2012 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2012, Ryan Allen (19.0) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Tress Way (19.4) and Jeff Locke (19.4). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 24.8.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	19.0	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
2	Tress Way	Oklahoma	19.4	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
3	Jeff Locke	UCLA	19.4	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
4	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	19.7	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
5	Alex King	Texas	19.8	38	45.3	44.8	16	42%	3%	50%	+6.9
6	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	19.9	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
7	Tyler Williams	Marshall	20.4	43	45.2	42.4	17	39%	9%	26%	+4.5
8	Pablo Beltran	Navy	20.4	40	43.9	40.9	20	50%	15%	46%	+3.7
9	Riley Stephenson	BYU	20.6	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
10	Cody Mandell	Alabama	20.8	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
11	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	20.9	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
12	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	21.0	36	43.1	42.3	16	46%	3%	39%	−0.7
13	Spencer Roth	Baylor	21.0	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
14	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	21.1	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
15	Dalton Botts	Miami	21.1	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
16	Kyle Christy	Florida	21.2	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
17	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	21.3	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
18	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	21.3	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
19	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	21.7	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
20	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	21.7	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
21	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	21.8	43	40.2	39.7	15	38%	8%	50%	−0.6
22	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	21.8	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
23	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	21.9	48	43.4	42.8	21	44%	2%	39%	+5.0
24	Cody Webster	Purdue	22.2	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
25	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	22.2	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
26	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	22.3	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
27	Cole Wagner	UConn	22.3	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
28	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	22.3	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
29	Will Atterberry	North Texas	22.4	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
30	Brad Wing	LSU	22.4	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
31	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	22.5	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
32	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	22.6	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
33	Vince Penza	Toledo	22.8	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
34	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	22.8	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
35	Kyle Negrete	USC	22.8	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
36	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	23.0	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
37	Ethan Perry	TCU	23.1	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
38	Cason Beatty	Florida State	23.1	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
39	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	23.2	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
40	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	23.3	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
41	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	23.3	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
42	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	23.4	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
43	Trey Barrow	Missouri	23.4	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
44	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	23.5	70	44.3	43.2	24	38%	6%	42%	+3.1
45	Will Monday	Duke	23.5	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
46	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	23.5	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
47	Jamie Boyle	UCF	23.7	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
48	Sean Sellwood	Utah	23.8	38	46.5	44.5	13	34%	11%	62%	+9.3
49	Harrison Waid	San José State	23.9	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
50	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	24.1	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
51	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	24.1	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
52	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	24.1	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
53	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	24.2	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
54	Brandon McManus	Temple	24.3	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
55	Grant Venham	Ohio	24.6	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
56	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	24.7	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
57	Collin Barber	Georgia	24.7	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
58	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	24.8	54	43.9	41.5	17	33%	12%	33%	+4.9
59	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	24.8	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
60	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	24.8	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
61	Zach Paul	Akron	24.8	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
62	Will Scott	Troy	24.9	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
63	Trevor Harman	Boise State	24.9	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
64	Hunter Mullins	UAB	24.9	50	44.8	42.1	15	30%	14%	39%	−4.1
65	Spencer Benton	Clemson	25.0	42	38.6	38.5	14	34%	2%	48%	−2.2
66	Chris Boldt	Army	25.1	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	9%	43%	−8.4
67	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	25.2	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
68	Richie Leone	Houston	25.2	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
69	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	25.3	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
70	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	25.3	76	43.5	42.6	28	37%	4%	53%	+3.6
71	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	25.3	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
72	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	25.4	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
73	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	25.5	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
74	Brett Baer	Louisiana	25.6	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
75	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	25.8	52	40.8	39.7	21	40%	6%	72%	+7.9
76	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	25.8	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
77	Chase Lansford	UNLV	25.9	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
78	Ian Campbell	UTEP	26.2	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
79	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	26.3	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
80	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	26.4	66	40.6	39.2	19	29%	6%	35%	+3.5
81	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	26.5	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
82	Josh Brisk	Florida International	26.7	47	40.0	39.4	11	24%	2%	74%	−6.4
83	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	26.7	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
84	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	26.8	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
85	Brett Maher	Nebraska	26.8	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
86	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	26.9	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
87	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	26.9	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
88	Cole Way	Tulsa	27.0	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
89	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	27.1	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
90	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	27.2	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
91	Landon Foster	Kentucky	27.3	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
92	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	27.4	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
93	Travis Coons	Washington	27.5	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
94	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	27.6	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
95	David Baska	Air Force	27.6	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
96	Cole Leininger	California	27.7	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
97	Jackson Rice	Oregon	27.8	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
98	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	27.8	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
99	Erich Toth	Indiana	27.9	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
100	Wil Baumann	NC State	27.9	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
101	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	28.1	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
102	Steven Clark	Auburn	28.2	70	39.8	38.6	19	28%	6%	58%	+4.8
103	Will Hagerup	Michigan	28.2	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
104	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	28.2	47	40.8	40.4	16	40%	3%	30%	−3.2
105	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	28.3	69	41.2	41.6	13	29%	0%	29%	−4.1
106	Ron Doherty	Kansas	28.3	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
107	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	28.7	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
108	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	28.9	54	41.2	39.9	13	27%	4%	55%	−5.1
109	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	29.1	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	7%	32%	+2.7
110	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	29.1	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
111	Scott Garber	South Alabama	29.1	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
112	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	29.5	65	42.8	41.5	16	25%	3%	46%	+0.3
113	Mike Loftus	SMU	29.8	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
114	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	30.0	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
115	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	30.3	51	39.4	37.5	15	29%	10%	53%	−6.5
116	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	30.4	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
117	Taylor Cook	Rice	30.6	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
118	Gerald Levano	Boston College	31.3	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
119	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	33.0	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4

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