Trenton Gill (born January 1, 1999) is an American football punter for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at NC State.
No. 16 – Chicago Bears | |||||||||
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Position: | Punter | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Hillsborough, North Carolina, U.S. | January 1, 1999||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 219 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough, North Carolina) | ||||||||
College: | NC State (2017–2021) | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2022 / Round: 7 / Pick: 255 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 18, 2023 | |||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Gill grew up in Hillsborough, North Carolina and attended Cedar Ridge High School, where he played soccer and tennis in addition to kicking and punting on the football team.[1] His father is English and his mother is Canadian.[2]
Gill was a member of the NC State Wolfpack for five seasons. He redshirted his true freshman season and was the backup to A. J. Cole III as a redshirt freshman.[3] Gill took over as the Wolfpack's punter as a redshirt sophomore and set a school record with 47.6 yards per punt on 56 punts and was named third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[4] He was named first-team All-ACC as a redshirt senior.[5]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 4+3⁄8 in (1.94 m) |
220 lb (100 kg) |
31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | |||||||||
All values from NFL Combine[6][7] |
Gill was selected with the 255th overall pick in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears.[8]
On September 11, 2022, in a game against the San Francisco 49ers, Gill was penalized for using a towel to wipe off the field.[9]