Cam Little – Record Holder, Sixth-Round Pick, and the Most Dangerous Leg in the NFL
On November 2, 2025, with 39 seconds left in the first half at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little lined up a 68-yard field goal attempt. The Jaguars were trailing the Raiders 6-0. His holder Logan Cooke set the ball. Little told Cooke right before the snap: “I’m going to hit this ball as hard as I can.” He did. It cleared the crossbar with room to spare, broke Justin Tucker’s 66-yard record that had stood since 2021, and landed Little’s jersey in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio – for the second time that same season.
Little was 22 years old. He’d been missing kicks. He’d gone home to Moore, Oklahoma during the bye week to practice at his old high school field with his father. That detail matters – it’s the kind of thing that would read as sports-movie cliché if the records weren’t real.
From Moore, Oklahoma to the NFL – His Background
Cameron Little was born August 17, 2003, in Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb south of Oklahoma City. His father Todd Little was a kicker. That’s not incidental – kicking at a high level requires technique that compounds across years of repetition, and Little grew up with a father who could teach it. His mother is Ronda Little. He attended Southmoore High School in Moore before heading to Fayetteville.
He’s 6-foot-1 and listed at 172 pounds – taller than most NFL kickers, which affects the angle of contact at the point of the ball. He’s openly Christian, a fact he doesn’t separate from his career. When he declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, his statement read: “After much time and prayer with my family, I have decided to forego my senior year at Arkansas.” He closed it with: “Without Him I would never be in the position I am today.” That’s not boilerplate – he says the same thing in postgame press conferences when reporters ask about record-breaking kicks.
Three Seasons at Arkansas – The Most Accurate Kicker in Program History
Little arrived at Arkansas in 2021 and kicked for three seasons. His final numbers: 53 field goals on 64 attempts (82.8%), with all 129 extra-point attempts converted. He left as the most accurate kicker in Razorbacks program history, second all-time in kick scoring with 288 points.
Year by year: 19-of-23 field goals in 2021 with a long of 51 yards, 13-of-15 in 2022 with 89 total points scored, 20-of-24 in 2023 with a career-long of 56 yards. He was named to the First-Team All-SEC in 2023 and was twice named SEC Freshman of the Week in 2021. His 34-of-36 makes on field goals under 40 yards across his college career (94.4%) showed consistency, not just occasional leg strength.
He was also, during his sophomore season, featured on Good Morning America. Not for a kick. For his charity work with the Down Syndrome Connection of Northwest Arkansas. Starting as a freshman, he committed $10 per field goal to the organization. By 2023, that had grown to $50 per field goal plus 100% of his jersey revenue. His younger cousin has Down Syndrome – he’s been direct about that being the personal root of the commitment. He was named to the SEC Community Service Team for it. At most schools, a kicker’s charity work doesn’t get national television coverage; at Arkansas, Little made it happen.
He declared for the draft after his junior season. The Athletic’s Dane Brugler rated him the second-best kicker in the class. Shrine Bowl director Eric Galko said they had Little ranked first at the position.
The 2024 NFL Draft – Youngest Kicker Ever Taken
The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Little in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 212th overall. He was the third kicker taken, behind Will Reichard (203rd, Kansas City) and Joshua Karty (209th, Los Angeles Rams). At 20 years old on draft day, he became the youngest kicker ever drafted in NFL history.
He beat out veteran Riley Patterson in training camp and won the starting job before the regular season began. What followed was one of the stronger rookie kicker seasons in recent memory: 27-of-29 field goals (93.1%), 27-of-27 extra points, a career-long of 59 yards that tied the Jaguars franchise record, and a four-field-goal game against the New York Jets in Week 15. He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team. He missed exactly two field goals all year and zero extra points.
Preseason 2025 – A 70-Yard Kick That Doesn’t Count
On August 9, 2025, in a preseason game at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Little hit a 70-yard field goal right before halftime. It is the longest recorded successful kick in organized football at any level. It doesn’t count in the official NFL record books because it was preseason. The jersey still went to Canton anyway – the Hall of Fame sent someone to collect it.
His holder Logan Cooke watched it go through and said afterward: “You know he has the leg, so when he hits it straight you’re like, ‘All right, it has to be good.'” That’s the relevant qualifier. Everyone around the team knew the leg existed. Getting it straight from that distance in a real game – that was the question.
The 2025 Regular Season – A Slump, a Bye Week, and a Record
Little started 2025 as one of the most hyped young kickers in the league. Then he missed three of his first four attempts of the season. Coming into Week 9 against the Raiders, he’d made just 10 of 14 field goal attempts and had missed his first career extra point. His misses were clustering wide right, from 47 and 50 yards. During the bye week, he flew home to Moore and spent time kicking at Southmoore High School with his father – the field where this whole thing started.
The Raiders game on November 2 started slowly. Jacksonville was held scoreless for most of the first half. Then, with 39 seconds left, Trevor Lawrence hit an 18-yard pass to Parker Washington to move the ball to the Las Vegas 50. The Jaguars called timeout and sent Little out for 68 yards. He said he and Cooke had a brief exchange before the snap – just the one sentence about hitting it hard. The kick split the uprights, cut the deficit to 6-3, and rewrote the record book. Jacksonville won 30-29 in overtime. Little made all three of his field goal attempts that day, including a 48-yarder as time expired in regulation to send it to OT.
In his postgame press conference, he opened with: “Thank You, Lord, for giving me the opportunity.” He said he’d wanted to use the platform “to spread the Gospel.” He acknowledged the adversity directly – the slump, the misses, the pressure of being a second-year player who’d been electric as a rookie and had suddenly looked fallible. The Sports Spectrum interview after the game is worth finding if you want the full version. It’s a coherent account of how he thinks.
68 Yards vs 66 Yards – What the Previous Record Actually Was
Justin Tucker kicked a 66-yarder for the Baltimore Ravens against the Detroit Lions on September 26, 2021. It bounced off the crossbar and went through. Tucker made it under conditions that were, by his own admission, at the outer edge of what was possible. That record stood for four years. Matt Prater held the prior record with a 64-yarder for the Denver Broncos in 2013, kicked at altitude in Denver which adds measurable distance to kicks.
Little’s 68-yarder was not at altitude. It was at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which is a dome – controlled conditions, no wind. The kick cleared the crossbar cleanly. There was no crossbar bounce, no inches to spare. Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey, who has five career makes from 60-plus yards, is the only other active kicker in the same conversation about range. Little is 22. Aubrey is 29. The record will likely be challenged, possibly by Little himself.
Then He Did It Again in Week 18
On January 4, 2026, in a Week 18 game against the Tennessee Titans, Little hit a 67-yard field goal – outdoors, at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville – to set the NFL record for the longest outdoor field goal in league history. He now holds the first and second longest field goals in NFL history, both kicked in the same season. His 13 career field goals from 50-plus yards rank second in Jaguars franchise history.
The 67-yarder drew less coverage than the 68-yarder, which is understandable. By that point, the reaction was closer to “right, him again” than genuine shock. That probably says something about how quickly the goalposts for “impossible” shift once someone keeps clearing them.
His Career Numbers Through Two NFL Seasons
Through the 2025 regular season: 57 field goals made on 63 attempts (90.5% career rate), 77 extra points on 78 attempts (98.7%), 248 total points. His 2024 season accuracy was 93.1%. His 2025 figure was 88.2% – lower, but that denominator includes 10 attempts from 50-plus yards, of which he made 8. He set the Jaguars single-season record for points with 140 in 2025, on 30-of-34 field goals and 50-of-51 extra points across 17 games.
The one number that doesn’t get enough attention: he’s made 13 of 16 career attempts from beyond 50 yards (81.25%). For context, league average on 50-plus yard attempts typically runs around 55-60%. He’s not just occasionally making long kicks – he’s doing it at a rate that suggests genuine structural advantage in leg strength and technique rather than variance.
What Actually Makes Him This Good
NFL kicking has changed. The position is more specialized than it was a decade ago, with dedicated kicking coaches, biomechanical analysis, and training regimens built around generating force at the point of contact. Little grew up with a father who played the position. He practiced long-distance attempts in fall camp at Arkansas – 58 yards, 61 yards, 56 yards – before he ever attempted one in a game. That’s not standard college kicker preparation.
His height (6-foot-1) gives him a slightly higher contact point and a different angle on the ball than shorter kickers. That affects trajectory on long kicks specifically. His approach to the 68-yarder – “hit it as hard as I can” – sounds simple, but it reflects something real about how elite kickers manage long attempts differently from the controlled 40-yard attempts they make in rhythm. He committed fully to the attempt rather than steering it. Most kickers don’t get the opportunity to develop that feel because they don’t get 60-plus yard attempts in training camp with a head coach willing to greenlight them in games.
Liam Coen gave him that opportunity. The Jaguars sent him out for 68 yards trailing by 6 with 39 seconds left in the first half. That’s a level of organizational confidence that doesn’t happen without a track record – or without a 70-yard preseason kick on tape.
The Wild Card Game and What Comes Next
Jacksonville beat the Bills’ division rivals late in the season to clinch a Wild Card berth. In the Wild Card game against the Buffalo Bills in January 2026, Little made both of his field goal attempts in a 27-24 loss. He converted 30-of-34 regular season field goals and 50-of-51 extra points. The Jaguars lost on a controversial ending to the first half that had nothing to do with his kicking.
He turns 23 in August 2026. He has the two longest field goals in NFL history on his resume, a Hall of Fame jersey from a preseason game, a PFWA All-Rookie award, and a 90.5% career field goal percentage. He also has a slump on his record – three misses in four attempts over a four-game stretch in 2025 – which is worth keeping in context. The range is real. The accuracy at shorter distances, in bad weather, in low-stakes moments in the fourth quarter of a blowout, will define whether he becomes one of the best to ever do it or just the kicker who holds the distance record.
Right now, the distance record is his. Both of them.
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