LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Cam Little set an NFL record Sunday.
But if that was cool for the second-year kicker, and if his teammates and coaches also thought it was cool, here's what was coolest for Little: His record-setting moment was a key moment in a crucial victory.
"That was what ignited us, I think," Head Coach Liam Coen said.
Little on Sunday kicked a 68-yard field goal on the final play of the first half of the Jaguars' 30-29 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium, a kick that broke by two yards the previous NFL record for longest field goal. That was a 66-yard field goal by former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker in 2021.
"I kicked it straight," Little said. "It kind of just stayed left-middle deep the whole time. It didn't really draw much. Once [punter/holder] Logan [Cooke] threw his arms up, I kind of had an idea that it was going in. You go so far back and that ball takes a long time for it to get there. You don't want to ever celebrate too early before the kick goes in.
"Once I saw it clear the crossbar, obviously that's when I knew it was good."
Little said among his thoughts before the kick said, "Crap, this is a 68-yarder."
"It's like, 'Kick it straight enough, kick it long enough, and it goes in,' simply put," he said. "We're playing indoors, and we're on natural grass. You kick it long enough and you kick it straight enough, it's going to go in."
The kick cut the Raiders' lead to 6-3, with the Jaguars – after failing to score on their first three drives Sunday – scoring on their final six drives of the game beginning with the one that ended with Little's record-setting field goal.
Quarterback Trevor Lawrence called Little's kick "huge."