playMichael DiRoccoOct 11, 2026, 04:57 PM ETCloseMichael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner.Multiple AuthorsOpen Extended ReactionsLONDON — To pull off their last-second 19-17 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, the Jacksonville Jaguars had to rely on a backup long snapper who rarely practices the skill each week.Nose tackle DaVon Hamilton was subbing in for the Jags’ primary long snapper, Ross Matiscik, who sustained a shoulder injury in the first quarter. Hamilton delivered six snaps for either a punt, field goal or extra point attempt against the Eagles.
But none bigger than the snap on Cam Little’s game-winning 57-yard field goal.”He gets a few snaps a week maybe, and it’s not really in a live setting very often,” Jags coach Liam Coen said. “Typically we go out and it’s on a walk-through. He gets a couple snaps with those guys as an emergency. We talked with Jahlani [Tavai] as well as a potential option, but D-Ham’s done it in games for us.
We trusted him to do it.”play0:48Jags’ big return sets up winning 57-yard FG to stun Eagles as time expiresHamilton, who was forced into long snapping duty in a Week 18 victory over the Tennessee Titans last season after Matiscik suffered a back injury, joked that he isn’t going to ask for extra reps this week.”No, I’m fine,” he said. “Hopefully I don’t have to do it next week. We can move on, but it was fun.”Little’s celebration in the end zone after his walk-off kick ended with him up on a couple of players’ shoulders. Punter Logan Cooke said the 6-foot-4, 335-pound Hamilton deserved to be carried off the field, too.”If I could, I would lift him for sure,” he said.
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