Jaguars kicker Cam Little sets NFL record with 68-yard field goal in win over Raiders

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A Little history was made in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little set a new NFL record after successfully booting a 68-yard field goal at the end of the first half of Sunday’s overtime win over the Raiders.

Little’s kick, now the longest FG made in NFL history, beat out Justin Tucker‘s 66-yarder set in 2021.

“You kick it long enough and you kick it straight enough, it’s going to go in,” Little said of his record-setting kick after the win. “Me and Logan (Cooke) kind of had like a one-on-one right before the kick and I said, ‘I’m going to hit this ball as hard as I can.’ Usually when I tell myself that, I find success.”

Allowing Little to make the record-setting kick took some work from the Jaguars offense.

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Following the game’s first score, Jacksonville got the ball back at the 31-yard line with 28 seconds left. After expending their final timeout following a short completion to open the drive, Trevor Lawrence connected with Parker Washington for 18 yards before rushing to the line to spike the ball and stop the clock at the 50-yard line.

Little then trotted out to the field to make NFL history, striking the 68-yarder firmly as the final four seconds of the half ticked away and make it a 6-3 score at the half.

It might have been good from 70 yards, which Little already proved to be an achievable feat this past preseason when he made a kick from his team’s 48-yard line.

“I ran right at him, it was like we had won the Super Bowl,” head coach Liam Coen said after the win. “But it was what ignited us and that confidence from him, from a guy who had been struggling, that was really a special moment for our team.”

The Jaguars kicker made all three of his FG attempts on Sunday, including a 48-yarder as time expired in regulation. Jacksonville edged the Raiders, 30-29, in overtime.

Little’s record-breaker is the biggest moment of what has been a solid season for the 22 year old. He’s now made 14 of 18 FG tries and 17 of 18 extra-point attempts in seven games through his second campaign. The sixth-rounder out of Arkansas made 27 of 29 FGs in his rookie season, including what had been a 59-yard career best. Little’s 68-yarder was his first attempt ever from 60-plus yards out.

With NFL kickers improving and converting long field goals at an impressive rate — Cowboys K Brandon Aubrey has five from 60-plus yards in his career — Tucker’s record was bound to be broken.

Now they’ll be going after Little’s 68-yard record.

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