2011 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2011, Ryan Allen (17.6) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Shawn Powell (18.0) and Brad Elkin (18.8). 115 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 24.8.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	17.6	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	7%	50%	+16.3
2	Shawn Powell	Florida State	18.0	49	47.0	45.3	23	47%	10%	13%	+17.6
3	Brad Elkin	Boise State	18.8	41	41.8	40.4	24	59%	7%	21%	+5.6
4	Kyle Negrete	USC	19.1	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	0%	41%	+3.9
5	Ben Armer	Western Michigan	19.2	39	41.2	39.0	23	56%	12%	33%	+5.1
6	Tress Way	Oklahoma	20.0	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	11%	36%	+3.2
7	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	20.1	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	10%	53%	+0.1
8	Brett Maher	Nebraska	20.2	54	45.0	43.8	26	49%	6%	27%	+8.1
9	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	20.5	50	44.0	42.7	22	48%	13%	16%	+12.9
10	Brad Wing	LSU	20.6	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	8%	36%	+15.5
11	Brandon McManus	Temple	20.7	43	46.2	40.8	15	35%	26%	8%	+3.2
12	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	20.8	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	13%	19%	+11.4
13	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	20.9	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	8%	29%	+1.2
14	Alex King	Duke	21.1	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	8%	20%	+0.7
15	Jeff Locke	UCLA	21.2	56	44.1	42.9	25	45%	7%	33%	+6.9
16	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	21.3	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	9%	33%	−2.6
17	Anthony Fera	Penn State	21.3	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	20%	37%	+4.5
18	Riley Stephenson	BYU	21.4	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	16%	30%	+1.6
19	Paul Hershey	Ohio	21.7	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	10%	49%	+4.7
20	David Bohner	UCF	21.7	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	15%	29%	+1.1
21	Bryan Anger	California	21.8	46	44.6	42.0	19	41%	9%	29%	+3.2
22	Harrison Waid	San José State	21.8	52	42.8	40.8	17	34%	10%	28%	+4.3
23	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	22.0	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	7%	27%	+10.3
24	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	22.2	40	46.0	41.0	15	38%	25%	16%	+7.8
25	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	22.3	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	10%	35%	+8.4
26	Eric Guthrie	Iowa	22.5	47	40.8	40.0	21	46%	7%	56%	+4.9
27	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	22.5	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	18%	50%	+12.6
28	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	22.5	64	42.7	39.8	21	33%	16%	26%	+2.3
29	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	22.5	57	45.3	42.4	19	34%	14%	25%	+12.2
30	David Green	Stanford	22.6	32	41.7	37.9	15	43%	14%	46%	−0.4
31	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	22.6	42	46.6	43.0	15	37%	17%	27%	+7.1
32	Jake Hurst	Nevada	22.7	48	41.9	40.3	22	46%	8%	26%	−2.9
33	Ian Campbell	UTEP	22.7	48	46.1	44.4	15	36%	12%	24%	+8.3
34	Drew Butler	Georgia	22.8	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	8%	38%	+10.8
35	Will Atterberry	North Texas	22.9	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	9%	37%	+7.5
36	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	23.1	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	3%	64%	−0.4
37	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	23.2	59	42.0	38.6	21	36%	17%	53%	−4.4
38	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	23.3	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	9%	33%	−2.0
39	Steven Clark	Auburn	23.3	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	3%	63%	+8.1
40	Kyle Martens	Rice	23.4	78	43.6	42.2	25	34%	8%	40%	+10.6
41	Daniel Wagner	Washington State	23.4	55	40.8	38.7	16	29%	4%	26%	−4.4
42	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	23.5	38	42.8	40.1	14	36%	13%	15%	+4.9
43	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	23.6	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	9%	39%	−4.6
44	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	23.6	53	44.2	42.4	19	37%	12%	6%	+3.7
45	Nathaniel Toulson	Middle Tennessee	23.7	49	40.2	36.9	17	39%	5%	35%	−6.6
46	Jackson Rice	Oregon	23.9	45	45.8	45.2	20	44%	4%	54%	+10.4
47	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	24.0	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	11%	57%	+6.3
48	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	24.0	57	43.6	42.4	14	25%	5%	36%	+10.3
49	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	24.0	49	45.2	44.6	18	38%	4%	57%	+5.5
50	Josh Bleser	Louisville	24.2	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	8%	50%	+1.0
51	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	24.3	44	42.1	39.9	20	44%	7%	59%	+2.8
52	Sean Sellwood	Utah	24.4	42	44.2	41.3	14	33%	14%	42%	+9.5
53	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	24.4	55	43.3	42.2	20	38%	8%	25%	+10.4
54	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	24.6	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	11%	44%	+5.7
55	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	24.6	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	5%	40%	+3.4
56	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	24.7	57	41.7	39.2	20	36%	11%	41%	+2.8
57	Cody Mandell	Alabama	24.7	36	38.9	37.7	11	32%	6%	67%	−1.3
58	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	24.8	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	3%	60%	+6.1
59	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	25.0	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	8%	49%	−2.6
60	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	25.0	57	39.5	38.4	22	39%	4%	42%	+4.8
61	Dalton Botts	Miami	25.1	48	42.7	41.4	13	28%	6%	63%	+6.7
62	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	25.2	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	13%	−12.7
63	Trey Barrow	Missouri	25.3	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	30%	18%	+7.2
64	Josh Brisk	Florida International	25.4	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	19%	36%	−2.1
65	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	25.4	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	8%	25%	−3.7
66	Brett Baer	Louisiana	25.5	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	7%	26%	+2.6
67	Kiel Rasp	Washington	25.7	36	45.1	42.9	9	26%	9%	48%	+1.4
68	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	25.7	87	46.5	44.2	19	22%	11%	49%	+21.0
69	Trey Ragland	UAB	25.7	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	9%	38%	−1.2
70	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	25.7	74	42.6	41.7	26	36%	3%	38%	−0.5
71	Anson Kelton	TCU	25.7	42	39.8	37.1	12	29%	14%	41%	−0.4
72	Cole Wagner	UConn	25.7	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	6%	55%	+3.6
73	Cody Webster	Purdue	25.8	44	43.3	42.5	18	39%	0%	30%	+5.2
74	Richie Leone	Houston	25.9	45	41.1	37.9	12	27%	16%	34%	+0.8
75	Will Goggans	Troy	25.9	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	8%	17%	+1.0
76	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	25.9	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	5%	38%	−9.5
77	Jonathan Ginsburgh	Tulane	26.0	59	41.7	39.6	16	28%	7%	38%	+0.1
78	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	26.0	42	40.0	38.1	13	33%	10%	13%	−4.5
79	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	26.2	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	9%	23%	+10.5
80	Chris Boldt	Army	26.4	31	39.8	38.6	11	37%	7%	10%	−1.3
81	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	26.5	56	39.7	40.3	21	41%	0%	62%	+7.4
82	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	26.5	30	37.2	35.9	11	37%	7%	21%	−1.4
83	Kase Whitehead	Marshall	26.5	69	40.0	38.4	19	31%	5%	33%	−11.1
84	Chase Lansford	UNLV	26.6	75	41.2	40.7	17	24%	3%	17%	−5.1
85	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	26.6	95	42.0	41.0	18	24%	5%	17%	−17.9
86	Wil Baumann	NC State	26.7	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	5%	63%	−7.2
87	Thomas Hibbard	North Carolina	26.7	47	38.4	37.5	14	30%	4%	41%	−6.4
88	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	26.7	59	40.5	38.9	18	30%	7%	66%	−4.2
89	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	26.8	64	39.4	37.9	22	35%	6%	46%	−16.1
90	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	26.9	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	11%	29%	−0.9
91	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	26.9	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	7%	51%	−4.0
92	Ron Doherty	Kansas	26.9	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	9%	35%	−0.2
93	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	27.6	57	40.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+0.9
94	Kyle Christy	Florida	27.7	27	41.3	40.4	10	33%	7%	52%	−0.7
95	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	27.8	47	35.8	35.8	15	28%	0%	68%	−6.6
96	Mickey Groody	Florida Atlantic	27.8	68	42.0	40.1	18	23%	7%	49%	−5.2
97	Joey Scribner-Howard	South Carolina	28.1	47	38.9	37.5	11	24%	5%	48%	−10.8
98	Vince Penza	Toledo	28.3	40	37.9	35.9	10	24%	7%	21%	−12.0
99	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	28.3	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	7%	49%	−8.5
100	Matt Darr	Tennessee	28.5	40	38.1	37.3	12	33%	6%	43%	−1.6
101	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	28.5	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	5%	12%	−9.0
102	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	28.5	43	39.3	38.0	10	23%	7%	44%	−7.8
103	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	28.8	74	39.3	38.9	20	30%	3%	44%	−8.5
104	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	29.1	73	39.7	38.8	21	29%	4%	28%	−17.8
105	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	29.1	44	40.5	35.8	12	29%	17%	26%	+0.4
106	Justin Tucker	Texas	29.2	55	38.5	37.6	17	30%	2%	59%	−13.9
107	Jacob Schum	Buffalo	29.2	61	39.0	38.4	13	22%	2%	54%	−9.7
108	Aaron Munoz	UL Monroe	29.3	51	37.3	35.4	13	23%	4%	42%	−25.2
109	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	29.6	31	38.7	38.1	5	16%	3%	29%	−4.8
110	Pablo Beltran	Navy	29.9	35	37.5	35.9	11	31%	6%	46%	−2.1
111	Matt Stone	SMU	30.0	51	36.9	35.6	12	29%	5%	25%	−16.1
112	Dan Orseske	Minnesota	30.3	57	37.0	35.2	13	23%	9%	40%	−15.5
113	Cole Way	Tulsa	31.1	34	38.0	36.2	9	25%	3%	58%	−12.4
114	Zack Campbell	Akron	31.3	77	38.1	37.5	16	23%	4%	25%	−18.5
115	Adam Pines	Indiana	31.4	71	38.4	37.9	18	26%	1%	46%	−8.7

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