Standing half a soccer area away and with greater than a dozen offensive and defensive linemen blocking his view, Cam Little couldn’t see the ball clear the crossbar. However when his Jacksonville Jaguars teammates began screaming and scrambling, Little knew the result: a 70-yard area objective that he initially thought set an NFL report.
He later realized it wouldn’t rely as a result of it occurred in a preseason sport, a 31-25 loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday evening.
“Meaning we simply should go on the market and make it once more [in the regular season],” mentioned Little.
Little and the Jaguars celebrated broadly after he made the kick. Holder Logan Cooke lifted each arms shortly after the ball took flight. Little leaned ahead just a little after which raised an arm when “Logan’s eyes obtained actually huge” and it was clearly official. Cooke pushed Little to begin the social gathering, after which rookie star Travis Hunter greeted Little on the sector with a midair body-bump.
“I don’t assume we’re essentially going to be kicking 70-yarders within the first quarter or something like that,” Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence mentioned. “However unbelievable to see him make that. That’s large, particularly in these two-minute drills. If you will get him close to the 50, you bought a very good shot. Having a man like that could be a weapon.”
Baltimore’s Justin Tucker holds the NFL mark, having made a 66-yarder at Detroit in 2021. Eight kickers have tried 70-yarders within the common season, and all of them failed.
“Me and Logan have been like, ‘We wish to kick it. We wish to kick it,’” Little mentioned. “When he gave me the chance … we went on the market, and adrenaline’s a gorgeous factor.”
Little’s appeared as if it might have been good from practically 75 yards; it cleared the bar by sufficient that the ball boy caught it cleanly.
A sixth-round draft decide from Arkansas in 2024, Little made 27 of 29 field-goal makes an attempt as a rookie and all 27 further factors. His lengthy was 59 yards, which tied Josh Scobee’s franchise report. Scobee, who retired in 2017, was at Saturday’s sport however informed Little he missed it as a result of he went to the lavatory.
Little nonetheless hadn’t even seen a replay of the kick even a half hour after the sport ended. His telephone was blowing up with congratulatory messages and voicemails, so many who was already apologizing for not with the ability to reply to all of them.
He already had one response prepared – for anybody asking for the ball. He’s retaining it, even when the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame calls.
“Heck, yeah,” he mentioned. “Are you kidding me … That ball is staying with me. Canton, Ohio, can get one other ball.”
