Nicholas Alexander Folk (born November 5, 1984) is an American professional football placekicker for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats, where he received first-team All-Pacific-10 honors, and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL draft. Folk was named to the Pro Bowl as a rookie and played for the Cowboys through the 2009 season. He played for the New York Jets from 2010 to 2016, becoming the franchise's second-leading all-time scorer. Following an unsuccessful stint on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2017, Folk spent a year away from football before pursuing a comeback in 2019 with the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). He returned to the NFL later that year as a member of the New England Patriots and co-led the league in scoring in 2021 (tied with Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson). Folk played for the Tennessee Titans from 2023 to 2024.