New Cleveland Browns signing Ben Tate has said that he intends to take the chance that he has been given with the club's offense in order to impress those who have trusted him.

Tate was confirmed as a Browns player on Saturday, and said that of the options he was considering, Cleveland was his preferred choice due to their style of offense.

"It's something that I've been waiting for for a long time," he told the club's official website. "I'm just ready to grab this opportunity and run with it and show everyone what I'm all about.

"In the grand scheme of things, I really wanted to be here. At the end of the day, I thought this was going to be the best opportunity for me.

"I felt the pieces that were already here, offensive-line wise, and their plans in free agency and the draft, so I felt it was just going to be the best opportunity for me to help turn this thing around and take it to another level."

Tate rushed for 771 yards and four touchdowns in the 2013 season.