WATCH: Justin Tucker nails longest field goal in NFL history for Baltimore Ravens win
Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has already put together a borderline Hall of Fame career, as the Westlake, Texas native has won a Super Bowl, been named to six All-Pro teams — four first-team All-Pro teams and two second-team All-Pro teams — and is the most accurate kicker in NFL history, with a field goal percentage just north of 90. On Sunday, Tucker only padded his resume, as he nailed a game-winning field goal from a whopping 66 yards out — the longest field goal in NFL history.
The Ravens, who entered the game with a 1-1 record, were playing the winless Detroit Lions on the road. For quite some time, it looked like a game in which the heavy favorite might lose. After the Lions converted on a fourth-quarter touchdown followed by a field goal, the Ravens found themselves losing, 17-16, and they called on Tucker to make history.
Tucker had missed one of four field goal attempts entering the fourth quarter, and the 66-yard attempt was two yards longer than Matt Prater’s previous record, a 64-yard boot.
Tucker’s kick certainly had the accuracy. For a while, however, it was unclear whether it had the distance. As it traveled towards the goalposts, it hit off the bottom crossbar and bounced through the uprights for a field goal, giving the Ravens a 19-17 victory and solidifying the newest NFL record.
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After making his longest field goal, Tucker brings his 2021 stat line to a perfect six-of-six on extra point attempts, and a near-perfect seven-of-eight on field goals; he’s perfect from 50-plus yards, too.
A graduate of Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, Tucker went on to attend the University of Texas. In his time with the Longhorns, Tucker was used as both a punter and kicker. He averaged 40.5 yards per punt, punting 155 times over his four-year career, made 71-of-71 extra point attempts and was 40-of-48 on field goal attempts.
Tucker went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft but signed with the Ravens, where he’s played ever since. He’s 294-for-324 on career field goal attempts, and he’s missed just four point-after attempts in 360 tries.