Jamie Gillan

Has played in 91 regular-season games and four postseason games for Cleveland and the Giants…In the regular season, he has a 45.4-yard gross average and a 40.7-yard net average on 381 punts, including a long kick of 74 yards, 145 punts inside the 20 and 24 touchbacks…Has kicked a 40-yard field goal on 2 attempts, 3 kickoffs, 2 rushing attempts for minus-2 yards and 1 fumble recovery.

HONORS

• AFC Special Teams Player of the Week: 2019 Week 2
• AFC Special Teams Player of the Month: September 2019
• NFC Special Teams Player of Week: 2023 Week 18

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Has played in 91 regular-season games and four postseason games for Cleveland and the Giants…In the regular season, he has a 45.4-yard gross average and a 40.7-yard net average on 381 punts, including a long kick of 74 yards, 145 punts inside the 20 and 24 touchbacks…Has kicked a 40-yard field goal on 2 attempts, 3 kickoffs, 2 rushing attempts for minus-2 yards and 1 fumble recovery.
• In the postseason, has a 42.8-yard gross average and a 41.1-yard net average on 14 punts, including a long kick of 48 yards and 5 punts inside the 20.
• In 2024, played in 13 games…Missed four games with a hamstring injury…Punted 56 times for a 43.7 gross average and a 40.6-yard net average including 27 punts inside the 20-yard line, a 48.2% rate that was the highest of his career.
• In 2023, punted a career-high 95 times for a 46.0-yard gross average and a career-best and 42.3-yard net average...He had only 4 touchbacks… Placed a career-high and Giants record 35 punts inside the 20-yard line…Gillan's 95 punts and 35 inside were each the league's 3rd-highest total… Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his outstanding performance in a victory vs. Philadelphia (1/7)…Gillan averaged 46.5 gross yards and 44.0 net yards on 5 punts…Four of Gillan's punts were downed or fair caught inside the 20-yard line…Gillan's longest kick was 55 yards.
• In 2022, played in all 17 regular-season games and both Giants postseason games…Punted a 74 times for a 46.8-yard gross average and a 40.1-yard net average…Placed 26 punts inside the 20-yard line and had 9 touchbacks…In the postseason, averaged 43.7 yards on 7 punts, none of which were returned.
• In 2021, played in 12 games for the Browns…Punted 42 times for a 43.9-yard gross average and a 39.5-yard net average…Longest punt was 65 yards…Placed 15 punts inside the 20-yard line and had one touchback.
• In 2020, played in all 16 regular-season games for the second consecutive season and in two postseason games…Recorded a 44.0-yard gross average and a 38.3-yard net average on 51 punts.
• As a rookie in 2019, played in all 16 games…Finished with career-high totals of 63 punts, a 46.2-yard gross average, a Browns-record 41.6-yard net average, 28 punts inside the 20 (5th in Browns history) and 5 touchbacks.

NOTES TO KNOW

• Gillan's 41.2-yard career net punting average is the highest in Giants history (since 1976, when it became an official statistic)…Riley Dixon is second at 40.6.
• Gillan holds the franchise's single-season net punting averages at 42.3 in 2023.
• Tied for the 2nd-longest punt in franchise history…Booted a 74-yard punt vs. New England (11/26/23)…Was the longest punt by a Giant since Rodney Williams' franchise record 90-yarder at Denver on 9/10/01.
• Selected to the 2019 PFWA All-Rookie team…Set Browns single-season net punting record with a 41.6-yard average in 2019.

COLLEGE

• Selected first-team all-Southwest Conference as a punter in 2017-18 and as a kicker in 2018 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff…In 43 games in four seasons, Gillan averaged 42.2 yards on 214 punts…Converted 46 of 74 field goal attempts (62.2%) and 77 of 85 PATs (90.6%) for 215 points.
• As a senior in 2018, tied his career high with 71 punts and averaged 42.5 yards, including a career-long 80-yard kick
• Averaged a career-best 43.4 yards on 59 kicks in 2017.
• Rushed for 52 yards on 5 career attempts…Added 13 tackles.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

• Attended The Giants Foundation Golf Classic which raised over $400,000 for The Giants Foundation… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit at the Quest Diagnostic Training Facility to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants… Collected toys from fans and distributed them to children at Valley Hospital for the holidays… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants.

PERSONAL

• Native of Inverness, Scotland who moved to the United States as a teenager…Nicknamed "The Scottish Hammer" by his high school football coach…Grew up playing rugby and played for Highland Rugby Club, before attending and playing rugby for Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh…Did not play football until midway through his senior season at Leonardtown (Md.) High School…Wants to play rugby professionally after his NFL career.
• Earned a full scholarship to Arkansas-Pine Bluff after a friend submitted his highlight tape without his knowledge after seeing a Facebook post looking for a kicker after Arkansas-Pine Bluff had de-committed…Earned a degree in physical education from Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Father, Colin, was a longtime member of the Royal Air Force.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns on 5/3/19.
• Released by Cleveland on 12/22/21.
• Signed to the Buffalo Bills' practice squad on 12/24/21.
• Released by Buffalo on 1/31/22.
• Signed as a free agent by the New York Giants on 2/7/22.