Kicker Adam Vinatieri has signed a one-year contract extension with the Indianapolis Colts. And, at 45, he could break the NFL's career scoring record next season.
ESPN reported that Vinatieri will be paid $3.625 million in 2018. He made $3 million last season.
Vinatieri will again be the league's oldest player. The kicker has 2,487 points and needs 58 to pass Morten Andersen, the Ben Davis High School graduate who played with the New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings in a career running from 1982 to 2007.
Vinatieri has played 12 seasons with the Colts. They signed him as a free agent in 2006 after he won three Super Bowl rings in 10 seasons with New England.
If Vinatieri plays in all 16 regular-season games next season, he will tie kicker Gary Anderson for second place on the list of players who've played in the most games, with 353. Morten Andersen leads that list, with 382.
