"Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor's journey to the NFL might take longer than expected.

Not only has the NFL yet to schedule a supplemental draft for the 2011 season, but Pryor might not qualify if there is one despite having announced plans to enter after leaving Ohio State in early June.

"If there are no players eligible for a supplemental draft, there is no supplemental draft," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello wrote in an email to FOXSports.com on Sunday. "It is for players whose circumstances have changed in an unforeseen way after the regular (college) draft. It is not a mechanism for simply bypassing the regular (draft)."

Aiello cited examples of "unforeseen" changes as players who were kicked off their college teams, declared academically ineligible or graduated and then decided to leave school. Pryor doesn't qualify on any of those fronts.

Although engulfed in a payola scandal that also involved some teammates, Pryor's eligibility status at Ohio State hadn't recently changed at the time of his departure.

Pryor could have turned pro before April's draft but instead accepted a suspension for the first five games of the 2011 season from then-coach Jim Tressel. Pryor left Ohio State shortly after a disgraced Tressel announced his resignation under fire from the NCAA."