Great Facts About Terrelle Pryor

[Orestes]

He has a 140.71 QB rating, which puts him ahead of some nice QBs. He also is completing 64.6% of his passes.

He also has more rushing yards, same amount of passing TDs, and just a few less yards passing (in 1/2 the attempts) as another well-known dual threat QB.

The biggest stat that is great for Pryor, he has already led his team from behind in the 4th quarter to win a game, and he did it on a final drive at that..... That is the best stat for any QB, finding a way to win football games.

[ballparent]

The greatest fact of all..........

he's a Buckeye!!!

[seofan_via_dublin]

I like his game, but can't trust him just yet.
He will be a really good possibly great QB probably as early as next season.
If he plays like he did last night though against Penn St, or
in a rematch against USC. The Bucks will lose.

His progress each and every week is evident, and he has three weeks to get
better before Penn St. He should be much farther along by then.

[Peake]

I thought he looked much improved in the second half of the game yesterday. He still has a long way to go to be elite. His passing skills, and I know he has an impressive completion percentage, are still not great. He is still only throwing passes for the most part 15 and in with an occasional deep ball.

He is also very fortunate to have Beanie Wells in the backfield with him. If it were not for Beanie, than the result would not have been the same last night. Beanie makes you commit to the run, and that will open up passing lanes. Pryor on passing playes where he doesn't have a wideout open quickly tends to hold onto the ball way too long. Look at the first half, he took several sacks because he forgets that these adre D-1 athletes who can run. Good thing is he did a much better job of throwing it away quickly in the second half.

If you look at his completion percentage it is still misleading because he doesn't throw the ball as often as elite QB's, and is not asked to make the same type of throws.

Who is the other dual-threat? Tebow? What about Juice Williams, not quite at that level yet either. With Tebow don't forget he didn't have Harvin for two or three games either.

BTW, did I not say Wisconsin would keep trying to go for the knockout punch and mess up.

[USAF_Defender23]

He's doing well for his 3rd start. He will get better and better with time and reps. Seen him last night have a few frosh moments, but all that will fade with time and repetitions. He is gonna be a great player!

[Doc Panther]

Athletically he may prove to be better than 2 of the greatest OSU QB's of recent time.

Can he pass as good or better than Art Schlichter?

Can he run as good or better than Troy Smith?

Stay tuned.

[Peake]

Troy Smith and TP are two different type of runners. TP probably has more top end speed, but his change of direction is nowhere near that of Smith. Smith could stop on a dime and go the other way, TP is a glidder.

I think TP has the ability to escape the pocket and run, while Smith could escape the rush and make the throw.

[JChipwood]

I agree wth dubs, he has a few good moments mixed in with subpar plays and then wins the game in the end with his LEGS. Not great yet, good at times, and still learning alot. Missed some really open guys that frosh or not he has to hit. Still isn't going down field and even Tress took the heat for calling the play the resulted in the int?? I thought the line played great for the most part and he had time to eat popcorn on most plays but still didn't find the wide open guys. Then trying to run backwards from the DI athletes didn't work but at times he was able to escape and in time may show that just allows time for his recievers to get open and will greatly benefit tOSU. Right now he must be eyeing the line not downfield. Seems like when he finally gets the running lane he needs he sees the open guy and throws with confidence. I still say if they run the short passing game with TB he not only doesn't get sacked alot but also has a very high completion percentage. With the line play this year and in our big bowl games lately, we need the QB with scrambling ability. I agree totally that TP in no way played well enough to beat a top opponent.

[3morethan2]

yea TP is a glider as anyone can tell it just looks like he doesnt run fast at all....but he is a good passer if his recievers would catch the ball ....hartline dropped one at the beginning of the last drive, he caught one on the same drive but fumbled it then a pass to small he drops even if he was out of bounds before he touched it and i remember i think it was his first game he starts a good throw to robiskie and he doesnt even try to put two hands on the ball so its not just his throwing ability its the recievers that has to catch the ball and i think dublin could answer this but how come theyre going to redshirt stoneburner

[seofan_via_dublin]

Not 100% on the redshirting of Stoneburner. He is a very good athlete, and could be a huge and quick target at WR for Pryor.

My first guess on why, is just not enough playing opportunities for him. He is playing on the scout team, and has gotten rave reviews from his teammates for his abilities to learn and replicate offensive players.

He is 6'5" or 6'6" and has good hands, and nice speed. He can either put on some weight and play TE, or stay the same and play WR. Giving the Buckeyes a big target.

It's tough for him to get playing time though because he has 5 or 6 guys ahead of him at WR, and he is not yet big enough to block as a TE in the Big Ten.

If this is the case, I'm glad to see him get the redshirt, he will only get better, and will contribute when called upon.

[3morethan2]

true...i thought since he was rated as one of the best in the nation he would get a shot to play and be a top 5 wide reciever and i didnt even know he could possibly play tight end

[tomcat fan]

he is improving every week and the team is winning games, thats all that matters

[Brutus8907]

Troy Smith and TP are two different type of runners. TP probably has more top end speed, but his change of direction is nowhere near that of Smith. Smith could stop on a dime and go the other way, TP is a glidder.

I think TP has the ability to escape the pocket and run, while Smith could escape the rush and make the throw.

my thoughts exactly. i loved watchin Smith run, he turned absolutely nothing into a 10-15 yard gain, you never knew what he was gonna do next. TP is more of a power runner (and why not? the man's a beast) and isn't shy about throwing a stiff arm, which i also love although it could make him more injury prone.

[MTSWNGRVSG]

If he stays for 4 years he will break the career passing and total offensive records of Art Schlichter.

[marshallman]

This kid plays with pose beyond his years. He is calm and level headed when the heat is on. He never seems to get nervous. By the end of the season he will be the leader of the team. I don't see them losing another game. The only team left is Penn State and this is in Columbus. Illini will not be a threat with TP working them over.

[ballparent]

Pryor In a Class of His Own According to Daniels
By John Porentas

He's big, he's fast, and he's strong.

Those adjectives certainly describe freshman phenom quarterback Terrelle Pryor, but it's the adjective that is left off of that list that sets him apart from other quarterbacks according OSU quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels. Terrelle Pryor is smart, very, very smart.

Daniels spent very little time talking about Pryor's abundant physical attributes yesterday but could not say enough about Pryor's ability to learn an offense and execute it in a time frame that is almost frighteningly brief.

"I don't think there was any question as far as his athletic ability. That was something that everybody in the country saw," Daniels said.

"I think the thing we didn't know and I don't think anybody could know is how well he could learn the offense and how quickly he would learn the offense. That's probably the most interesting thing about him."

Joe Daniels is obviously impressed, and Joe Daniels doesn't impress particularly easily. He has been a coach at the college and NFL level for nearly 45 years, most of them coaching positions involving the passing game, in particular quarterbacks. Daniels feels Pryor's ability to learn quickly and execute may be better than any other quarterback he's coached, and in case you didn't know, he has coached the likes of Dan Marino and Kenny O'Brien in the NFL and of course Troy Smith at OSU. The mere fact that Pryor is OSU's starter as a true freshman puts him in a class of his own as far as Daniels' 45-year coaching career is concerned.

"I've never had a freshman start. I've had some freshman that when you look at them you say they're going to be good, they're going to be a good one, but I've never had a freshman quarterback start," said Daniels.

"That says a lot about him and his understanding of what we're doing. He just caught on very well, asked a lot of questions. The amazing thing is he just remembers things. You tell him something he remembers it. It doesn't always happen the way you want it to, but he's a sharp kid."

Pryor has physical tools and the intellectual makeup that make him extraordinary, but there is even more. Daniels says the other thing that sets Pryor apart is that he is both willing to accept that he is not perfect and willing to work hard toward fixing what isn't quite right.

"He's the type of kid that will look for a comment on every play if he did something wrong, if something didn't happen.," said Daniels.

"He just goes along, accepts what he's done and continues to work. If you'd watch practice you're going to see him work the whole practice."

"There were a lot of little things we had to work on dealing mostly as it is with most quarterbacks with their feet.

"Guys need more work and constant work on their feet, on their footwork. That was probably, like any other freshman would be, or to be honest with you even seniors, you've got to keep harping on them as far as their feet are concerned and all the footwork that's involved, because if there's a problem throwing the ball, most cases it's from the waist down. It's not something fundamental up on top or as their throwing, it's going to be from the waist down, so that's the thing you really have to work on over and over and over again," Daniels said.

"As long as he's got his feet correct he's got a strong arm. When he doesn't have his feet correct then its all arm and its not going to happen. It will float or it will wobble or it will do whatever. He's worked very hard on his footwork and it shows because he's throwing the ball a lot better."

Daniels said the only thing missing from Pryor's quarterback repertoire is reps, lots and lots of reps, to hone his skills as a passer. He's getting those reps now, both in practice and in games. Daniels sees the reps as the only thing that separates Pryor from the great players he has coached in his long career, the likes of Marino, O'Brien, Smith and others.

"Give him the reps that he'll have three years from now and you can project that he'll be just like those guys," said Daniels.

"He's unflappable. The things he does, that's just natural for him. He just does it, sidesteps a guy, that's no big deal to him. That's all part of being a quarterback and being Terrelle.

"He's not cocky. The things he does is not that he's going to brag about it. That's just the way he is, that's just part of him, that great athlete.

"Overall he makes pretty good decisions, for a freshman particularly, he makes good decisions as to where the ball's going. Now it may not get there all the time and obviously it can't be 100 percent, but he makes good decisions about where the ball's going. A big part of that is because he understands the offense. He understands it," Daniels said.

Pryor may lack some things in the finer details of pass technique, but that does not worry Daniels. For starters, it isn't like his passing is bad, and then there is always that intellect.

"The things that he does we felt pretty good that he could do, felt he could throw the ball well, but he's thrown the ball even better than that. But I think the biggest thing is him learning the offense. It's amazing," Daniels said.

Coaches are generally reluctant to compare players, especially young players to players who have achieved at a high level. When it comes to Pryor, however, Daniels had no problem whatsoever in comparing him to a quarterback you may have heard of, former OSU signal caller Troy Smith, whose OSU career wasn't exactly shabby. According to Daniels, the early stages of Pryor's career compare very favorably to the early stages of Smith's, even in the area of team leadership.

"The difference is that he's learned how to do those things earlier than Troy did," said Daniels.

"Troy became a great leader. It's to be seen if Terrelle is going to be what Troy was, but Troy had such a great command of everything, but part of that was because he had been here for a while. As freshmen, Troy wasn't even close to that."

Terrelle, just half a season into his career, is. It's almost scary to think he will actually get better.