WSU’s Priester staying in present

  • By Jacob Thorpe The Spokesman-Review
  • Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:19pm
  • SportsSports

PULLMAN — Kyrin Priester has a past, not that anyone at Washington State will tell you about it.

Whatever the incident was that led to Priester’s dismissal from the Clemson football team, Mike Leach and his newest receiver are staying silent. But is has that led the prep superstar from Georgia to a school he did not consider as a high school recruit. The Cougars successfully appealed for a “run-off waiver” because he is no longer welcome at Clemson.

Priester was made available to the media after practice on Tuesday and replied “no comment” in response to four separate questions regarding his journey from the ACC to the Pac-12.

Clemson’s cooperation was required in the appeals process but Leach, when asked if the Tigers’ coaches had reached out to WSU on behalf of the receiver, replied, “We’re not going through all that. He’s eligible and we’re thrilled to death, what difference does it make?”

So the foundational act in making what could be WSU’s most dynamic player a Cougar remains off limits, but the Cougars are happy to tell you all about Priester’s value.

“Kyrin comes to work every day,” said outside receivers coach Graham Harrell. “He’s a great player and I love his attitude.”

“I can’t think of anybody that works any hard than he does, and I think all of them work hard,” Leach said. “Besides being fast, he’s big and he’s got a physical quality to him.”

He didn’t academically qualify to enroll at Clemson when he signed out of high school, so he enrolled at the Fork Union Military Academy, where he was ranked the No. 1 prep school wide receiver in the country by 247sports.com.

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