2013 College Net Average in Opponent Territory Leaders

Net average counting only punts that started on the opponent's side of the 50-yard line. There is little room to work with, and every touchback costs 20 net yards, so this is the hardest place to punt well.

Only punters with enough such punts are ranked. In 2013, Steven Clark (36.8) led college football punters in net average in opponent territory, ahead of Logan McPherson (36.1) and Richie Leone (34.7). 45 punters qualify (minimum 12 punts from the opponent's 50 or closer). The median qualified punter had 30.9.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (opp. 50)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Steven Clark	Auburn	36.8	50	42.5	40.9	20	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
2	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	36.1	63	38.0	38.0	21	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
3	Richie Leone	Houston	34.7	63	43.1	42.3	35	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
4	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	34.4	63	44.5	42.5	35	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
5	Tom Hackett	Utah	34.4	76	43.4	41.8	29	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
6	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	33.7	70	42.3	40.3	31	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
7	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	33.4	58	39.9	39.4	27	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
8	Blake Macek	North Texas	33.2	60	40.8	38.8	24	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
9	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	33.1	59	41.6	40.0	25	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
10	Cole Wagner	UConn	33.1	71	39.8	39.0	21	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
11	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	32.6	44	39.8	37.6	19	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
12	Ethan Perry	TCU	32.6	80	40.3	39.3	32	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
13	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	32.4	66	40.5	39.1	28	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
14	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	32.4	69	44.5	42.2	26	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
15	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	31.9	72	42.7	41.3	27	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
16	James Farrimond	Rice	31.9	64	42.4	40.0	16	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
17	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	31.5	62	40.3	37.4	23	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
18	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	31.4	61	42.9	40.9	22	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
19	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	31.3	84	43.7	42.0	29	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
20	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	31.3	44	47.4	44.2	18	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
21	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	31.3	73	40.8	38.4	24	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
22	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	31.2	69	42.0	39.3	25	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
23	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	30.9	68	40.9	38.1	24	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
24	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	30.8	53	39.5	39.4	26	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
25	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	30.8	53	38.6	37.5	19	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
26	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	30.7	68	40.1	39.2	28	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
27	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	30.7	86	39.7	38.3	29	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
28	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	30.6	70	39.5	38.1	31	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
29	Logan Yunker	UNLV	30.5	59	42.1	39.8	18	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
30	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	30.4	56	42.9	40.8	18	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
31	Will Monday	Duke	30.4	69	42.7	40.9	25	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
32	Kris Albarado	USC	30.2	75	37.1	36.0	31	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
33	Hunter Mullins	UAB	30.1	51	43.1	40.0	20	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
34	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	30.1	64	41.9	40.0	17	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
35	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	29.9	46	41.8	39.2	15	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
36	Landon Foster	Kentucky	29.6	68	41.3	39.5	16	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
37	Christian Brinser	Missouri	29.1	61	41.0	39.4	23	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
38	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	29.0	77	39.7	38.1	23	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
39	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	29.0	73	40.2	38.3	21	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
40	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	28.7	72	39.4	37.4	26	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
41	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	28.2	58	36.0	34.3	17	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
42	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	28.1	38	38.3	35.7	16	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
43	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	27.2	80	45.8	42.6	27	34%	14%	29%	+16.5
44	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	26.8	66	43.1	39.8	21	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
45	Scott Arellano	BYU	26.4	74	41.6	38.5	26	41%	15%	23%	+3.0

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