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2 days ago
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2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: P Blake Gillikin
The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team. Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook. Next up is punter Blake Gillikin. Blake Gillikin background, 2024 season Gillikin enters his sixth NFL season and third with the Cardinals. He was a rookie free agent in 2020 out of Penn State and signed with the New Orleans Saints. He spent his rookie season on injured reserve and then was their punter for the next two seasons. In 2023, he did not make the Saints' roster out of camp and was released. He signed with the Cardinals in October after Nolan Cooney, who had won the job out of camp, beating out Matt Haack in training camp, struggled to start the season. Gillikin punted the final 13 games, averaging a franchise-record 50.6 yards per punt. He re-signed in the offseason on a two-year deal. Last season, he punted in the first 13 games before injuring his ankle, which sent him to injured reserve and ended his season. He averaged 49.7 yards per kick with a career-high 44.2-yard net average and only one touchback. Nineteen of his punts (50%) were downed inside the 20-yard line, the highest rate of his career. Blake Gillikin 2025 contract details, cap hit He is in the final year of the two-year, $3.7 million deal he signed in 2024. In 2025, he will make $1.8 million in salary with no guarantees. His cap hit will be $2.1 million. Questions he faces, roster outlook He has been both very good and very consistent for the Cardinals since he signed in 2023. He punted better each year. Can he maintain that, and will that ankle injury linger? As for the roster, the Cardinals didn't bring in any other punters to compete in the offseason, so the job is his, unless things go sideways. The punter's job is never 100% secure. But as long as he continues to play at the level he has, he has a spot on the roster and could earn a contract extension. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts. This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: P Blake Gillikin
USA Today
2 days ago
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- USA Today
2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: P Blake Gillikin
We will preview every player on the Cardinals roster leading up to training camp. This is about P Blake Gillikin. The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team. Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook. Next up is punter Blake Gillikin. Blake Gillikin background, 2024 season Gillikin enters his sixth NFL season and third with the Cardinals. He was a rookie free agent in 2020 out of Penn State and signed with the New Orleans Saints. He spent his rookie season on injured reserve and then was their punter for the next two seasons. In 2023, he did not make the Saints' roster out of camp and was released. He signed with the Cardinals in October after Nolan Cooney, who had won the job out of camp, beating out Matt Haack in training camp, struggled to start the season. Gillikin punted the final 13 games, averaging a franchise-record 50.6 yards per punt. He re-signed in the offseason on a two-year deal. Last season, he punted in the first 13 games before injuring his ankle, which sent him to injured reserve and ended his season. He averaged 49.7 yards per kick with a career-high 44.2-yard net average and only one touchback. Nineteen of his punts (50%) were downed inside the 20-yard line, the highest rate of his career. Blake Gillikin 2025 contract details, cap hit He is in the final year of the two-year, $3.7 million deal he signed in 2024. In 2025, he will make $1.8 million in salary with no guarantees. His cap hit will be $2.1 million. Questions he faces, roster outlook He has been both very good and very consistent for the Cardinals since he signed in 2023. He punted better each year. Can he maintain that, and will that ankle injury linger? As for the roster, the Cardinals didn't bring in any other punters to compete in the offseason, so the job is his, unless things go sideways. The punter's job is never 100% secure. But as long as he continues to play at the level he has, he has a spot on the roster and could earn a contract extension. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe onSpotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
07-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Arizona Cardinals offseason roster profile: P Blake Gillikin
2025 Arizona Cardinals offseason roster profile: P Blake Gillikin A look at punter Blake Gillikin, what he did in 2024, his contract status and his outlook on the team for 2025. 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. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
