India, Aug. 10 -- Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little scored a 70-yard field goal in the preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at the EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday. The 70-yard field goal scored by Little is the longest in NFL history, but it will not go down in the official records and replace Justin Tucker's 66-yard kick against the Detroit Lions in 2021.

Though iconic in itself, the 70-yard field goal came in a pre-season exhibition match against the Steelers, and hence it will not go down in the NFL records as the longest. Along with records from pre-season games, the stats that players record also do not go down in the official records of a player. They are used by teams internally for analysis....