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Q&A: Vikings rookie punter Zach Von Rosenberg on making the switch from baseball to football

The Vikings' undrafted punter, Zach Von Rosenberg, is unlike most NFL rookies.

Von Rosenberg, who turns 31 in September, is pursuing a second career in pro sports as he competes this summer with incumbent punter Britton Colquitt for the Vikings' job.

He was first a coveted pitcher as a two-time Mr. Baseball in Louisiana and a 2009 draft pick by the Pirates. After six years in the minor leagues, ended by an injury and lingering numbness in his throwing hand, he walked onto LSU's campus in 2016 and tried his hand at tight end and quarterback before sticking as a punter.