The Jaguars waived kicker Riley Patterson Monday night, signaling rookie Cam Little has won Jacksonville’s starting kicker role five days into training camp.
Patterson signed a futures contract with the Jaguars in February, reconnecting with the team he started 17 games for in the 2022 regular season.
Remembered for his game-winning field goal to cap off the third-largest comeback victory in playoff history, against Los Angeles in January 2023, Patterson went 30-of-35 on field goal attempts with a 53-yard long in one year with Jacksonville, two seasons ago.
He was traded to Detroit for a conditional 2026 seventh-round pick last offseason. The Lions waived him in December.
In his three-season NFL career, with Detroit, Jacksonville and Cleveland, Patterson has converted 59-of-67 (88.1%) field goal tries and 93-of-97 extra point attempts.
Jacksonville took Little with the No. 212 pick in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL draft, making him the youngest kicker prospect ever selected (20 years, eight months and 10 days old on draft day).
Little went 53-of-64 (82.8%) on field goal attempts with a 56-yard long in three seasons starting for Arkansas. He knocked down a 62-yard warmup field goal during Jacksonville’s Saturday training camp practice.
Cam Little from 62 yards 🎯 🤤
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“Cam’s done great. He’s been really, really good,” Jaguars special teams coordinator Heath Farwell described Little on Saturday. “He’s so consistent, he’s locked in, he’s competitive and he’s everything I thought when I went and worked him out, when I met with him.Â
“All those great interactions I had pre-draft, he’s exactly what I thought, if not better. He’s talented, he’s doing it, he’s been consistent, he’s shown the leg strength, he’s done all those things.”Â