2021 NFL Draft Prospects: Punters

By Charlie Campbell.
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The top 2021 Punter prospects available for the 2021 NFL Draft. * – denotes 2022 prospect. ** – denotes 2023 prospect.

This page was last updated March 20, 2020. Follow Walter @walterfootball for updates.

2023 NFL Draft Position Rankings:
QB | RB | FB | WR | TE | OT | G | C | DE | DT | NT | 3-4 OLB | 3-4 DE | OLB | ILB | CB | S | K | P

2024 NFL Draft Position Rankings:
QB | RB | FB | WR | TE | OT | G | C | DE | DT | NT | 3-4 OLB | 3-4 DE | OLB | ILB | CB | S | K | P

2025 NFL Draft Position Rankings:
QB | RB | FB | WR | TE | OT | G | C | DE | DT | NT | 3-4 OLB | 3-4 DE | OLB | ILB | CB | S | K | P

Max Duffy, P, Kentucky
Height: 6-1. Weight: 186.
Projected Round (2020): 4-6.
3/20/20: Duffy won the Ray Guy Award in 2019 for the best punter in the nation. He averaged 48.1 yards per punt with a long of 70 yards. As a sophomore, he averaged 45 yards per punt with a long of 67.

Drue Chrisman*, P, Ohio State
Height: 6-3. Weight: 215.
Projected Round (2020): 5-7.
3/20/20: In 2019, Chrisman averaged 44.3 yards per punt and had a long of 61. Chrisman averaged 43.2 yards per punt in 2018 and had a long of 65 yards. In 2017, he averaged 44.2 yards per punt with a long of 62 yards. Chrisman has a strong leg and was a nice special teams weapon for Ohio State.

Derek Adams, P, Kent State
Height: 6-2. Weight: 193.
Projected Round (2020): 6-FA.
3/20/20: Adams averaged 43.3 yards per punt in 2019 with a long of 76. Adams averaged 40.2 yards per punt in 2018 with a long of 77 yards. He had an excellent 2017 season punting for Kent State, averaging 43.6 yards punt with a long of 74 yards. Adams averaged 40.3 yards per punt with a long of 67 in 2016.

Blake Gillikin, P, Penn State
Height: 6-2. Weight: 193.
Projected Round (2020): 6-FA.
3/20/20: Gillikin averaged 42.2 yards per punt in 2019 and had a long of 72. In 2018, Gillikin averaged 44 yards per punt with a long of 74. Gillikin was a nice weapon for Penn State’s special teams in 2017. He averaged 43.2 yards per punt with a long of 57. Gillikin had a long of 69 and averaged 42.8 yards per punt for 2016.

Oscar Bradburn, P, Virginia Tech
Height: 6-1. Weight: 221.
Projected Round (2020): 7-FA.
3/20/20: In 2019, Bradburn averaged 46.5 yards per punt with a long of 69. He averaged 43 yards per punt and 42 yards over the previous two seasons, with his longest punt being 72 yards.