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Bucs sign former Saints kicker Zach Hocker

One day after cutting Roberto Aguayo, the Bucs added another kicker to challenge Nick Folk during training camp, adding former Saints and Rams kicker Zach Hocker.

Hocker, 25, was a seventh-round pick of the Redskins in 2014 but never played for Washington. He kicked for the Saints and Rams in 2015, going 10-for-14 on field goals with a long of 51 yards and 12-of-13 on extra points. He was in camp with the Bengals last year but was among their final cuts.

Folk, with $750,000 guaranteed on his contract, is now a strong favorite to be the Bucs' kicker for 2017, after Aguayo was cut after missing an extra point and field goal in Friday's preseason opener.