Jordan Lane Gay (born March 29, 1990) is a former American football kickoff specialist. He has also been a punter and a kicker. Gay signed with the Carolina Panthers after going undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft. He has also been a member of the New York Giants, Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans.
 Gay with the Buffalo Bills in 2014 | |
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| Position: | Kickoff specialist |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 29, 1990 Danville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Danville (Danville, Kentucky) |
| College: | Centre College |
| Undrafted: | 2013 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Professional career
edit| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 0+3⁄8 in (1.84 m) |
197 lb (89 kg) |
31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) |
8+1⁄2 in (0.22 m) | |||||||||
| All values from Pro Day[1] | ||||||||||||
Carolina Panthers
editGay signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent. He was released on August 24, 2013.[2]
New York Giants
editGay was signed by the New York Giants. Gay was released on May 12, 2014.[3]
Second stint with the Carolina Panthers
editGay was signed by the Panthers for the second time on May 19, 2014. He was released on August 24, 2014.[4]
Buffalo Bills
editOn August 26, 2014, Gay was claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Bills.[5] Although nominally listed as a punter, Gay was primarily signed as a kickoff specialist; Colton Schmidt was signed to handle punting duties, though Gay was listed on the depth chart as the backup punter and holder behind Schmidt as well as backup kicker behind Dan Carpenter. Gay, along with Brandon McManus were the only primary kickoff specialists in the NFL in 2014.[6][7]
On March 9, 2016, Gay signed a multi-year contract with the Bills.[8]
Gay began the 2015 preseason as the Bills' starting kicker after Carpenter was placed on the non-football injury list.[9]
Gay was released by the Bills on October 7, 2015, to clear a roster spot for Billy Cundiff.[10] He was re-signed on October 23, 2015.[11]
On August 31, 2016, Gay was released by the Bills.[12] He was signed to the Bills practice squad on September 4.[13] On September 9, he was elevated to the 53-man roster.[14] He was released on September 27, 2016.[15] He was re-signed by the Bills on November 26, 2016, to serve as the team's kickoff specialist.[16] He was released on December 3, 2016.[17]
Tennessee Titans
editOn May 15, 2017, Gay signed with the Tennessee Titans.[18] He was released on August 14, 2017.[19]
References
edit- ^ "2013 NFL Draft Scout Jordan Gay College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "Jordan Gay, P, New York Giants, NFL - CBSSports.com". cbssports.com. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ "Giants release QB Smith, LB Bradford, CB Mertile and P Jordan Gay". Giants.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ Gantt, Darin. "Panthers get down to 79 with 10 moves Sunday". Pro Football Talk. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ^ Rodak, Mike. "Bills claim Jordan Gay off waivers". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ "Buffalo Bills bringing back kickoff specialist Jordan Gay". syracuse.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ Galliford, Brian (March 9, 2015). "Buffalo Bills re-sign kickoff specialist Jordan Gay". Buffalo Rumblings. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ "Kickoff specialist Gay signs extension". www.buffalobills.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ "Bills place Mario Williams, Leodis McKelvin, Dan Carpenter on injury list". CBSSports.com. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ "Bills sign K Billy Cundiff and WR Denarius Moore". BuffaloBills.com. Buffalo BIlls. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ "Bills re-sign kickoff specialist Jordan Gay". www.buffalobills.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ Brown, Chris. "Bills add veteran LB Ramon Humber; K Gay released". BuffaloBills. Archived from the original on September 1, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "WR Dez Lewis, KOS Jordan Gay signed to Bills practice squad". September 4, 2016.
- ^ Brown, Chris. "Bills elevate K Jordan Gay to active roster". BuffaloBills.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ "Bills release K Jordan Gay; Sign two to PS". BuffaloBills.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ Brown, Chris (November 26, 2016). "Sammy Watkins added to active roster; Expected to play Sunday". BuffaloBills.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
- ^ "Bills promote TE Gerald Christian to 53-man roster". BuffaloBills.com. December 3, 2016. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- ^ Wyatt, Jim (May 15, 2017). "Titans Add Five to Roster, Including MTSU's Jimmy Staten". TitansOnline.com.
- ^ Wyatt, Jim (August 14, 2017). "Titans Add Long Snapper Ryan DiSalvo". TitansOnline.com.