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Saints new kicker Blake Grupe blends youthful looks, small-town origin with Meek Mill confidence

BY ROD WALKER | Sports columnist 9 hrs ago

Blake Grupe believed he belonged here when nobody else did.

He wasn't bothered at the first preseason game when a member of the Caesars Superdome security team saw his youthful face and 5-foot-7, 156-pound frame and assumed he was a fan trying to get to the field instead of a guy trying to win the New Orleans Saints’ kicking job.

Heck, that wasn’t the first case of mistaken identity for the undrafted rookie.

Some coaches on the Saints’ staff saw him in the team facility and assumed he was the son of one of the other coaches.

And there were media members who saw him in the locker room during minicamp and figured he was one of the new equipment managers.

But Grupe isn’t a fan, the son of a Saints coach or an equipment manager.

He’s the new kicker for the Saints.

“Let’s be honest,” said Brandon Grupe, Blake’s father. “He doesn’t look the part. But he plays the part well. We’ve always told him they always remember the little guys and the big guys. So show 'em exactly what you want them to know about you.”

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