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(AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs have signed running back Peyton Hillis, giving the team a formidable duo in the ground game with Jamaal Charles.

Hillis had a drama- and injury-filled second season in Cleveland after rushing for 1,177 yards in 2010.

Terms of the deal weren't immediately disclosed.

He won a nationwide fan vote to be the cover figure for "Madden NFL 12," but then rushed for just 587 yards last season.

Hillis, a seventh-round pick out of Arkansas in 2008, also played two seasons with Denver.

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