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Blake Gillikin

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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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