Jamal Agnew is an American football wide receiver and return
specialist for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL).
Agnew tied the NFL record for the longest touchdown with a 109-yard return of a
missed field goal against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

Born on April 3, 1995, he played his high school football in
California and college football at the University of San Diego.

Agnew featured in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in 2017. He was
then picked up by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round (165th overall) of that
year’s NFL Draft. He became the second player in San Diego Toreros history to
be drafted into the NFL. Agnew signed for the Lions on a four-year deal worth
$2.65 million with a signing bonus of $258,364.

In Week 2 of the 2017 season, Agnew scored his first NFL
touchdown on an 88-yard punt return in the fourth quarter in a 24–10 win over
the New York Giants, earning him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.

In Week 3 of the 2019 season, Agnew returned a kick for a
100-yard touchdown in the 27-24 win against the Philadelphia Eagles. He then
had a 64-yard punt return for a touchdown in the 27–17 loss against the Denver
Broncos in Week 16.

The record feat came in the most dramatic fashion on Sunday after Arizona Cardinals’ Matt Prater attempted for, what would have been an NFL-record, 68-yard field goal at the end of the first half. However, the attempt ended up leading to an NFL-record-tying 109-yard touchdown for the Jacksonville Jaguars instead. Prater’s kick fell just short and into the arms of Agnew. 

Agnew, who returned a kickoff 102 yards in a loss to Denver Broncos last week, returned the short kick the other way for a score and a 13-7 lead at the break.

It was Agnew’s second touchdown return in the 2021 season.