The Patriots have announced the signing of free-agent punter David King, a former Australian rules football player.
King played for the North Melbourne Football Club, appearing in 241 games and kicked 145 goals, winning premierships in 1996 and 1999. King was twice named an AFL All Australian. He retired at the end of 2004 and became an assistant coach with the Richmond Football Club.
He came to the U.S. in 2009 to attend a kicking camp in Nevada in hopes of signing with a NFL team. Kicking coach Greg Zauner said after the camp that King was a very quick learner and quickly was hitting punts of 4.8 to 4.9 second in hangtime. He is currently the only punter on the Patriots' roster. Look for them to sign another veteran or undrafted free agent after next week's draft.
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