[1] He was later recruited by the Ohio State University, winning a team title in his junior year and earning twice All-American honors.

As a graduation present his parents paid for his travel expenses to the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix, his first international competition, where he was scouted by USA Fencing.

He reached the quarter-finals at the 2015 Pan American Championships in Santiago de Chile and earned a gold medal in the team competition together with Benjamin Bratton, Jimmy Moody and Ari Simmons.

In the team event the United States lost to Venezuela in the final, leaving Pryor with a silver medal.

[3][4] At the 2016 Pan American Games in Panama, Pryor took the silver medal after being defeated by Yunior Reytor Venet of Cuba in the finals.