By Zeno Jo - IlliniGuys Staff Writer
November 14, 2025
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – In modern-day football, head coaches are beginning to run out of things they can refine. Across the board, players are getting faster and taller. Arms are growing stronger. In the past few decades, special teams coaches have gone to the land down under to find punters who can send spin-filled punts that could make a reliever jealous. On the kicking front? Big legs.
Just earlier this month, Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little set the record for the longest field goal in NFL history with a 68-yard . . .
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