2011 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2011, Bobby Cowan (4047) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Tom Hornsey (3993) and Ryan Allen (3612). 197 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	4047	87	46.5	44.2	19	22%	11%	49%	+21.0
2	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	3993	95	42.0	41.0	18	24%	5%	17%	−17.9
3	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	3612	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	7%	50%	+16.3
4	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	3448	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	9%	23%	+10.5
5	Kyle Martens	Rice	3403	78	43.6	42.2	25	34%	8%	40%	+10.6
6	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	3341	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	13%	−12.7
7	Cole Wagner	UConn	3288	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	6%	55%	+3.6
8	Will Atterberry	North Texas	3218	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	9%	37%	+7.5
9	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	3152	74	42.6	41.7	26	36%	3%	38%	−0.5
10	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	3137	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	10%	35%	+8.4
11	Chase Lansford	UNLV	3093	75	41.2	40.7	17	24%	3%	17%	−5.1
12	Brett Baer	Louisiana	3038	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	7%	26%	+2.6
13	Zack Campbell	Akron	2936	77	38.1	37.5	16	23%	4%	25%	−18.5
14	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	2909	74	39.3	38.9	20	30%	3%	44%	−8.5
15	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	2903	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	11%	29%	−0.9
16	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	2896	73	39.7	38.8	21	29%	4%	28%	−17.8
17	Mickey Groody	Florida Atlantic	2853	68	42.0	40.1	18	23%	7%	49%	−5.2
18	Steven Clark	Auburn	2794	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	3%	63%	+8.1
19	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	2764	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	11%	44%	+5.7
20	Kase Whitehead	Marshall	2763	69	40.0	38.4	19	31%	5%	33%	−11.1
21	Ron Doherty	Kansas	2738	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	9%	35%	−0.2
22	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	2735	64	42.7	39.8	21	33%	16%	26%	+2.3
23	Adam Pines	Indiana	2723	71	38.4	37.9	18	26%	1%	46%	−8.7
24	Trey Barrow	Missouri	2701	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	30%	18%	+7.2
25	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	2662	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	8%	29%	+1.2
26	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	2657	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	3%	64%	−0.4
27	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	2653	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	3%	60%	+6.1
28	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	2621	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	8%	49%	−2.6
29	Will Goggans	Troy	2597	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	8%	17%	+1.0
30	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	2583	57	45.3	42.4	19	34%	14%	25%	+12.2
31	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	2522	64	39.4	37.9	22	35%	6%	46%	−16.1
32	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	2487	57	43.6	42.4	14	25%	5%	36%	+10.3
33	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	2484	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	7%	27%	+10.3
34	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	2479	59	42.0	38.6	21	36%	17%	53%	−4.4
35	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	2472	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	18%	50%	+12.6
36	Jeff Locke	UCLA	2472	56	44.1	42.9	25	45%	7%	33%	+6.9
37	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	2460	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	7%	49%	−8.5
38	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	2460	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	13%	19%	+11.4
39	Jonathan Ginsburgh	Tulane	2458	59	41.7	39.6	16	28%	7%	38%	+0.1
40	Brett Maher	Nebraska	2429	54	45.0	43.8	26	49%	6%	27%	+8.1
41	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	2403	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	8%	25%	−3.7
42	Wil Baumann	NC State	2396	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	5%	63%	−7.2
43	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	2392	59	40.5	38.9	18	30%	7%	66%	−4.2
44	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	2381	55	43.3	42.2	20	38%	8%	25%	+10.4
45	Jacob Schum	Buffalo	2379	61	39.0	38.4	13	22%	2%	54%	−9.7
46	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	2376	57	41.7	39.2	20	36%	11%	41%	+2.8
47	Tress Way	Oklahoma	2347	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	11%	36%	+3.2
48	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	2340	53	44.2	42.4	19	37%	12%	6%	+3.7
49	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	2338	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	11%	57%	+6.3
50	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	2330	57	40.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+0.9
51	Anthony Fera	Penn State	2311	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	20%	37%	+4.5
52	Shawn Powell	Florida State	2303	49	47.0	45.3	23	47%	10%	13%	+17.6
53	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	2279	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	9%	33%	−2.0
54	Drew Butler	Georgia	2260	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	8%	38%	+10.8
55	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	2253	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	7%	51%	−4.0
56	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	2250	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	5%	40%	+3.4
57	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	2249	57	39.5	38.4	22	39%	4%	42%	+4.8
58	Daniel Wagner	Washington State	2243	55	40.8	38.7	16	29%	4%	26%	−4.4
59	Trey Ragland	UAB	2235	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	9%	38%	−1.2
60	Harrison Waid	San José State	2225	52	42.8	40.8	17	34%	10%	28%	+4.3
61	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	2221	56	39.7	40.3	21	41%	0%	62%	+7.4
62	Ian Campbell	UTEP	2214	48	46.1	44.4	15	36%	12%	24%	+8.3
63	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	2213	49	45.2	44.6	18	38%	4%	57%	+5.5
64	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	2202	50	44.0	42.7	22	48%	13%	16%	+12.9
65	Brad Wing	LSU	2197	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	8%	36%	+15.5
66	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	2189	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	5%	12%	−9.0
67	Justin Tucker	Texas	2115	55	38.5	37.6	17	30%	2%	59%	−13.9
68	Dan Orseske	Minnesota	2111	57	37.0	35.2	13	23%	9%	40%	−15.5
69	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	2108	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	9%	33%	−2.6
70	Alex King	Duke	2104	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	8%	20%	+0.7
71	Josh Brisk	Florida International	2066	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	19%	36%	−2.1
72	Jackson Rice	Oregon	2063	45	45.8	45.2	20	44%	4%	54%	+10.4
73	Dalton Botts	Miami	2051	48	42.7	41.4	13	28%	6%	63%	+6.7
74	Bryan Anger	California	2050	46	44.6	42.0	19	41%	9%	29%	+3.2
75	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	2029	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	5%	38%	−9.5
76	Jake Hurst	Nevada	2013	48	41.9	40.3	22	46%	8%	26%	−2.9
77	Brandon McManus	Temple	1985	43	46.2	40.8	15	35%	26%	8%	+3.2
78	Nathaniel Toulson	Middle Tennessee	1971	49	40.2	36.9	17	39%	5%	35%	−6.6
79	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	1965	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	10%	53%	+0.1
80	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	1958	42	46.6	43.0	15	37%	17%	27%	+7.1
81	Eric Guthrie	Iowa	1916	47	40.8	40.0	21	46%	7%	56%	+4.9
82	Cody Webster	Purdue	1904	44	43.3	42.5	18	39%	0%	30%	+5.2
83	Aaron Munoz	UL Monroe	1901	51	37.3	35.4	13	23%	4%	42%	−25.2
84	Paul Hershey	Ohio	1898	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	10%	49%	+4.7
85	Matt Stone	SMU	1884	51	36.9	35.6	12	29%	5%	25%	−16.1
86	Sean Sellwood	Utah	1855	42	44.2	41.3	14	33%	14%	42%	+9.5
87	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	1854	44	42.1	39.9	20	44%	7%	59%	+2.8
88	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	1851	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	9%	39%	−4.6
89	Richie Leone	Houston	1848	45	41.1	37.9	12	27%	16%	34%	+0.8
90	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	1840	40	46.0	41.0	15	38%	25%	16%	+7.8
91	Joey Scribner-Howard	South Carolina	1828	47	38.9	37.5	11	24%	5%	48%	−10.8
92	Thomas Hibbard	North Carolina	1804	47	38.4	37.5	14	30%	4%	41%	−6.4
93	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	1782	44	40.5	35.8	12	29%	17%	26%	+0.4
94	David Bohner	UCF	1732	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	15%	29%	+1.1
95	Brad Elkin	Boise State	1714	41	41.8	40.4	24	59%	7%	21%	+5.6
96	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	1690	43	39.3	38.0	10	23%	7%	44%	−7.8
97	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	1682	42	40.0	38.1	13	33%	10%	13%	−4.5
98	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	1681	47	35.8	35.8	15	28%	0%	68%	−6.6
99	Anson Kelton	TCU	1671	42	39.8	37.1	12	29%	14%	41%	−0.4
100	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	1627	38	42.8	40.1	14	36%	13%	15%	+4.9
101	Riley Stephenson	BYU	1627	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	16%	30%	+1.6
102	Kiel Rasp	Washington	1624	36	45.1	42.9	9	26%	9%	48%	+1.4
103	Josh Bleser	Louisville	1615	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	8%	50%	+1.0
104	Ben Armer	Western Michigan	1607	39	41.2	39.0	23	56%	12%	33%	+5.1
105	Kyle Negrete	USC	1562	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	0%	41%	+3.9
106	Matt Darr	Tennessee	1525	40	38.1	37.3	12	33%	6%	43%	−1.6
107	Vince Penza	Toledo	1514	40	37.9	35.9	10	24%	7%	21%	−12.0
108	Cody Mandell	Alabama	1401	36	38.9	37.7	11	32%	6%	67%	−1.3
109	David Green	Stanford	1334	32	41.7	37.9	15	43%	14%	46%	−0.4
110	Pablo Beltran	Navy	1311	35	37.5	35.9	11	31%	6%	46%	−2.1
111	Cole Way	Tulsa	1293	34	38.0	36.2	9	25%	3%	58%	−12.4
112	Chris Boldt	Army	1234	31	39.8	38.6	11	37%	7%	10%	−1.3
113	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	1201	31	38.7	38.1	5	16%	3%	29%	−4.8
114	David Baska	Air Force	1177	28	42.0	40.6	8	29%	7%	25%	−2.3
115	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	1116	30	37.2	35.9	11	37%	7%	21%	−1.4
116	Kyle Christy	Florida	1115	27	41.3	40.4	10	33%	7%	52%	−0.7
117	Spencer Roth	Baylor	1070	27	39.6	37.4	7	26%	11%	38%	−0.1
118	David Lerner	Florida	1040	27	38.5	38.3	8	33%	0%	33%	−1.3
119	Will Hagerup	Michigan	993	27	36.8	36.0	7	26%	4%	44%	−6.7
120	Chris Philpott	Louisville	923	25	36.9	36.6	10	36%	0%	48%	−3.1
121	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	915	25	36.6	34.2	7	28%	12%	17%	−7.4
122	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	897	23	39.0	37.5	10	38%	4%	31%	−2.1
123	Corey Smith	West Virginia	857	21	40.8	40.8	6	29%	0%	0%	−1.2
124	Nick Marsh	Utah	810	20	40.5	37.5	9	45%	15%	38%	−0.6
125	Shane Raupers	Syracuse	785	21	37.4	37.1	5	25%	0%	38%	−4.8
126	Scott Demler	Virginia Tech	761	23	33.1	31.4	5	22%	9%	28%	−6.4
127	Carson Wiggs	Purdue	716	21	34.1	28.6	12	75%	7%	62%	0.0
128	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tulsa	675	16	42.2	41.8	2	17%	8%	25%	−0.7
129	Cairo Santos	Tulane	615	15	41.0	39.7	8	50%	0%	0%	+1.8
130	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	599	14	42.8	44.4	6	43%	0%	57%	+4.5
131	Danny Coale	Virginia Tech	529	12	44.1	42.4	3	25%	8%	14%	+1.7
132	Ryan Lankford	Illinois	519	14	37.1	37.1	3	21%	0%	10%	−5.6
133	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	516	12	43.0	41.3	3	25%	0%	20%	+0.6
134	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	515	14	36.8	30.1	0	0%	0%	50%	−9.0
135	Matt Wile	Michigan	494	12	41.2	41.1	5	36%	0%	80%	−3.4
136	Will Mahan	Washington	494	12	41.2	39.4	5	45%	9%	67%	+1.7
137	Danny Hrapmann	Southern Miss	466	10	46.6	44.6	4	40%	10%	50%	+3.8
138	Bill Claus	Toledo	425	12	35.4	30.4	4	33%	25%	9%	−1.3
139	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	416	11	37.8	37.2	1	10%	0%	20%	−4.1
140	Phil McNaughton	East Carolina	348	9	38.7	38.6	0	0%	0%	60%	−3.6
141	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	300	8	37.5	35.0	3	38%	13%	14%	−1.1
142	Peter Fardon	Buffalo	296	9	32.9	30.7	8	89%	11%	33%	+0.9
143	C.J. Feagles	North Carolina	279	8	34.9	34.9	1	13%	0%	33%	−3.1
144	DJ Howard	LSU	272	7	38.9	36.0	3	43%	14%	33%	+0.8
145	A.J. Fox	Akron	238	6	39.7	36.3	1	17%	17%	0%	0.0
146	Anthony Kokal	Miami (OH)	226	7	32.3	26.6	0	0%	29%	0%	−4.9
147	Tino Sunseri	Pittsburgh	218	7	31.1	25.4	3	43%	29%	0%	−0.1
148	Zac Dysert	Miami (OH)	178	6	29.7	26.3	5	83%	17%	0%	+0.6
149	Kolin Walk	Army	164	4	41.0	32.8	4	80%	0%	0%	−1.4
150	Tim Jefferson, Jr.	Air Force	162	4	40.5	35.5	2	50%	25%	0%	+0.9
151	Chandler Anderson	Georgia Tech	150	4	37.5	37.5	1	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
152	Kyle Selden	Michigan State	142	3	47.3	39.0	1	50%	50%	50%	+0.3
153	Jack Griffin	Florida International	139	4	34.8	34.3	0	0%	0%	50%	−2.7
154	Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State	113	3	37.7	31.0	1	33%	33%	0%	−0.1
155	Scott Secor	Ball State	109	3	36.3	34.5	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.6
156	J. Ellis Flint	NC State	106	3	35.3	35.3	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
157	Michael Tart	Maryland	102	3	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−2.9
158	Robert T. Griffin	Baylor	99	3	33.0	33.0	2	67%	0%	0%	+0.3
159	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	97	2	48.5	48.5	0	0%	0%	—	+1.0
160	Ryan Fowler	Vanderbilt	92	3	30.7	30.7	1	33%	0%	50%	−1.7
161	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	91	2	45.5	35.5	0	0%	50%	0%	−0.1
162	Nick Isham	Louisiana Tech	77	2	38.5	18.5	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.5
163	Mark Brundage	Colorado	66	2	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.6
164	Spencer Benton	Clemson	66	2	33.0	33.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.3
165	Tommy Rees	Notre Dame	60	3	20.0	13.3	1	33%	33%	0%	−2.3
166	Keith Wenning	Ball State	60	2	30.0	37.8	3	60%	40%	0%	+1.8
167	Taylor Echols	Tulane	52	1	52.0	52.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.7
168	Michael Reichenstein	Oklahoma State	49	1	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.1
169	David Schwerman	Minnesota	47	2	23.5	22.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
170	Christian Brinser	Missouri	47	1	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	—	+0.6
171	Hunter Stover	Oklahoma State	47	1	47.0	47.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.5
172	Mark Myers	Pittsburgh	46	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
173	Chase Price	San Diego State	44	1	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	—	−1.8
174	Kellen Moore	Boise State	42	1	42.0	42.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
175	Matt Christian	New Mexico State	42	1	42.0	22.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
176	Jared Crank	Purdue	41	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
177	John Paul Floyd	Texas	41	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
178	Wesley Carroll	Florida International	40	2	20.0	21.3	2	67%	0%	0%	−0.2
179	Damante Hornton	Washington State	40	1	40.0	20.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
180	Clint Moseley	Auburn	39	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
181	Chris Boswell	Rice	38	1	38.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
182	Stanley Morrison	Utah State	36	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
183	Matthew Luetjen	Army	35	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
184	Robert Arnheim	Western Michigan	35	1	35.0	15.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
185	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	32	1	32.0	32.0	0	0%	0%	—	+0.2
186	Kriss Proctor	Navy	31	1	31.0	31.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.2
187	Michael Taylor	Troy	28	1	28.0	28.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
188	Robert Randolph	Virginia	27	1	27.0	27.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
189	Jordan Rodgers	Vanderbilt	26	1	26.0	26.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
190	J.J. McDermott	SMU	24	1	24.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
191	James Aho	New Mexico	23	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
192	Casey Pachall	TCU	17	1	17.0	17.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
193	Jacob Haueter	Utah State	17	1	17.0	17.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
194	Bryant Moniz	Hawai'i	15	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
195	Tucker Tipton	Air Force	15	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.0
196	Taylor McHargue	Rice	13	1	13.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0
197	Chris Masson	Louisiana	11	1	11.0	11.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.6

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