Marquette King, who was once regarded one particular of the ideal punters in the NFL in the course of his profession, located a property with the new XFL.

King introduced Tuesday he signed with the XFL, getting to be a person of the very first really proficient gamers to sign up for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Dany Garcia’s soccer league.

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St. Louis Battlehawks punter Marquette King, #7, awaits his next punt as he walks in close proximity to the sideline for the duration of the football video game between the St. Louis Battlehawks and Houston Roughnecks at TDECU Stadium February 16, 2020 in Houston. (Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire by means of Getty Images)

The former Next-Crew All-Professional distinctive groups star posted a clip of the letter he obtained from XFL president Russ Brandon, which thanked him for accepting the invitation to the XFL Draft Participant Pool.

"Had to make positive I was in the appropriate state of mind just before I committed to this. I’m all IN!" he wrote on Twitter.

King performed for the then-Oakland Raiders from 2013 to 2017. He joined the workforce as an undrafted absolutely free agent from Fort Valley Condition. In his rookie season, he led the NFL in yards per punt (48.9). In 2014, he led the NFL in punts (109) and overall punt yardage (4,930).

St. Louis Battlehawks punter Marquette King, #7, just before a XFL video game among the DC Defenders and the St. Louis BattleHawks, on March 8, 2020, at Audi Subject, in Washington, DC. (Tony Quinn/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs)

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He was a Next-Crew All-Professional selection in 2016. He averaged 48.6 yards per punt. He experienced a complete of 3,937 punt yards on 81 punts. He signed a 5-calendar year, $16.5 million extension in 2016 but was slash by the Raiders forward of the 2018 season.

He joined the Denver Broncos in April 2018 but was waived and cut right after 4 online games.

Punter Marquette King, #7 of the Oakland Raiders, sends the ball for 68 yards towards the Buffalo Expenditures late in the fourth quarter on December 4, 2016 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California.  (Brian Bahr/Getty Visuals)

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In 2020, King performed for the St. Louis BattleHawks in the rebooted XFL and led the league in punting yards (868). Nevertheless, the league ceased working as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world.