Editing Jason Elam (section)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Jason Elam
| image       = Jason Elam 2009.jpg
| caption     = Elam in 2009
| number      = 1
| position    = [[Placekicker]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1970|3|8|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 5
| height_in   = 11
| weight_lb   = 195
| high_school = [[Brookwood High School (Georgia)|Brookwood]] {{nowrap|([[Snellville, Georgia]])}}
| college     = [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]]
| draftyear   = 1993
| draftround  = 3
| draftpick   = 70
| pastteams   = * [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1993|2007}})
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|2008|2009}})
| highlights  = * 2× [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXXII|XXXII]], [[Super Bowl XXXIII|XXXIII]])
* 3× Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1995 All-Pro Team|1995]], [[1998 All-Pro Team|1998]], [[2001 All-Pro Team|2001]])
* 3× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1996 Pro Bowl|1995]], [[1999 Pro Bowl|1998]], [[2002 Pro Bowl|2001]])
* [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[PFWA All-Rookie Team#1993|1993]])
* [[Denver Broncos Ring of Fame]]
* [[Denver Broncos#50th Anniversary Team (2009)|Denver Broncos 50th Anniversary Team]]
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1992 College Football All-America Team|1992]])
* Third-team All-American ([[1991 College Football All-America Team|1991]])
* [[Western Athletic Conference football|WAC]] Special Teams Player of the Year (1992)
* 3× First-team All-[[Western Athletic Conference football|WAC]] (1989, 1991-1992)
| statlabel1  = [[Field goal]]s made
| statvalue1  = 436
| statlabel2  = Field goals attempted
| statvalue2  = 550
| statlabel3  = Field goal %
| statvalue3  = 80.7
| statlabel4  = Longest field goal
| statvalue4  = 63
| statlabel5  = Points scored
| statvalue5  = 1,983
| pfr         = E/elamxjas01
}}

'''Jason Douglas Elam''' ({{Respell|EE|ləm}}; born March 8, 1970) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[placekicker]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), primarily with the [[Denver Broncos]].  He was selected by Denver in the third round of the [[1993 NFL draft]] and played 15 seasons with the Broncos and two with the [[Atlanta Falcons]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/jasonelam/2500527/profile|title=Jason Elam Stats, News and Video - K|website=[[NFL.com]] }}</ref>

A three-time [[Pro Bowl]] selection, Elam won two [[Super Bowl ring]]s with the Broncos and was tied with [[Tom Dempsey]], [[Sebastian Janikowski]], and [[David Akers]] for the longest [[field goal (football)|field goal]] in NFL history at 63 yards. That record was broken by another Bronco, [[Matt Prater]], in 2013 with a 64-yard field goal, which was then broken by [[Justin Tucker]] in 2021 with a 66-yard field goal.