{"id":502568,"date":"2026-02-25T06:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502568\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:27:08","slug":"a-second-matt-burton-kick-has-just-impressed-the-nfl-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502568\/","title":{"rendered":"A second Matt Burton kick has just impressed the NFL again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas: Bulldogs star Matt Burton and his giant left boot has caught the attention of the NFL for a second time after he kicked a ball that slammed into the roof inside the Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 training facility.<\/p>\n

Several Raiders players could not believe the footage when they were shown on Tuesday local time, and quickly remembered it was Burton who casually booted a gridiron ball 62 metres<\/a> \u2013 an unofficial NFL record \u2013 off a tee at Belmore on Super Bowl Day.<\/p>\n

Burton has been on the radar of NFL scouts who are keen to know if he is serious about pursuing the sport once his deal with the Bulldogs expires at the end of 2027, when he will still only be 27.<\/p>\n

His manager David Riolo told this masthead earlier this month: \u201cThere\u2019s already been some interest from NFL scouts \u2013 it\u2019s something he wants to look at down the track, for sure. He\u2019s off contract with the Dogs at the end of next year. I don\u2019t think his rugby league journey finishes there, but he will not close the door on an opportunity if it arose in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two of the best-paid kickers in the NFL, Kansas City\u2019s Harrison Butker and the Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 Jake Elliott, are 30 and 31 respectively and earn about $8.5 million a year. Burton, however, has more of an interest in being a punter if he does pursue the NFL.<\/p>\n

Several NRL players in Vegas got the chance to tour the Raiders facilities, and even caught up with a few of their players, including Caleb Rogers and Thomas Booker IV.<\/p>\n

Rogers, who is 195cm, weighs 140kg and ran 5.09 seconds over 40 yards at last year\u2019s NFL Combine, said Raiders punter AJ Cole had a \u201ccannon\u201d, but did not regularly hit the roof when kicking like Burton did.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe specifically built this indoor area to the height it is so we stay away from that issue,\u201d Rogers told this masthead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas: Bulldogs star Matt Burton and his giant left boot has caught the attention of the NFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-502568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}