Jordan Gay

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Jordan Gay
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Gay with the Bills in 2014
No. 4 Buffalo Bills
Position: Kickoff specialist
Personal information
Date of birth: (1990-03-29) March 29, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth: Danville, Kentucky
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Career information
High school: Danville (KY)
College: Centre College
Undrafted: 2013
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Jordan Gay (born March 29, 1990) is an American football kickoff specialist for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) who has also been a punter and a kicker. An undrafted free agent, he first signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2013.

Professional career

Carolina Panthers

Gay signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent. He was released on August 24, 2013.[1]

New York Giants

Gay was signed by the New York Giants. Gay was released on May 12, 2014.[2]

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.[3]

Buffalo Bills

On August 26, 2014, Gay was claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Bills.[4] 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.[5][6]

On March 9, 2016, Gay signed a multi-year contract with the Bills.[7]

Gay began the 2015 preseason as the Bills' starting kicker after Carpenter was placed on the non-football injury list.[8]

Gay was released by the Bills on October 7, 2015 to clear a roster spot for Billy Cundiff.[9] He was re-signed on October 23, 2015.[10]

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