2011 College Net Average in Opponent Territory Leaders

Net average counting only punts that started on the opponent's side of the 50-yard line. There is little room to work with, and every touchback costs 20 net yards, so this is the hardest place to punt well.

Only punters with enough such punts are ranked. In 2011, Ron Doherty (34.9) led college football punters in net average in opponent territory, ahead of Alex King (34.8) and Will Goggans (34.2). 44 punters qualify (minimum 12 punts from the opponent's 50 or closer). The median qualified punter had 30.8.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (opp. 50)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ron Doherty	Kansas	34.9	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	9%	35%	−0.2
2	Alex King	Duke	34.8	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	8%	20%	+0.7
3	Will Goggans	Troy	34.2	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	8%	17%	+1.0
4	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	33.6	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	7%	27%	+10.3
5	Trey Ragland	UAB	33.3	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	9%	38%	−1.2
6	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	33.1	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	3%	64%	−0.4
7	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	32.8	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	7%	49%	−8.5
8	Kyle Negrete	USC	32.8	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	0%	41%	+3.9
9	Brad Wing	LSU	32.6	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	8%	36%	+15.5
10	Drew Butler	Georgia	32.4	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	8%	38%	+10.8
11	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	31.9	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	13%	19%	+11.4
12	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	31.8	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	9%	33%	−2.6
13	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	31.8	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	5%	40%	+3.4
14	Josh Bleser	Louisville	31.6	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	8%	50%	+1.0
15	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	31.6	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	11%	57%	+6.3
16	Cole Wagner	UConn	31.4	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	6%	55%	+3.6
17	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	31.4	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	7%	50%	+16.3
18	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	31.4	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	3%	60%	+6.1
19	Wil Baumann	NC State	31.1	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	5%	63%	−7.2
20	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	30.9	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	11%	29%	−0.9
21	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	30.8	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	5%	12%	−9.0
22	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	30.8	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	9%	33%	−2.0
23	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	30.7	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	10%	35%	+8.4
24	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	30.6	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	11%	44%	+5.7
25	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	30.6	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	10%	53%	+0.1
26	David Bohner	UCF	30.6	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	15%	29%	+1.1
27	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	30.5	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	8%	49%	−2.6
28	Riley Stephenson	BYU	30.5	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	16%	30%	+1.6
29	Brett Baer	Louisiana	30.0	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	7%	26%	+2.6
30	Will Atterberry	North Texas	29.8	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	9%	37%	+7.5
31	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	29.6	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	8%	25%	−3.7
32	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	29.6	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	8%	29%	+1.2
33	Paul Hershey	Ohio	29.5	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	10%	49%	+4.7
34	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	29.4	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	5%	38%	−9.5
35	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	29.4	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	9%	39%	−4.6
36	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	29.2	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	7%	51%	−4.0
37	Tress Way	Oklahoma	29.1	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	11%	36%	+3.2
38	Steven Clark	Auburn	28.8	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	3%	63%	+8.1
39	Anthony Fera	Penn State	28.7	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	20%	37%	+4.5
40	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	28.6	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	9%	23%	+10.5
41	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	27.8	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	18%	50%	+12.6
42	Josh Brisk	Florida International	27.5	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	19%	36%	−2.1
43	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	26.5	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	13%	−12.7
44	Trey Barrow	Missouri	26.2	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	30%	18%	+7.2

All 2011 College punter rankings

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