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Ray Wersching of the then-San Diego Chargers was the last kicker to make a fair catch free kick, all the way back in 1976. There hadn't even been one attempted since Joey Slye of the Carolina ...
Chargers' Cameron Dicker made a rare fair-catch free-kick field goal from 57 yards out, the longest in NFL history. Only seven free kicks have been successful in the league.
Fair-catch free kick rule. Here's the exact wording of the NFL's rule on fair catches, from Rule 10, Section 2, Article 4: "After a fair catch is made or is awarded as the result of fair catch ...
The fair catch kick is a rule at the professional and high school levels of American football that allows a team that has just made a fair catch to attempt a free kick [A] from the spot of the catch. The kick must be either a place kick or a drop kick , and if it passes over the crossbar and between the goalposts of the opposing team's goal, a ...
On August 30, 2024, Dicker signed a four-year, $22.04 million contract extension with the Chargers. [35] On December 19, 2024, in a Thursday Night Football game against the Denver Broncos, Dicker kicked a 57-yard fair catch kick, the first successful attempt since 1976, and the longest successful fair catch kick in NFL history. [36]
However, Chargers defensive tackle Reuben Davis tackled Dolphins running back Bernie Parmalee in the end zone for a safety on the next play, sending Miami's tired defense back onto the field. San Diego then took the ensuing free kick and marched 54 yards to score on running back Means' 24-yard touchdown, cutting the score to 21–15.
Los Angeles Chargers placekicker Cameron Dicker connected on a 57-yard free-kick field goal on Thursday, in an incredibly rare play that early-to-bed East Coast residents and linear TV watchers ...
At the first revision of the FA laws, in 1866, the free kick was removed from the game. [75] Reference to the fair catch disappeared from the laws (though catching was still permitted), while the touch down, rather than being rewarded with a free kick, became a tie-breaker to be used when an equal number of goals was scored by each team. [76]