Pryor Named Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/26/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State junior quarterback Terrelle Pryor is one of 16 semifinalists for the 2010 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, which takes into consideration quarterback skills, academics, character, leadership and sportsmanship.
Pryor leads a Buckeye offense that is averaging a Big Ten-best 40.8 points per game and is one of six active FBS quarterbacks with at least 1,000 career rushing yards and 5,000 passing yards. He leads all Big Ten quarterbacks with 18 touchdown passes and ranks 11th in the nation in passer efficiency with a 162.8 rating. Pryor has completed 66 percent of his passes for 1,775 yards and has thrown at least one touchdown pass in all but one game. He also has rushed for 408 yards and three touchdowns, which include three 100-yard rushing performances.
The Jeannette, Pa., native had his best all-around game against No. 12 Miami (FL) in September when he threw for 233 yards and a score and rushed for a career-high 113 yards and another score in the 36-24 win. In the win over Ohio, Pryor set a school-record with 16 consecutive completions against the Bobcats, the second most in Big Ten history. Pryor would go on to set another school record the very next game against Eastern Michigan by accounting for six touchdowns in a single game: four passing, one rushing and one receiving.
Against Indiana Oct. 9, Pryor threw for a career-high 334 yards and three touchdowns and is coming off a 270-yard, three touchdown passing performance in the win against Purdue in just three quarters of play – a game in which the Buckeyes racked up 415 total yards in the opening half.
Pryor joins three other Big Ten quarterbacks on the list: Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins, Michigan’s Denard Robinson and Iowa’s Ricky Stanzi.
2010 Davey O’Brien Semifinalists
| Matt Barkley | SO | USC | Pac-10 |
| Kirk Cousins | JR | Michigan State | Big Ten |
| Andy Dalton | SR | TCU | MWC |
| Blaine Gabbert | JR | Missouri | Big 12 |
| Robert Griffin III | SO | Baylor | Big 12 |
| Landry Jones | SO | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
| Colin Kaepernick | SR | Nevada | WAC |
| Andrew Luck | JR | Stanford | Pac-10 |
| Ryan Mallett | JR | Arkansas | SEC |
| Taylor Martinez | FR | Nebraska | Big 12 |
| Kellen Moore | JR | Boise State | WAC |
| Cam Newton | JR | Auburn | SEC |
| Terrelle Pryor | JR | Ohio State | Big Ten |
| Denard Robinson | SO | Michigan | Big Ten |
| Ricky Stanzi | SR | Iowa | Big Ten |
| Darron Thomas | SO | Oregon | Pac-10 |
Fans may now help determine which three quarterbacks will advance as finalists by voting as often as once daily at www.VoteOBrien.org. Fan voting will close at noon (CT) on Nov. 21.
The Foundation and the Selection Committee will announce three finalists on Monday, Nov. 22. The 2010 winner will be announced on The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show on Thursday, Dec. 9 and will be honored at the 34th Annual O’Brien Awards Dinner on Feb. 21, 2011 at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
