Sebastian Janikowski (born March 2, 1978) is a left-footed Polish placekicker who plays for the National Football League's Oakland Raiders.He is nicknamed The Polish Cannon because he is considered to have one of the strongest kicking legs in the league, and leads the NFL in kickoffs for touchbacks.He lives in Castro Valley, California. Two kickers have hit multiple 60-yard field goals during their careers. Please migrate to /r/raiders for the Las Vegas era. Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski tied an NFL record on Monday night when he booted a 63-yard field goal just before halftime. K Info; Stats; Advertising. The last 63 ⦠It put him just one yard ahead of the previous record of 63 yards, which was held by several kickers including longtime former Raiders specialist Sebastian Janikowski. Until last year, Janikowski shared the record for the longest field goal in NFL history (63 yards), and he currently holds the league record for made field goals beyond 50 ⦠Janikowskiâs agent, Paul Healy, showed to The Related Press on Monday that his shopper intends to retire. Prater hit the record-breaking kick at the end of the first half on December 8, 2013, against the Tennessee Titans. Had just two kickoffs returned, and 80 percent went through the end zone. Nailed a career-long 60-yarder against Palatka, which was also the second-longest FG in state history. This would be the Raidersâ only lead of the game; they would ultimately [â¦] Former Reddit home for the Raider Nation. Former Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks kicker Sebastian Janikowski is about to retire after an 18-year occupation. (AP) CLEVELAND -- Oakland's Sebastian Janikowski has kicked a 61-yard field goal on the final play of the first half against the Cleveland Browns. It's the fourth longest field goal in NFL history. Early years Edit. Janikowski spent 17 seasons with Oakland earlier than kicking final season with Seattle after signing a one-year deal. His kick briefly gave the Raiders a 3-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The NFL record for the longest field goal in league history was a 64-yarder kicked by then-Broncos kicker Matt Prater in Denver back in 2013. The longest field goal ever made in an NFL game (and in football history for that matter) is 64 yards.What a kick. Sebastian Janikowski : biography March 3, 1978 â Janikowski reached Super Bowl XXXVII with the Raiders in 2002. ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) â Eighteen years after the Raiders made kicker Sebastian Janikowski a surprise first-round draft pick, his career in Oakland has come to an end. Janikowski Hits 63-Yarder Feb 15, 2018 Raiders K Sebastian Janikowski kicks his way into the NFL record books by tying the record for the longest field goal by kicking a 63-yard field goal. Former Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks kicker Sebastian Janikowski is set to retire after an 18-year career. He played in 268 regular-season games for the Raiders and made more than 30 field goals in three straight seasons from 2010-12, including a league-high 33 in 2010. Played just one year of high school football, his senior season at Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Flordia. Years after Sebastian's father emigrated from Poland, his parents divorced and Henryk married an American citizen. Janikowski was synonymous with the Raiders during his tenure in Oakland. Summary; Career; Logs; Splits; Situational; Kicking YEAR TEAM G 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ FGM FG ATT PCT; 2000 This is presumed to be the longest attempt in NFL history; though the league keeps no such records on attempts, the longest known attempt previous to this was a 74-yard fair catch kick by Mark Moseley in 1979. Sebastian Janikowski. Greg Zuerlein made a 60-yarder and a 61-yarder, and Sebastian Janikowski made a 61-yarder and a 63-yarder. He is nickamed The Polish Cannon because he is considered to have one of the strongest kicking legs in the league,[1] and leads the ⦠The longest kick ever attempted was a 76-yarder from Sebastian Janikowski in a 2008 game against the San Diego Chargers that fell ludicrously short. 53.5k members in the oaklandraiders community. Sebastian Janikowski told ESPN that, after 19 seasons, he is retiring from NFL at the age of 41: âIt was a good run. On October 19, 2008, Janikowski broke his own team record, making a 57-yard field goal in overtime to defeat the New York Jets, 16â13. Also hit FGs from 56, 53 and 51 yards. The longest field goal attempt in an NFL game was 76 yards by Sebastian Janikowski on September 28, 2008. Sebastian Janikowski was born in 1978 as an only child to Henryk and Halina Janikowski in WaÅbrzych, Poland.Sebastian's father was a professional soccer player, and moved to the United States in the early 1980s in the hopes of reviving his career. In the National Football League, the record for the longest field goal is 64 yards, held by Matt Prater of the Denver Broncos. The kick at the time matched the NFL record for longest field goal made. Sebastian Janikowski watches his kick go between the uprights during a game between the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers in December 2016. Janikowski was synonymous with the Raiders during his tenure in Oakland. He played in 268 regular-season games for the Raiders and made more than 30 field goals in three straight seasons ⦠By that definition, Janikowskiâs kick of 63 plus an inch or two is officially 63âand Dempseyâs should be 62. The kick at the time matched the NFL record for longest field goal made. The kick at the time matched the NFL record for longest field goal made. Brett Maher of the Dallas Cowboys is the only kicker to successfully make 3 field goals of 60 or more yards (63 vs the Philadelphia Eagles 2019 week 7, 62 vs the Philadelphia Eagles 2018 week 14, 62 against the New York Jets 2019 week 6). (Harry How / Getty Images) By Associated Press Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski, whose 1,799 points are most all time for the franchise and the 10th most in NFL history, has been placed on injured reserve. Nicknamed âSeabass,â Janikowski converted 80.4% of his field goal attempts during his career, including a career long of 63 yards during the 2011 season, the only time he was selected for the Pro Bowl. Janikowski, the power-kicking, alcohol-abusing, left-footed place kicker for the Oakland Raiders actually kicked a ball to the moon. Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski (11) attempts a kick during the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl football game between the AFC All-Stars and the NFC All ⦠He probably thought his record kick would never be beaten, but he was wrong. Sebastian Janikowski, Actor: Karma. Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 61-yard field goal with maybe a yard of clearance to spare. He set the team record as time expired in the first half of Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Browns. Janikowski kicked a low liner that barely cleared the cross bar, hitting the goose-neck support and bouncing back onto the field Sunday. Sebastian Janikowski - born March 2, 1978) is a left footed Polish placekicker who currently plays for the National Football League's Oakland Raiders. This incredible feat was accomplished by Matt Prater in 2013 which is when he was playing for the Denver Broncos. Unfortunately, Sebastianâs most improbable kick didnât garner much of an audience. 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