Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little holds his follow-through as he watches his game-tying field goal, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little made a big splash on Sunday in his team’s 30-29 overtime win on the road against the Las Vegas Raiders.
Sunday’s back-and-forth nail-biter started slow, but the first half ended with a bang. The Jaguars — who had been held scoreless up to that point — sent Little out to attempt a 68-yard field goal to cut the deficit in half going into halftime. Little looked comfortable as he booted the attempt through the uprights to set a record for the longest field goal in NFL history.
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In his postgame press conference, he explained what he was thinking as he watched his record-breaking kick sail through the uprights.
“You go so far back and that ball takes a long time for it to get there,” he said with a laugh, “so you don’t want to 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’s day wasn’t done at halftime, however. He also connected on a 33-yarder in the third quarter and then a 48-yarder with mere seconds left to send the game into overtime.
His extra point after QB Trevor Lawrence‘s overtime touchdown proved to be the difference; the Raiders answered with a score of their own but couldn’t convert on a two-point conversion attempt. Little finished his day a perfect 3-for-3 on field goals and 3-for-3 on extra points.
“I feel great,” Little said on the field after the game. “Thank You, Lord, for giving me that opportunity.”
In his press conference, Little made sure to credit the people around him for his on-field success.
“This organization — from top to bottom, from front office to coaching staff to players — has instilled so much confidence in me through adversity, really for the first time in my career, that I’ve faced,” Little said. “So, I think when I really sit back and think about it, they let me know how much confidence they have in me, it’s forever indebted to this place.
“They know how hard I work. They know how much this means to me. For them to go out there when I’m obviously not performing my best and stand on the table for me is something I’ll forever be indebted to this organization.”
The adversity Little referred to was his inconsistent play so far this season. He came into the game having missed three of his last four kicks. The second-year man out of Arkansas has missed four field goals (in 17 attempts) and one extra point (in 18 attempts) this fall, a year after missing only two field goals and no extra points in 17 games as a rookie.
Coming off his successful 2024 campaign, Little seemed primed to establish himself as one of the best young kickers in the league. Then in the preseason, he grabbed headlines by hitting a would-be record 70-yard field goal against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Little, who grew up going to church, turned to spiritual matters when asked in August about his 70-yarder.
“As I started getting into more pressure situations where I had 60-70,000 people watching me, I knew that, whether I made the kick or missed the kick, I knew that God’s will was gonna prevail,” he said. “I knew that I was gonna be OK. It’s already been decided if I made or missed the kick.
“… Regardless if I make or miss that kick, I know I’m out there for a bigger purpose, and that’s to serve my Creator.”
Little has sought to live out his faith as a professional football player, even in the midst of his struggles. He calls himself a “believer” and references the Bible verse Romans 12:2 in his Instagram bio, and he’s been known to post about his faith.
Last month, Little even arrived at a game wearing an “I love Jesus” hat and, while in college at Arkansas, he shared his testimony of faith in Christ in a video with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
The 22-year-old said he grew up in Oklahoma with faithful parents who brought him to church, but around his eighth- or ninth-grade year, the Gospel truly began to click as he found ways to serve his church. Then at Arkansas, he found Christian community within FCA.
Now as an NFL player, Little knows he’s been called to something far higher than kicking a ball.
“[My job] is greater than football. This is not just football,” he said this summer on the “Identity Sports” podcast. “This is me using my pedestal to spread the Gospel and tell everyone how good Jesus Christ is.”
Later in the podcast, Little admitted that he sometimes struggles to remain humble when praise for his talent is directed his way.
“I think that’s the beauty of being a Christian and the beauty of Jesus,” he said. “He’s a forgiving God and He’s a graceful God.”
Little will seek to continue to make clutch kicks to help his team stay in playoff contention, knowing that neither the adulation nor the criticism can threaten his acceptance as a child of God. With Sunday’s win and an Indianapolis loss, Jacksonville moved to 1.5 games behind the Colts in the AFC South race. The Jaguars hit the road this Sunday for a divisional tilt against the Houston Texans (3-5). Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. ET.
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