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Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has filed a class action lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division, naming his former school, the NCAA and the Big Ten as defendants and seeking damages after he was injured during his time as Student was denied compensation by NIL-athlete.

Ralph Russo of The Athletic provided details from the lawsuit.

“For many years and continuing to this day, Defendants have systematically and intentionally abused the publicity rights and NIL of Plaintiffs and similarly situated individuals, thereby collecting millions, if not billions, of dollars from Plaintiffs and the Class. ” the lawsuit says.

“Meanwhile, the student-athletes themselves were not only prevented from exercising their advertising rights, but they were also penalized for doing so by the rules the NCAA imposed on them in order for them to participate.”

Pryor played at Ohio State from 2008 to 2010, helping the Buckeyes to three straight top-10 finishes in the Associated Press poll (including fifth place finishes in 2009 and 2010). He finished his three seasons at the school with 6,177 passing yards and 57 touchdowns, as well as 2,164 rushing yards and 17 more scores.

However, Pryor's college career ended abruptly after the Tattoogate scandal in late 2010, in which the signal-caller and four other Buckeyes sold championship rings, jerseys and awards in exchange for then-improper benefits, including money and discounted tattoos.

Of course, 11 years later, the NCAA implemented a name, image and likeness policy that allows players to use the advertising surrounding their personas to make money. As Ohio State's star quarterback, Pryor would certainly have legally reaped these benefits in the eyes of the NCAA if the NIL policy had been adopted while he was in high school.

But in late 2010, Pryor was unjustly made a pariah. He left OSU for the NFL Supplemental Draft and was selected in Round 3 by the Oakland Raiders. Pryor appeared in seven different NFL seasons (2011-2013, 2015-2018) for the Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Washington, New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. He initially entered the NFL as a quarterback but then switched to wide receiver, most notably playing for the Browns in 2016, catching 77 passes for 1,007 yards and four scores.

Pryor's lawsuit comes to light shortly after former USC superstar running back Reggie Bush filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, USC and Pac-12 for “profiting from the gratuitous use” of his name, image and likeness, according to Stewart Mandel from The Athletic.

In July, the NCAA also agreed to a $2.7 billion settlement with current and former college athletes from the class action lawsuits House v. NCAA, Hubbard v. NCAA and Carter v. NCAA, “including compensatory and future damages.” Benefits for Division I students included.” -Sportsman.”