From: AP via ESPN.com -

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When Terrelle Pryor sprinted out of the locker room late in the third quarter, the sound that came from several thousand red-shirted Buckeye fans was pure relief. Pryor was back and the game, surely, was in hand.

Good thing they didn’t realize how bad Pryor’s left quadriceps felt.

The Heisman Trophy candidate returned from a leg injury that briefly knocked him from the game, then led No. 2 Ohio State on two drives that sealed a come-from-behind, 24-13 win over Illinois on Saturday.

“The worst thing was when I came back and the guys thought I was all right and they were saying, ‘Come on Terrelle, lead us,’ ” Pryor said. “There was no way I could do anything but hand the ball off and maybe get a couple passes.”

Pryor was helped by the pounding of tailback Dan Herron and a Buckeye defense that held Illinois to 251 total yards and, after the first quarter, a pair of field goals.

The Ohio State quarterback said after the game he isn’t sure how bad the injury is, but he expects to play next week against Indiana. Coach Jim Tressel said he also didn’t know how seriously his junior quarterback was hurt.

“I was in full stride and all of a sudden I felt and heard something pop and I was like ‘What’s going on?’ ” Pryor said. “It was probably the worst pain I had in a while.”

After being helped from form the field and limping to the locker room, his replacement, Joe Bauserman, threw an interception to Illinois safety Trulon Henry.

The Illini went three-and-out, though, and Pryor came back a few minutes later, running to……

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