Paul McCallum Paul McCallum ( born January 7 , 1970 ) is a professional Canadian football player currently playing as a placekicker and punter for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) . He holds CFL records for longest field goal made at 62 yards , most consecutive field goals made at 30 successful attempts , and highest field goal kicking accuracy in a single season at 94 . 34 % . He is currently the oldest active player in the CFL , having played in 19 seasons over the course of his career . McCallum is also the last active player to have played for the Ottawa Rough Riders , with that franchise folding in 1996 . Junior career . McCallum played junior football with the Surrey Rams of the Canadian Junior Football League . Professional career . Following his junior stint with the Rams , McCallum travelled to Scotland to play professional soccer in the Scottish Third Division ( his cousin , Brian O ' Neill , is also a professional soccer player ) . In 1993 he returned to Canada and signed as a free agent with the CFL ' s Hamilton Tiger - Cats . After being released , he had numerous short stints with the Ottawa Rough Riders , BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders through until 1996 , when he departed for Scotland again . This time he was hired as the punter / placekicker for the Scottish Claymores of the World League , and was with the team when they won World Bowl ' 96 . He then returned to Canada to play for the Roughriders again , and in the 1997 season he was their starting placekicker and punter for all 18 games . He played for Saskatchewan from 1997 – 2004 , and additionally was the Las Vegas Outlaws ' kicker during the XFL ' s only season in 2001 . In the XFL he wore a jersey reading " CFL Reject " . , McCallum holds the record for the longest field goal kicked in the CFL . He booted a wind - aided 62 yard field goal against the Edmonton Eskimos on October 27 , 2001 in a 12 - 3 victory at Taylor Field . In the 2004 CFL playoffs McCallum missed a crucial 18 yard field goal in an overtime game against the BC Lions . The Roughriders went on to lose the game , and outraged fans vandalized McCallum ' s northwest Regina home with eggs , dumped manure on his neighbour ' s property , and uttered death threats to his family . The incident made national news , and the football club and Regina ' s mayor Pat Fiacco both denounced the vandalism as an " isolated incident " of " hooliganism " . On the comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes , Shaun Majumder ( playing a Roughriders GM ) apologized for calling McCallum " a bum who could be outkicked by a goat missing a leg " . On February 23 , 2006 , he signed a two year contract with the BC Lions after declining to take a 30 % paycut from the Roughriders . He tied the record for most field goals in a Grey Cup when he kicked six in six attempts in the 94th Grey Cup on November 19 , 2006 . He was awarded the Dick Suderman Trophy as the Grey Cup ' s most valuable Canadian for his efforts . In 2010 , McCallum set a number of career marks . Continuing from the 14 consecutive field goals he made at the end of the 2009 season , McCallum connected on 10 straight to start the season , finishing just short of Dave Ridgway ' s CFL record of 28 straight field goals . Throughout the season he was flirting with Lui Passaglia ' s record for most accurate season ( 90 . 9 % ) , and finished with a career best 88 . 2 % completion percentage . He also finished the regular season with a career high 46 successful field goals . Because of his standout season , McCallum was named the Lions ' nominee for Most Outstanding Player , the first ever kicker in Lions ' history , and Most Outstanding Canadian . On October 8 , 2011 at BC Place in Vancouver , Paul set the record , with 30 , for the most all - time consecutive field goals made in the CFL , breaking the previous mark of 28 held by Dave Ridgway .