Punter is usually a low-profile position, but Marquette King turned it into something bigger. Back when he played for the Oakland Raiders , his cousin Greg Rhymes would stand on the sidelines snapping photos with fans wearing King’s No. 7 jersey, and every week, there were more of them. That was the impact he brought to the Raiders. He saw himself as “an athlete who punts,” not just “a punter,” and his larger-than-life style backed that up.

He led the league in punt average and punt yards in seasons (2013 and 2014), and in 2016 was a second-team All-Pro. And it wasn’t just the booming kicks. In fact, his celebrations, personality, and social-media presence all fed into it. But fast-forward to today, and despite being one of the best punters of his era, King has been out of the NFL for

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