Jordan Gay

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

American football player (born 1990)

Born (1990-03-29) March 29, 1990 (age 35)
Danville, Kentucky, U.S.

Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)

Jordan Gay
No. 6, 8, 4, 3
Gay with the Buffalo Bills in 2014
Position	Kickoff specialist
Personal information
Born	(1990-03-29) March 29, 1990 (age 35) Danville, Kentucky, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Danville (Danville, Kentucky)
College	Centre College
NFL draft	2013: undrafted
Career history
Carolina Panthers (2013)* New York Giants (2014)* Carolina Panthers (2014)* Buffalo Bills (2014–2016) Tennessee Titans (2017)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Stats at Pro Football Reference

Jordan Lane Gay (born March 29, 1990) is an American former professional football kickoff specialist. He signed with the Carolina Panthers after going undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft. He was also a member of the New York Giants, Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans.

Carolina Panthers

Pre-draft measurables
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]

Gay signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent. He was released on August 24, 2013.^[2]

New York Giants

Gay was signed by the New York Giants. Gay was released on May 12, 2014.^[3]

Second stint with the Carolina Panthers

Gay was signed by the Panthers for the second time on May 19, 2014. He was released on August 24, 2014.^[4]

Buffalo Bills

On 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, 2015, 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

On May 15, 2017, Gay signed with the Tennessee Titans.^[18] He was released on August 14, 2017.^[19]

References

↑ "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 (August 24, 2014). "Panthers get down to 79 with 10 moves Sunday". Pro Football Talk. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
↑ Rodak, Mike (August 26, 2014). "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. March 10, 2015. 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. July 30, 2015. 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.

New York Giants

Second stint with the Carolina Panthers

Buffalo Bills

Tennessee Titans

Related Articles