2011 College Punts of 50+ Yards Leaders

Gross punts of at least 50 yards from the line of scrimmage. It is the classic leg-strength count.

Distance without placement can mean a touchback, so read it with net average. In 2011, Bobby Cowan (31) led college football punters in punts of 50+ yards, ahead of Ryan Allen (27) and Shawn Powell (21). 147 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	50+	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	31	87	46.5	44.2	19	22%	11%	49%	+21.0
2	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	27	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	7%	50%	+16.3
3	Shawn Powell	Florida State	21	49	47.0	45.3	23	47%	10%	13%	+17.6
4	Brett Maher	Nebraska	20	54	45.0	43.8	26	49%	6%	27%	+8.1
5	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	20	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	9%	23%	+10.5
6	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	19	40	46.0	41.0	15	38%	25%	16%	+7.8
7	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	19	57	43.6	42.4	14	25%	5%	36%	+10.3
8	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	18	42	46.6	43.0	15	37%	17%	27%	+7.1
9	Brad Wing	LSU	18	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	8%	36%	+15.5
10	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	18	57	45.3	42.4	19	34%	14%	25%	+12.2
11	Jackson Rice	Oregon	17	45	45.8	45.2	20	44%	4%	54%	+10.4
12	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	17	50	44.0	42.7	22	48%	13%	16%	+12.9
13	Trey Barrow	Missouri	17	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	30%	18%	+7.2
14	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	17	95	42.0	41.0	18	24%	5%	17%	−17.9
15	Ian Campbell	UTEP	16	48	46.1	44.4	15	36%	12%	24%	+8.3
16	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	16	49	45.2	44.6	18	38%	4%	57%	+5.5
17	Drew Butler	Georgia	16	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	8%	38%	+10.8
18	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	16	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	18%	50%	+12.6
19	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	16	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	8%	29%	+1.2
20	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	16	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	10%	35%	+8.4
21	Kyle Martens	Rice	16	78	43.6	42.2	25	34%	8%	40%	+10.6
22	Will Atterberry	North Texas	16	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	9%	37%	+7.5
23	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	16	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	13%	−12.7
24	Brandon McManus	Temple	15	43	46.2	40.8	15	35%	26%	8%	+3.2
25	Bryan Anger	California	15	46	44.6	42.0	19	41%	9%	29%	+3.2
26	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	15	55	43.3	42.2	20	38%	8%	25%	+10.4
27	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	15	53	44.2	42.4	19	37%	12%	6%	+3.7
28	Tress Way	Oklahoma	15	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	11%	36%	+3.2
29	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	15	64	42.7	39.8	21	33%	16%	26%	+2.3
30	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	14	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	13%	19%	+11.4
31	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	14	57	41.7	39.2	20	36%	11%	41%	+2.8
32	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	14	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	11%	44%	+5.7
33	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	14	74	42.6	41.7	26	36%	3%	38%	−0.5
34	Riley Stephenson	BYU	13	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	16%	30%	+1.6
35	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	13	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	5%	40%	+3.4
36	Ron Doherty	Kansas	13	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	9%	35%	−0.2
37	Josh Brisk	Florida International	12	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	19%	36%	−2.1
38	Jeff Locke	UCLA	12	56	44.1	42.9	25	45%	7%	33%	+6.9
39	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	12	57	40.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+0.9
40	Will Goggans	Troy	12	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	8%	17%	+1.0
41	Steven Clark	Auburn	12	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	3%	63%	+8.1
42	Sean Sellwood	Utah	11	42	44.2	41.3	14	33%	14%	42%	+9.5
43	Cody Webster	Purdue	11	44	43.3	42.5	18	39%	0%	30%	+5.2
44	Dalton Botts	Miami	11	48	42.7	41.4	13	28%	6%	63%	+6.7
45	Harrison Waid	San José State	11	52	42.8	40.8	17	34%	10%	28%	+4.3
46	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	11	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	7%	27%	+10.3
47	Chase Lansford	UNLV	11	75	41.2	40.7	17	24%	3%	17%	−5.1
48	Mickey Groody	Florida Atlantic	11	68	42.0	40.1	18	23%	7%	49%	−5.2
49	Cole Wagner	UConn	11	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	6%	55%	+3.6
50	Kiel Rasp	Washington	10	36	45.1	42.9	9	26%	9%	48%	+1.4
51	Brad Elkin	Boise State	10	41	41.8	40.4	24	59%	7%	21%	+5.6
52	Richie Leone	Houston	10	45	41.1	37.9	12	27%	16%	34%	+0.8
53	Anthony Fera	Penn State	10	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	20%	37%	+4.5
54	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	10	73	39.7	38.8	21	29%	4%	28%	−17.8
55	Brett Baer	Louisiana	10	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	7%	26%	+2.6
56	Corey Smith	West Virginia	9	21	40.8	40.8	6	29%	0%	0%	−1.2
57	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	9	38	42.8	40.1	14	36%	13%	15%	+4.9
58	Jake Hurst	Nevada	9	48	41.9	40.3	22	46%	8%	26%	−2.9
59	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	9	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	10%	53%	+0.1
60	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	9	59	42.0	38.6	21	36%	17%	53%	−4.4
61	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	9	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	11%	29%	−0.9
62	Ben Armer	Western Michigan	8	39	41.2	39.0	23	56%	12%	33%	+5.1
63	Anson Kelton	TCU	8	42	39.8	37.1	12	29%	14%	41%	−0.4
64	Paul Hershey	Ohio	8	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	10%	49%	+4.7
65	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	8	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	9%	33%	−2.0
66	Jonathan Ginsburgh	Tulane	8	59	41.7	39.6	16	28%	7%	38%	+0.1
67	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	8	64	39.4	37.9	22	35%	6%	46%	−16.1
68	Zack Campbell	Akron	8	77	38.1	37.5	16	23%	4%	25%	−18.5
69	David Baska	Air Force	7	28	42.0	40.6	8	29%	7%	25%	−2.3
70	Kyle Negrete	USC	7	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	0%	41%	+3.9
71	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	7	44	40.5	35.8	12	29%	17%	26%	+0.4
72	David Bohner	UCF	7	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	15%	29%	+1.1
73	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	7	44	42.1	39.9	20	44%	7%	59%	+2.8
74	Joey Scribner-Howard	South Carolina	7	47	38.9	37.5	11	24%	5%	48%	−10.8
75	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	7	56	39.7	40.3	21	41%	0%	62%	+7.4
76	Alex King	Duke	7	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	8%	20%	+0.7
77	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	7	57	39.5	38.4	22	39%	4%	42%	+4.8
78	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	7	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	5%	12%	−9.0
79	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	7	59	40.5	38.9	18	30%	7%	66%	−4.2
80	Kyle Christy	Florida	6	27	41.3	40.4	10	33%	7%	52%	−0.7
81	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	6	42	40.0	38.1	13	33%	10%	13%	−4.5
82	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	6	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	11%	57%	+6.3
83	Dan Orseske	Minnesota	6	57	37.0	35.2	13	23%	9%	40%	−15.5
84	Daniel Wagner	Washington State	6	55	40.8	38.7	16	29%	4%	26%	−4.4
85	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	6	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	3%	60%	+6.1
86	Adam Pines	Indiana	6	71	38.4	37.9	18	26%	1%	46%	−8.7
87	Ryan Lankford	Illinois	5	14	37.1	37.1	3	21%	0%	10%	−5.6
88	Josh Bleser	Louisville	5	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	8%	50%	+1.0
89	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	5	43	39.3	38.0	10	23%	7%	44%	−7.8
90	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	5	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	9%	39%	−4.6
91	Eric Guthrie	Iowa	5	47	40.8	40.0	21	46%	7%	56%	+4.9
92	Thomas Hibbard	North Carolina	5	47	38.4	37.5	14	30%	4%	41%	−6.4
93	Trey Ragland	UAB	5	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	9%	38%	−1.2
94	Jacob Schum	Buffalo	5	61	39.0	38.4	13	22%	2%	54%	−9.7
95	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	5	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	7%	49%	−8.5
96	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	5	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	8%	49%	−2.6
97	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	5	74	39.3	38.9	20	30%	3%	44%	−8.5
98	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	5	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	3%	64%	−0.4
99	Danny Hrapmann	Southern Miss	4	10	46.6	44.6	4	40%	10%	50%	+3.8
100	Danny Coale	Virginia Tech	4	12	44.1	42.4	3	25%	8%	14%	+1.7
101	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	4	25	36.6	34.2	7	28%	12%	17%	−7.4
102	Chris Boldt	Army	4	31	39.8	38.6	11	37%	7%	10%	−1.3
103	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	4	47	35.8	35.8	15	28%	0%	68%	−6.6
104	Justin Tucker	Texas	4	55	38.5	37.6	17	30%	2%	59%	−13.9
105	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	4	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	7%	51%	−4.0
106	Kase Whitehead	Marshall	4	69	40.0	38.4	19	31%	5%	33%	−11.1
107	Wil Baumann	NC State	4	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	5%	63%	−7.2
108	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	3	12	43.0	41.3	3	25%	0%	20%	+0.6
109	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tulsa	3	16	42.2	41.8	2	17%	8%	25%	−0.7
110	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	3	14	42.8	44.4	6	43%	0%	57%	+4.5
111	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	3	23	39.0	37.5	10	38%	4%	31%	−2.1
112	Spencer Roth	Baylor	3	27	39.6	37.4	7	26%	11%	38%	−0.1
113	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	3	31	38.7	38.1	5	16%	3%	29%	−4.8
114	Matt Darr	Tennessee	3	40	38.1	37.3	12	33%	6%	43%	−1.6
115	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	3	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	5%	38%	−9.5
116	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	3	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	9%	33%	−2.6
117	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	3	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	8%	25%	−3.7
118	Anthony Kokal	Miami (OH)	2	7	32.3	26.6	0	0%	29%	0%	−4.9
119	Matt Wile	Michigan	2	12	41.2	41.1	5	36%	0%	80%	−3.4
120	Nick Marsh	Utah	2	20	40.5	37.5	9	45%	15%	38%	−0.6
121	Shane Raupers	Syracuse	2	21	37.4	37.1	5	25%	0%	38%	−4.8
122	David Lerner	Florida	2	27	38.5	38.3	8	33%	0%	33%	−1.3
123	David Green	Stanford	2	32	41.7	37.9	15	43%	14%	46%	−0.4
124	Pablo Beltran	Navy	2	35	37.5	35.9	11	31%	6%	46%	−2.1
125	Vince Penza	Toledo	2	40	37.9	35.9	10	24%	7%	21%	−12.0
126	Nathaniel Toulson	Middle Tennessee	2	49	40.2	36.9	17	39%	5%	35%	−6.6
127	Taylor Echols	Tulane	1	1	52.0	52.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.7
128	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	1	2	45.5	35.5	0	0%	50%	0%	−0.1
129	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	1	2	48.5	48.5	0	0%	0%	—	+1.0
130	Kyle Selden	Michigan State	1	3	47.3	39.0	1	50%	50%	50%	+0.3
131	Keith Wenning	Ball State	1	2	30.0	37.8	3	60%	40%	0%	+1.8
132	Kolin Walk	Army	1	4	41.0	32.8	4	80%	0%	0%	−1.4
133	DJ Howard	LSU	1	7	38.9	36.0	3	43%	14%	33%	+0.8
134	Tino Sunseri	Pittsburgh	1	7	31.1	25.4	3	43%	29%	0%	−0.1
135	C.J. Feagles	North Carolina	1	8	34.9	34.9	1	13%	0%	33%	−3.1
136	Phil McNaughton	East Carolina	1	9	38.7	38.6	0	0%	0%	60%	−3.6
137	Will Mahan	Washington	1	12	41.2	39.4	5	45%	9%	67%	+1.7
138	Cairo Santos	Tulane	1	15	41.0	39.7	8	50%	0%	0%	+1.8
139	Carson Wiggs	Purdue	1	21	34.1	28.6	12	75%	7%	62%	0.0
140	Scott Demler	Virginia Tech	1	23	33.1	31.4	5	22%	9%	28%	−6.4
141	Will Hagerup	Michigan	1	27	36.8	36.0	7	26%	4%	44%	−6.7
142	Chris Philpott	Louisville	1	25	36.9	36.6	10	36%	0%	48%	−3.1
143	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	1	30	37.2	35.9	11	37%	7%	21%	−1.4
144	Cody Mandell	Alabama	1	36	38.9	37.7	11	32%	6%	67%	−1.3
145	Cole Way	Tulsa	1	34	38.0	36.2	9	25%	3%	58%	−12.4
146	Matt Stone	SMU	1	51	36.9	35.6	12	29%	5%	25%	−16.1
147	Aaron Munoz	UL Monroe	1	51	37.3	35.4	13	23%	4%	42%	−25.2

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