Zane Gonzalez, the kicker who hit the game-winning field goal in the wild-card round, has an unorthodox game day routine – but it has little to do with style.

Washington Commanders player Zane Gonzalez opened up about his OCD after fans wondered why he was pulling his hair and tapping his helmet just before kicking the game-winning field goal on Sunday, Jan.

Washington Commanders kicker Zane Gonzalez was just another replacement before sending his team to the divisional round of the playoffs with his game-winning heroics against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

Washington Commanders place kicker Zane Gonzalez (47) celebrates after an NFL football Wild Card playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jan 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Peter Joneleit, File) Washington Commanders place kicker Zane Gonzalez ...

They also made unexpected headlines for the way kicker Zane Gonzalez handled himself in the moments prior to his walk-off game-winning field goal, with the NBC broadcast and social media alike joking about Gonzalez's seemingly ritualistic adjustments of his hair,

following a 23-20 road victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday evening. One of the game's biggest stars was placekicker Zane Gonzalez. The former Arizona State kicker, who was signed by ...

Gonzalez was candid about life with OCD, something that impacts every aspect of his life, not just a few seconds before kicking a football in front of a stadium full of people. After recalling his early life with OCD, he talked about overcoming the self-conscious problems he used to have.

One of NBC’s final updates from Tampa on Sunday night was a 40-second video of Washington Commanders kicker Zane Gonzalez repeatedly adjusting his sock.

FILE - Washington Commanders place kicker Zane Gonzalez (47) celebrates after an NFL football Wild Card playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jan 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Peter ...

(AP) — A national television audience watched Zane Gonzalez ... sometimes.” Gonzalez, who banked the kick off the right upright and through as time expired to beat Tampa Bay and send the ...

Washington’s Zane Gonzalez makes no secret of his OCD. He may be helping others. Maybe you saw him. Frantically taking his right shoe off, adjusting the toe of his sock, putting the shoe an eighth of the way on again, yanking it off, over and over.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers saw their season end a few weeks ago, and head coach Todd Bowles has revealed the emotions that follow.