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This is a 2025 photo of Blake Gillikin of the Arizona Cardinals NFL football team.  This image reflects the Arizona Cardinals active roster as of June 9, 2025 when this image was taken.  (AP Photo)

Blake Gillikin

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#12

Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 27

Weight: 196 lbs

College: Penn State

2024 SEASON

  • PUNTS
    38
  • AVG
    49.66
  • LNG
    63
  • In 20
    19
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Punting

YEAR TEAM G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
2024 Arizona Cardinals 13 38 1887 63 49.7 0 16 183 19 44.3
2023 Arizona Cardinals 13 51 2580 77 50.6 0 29 318 11 43.6
2022 New Orleans Saints 17 77 3571 68 46.4 0 26 232 32 41.6
2021 New Orleans Saints 17 83 3956 63 47.7 0 43 391 29 42
TOTAL 60 249 11994 77 48.2 0 114 1124 91 42.9

Passing

YEAR TEAM G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE
2024 Arizona Cardinals 13
2023 Arizona Cardinals 13
2022 New Orleans Saints 17
2021 New Orleans Saints 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39.6
TOTAL 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1

Rushing

YEAR TEAM G ATT YDS AVG LNG TD 1st 1st% 20+ 40+ FUM
2024 Arizona Cardinals 13
2023 Arizona Cardinals 13 1 10 10 10 0 1 100 0 0 0
2022 New Orleans Saints 17
2021 New Orleans Saints 17
TOTAL 60 1 10 10 10 0 1 100 0 0 0

Defense

YEAR TEAM G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
2024 Arizona Cardinals 13 1 1 0 0 0 0
2023 Arizona Cardinals 13 1 1 0 0 0 0
2022 New Orleans Saints 17
2021 New Orleans Saints 17 1 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 60 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Biography

NoteCARDS:

  • Following two seasons (2021-22) in New Orleans, signed with Arizona on Oct. 3, 2023 and has appeared in 26 games over the two seasons (2023-24) with the Cardinals.
  • After establishing a franchise record averaging 50.6 yards per punt in 2023, returned in 2024 an averaged 49.7 yards per punt. That represents the second-best single-season total in team history (min. 35 punts).
  • Averaged 50.0+ yards per punt in 16-of-26 games played over the last two seasons (2023-24). During that span only Ryan Stonehouse (18) and A.J. Cole II (18) had more such games among all NFL punters.
  • Punted 38 times for 1,887 yards (49.7 avg. and 44.3 net avg.) in 2024 and placed 19 of his 38 punts inside the 20-yard line. His 50% inside the 20-yard line rate was tied for the fourth-highest average in the NFL while his 44.3 net avg. was the third-highest league wide.
  • Had just one touchback on 38 punts in 2024. Was the only punter in the NFL last season to have punted at least 30 times with one touchback or fewer.
  • Earned Special Teams Player of the Week after punting four times for 187 yards (46.8 avg.) with three punts placed inside the 20-yard line in a win vs. Chicago in Week 9 of '24.
  • Punted 51 times for 2,580 yards in 2023, establishing a franchise single-season record with a 50.6 punting average. His 50.6 average also ranked third in the NFL in '23.
  • In Week 16 of '23 at Chicago, had a 77-yard punt which was the longest by a Cardinals player since Mike Wood's 81-yarder against the Giants in 1978.
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