Former Arizona Wildcat and veteran NFL kicker Nick Folk visited the New England Patriots this weekend and could potentially sign with the team, according to league reporter Ian Rapoport.
The #Patriots are having free agent K Nick Folk in for a visit, and the plan is for him to sign Monday, source said. He’ll go through the protocol first.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 22, 2020
Folk — who has been in the league since 2007— needs to pass a physical and go through COVID-19 testing before he is able to sign a deal with the team.
Last season, Folk appeared in seven games with the Patriots after Stephen Gostkowski when down with a hip injury. In those seven games, Folk went 16-of-19 on field goals and 13-of-13 on extra points.
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If Folk, 35, signs a deal with New England, he would be the second kicker on the team's roster along with 2020 fifth round draft pick Justin Rohrwasser.
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