Trenton Gill: P · NC State · #99.
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NC State’s specialists
Trenton Gill
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line. Three seasons at NC State to date. All-ACC in 2021 made it three straight seasons on the honors list.
Play style
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
44.4 gross, but 31 of 65 inside the 20 (47.7%) — a pinner. pinner
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-0vs South Florida | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 57 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-24@ Mississippi State | 7 | 303 | 43.3 | 55 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7vs Furman | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 41 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-21vs No. 9 Clemson | 6 | 306 | 51.0 | 57 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-27vs Louisiana Tech | 6 | 307 | 51.2 | 59 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 33-7@ Boston College | 6 | 276 | 46.0 | 65 | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-31@ Miami | 6 | 295 | 49.2 | 59 | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13vs Louisville | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 53 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-14@ Florida State | 8 | 362 | 45.3 | 60 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | L 42-45@ No. 13 Wake Forest | 6 | 270 | 45.0 | 52 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-17vs Syracuse | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 42 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-30vs North Carolina | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 54 | 2 | |
| Total | 65 | 2887 | 44.4 | 65 | 31 |
Season context: team record and system
3 seasons under Dave Doeren, all balanced offenses — 21-15 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
48%31 of 65Touchback rate
8%5 of 65Yards / punt
44.465 puntsLong
65yards44.4 yards/punt on 65 punts · 48% placed inside the 20 · 5 touchbacks.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
NC State carries two punters; Gill has taken all 65 punts.
How it ended
Three seasons at NC State, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #255 overall by the Chicago Bears.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
ACC Specialist Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Doeren.
Next stop · NFL
Chicago BearsEntering 5th NFL season
Chicago BearsEntering 5th NFL season
