2012 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2012, Ryan Allen (48.0) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Riley Stephenson (47.3) and Josh Hubner (47.1). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 41.8.

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

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

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