The Seattle Seahawks are signing former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback John Rhys Plumlee, the team announced as part of a flurry of movies on Wednesday. Plumlee was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars from their practice squad on November 12.
Plumlee signed with the Steelers as an undrafted free agent out of UCF because they promised him a chance to play quarterback. Throughout the rest of the training camp, Plumlee would get time as a quarterback, work as a kick returner, and plug-in as a wide receiver.
Yet, after the Steelers cut him during their final cutdowns, Plumlee had multiple offers and decided to head to Jacksonville rather than stay in Pittsburgh. With Jacksonville, he worked strictly as a quarterback.
That is where Plumlee would like to work first before making any position switch to wide receiver or somewhere else. Such a switch might be inevitable for Plumlee, but he at least wants a shot in a game to prove that he can stick as the signal-caller before giving up on that prospect and taking the route of Julian Edelman and others.
