Overview
- Jansen reached 282 career games when he snapped a 47-yard field goal in the first quarter on Sunday, a play the Carolina Panthers confirmed put him atop the long-snapper list.
- The 282nd game breaks a tie with Trey Junkin for most games by a long snapper and also moved Jansen past John Kasay for the Panthers’ franchise record for games played.
- Jansen began long snapping at Notre Dame, signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2008, and joined Carolina in 2009 in a trade that made him the Panthers’ long snapper for every regular-season appearance since.
- If Jansen plays every game this season, projections show he could finish with 294 games and move into the NFL’s top 20 all-time games-played list, with Calais Campbell as the nearest active comparator.
- Long snapping is a narrow, technical special-teams role measured mainly by availability and error-free performance, and Jansen’s streak underscores how steady specialist play builds notable historical standing below the overall all-time leaders such as Morten Andersen at 382 games.