Seahawks Scouting: Terrelle Pryor

by Danny Kelly on Jul 1, 2011 3:33 PM PDT in Player Scouting

For the sake of due diligence I wanted to include a video on Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor. He's been vaguely linked the Seahawks simply because the Seahawks are in need of a quarterback, and he'll be available in the supplemental draft, if and when that happens. No one really knows where he'll be taken in that - the grades range from in the first round (according to his agent HAHA), to more likely in the 5th, 6th or 7th rounds according to BLESTO and NFS.

There are a couple reasons I wouldn't be surprised to see the Hawks put a 6th or 7th round wager on him in the supplemental draft:

First, they've got a history in the past season of using their later round picks pretty liberally. They used a 6th round pick in the Kentwan Balmer trade. They used a 6th round pick on the Tyler Polumbus trade. 7th round pick on Stacy Andrews. The list goes on.

Secondly, they seem to really like physical upside. Pryor, though notoriously inaccurate according to every scouting report I've ever read on him, is a very gifted athlete, especially for a quarterback. He's tall, and can run. The Hawks like mobility in the quarterback position.

Now, odds are that some other teams will put in a higher pick wager on him and he'll never be a real option for the Hawks. But, in the off chance his character history and inaccuracy issues push him off teams' wishlist, he could be someone to watch for.

Check out a video below on the Ohio State product coming to us via Aaron Aloysius, highlighting his running ability - something of note to Seahawks' fans as Carroll and Cable have noted they like incorporate the QB into the running game.

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and have always thought that Pryor was the second coming of current Jets “slash” player Brad Smith.

If you dismiss the notion of him becoming an every down QB, and see his potential as a slash player who can be dynamic from multiple positions and returning kicks, he’s not a bad mid-round gamble. I don’t know that I’d go as high as 3, but you could do worse in the 4th round.

That’s in general. For Seattle, I’d value him a tad lower simply because we kinda have Tate for that role, though I do like Pryor’s size.

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on Jul 1, 2011 3:48 PM PDT reply actions

It's not just that he's inaccurate, he doesn't have an NFL QB arm

He is not an NFL QB. I don’t think any team will draft him to play that position. Either a wildcat QB (waste of a pick) or a converted TE or WR.

Count me out. Some team will reach, it shouldn’t be us.

by Thomas Beekers on Jul 1, 2011 3:53 PM PDT reply actions

He won't be there after the 3rd.

I would not take him as a NFL ready starter at Qb, that would be dumb. Could he be? Nobody knows as of now. Nobody!

Developmental is just that, you think you can.

Some of you seem to think no more of him than Durham or Konz. Seriously? 4th, 5th, 6th,,,,seriously. LMFAO. Oh yeah, I forgot that Gruden style TV interest in them.

,,,a need for speed>>>>

by woofu on Jul 1, 2011 5:07 PM PDT reply actions

I have absolutely no idea what you're trying to say.

by The Ancient Mariner on Jul 1, 2011 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs

Kinda like a XXlarge Isaiah Stanback.

He’s fun to watch but his game wouldn’t fly in the NFL.

by Richard fg7 on Jul 1, 2011 8:04 PM PDT reply actions

I would like to see the NFL stick it to Pryor and see him not get drafted.

by Wilder. on Jul 1, 2011 10:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Newton went #1

What did Pryor do that was worse then Newton

by eohawkfan on Jul 2, 2011 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

A lot of selfish looking runs in that video

He went for the extra yardage when he could have slid to protect himself. And he held onto the ball in situations where he had a RB flanking him he could have pitched it to. And leaped into action out of the pocket in situations where he had receivers open. Also, poor ball protection: He’s holding that thing like a loaf of bread.

Not saying he can’t run. Obviously, he can. But it shouldn’t be the QB’s job to run the ball that often, especially in as many long yardage downs as there were in that video. We have running backs for that kind of thing. There’s something about QBs like Michael Vick who register 100 yard rushing games that irks me. Couldn’t your running backs do the same thing? If not, why are they there?

Overall, not terribly impressed. I’d sail a 6th round flier on him just to see what happens. If nothing else, maybe he’d see time returning kicks or something.

by Clendy on Jul 4, 2011 1:42 AM PDT reply actions