Player Dossier

2016-2019

Penn State

Blake Gillikin

P • 6'2" • 196 lbs • Smyrna, GA, USA

Impact contributor

Blake Gillikin shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

Blake Gillikin built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a punter from Smyrna, GA wearing No. 93, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Blake Gillikin's career was his field-position work: 240...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8533

Karns · Knoxville, TN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Blake Gillikin, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Penn State. Blake Gillikin shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Blake Gillikin quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 53 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Penn State
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
3-star · Karns · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Karns · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 93 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2016 PostseasonPenn State1400100
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State1400100
2017 PostseasonPenn State1300100
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State1300100
2018 PostseasonPenn State1300100
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State1300100
2019 PostseasonPenn State1300100
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State1300100

Related Context

Blake Gillikin played P for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Blake Gillikin recorded -10 rushing yards and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Penn State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Penn State

Games

14

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 0. Kent State: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Temple: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 0. Maryland: 0. Ohio State: 0. Purdue: 0. Iowa: 0. Indiana: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan State: 0. Wisconsin: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 11 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

14 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

— vs USC

Result
Mon 1/2vs USCL 49-52
Sun 12/4vs WisconsinW 38-31
Sat 11/26vs Michigan StateW 45-12
Sun 11/20@ RutgersW 39-0
Sat 11/12@ IndianaW 45-31
Sat 11/5vs IowaW 41-14
Sat 10/29@ PurdueW 62-24
Sun 10/23vs Ohio StateW 24-21
Sat 10/8vs MarylandW 38-14
Sat 10/1vs MinnesotaW 29-26
Sat 9/24@ MichiganL 10-49
Sat 9/17vs TempleW 34-27
Sat 9/10@ PittsburghL 39-42
Sat 9/3vs Kent StateW 33-13

Player Story

Blake Gillikin story

Blake Gillikin built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a punter from Smyrna, GA wearing No. 93, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Blake Gillikin's career was his field-position work: 240 punts, 10,314 punting yards, and 31 punts inside the 20 across 53 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Penn State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 53 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Penn State.

The arc is straightforward: Blake Gillikin moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Penn State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonPenn State0
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State00
2017 PostseasonPenn State00
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State00
2018 PostseasonPenn State00
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State00
2019 PostseasonPenn State00
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs USC

Week 1 · L 49-52 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Wisconsin

Week 14 · W 38-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Michigan State

Week 13 · W 45-12 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Rutgers

Week 12 · W 39-0 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 11 · W 45-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Penn State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2016 Regular Season · Penn State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Penn State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games