Terrelle Pryor to Browns: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction

Terrelle Pryor signed with the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday, and perhaps this time will be the charm for the 26-year-old wideout.

Mary Kay Cabot of the Plain Dealer first reported the deal, and Mike Garafolo of Fox Sports confirmed the report. Cabot noted Pryor was set to visit the Chicago Bears prior to inking the deal, which the Browns confirmed on Dec. 2.

On Wednesday, head coach Mike Pettine said there is a good chance Pryor will be available against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, per Cabot. ESPN's Adam Caplan added on Sunday that the team would like to get Pryor 15-20 plays.

Pryor spoke about the deal on his Twitter account:

Pryor was most recently a member of the Browns but failed to play a regular-season game for the franchise after it wanted to make room for the newly signed Robert Turbin.

"This will be a mistake by them," said Pryor after the move, per Cabot. Cleveland evidently agreed, considering Pryor is back in the fold.

The former Ohio State Buckeye is essentially a man without a position. He was a quarterback coming out of college and started nine games under center for the Oakland Raiders in 2013.

Pryor had some early success in what proved to be his final season in Oakland, but it didn't take long for opposing defenses to figure him out.

During his first five appearances of the 2013 campaign, Pryor had 1,061 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions through the air. Over his next six games, Pryor threw for 737 yards, two touchdowns and six interceptions. His completion percentage during that stretch was 50 percent.

ESPN Stats & Info put his performance at quarterback into perspective:

After trying and failing to earn roster spots on the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals, Pryor decided to shift positions, moving to wide receiver.

The trouble for Pryor is that he's making the change so late in his football career. He's spent roughly a decade playing, practicing and thinking about the game from a quarterback's viewpoint. Now, little of that will be useful.

"I don't know how to catch. I don't know how to run the ball as a running back," Pryor said in June 2014, per Jerry Brewer of the Seattle Times. "I've been a quarterback my whole life."

Julian Edelman is one of the bigger "college quarterback to NFL wideout" success stories, but for every Edelman, there's a Pat White, Eric Crouch, Nick Marshall, Matt Jones and Ronald Curry. And those guys made the change right out of college—not five-plus years after entering the NFL.

Maybe Pryor can prove all of his skeptics wrong. He has clearly shown a willingness to try anything to continue his NFL career, and coaches have to love that kind of adaptability.

Plus, it's not as if Cleveland was forced to break the bank in order to sign Pryor. If he fails to become an NFL-caliber wideout, the Browns will have little trouble giving up on the experiment.

For Pryor, the success or failure of his move could have serious consequences. Should the stars align and he carves out a role in Cleveland's passing game, he could have a career renaissance. However, he could be out of chances in the NFL if this deal proves to be a bust.