Blake Gillikin

Agreed to terms, 4/27/20. Gillikin is tied for No. 2 on Penn State's career punting average charts (43.03 avg.). He landed 53 career punts downed inside the opponent's ten-yard line (seven in 2016, 18 in 2017, 12 in 2018, 15 in 2019) and is the only player in program history with seven punts of 65 or more yards. In 2019, the special teams captain and Smyrna, Ga. native averaged 42.2 yards per punt as he was selected All-Big Ten honorable mention by the conference coaches and media and a CoSIDA Academic All-American first team for the second consecutive year.

Agreed to terms, 4/27/20…Gillikin is tied for No. 2 on Penn State's career punting average charts (43.03 ypp.)…He landed 53 career punts downed inside the opponent's 10-yard line (seven in 2016, 18 in 2017, 12 in 2018, 15 in 2019) and is the only player in program history with seven punts of 65 or more yards…In 2019, the special teams captain averaged 42.2 yards per punt as he was selected All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and media and a CoSIDA Academic All-American first team for second consecutive year...In 2018, played in all 13 games, averaging 44.0 yards per punt, second in the Big Ten and 22nd in the country...In 2017, earned consensus second-team All-Big Ten honors from both the coaches and media panels, averaging 43.2 yards per punt....In 2016, was selected to the ESPN.comTrue Freshman All-America Team...Named Campus InsidersFreshman All-America honorable mention...Named to the ESPN.comBig Ten All-Bowl Team...Earned All-Big Ten honorable mention from the conference coaches and media panel...Named to the BTN.com and ESPN.com All-Big Ten Freshman Team, ranking third in the Big Ten with a 42.8 gross punting average...Majored in kinesiology…Three-time letterman for head coach Gerry Romberg at Westminster (Atlanta, Ga.) School...Helped Westminster to its first Class AAA Georgia State Championship since 1978 by kicking three field goals, including a 53-yard boot, and had two punts of 60 yards in the final...Set a school record with a 56-yard field goal...Rated as a five-star punter and a five-star kicker by the Kohl's Professional Camp...Claimed first-team South Fulton All-Metro and first-team Atlanta All-Metro by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as senior...Averaged 45.2 yards per punt and 19 punts downed inside the 20 as a senior, 54-for-54 on PATs and 16-of-26 on field goals...Four-year letterman in soccer and a two-year basketball letterman...Helped the Wildcats to 2013 Georgia State Class AA Soccer Championship and a to a runner-up finish in 2014...Mother, Taryn, was a swimmer at Kansas...Father, Walt, was a swimmer at North Carolina...Brother, Tyler, is a long snapper at Northwestern…Blake Thomas Gillikin was born January 21, 1998 in Atlanta, Ga.