2025 Arizona Cardinals offseason roster profile: P Blake Gillikin
The Arizona Cardinals are in offseason mode and we are days away from free agency and weeks from the NFL draft. Leading up to the new league year, we will take a look at each player on the roster or signed to a reserve deal and break down where they stand with the team.
We will look at their 2024 season, their contract status and what their status is for the coming offseason and 2025 season.
Next up is punter Blake Gllikin.
2024 Blake Gillikin stats, season
Gillikin, in his second year as the team's punter, played 13 games and had an even more effective season than he did in 2023. After averaging 50.6 yards per punt in 2023 with a 42.9-yard net average, he averaged 49.7 yards per punt last season but saw his net average increase to 44.2 yards. He had only one touchback and had 19 punts inside the 20, an increase from 11 in 2023. His inside-the-20 percentage was a career-high 50%.
However, he finished the season on injured reserve, missing the final four games with an ankle injury.
2025 contract status
Gillikin enters the second year of the two-year, $3.7 million contract he signed last offseason. He will make $1.8 million in 2025 and count $2.1 million against the salary cap.
Outlook for 2025
Gillikin returns as the team's punter. Assuming his ankle is fully healed, we can look forward to another good year.
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