USFL kicker Luis Aguilar ties pro football record with 8 makes, including game-winner: 'It hasn't hit me yet'

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The Philadelphia Stars called on kicker Luis Aguilar when they needed him the most and he delivered in historic fashion in the team’s Week 5 win over the New Jersey Generals in the USFL.

Aguilar nailed the game-winning 55-yard field goal to give the Stars the 24-21 win and in doing so, he tied a professional football record with eight made field goals in a single game. He hit from 22, 42, 56, 36, 27, 51, 49 and 55 yards and tied Rob Bironas for the mark, who did it with the Tennessee Titans.

"That’s insane," Aguilar told Fox News Digital on Tuesday when asked what it felt like knowing he was up there with Bironas and some of the other all-time greats. "Like, I knew in the back of my head, I knew about that record, the 8-for-8. But in the game I didn’t really think anything about it. I was more worried about that next kick. As we were rolling, it didn’t feel like eight field goals. We were just kind of rolling and going out there and doing our same routine we do all the time. "It was after the game when they were like, ‘you just tied a pro football record.’

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Luis Aguilar #15 of the Philadelphia Stars celebrates a field goal with C.J. Perez #64 during the third quarter against the New Jersey Generals at Ford Field on May 14, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Jason Miller/USFL/Getty Images)

"It hasn’t hit me yet. And my coach called me yesterday and he’s like, ‘I don’t think it’s hit you but do you know what you did?’ And I’m like no. It still feels surreal. It’s been all good. I told myself I was going to put it to rest yesterday but this is the only exception."

Aguilar’s 56- and