"Suspended five games for breaking NCAA rules by accepting improper benefits from a tattoo parlor and perhaps facing further punishment for other misdeeds, embattled Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor announced through his attorney Tuesday that he would not play for the Buckeyes this upcoming season.

Pryor is eyeing entry to the NFL through the supplemental draft -- the same route Maryland's Jared Gaither took to the Ravens in 2007 -- but labor uncertainty could lead him to the Canadian Football League first.

"I would hope so. Also, he would hope so," Larry James, Pryor's attorney, said of the 21-year-old's desire to enter the supplemental draft. "But he's going to take the next couple of days to get his head together."

So what are Pryor's pro prospects? At 6-foot-6, 233 pounds, he has prototypical size for the quarterback position and he is an excellent athlete. He rushed for 2,164 and 17 touchdowns during his three years at Ohio State, and he completed 60.9 percent of his passes for 6,177 yards and 57 touchdowns.

But ESPN's Todd McShay said that Pryor has accuracy issues, poor footwork and below-average football intelligence.

"Pryor carried a third-round grade following last season (and remains in that area now) based mostly on his potential to move to receiver if he does not make significant progress as a quarterback early in his NFL career," McShay wrote on Tuesday, "and the odds are stacked heavily against him doing so."

Mel Kiper Jr. agreed with that assessment, saying "significant hurdles remain" in Pryor's development as a quarterback. But he thinks that Pryor switching to wide receiver or tight end in the NFL "is a tantalizing thought.""