Free-agent running back Steven Jackson has agreed to sign with the Atlanta Falcons. The deal is for three years and $12 million, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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The now-former St. Louis Rams feature back also was being pursued by the Green Bay Packers, but he'll now take over as the Falcons’ veteran workhorse for the recently released Michael Turner.
Jackson, 29, rushed for 10,135 yards in nine seasons with St. Louis. He will join an Atlanta backfield that has another Oregon State product, Jacquizz Rodgers.
The Rams had given Jackson the option to void the final year of his contract, and when he took it, it was clear he wouldn't return in 2013. St. Louis is expected to move on with the youthful combination of Isaiah Pead and Daryl Richardson.
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