2012 College Longest Punts Leaders

Each punter's longest punt of the season in gross yards. Tailwinds, altitude and a punt that rolls can all add yards.

A single punt: it says little about a season. In 2012, Ryan Allen (85 yds) led college football punters in longest punts, ahead of J. Schroeder (82 yds) and Richie Leone (77 yds). 206 punters qualify. The median qualified punter had 58 yds.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Longest	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	85 yds	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
2	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	82 yds	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
3	Richie Leone	Houston	77 yds	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
4	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	75 yds	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
5	Tress Way	Oklahoma	75 yds	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
6	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	74 yds	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
7	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	74 yds	47	40.8	40.4	16	40%	3%	30%	−3.2
8	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	74 yds	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
9	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	73 yds	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
10	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	73 yds	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
11	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	73 yds	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
12	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	72 yds	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
13	Cody Webster	Purdue	72 yds	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
14	Ian Campbell	UTEP	72 yds	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
15	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	72 yds	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
16	David Baska	Air Force	71 yds	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
17	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	70 yds	69	41.2	41.6	13	29%	0%	29%	−4.1
18	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	70 yds	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
19	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	70 yds	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
20	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	70 yds	48	43.4	42.8	21	44%	2%	39%	+5.0
21	Scott Garber	South Alabama	69 yds	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
22	Trey Barrow	Missouri	69 yds	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
23	Brad Wing	LSU	69 yds	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
24	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	69 yds	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
25	Brett Maher	Nebraska	69 yds	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
26	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	69 yds	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	7%	32%	+2.7
27	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	69 yds	54	43.9	41.5	17	33%	12%	33%	+4.9
28	Brett Baer	Louisiana	69 yds	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
29	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	68 yds	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
30	Brandon McManus	Temple	68 yds	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
31	Grant Venham	Ohio	68 yds	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
32	Will Atterberry	North Texas	67 yds	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
33	Chase Lansford	UNLV	67 yds	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
34	Zach Paul	Akron	67 yds	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
35	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	67 yds	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
36	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	67 yds	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
37	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	67 yds	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
38	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	66 yds	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
39	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	66 yds	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
40	Gerald Levano	Boston College	66 yds	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
41	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	66 yds	43	40.2	39.7	15	38%	8%	50%	−0.6
42	Tyler Williams	Marshall	66 yds	43	45.2	42.4	17	39%	9%	26%	+4.5
43	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	66 yds	36	43.1	42.3	16	46%	3%	39%	−0.7
44	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	65 yds	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
45	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	65 yds	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
46	Travis Coons	Washington	65 yds	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
47	Alex King	Texas	65 yds	38	45.3	44.8	16	42%	3%	50%	+6.9
48	Sean Sellwood	Utah	65 yds	38	46.5	44.5	13	34%	11%	62%	+9.3
49	Taylor Cook	Rice	65 yds	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
50	Kyle Negrete	USC	65 yds	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
51	Spencer Roth	Baylor	65 yds	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
52	Jeff Locke	UCLA	64 yds	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
53	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	64 yds	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
54	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	64 yds	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
55	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	64 yds	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
56	Jamie Boyle	UCF	64 yds	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
57	Ethan Perry	TCU	64 yds	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
58	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	64 yds	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
59	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	63 yds	70	44.3	43.2	24	38%	6%	42%	+3.1
60	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	63 yds	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
61	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	63 yds	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
62	Ron Doherty	Kansas	63 yds	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
63	Harrison Waid	San José State	63 yds	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
64	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	63 yds	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
65	Pablo Beltran	Navy	63 yds	40	43.9	40.9	20	50%	15%	46%	+3.7
66	Jordan Lynch	Northern Illinois	63 yds	1	63.0	43.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.2
67	Cole Wagner	UConn	62 yds	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
68	Kyle Christy	Florida	62 yds	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
69	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	62 yds	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
70	Vince Penza	Toledo	62 yds	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
71	Mike Loftus	SMU	62 yds	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
72	Will Hagerup	Michigan	62 yds	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
73	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	61 yds	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
74	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	61 yds	76	43.5	42.6	28	37%	4%	53%	+3.6
75	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	61 yds	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
76	Cole Way	Tulsa	61 yds	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
77	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	61 yds	65	42.8	41.5	16	25%	3%	46%	+0.3
78	Cole Leininger	California	61 yds	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
79	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	61 yds	54	41.2	39.9	13	27%	4%	55%	−5.1
80	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	61 yds	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
81	Riley Stephenson	BYU	61 yds	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
82	Hunter Mullins	UAB	61 yds	50	44.8	42.1	15	30%	14%	39%	−4.1
83	Cody Mandell	Alabama	61 yds	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
84	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	61 yds	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
85	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	60 yds	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
86	Wil Baumann	NC State	60 yds	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
87	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	60 yds	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
88	Will Monday	Duke	60 yds	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
89	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	60 yds	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
90	Collin Barber	Georgia	60 yds	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
91	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	60 yds	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
92	Trevor Harman	Boise State	60 yds	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
93	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	60 yds	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
94	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	59 yds	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
95	Zach Robinson	Texas State	59 yds	26	46.2	46.5	12	52%	0%	38%	+8.7
96	Will Johnson	Texas State	59 yds	22	41.0	40.1	10	53%	0%	67%	−0.4
97	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	58 yds	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4
98	Landon Foster	Kentucky	58 yds	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
99	Will Scott	Troy	58 yds	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
100	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	58 yds	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
101	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	58 yds	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
102	Spencer Benton	Clemson	58 yds	42	38.6	38.5	14	34%	2%	48%	−2.2
103	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	58 yds	27	38.1	36.0	4	14%	11%	12%	−12.9
104	Tom Hackett	Utah	58 yds	25	38.9	38.1	15	60%	4%	45%	+3.1
105	Jack Griffin	Florida International	58 yds	18	40.0	39.3	4	27%	0%	43%	−6.7
106	Curtis Huge	Central Michigan	58 yds	7	39.0	36.3	2	29%	14%	0%	−3.0
107	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	57 yds	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
108	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	57 yds	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
109	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	57 yds	66	40.6	39.2	19	29%	6%	35%	+3.5
110	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	57 yds	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
111	Josh Brisk	Florida International	57 yds	47	40.0	39.4	11	24%	2%	74%	−6.4
112	Sean Kelley	Florida Atlantic	57 yds	28	41.8	41.0	7	25%	4%	8%	−7.6
113	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	57 yds	27	39.4	38.7	6	22%	4%	56%	−0.7
114	Chase Rettig	Boston College	57 yds	3	41.3	28.0	1	33%	67%	0%	+0.5
115	Dalton Botts	Miami	56 yds	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
116	Jackson Rice	Oregon	56 yds	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
117	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	56 yds	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
118	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	56 yds	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
119	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	56 yds	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
120	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	56 yds	9	41.1	36.7	2	22%	22%	0%	−1.8
121	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	56 yds	6	43.5	43.5	2	33%	0%	50%	+1.6
122	Nick Lamaison	UTEP	56 yds	1	56.0	56.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.9
123	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	55 yds	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
124	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	55 yds	51	39.4	37.5	15	29%	10%	53%	−6.5
125	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	55 yds	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
126	Chris Boldt	Army	55 yds	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	9%	43%	−8.4
127	Josh Ward	UTSA	55 yds	28	33.7	32.6	5	20%	4%	24%	−9.5
128	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	55 yds	27	40.4	38.2	8	30%	11%	6%	−2.6
129	Andre Gautreaux	Rice	55 yds	11	37.1	37.1	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.5
130	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	55 yds	9	39.4	37.6	5	50%	0%	75%	+0.1
131	Chance Roberts	New Mexico State	55 yds	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.7
132	Steven Clark	Auburn	54 yds	70	39.8	38.6	19	28%	6%	58%	+4.8
133	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	54 yds	52	40.8	39.7	21	40%	6%	72%	+7.9
134	Cason Beatty	Florida State	54 yds	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
135	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	54 yds	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
136	Corey Smith	West Virginia	54 yds	10	42.6	41.5	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.7
137	Matt Scott	Arizona	54 yds	2	32.0	22.0	0	0%	50%	0%	−1.7
138	Nick Florence	Baylor	54 yds	2	46.5	26.5	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
139	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	53 yds	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
140	Matt Darr	Tennessee	53 yds	16	39.0	37.8	6	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
141	Korey Durkee	Washington	53 yds	15	36.9	33.4	4	29%	14%	45%	−4.1
142	Chris Boswell	Rice	53 yds	14	40.5	37.6	6	43%	14%	50%	0.0
143	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	53 yds	4	37.3	37.3	3	75%	0%	33%	+0.1
144	Dante Alexander	Arizona State	53 yds	1	53.0	53.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.9
145	Mitchell Voss	Indiana	52 yds	22	37.2	37.2	10	45%	0%	56%	−1.0
146	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	52 yds	13	39.7	39.7	2	15%	0%	50%	−2.2
147	Erich Toth	Indiana	51 yds	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
148	John Wienke	Iowa	51 yds	14	37.8	33.2	9	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
149	Jamie Keehn	LSU	51 yds	3	41.0	41.0	1	33%	0%	33%	+0.2
150	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	51 yds	2	42.0	42.0	1	50%	0%	—	+0.1
151	Mike Hardy	Iowa	51 yds	2	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.4
152	Wes Concepcion	Washington State	51 yds	2	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.6
153	Ron Walker	Northern Illinois	51 yds	1	51.0	31.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.1
154	Kristian Stern	UTSA	50 yds	23	39.7	37.9	4	17%	9%	64%	−7.4
155	Chase Hover	SMU	50 yds	18	39.4	38.3	3	17%	6%	38%	−4.7
156	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	50 yds	15	34.7	33.4	2	13%	7%	14%	−9.3
157	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	49 yds	8	37.9	35.4	7	88%	13%	0%	+1.7
158	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	49 yds	3	36.3	23.0	1	33%	67%	0%	−0.6
159	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	48 yds	12	38.0	33.5	1	8%	9%	57%	−6.8
160	Shaun Rutherford	Texas State	48 yds	3	34.3	34.3	2	67%	0%	0%	0.0
161	Jeff Strait	Massachusetts	47 yds	9	42.0	41.8	0	0%	0%	29%	−3.0
162	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	47 yds	4	39.3	39.3	3	75%	0%	0%	+1.0
163	Patrick Fish	South Carolina	47 yds	3	35.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.2
164	Bryson Rose	Ole Miss	47 yds	2	46.0	46.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
165	Adam Erickson	Georgia	46 yds	8	37.0	28.4	4	57%	43%	29%	+0.1
166	Sean Huddleston	Kansas	46 yds	5	40.8	40.8	1	20%	0%	0%	−2.2
167	Cale Patterson	TCU	46 yds	3	34.3	27.7	1	33%	33%	33%	−0.2
168	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	45 yds	2	41.0	41.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+1.0
169	Mark Krause	Kansas State	44 yds	4	38.5	37.0	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.3
170	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	43 yds	6	33.7	32.4	4	57%	0%	43%	−2.6
171	Nate Freese	Boston College	43 yds	6	33.0	33.5	4	100%	0%	50%	+0.8
172	David Schwerman	Minnesota	43 yds	2	31.0	30.8	1	25%	25%	33%	−2.1
173	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	43 yds	1	43.0	23.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
174	Matt Wile	Michigan	42 yds	9	31.9	29.4	6	75%	13%	63%	+0.6
175	Allan Bridgford	California	42 yds	3	33.7	33.7	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.8
176	Kale Pick	Kansas	42 yds	1	42.0	22.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
177	Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State	41 yds	3	26.7	20.0	2	67%	33%	0%	−0.4
178	Tyler Bray	Tennessee	41 yds	3	34.0	27.3	2	67%	33%	0%	−0.1
179	Zac Dysert	Miami (OH)	41 yds	3	33.3	33.3	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
180	Justin Haig	Marshall	41 yds	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	—	0.0
181	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	40 yds	1	40.0	40.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
182	David Fales	San José State	39 yds	2	38.0	38.0	1	50%	0%	100%	−0.3
183	David Piland	Houston	39 yds	1	39.0	19.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
184	Nick Sotta	SMU	39 yds	1	39.0	39.0	0	0%	0%	—	+0.9
185	Joe Southwick	Boise State	38 yds	6	29.3	26.0	4	67%	17%	0%	−0.1
186	Kevin Buford	Iowa	38 yds	1	38.0	18.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
187	Brett Hundley	UCLA	37 yds	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
188	Matt Goudis	Miami	37 yds	1	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	—	−1.8
189	Shaun Wick	Wyoming	37 yds	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
190	Le'Marcus Gibson	Louisiana	36 yds	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
191	Derek Carr	Fresno State	34 yds	4	29.0	29.0	3	75%	0%	0%	−0.3
192	Jake Medlock	Florida International	34 yds	1	34.0	14.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
193	Jordan Rodgers	Vanderbilt	34 yds	1	34.0	14.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
194	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	33 yds	1	33.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
195	Niklas Sade	NC State	33 yds	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.9
196	Taysom Hill	BYU	31 yds	1	31.0	11.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
197	Dalton Williams	Akron	30 yds	2	28.0	30.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
198	Carlos Lopez	Middle Tennessee	29 yds	1	29.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
199	Ryan Katz	San Diego State	29 yds	1	29.0	29.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
200	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	27 yds	1	27.0	27.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
201	Chris Campbell	Southern Miss	24 yds	1	24.0	24.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
202	Brad Craddock	Maryland	23 yds	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	—	−0.2
203	Terrance Broadway	Louisiana	19 yds	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
204	Jeff Driskel	Florida	15 yds	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
205	Michael Rocco	Virginia	13 yds	1	13.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	0.0
206	Turner Petersen	Rice	13 yds	1	13.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1

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