Jim Tressel was nominated as the following lieutenant governor of Ohio on Monday, and it drew a response from certainly one of his former star gamers whereas he coached at Ohio State.
Terrelle Pryor, who was the quarterback for the Buckeyes from 2008 to 2010, had a two-word present of assist for Tressel.
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Former head coach Jim Tressel watches a scoreboard tribute for the 2002 nationwide championship staff through the recreation between Notre Dame and Ohio State, Sept. 3, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Picture/David Dermer, File)
“My man,” he wrote in a put up on his Instagram Tales on Monday.
Pryor handed for two,772 yards and 27 touchdowns in his remaining season with the Buckeyes in 2010. It proved to be Tressel’s final season with the Buckeyes as effectively.
Tressel and Pryor have been each caught up in an improper advantages scandal. The NCAA, after an investigation with the FBI and the Justice Division, decided Tressel, Pryor and different Buckeyes gamers violated the group’s insurance policies over impermissible advantages. Gamers have been accused of receiving tattoos or money for autographs.
Tressel was accused of withholding data within the investigation and resigned earlier than the beginning of the 2011 season. Pryor left the varsity earlier than his remaining yr.
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Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Terrelle Pryor is embraced by coach Jim Tressel after the Rose Bowl towards the Oregon Geese on Jan. 1, 2010, in Pasadena, California. (Kirby Lee/Picture of Sport-USA As we speak Sports activities)
Pryor went on to play broad receiver within the NFL and put collectively a strong profession. Tressel by no means coached within the collegiate ranks once more. As an alternative, he served as Youngstown State College’s president from 2014 to 2023.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine nominated Tressel for lieutenant governor after Jon Husted changed Vice President JD Vance within the U.S. Senate.
“Jim Tressel is Ohio values. He’s a tough employee and shares that imaginative and prescient (I’ve) for the way forward for Ohio,” the Republican governor stated Monday at a information convention. “He has the power to drag individuals collectively. He has the power to guide. He’ll allow me to be assured that if one thing occurs to me, he can stroll in and be governor that day and that may be seamless.”
Tressel expressed his admiration for DeWine.
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Coach Jim Tressel, quarterback Terrelle Pryor, second from left, and teammates after beating Ohio College on Sept. 18, 2010. (The Columbus Dispatch photograph by Neal C. Lauron)
“I wish to research a bit bit about what Jon Husted has happening, and so I wish to be taught the enterprise, if you’ll,” he stated. “After which it’s as much as if you sit down with the staff and the workers and everybody else attempting to determine who performs what place greatest. And I’d be more than pleased to assist wherever I can.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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