Former NFL All-Pro retires immediately after Super Bowl

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Punter Marquette King, a veteran of six NFL seasons who was a second-team AP All-Pro in 2016, announced his immediate retirement Monday.

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“I’ve battled to break back into the NFL, but if the league’s gatekeepers want to block me out, I’ll shut that door myself, because the ultimate goal was to make it back into the NFL,” King wrote on Twitter/X. “I don’t beg and This is me calling it on my terms. I’m thankful for the opportunity to have played in the NFL shout out to the Raiders and beyond, the XFL, and the UFL. It is what it is.

“Thanks for all the love, I appreciate every last one of my fans. This track speaks louder than any league ever could I am officially retiring from this and I’ll leave this here.”

King, 37, was signed by the Raiders out of Fort Valley State. He played 84 games from 2013-18 — 80 for the Raiders and four from the Denver Broncos in his final season.

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