Punter, Penn State, 2016–⁠19

Blake Gillikin

Number: No. 93
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 196 lb
Class (2019): Senior
Hometown: Smyrna, GA
Born: Jan 21, 1998

Blake Gillikin played punter at Penn State (2016–⁠19).

Honors

2017Second-team All-Big Ten

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2016

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,611

2,244

2,844

2,615

11–⁠3AP 711–⁠2AP 89–⁠4AP 1711–⁠2AP 9

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2016	Penn State	61	2,611	42.8	69	0
2017	Penn State	52	2,244	43.2	57	2
2018	Penn State	65	2,844	43.8	74	21
2019	Penn State	62	2,615	42.2	72	8
Career		240	10,314	43.0	74	31

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2016	Penn State	93	P	Fr.
2017	Penn State	93	P	So.
2018	Penn State	93	P	Jr.
2019	Penn State	93	P	Sr.	6′2″	196

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2019 Penn State 13 games, 62 punts, 42.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 31	vs.Idaho	W 79–⁠7	1	32	32	0
Sep 7	vs.Buffalo	W 45–⁠13	5	206	51	0
Sep 14	vs.Pittsburgh	W 17–⁠10	7	297	53	0
Sep 27	atMaryland	W 59–⁠0	3	123	52	0
Oct 5	vs.Purdue	W 35–⁠7	5	196	51	0
Oct 12	atIowa	W 17–⁠12	7	295	62	0
Oct 19	vs.Michigan	W 28–⁠21	8	352	60	0
Oct 26	atMichigan State	W 28–⁠7	8	354	58	0
Nov 9	atMinnesota	L 26–⁠31	2	95	51	0
Nov 16	vs.Indiana	W 34–⁠27	3	128	51	2
Nov 23	atOhio State	L 17–⁠28	6	204	40	2
Nov 30	vs.Rutgers	W 27–⁠6	4	197	72	2
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Memphis	W 53–⁠39	3	136	59	2

2018 Penn State 13 games, 65 punts, 43.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 1	vs.App State	W 45–⁠38	5	215	55	1
Sep 8	atPittsburgh	W 51–⁠6	5	213	52	4
Sep 15	vs.Kent State	W 63–⁠10	2	97	58	0
Sep 21	atIllinois	W 63–⁠24	1	42	42	1
Sep 29	vs.Ohio State	L 26–⁠27	8	312	53	3
Oct 13	vs.Michigan State	L 17–⁠21	8	364	52	2
Oct 20	atIndiana	W 33–⁠28	6	241	53	2
Oct 27	vs.Iowa	W 30–⁠24	5	209	54	0
Nov 3	atMichigan	L 7–⁠42	8	370	74	2
Nov 10	vs.Wisconsin	W 22–⁠10	3	114	44	0
Nov 17	atRutgers	W 20–⁠7	6	292	70	3
Nov 24	vs.Maryland	W 38–⁠3	3	119	49	1
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Kentucky	L 24–⁠27	5	256	71	2

2017 Penn State 13 games, 52 punts, 43.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 2	vs.Akron	W 52–⁠0	2	100	56	0
Sep 9	vs.Pittsburgh	W 33–⁠14	6	259	49	0
Sep 16	vs.Georgia State	W 56–⁠0	3	136	52	0
Sep 23	atIowa	W 21–⁠19	4	159	52	0
Sep 30	vs.Indiana	W 45–⁠14	6	279	57	0
Oct 7	atNorthwestern	W 31–⁠7	5	215	50	0
Oct 21	vs.Michigan	W 42–⁠13	2	99	56	0
Oct 28	atOhio State	L 38–⁠39	5	213	57	0
Nov 4	atMichigan State	L 24–⁠27	4	156	52	2
Nov 11	vs.Rutgers	W 35–⁠6	5	203	53	0
Nov 18	vs.Nebraska	W 56–⁠44	4	158	56	0
Nov 25	atMaryland	W 66–⁠3	4	181	52	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Washington	W 35–⁠28	2	86	47	0

2016 Penn State 14 games, 61 punts, 42.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	vs.Kent State	W 33–⁠13	6	282	58
Sep 10	atPittsburgh	L 39–⁠42	5	233	69
Sep 17	vs.Temple	W 34–⁠27	3	105	41
Sep 24	atMichigan	L 10–⁠49	6	270	61
Oct 1	vs.Minnesota	W 29–⁠26	6	235	56
Oct 8	vs.Maryland	W 38–⁠14	3	102	44
Oct 22	vs.Ohio State	W 24–⁠21	7	264	47
Oct 29	atPurdue	W 62–⁠24	3	124	52
Nov 5	vs.Iowa	W 41–⁠14	2	81	42
Nov 12	atIndiana	W 45–⁠31	6	233	50
Nov 19	atRutgers	W 39–⁠0	3	143	50
Nov 26	vs.Michigan State	W 45–⁠12	4	187	54
Dec 3	vs.Wisconsin	W 38–⁠31	2	98	53
Jan 2 ✦	vs.USC	L 49–⁠52	5	254	65

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2020
Height	6′2″
Weight	200 lb

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 69 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2021	New Orleans Saints	17	1
2022	New Orleans Saints	17	–
2023	Arizona Cardinals	12	2
2024	Arizona Cardinals	13	1
2025	Arizona Cardinals	5	–
2026 (so far)	Arizona Cardinals	5	2
NFL career		69	6

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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