2012 College Net Average in Wind Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games with a wind of 10 miles per hour or more. A headwind shortens a punt and a crosswind pushes it toward the sideline, so these are the hardest punts to place.

Wind is the game's reported speed, not the exact conditions on each kick. Only punters with enough windy-game punts are ranked. In 2012, J. Schroeder (46.8) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Quinn Sharp (46.6) and Zach Robinson (44.9). 99 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 39.3.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	46.8	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
2	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	46.6	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
3	Zach Robinson	Texas State	44.9	26	46.2	46.5	12	52%	0%	38%	+8.7
4	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	44.6	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
5	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	43.6	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
6	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	43.1	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
7	Jeff Locke	UCLA	42.9	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
8	Kyle Christy	Florida	42.7	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
9	Richie Leone	Houston	42.6	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
10	Will Monday	Duke	42.5	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
11	Harrison Waid	San José State	42.4	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
12	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	42.3	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
13	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	42.2	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
14	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	42.1	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
15	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	42.0	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
16	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	41.8	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
17	Spencer Roth	Baylor	41.8	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
18	Will Hagerup	Michigan	41.7	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
19	Kyle Negrete	USC	41.6	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
20	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	41.6	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
21	Riley Stephenson	BYU	41.5	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
22	Brandon McManus	Temple	41.4	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
23	Brad Wing	LSU	41.3	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
24	Cole Wagner	UConn	41.1	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
25	Trey Barrow	Missouri	40.8	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
26	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	40.7	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
27	Cody Webster	Purdue	40.7	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
28	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	40.6	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
29	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	40.6	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
30	Landon Foster	Kentucky	40.6	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
31	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	40.5	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
32	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	40.5	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
33	Collin Barber	Georgia	40.5	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
34	Zach Paul	Akron	40.4	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
35	Cole Leininger	California	40.4	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
36	Brett Maher	Nebraska	40.4	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
37	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	40.3	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
38	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	40.2	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
39	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	40.1	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
40	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	40.1	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
41	Tress Way	Oklahoma	40.1	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
42	David Baska	Air Force	40.1	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
43	Ethan Perry	TCU	40.0	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
44	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	40.0	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
45	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	39.9	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
46	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	39.5	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
47	Ron Doherty	Kansas	39.5	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
48	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	39.4	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
49	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	39.4	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
50	Vince Penza	Toledo	39.3	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
51	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	39.3	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
52	Brett Baer	Louisiana	39.3	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
53	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	39.2	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
54	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	39.2	27	40.4	38.2	8	30%	11%	6%	−2.6
55	Chris Boldt	Army	39.2	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	9%	43%	−8.4
56	Mike Loftus	SMU	39.1	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
57	Gerald Levano	Boston College	39.0	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
58	Erich Toth	Indiana	38.9	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
59	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	38.9	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
60	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	38.9	13	39.7	39.7	2	15%	0%	50%	−2.2
61	Travis Coons	Washington	38.8	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
62	Chase Lansford	UNLV	38.7	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
63	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	38.7	27	39.4	38.7	6	22%	4%	56%	−0.7
64	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	38.6	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
65	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	38.5	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
66	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	38.5	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
67	Cole Way	Tulsa	38.5	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
68	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	38.4	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
69	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	38.3	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
70	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	38.2	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
71	Dalton Botts	Miami	38.2	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
72	Will Scott	Troy	38.2	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
73	Trevor Harman	Boise State	38.2	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
74	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	38.1	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
75	Ian Campbell	UTEP	38.1	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
76	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	38.1	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
77	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	37.8	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
78	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	37.6	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
79	Will Atterberry	North Texas	37.5	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
80	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	37.3	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
81	Wil Baumann	NC State	37.3	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
82	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	37.2	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
83	Jamie Boyle	UCF	37.2	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
84	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	37.1	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
85	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	37.0	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
86	Scott Garber	South Alabama	37.0	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
87	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	36.7	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
88	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	36.5	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
89	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	36.0	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
90	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	35.9	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
91	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	35.8	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	7%	32%	+2.7
92	Cason Beatty	Florida State	35.7	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
93	Grant Venham	Ohio	35.5	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
94	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	35.4	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
95	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	33.4	15	34.7	33.4	2	13%	7%	14%	−9.3
96	Taylor Cook	Rice	33.3	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
97	Jackson Rice	Oregon	32.6	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
98	John Wienke	Iowa	32.1	14	37.8	33.2	9	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
99	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	30.9	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4

All 2012 College punter rankings

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