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Tucker sets kicker records with 4-year extension

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Wednesday, 24 April 2019 08:47

The Baltimore Ravens and kicker Justin Tucker have reached a four-year extension, it was announced Wednesday.

The extension makes him the highest-paid kicker in NFL history. The extension is worth $20.45 million, bringing the total of the five-year deal to $23.05 million, and includes $12.5 million fully guaranteed in the first two years and an $8 million signing bonus, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Tucker, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, had been scheduled to become a free agent at the end of the 2019 season. This deal keeps Tucker with the Ravens through the 2023 season.

The 29-year-old Tucker has put himself in a class by himself among kickers, converting 90.1 percent of his field goal attempts. No other kicker has hit over 88 percent for a career.

Known for his strong leg and big personality, Tucker is the first kicker in league history to make at least 30 field goals in six different seasons. Excluding blocked kicks, he hasn't missed a field goal from inside 50 yards since 2015.

He made 35 of his 39 field goal attempts last season, including five of 50 yards or longer, and finished with 141 points.

Tucker joined the Ravens as an undrafted free agent and tryout player in 2012. He beat out Billy Cundiff for the job and quickly established himself as one of the top kickers in the game.

He was named a first-team All-Pro for the third time last season, however Tucker has not made the Pro Bowl the past two seasons despite missing a combined seven field goals in 2017 and 2018. In those seasons, Tucker is 69-for-76 for a 90.8 percent success rate.

Tucker has spent his entire seven-year NFL career with the Ravens, making 237 of his 263 attempts and missing only one PAT in 242 regular-season attempts for a total of 952 points.

With Tucker signed, other Ravens in line for extensions are outside linebacker Matthew Judon, inside linebacker Patrick Onwuasor and defensive tackle Michael Pierce.

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