SB Nation: How Ryan Perrilloux Disapeared Completely.

reading this article now. The part about Miles & Jimbo flipping him from Mack Brown is golden.

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Right before his dismissal from LSU in 2008, Perrilloux said he had been rated as high as the No. 2 quarterback prospect for the 2009 NFL Draft, right up there with Matt Stafford and Mark Sanchez. But by the time of the 2010 NFL Draft, according to Scout.com, he was listed as the 20th-best quarterback draft prospect. He was a sleeper, at best, but Perrilloux had heard that a team might draft him as early as the fourth Round. But Coach Crowe already knew Perrilloux wasn't going to be drafted.

"Ryan had a workout there in New York, and the guy who did the workout was a friend of mine," Crowe said. "Every team had a scout there. I asked him what kind of job he did. And he said, ‘We worked out Sam Bradford last week, and he's right there if not better.'"

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Damn...

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Pranks were commonplace between Perrilloux and his siblings, especially the kind that involved scaring each other half to death. When Kidada and her date drove up to the house, they noticed someone outside. Kidada ran out of the car, leaving her date behind, and banged on the front door of the house. Perrilloux, wearing a black leather jacket, dark denim jeans and a baseball cap, crept up to the car.

His sister's date had a loaded 9 mm pistol. No words were exchanged, no "Freeze!" No questions asked. Just the earsplitting sound of two shots firing from a gun. The first bullet missed. The second one pierced Perrilloux's right side below his armpit, tore through both of his lungs, his liver and his upper diaphragm, and came out the other side. All he kept saying was "I'm out of breath," Perrilloux's mother, Bobbie, remembered. "He knew he got shot, but he didn't think he got hurt." He was not only good, he was lucky. The doctor who worked on Perrilloux that night said the bullet came an inch from his heart — one inch and he wouldn't have made it.

This is where we learn Ryan Perrilloux, at age 14, took a bullet that spun its way in and out of his body, nearly killing him.

And he did not cry.

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Wow. I had no idea... Great read!

Imagine if he would have went to Texas and stayed out of trouble. Taking over for vince young in that weak conference. He would have been a beast..

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"Basically, what they're telling me is the quarterback situation is slim. JaMarcus struggled and you'll have a great opportunity to come in here and play." Perrilloux said. "I got in there, and it wasn't that. ‘Cause when I got here I never had an opportunity. I was on the scout team for two years. They didn't treat me like I was the No. 1 recruit in the country. They treated me like a guy they signed to see if he could play or not."

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There he goes placing blame on someone other than him.

I think once Ryan P. got to JSU he quickly changed his tune. It sucks for him that the NFL was trying to repair it's imagine during the time he was draft eligible. But, that's just how the ball bounces I guess.

Chip Kelly should pick him up. I gotta think he's better than Dennis Dickson and the offense is perfect for RP.

I saw him take some hacks on that knuckleball show, and have no doubt he could have been an amazing baseball player had he dedicated himself to that sport. Just an amazing athlete.

Ryan11. football smart. life stupid. ok, maybe he's gotten away from being totally stupid, but man did that kid used to f up.

This article is horrible is nothing but a pack of lies. It reads like a big lie and is completely impossible.

Let's get this straight: An all-world QB who could potentially win multiple Heismans and National Championships gets kicked off of a team who only had Andrew Hatch and Jarrett Lee because he "acted out" a bit and missed a team meeting and a couple of classes?

Whatever.

Then, this amazing all-world QB can't get picked up anywhere - even in minor league football or the CFL because he is being blackballed because he missed a few classes/meetings in the Spring of 2008?

You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me.

How did this article even make it out of the writer's brain?

Everyone says that Ryan is the next Tony Romo, but he can't get a chance because everyone is against him.

And, he can't play in the CFL because he can't get his passport together.

Once he shows up, he can't beat anyone out because everyone lied to him or because of something else.

Now, he is trying to play Arena football.

Man, if RP would have stayed at LSU 2 more years, we would have had him AND Jordan Jefferson on the team at the same time. Could you imagine the excuses for everything that would have gone wrong?

This article makes no sense. You can either make it or you can't.

RP was going to be handed the keys to the program after Jamarcus went pro. He screwed it up with his stupidity and set the program back.