Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens set an NFL record Sunday with a 66-yard field goal to beat the Detroit Lions. In his 10th season, Tucker ranks 40th in scoring in NFL history, but how does he rank among all-time greats from his home state?
Tucker, and Austin, Texas native, played at Westlake, the alma mater of Drew Brees and Nick Foles. With 1,251 career points, Tucker doesn't even rank among the top five kickers to come out of Texas.
In fact, Lake Highlands alone has produced the top two kickers from Texas — Matt Stover and Phil Dawson. Others ahead of Tucker include Matt Bryant (Bridge City), Mason Crosby (Georgetown) and Mark Mosely (Livingston).
MaxPreps has identified the leading NFL kick scorer from each. Kickers are listed with their career total points and field goals. A few players on the list, like Gino Cappelletti, Ken Strong and George Blanda, played positions other than kicker and scored some touchdowns, but their primary scoring totals came as a kicker.
A total of 12 states did not have a kicker reach the NFL, including Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Stephen Hauschka is the greatest kicker from Massachusetts.
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Every state's greatest kicker
Alabama
David Ray —
Central (Phenix City)Total Points: 497
Field Goals: 110
ArizonaCole Ford —
Sabino (Tucson)Total Points: 221
Field Goals: 45
ArkansasZach Hocker —
RussellvilleTotal Points: 42
Field Goals: 10
CaliforniaNorm Johnson —
Pacifica (Garden Grove)Total Points: 1,736
Field Goals: 366
ColoradoDon Cockroft —
Fountain-Fort Carson (Fountain)Total Points: 1,080
Field Goals: 216
ConnecticutKen Strong —
West HavenTotal Points: 484
Field Goals: 38
District of ColumbiaNick Lowery —
St. AlbansTotal Points: 1,711
Field Goals: 383
FloridaJohn Carney —
Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach)Total Points: 2,062
Field Goals: 478
GeorgiaJason Elam —
Brookwood (Snellville)Total Points: 1,983
Field Goals: 435
HawaiiKa'imi Fairbairn —
Punahou (Honolulu)Total Points: 460
Field Goals: 104
IllinoisJake Elliott —
Lyons (LaGrange)Total Points: 407
Field Goals: 90
IndianaMorten Andersen —
Ben Davis (Indianapolis)Total Points: 2,544
Field Goals: 565
IowaNate Kaeding —
Iowa City West (Iowa City)Total Points: 895
Field Goals: 181
KentuckyDavid Akers —
Tates Creek (Lexington)Total Points: 1,721
Field Goals: 386
LouisianaTommy Davis —
Fair Park (Shreveport)Total Points: 738
Field Goals: 130
MarylandRoy Gerela —
RockvilleTotal Points: 903
Field Goals: 184
MassachusettsStephen Hauschka —
NeedhamTotal Points: 1,149
Field Goals: 264
MichiganPete Stoyanovich —
Crestwood (Dearborn Heights)Total Points: 1,236
Field Goals: 272
MinnesotaGino Cappelletti — Keewatin
Total Points: 1,130
Field Goals: 176
MississippiStephen Gostkowski —
Madison Central (Madison)Total Points: 1,875
Field Goals: 392
MissouriPat Leahy — Augustinian Academy (St. Louis)
Total Points: 1,470
Field Goals: 304
MontanaDan Carpenter —
HelenaTotal Points: 999
Field Goals: 236
NebraskaGreg Zuerlein —
Pius X (Lincoln)Total Points: 1,026
Field Goals: 240
NevadaClint Stitser —
McQueen (Reno)Total Points: 29
Field Goals: 7
New JerseyNick Mike-Mayer —
PassaicTotal Points: 571
Field Goals: 115
New YorkPete Gogolak —
Ogdensburg Free AcademyTotal Points: 863
Field Goals: 173
North CarolinaRyan Succop —
HickoryTotal Points: 1,201
Field Goals: 266
OhioLou Groza —
Martins FerryTotal Points: 1,608
Field Goals: 264
OklahomaJosh Brown —
FoyilTotal Points: 1,395
Field Goals: 319
OregonRyan Longwell —
BendTotal Points: 1,687
Field Goals: 361
PennsylvaniaGeorge Blanda — Youngwood
Total Points: 2,002
Field Goals: 335
South CarolinaChandler Catanzaro —
Christ Church Episcopal (Greenville)Total Points: 539
Field Goals: 119
South DakotaAdam Vinatieri —
Rapid City Central (Rapid City)Total Points: 2,673
Field Goals: 599
TennesseeJeff Hall —
Franklin County (Winchester)Total Points: 21
Field Goals: 4
TexasMatt Stover —
Lake Highlands (Dallas)Total Points: 2,004
Field Goals: 471
UtahMatt Gay —
OremTotal Points: 211
Field Goals: 47
VirginiaShayne Graham —
Pulaski County (Dublin)Total Points: 1,260
Field Goals: 277
WashingtonJason Hanson —
Mead (Spokane)Total Points: 2,150
Field Goals: 495
Wisconsin Jim Bakken —
Madison West (Madison)Total Points: 1,380
Field Goals: 282