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Pryor, who picked up one of the Nittany Lions' earliest 2021 scholarship offers as a freshman last April, made his first trip to Happy Valley since attending a September 2018 showdown between Penn State and Ohio State. Aside from visiting with his sister — a sophomore at PSU — he took advantage of an opportunity to strengthen relationships.
Cain is one of three top-10 running back prospects to pick Penn State since December 2017.
“I wouldn’t be so quick to call them Running Back U yet, but they’re definitely on their way," Pryor said last week. "They put a lot of backs in the league, and they’re getting a lot of really good backs, too. … Now they’ve got
Noah Cain and (fellow blue-chip 2019 signee)
Devyn Ford. I think I fall in line with those guys in being a back who can do whatever you need.”
Last season, Pryor totaled nearly 1,200 yards of offense and 14 touchdowns. He is listed third among running backs and 67th overall in 247Sports 2020 rankings.
His fifth visit to Penn State since February 2018 featured a discussion with Nittany Lions coach
James Franklin.
"He was telling me how they are building something special up there and he would love for me to be part of it," Pryor said.
Penn State secured its first verbal commitment of the 2021 recruiting class earlier this month, landing Baltimore receiver
Dont'e Thornton. Pryor, who claims more than 20 offers, figures to be a long-term target in the cycle.
"Penn State is a great place with great people and it’s somewhere I can see myself playing at," he said while assessing the weekend.
Pryor, who is unsure of when he'll be back on campus, has also traveled to Georgia, NC State and Virginia Tech since the start of January. The presence of his sister in State College is an obvious notable dynamic.
“It helps a lot because you hear what the coaches tell you as selling points, but that might not always be the truth at some schools," he said. "With my sister there, she can tell me what’s really going on around campus and what the atmosphere is like; stuff like that. She’s kind of an insider for me.”
