Terrell Pryor's position coach believes he can be a QB

by Ryan Ebert

Former Ohio State star, Terrell Pryor, has a coach that believes he can make it in the NFL as a quarterback.

"He's going to give himself a chance to be a good player in this league, because of his work ethic," quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo said, according to Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.

"He's a gym rat here in this building," DeFilippo added. "He loves being here, loves talking football, loves being around, playing the game. He's getting better every day."

DeFilippo was with Oakland but left in 2008, returned this year and insists that Pryor is a quarterback.

Though many say that the 6'6" 233 lbs. player should be playing at tight end or wide receiver because of his exceptional speed.

"The fact is, his strides he's made from his first day here in this offense to where he is now have been good," DeFilippo said. "We've just got to keep doing that every day. We've got to keep moving him forward and he'll do that with his work ethic."

As of now, Pryor is third on the depth chart behind Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. He was taken in the third round of the supplemental draft in 2011 after leaving college early when the NCAA violations investigation began to take place.

Terrell Pryor played one snap all of last year, but it did not have any meaning since it did not count because of his own false start.