Jaguars Kicker Cam Little Nails Longest Field Goal In Nfl History

Cam Little has plentifulness of leg.

On Sunday, nan Jaguars’ kicker made history by booming nan longest section extremity nan NFL has ever seen. Little’s 68-yarder arsenic nan first half expired bested Justin Tucker’s 66-yarder from 2021.

The footwear cleared nan uprights pinch room to spare, and gave Jacksonville a 6-3 lead connected nan Raiders heading into nan break.

According to Next Gen Stats, Little had a 4.3% chance to make that kick, truthful he defied immoderate beautiful steep odds, though that debased percent makes it consciousness for illustration Next Gen Stats mightiness person immoderate catching up to do pinch nan existent kicking revolution.

Little is successful his 2nd season, and his erstwhile profession agelong was a 59-yarder that came successful Week 11 against nan Lions past year. He besides had a 70-yarder successful nan preseason, but that didn’t count arsenic a record.

A sixth-round prime successful nan 2024 NFL draft, nan Arkansas merchandise was nan Jaguars’ starting kicker arsenic a rookie and proved why nan franchise has religion successful him pinch that monolithic footwear connected Sunday.

Entering nan game, Little was 10-of-14 successful section goals this season. He has been cleanable wrong 40 yards, but was 3-of-5 betwixt 40 and 49 yards, and 1-of-3 from 50 aliases longer. Now he’s 1-of-1 from 68 yards out.

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