2013 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2013, Austin Rehkow (46.0) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Drew Kaser (44.2) and Ben Skaer (44.1). 121 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 39.8.

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

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

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