"It's always something that's in the back of my mind." That's Harry Kane, talking not about the Champions League or breaking more scoring records — but about becoming an NFL placekicker.
It sounds like a quirky soundbite. It isn't. Kane has brought this up on multiple occasions over multiple years, most recently in mid-2025. When he went on Good Morning America back in 2023, he was direct: "I definitely want to explore" it after hanging up his boots. "I love it, so I would love to give it a go."
Why it's not as absurd as it sounds
Kane isn't some casual fan daydreaming. He's friends with Tom Brady, he clearly follows the sport closely, and he's got what every kicker needs most — a freakishly reliable right foot honed over two decades of elite football.
The kicking mechanics are different, sure. A soccer instep drive and an NFL field goal attempt aren't the same motion. But the leg strength, the composure under pressure, the ability to deliver when the whole stadium is watching? Kane has done that at World Cups. He knows what pressure looks like.
He's also got a precedent to point to. Brandon Aubrey was a first-round MLS Draft pick out of Notre Dame whose soccer career went nowhere — then he retrained as an NFL kicker and became the highest-paid kicker in the league. The pathway exists.
Kane is nowhere near done yet
He's still playing World Cup football for England and scoring freely for Bayern Munich, so this isn't an imminent career pivot. But as a long-term story to track, it's genuinely interesting — not because it's a celebrity novelty, but because Kane might actually have the talent to pull it off.
"I know it will be a lot of hard work. I'm not expecting to just rock up and start kicking field goals," he said. For a man who approached becoming one of Europe's top strikers with the same methodical mindset, that kind of self-awareness suggests he'd take the challenge seriously.
Whether any NFL team would give him a shot is another question entirely. But Kane's already thinking about it — and has been for years.
