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QB recruit Pryor's future not set in stone - The Daily Collegian Online

By Travis Johnson
Collegian Staff Writer

JEANNETTE -- Take Route 30 westbound from State College through thick fog and steady rain for 120 miles. Stop half an hour outside Pittsburgh.

Welcome to Jeannette. Population: 10,095 -- plus one phenom.

That phenom is also the town's favorite son and quarterback, but soon he will be someone else's.

At 6-foot-6 and 235-pounds, Terrelle Pryor is the nation's most sought-after football recruit, and with scholarship offers from Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Florida and Penn State on the table, both of the young man's cell phones ring constantly.

Coaches have sat down with him, including Joe Paterno. He has visited Ann Arbor, Mich. Ohio State recruits have made the trip to Jeannette to watch him play basketball -- all attempts to coax the high school senior.

But what will he do? Who will he chose?

Robert Murphy, Jeannette's athletic director, says he gets calls from reporters all over the nation who want to talk to Terrelle. The approach doesn't matter. It has worn the kid out. He's sick of answering questions.

He doesn't know where he's going. He'll decide next week, he says.

Tonight, Terrelle Pryor just wants to play basketball.

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