FREDONIA, N.Y. (AP) _ What's in a name? If you're a Peerless, there has to be pressure.

"It's been a burden in a way, because I've had to live up to it," said wide receiver Peerless Price, the Buffalo Bills' second-round draft choice.

	Peerless Price hopes his success in college carries over to the NFL.

So far, it's working.

"He looks good," said Andre Reed, the Bill's all-time leading receiver. "He looks real good."

Price sprained his knee on his first play of minicamp in April, but the former Tennessee star is catching up quickly.

"He got started a little slow and didn't have a grasp of the offense until the last few days," said Dwight Adams, Bills director of player personnel. "But he has the speed and athletic ability that we drafted him for. He's made some good catches out here."

There are many stories about the origin of the name. One has it that an aunt suggested it; Price's single mom, Vinder, looked it up, liked it and slapped it on her baby.

Another version is that his mother took it from the Peerless moving company located around the corner from the family's home in Dayton, Ohio.

What's for sure is that Vinder wanted something different, and got what she wanted.

"She said she was looking for something unique," Price said. "Without an equal, matchless, superior. So she decided to name me that and I just try to live up to it every day and not let her down."

Price's mother raised him, his older brother and three sisters by herself. He wanted to give her something back.

He helped the Volunteers claim the undisputed national championship with a 23-16 victory over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 4. Price caught four passes for a bowl record of 199 yards including one for 76 yards that set up the Volunteers' first touchdown and a 79-yard score that put the Vols ahead 20-9 in the fourth quarter.

What mom wouldn't be proud of that? And there's more to come. The Bills have penciled Price in as their third receiver behind Reed and Eric Moulds, a Pro Bowler last year. But after those two and return specialist Kevin Williams, the Bills aren't deep in experienced receiving talent.

"That's a position where we need help, and he's help," Adams said.

In a pass-oriented intrasquad scrimmage Saturday, Price ran a quick out pattern and made the catch for a 42-yard touchdown. He also caught a toss from third-string quarterback Alex Van Pelt and motored down the sideline for another quick trip to the end zone.

"There are still some things I need to work on, but I feel good after Saturday's scrimmage," Price said.

Price has gotten plenty of help from Moulds, Williams and Reed, who warned him not to get too full of himself in camp.

"I told him, hey, practice is one thing, but once we get in a game it's totally different," said Reed, whose team plays its first preseason game at Seattle on Saturday. "It's faster and your head's spinning."

His name aside, Price has been most blessed with talented quarterbacks including former Vols teammate Peyton Manning, whom he'll see on the opposite sideline when the Bills play Indianapolis in the season opener Sept. 12.

"It'll be great to see him," Price said. "It's a dream come true for both of us."