Saints punter Blake Gillikin drug tested after booming 81-yard punt Punt at your own risk

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Saints punter Blake Gillikin drug tested after booming 81-yard punt Punt at your own risk

.Saints punter Blake Gillikin blasted an impre sive 81-yard punt on Saturday against the Packers in the team's second preseason matchup. The NFL clearly wants to find out if he had any a sistance with that.Gillikin tweeted Sunday morning that he had been randomly selected Jerome Robinson Jersey for an in-season drug test on Sunday, that needed to be completed before New Orleans' team morning meeting. The time of the me sage gave him just under Troy Brown Jersey three hours to complete the test.Punt at your own risk Blake Gillikin (@blakegillikin) MORE:It's rare that a punter is going to draw the attention of drug testers in the NFL, but the bomb of a punt on Saturday might have been enough to do just that. The Saints were pinned back on their own 19-yard line in a 4th-and-2 in the Raul Neto Jersey third quarter, and called out Gillikin to flip the field.If anything, Gillikin didmuch as his punt, aided by the wind, sailed from the 7-yard line, where he kicked it, all the way out to about the Packers' 13-yard line in the air. It bounced into the end zone for a touchback.81-yard PUNT : : : New Orleans Saints (@Saints) MORE: Gillikin established in his rookie 2021 season that he has one of the strongest legs in the NFL. He punted 83 times with an average 47.7 yards per punt, the Rui Hachimura Jersey ninth-longest average in the league. His longest boot was 63 yards.At 64.9, among punters in 2021, and his average hangtime of 4.25 was tied for 14th-best.If Gillikin is getting tested after that 81-yard punt, "Punt God" Matt Araiza could be in for a busy rookie year with the Bills.Bills punter Matt Araiza connected on this 82-yard punt: Adam Dwight Howard Jersey Schefter (@AdamSchefter)
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