Former Portland State punter Kyle Loomis has agreed to join the Seattle Seahawks' mini-camp as an undrafted free agent.

The Roseburg native, 27, took a circuitous route to professional football. In 2006, he earned Sporting News third team All-America honors after he averaged 41.3 yards as Oregon State's freshman starting punter. The next summer, shortly before the start of fall camp, he left the Beavers for personal reasons.

Loomis served three years and eight months in the Army before returning to Roseburg and working as an interim engineer for the Oregon Department of Transportation. After six years away from football, he used an NCAA guideline that excludes veterans from the five-year eligibility rule to pick up the sport again at PSU.

With the Vikings, he led the nation in punting as a junior and senior. Loomis participated in the Senior Bowl and entered the draft widely considered the top eligible punter.

-- Connor Letourneau

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