Myron Pryor
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Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
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| Position | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | June 13, 1986 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 305 lb (138 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Eastern (Louisville) | ||||||||
| College | Kentucky | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2009: 6th round, 207th overall pick | ||||||||
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Myron Pryor (born June 13, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a nose tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats.
Pryor was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Eastern High School in Middletown, Kentucky, where he was voted a Second-team All-State player by the Associated Press. He was also a two-year letterman in wrestling and track and field, where he competed in the discus and shot put.[1]
College career
After graduating from high school in 2004, Pryor attended the University of Kentucky. He tore a pectoral muscle in the weight room and was forced to gray shirt his first year of college. He didn't enroll at UK until spring of 2005, where he started the last two games of his freshman season in 2005. In his sophomore season, he started ten games, recording ten forced fumbles, ranking him among the nation's best in that statistic. He recorded 27 tackles in his junior season in 2007, starting 11 of his team's 12 games. In his 2008 senior season, Pryor was named second-team All-Southeastern Conference. He started 10 games on the season, picking up four and a half sacks, and a touchdown on a 72-yard fumble return.[2]