Blake Gillikin
Blake Thomas Gillikin (Born January 21, 1998) is an American football punter for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State.
| No. 4 – New Orleans Saints | |||
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| Position: | Punter | ||
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| Born: | January 21, 1998 Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | The Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||
| College: | Penn State | ||
| Undrafted: | 2020 | ||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 2, 2020 | |||
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High School
A former resident of Smyrna, Georgia, Gillikin helped lead The Westminster Schools to its first Class AAA Georgia State Championship since 1978 in 2015, and was rated as a five-star punter and a five-star kicker by Kohl's Kicking Camp.
College career
A four-year starter at Penn State, Gillikin is ranked No. 2 on Penn State's career punting average charts (43.03 avg.) He landed 53 career punts downed inside the opponent's ten-yard line (seven in 2016, 18 in 2017, 12 in 2018, 15 in 2019) and is the only player in program history with seven punts of 65 or more yards. Gillikin is second all time in net punting yards in school history behind Jeremy Kapinos. In 2019, Gillikin averaged 42.2 yards per punt as was selected All-Big Ten honorable mention by the conference coaches and media. Was also selected for the CoSIDA Academic All-American first team.[1]
Professional career
Gillikin signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2020.[2] He was placed on injured reserve on September 9, 2020.[3]
References
- "Penn State Football". gopsusports.com. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- "New Orleans Saints". saints.com. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- Williams, Charean (September 9, 2020). "Saints place backup punter on injured reserve". NBCSports.com. Retrieved September 25, 2020.