A new, more mature Terrelle Pryor plans to be a four-year-man for the Buckeyes. But will that happen?
View full sizeHeisman hopeful Terrelle Pryor insists he's coming back for his senior year. It's part of a new, wiser, more mature Pryor, according to the person who should know Pryor best: Pryor himself.
Here's an interesting thought: If he wins the Heisman this year, and he IS one of the frontrunners, he could come back to win it again in his senior year. That would mean the only two players in the history of college football to win two Heisman trophies would be from Ohio State. The other being Archie Griffin (and if you didn't know that, you should not be allowed to vote in today's poll).
Pryor claimed Sunday he's not ready for it to end anytime soon. Unprompted, he said he'd return for his senior season, which might be a smart move according to some draft analysts.
Pryor's far from the first player to promise to come back -- in recent years, running backs Antonio Pittman and Beanie Wells and receiver Anthony Gonzalez all talked about returning before passing on their senior seasons. But again, Pryor wasn't pressed on this. He was just looking into the future, just as he'd been looking at the past.
"I want to leave a legacy, that's my goal," Pryor said. "That's why I'll be here for four years. I can't wait. I'm so happy."
If he does, and has the year he's expected to have this year, Buckeyes fans will be even happier.