2012 College Punts of 50+ Yards Leaders

Gross punts of at least 50 yards from the line of scrimmage. It is the classic leg-strength count.

Distance without placement can mean a touchback, so read it with net average. In 2012, Kyle Christy (26) led college football punters in punts of 50+ yards, ahead of Riley Stephenson (25) and Ryan Allen (21). 156 punters qualify.

Final 2012 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	50+	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Kyle Christy	Florida	26	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
2	Riley Stephenson	BYU	25	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
3	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	21	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
4	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	21	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
5	Landon Foster	Kentucky	21	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
6	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	20	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
7	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	20	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
8	Richie Leone	Houston	20	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
9	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	20	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
10	Jeff Locke	UCLA	20	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
11	Ethan Perry	TCU	19	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
12	Brad Wing	LSU	19	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
13	Brett Maher	Nebraska	18	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
14	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	18	70	44.3	43.2	24	38%	6%	42%	+3.1
15	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	18	65	42.8	41.5	16	25%	3%	46%	+0.3
16	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	18	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
17	Will Monday	Duke	18	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
18	Trey Barrow	Missouri	18	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
19	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	17	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
20	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	17	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
21	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	17	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
22	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	16	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
23	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	16	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
24	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	16	76	43.5	42.6	28	37%	4%	53%	+3.6
25	Sean Sellwood	Utah	15	38	46.5	44.5	13	34%	11%	62%	+9.3
26	Brandon McManus	Temple	15	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
27	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	15	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
28	Cody Webster	Purdue	15	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
29	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	15	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
30	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	14	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
31	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	14	54	43.9	41.5	17	33%	12%	33%	+4.9
32	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	14	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	7%	32%	+2.7
33	Will Hagerup	Michigan	13	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
34	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	13	36	43.1	42.3	16	46%	3%	39%	−0.7
35	Tyler Williams	Marshall	13	43	45.2	42.4	17	39%	9%	26%	+4.5
36	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	13	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
37	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	13	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
38	Jamie Boyle	UCF	13	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
39	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	13	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
40	Cody Mandell	Alabama	12	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
41	Harrison Waid	San José State	12	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
42	Hunter Mullins	UAB	12	50	44.8	42.1	15	30%	14%	39%	−4.1
43	Ian Campbell	UTEP	12	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
44	Chase Lansford	UNLV	12	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
45	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	12	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
46	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	12	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
47	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	12	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
48	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	12	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
49	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	11	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
50	Trevor Harman	Boise State	11	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
51	Pablo Beltran	Navy	11	40	43.9	40.9	20	50%	15%	46%	+3.7
52	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	11	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
53	Gerald Levano	Boston College	11	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
54	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	10	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
55	Tress Way	Oklahoma	10	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
56	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	10	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
57	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	10	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
58	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	10	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
59	Zach Paul	Akron	10	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
60	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	10	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
61	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	10	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
62	Cole Wagner	UConn	10	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
63	Spencer Roth	Baylor	9	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
64	Kyle Negrete	USC	9	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
65	Alex King	Texas	9	38	45.3	44.8	16	42%	3%	50%	+6.9
66	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	9	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
67	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	9	48	43.4	42.8	21	44%	2%	39%	+5.0
68	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	9	54	41.2	39.9	13	27%	4%	55%	−5.1
69	Cole Leininger	California	9	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
70	Zach Robinson	Texas State	8	26	46.2	46.5	12	52%	0%	38%	+8.7
71	Sean Kelley	Florida Atlantic	8	28	41.8	41.0	7	25%	4%	8%	−7.6
72	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	8	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
73	Mike Loftus	SMU	8	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
74	Grant Venham	Ohio	8	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
75	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	8	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
76	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	8	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
77	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	8	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
78	Collin Barber	Georgia	8	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
79	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	8	66	40.6	39.2	19	29%	6%	35%	+3.5
80	Will Atterberry	North Texas	8	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
81	Cole Way	Tulsa	8	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
82	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	8	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
83	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	7	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
84	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	7	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
85	Brett Baer	Louisiana	7	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
86	Will Scott	Troy	7	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
87	Ron Doherty	Kansas	7	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
88	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	7	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
89	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	6	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
90	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	6	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
91	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	6	43	40.2	39.7	15	38%	8%	50%	−0.6
92	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	6	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
93	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	6	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
94	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	6	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
95	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	6	69	41.2	41.6	13	29%	0%	29%	−4.1
96	Jackson Rice	Oregon	6	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
97	Travis Coons	Washington	6	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
98	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	6	51	39.4	37.5	15	29%	10%	53%	−6.5
99	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	6	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
100	Steven Clark	Auburn	6	70	39.8	38.6	19	28%	6%	58%	+4.8
101	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	6	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
102	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	5	27	40.4	38.2	8	30%	11%	6%	−2.6
103	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	5	27	38.1	36.0	4	14%	11%	12%	−12.9
104	David Baska	Air Force	5	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
105	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	5	47	40.8	40.4	16	40%	3%	30%	−3.2
106	Josh Brisk	Florida International	5	47	40.0	39.4	11	24%	2%	74%	−6.4
107	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	5	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
108	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	5	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
109	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	5	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
110	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	5	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
111	Vince Penza	Toledo	5	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
112	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	5	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
113	Scott Garber	South Alabama	5	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
114	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	4	52	40.8	39.7	21	40%	6%	72%	+7.9
115	Dalton Botts	Miami	4	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
116	Wil Baumann	NC State	4	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
117	Corey Smith	West Virginia	3	10	42.6	41.5	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.7
118	Jack Griffin	Florida International	3	18	40.0	39.3	4	27%	0%	43%	−6.7
119	Matt Darr	Tennessee	3	16	39.0	37.8	6	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
120	Spencer Benton	Clemson	3	42	38.6	38.5	14	34%	2%	48%	−2.2
121	Cason Beatty	Florida State	3	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
122	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	3	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4
123	Mitchell Voss	Indiana	2	22	37.2	37.2	10	45%	0%	56%	−1.0
124	Josh Ward	UTSA	2	28	33.7	32.6	5	20%	4%	24%	−9.5
125	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	2	27	39.4	38.7	6	22%	4%	56%	−0.7
126	Taylor Cook	Rice	2	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
127	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	2	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
128	Erich Toth	Indiana	2	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
129	Chance Roberts	New Mexico State	1	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.7
130	Dante Alexander	Arizona State	1	1	53.0	53.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.9
131	Jordan Lynch	Northern Illinois	1	1	63.0	43.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.2
132	Nick Lamaison	UTEP	1	1	56.0	56.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.9
133	Ron Walker	Northern Illinois	1	1	51.0	31.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.1
134	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	1	2	42.0	42.0	1	50%	0%	—	+0.1
135	Matt Scott	Arizona	1	2	32.0	22.0	0	0%	50%	0%	−1.7
136	Mike Hardy	Iowa	1	2	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.4
137	Nick Florence	Baylor	1	2	46.5	26.5	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
138	Wes Concepcion	Washington State	1	2	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.6
139	Chase Rettig	Boston College	1	3	41.3	28.0	1	33%	67%	0%	+0.5
140	Jamie Keehn	LSU	1	3	41.0	41.0	1	33%	0%	33%	+0.2
141	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1	4	37.3	37.3	3	75%	0%	33%	+0.1
142	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	1	6	43.5	43.5	2	33%	0%	50%	+1.6
143	Curtis Huge	Central Michigan	1	7	39.0	36.3	2	29%	14%	0%	−3.0
144	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	1	9	41.1	36.7	2	22%	22%	0%	−1.8
145	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	1	9	39.4	37.6	5	50%	0%	75%	+0.1
146	Andre Gautreaux	Rice	1	11	37.1	37.1	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.5
147	John Wienke	Iowa	1	14	37.8	33.2	9	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
148	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	1	13	39.7	39.7	2	15%	0%	50%	−2.2
149	Chris Boswell	Rice	1	14	40.5	37.6	6	43%	14%	50%	0.0
150	Korey Durkee	Washington	1	15	36.9	33.4	4	29%	14%	45%	−4.1
151	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	1	15	34.7	33.4	2	13%	7%	14%	−9.3
152	Chase Hover	SMU	1	18	39.4	38.3	3	17%	6%	38%	−4.7
153	Will Johnson	Texas State	1	22	41.0	40.1	10	53%	0%	67%	−0.4
154	Kristian Stern	UTSA	1	23	39.7	37.9	4	17%	9%	64%	−7.4
155	Tom Hackett	Utah	1	25	38.9	38.1	15	60%	4%	45%	+3.1
156	Chris Boldt	Army	1	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	9%	43%	−8.4

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