2013 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2013 regular season (at least 30), ranked by punt points added. 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.

Final 2013 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2013 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

Austin Rehkow (Idaho): 47.8 75 punts
Cody Mandell (Alabama): 47.5 35 punts
Drew Kaser (Texas A&M): 47.4 44 punts
Pat O'Donnell (Miami): 47.3 47 punts
Zac Murphy (Miami (OH)): 46.6 79 punts

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Net Punting Average

Austin Rehkow (Idaho): 46.0 75 punts
Drew Kaser (Texas A&M): 44.2 44 punts
Ben Skaer (New Mexico): 44.1 47 punts
Pat O'Donnell (Miami): 43.9 47 punts
Sam Irwin-Hill (Arkansas): 43.9 46 punts

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Inside the 20 Percentage

Cameron Johnston (Ohio State): 65.1% 28 of 44
Michael Palardy (Tennessee): 55.6% 35 of 63
Richie Leone (Houston): 55.6% 35 of 63
Vince Penza (Toledo): 51.2% 22 of 44
Will Johnson (Texas State): 50.0% 20 of 41

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Longest Punts

Chris Wade (Miami (OH)): 86 yds
Zac Murphy (Miami (OH)): 84 yds
Matt Hubbard (Georgia State): 80 yds
Tom Hornsey (Memphis): 79 yds
Sam Irwin-Hill (Arkansas): 79 yds

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Punt Points Added

Austin Rehkow (Idaho): +29.6 75 punts
Richie Leone (Houston): +18.0 63 punts
Justin Manton (UL Monroe): +16.5 80 punts
Tom Hackett (Utah): +16.2 76 punts
Michael Palardy (Tennessee): +16.0 63 punts

Full Punt Points Added leaderboard

Fair Catch Percentage

Tyler Wedel (Northern Illinois): 74.2% 23 of 46
Sean Covington (UCLA): 72.7% 24 of 48
Bradley Pinion (Clemson): 71.1% 27 of 53
Anthony Fera (Texas): 66.7% 36 of 68
Alex Butterworth (Penn State): 65.9% 27 of 51

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Logan McPherson (Louisiana Tech): 0.0% 0 of 63
Bradley Pinion (Clemson): 0.0% 0 of 53
Scott Harding (Hawai'i): 0.0% 0 of 56
Mike Bowlin (Washington State): 0.0% 0 of 50
Hendrix Brakefield (Western Kentucky): 0.0% 0 of 31

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Bradley Pinion (Clemson): +5.1 0 TB on 53 punts
Logan McPherson (Louisiana Tech): +4.8 0 TB on 63 punts
Kris Albarado (USC): +3.7 4 TB on 75 punts
Travis Coons (Washington): +3.7 1 TB on 56 punts
Mike Bowlin (Washington State): +3.6 0 TB on 50 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Alexander Kinal (Wake Forest): 0.0 0 yards
Alec Vozenilek (Virginia): 0.0 0 yards
Kirby Van Der Kamp (Iowa State): 0.0 0 yards
Trevor Pardula (Kansas): 0.0 0 yards
Ethan Perry (TCU): 0.0 0 yards

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Opponent Starting Field Position

Cameron Johnston (Ohio State): 16.3 44 punts
Will Johnson (Texas State): 18.0 41 punts
Michael Palardy (Tennessee): 19.1 63 punts
Drew Kaser (Texas A&M): 19.7 44 punts
Cody Mandell (Alabama): 19.8 35 punts

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Net Average in Opponent Territory

Steven Clark (Auburn): 36.8 13 punts
Logan McPherson (Louisiana Tech): 36.1 13 punts
Richie Leone (Houston): 34.7 15 punts
Michael Palardy (Tennessee): 34.4 18 punts
Tom Hackett (Utah): 34.4 14 punts

Full Net Average in Opponent Territory leaderboard

Net Average in Wind

Drew Kaser (Texas A&M): 47.4 11 punts
Cameron Johnston (Ohio State): 46.3 15 punts
Pat O'Donnell (Miami): 46.0 20 punts
Caleb Houston (UCF): 45.9 14 punts
Anthony Melchiori (Kent State): 44.5 10 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2013 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

121 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	75	47.8	46.0	31	45%	9%	32%	+29.6
2	Richie Leone	Houston	63	43.1	42.3	35	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
3	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	80	45.8	42.6	27	34%	14%	29%	+16.5
4	Tom Hackett	Utah	76	43.4	41.8	29	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
5	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	63	44.5	42.5	35	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
6	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	44	43.5	42.8	28	65%	5%	58%	+14.4
7	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	62	45.2	43.3	30	48%	7%	30%	+13.3
8	Cody Mandell	Alabama	35	47.5	42.8	15	42%	17%	29%	+12.8
9	Spencer Roth	Baylor	45	46.1	43.4	14	31%	13%	49%	+12.6
10	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	47	47.3	43.9	17	36%	17%	34%	+12.4
11	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	72	42.7	41.3	27	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
12	Will Scott	Troy	56	44.5	43.1	22	39%	7%	32%	+11.1
13	Hunter Mullins	UAB	51	43.1	40.0	20	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
14	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	73	44.1	42.7	26	36%	7%	49%	+10.9
15	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	47	45.8	44.1	19	40%	9%	37%	+10.2
16	Paul Layton	Temple	61	42.8	41.8	26	43%	5%	38%	+10.1
17	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	44	47.4	44.2	18	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
18	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	69	44.5	42.2	26	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
19	Cody Webster	Purdue	70	43.5	42.9	25	37%	1%	36%	+9.6
20	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	61	42.9	40.9	22	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
21	Will Monday	Duke	69	42.7	40.9	25	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
22	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	35	44.5	42.8	17	49%	9%	54%	+9.1
23	Steven Clark	Auburn	50	42.5	40.9	20	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
24	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	51	43.9	42.4	20	39%	8%	23%	+7.8
25	Will Johnson	Texas State	41	44.0	41.5	20	50%	13%	45%	+7.3
26	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	84	41.6	39.7	32	38%	10%	28%	+7.1
27	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	56	40.2	40.2	22	39%	0%	25%	+6.7
28	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	45	42.8	41.9	17	38%	4%	56%	+6.5
29	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	84	43.7	42.0	29	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
30	Sean Covington	UCLA	48	41.8	40.5	18	38%	6%	73%	+6.1
31	Travis Coons	Washington	56	40.7	40.5	21	38%	2%	49%	+6.1
32	Caleb Houston	UCF	37	42.4	40.2	13	38%	15%	24%	+5.7
33	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	46	44.3	43.9	22	48%	2%	26%	+5.4
34	Ethan Perry	TCU	80	40.3	39.3	32	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
35	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	70	42.3	40.3	31	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
36	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	59	44.5	41.3	24	41%	12%	35%	+3.9
37	Anthony Fera	Texas	68	40.6	39.3	28	42%	4%	67%	+3.8
38	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	47	42.1	41.7	19	40%	2%	62%	+3.6
39	Tyler Williams	Marshall	49	42.5	40.9	11	22%	8%	29%	+3.5
40	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	39	41.2	38.6	13	33%	13%	44%	+3.1
41	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	71	43.6	42.0	25	35%	6%	50%	+3.0
42	Scott Arellano	BYU	74	41.6	38.5	26	41%	15%	23%	+3.0
43	Nate Freese	Boston College	70	42.0	39.4	27	39%	13%	47%	+2.7
44	Christian Brinser	Missouri	61	41.0	39.4	23	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
45	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	70	39.5	38.1	31	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
46	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	79	46.6	43.1	20	26%	13%	21%	+2.3
47	Jake Medlock	Florida International	37	42.5	41.1	11	31%	6%	8%	+2.1
48	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	44	39.8	37.6	19	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
49	Mark Krause	Kansas State	47	41.3	39.6	18	38%	9%	50%	+1.9
50	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	59	41.6	40.0	25	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
51	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	46	41.8	39.2	15	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
52	Blake Macek	North Texas	60	40.8	38.8	24	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
53	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	58	39.9	39.4	27	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
54	Cole Leininger	California	69	42.9	41.7	18	26%	3%	51%	+1.0
55	Erich Toth	Indiana	52	40.6	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+0.7
56	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	53	39.5	39.4	26	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
57	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	54	40.4	38.9	20	37%	7%	27%	+0.1
58	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	68	40.1	39.2	28	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
59	James Farrimond	Rice	64	42.4	40.0	16	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
60	Pablo Beltran	Navy	38	42.0	39.4	13	34%	13%	28%	−0.6
61	Jamie Keehn	LSU	33	39.3	38.1	12	36%	6%	36%	−0.7
62	Wil Baumann	NC State	67	42.1	40.1	22	33%	10%	33%	−0.7
63	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	39	42.8	41.3	13	33%	8%	32%	−0.8
64	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	47	44.2	41.7	13	27%	13%	27%	−0.9
65	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	66	43.1	39.8	21	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
66	Vince Penza	Toledo	44	40.8	40.0	22	51%	5%	33%	−1.1
67	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	66	40.5	39.1	28	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
68	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	33	38.4	37.7	14	42%	3%	36%	−1.3
69	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	46	44.7	40.5	15	33%	20%	29%	−1.4
70	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	73	40.8	38.4	24	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
71	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	64	41.9	40.0	17	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
72	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	56	42.9	40.8	18	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
73	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	69	42.0	39.3	25	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
74	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	62	41.9	39.9	27	44%	10%	26%	−1.8
75	Scott Garber	South Alabama	51	40.7	39.5	18	35%	6%	45%	−1.9
76	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	51	41.1	40.8	15	31%	2%	17%	−2.1
77	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	42	40.9	39.9	16	38%	5%	23%	−2.1
78	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	42	41.3	39.7	7	17%	7%	52%	−2.2
79	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	42	42.7	39.9	10	26%	16%	27%	−2.4
80	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	68	40.9	38.1	24	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
81	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	38	38.3	35.7	16	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
82	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	78	42.0	39.6	17	21%	11%	38%	−3.4
83	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	48	42.9	41.8	15	31%	4%	17%	−3.4
84	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	31	39.4	39.4	15	48%	0%	53%	−3.5
85	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	51	39.2	37.6	19	37%	8%	66%	−3.6
86	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	56	40.0	38.8	16	29%	5%	42%	−4.1
87	Zach Paul	Akron	65	42.9	40.5	17	26%	12%	41%	−4.4
88	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	62	40.3	37.4	23	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
89	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	64	42.0	41.0	20	32%	5%	31%	−4.7
90	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	72	39.4	37.4	26	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
91	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	46	40.8	39.5	15	32%	2%	74%	−4.9
92	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	71	42.1	41.0	26	37%	6%	64%	−4.9
93	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	52	39.5	38.7	17	33%	4%	51%	−5.0
94	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	38	40.1	39.1	11	28%	0%	57%	−5.1
95	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	49	40.6	38.0	21	42%	10%	50%	−5.2
96	Cason Beatty	Florida State	36	40.8	39.7	14	39%	6%	40%	−5.8
97	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	63	38.0	38.0	21	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
98	Landon Foster	Kentucky	68	41.3	39.5	16	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
99	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	85	41.2	39.6	21	25%	8%	44%	−6.5
100	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	77	39.7	38.1	23	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
101	Logan Yunker	UNLV	59	42.1	39.8	18	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
102	Kristian Stern	UTSA	50	40.4	39.0	13	25%	4%	52%	−6.9
103	David Baska	Air Force	48	39.5	37.4	14	28%	6%	62%	−7.3
104	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	50	39.7	37.1	13	31%	14%	45%	−7.8
105	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	53	38.6	37.5	19	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
106	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	43	38.0	37.6	11	26%	2%	41%	−8.2
107	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	73	40.2	38.3	21	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
108	Harrison Waid	San José State	48	43.4	40.9	12	25%	13%	19%	−9.2
109	Kris Albarado	USC	75	37.1	36.0	31	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
110	Matt Wile	Michigan	56	40.6	39.9	16	29%	4%	35%	−9.9
111	Cole Wagner	UConn	71	39.8	39.0	21	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
112	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	86	39.7	38.3	29	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
113	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	44	39.4	38.5	8	18%	5%	38%	−11.7
114	Grant Venham	Ohio	50	37.8	36.0	15	30%	8%	34%	−11.8
115	Alex Tardieu	Army	51	37.3	36.6	11	22%	4%	46%	−13.4
116	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	58	36.0	34.3	17	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
117	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	50	39.1	38.8	17	35%	0%	40%	−14.6
118	Mike Loftus	SMU	32	40.2	36.9	5	15%	13%	11%	−16.7
119	Chris Ayers	Florida International	50	35.4	35.1	7	14%	2%	51%	−19.3
120	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	66	39.5	39.4	18	29%	0%	36%	−20.8
121	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	69	37.3	36.1	17	25%	6%	38%	−21.3

Ranked by points added: each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot, summed (for college, expected points come from field position, since the source has no expected-points value on punts). Net subtracts return yards and 20 for touchbacks. TB % and FC % are shares of punts that were not blocked. Hang time is not recorded in public play-by-play, so fair-catch rate stands in for it. 33% of 2013 college punts have no outcome in the source play text. They are counted as not returned and left out of the fair catch, out of bounds, downed and return percentages. Minimum 30 punts.

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