The record holder for the longest field goal of all time is now the highest-paid kicker of all time: Justin Tucker has extended his contract with the Baltimore Ravens early and is now entering a previously unimagined salary level for kickers.
Justin Tucker (#9) stays with the Baltimore Ravens.
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Kicker Justin Tucker will remain with the Baltimore Ravens in the future: As the Ravens announced on Monday evening (local time), the 32-year-old has extended his working paper, which is still valid for two years, by four more years and until the end of the 2027/28 NFL season. extended.
In order to keep the native Texan, who came to Maryland in 2012 as an undrafted (!) free agent, in Baltimore, owner Steve Bisciotti and his management are digging deep into their pockets: In the four years Tucker will earn a total of 24 million US dollars, a hitherto unimagined sum for the position of the place kicker.
The 32-year-old has been considered by experts to be the best kicker in the NFL for years, and he has also been voted into the Ravens team of the decade (2010 to 2020).
In the past season, Tucker converted 35 of his 37 field goal attempts (field goal rate: 94.6 percent), and he made no mistakes with the extra points. Tucker also gained notoriety when he set a new record for the longest field goal of all time on the third day of the past season once morest the Detroit Lions with 66 yards (just over 60 meters).
