Walking into an NFL training camp that housed a Pro Bowl kicker isn’t the easiest place to look for a regular season kicking job, but that’s exactly what former Notre Dame kicker Blake Grupe did with the New Orleans Saints – and Grupe has now made the 53-man roster.
Grupe’s successful preseason led to the Saints being able to trade kicker Wil Lutz to the Denver Broncos on Tuesday. The Saints received a 7th round pick in the 2024 NFL draft as compensation and as a result, the former Notre Dame and Arkansas State kicker Grupe has a regular-season NFL job.
Below is what the new Saints starting placekicker had to say about the competition and winning the job.