NFL free agency is closing in, and teams are actively preparing to upgrade their rosters. Rumors suggest veteran kicker Nick Folk could hit the open market, even after delivering a strong 2023 season with the Tennessee Titans.
Nick Folk and his agents, Michael Hoffman and Gary Uberstine, recently distributed a video to general managers around the league. The clip highlights Folk kicking confidently and in top form after a groin injury ended his 2024 campaign early. Their message was clear—he’s healthy, ready to go, and still among the most dependable kickers on the market.
Kicker Nick Folk is looking to play an 18th NFL season. NFL GMs received this video of Folk, 40 — the league leader in FG percentage the last two seasons — from agents Michael Hoffman and Gary Uberstine. Folk injured his groin late last year but has recovered. pic.twitter.com/AnFOYlEizD
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) July 23, 2025
Folk’s return isn’t rooted in sentiment—it’s built on performance. Over the last two seasons, no kicker in the NFL has matched his accuracy. He nailed 29 of 30 field goals in 2023, then followed that with 21 successful attempts out of 22 in 2024. He finished both years as the league leader in field goal percentage. That kind of reliability speaks for itself.
The 40-year-old suffered his groin injury late last season during his stint with the Tennessee Titans, sidelining him for the final stretch and raising doubts about his future in the league. However, his representatives say he’s made a full recovery. The video they distributed to teams aimed to show exactly that.
Nick Folk’s highly efficient career
Over the course of his career, Folk has earned a reputation as one of the NFL’s most reliable kickers. He broke into the league in 2007 as a sixth-round pick by the Dallas Cowboys. As a rookie, he made an immediate impact by earning Pro Bowl honors and proving he could handle pressure situations.
After three years with the Cowboys, Folk joined the New York Jets in 2010 and remained there through 2016. He climbed to second on the franchise’s all-time scoring list and came through with multiple clutch game-winning kicks. He later had a brief stint with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and after some time away from the game, revived his career with the New England Patriots.
Folk revived his career with the Patriots, becoming a reliable presence for the Patriots. He led the NFL in scoring in 2021 and made a career-high 36 field goals that year. He later joined the Tennessee Titans, where he set a new franchise record for single-season field goal accuracy.
Over 17 seasons, Folk has converted 403 of 478 field goal attempts, maintaining an accuracy rate above 84 percent. His longest successful kick spans 56 yards. Across 242 NFL games, he has scored more than 1,700 points.
The next few weeks will reveal whether a team is willing to take a chance on Nick Folk. If one does, it will not just be adding a veteran kicker. It will be bringing in a player who has spent nearly 20 years proving he belongs in the NFL. And he is not finished yet.
