2011 College Longest Punts Leaders

Each punter's longest punt of the season in gross yards. Tailwinds, altitude and a punt that rolls can all add yards.

A single punt: it says little about a season. In 2011, Brian Schmiedebusch (81 yds) led college football punters in longest punts, ahead of Paul Hershey (80 yds) and Brandon Williams (77 yds). 197 punters qualify. The median qualified punter had 58 yds.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Longest	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	81 yds	57	45.3	42.4	19	34%	14%	25%	+12.2
2	Paul Hershey	Ohio	80 yds	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	10%	49%	+4.7
3	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	77 yds	44	40.5	35.8	12	29%	17%	26%	+0.4
4	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	76 yds	87	46.5	44.2	19	22%	11%	49%	+21.0
5	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	76 yds	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	13%	19%	+11.4
6	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	75 yds	25	36.6	34.2	7	28%	12%	17%	−7.4
7	Trey Barrow	Missouri	74 yds	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	30%	18%	+7.2
8	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	74 yds	44	42.1	39.9	20	44%	7%	59%	+2.8
9	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	73 yds	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	10%	35%	+8.4
10	Brad Wing	LSU	73 yds	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	8%	36%	+15.5
11	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	72 yds	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	7%	50%	+16.3
12	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	72 yds	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	7%	27%	+10.3
13	Harrison Waid	San José State	72 yds	52	42.8	40.8	17	34%	10%	28%	+4.3
14	Chris Boldt	Army	72 yds	31	39.8	38.6	11	37%	7%	10%	−1.3
15	Ian Campbell	UTEP	71 yds	48	46.1	44.4	15	36%	12%	24%	+8.3
16	Will Atterberry	North Texas	70 yds	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	9%	37%	+7.5
17	Jeff Locke	UCLA	70 yds	56	44.1	42.9	25	45%	7%	33%	+6.9
18	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	70 yds	49	45.2	44.6	18	38%	4%	57%	+5.5
19	Anthony Fera	Penn State	69 yds	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	20%	37%	+4.5
20	Brett Maher	Nebraska	69 yds	54	45.0	43.8	26	49%	6%	27%	+8.1
21	Shawn Powell	Florida State	69 yds	49	47.0	45.3	23	47%	10%	13%	+17.6
22	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	68 yds	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	13%	−12.7
23	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	68 yds	64	39.4	37.9	22	35%	6%	46%	−16.1
24	Dan Orseske	Minnesota	68 yds	57	37.0	35.2	13	23%	9%	40%	−15.5
25	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	68 yds	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	10%	53%	+0.1
26	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	68 yds	2	45.5	35.5	0	0%	50%	0%	−0.1
27	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	67 yds	64	42.7	39.8	21	33%	16%	26%	+2.3
28	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	67 yds	55	43.3	42.2	20	38%	8%	25%	+10.4
29	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	67 yds	53	44.2	42.4	19	37%	12%	6%	+3.7
30	Josh Brisk	Florida International	67 yds	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	19%	36%	−2.1
31	Sean Sellwood	Utah	67 yds	42	44.2	41.3	14	33%	14%	42%	+9.5
32	Riley Stephenson	BYU	67 yds	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	16%	30%	+1.6
33	Kyle Christy	Florida	67 yds	27	41.3	40.4	10	33%	7%	52%	−0.7
34	Chris Philpott	Louisville	67 yds	25	36.9	36.6	10	36%	0%	48%	−3.1
35	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	67 yds	14	42.8	44.4	6	43%	0%	57%	+4.5
36	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	66 yds	95	42.0	41.0	18	24%	5%	17%	−17.9
37	Chase Lansford	UNLV	66 yds	75	41.2	40.7	17	24%	3%	17%	−5.1
38	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	66 yds	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	5%	12%	−9.0
39	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	66 yds	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	5%	38%	−9.5
40	Cody Webster	Purdue	66 yds	44	43.3	42.5	18	39%	0%	30%	+5.2
41	Ben Armer	Western Michigan	66 yds	39	41.2	39.0	23	56%	12%	33%	+5.1
42	Kyle Martens	Rice	65 yds	78	43.6	42.2	25	34%	8%	40%	+10.6
43	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	65 yds	59	40.5	38.9	18	30%	7%	66%	−4.2
44	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	65 yds	50	44.0	42.7	22	48%	13%	16%	+12.9
45	Brandon McManus	Temple	65 yds	43	46.2	40.8	15	35%	26%	8%	+3.2
46	David Baska	Air Force	65 yds	28	42.0	40.6	8	29%	7%	25%	−2.3
47	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	64 yds	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	9%	23%	+10.5
48	Kase Whitehead	Marshall	64 yds	69	40.0	38.4	19	31%	5%	33%	−11.1
49	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	64 yds	57	43.6	42.4	14	25%	5%	36%	+10.3
50	Justin Tucker	Texas	64 yds	55	38.5	37.6	17	30%	2%	59%	−13.9
51	Bryan Anger	California	64 yds	46	44.6	42.0	19	41%	9%	29%	+3.2
52	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	64 yds	40	46.0	41.0	15	38%	25%	16%	+7.8
53	Spencer Roth	Baylor	64 yds	27	39.6	37.4	7	26%	11%	38%	−0.1
54	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	64 yds	23	39.0	37.5	10	38%	4%	31%	−2.1
55	Cole Wagner	UConn	63 yds	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	6%	55%	+3.6
56	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	63 yds	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	11%	29%	−0.9
57	Mickey Groody	Florida Atlantic	63 yds	68	42.0	40.1	18	23%	7%	49%	−5.2
58	Will Goggans	Troy	63 yds	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	8%	17%	+1.0
59	Richie Leone	Houston	63 yds	45	41.1	37.9	12	27%	16%	34%	+0.8
60	David Bohner	UCF	63 yds	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	15%	29%	+1.1
61	Ron Doherty	Kansas	62 yds	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	9%	35%	−0.2
62	Wil Baumann	NC State	62 yds	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	5%	63%	−7.2
63	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	62 yds	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	5%	40%	+3.4
64	Tress Way	Oklahoma	62 yds	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	11%	36%	+3.2
65	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	62 yds	56	39.7	40.3	21	41%	0%	62%	+7.4
66	Drew Butler	Georgia	62 yds	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	8%	38%	+10.8
67	Dalton Botts	Miami	62 yds	48	42.7	41.4	13	28%	6%	63%	+6.7
68	Jake Hurst	Nevada	62 yds	48	41.9	40.3	22	46%	8%	26%	−2.9
69	Anson Kelton	TCU	62 yds	42	39.8	37.1	12	29%	14%	41%	−0.4
70	Kyle Negrete	USC	62 yds	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	0%	41%	+3.9
71	Kiel Rasp	Washington	62 yds	36	45.1	42.9	9	26%	9%	48%	+1.4
72	Corey Smith	West Virginia	62 yds	21	40.8	40.8	6	29%	0%	0%	−1.2
73	Nick Marsh	Utah	62 yds	20	40.5	37.5	9	45%	15%	38%	−0.6
74	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	62 yds	12	43.0	41.3	3	25%	0%	20%	+0.6
75	Jacob Schum	Buffalo	61 yds	61	39.0	38.4	13	22%	2%	54%	−9.7
76	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	61 yds	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	18%	50%	+12.6
77	Jackson Rice	Oregon	61 yds	45	45.8	45.2	20	44%	4%	54%	+10.4
78	Brad Elkin	Boise State	61 yds	41	41.8	40.4	24	59%	7%	21%	+5.6
79	Danny Coale	Virginia Tech	61 yds	12	44.1	42.4	3	25%	8%	14%	+1.7
80	Anthony Kokal	Miami (OH)	61 yds	7	32.3	26.6	0	0%	29%	0%	−4.9
81	Brett Baer	Louisiana	60 yds	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	7%	26%	+2.6
82	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	60 yds	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	3%	60%	+6.1
83	Alex King	Duke	60 yds	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	8%	20%	+0.7
84	Joey Scribner-Howard	South Carolina	60 yds	47	38.9	37.5	11	24%	5%	48%	−10.8
85	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	60 yds	42	46.6	43.0	15	37%	17%	27%	+7.1
86	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	60 yds	38	42.8	40.1	14	36%	13%	15%	+4.9
87	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	59 yds	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	7%	49%	−8.5
88	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	59 yds	59	42.0	38.6	21	36%	17%	53%	−4.4
89	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	59 yds	57	41.7	39.2	20	36%	11%	41%	+2.8
90	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	59 yds	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	11%	57%	+6.3
91	Daniel Wagner	Washington State	59 yds	55	40.8	38.7	16	29%	4%	26%	−4.4
92	Eric Guthrie	Iowa	59 yds	47	40.8	40.0	21	46%	7%	56%	+4.9
93	Vince Penza	Toledo	59 yds	40	37.9	35.9	10	24%	7%	21%	−12.0
94	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tulsa	59 yds	16	42.2	41.8	2	17%	8%	25%	−0.7
95	Ryan Lankford	Illinois	59 yds	14	37.1	37.1	3	21%	0%	10%	−5.6
96	Zack Campbell	Akron	58 yds	77	38.1	37.5	16	23%	4%	25%	−18.5
97	Steven Clark	Auburn	58 yds	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	3%	63%	+8.1
98	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	58 yds	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	11%	44%	+5.7
99	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	58 yds	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	8%	29%	+1.2
100	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	58 yds	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	9%	33%	−2.0
101	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	58 yds	57	40.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+0.9
102	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	58 yds	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	9%	39%	−4.6
103	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	58 yds	42	40.0	38.1	13	33%	10%	13%	−4.5
104	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	58 yds	30	37.2	35.9	11	37%	7%	21%	−1.4
105	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	57 yds	74	42.6	41.7	26	36%	3%	38%	−0.5
106	Adam Pines	Indiana	57 yds	71	38.4	37.9	18	26%	1%	46%	−8.7
107	Jonathan Ginsburgh	Tulane	57 yds	59	41.7	39.6	16	28%	7%	38%	+0.1
108	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	57 yds	43	39.3	38.0	10	23%	7%	44%	−7.8
109	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	57 yds	2	48.5	48.5	0	0%	0%	—	+1.0
110	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	56 yds	73	39.7	38.8	21	29%	4%	28%	−17.8
111	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	56 yds	57	39.5	38.4	22	39%	4%	42%	+4.8
112	Thomas Hibbard	North Carolina	56 yds	47	38.4	37.5	14	30%	4%	41%	−6.4
113	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	55 yds	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	7%	51%	−4.0
114	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	55 yds	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	8%	25%	−3.7
115	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	55 yds	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	9%	33%	−2.6
116	Pablo Beltran	Navy	55 yds	35	37.5	35.9	11	31%	6%	46%	−2.1
117	David Green	Stanford	55 yds	32	41.7	37.9	15	43%	14%	46%	−0.4
118	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	55 yds	31	38.7	38.1	5	16%	3%	29%	−4.8
119	Danny Hrapmann	Southern Miss	55 yds	10	46.6	44.6	4	40%	10%	50%	+3.8
120	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	54 yds	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	8%	49%	−2.6
121	Trey Ragland	UAB	54 yds	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	9%	38%	−1.2
122	Aaron Munoz	UL Monroe	54 yds	51	37.3	35.4	13	23%	4%	42%	−25.2
123	Nathaniel Toulson	Middle Tennessee	54 yds	49	40.2	36.9	17	39%	5%	35%	−6.6
124	Carson Wiggs	Purdue	54 yds	21	34.1	28.6	12	75%	7%	62%	0.0
125	Cairo Santos	Tulane	54 yds	15	41.0	39.7	8	50%	0%	0%	+1.8
126	Kolin Walk	Army	54 yds	4	41.0	32.8	4	80%	0%	0%	−1.4
127	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	53 yds	74	39.3	38.9	20	30%	3%	44%	−8.5
128	Josh Bleser	Louisville	53 yds	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	8%	50%	+1.0
129	Matt Darr	Tennessee	53 yds	40	38.1	37.3	12	33%	6%	43%	−1.6
130	C.J. Feagles	North Carolina	53 yds	8	34.9	34.9	1	13%	0%	33%	−3.1
131	DJ Howard	LSU	53 yds	7	38.9	36.0	3	43%	14%	33%	+0.8
132	Kyle Selden	Michigan State	53 yds	3	47.3	39.0	1	50%	50%	50%	+0.3
133	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	52 yds	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	3%	64%	−0.4
134	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	52 yds	47	35.8	35.8	15	28%	0%	68%	−6.6
135	Shane Raupers	Syracuse	52 yds	21	37.4	37.1	5	25%	0%	38%	−4.8
136	Taylor Echols	Tulane	52 yds	1	52.0	52.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.7
137	Matt Stone	SMU	51 yds	51	36.9	35.6	12	29%	5%	25%	−16.1
138	Cole Way	Tulsa	51 yds	34	38.0	36.2	9	25%	3%	58%	−12.4
139	Scott Demler	Virginia Tech	51 yds	23	33.1	31.4	5	22%	9%	28%	−6.4
140	Matt Wile	Michigan	51 yds	12	41.2	41.1	5	36%	0%	80%	−3.4
141	Will Mahan	Washington	51 yds	12	41.2	39.4	5	45%	9%	67%	+1.7
142	Phil McNaughton	East Carolina	51 yds	9	38.7	38.6	0	0%	0%	60%	−3.6
143	Tino Sunseri	Pittsburgh	51 yds	7	31.1	25.4	3	43%	29%	0%	−0.1
144	Cody Mandell	Alabama	50 yds	36	38.9	37.7	11	32%	6%	67%	−1.3
145	David Lerner	Florida	50 yds	27	38.5	38.3	8	33%	0%	33%	−1.3
146	Will Hagerup	Michigan	50 yds	27	36.8	36.0	7	26%	4%	44%	−6.7
147	Tim Jefferson, Jr.	Air Force	49 yds	4	40.5	35.5	2	50%	25%	0%	+0.9
148	Michael Reichenstein	Oklahoma State	49 yds	1	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.1
149	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	48 yds	11	37.8	37.2	1	10%	0%	20%	−4.1
150	A.J. Fox	Akron	48 yds	6	39.7	36.3	1	17%	17%	0%	0.0
151	Christian Brinser	Missouri	47 yds	1	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	—	+0.6
152	Hunter Stover	Oklahoma State	47 yds	1	47.0	47.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.5
153	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	46 yds	14	36.8	30.1	0	0%	0%	50%	−9.0
154	Bill Claus	Toledo	46 yds	12	35.4	30.4	4	33%	25%	9%	−1.3
155	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	46 yds	8	37.5	35.0	3	38%	13%	14%	−1.1
156	Mark Brundage	Colorado	46 yds	2	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.6
157	Mark Myers	Pittsburgh	46 yds	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
158	Scott Secor	Ball State	45 yds	3	36.3	34.5	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.6
159	Peter Fardon	Buffalo	44 yds	9	32.9	30.7	8	89%	11%	33%	+0.9
160	Chase Price	San Diego State	44 yds	1	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	—	−1.8
161	Jack Griffin	Florida International	43 yds	4	34.8	34.3	0	0%	0%	50%	−2.7
162	Spencer Benton	Clemson	43 yds	2	33.0	33.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.3
163	Chandler Anderson	Georgia Tech	42 yds	4	37.5	37.5	1	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
164	Kellen Moore	Boise State	42 yds	1	42.0	42.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
165	Matt Christian	New Mexico State	42 yds	1	42.0	22.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
166	Nick Isham	Louisiana Tech	41 yds	2	38.5	18.5	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.5
167	Jared Crank	Purdue	41 yds	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
168	John Paul Floyd	Texas	41 yds	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
169	Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State	40 yds	3	37.7	31.0	1	33%	33%	0%	−0.1
170	Damante Hornton	Washington State	40 yds	1	40.0	20.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
171	Robert T. Griffin	Baylor	39 yds	3	33.0	33.0	2	67%	0%	0%	+0.3
172	Clint Moseley	Auburn	39 yds	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
173	J. Ellis Flint	NC State	38 yds	3	35.3	35.3	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
174	Michael Tart	Maryland	38 yds	3	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−2.9
175	Ryan Fowler	Vanderbilt	38 yds	3	30.7	30.7	1	33%	0%	50%	−1.7
176	Chris Boswell	Rice	38 yds	1	38.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
177	Zac Dysert	Miami (OH)	36 yds	6	29.7	26.3	5	83%	17%	0%	+0.6
178	Stanley Morrison	Utah State	36 yds	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
179	Matthew Luetjen	Army	35 yds	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
180	Robert Arnheim	Western Michigan	35 yds	1	35.0	15.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
181	Tommy Rees	Notre Dame	34 yds	3	20.0	13.3	1	33%	33%	0%	−2.3
182	Keith Wenning	Ball State	33 yds	2	30.0	37.8	3	60%	40%	0%	+1.8
183	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	32 yds	1	32.0	32.0	0	0%	0%	—	+0.2
184	Kriss Proctor	Navy	31 yds	1	31.0	31.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.2
185	Wesley Carroll	Florida International	28 yds	2	20.0	21.3	2	67%	0%	0%	−0.2
186	Michael Taylor	Troy	28 yds	1	28.0	28.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
187	Robert Randolph	Virginia	27 yds	1	27.0	27.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
188	Jordan Rodgers	Vanderbilt	26 yds	1	26.0	26.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
189	David Schwerman	Minnesota	25 yds	2	23.5	22.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
190	J.J. McDermott	SMU	24 yds	1	24.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
191	James Aho	New Mexico	23 yds	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
192	Casey Pachall	TCU	17 yds	1	17.0	17.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
193	Jacob Haueter	Utah State	17 yds	1	17.0	17.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
194	Bryant Moniz	Hawai'i	15 yds	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
195	Tucker Tipton	Air Force	15 yds	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.0
196	Taylor McHargue	Rice	13 yds	1	13.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0
197	Chris Masson	Louisiana	11 yds	1	11.0	11.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.6

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