NFL Rumors: Patriots Signing Kicker Nick Folk To Replace Mike Nugent

Well, that didn’t take long.

The New England Patriots signed free-agent kicker Nick Folk, a source told NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport. The Patriots cut kicker Mike Nugent earlier Tuesday afternoon.

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Folk is the third kicker the Patriots will trot out this season. Stephen Gostkowski was placed on injured reserve with a hip injury prior to Week 5.

Folk, 34, has kicked for the Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his 11-year NFL career. He hasn’t kicked in the NFL since 2017, but he did spend time with the AAF’s Arizona Hotshots this summer. He went 12-of-16 on field goals in the AAF. All of his misses came on kicks over 40 yards, though he did hit a 55-yarder.

Folk was named to the Pro Bowl in 2007, his rookie year.