Yesterday, Marcus Davis, of Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va., chose to pursue his collegiate career at Virginia Tech rather rather than in Happy Valley. Now, Penn State will cross its fingers in hopes of capturing Terrelle Pryor, from Jeannette High School near Pittsburgh, widely regarded as the nation's No. 1 recruit.

Tomorrow afternoon, the college football world will be tuned in to see which school Pryor selects. Pryor (6-6, 235), who passed for 1,889 yards and 23 touchdowns and rushed for 1,899 yards and 36 touchdowns, has listed Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State as his top choices.

According to several experts, landing Pryor would be a reach for Penn State, although it's not completely out of the running.

"It will all depend on how everything plays out," said Bob Lichtenfels, regional recruiting analyst for Scout.com. "If he decides to make the announcement [tomorrow], then it may be a longshot for Penn State, but if he decides to extend it, they may have a legitimate shot."

He had been bouncing around the idea of pushing an announcement back an extra week to visit Oregon and Penn State but, according to recruiting Web site Rivals.com, he will announce his choice at a live news conference tomorrow on ESPNU at 12:05 p.m.

Lichtenfels said Pryor made his performance last month at the U.S. Army All American Bowl (155 all-purpose yards, two touchdowns) look so easy that he seemed like a Penn State senior playing among high-school sophomores and juniors.

"Imagine the best player you have ever seen and that's Terrelle Pryor. He just takes over games," Lichtenfels said. "He's just so smooth and so fluid that everything looks like it's in slow motion for him. He has the strength and size of a tight end but runs like a 175-pound running back, and his will to win is unbelievable. You just have to see him to appreciate him."

With 17 scholarships available, Penn State might end up without a quarterback. If so, they enter spring practice with seniors Daryll Clark and Paul Cianciolo and sophomore Pat Devlin in the wings.

Still, if Penn State comes up empty-handed, Lichtenfels, believes the Nittany Lions still produced a solid recruiting class despite the Web rankings and scouting reports.

"I would like to have seen them get a quarterback, for sure," Lichtenfels said. "Nobody really knows what's going to happen with Pryor and there doesn't appear to be any fallback plans that I can see right now, although that doesn't mean there's not."

Davis, meanwhile, seemed to be a Penn State longshot all along. He threw for 1,837 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior, adding 858 yards on the ground and 12 touchdowns.

"[Virginia Tech] did a great job recruiting him. They got on him way before everyone else and kept in touch," said Jim Prince, Davis' coach at Ocean Lakes High.

Prince said staying close to home also played into Davis' decision.

"If he doesn't make it to the NFL, he'll be able to have great networks with in-state guys being a Virginia Tech player," Prince said. *