Marquette King

King in the 2015 NFL season

No. 7 Oakland Raiders

Position:

Punter

Personal information

Date of birth:

October 26, 1988

Place of birth:

Macon, Georgia

Height:

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight:

192 lb (87 kg)

Career information

High school:

Macon (GA) Rutland

College:

Fort Valley State

Undrafted:

2012

Career history

Oakland Raiders (2012–present)

Roster status:

Active

Career highlights and awards

First-Team All-SIAC (2011)
AFC Special Teams player of the week (Week 16, 2015)

Career NFL statistics as of 2015

Punts:	276
Punt yards:	12,734
Average punt:	46.1
Longest punt:	70
Inside 20:	94
Player stats at NFL.com

Marquette King (born October 26, 1988) is an American football punter for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Fort Valley State.^[1] King is the only current African American punter in the NFL and has been since the beginning of his career.

College career

King attended Fort Valley State University, and in his senior year was an All-First Team Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference member and the 2011 FVSU Wildcats Most Valuable Player. During the 2011 season King punted 80 yards against Bethune-Cookman University. During the 2011 season, King led the Conference in punting with a 43 yards per punt average, with 21 punts landing inside his opponents' 20-yard-line. Sixteen of his punts were for 50 yards or more.

Professional career

Oakland Raiders

After the 2012 NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders signed King to a three-year deal to compete with or eventually replace veteran Shane Lechler. In training camp, King took most of the punting snaps due to an earlier injury to Lechler. King impressed the coaches enough to be kept on the roster but was placed on injured reserve for the entire 2012 NFL season.

With Lechler signing a free-agent contract with the Houston Texans, King competed for the Oakland Raiders punting job during the 2013 preseason with experienced veteran Chris Kluwe. The regular season job was left to King after the Raiders cut Kluwe at the conclusion of the preseason.

References

↑ "Oakland Raiders: Marquette King". Oakland Raiders. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

External links

Oakland Raiders current roster

Active roster	4 Derek Carr 5 Garrett Gilbert 11 Sebastian Janikowski 15 Michael Crabtree 20 Nate Allen 21 Dexter McDonald 22 Taiwan Jones 25 D. J. Hayden 26 Roy Helu 28 Latavius Murray 29 David Amerson 30 SaQwan Edwards 34 George Atkinson III 37 Tevin McDonald 38 T. J. Carrie 39 Keith McGill 43 Jimmy Hall 48 Colton Underwood 49 Jamize Olawale 50 Curtis Lofton 51 Ben Heeney 52 Khalil Mack 53 Malcolm Smith 56 Lorenzo Alexander 58 Neiron Ball 59 Jon Condo 61 Rodney Hudson 66 Gabe Jackson 68 Jon Feliciano 71 Menelik Watson 74 Mitch Bell 77 Austin Howard 78 Justin Ellis 81 Mychal Rivera 84 Andre Debose 86 Lee Smith 88 Clive Walford 89 Amari Cooper 90 Dan Williams 92 Stacy McGee 97 Mario Edwards, Jr.

Reserve lists	45 Marcel Reece (Susp.)

Free agents	7 Marquette King (UFA) 10 Seth Roberts (ERFA) 13 Jeremy Ross (UFA) 14 Matt McGloin (RFA) 18 Andre Holmes (UFA) 27 Taylor Mays (UFA) 31 Neiko Thorpe (RFA) 35 Dewey McDonald (ERFA) 42 Larry Asante (RFA) 47 Thomas Gafford (UFA) 54 Korey Toomer (ERFA) 55 John Lotulelei (RFA) 69 Khalif Barnes (UFA) 70 Tony Bergstrom (UFA) 72 Donald Penn (UFA) 73 Matt McCants (RFA) 75 Shelby Harris (ERFA) 76 J'Marcus Webb (UFA) 80 Rod Streater (UFA) 82 Gabe Holmes (ERFA) 93 Leon Orr (ERFA) 95 Benson Mayowa (RFA) 96 Denico Autry (ERFA) 99 Aldon Smith (UFA)

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Current starting punters in the National Football League (as of Week 17 of the 2015 NFL season)

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