2023 SEASON
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PUNTS67
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AVG46.09
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LNG76
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In 2018
Punting
YEAR | TEAM | G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG |
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2023 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 67 | 3088 | 76 | 46.1 | 0 | 30 | 381 | 18 | 38 |
2022 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 66 | 3038 | 63 | 46 | 1 | 31 | 281 | 20 | 40.9 |
TOTAL | 34 | 133 | 6126 | 76 | 46.1 | 1 | 61 | 662 | 38 | 39.5 |
Defense
YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
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2023 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2022 | Chicago Bears | 17 | |||||||||||
TOTAL | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fumbles
YEAR | TEAM | G | FUM | LOST | FF | OWN FR | OPP FR | TD |
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2023 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 0 | |||||
2022 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
TOTAL | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
PRO CAREER:
- Selected by the Bears in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft (No. 255 overall)
- Has appeared in 34 games, punting 133 times for 6,126 yards (46.1 avg.)...Has 38 punts land inside 20 and 11 touchbacks
2023 SEASON (BEARS):
- Played in all 17 games, punting 67 times for 3,088 yards (46.1 avg.) with 30 being returned for 381 yards for a net average of 38.0
- Landed 18 punts inside the 20 with eight touchbacks
- Reached 5,000 punt yards for his career in Week 14 against the Lions
- Recorded 35th punt inside 20 in Week 16 against Cardinals
- Also recorded longest punt of career (76 yards)
2022 SEASON (Bears):
- Featured in his first NFL game in Week 1 vs. San Francisco, punting six times for a total of 277 yards, with one touchback and one punt downed inside the 20-yard line
- Punted four times in Week 2 at Green Bay, his longest traveling 57 yards
- Had four punts in the Bears Week 3 win vs. Houston, including one punt landing inside the 20-yard line
- Matched a then career-long 58-yard punt in Week 4 at New York while also placing three punts inside the 20-yard line, the most he's had in a game so far
- Punted twice at Minnesota in Week 5
- Had four punts in Week 6 vs. Washington, one of which was downed inside the 20-yard line
- Punted twice in the Week 7 win against the Patriots, pinning one inside the 20-yard line ... Had a career-high 62-yard punt in Week 8 at Dallas
- Averaged 50.8 yards and 47 net yards on four punts
- Punted twice for 83 yards in Week 9 vs. Miami
- Logged three punts vs. Detroit in Week 10, averaging 43.0 yards and having one punt downed inside the 20-yard line
- Punted for 160 yards, including one inside the 20-yard line in Week 11 at Atlanta
- Had five punts for 244 total yards against the Jets in Week 12, including a 61-yard punt
- Had five punts for 244 total yards against the Jets in Week 12, including a 61-yard punt
- Punted six times against the Eagles in Week 15, including a 56-yard punt that pinned the Eagles inside their own five-yard line
- Had one of the best punts of his rookie season in Week 16, traveling 63 yards to be downed at the Bills' five yard line
- Punted seven times at Detroit in Week 17, three of which landed inside the 20-yard line
- Punted three times vs. Minnesota in Week 18, with two punts landing inside the 20-yard line
- Gill finished the season with a net punting average of 40.3 yards per punt, which is the third-best single-season average by a Bears punter in franchise history