The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Jets sign former Redskins WR Pryor for depth
NEW YORK — Terrelle Pryor is hoping for a BigApple bounce-back with the Jets.
The former Washington wide receiver signed with New York after one disappointing season with the Redskins.
The Jets announced the signing Sunday.
Terms of the deal, which were agreed to on Thursday night, were not immediately known.
Pryor had free-agent visits with both New York and Seattle, and also had interest from Cleveland, before he agreed to sign with the Jets.
“I’m so happy to be a part of this organization and this team, this young team,” Pryor said in a video posted on the team’s Twitter page . “I’m excited. It’s time to get to work. Jet up!”
Pryor, who turns 29 in June, gives the Jets some depth at wide receiver, where they also have Jermaine Kearse, Quincy Enunwa and Robby Anderson, along with secondyear pros Chad Hansen and ArDarius Stewart.
Anderson’s status is uncertain, however, after he was arrested in Florida in January on several charges, including threatening a police officer’s family and saying he would rape the officer’s wife.
He was also arrested last May and charged with resisting arrest after sparring with officials who asked him to leave a Miami music festival.
Pryor signed a one-year, $6 million deal with Washington last year after having a breakout season with Cleveland in 2016, when he had 77 catches for 1,007 yards and four touchdowns in his first year as a fulltime wide receiver.
He was being counted on to replace the departed receiving duo of Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson, but injured an ankle in Week 2 and tried to play through it.
He finished the year on injured reserve and had ankle surgery, ending the season with just 20 catches for 240 yards and one touchdown.
He had more than three catches in a game just once last year — in the season opener — and Washington allowed Pryor to leave as a free agent.
The former Ohio State quarterback-turned-receiver now has a chance to return to form as a potential deep threat for the Jets in new coordinator Jeremy Bates’ offense.
This marks the latest stop in what has been a wild football journey for Pryor, who has also spent time with Oakland, Seattle, Kansas City and Cincinnati in the NFL.
Pryor, a top high school recruit from southwestern Pennsylvania, was the starting quarterback for Ohio State from 2008-10 and became one of college football’s most exciting players. He threw for 6,177 yards and 57 touchdowns and ran for 2,164 yards and 17 scores in three seasons with the Buckeyes.