2011 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2011, Shawn Powell (45.3) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Jackson Rice (45.2) and Dylan Breeding (44.6). 115 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 39.1.

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

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

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