The Vikings have agreed to terms with WR Bernard Berrian on a six-year contract and an announcement should come before the night is up.

UPDATE II: The Vikings have called a 7 p.m. news conference to introduce Berrian. We’ll bring you reaction as soon as possible thereafter.

UPDATE: We have independently confirmed the news. FoxSports is also reporting it, along with our friends at the Chicago Sun-Times. Also, the Sun-Times reports the deal is worth a total of $42 million with $16 million guaranteed, making Berrian the NFL’s fourth highest-paid receiver in the NFL.

There have been indications for most of the day that a deal was close, beginning when Berrian inadvertently popped his head into the team’s practice facility prior to a news conference with new S Madieu Williams. Berrian was wearing a Vikings hat and carrying a jersey with his name on it, not exactly the sartorial selection of a guy who was having a bad visit.

Berrian has remained at Winter Park all day as agent Drew Rosenhaus negotiated the deal with the Vikings.