2011 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2011, Shawn Powell (47.0) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Quinn Sharp (46.6) and Bobby Cowan (46.5). 114 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 41.2.

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

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

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