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Get to know Blake Gillikin, the Saints punter of the future

Thomas Morstead made for a tough act to follow, but Blake Gillikin is going to give it his best shot. He spent a year waiting in the wings on injured reserve (with a back issue, nominally) and now the Penn State product gets his shot. Replacing a 12-year starter who played as well as anyone ever has for a decade won’t be easy, though. Here’s what you need to know about the New Orleans Saints’ new punter:

He averaged 43.0 yards per punt and, as a senior, dropped 32 of his 62 punts…
Galliano served as the Nittany Lions special teams coordinator in 2018, before leaving for a job…
Gillikin was prepared to be called up from I.