Justin Tucker

Not to be confused with Justin Tuck.

Justin Tucker
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Tucker with the Ravens in 2024
No. 9 – Baltimore Ravens
Position:Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1989-11-21) November 21, 1989 (age 34)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school:Westlake (Austin, Texas)
College:Texas (2008–2011)
Undrafted:2012
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL records
  • Career field goal percentage: 89.7%
  • Longest NFL field goal: 66 yards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2024
Field goals made:400
Field goals attempted:446
Field goal %:89.7
Points scored:1,677
Longest field goal:66
Touchbacks:704
Player stats at PFR

Justin Paul Tucker (born November 21, 1989) is an American professional football placekicker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and signed with the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2012. Often regarded as the greatest placekicker of all time, Tucker is the most accurate kicker in NFL history at 89.7 percent and holds the NFL record for longest field goal at 66 yards.[1][2][3][4] He has also been named to seven Pro Bowls and five first-team All-Pros, and was a member of the Ravens team that won Super Bowl XLVII.

  1. ^ Multiple sources:
    • Krebs, Justin (September 27, 2021). "There's No More Debate, Justin Tucker is the Best NFL Kicker of All-Time". Pro Sports Outlook. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
    • Shaffer, Jonas (September 26, 2021). "How 'the GOAT' Justin Tucker made history and lifted the Ravens to an unforgettable victory". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
    • Fatsis, Stefan (September 27, 2021). "Justin Tucker's Record-Setting Field Goal Was One of the Greatest Plays in NFL History". Slate Magazine. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
    • Morse, Ben (September 27, 2021). "Baltimore Ravens' Justin Tucker sets NFL-record with monstrous 66-yard game-winning field goal". CNN.com. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Hylton, Wil S. (August 31, 2022). "How Justin Tucker Became the Greatest Kicker in N.F.L. History". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "NFL Field Goal % Career Leaders (since 1938)". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Hensley, Jamison (December 12, 2019). "Ravens' kicker Justin Tucker's namesakes include babies, puppies and a pig". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 12, 2019.