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Titans Sign Replacement for Two-Time Field-Goal Percentage Leader Nick Folk

Tennessee has signaled its intent to move on.

Patrick Andres

Nick Folk reacts after an overtime Titans win over the Patriots.
Nick Folk reacts after an overtime Titans win over the Patriots. / Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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Despite success at the position in recent seasons, the Tennessee Titans have signaled their intent to change kickers.

The Titans have signed former New England Patriots kicker Joey Slye, they announced Monday morning. Slye, 28, has played for five teams in his NFL career and nailed 147 of 180 kicks lifetime.

That's a notable statistic given who Slye appears set to replace: Nick Folk. Folk, 40, hit 96.7% of his field goals in 2023 and 95.5% in 2024. Both of those totals led the league, and they constituted the two highest totals of a 17-year career Folk has spent with five teams.

Slye's best season by field goal percentage came in 2021, when he hit 92% of his kicks in a year split between the Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Commanders. He made 78.8% of his field goal attempts in 2024.

The Virginia Tech product ranks sixth in ACC history in field goals made.

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PATRICK ANDRES

Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .

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