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After signing four-year extension, long snapper McDermott says, 'I love it here'

Vikings long snapper Kevin McDermott confirmed an NFL.com report that he has signed a four-year, $4 million contract extension through 2020.

By Mark Craig

August 8, 2016 at 10:13PM

Vikings long snapper Kevin McDermott confirmed an NFL.com report Monday that he has signed a four-year, $4 million contract extension through 2020. (Brian Wicker — Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Vikings long-snapper Kevin McDermott confirmed an NFL.com report that he has signed a four-year, $4 million contract extension through 2020.

"I love it here," said McDermott before declining further comment until the team officially announces the extension.

Undrafted out of UCLA in 2013, McDermott signed with the 49ers and beat out 13-year veteran Brian Jennings. He helped the 49ers to the NFC title game that year and played in seven games for the Ravens in 2014.

Last year, he beat out 11-year veteran Cullen Loeffler for the Vikings' long-snapper job.

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Mark Craig

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Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).