Post-OSU Update: Evan Pryor transferred to Cincinnati after the 2023 season. Pryor played in 12 games for the Bearcats in 2024, carrying the ball 56 times for 418 yards (7.5 ypc) and six rushing touchdowns. Pryor also made 15 catches for 181 yards (12.1 ypc) and another TD. (updated: Apr. 2025)

Major: Journalism (2021-23)
Weight: 198 (2022-23), 197 (2021)

2023 Media Guide: Evan is a junior who has three season’s of eligibility … he missed all of the 2022 season and 2023 spring drills with with a knee injury and subsequent rehabilitation.

2021: Red-shirted the 2021 season after playing in four games … carried the football 21 times for 98 times and a 4.7 yards-per-carry average … scored a touchdown in his first collegiate game: a 12-yard rush vs. Akron … has career-highs of 11 carries and 48 yards, vs. Maryland … caught two passes for eight yards.

2021 Media Guide: Was part of the 2021 signing class … was one of 14 signees to enroll in classes in January of 2021 and took part in spring drills … was the nation’s No. 2-ranked all-purpose back … a top-100 player who checked in at No. 84 in 247Sports composite rankings … was the No. 4-ranked player in the state of North Carolina.

High School: Did not play his senior year at William Amos Hough High School as the state of North Carolina postponed high school football to the spring due to COVID-19 … as a junior in 2019, Pryor had 1,130 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns while adding 646 receiving yards and eight more TDs in 13 games … finished his high school career with 4,233 all-purpose yards and 42 total touchdowns … also ran track and field where he had a personal best time of 10.84 in the 100 meters.

Personal: Is the son of Inid and Erik Pryor.