2012 College Net Average in Opponent Territory Leaders

Net average counting only punts that started on the opponent's side of the 50-yard line. There is little room to work with, and every touchback costs 20 net yards, so this is the hardest place to punt well.

Only punters with enough such punts are ranked. In 2012, Kyle Christy (37.3) led college football punters in net average in opponent territory, ahead of Cole Way (37.0) and Tim Gleeson (34.0). 42 punters qualify (minimum 12 punts from the opponent's 50 or closer). The median qualified punter had 31.0.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (opp. 50)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Kyle Christy	Florida	37.3	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
2	Cole Way	Tulsa	37.0	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
3	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	34.0	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
4	Jeff Locke	UCLA	33.9	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
5	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	33.8	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
6	John Wienke	Iowa	33.3	14	37.8	33.2	9	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
7	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	33.2	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
8	Vince Penza	Toledo	33.2	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
9	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	32.9	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
10	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	32.3	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
11	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	31.9	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
12	Dalton Botts	Miami	31.9	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
13	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	31.8	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
14	Zach Paul	Akron	31.8	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
15	Cason Beatty	Florida State	31.8	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
16	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	31.5	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
17	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	31.5	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
18	Cody Webster	Purdue	31.4	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
19	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	31.3	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
20	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	31.2	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
21	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	31.1	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
22	Tress Way	Oklahoma	30.9	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
23	Harrison Waid	San José State	30.8	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
24	Jamie Boyle	UCF	30.5	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
25	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	30.5	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
26	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	30.0	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
27	Trey Barrow	Missouri	29.8	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
28	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	29.8	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4
29	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	29.8	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
30	Cody Mandell	Alabama	29.8	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
31	Cole Wagner	UConn	29.0	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
32	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	28.8	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
33	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	28.6	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
34	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	28.3	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
35	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	28.2	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
36	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	27.8	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
37	Wil Baumann	NC State	27.7	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
38	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	27.6	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
39	Will Atterberry	North Texas	26.8	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
40	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	26.6	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
41	Brad Wing	LSU	25.7	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
42	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	25.2	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2

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