Marquette King

Marquette King (born October 26, 1986) is an American football punter for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League.

College career
King attended Fort Valley State University, in his senior year King 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 and 16 of his punts were for 50 yards or more.

Professional career
After the 2012 NFL Draft the Oakland Raiders signed King to a three year deal to compete or eventually replace veteran Shane Lechler. In training camp King took most of the punting snaps, due to an injury Lechler had suffered earlier. King impressed the coaches enough to be kept on the roster but was placed on the Injured Reserve for the entire Regular Season...

Personal
King and Reggie Hodges are the only current African American punters in the NFL and two of the few in NFL history.