2012 College Punt Points Added Leaders

Each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot on the field, added up over the season. It puts distance, placement, coverage and returns on one scale.

Positive means he gained more than an average punter would from the same spots. In 2012, Riley Stephenson (+25.4) led college football punters in punt points added, ahead of Kyle Christy (+16.7) and Anthony Melchiori (+16.5). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +1.1.

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

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

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