After bringing him in for a workout Wednesday, it appears the Jacksonville Jaguars like what they saw out of free-agent receiver Terrelle Pryor and will proceed by officially making him a member of the team. Per NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the team quickly offered the veteran a deal after working him out and he’ll now join his former quarterback coach from Oakland and former offensive coordinator from Cleveland, John DeFilippo.
Pryor, 29, was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 2011 supplemental draft where he spent three seasons, with one (2012) occurring with DeFilippo. Afterward, he had a brief run with the Seattle Seahawks (preseason of 2014) and also spent some offseason time with the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals in 2015.
After jumping around in 2015, he settled down with the Cleveland Browns where he re-joined DeFilippo (who was their coordinator) and was actually able to make the 53-man roster. While there he made the switch to receiver and was able to accumulate 77 receptions for 1,007 yards and four touchdowns during his 2016 campaign. Afterward, he also bounced around on the East Coast with the Washington Redskins, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets where he played in a total of 17 games while starting in one.
The addition of Pryor gives the Jags a big-bodied receiver (at 6-4, 227-pounds) who has a small chance to latch on as their No. 5 or No. 6 receiver heading into the regular season. They especially could use him if Marqise Lee has any setbacks from his knee recovery as the veteran isn’t expected back until late in the preseason.
