Nick Folk‘s NFL career will continue with another new team in 2026. The 41-year-old kicker has agreed to a Falcons contract, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. This will be a two-year deal.
Recently expressing interest in playing a 20th NFL season, Folk clearly knew a market awaited. The Falcons experienced kicking issues last season, bidding farewell to Younghoe Koo early in the year. They are picking up the most accurate kicker over the past three NFL seasons.
The Falcons will be Folk’s sixth NFL team. The 2007 UDFA has played for the Cowboys, Jets, Buccaneers, Patriots and Titans. He displayed elite accuracy during his seasons with the Titans and back with the Jets. Folk made between 95.5% and 96.7% of his field goals. Last season, the second-stint Jet went 28-for-29; this included a 7-for-8 ledger from beyond 50 yards.
After kicking in less-than-ideal conditions in New York, Folk will enjoy an indoor environment for the first time since his Dallas days (and even that was not fully indoors). He has kicked in 258 NFL games. Among players throughout NFL history, that ranks 50th all time. Among kickers, Folk sits 19th in NFL annals. If Folk makes it through two Atlanta seasons with perfect attendance, he can climb into the top 20 for games played in league history.
Koo’s eight-season run halted early last season, when the Falcons released him in September. The Falcons used two more kickers — Zane Gonzalez, Parker Romo — with the latter making fewer than 80% of his tries. With a new staff coming in, the team will aim for kicker consistency like Koo once provided.
Adam La Rose contributed to this post.
Is Zane Gonzalez gone? He was pretty solid for them after he signed halfway through the season.
Yeah I’m curious now too
He absolutely was, but Folk was even better than Zane last year, and pretty much for his entire career. Risky move given the age, but stats show it as an upgrade.
Zane should be able to land a job with his performance though.
At least he can’t beat us with a last second field goal this year lol.
I like it for the Falcons. Folk has been extremely accurate the past few years and even belted a 58 yarder. Wish my Giants dumped Gano and picked up Folk.
Career earnings of over $30M for an NFL K. Not bad!