2012 College Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

Read it with net average and points added. In 2012, Alexander Kinal (95) led college football punters in punts, ahead of Tyler Grassman (80) and Cole Wagner (78). 206 punters qualify.

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

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

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