Lions RB Leshoure to start vs. Titans

Running back Mikel Leshoure will start for the Lions on Sunday, according to the team's website, marking the regular-season debut for the 2011 second-round pick.

Leshoure missed his rookie season with a torn Achilles tendon, and recently finished serving a two-game suspension after being arrested for marijuana possession twice during this past offseason.

"I am pretty amped and excited," he said earlier this week. "Everything I have ever dreamed of - I've been in the NFL almost two years and this will be my first game. I am ready to roll."

The Lions are averaging just 82.5 rushing yards per game.