Denver Broncos Sign Former Raiders punter Marquette King

Marquette King. Photo by Rob Latour/Variety/REX/Shutterstock

Denver Broncos announced on Thursday that they have signed former Oakland Raiders punter Marquette King on a three-year deal. According to ESPN, the deal is worth around $7 million. Oakland Raiders released King on March 30th, since he didn’t fit into the plans of team’s new coach Jon Gruden.

The cool thing about the Broncos is the people that work at the Broncos encourage you to be yourself,” – said King. “That is real cool. Players play a lot better when they can let their hair down and be themselves. It’s cool. They encourage it.

The 29-year-old also added that he hopes to kick-start his career with the Broncos and that he felt they were “the best team to go to.”

After getting undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft, Marquette King signed with the Oakland Raiders after a successful tryout. In 2013 he became team’s starting punter, and led the league in yards per punt, with 48.9. In 2014, he became the NFL punting yards leader for the season with 4,930 yards on 109 punts. Thanks to his good performances, the Raiders signed him to a five-year, $16.50 million extension in 2016.

Broncos have been active on the market in the offseason, signing free agents as well as trading for players. Besides King, they added former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Case Keenum, and traded for Arizona Cardinals tackle Jared Veldheer and Washington Redskins safety Su’a Cravens.

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