Five Buckeyes' juniors mulling NFL jump

Maybe he can become a public defender, I mean everyone murders people right?

I can't see him as a TE...just because usually TE's know how to shut thier mouths.  No he is more of a WR based on his comments.

Wrong noun!

Do you really think Herron would go? I thought one of OSU's problems this season was that neither Herron nor Saine were distinguishing themselves as quality backs.

BOOM MGoRoasted! 

He'll get drafted, and after three games say that if he was on a different team, he'd be dominating the nation.

I have been wondering about this, and I should probably go back and look at the Mathlete's data showing QB growth through their four years.  Even with data though, I do not expect Pryor to have a much more productive year than he had this year.  He has already participated in three spring training workouts, has started since he was a freshman, and is playing in an offense that doesn't rely on him to make a lot of plays. (as an aside, I think Tressel allowed Troy Smith to do a lot more in his offense than Pryor, which somewhat discounts the Tressel doesn't adjust to his players).  I just think that Pryor has hit his ceiling as a college quarterback, and expect minimal gains in his game as a senior.  If he returns, he will still get wins, but this is more similar to Boeckman or Krenzel getting wins than the Troy Smith lead wins. Just an opinion.

Agree that it is very hard to predict who is going to become a great pro QB. The flops have always stood out - the past four big disappointments have been Leaf, Russell, Leinhart and Marinovich - all had a lot of pre-NFL hype, physically looked the part and came in and blew up. Of course, Peyton Manning came in with a lot of hype and had all of the physical features one would want and he did pay off for the Colts.

Everyone else however were not the ideal physical archtype QB. The only common aspect was that they all were hard workers off the field or had an overwhelming  burning competitive fire. The kids who always had to prove themselves in high school and college maybe better prepared mentally - they have had to work harder and prove to the coaches that they deserved to start. They weren't just bigger and faster than the other kids. That may be part of the reason why Vince Young at Tennessee has had issues - he was always quicker, faster, and bigger than nearly all of his college opponents.

The college situation also may not have an incentive for the coaches to do much tinkering with a kid's mechanics if he is productive. Why break down a kid's throwing motion and take a whole year to sort that out if he is super productive (like Tim Tebow at Florida)? Why spend a lot of time teaching how to read a defense and make adjustments at the line if that isn't part of the college team's offense? That is probably the biggest concern a spread team has with attracting QB talent.

if you aint 4th your last

Last year I thought Cameron Heyward, Chimdi Checkwa, Devon Torrence, Brandon Saine, and Brian Rolle were all leaving. Silly me.

Despite coaching at tOSU and wearing sweatervests, Tressell has attacted highly-ranked players and seems to support their testing the water as juniors.  Of course, it helps to have a pipeline filled with 4 and 5 star underclassment to replace them.  I have to respect what Tressell has done during his tenure as HC, even though I want to beat him black and BLUE. 

Uhhh, you ever hear of Andrew Luck?

and Ryan Mallett?

Luck will go before cam newton and I still wouldn't be surprised if locker goes in the first round. TP wouldn't go first round