JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars kicker Cam Little made a 70-yard field goal as the first half expired in Jacksonville’s preseason-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at EverBank Stadium on Saturday night, a kick that would have broken the NFL record had it been made in a regular-season game.

“Can’t lie, there was probably a little bit of doubt,” Little said. “But, I mean, we attempted a lot of long field goals in training camp. Had some 60, probably 65-pluses before [in practice]. And so, you know, I really wanted to just go out there and see what it would do.”

The kick appeared to cross the crossbar with 3 to 4 yards to spare. Had it counted it would have broken Justin Tucker’s NFL record of 66 yards, which he made against the Detroit Lions on Sept. 26, 2021. That game was played inside at Ford Field. Per Elias, there have been eight unsuccessful field goal attempts of 70-plus yards in the Super Bowl era.

Little celebrated wildly after the kick, delivering several fist pumps. Holder Logan Cooke, who had raised his hands in the air immediately after the ball left Little’s foot, gave him a shove. Travis Hunter was the first of the players that left the sideline to reach Little and gave him a celebratory chest bump before Little was mobbed by the rest of his teammates.

“That was pretty cool to see, huh?” Jaguars head coach Liam Coen said.

Little, a sixth-round pick out of Arkansas, had made 27-of-29 field goal attempts as a rookie in 2024. He made five of his six attempts from 50 or more yards, including a 59-yarder that tied Josh Scobee’s record for the longest in franchise history.

When Coen called timeout with one second remaining in the first half, he looked over at Little to gauge his reaction to attempting the 70-yard kick. There was no hesitation.

“Me and Logan were like, ‘We want to kick it. We want to kick it,'” Little said. “When he gave me the opportunity … We went out there and adrenaline’s a beautiful thing. But, yeah, we went out there and executed.”

Little, who left the field with the football, said about a half-hour after the game that he still hadn’t seen the ball cross the crossbar. He’s 6-foot-1 and sometimes has a hard time seeing over the offensive linemen, he said, but he knew it had a chance.

“When Logan’s eyes got really big, he’s like, freaking out,” Little said. “I caught it really good, obviously.”