2011 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2011 regular season (at least 30), ranked by punt points added. Each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot on the field, added up over the season. It puts distance, placement, coverage and returns on one scale.

Final 2011 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2011 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

Shawn Powell (Florida State): 47.0 49 punts
Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): 46.6 42 punts
Bobby Cowan (Idaho): 46.5 87 punts
Ryan Allen (Louisiana Tech): 46.3 78 punts
Brandon McManus (Temple): 46.2 43 punts

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Net Punting Average

Shawn Powell (Florida State): 45.3 49 punts
Jackson Rice (Oregon): 45.2 45 punts
Dylan Breeding (Arkansas): 44.6 49 punts
Ryan Allen (Louisiana Tech): 44.5 78 punts
Ian Campbell (UTEP): 44.4 48 punts

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Inside the 20 Percentage

Brad Elkin (Boise State): 58.5% 24 of 41
Tress Way (Oklahoma): 57.9% 33 of 57
Kyle Negrete (USC): 57.9% 22 of 39
Ben Armer (Western Michigan): 56.1% 23 of 39
Ryan Allen (Louisiana Tech): 52.7% 39 of 78

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Longest Punts

Brian Schmiedebusch (Bowling Green): 81 yds
Paul Hershey (Ohio): 80 yds
Brandon Williams (Northwestern): 77 yds
Bobby Cowan (Idaho): 76 yds
Pat O'Donnell (Cincinnati): 76 yds

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Punt Points Added

Bobby Cowan (Idaho): +21.0 87 punts
Shawn Powell (Florida State): +17.6 49 punts
Ryan Allen (Louisiana Tech): +16.3 78 punts
Brad Wing (LSU): +15.5 50 punts
Johnny Hekker (Oregon State): +12.9 50 punts

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Fair Catch Percentage

Ryan Neir (Northern Illinois): 67.6% 25 of 47
Cody Mandell (Alabama): 66.7% 16 of 36
Ryan Doerr (Kansas State): 65.9% 29 of 59
Ryan Quigley (Boston College): 63.8% 37 of 69
Dalton Botts (Miami): 63.3% 19 of 48

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Kyle Negrete (USC): 0.0% 0 of 39
Alex Dunnachie (Hawai'i): 0.0% 0 of 56
Ryan Neir (Northern Illinois): 0.0% 0 of 47
Cody Webster (Purdue): 0.0% 0 of 44
Adam Pines (Indiana): 1.4% 1 of 71

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Ryan Quigley (Boston College): +5.9 2 TB on 69 punts
Ryan Neir (Northern Illinois): +4.9 0 TB on 47 punts
Steven Clark (Auburn): +4.9 2 TB on 69 punts
Kyle Negrete (USC): +4.4 0 TB on 39 punts
Alex Dunnachie (Hawai'i): +4.1 0 TB on 56 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Bobby Cowan (Idaho): 0.0 0 yards
Matt Rinehart (Kent State): 0.0 0 yards
Cole Wagner (UConn): 0.0 0 yards
Mickey Groody (Florida Atlantic): 0.0 0 yards
Ryan Tydlacka (Kentucky): 0.0 0 yards

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Opponent Starting Field Position

Ryan Allen (Louisiana Tech): 17.6 78 punts
Shawn Powell (Florida State): 18.0 49 punts
Brad Elkin (Boise State): 18.8 41 punts
Kyle Negrete (USC): 19.1 39 punts
Ben Armer (Western Michigan): 19.2 39 punts

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Net Average in Opponent Territory

Ron Doherty (Kansas): 34.9 12 punts
Alex King (Duke): 34.8 12 punts
Will Goggans (Troy): 34.2 13 punts
Scott Kovanda (Ball State): 33.6 14 punts
Trey Ragland (UAB): 33.3 12 punts

Full Net Average in Opponent Territory leaderboard

Net Average in Wind

Pete Kontodiakos (Colorado State): 47.1 14 punts
Kyle Dugandzic (Arizona): 46.4 10 punts
Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): 45.3 10 punts
Kiel Rasp (Washington): 45.1 14 punts
Dylan Breeding (Arkansas): 44.9 15 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2011 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

115 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	87	46.5	44.2	19	22%	11%	49%	+21.0
2	Shawn Powell	Florida State	49	47.0	45.3	23	47%	10%	13%	+17.6
3	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	7%	50%	+16.3
4	Brad Wing	LSU	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	8%	36%	+15.5
5	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	50	44.0	42.7	22	48%	13%	16%	+12.9
6	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	18%	50%	+12.6
7	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	57	45.3	42.4	19	34%	14%	25%	+12.2
8	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	13%	19%	+11.4
9	Drew Butler	Georgia	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	8%	38%	+10.8
10	Kyle Martens	Rice	78	43.6	42.2	25	34%	8%	40%	+10.6
11	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	9%	23%	+10.5
12	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	55	43.3	42.2	20	38%	8%	25%	+10.4
13	Jackson Rice	Oregon	45	45.8	45.2	20	44%	4%	54%	+10.4
14	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	7%	27%	+10.3
15	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	57	43.6	42.4	14	25%	5%	36%	+10.3
16	Sean Sellwood	Utah	42	44.2	41.3	14	33%	14%	42%	+9.5
17	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	10%	35%	+8.4
18	Ian Campbell	UTEP	48	46.1	44.4	15	36%	12%	24%	+8.3
19	Steven Clark	Auburn	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	3%	63%	+8.1
20	Brett Maher	Nebraska	54	45.0	43.8	26	49%	6%	27%	+8.1
21	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	40	46.0	41.0	15	38%	25%	16%	+7.8
22	Will Atterberry	North Texas	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	9%	37%	+7.5
23	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	56	39.7	40.3	21	41%	0%	62%	+7.4
24	Trey Barrow	Missouri	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	30%	18%	+7.2
25	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	42	46.6	43.0	15	37%	17%	27%	+7.1
26	Jeff Locke	UCLA	56	44.1	42.9	25	45%	7%	33%	+6.9
27	Dalton Botts	Miami	48	42.7	41.4	13	28%	6%	63%	+6.7
28	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	11%	57%	+6.3
29	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	3%	60%	+6.1
30	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	11%	44%	+5.7
31	Brad Elkin	Boise State	41	41.8	40.4	24	59%	7%	21%	+5.6
32	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	49	45.2	44.6	18	38%	4%	57%	+5.5
33	Cody Webster	Purdue	44	43.3	42.5	18	39%	0%	30%	+5.2
34	Ben Armer	Western Michigan	39	41.2	39.0	23	56%	12%	33%	+5.1
35	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	38	42.8	40.1	14	36%	13%	15%	+4.9
36	Eric Guthrie	Iowa	47	40.8	40.0	21	46%	7%	56%	+4.9
37	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	57	39.5	38.4	22	39%	4%	42%	+4.8
38	Paul Hershey	Ohio	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	10%	49%	+4.7
39	Anthony Fera	Penn State	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	20%	37%	+4.5
40	Harrison Waid	San José State	52	42.8	40.8	17	34%	10%	28%	+4.3
41	Kyle Negrete	USC	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	0%	41%	+3.9
42	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	53	44.2	42.4	19	37%	12%	6%	+3.7
43	Cole Wagner	UConn	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	6%	55%	+3.6
44	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	5%	40%	+3.4
45	Tress Way	Oklahoma	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	11%	36%	+3.2
46	Bryan Anger	California	46	44.6	42.0	19	41%	9%	29%	+3.2
47	Brandon McManus	Temple	43	46.2	40.8	15	35%	26%	8%	+3.2
48	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	57	41.7	39.2	20	36%	11%	41%	+2.8
49	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	44	42.1	39.9	20	44%	7%	59%	+2.8
50	Brett Baer	Louisiana	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	7%	26%	+2.6
51	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	64	42.7	39.8	21	33%	16%	26%	+2.3
52	Riley Stephenson	BYU	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	16%	30%	+1.6
53	Kiel Rasp	Washington	36	45.1	42.9	9	26%	9%	48%	+1.4
54	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	8%	29%	+1.2
55	David Bohner	UCF	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	15%	29%	+1.1
56	Josh Bleser	Louisville	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	8%	50%	+1.0
57	Will Goggans	Troy	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	8%	17%	+1.0
58	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	57	40.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+0.9
59	Richie Leone	Houston	45	41.1	37.9	12	27%	16%	34%	+0.8
60	Alex King	Duke	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	8%	20%	+0.7
61	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	44	40.5	35.8	12	29%	17%	26%	+0.4
62	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	10%	53%	+0.1
63	Jonathan Ginsburgh	Tulane	59	41.7	39.6	16	28%	7%	38%	+0.1
64	Ron Doherty	Kansas	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	9%	35%	−0.2
65	David Green	Stanford	32	41.7	37.9	15	43%	14%	46%	−0.4
66	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	3%	64%	−0.4
67	Anson Kelton	TCU	42	39.8	37.1	12	29%	14%	41%	−0.4
68	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	74	42.6	41.7	26	36%	3%	38%	−0.5
69	Kyle Christy	Florida	27	41.3	40.4	10	33%	7%	52%	−0.7
70	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	11%	29%	−0.9
71	Trey Ragland	UAB	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	9%	38%	−1.2
72	Chris Boldt	Army	31	39.8	38.6	11	37%	7%	10%	−1.3
73	Cody Mandell	Alabama	36	38.9	37.7	11	32%	6%	67%	−1.3
74	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	30	37.2	35.9	11	37%	7%	21%	−1.4
75	Matt Darr	Tennessee	40	38.1	37.3	12	33%	6%	43%	−1.6
76	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	9%	33%	−2.0
77	Josh Brisk	Florida International	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	19%	36%	−2.1
78	Pablo Beltran	Navy	35	37.5	35.9	11	31%	6%	46%	−2.1
79	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	8%	49%	−2.6
80	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	9%	33%	−2.6
81	Jake Hurst	Nevada	48	41.9	40.3	22	46%	8%	26%	−2.9
82	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	8%	25%	−3.7
83	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	7%	51%	−4.0
84	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	59	40.5	38.9	18	30%	7%	66%	−4.2
85	Daniel Wagner	Washington State	55	40.8	38.7	16	29%	4%	26%	−4.4
86	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	59	42.0	38.6	21	36%	17%	53%	−4.4
87	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	42	40.0	38.1	13	33%	10%	13%	−4.5
88	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	9%	39%	−4.6
89	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	31	38.7	38.1	5	16%	3%	29%	−4.8
90	Chase Lansford	UNLV	75	41.2	40.7	17	24%	3%	17%	−5.1
91	Mickey Groody	Florida Atlantic	68	42.0	40.1	18	23%	7%	49%	−5.2
92	Thomas Hibbard	North Carolina	47	38.4	37.5	14	30%	4%	41%	−6.4
93	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	47	35.8	35.8	15	28%	0%	68%	−6.6
94	Nathaniel Toulson	Middle Tennessee	49	40.2	36.9	17	39%	5%	35%	−6.6
95	Wil Baumann	NC State	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	5%	63%	−7.2
96	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	43	39.3	38.0	10	23%	7%	44%	−7.8
97	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	7%	49%	−8.5
98	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	74	39.3	38.9	20	30%	3%	44%	−8.5
99	Adam Pines	Indiana	71	38.4	37.9	18	26%	1%	46%	−8.7
100	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	5%	12%	−9.0
101	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	5%	38%	−9.5
102	Jacob Schum	Buffalo	61	39.0	38.4	13	22%	2%	54%	−9.7
103	Joey Scribner-Howard	South Carolina	47	38.9	37.5	11	24%	5%	48%	−10.8
104	Kase Whitehead	Marshall	69	40.0	38.4	19	31%	5%	33%	−11.1
105	Vince Penza	Toledo	40	37.9	35.9	10	24%	7%	21%	−12.0
106	Cole Way	Tulsa	34	38.0	36.2	9	25%	3%	58%	−12.4
107	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	13%	−12.7
108	Justin Tucker	Texas	55	38.5	37.6	17	30%	2%	59%	−13.9
109	Dan Orseske	Minnesota	57	37.0	35.2	13	23%	9%	40%	−15.5
110	Matt Stone	SMU	51	36.9	35.6	12	29%	5%	25%	−16.1
111	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	64	39.4	37.9	22	35%	6%	46%	−16.1
112	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	73	39.7	38.8	21	29%	4%	28%	−17.8
113	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	95	42.0	41.0	18	24%	5%	17%	−17.9
114	Zack Campbell	Akron	77	38.1	37.5	16	23%	4%	25%	−18.5
115	Aaron Munoz	UL Monroe	51	37.3	35.4	13	23%	4%	42%	−25.2

Ranked by points added: each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot, summed (for college, expected points come from field position, since the source has no expected-points value on punts). Net subtracts return yards and 20 for touchbacks. TB % and FC % are shares of punts that were not blocked. Hang time is not recorded in public play-by-play, so fair-catch rate stands in for it. 33% of 2011 college punts have no outcome in the source play text. They are counted as not returned and left out of the fair catch, out of bounds, downed and return percentages. Minimum 30 punts.

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