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Source: RB LeGarrette Blount signs 1-year deal with Lions

The Detroit Lions have signed veteran running back LeGarrette Blount to a one-year deal, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday night, giving the franchise the veteran running back they've been searching all week for.

Detroit brought in four veteran backs over the past week -- Jonathan Stewart, DeMarco Murray, Frank Gore and Blount - to try and help fix a running game that ranked last in the league in 2017 in yards per game and yards per carry.

Blount, 31, led the Philadelphia Eagles with 766 rushing yards on 173 carries (4.