The San Francisco 49ers already have a starting punter lined up for 2018, Bradley Pinion, but it hasn’t been uncommon for the team to bring aboard some added competition during training camp.
This year, it’s fellow veteran Jeff Locke.
Locke entered the NFL as a fifth-round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings back in 2013 out of UCLA. He was the Vikings’ regular punter for the first four years of his career before his rookie deal expired, subsequently leading to him signing with the Indianapolis Colts, then the Detroit Lions, in 2017.