Terrelle Pryor signs 4-year deal with Raiders

Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 9:33 am , filed under NFL News by Scottshapell

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Former Ohio state and quarterback Terrelle Pryor has signed a 4-year deal with the Oakland Raiders on Thursday. This move was come after just three days being picked in the third round of the NFL supplemental draft by Raiders. On Thursday night Raiders announced Pryor is signing late and he would be on the field for his first NFL seasonâ€™s practice on Friday.

Oakland Raiders will play their third exhibition game on Sunday against New Orleans where it was unlikely that Pryor would playing as he will be serving five match ban. The Raiders then will have three practices before the exhibition finale at Seattle on September 2nd. After that game, Pryor will be ineligible to practice with the Raiders until serving a five-game suspension following his acceptance of money though his agent.

The quarterback was allowed to enter Monday’s supplemental draft, Pryor was handed a suspension by Commissioner Roger Goodell for the same number of games he sat out and returned to Ohio State. Although, Pryor has said he will not be appealing the suspension. Pryor played his final season with the Buckeyes.

Pryor is just coming out off his best season at Ohio State, throwing for 2,772 yards and 27 touchdowns with 11 interceptions. There has been some speculation that Pryor will be play as receiver or tight end, but Raiders coach Hue Jackson said Monday that Pryor will start off as a quarterback.

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