Ravens Pro Bowl Punter Signs with the New York Giants
On March 9th, Jordan Stout and the New York Giants agreed to a three-year contract worth 12 million, announced via X by Jordan Schultz. Stout, who was drafted in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens, will look to build off his career year in a new city, helping to put the defense in good field position. Stout will be 28 by the time the regular season starts, but punters usually have a longer shelf life than other positions that are more “hands-on” during the football game. This is a smart, cheap signing by the Giants, who required stability at punter and on special teams as a whole.
Stout began his college career as a walk-on at Virginia Tech, redshirting in his true first year, and then transferring to Penn State after his redshirt freshman season ended. At Penn State, Stout was primarily a kickoff specialist, but earned the punting job in his junior year and then earned the placekicking job in his senior year. This marked the first time since 1975 that a Penn State specialist handled kickoffs, field goals, and punts in the same season. After averaging 46 yards per punt in his final season with the Nittany Lions, Stout earned first-team All-Big Ten Conference and the Eddleman–Fields Punter of the Year award, declaring for the NFL Draft following the 2021 season.
Stout was drafted in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens, who needed a punter after the retirement of long-time punter Sam Koch. Compared to all Baltimore punters who played in 15 or more games in a single season, Stout had four of the bottom eight seasons with the fewest punts. Although he punted the least in each season for four years, his per-punt average was above average, and on par with the contributions made by Koch. In Stout’s first three years, he averaged 46 yards per punt, hitting a 67-yard or longer punt in each season. In what was otherwise a depressing 2025 season for the Baltimore Ravens, Stout recorded career-highs and franchise records for yards per punt with 50.1, net yards per punt with 44.9, and tied with Koch for the longest punt with a 74-yard bomb in the win over the New York Jets, which all contributed to his first Pro Bowl and first First-Team All-Pro. In that game versus the Jets, Stout’s 61.5-yard average on four punts is the sixth-best in NFL history in a single game since 1960. Stout will look to build off and replicate his 2025 success with the Giants and help their special teams put the defense in good field position for 2026.
