FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It’s not Cam Little’s fault the NFL really doesn’t value kickers in the draft the way they once did. In terms of just sheer talent, he certainly had the college career to back up being chosen much higher than late in the sixth round of the draft Sunday in Detroit.
Maybe even as high as the other Little in Arkansas history, Steve Little, who was taken with the 15th overall pick in 1978 by the St. Louis Cardinals.
He was the first Arkansas Razorbacks’ player and third kicker drafted and none of it started until Minnesota took Alabama’s Will Reichard at No. 27 in the sixth round and and Stanford’s Joshua Karty was taken with the 33rd pick in the round by the Rams and Little went with the 36th pick to the Jaguars. In today’s world, that’s where kickers are drafted that are expected to make the team and there’s not a travel squad for them. The way they cut kickers, that’s a week-to-week gig even on the full roster.
