Jaguars' Cam Little kicks a 68-yard field goal to break Justin Tucker's NFL record

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cam Little predicted before the season started that someone would break the NFL record for the longest field goal.

Given that Little made a 70-yard kick in the preseason, he clearly knew something — and on Sunday, he made his prognostication come true.

Little made a 68-yard field goal at the end of the first half against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, and coach Liam Coen credited the kick with sparking his team to a 30-29 overtime victory.

“You kick it long enough and you kick it straight enough, it’s gonna go in,” Little said. “Me and (holder) Logan (Cooke) kind of had a one-on-one right before the kick, and I said, ‘Kick the ball as hard as I can.’

“Usually when I tell myself that, I find success.”

Justin Tucker had the previous record, a 66-yarder in 2021 that gave the Baltimore Ravens a 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions.

While Tucker’s kick hit the crossbar, Little’s boot had plenty of room as it sailed through the uprights.

“You go so far back, and that ball takes a long time to get there, so you don’t want to ever celebrate too early before the kick goes in,” Little said. “And so once I saw it clear the crossbar, that’s when I knew it was good.”

Little came into the game having missed three of his last four kicks, including an extra-point attempt. But Coen said he never lost faith in the second-year kicker out of Arkansas, which is why he and special teams coach Heath Farwell looked at each other during a timeout before the kick and said, “Let’s go!”

“I mean, there was no way we’re gonna throw a Hail Mary,” Coen said. “We’ve seen him do it before and we’re indoors, we’re in a great space for it, and he was hitting it pretty good in pregame.”

And as the kick sailed through, Coen raced onto the field to greet Little, whose previous career long was 59 yards on Nov. 17, 2024, against the Lions.

“It was like we won the Super Bowl. It was what ignited us,” Coen said. “And that confidence from him, from a guy who has been struggling, that was really a special moment for our team.”

Trailing 6-0, the Jaguars started at their own 31 with 28 seconds left in the half and drove 19 yards in three plays. Trevor Lawrence spiked the ball at midfield to set up Little for the record-breaker.

Little finished 3 of 3 on field goals, including a 48-yarder in the final minute to send it to OT, and made all three extra points. The last one provided the winning margin.

“For your team, momentum plays are huge,” Little said. “Kicking a field goal, maybe not one to put us up points, but it gives us momentum.

“Any chance that I can put points on the board for our team, I’m expected to go out there and do that. Obviously, I felt like I maybe had a part in the momentum, but not a huge part, considering how many guys played their tails off out there and had a lot more to do with that win than I did.”

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Jacksonville Jaguars place kicker Cam Little (39) reacts after making a 68-yard field goal during the first half of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Jacksonville Jaguars place kicker Cam Little speaks to reporters after an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Jacksonville Jaguars place kicker Cam Little, from right, is congratulated by head coach Liam Coen after making a 68-yard field goal during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, Nov. 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Jacksonville Jaguars place kicker Cam Little, second from right, is congratulated by head coach Liam Coen, center, and teammates after making a 68-yard field goal during the first half of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Jacksonville Jaguars place kicker Cam Little (39) watches his 68-yard field goal during the first half of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — It was Georgia's day at the European figure skating championships Thursday.

Skaters representing the former Soviet nation won the pairs gold medal and took the lead in the men's event at the championships, a key warmup for next month's Winter Olympics.

Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava recovered from a fall to win their first European title after silver in 2024 and bronze last year.

The Georgians had the lead from Wednesday's short program and, even though Metelkina fell on a triple toeloop, the rest of their free skate was strong to score 139.80 for a total 215.76.

The two skaters laid on their backs on the ice in relief after finishing their free skate, as Berulava pumped his fists and made a snow angel gesture.

The title defense of Germany's Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin ended with an erratic free skate. Hase fell on a throw triple loop and tumbled to the ice again when Volodin tried to lower her down from their final lift.

Hase seemed in pain as she waited for the scores, and then stunned to see that she and Volodin had scored enough to stay ahead overall of third-place Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko of Hungary, 203.87 to 202.56.

Georgian figure skater Nika Egadze edged ahead of two Estonian brothers to take the lead in the men's short program.

Egadze scored 91.28 points for the lead after starting his program with a bang, following up a quadruple salchow-triple toeloop combination with a quad toeloop.

That was enough to beat last year's silver medalist Aleksandr Selevko on 88.71 and his younger brother Mihhail on 88.28. Defending champion Lukas Britschgi was sixth for Switzerland.

Estonia is on track for more medals as Niina Petrokina leads the women's event ahead of Friday's free skate.

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Estonia's Aleksandr Selevko competes during the Men's Short Program on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, Thursday, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Georgia's Nika Egadze competes during the Men's Short Program on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, Thursday, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin compete during the Pairs Free Skating on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava compete during the Pairs Free Skating on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava compete during the Pairs Free Skating on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)