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Atlanta Falcons linebacker Paul Worrilow kisses his 15-month-old daughter, Julie, after the first day of training camp in Flowery Branch, Ga., on July 28, 2016.(Photo: Curtis Compton, Associated Press)

Height, weight: 6 feet, 230 pounds.

Joined the Lions:Worrilow, who turns 27 in May, agreed to a one-year contract with the Lions on Wednesday.

NFL career: He made the Atlanta Falcons in 2013 as an undrafted free agent after being a walk-on at Delaware. Worrilow was the Falcons' starting middle linebacker job in 2013-15. He led the team in tackles each of his first two seasons. Last season, the Falcons wanted to get faster at linebacker, so they drafted two, and Worrilow lost his job to rookie Deion Jones. Worrilow was relegated mostly tospecial teams in 2016 and played just four defensive snaps in the playoffs -- none in the Super Bowl.I know I can go and play good ball, Worrilow told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Whether if thats here or somewhere else.

Off the field:In 2011, he signed up for Delawares bone-marrow program. He underwent a six-hour procedure to donate peripheral blood stem cells to an anonymous 21-year-old leukemia patient.

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