2013 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2013, Austin Rehkow (47.8) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Cody Mandell (47.5) and Drew Kaser (47.4). 122 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 41.6.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Avg	Punts	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	47.8	75	46.0	31	45%	9%	32%	+29.6
2	Cody Mandell	Alabama	47.5	35	42.8	15	42%	17%	29%	+12.8
3	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	47.4	44	44.2	18	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
4	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	47.3	47	43.9	17	36%	17%	34%	+12.4
5	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	46.6	79	43.1	20	26%	13%	21%	+2.3
6	Spencer Roth	Baylor	46.1	45	43.4	14	31%	13%	49%	+12.6
7	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	45.8	80	42.6	27	34%	14%	29%	+16.5
8	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	45.8	47	44.1	19	40%	9%	37%	+10.2
9	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	45.2	62	43.3	30	48%	7%	30%	+13.3
10	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	44.7	46	40.5	15	33%	20%	29%	−1.4
11	Zach Robinson	Texas State	44.6	30	44.4	11	39%	4%	23%	−0.5
12	Will Scott	Troy	44.5	56	43.1	22	39%	7%	32%	+11.1
13	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	44.5	35	42.8	17	49%	9%	54%	+9.1
14	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	44.5	59	41.3	24	41%	12%	35%	+3.9
15	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	44.5	69	42.2	26	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
16	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	44.5	63	42.5	35	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
17	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	44.3	46	43.9	22	48%	2%	26%	+5.4
18	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	44.2	47	41.7	13	27%	13%	27%	−0.9
19	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	44.1	73	42.7	26	36%	7%	49%	+10.9
20	Will Johnson	Texas State	44.0	41	41.5	20	50%	13%	45%	+7.3
21	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	43.9	51	42.4	20	39%	8%	23%	+7.8
22	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	43.7	84	42.0	29	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
23	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	43.6	71	42.0	25	35%	6%	50%	+3.0
24	Cody Webster	Purdue	43.5	70	42.9	25	37%	1%	36%	+9.6
25	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	43.5	44	42.8	28	65%	5%	58%	+14.4
26	Tom Hackett	Utah	43.4	76	41.8	29	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
27	Harrison Waid	San José State	43.4	48	40.9	12	25%	13%	19%	−9.2
28	Hunter Mullins	UAB	43.1	51	40.0	20	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
29	Richie Leone	Houston	43.1	63	42.3	35	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
30	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	43.1	66	39.8	21	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
31	Zach Paul	Akron	42.9	65	40.5	17	26%	12%	41%	−4.4
32	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	42.9	61	40.9	22	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
33	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	42.9	56	40.8	18	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
34	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	42.9	48	41.8	15	31%	4%	17%	−3.4
35	Cole Leininger	California	42.9	69	41.7	18	26%	3%	51%	+1.0
36	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	42.8	39	41.3	13	33%	8%	32%	−0.8
37	Paul Layton	Temple	42.8	61	41.8	26	43%	5%	38%	+10.1
38	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	42.8	45	41.9	17	38%	4%	56%	+6.5
39	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	42.7	72	41.3	27	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
40	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	42.7	42	39.9	10	26%	16%	27%	−2.4
41	Will Monday	Duke	42.7	69	40.9	25	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
42	Jake Medlock	Florida International	42.5	37	41.1	11	31%	6%	8%	+2.1
43	Steven Clark	Auburn	42.5	50	40.9	20	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
44	Tyler Williams	Marshall	42.5	49	40.9	11	22%	8%	29%	+3.5
45	James Farrimond	Rice	42.4	64	40.0	16	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
46	Caleb Houston	UCF	42.4	37	40.2	13	38%	15%	24%	+5.7
47	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	42.3	70	40.3	31	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
48	Wil Baumann	NC State	42.1	67	40.1	22	33%	10%	33%	−0.7
49	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	42.1	47	41.7	19	40%	2%	62%	+3.6
50	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	42.1	71	41.0	26	37%	6%	64%	−4.9
51	Logan Yunker	UNLV	42.1	59	39.8	18	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
52	Pablo Beltran	Navy	42.0	38	39.4	13	34%	13%	28%	−0.6
53	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	42.0	78	39.6	17	21%	11%	38%	−3.4
54	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	42.0	69	39.3	25	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
55	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	42.0	64	41.0	20	32%	5%	31%	−4.7
56	Nate Freese	Boston College	42.0	70	39.4	27	39%	13%	47%	+2.7
57	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	41.9	64	40.0	17	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
58	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	41.9	62	39.9	27	44%	10%	26%	−1.8
59	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	41.8	46	39.2	15	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
60	Sean Covington	UCLA	41.8	48	40.5	18	38%	6%	73%	+6.1
61	Scott Arellano	BYU	41.6	74	38.5	26	41%	15%	23%	+3.0
62	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	41.6	59	40.0	25	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
63	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	41.6	84	39.7	32	38%	10%	28%	+7.1
64	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	41.3	42	39.7	7	17%	7%	52%	−2.2
65	Mark Krause	Kansas State	41.3	47	39.6	18	38%	9%	50%	+1.9
66	Landon Foster	Kentucky	41.3	68	39.5	16	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
67	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	41.2	85	39.6	21	25%	8%	44%	−6.5
68	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	41.2	39	38.6	13	33%	13%	44%	+3.1
69	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	41.1	51	40.8	15	31%	2%	17%	−2.1
70	Christian Brinser	Missouri	41.0	61	39.4	23	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
71	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	40.9	68	38.1	24	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
72	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	40.9	42	39.9	16	38%	5%	23%	−2.1
73	Vince Penza	Toledo	40.8	44	40.0	22	51%	5%	33%	−1.1
74	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	40.8	46	39.5	15	32%	2%	74%	−4.9
75	Blake Macek	North Texas	40.8	60	38.8	24	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
76	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	40.8	73	38.4	24	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
77	Cason Beatty	Florida State	40.8	36	39.7	14	39%	6%	40%	−5.8
78	Travis Coons	Washington	40.7	56	40.5	21	38%	2%	49%	+6.1
79	Scott Garber	South Alabama	40.7	51	39.5	18	35%	6%	45%	−1.9
80	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	40.6	49	38.0	21	42%	10%	50%	−5.2
81	Erich Toth	Indiana	40.6	52	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+0.7
82	Matt Wile	Michigan	40.6	56	39.9	16	29%	4%	35%	−9.9
83	Anthony Fera	Texas	40.6	68	39.3	28	42%	4%	67%	+3.8
84	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	40.5	66	39.1	28	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
85	Kristian Stern	UTSA	40.4	50	39.0	13	25%	4%	52%	−6.9
86	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	40.4	54	38.9	20	37%	7%	27%	+0.1
87	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	40.3	62	37.4	23	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
88	Ethan Perry	TCU	40.3	80	39.3	32	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
89	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	40.2	73	38.3	21	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
90	Mike Loftus	SMU	40.2	32	36.9	5	15%	13%	11%	−16.7
91	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	40.2	56	40.2	22	39%	0%	25%	+6.7
92	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	40.1	68	39.2	28	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
93	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	40.1	38	39.1	11	28%	0%	57%	−5.1
94	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	40.0	56	38.8	16	29%	5%	42%	−4.1
95	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	39.9	58	39.4	27	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
96	Cole Wagner	UConn	39.8	71	39.0	21	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
97	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	39.8	44	37.6	19	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
98	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	39.7	86	38.3	29	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
99	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	39.7	77	38.1	23	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
100	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	39.7	50	37.1	13	31%	14%	45%	−7.8
101	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	39.5	70	38.1	31	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
102	David Baska	Air Force	39.5	48	37.4	14	28%	6%	62%	−7.3
103	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	39.5	53	39.4	26	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
104	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	39.5	66	39.4	18	29%	0%	36%	−20.8
105	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	39.5	52	38.7	17	33%	4%	51%	−5.0
106	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	39.4	44	38.5	8	18%	5%	38%	−11.7
107	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	39.4	72	37.4	26	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
108	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	39.4	31	39.4	15	48%	0%	53%	−3.5
109	Jamie Keehn	LSU	39.3	33	38.1	12	36%	6%	36%	−0.7
110	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	39.2	51	37.6	19	37%	8%	66%	−3.6
111	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	39.1	50	38.8	17	35%	0%	40%	−14.6
112	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	38.6	53	37.5	19	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
113	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	38.4	33	37.7	14	42%	3%	36%	−1.3
114	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	38.3	38	35.7	16	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
115	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	38.0	43	37.6	11	26%	2%	41%	−8.2
116	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	38.0	63	38.0	21	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
117	Grant Venham	Ohio	37.8	50	36.0	15	30%	8%	34%	−11.8
118	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	37.3	69	36.1	17	25%	6%	38%	−21.3
119	Alex Tardieu	Army	37.3	51	36.6	11	22%	4%	46%	−13.4
120	Kris Albarado	USC	37.1	75	36.0	31	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
121	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	36.0	58	34.3	17	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
122	Chris Ayers	Florida International	35.4	50	35.1	7	14%	2%	51%	−19.3

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