Let’s start with saying this: There is absolutely no shame in being the 16th best high school football player in the country.
Jeannete (Pa.) wunderkind Terrelle Pryor is without question the best unsigned high school football player in the country right now, and his quest to find a school to call home for at least the next three years has lit the sports world ablaze.
He is touted as the best player in the country by several rankings services, and it’s easy to see why. He is a tremendous athlete, who at 6-6, 220 has the prototype size and requisite huge arm to be an impact player at the next level. But in the SI/TAKKLE.com rankings, Pryor is listed as the number 16 player in the country, and Sports Illustrated felt compelled to explain why he is rated so low to its readership. Rarely will scouts explain why one particular player is rated ahead of another, Offense-Defense Football scout Bill Urbanik explained his O-D’s decision to SI’s Andy Staples.
"O-D is not disputing [Pryor's] brilliance," Urbanik said in a story featured on SI.com. "We're not disputing anything about him. What we're looking at is the player he'll be four years from now."
At the end of the day, regardless of whether he is considered to be the best quarterback, best athlete or best overall player in the high school class of 2008, Pryor will soon make a decision. He’s scheduled to take a visit to Michigan this weekend, and next weekend he could be on the road again. But regardless, he will sign with a school soon, and then he will have to go about the process of proving himself all over again.
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