-year-old this offseason?

“I definitely have four or five years left,” Pryor said. “The only thing that really plagued me from playing at the highest level of my abilities is injuries. Things like that kept popping up and it was frustrating.

“I want to show what I can do when I am healthy. All people say is, ‘Can he stay healthy?’ Well, I am healthy and I feel good. I plan to play football next season. With the right opportunity, it can be big. Whatever opportunity I get, I can make a difference.”

Scary situation

Pryor is getting his life back to normal after a near-death experience, and the turmoil that followed, in November.

He said he nearly died after he was stabbed in the chest, allegedly by his live-in girlfriend at their Pittsburgh North Side apartment. An attempted homicide has since been dropped against Shalaya Briston.

With legal action still pending — Pryor is charged with simple assault in the incident — he is not able to discuss details of the case or what happened that night, but he is grateful to still be alive.

“I lost four liters of blood,” he said. “It wasn’t a good situation. It was scary.”

Pryor posted on Instagram after the incident, “Stared death in the eye in same place my son was born.”

His next hearing is April 7, he said, and he intends to clear his name.

Hometown discount?

Pryor, the top high school football prospect in the nation in 2008, reached out to the Steelers through social media in November, essentially asking the team to give him a look. He said he can be a Pro Bowler if he gets “10 targets a game.”

“I love my City!!! And they love me,” he wrote on Instagram.

That hometown connection never materialized, but it doesn’t mean it can’t happen in the future.

“I would love an opportunity to play here,” Pryor said. “I turned down two teams last year because I wanted to play in Pittsburgh. I think it would be a good fit.”

Pryor and his camp hope his name comes up at this week’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis.

“We have set up meetings with four teams,” said Mike Simon, Pryor’s agent who works with Vantage Management Group. Pryor used to be represented by high-profile agent Drew Rosenhaus.

“Teams are wanting to know how he is going with his recovery,” Simon said, “and if he will be healthy moving forward.”

Injured list

Pryor said the injuries not only put him on the shelf but they also affected outside perception of his game and talents.

The setbacks often rendered him helpless, but time and again he recovered without a broken spirit. He wants to prove to critics, as much as to himself, that he still can be a top-level wideout.

“My body finally feels balanced,” Pryor said. “I have been working hard and paying the proper people to take care of my body. I just need a chance.”

Pryor, who can still outrun a lot of NFL players, has worked his way back to form again, training extensively and undergoing physical therapy to regain his strength and improve his mental focus.

He said the scar tissue in his chest was painful for some time but he has adjusted to it as his body recovers.

He trains with Anthony Keriotis, a former Washington & Jefferson football player who works for Faster Pittsburgh, while also taking care of his 5-year-old son, Terrelle Jr.

“It’s crazy when you’re injured,” he said. “So much goes through your mind. You lose that alpha mentality for a minute. You want to do whatever you can to get back out there and compete.”

And that goes for a pass-catcher whose body and mind weren’t always on the same page, even when the football was in the air and Pryor was the target.

“Normally, I would come out of cuts and think about the ball,” he said. “When I was hurt, mentally, I would worry more about the cuts than catching the ball.”

Pryor became known for posting his daily workouts on social media. From weight lifting to balance drills, he showed the world how hard he trained.

But did he train too hard? Did he overwork his body and make it more susceptible to injury?

“I guess it’s a possibility,” Pryor said. “But honestly, you can’t work too hard. You can’t prepare too much.”

Leave it to hard luck, then.

By the numbers

Pryor had three catches in as many preseason games with Jacksonville, all against the Miami Dolphins.

He played for the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets in 2018 and had a total of 16 receptions for 252 yards and two touchdowns in eight regular-season games.

With the Washington Redskins the previous year he had 20 catches for 240 yards and two TDs.

His best year remains 2016 when he played for the Browns and had 77 receptions for 1,007 yards and four scores.

His most memorable play must be his 93-yard touchdown run from scrimmage as Raiders quarterback against the Steelers in 2013.

Not about the money

Injuries cost Pryor incentives in his contracts. Still, Sportstrac.com estimates he has signed to make more than $14 million, including $6 million with the Washington Redskins in 2017, over the course of his career.

“It’s not about the money for me,” Pryor said. “I am doing OK there. I have some businesses on the outside that are going well. I just want to prove myself as a player.”

Pryor keeps up with Jeannette football and basketball. Last week, he bought the boys basketball team new Nike shoes for the playoffs. He said he would do so if the Jayhawks won a section title. He has been in the gym shooting around, too, rekindling his fondness for his second-favorite sport.

“Maybe I will try to play basketball some day,” Pryor said. “Maybe I can do both sports.”

Confidence never has been lacking in Pryor’s world but as he gets older, reality is more than a word.

“I can go outside right now and run routes and go against defenders,” Pryor said. “It’s second nature. It’s second nature, too, playing quarterback. It’s not that. It’s maintaining my body, the volume. Staying on top of your body is the main key. Doing that and having the right people around me to help … I’ll be fine and ready to go.”

Bill Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter covering local sports in Westmoreland County. He can be reached at [email protected] .

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No-show on Businessweek (undergrad b-school):

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/

Unranked on US News (grad b-school):

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools…

Considering that US News ranks down to like Tier 4 schools, this is a pretty bad sign indeed.

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For the 2006-07 academic year, the Beacom School of Business boasted graduating seniors who collectively scored in the top five percent in a national exit exam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_South_Dakota

Unfortunately though, just like football 40 times and the GRE, national exit exams don't correlate that highly with actual on-the-field performance.

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