Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jamie Gillan was born on July 4th, 1997, in Inverness, Scotland. He is a punter in the National Football League.

Prior to his college career, Gillan attended Leonardtown High School. During his college career, Gillan played college football at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Across his four years at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Gillan had a total of 9,024 yards on 214 punts and an average of 42.2 yards per punt.

During his freshman season, Gillan Contributed as a freshman punter (5-224-44.8, two fair catches, two inside the 20) and kicker (10-11 extra points, four field goals). During his sophomore season in 2016, Gillan served in three roles for the first time as the team's placekicker (5-12 field goals, long 46) and punter (71-2,949-41.5, 17 inside 20, 10 fair catches).

During his junior season in 2017, Gillan averaged 43.7 yards per punt to be named first-team All-SWAC (55-2,405, 14 fair catches, 17 inside 20), making 13 of 21 field-goal attempts (long 52) and causing 12 touchbacks on 43 kickoffs. In 2018 during his senior season, Gillan received the first-team all-conference honors as a kicker (20-29 FG, long 47; 30-61 touchbacks on kickoffs) and punter (71-3,105-42.5, 21 fair catches, 27 inside 20).

Gillan signed with the Cleveland Browns after the 2019 NFL Draft. After having 11 punts inside the 20 and only allowing 19 punt return yards, Gillian was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month in September.

Gillan agreed to a two year contract with the New York Giants on March 13, 2022.