2012 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2012, Alexander Kinal (3867) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Darragh O'Neill (3307) and Cole Wagner (3162). 206 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	3867	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
2	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	3307	76	43.5	42.6	28	37%	4%	53%	+3.6
3	Cole Wagner	UConn	3162	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
4	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	3099	70	44.3	43.2	24	38%	6%	42%	+3.1
5	Jeff Locke	UCLA	3081	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
6	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	3060	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
7	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	3011	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
8	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	2974	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
9	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	2949	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
10	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	2941	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
11	Trey Barrow	Missouri	2925	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
12	Will Monday	Duke	2912	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
13	Will Atterberry	North Texas	2888	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
14	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	2880	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
15	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	2871	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
16	Kyle Christy	Florida	2858	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
17	Scott Garber	South Alabama	2852	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
18	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	2846	69	41.2	41.6	13	29%	0%	29%	−4.1
19	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	2828	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4
20	Ian Campbell	UTEP	2814	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
21	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	2807	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
22	Cody Webster	Purdue	2806	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
23	Wil Baumann	NC State	2791	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
24	Steven Clark	Auburn	2783	70	39.8	38.6	19	28%	6%	58%	+4.8
25	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	2742	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
26	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	2740	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
27	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	2739	65	42.8	41.5	16	25%	3%	46%	+0.3
28	Richie Leone	Houston	2730	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
29	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	2719	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
30	Cole Way	Tulsa	2718	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
31	Chase Lansford	UNLV	2714	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
32	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	2711	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
33	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	2677	66	40.6	39.2	19	29%	6%	35%	+3.5
34	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	2663	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
35	Zach Paul	Akron	2659	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
36	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	2654	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
37	Brad Wing	LSU	2643	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
38	Landon Foster	Kentucky	2617	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
39	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	2606	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
40	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	2573	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
41	Ethan Perry	TCU	2529	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
42	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	2520	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
43	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	2501	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
44	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	2457	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
45	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	2451	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
46	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	2433	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	7%	32%	+2.7
47	Brandon McManus	Temple	2433	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
48	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	2423	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
49	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	2421	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
50	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	2421	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
51	Brett Maher	Nebraska	2416	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
52	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	2416	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
53	Riley Stephenson	BYU	2413	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
54	Jamie Boyle	UCF	2402	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
55	Cole Leininger	California	2399	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
56	Gerald Levano	Boston College	2394	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
57	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	2385	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
58	Collin Barber	Georgia	2371	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
59	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	2368	54	43.9	41.5	17	33%	12%	33%	+4.9
60	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	2337	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
61	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	2314	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
62	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	2310	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
63	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	2309	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
64	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	2282	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
65	Ron Doherty	Kansas	2270	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
66	Brett Baer	Louisiana	2266	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
67	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	2262	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
68	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	2258	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
69	Hunter Mullins	UAB	2239	50	44.8	42.1	15	30%	14%	39%	−4.1
70	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	2226	54	41.2	39.9	13	27%	4%	55%	−5.1
71	Will Scott	Troy	2215	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
72	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	2192	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
73	Dalton Botts	Miami	2187	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
74	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	2162	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
75	Harrison Waid	San José State	2161	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
76	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	2152	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
77	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	2124	52	40.8	39.7	21	40%	6%	72%	+7.9
78	Vince Penza	Toledo	2110	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
79	Tress Way	Oklahoma	2093	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
80	Grant Venham	Ohio	2090	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
81	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	2083	48	43.4	42.8	21	44%	2%	39%	+5.0
82	Cody Mandell	Alabama	2017	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
83	Travis Coons	Washington	2015	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
84	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	2010	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
85	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	2007	51	39.4	37.5	15	29%	10%	53%	−6.5
86	Mike Loftus	SMU	1998	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
87	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	1961	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
88	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	1947	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
89	Tyler Williams	Marshall	1943	43	45.2	42.4	17	39%	9%	26%	+4.5
90	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	1916	47	40.8	40.4	16	40%	3%	30%	−3.2
91	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	1905	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
92	Jackson Rice	Oregon	1902	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
93	Erich Toth	Indiana	1897	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
94	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	1894	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
95	Josh Brisk	Florida International	1882	47	40.0	39.4	11	24%	2%	74%	−6.4
96	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	1878	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
97	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	1844	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
98	Sean Sellwood	Utah	1768	38	46.5	44.5	13	34%	11%	62%	+9.3
99	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	1767	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
100	Pablo Beltran	Navy	1755	40	43.9	40.9	20	50%	15%	46%	+3.7
101	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	1728	43	40.2	39.7	15	38%	8%	50%	−0.6
102	Alex King	Texas	1721	38	45.3	44.8	16	42%	3%	50%	+6.9
103	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	1701	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
104	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	1689	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
105	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	1636	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
106	Spencer Benton	Clemson	1620	42	38.6	38.5	14	34%	2%	48%	−2.2
107	Cason Beatty	Florida State	1614	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
108	Trevor Harman	Boise State	1582	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
109	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	1582	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
110	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	1556	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
111	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	1551	36	43.1	42.3	16	46%	3%	39%	−0.7
112	Kyle Negrete	USC	1527	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
113	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	1500	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
114	Will Hagerup	Michigan	1486	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
115	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	1466	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
116	Spencer Roth	Baylor	1414	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
117	Taylor Cook	Rice	1346	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
118	David Baska	Air Force	1335	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
119	Chris Boldt	Army	1296	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	9%	43%	−8.4
120	Zach Robinson	Texas State	1200	26	46.2	46.5	12	52%	0%	38%	+8.7
121	Sean Kelley	Florida Atlantic	1169	28	41.8	41.0	7	25%	4%	8%	−7.6
122	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	1091	27	40.4	38.2	8	30%	11%	6%	−2.6
123	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	1065	27	39.4	38.7	6	22%	4%	56%	−0.7
124	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	1030	27	38.1	36.0	4	14%	11%	12%	−12.9
125	Tom Hackett	Utah	972	25	38.9	38.1	15	60%	4%	45%	+3.1
126	Josh Ward	UTSA	943	28	33.7	32.6	5	20%	4%	24%	−9.5
127	Kristian Stern	UTSA	914	23	39.7	37.9	4	17%	9%	64%	−7.4
128	Will Johnson	Texas State	901	22	41.0	40.1	10	53%	0%	67%	−0.4
129	Mitchell Voss	Indiana	819	22	37.2	37.2	10	45%	0%	56%	−1.0
130	Jack Griffin	Florida International	720	18	40.0	39.3	4	27%	0%	43%	−6.7
131	Chase Hover	SMU	709	18	39.4	38.3	3	17%	6%	38%	−4.7
132	Matt Darr	Tennessee	624	16	39.0	37.8	6	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
133	Chris Boswell	Rice	567	14	40.5	37.6	6	43%	14%	50%	0.0
134	Korey Durkee	Washington	553	15	36.9	33.4	4	29%	14%	45%	−4.1
135	John Wienke	Iowa	529	14	37.8	33.2	9	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
136	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	521	15	34.7	33.4	2	13%	7%	14%	−9.3
137	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	516	13	39.7	39.7	2	15%	0%	50%	−2.2
138	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	456	12	38.0	33.5	1	8%	9%	57%	−6.8
139	Corey Smith	West Virginia	426	10	42.6	41.5	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.7
140	Andre Gautreaux	Rice	408	11	37.1	37.1	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.5
141	Jeff Strait	Massachusetts	378	9	42.0	41.8	0	0%	0%	29%	−3.0
142	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	370	9	41.1	36.7	2	22%	22%	0%	−1.8
143	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	355	9	39.4	37.6	5	50%	0%	75%	+0.1
144	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	303	8	37.9	35.4	7	88%	13%	0%	+1.7
145	Adam Erickson	Georgia	296	8	37.0	28.4	4	57%	43%	29%	+0.1
146	Matt Wile	Michigan	287	9	31.9	29.4	6	75%	13%	63%	+0.6
147	Curtis Huge	Central Michigan	273	7	39.0	36.3	2	29%	14%	0%	−3.0
148	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	261	6	43.5	43.5	2	33%	0%	50%	+1.6
149	Sean Huddleston	Kansas	204	5	40.8	40.8	1	20%	0%	0%	−2.2
150	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	202	6	33.7	32.4	4	57%	0%	43%	−2.6
151	Nate Freese	Boston College	198	6	33.0	33.5	4	100%	0%	50%	+0.8
152	Joe Southwick	Boise State	176	6	29.3	26.0	4	67%	17%	0%	−0.1
153	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	157	4	39.3	39.3	3	75%	0%	0%	+1.0
154	Mark Krause	Kansas State	154	4	38.5	37.0	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.3
155	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	149	4	37.3	37.3	3	75%	0%	33%	+0.1
156	Chase Rettig	Boston College	124	3	41.3	28.0	1	33%	67%	0%	+0.5
157	Jamie Keehn	LSU	123	3	41.0	41.0	1	33%	0%	33%	+0.2
158	Derek Carr	Fresno State	116	4	29.0	29.0	3	75%	0%	0%	−0.3
159	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	109	3	36.3	23.0	1	33%	67%	0%	−0.6
160	Patrick Fish	South Carolina	105	3	35.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.2
161	Cale Patterson	TCU	103	3	34.3	27.7	1	33%	33%	33%	−0.2
162	Shaun Rutherford	Texas State	103	3	34.3	34.3	2	67%	0%	0%	0.0
163	Tyler Bray	Tennessee	102	3	34.0	27.3	2	67%	33%	0%	−0.1
164	Allan Bridgford	California	101	3	33.7	33.7	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.8
165	Zac Dysert	Miami (OH)	100	3	33.3	33.3	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
166	Nick Florence	Baylor	93	2	46.5	26.5	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
167	Bryson Rose	Ole Miss	92	2	46.0	46.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
168	Mike Hardy	Iowa	88	2	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.4
169	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	84	2	42.0	42.0	1	50%	0%	—	+0.1
170	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	82	2	41.0	41.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+1.0
171	Wes Concepcion	Washington State	82	2	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.6
172	Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State	80	3	26.7	20.0	2	67%	33%	0%	−0.4
173	David Fales	San José State	76	2	38.0	38.0	1	50%	0%	100%	−0.3
174	Matt Scott	Arizona	64	2	32.0	22.0	0	0%	50%	0%	−1.7
175	Jordan Lynch	Northern Illinois	63	1	63.0	43.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.2
176	David Schwerman	Minnesota	62	2	31.0	30.8	1	25%	25%	33%	−2.1
177	Dalton Williams	Akron	56	2	28.0	30.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
178	Nick Lamaison	UTEP	56	1	56.0	56.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.9
179	Chance Roberts	New Mexico State	55	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.7
180	Dante Alexander	Arizona State	53	1	53.0	53.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.9
181	Ron Walker	Northern Illinois	51	1	51.0	31.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.1
182	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	43	1	43.0	23.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
183	Kale Pick	Kansas	42	1	42.0	22.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
184	Justin Haig	Marshall	41	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	—	0.0
185	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	40	1	40.0	40.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
186	David Piland	Houston	39	1	39.0	19.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
187	Nick Sotta	SMU	39	1	39.0	39.0	0	0%	0%	—	+0.9
188	Kevin Buford	Iowa	38	1	38.0	18.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
189	Brett Hundley	UCLA	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
190	Matt Goudis	Miami	37	1	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	—	−1.8
191	Shaun Wick	Wyoming	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
192	Le'Marcus Gibson	Louisiana	36	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
193	Jake Medlock	Florida International	34	1	34.0	14.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
194	Jordan Rodgers	Vanderbilt	34	1	34.0	14.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
195	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	33	1	33.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
196	Niklas Sade	NC State	33	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.9
197	Taysom Hill	BYU	31	1	31.0	11.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
198	Carlos Lopez	Middle Tennessee	29	1	29.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
199	Ryan Katz	San Diego State	29	1	29.0	29.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
200	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	27	1	27.0	27.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
201	Chris Campbell	Southern Miss	24	1	24.0	24.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
202	Brad Craddock	Maryland	23	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	—	−0.2
203	Terrance Broadway	Louisiana	19	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
204	Jeff Driskel	Florida	15	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
205	Michael Rocco	Virginia	13	1	13.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	0.0
206	Turner Petersen	Rice	13	1	13.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1

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