2013 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2013, Cameron Johnston (16.3) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Will Johnson (18.0) and Michael Palardy (19.1). 121 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 24.7.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	16.3	44	43.5	42.8	28	65%	5%	58%	+14.4
2	Will Johnson	Texas State	18.0	41	44.0	41.5	20	50%	13%	45%	+7.3
3	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	19.1	63	44.5	42.5	35	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
4	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	19.7	44	47.4	44.2	18	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
5	Cody Mandell	Alabama	19.8	35	47.5	42.8	15	42%	17%	29%	+12.8
6	Vince Penza	Toledo	20.0	44	40.8	40.0	22	51%	5%	33%	−1.1
7	Caleb Houston	UCF	20.4	37	42.4	40.2	13	38%	15%	24%	+5.7
8	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	20.4	47	45.8	44.1	19	40%	9%	37%	+10.2
9	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	20.7	70	42.3	40.3	31	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
10	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	20.9	31	39.4	39.4	15	48%	0%	53%	−3.5
11	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	21.0	59	44.5	41.3	24	41%	12%	35%	+3.9
12	Richie Leone	Houston	21.2	63	43.1	42.3	35	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
13	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	21.3	75	47.8	46.0	31	45%	9%	32%	+29.6
14	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	21.4	47	47.3	43.9	17	36%	17%	34%	+12.4
15	Scott Arellano	BYU	21.7	74	41.6	38.5	26	41%	15%	23%	+3.0
16	Blake Macek	North Texas	21.8	60	40.8	38.8	24	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
17	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	21.9	62	45.2	43.3	30	48%	7%	30%	+13.3
18	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	22.0	47	42.1	41.7	19	40%	2%	62%	+3.6
19	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	22.0	61	42.9	40.9	22	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
20	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	22.0	44	39.8	37.6	19	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
21	Steven Clark	Auburn	22.1	50	42.5	40.9	20	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
22	Hunter Mullins	UAB	22.1	51	43.1	40.0	20	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
23	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	22.2	35	44.5	42.8	17	49%	9%	54%	+9.1
24	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	22.3	46	44.3	43.9	22	48%	2%	26%	+5.4
25	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	22.4	38	38.3	35.7	16	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
26	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	22.4	58	39.9	39.4	27	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
27	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	22.5	72	42.7	41.3	27	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
28	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	22.7	42	40.9	39.9	16	38%	5%	23%	−2.1
29	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	22.8	51	43.9	42.4	20	39%	8%	23%	+7.8
30	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	22.8	53	39.5	39.4	26	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
31	James Farrimond	Rice	22.9	64	42.4	40.0	16	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
32	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	23.0	68	40.1	39.2	28	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
33	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	23.0	79	46.6	43.1	20	26%	13%	21%	+2.3
34	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	23.1	49	40.6	38.0	21	42%	10%	50%	−5.2
35	Will Scott	Troy	23.1	56	44.5	43.1	22	39%	7%	32%	+11.1
36	Spencer Roth	Baylor	23.2	45	46.1	43.4	14	31%	13%	49%	+12.6
37	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	23.3	73	44.1	42.7	26	36%	7%	49%	+10.9
38	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	23.3	59	41.6	40.0	25	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
39	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	23.4	69	44.5	42.2	26	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
40	Paul Layton	Temple	23.4	61	42.8	41.8	26	43%	5%	38%	+10.1
41	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	23.5	71	42.1	41.0	26	37%	6%	64%	−4.9
42	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	23.5	62	40.3	37.4	23	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
43	Will Monday	Duke	23.6	69	42.7	40.9	25	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
44	Sean Covington	UCLA	23.7	48	41.8	40.5	18	38%	6%	73%	+6.1
45	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	23.7	66	40.5	39.1	28	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
46	Erich Toth	Indiana	23.8	52	40.6	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+0.7
47	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	23.8	47	44.2	41.7	13	27%	13%	27%	−0.9
48	Pablo Beltran	Navy	23.8	38	42.0	39.4	13	34%	13%	28%	−0.6
49	Christian Brinser	Missouri	23.9	61	41.0	39.4	23	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
50	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	23.9	56	42.9	40.8	18	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
51	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	23.9	62	41.9	39.9	27	44%	10%	26%	−1.8
52	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	24.0	46	41.8	39.2	15	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
53	Cason Beatty	Florida State	24.1	36	40.8	39.7	14	39%	6%	40%	−5.8
54	Ethan Perry	TCU	24.1	80	40.3	39.3	32	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
55	Scott Garber	South Alabama	24.1	51	40.7	39.5	18	35%	6%	45%	−1.9
56	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	24.3	66	43.1	39.8	21	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
57	Cody Webster	Purdue	24.4	70	43.5	42.9	25	37%	1%	36%	+9.6
58	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	24.4	56	40.2	40.2	22	39%	0%	25%	+6.7
59	Travis Coons	Washington	24.5	56	40.7	40.5	21	38%	2%	49%	+6.1
60	Nate Freese	Boston College	24.5	70	42.0	39.4	27	39%	13%	47%	+2.7
61	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	24.7	80	45.8	42.6	27	34%	14%	29%	+16.5
62	Zach Paul	Akron	24.7	65	42.9	40.5	17	26%	12%	41%	−4.4
63	Logan Yunker	UNLV	24.7	59	42.1	39.8	18	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
64	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	24.8	42	42.7	39.9	10	26%	16%	27%	−2.4
65	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	24.8	73	40.8	38.4	24	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
66	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	24.8	33	38.4	37.7	14	42%	3%	36%	−1.3
67	Kris Albarado	USC	24.9	75	37.1	36.0	31	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
68	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	24.9	46	44.7	40.5	15	33%	20%	29%	−1.4
69	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	24.9	51	39.2	37.6	19	37%	8%	66%	−3.6
70	Tom Hackett	Utah	25.0	76	43.4	41.8	29	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
71	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	25.1	71	43.6	42.0	25	35%	6%	50%	+3.0
72	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	25.1	69	42.0	39.3	25	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
73	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	25.3	84	43.7	42.0	29	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
74	Jamie Keehn	LSU	25.3	33	39.3	38.1	12	36%	6%	36%	−0.7
75	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	25.3	64	41.9	40.0	17	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
76	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	25.3	70	39.5	38.1	31	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
77	Wil Baumann	NC State	25.4	67	42.1	40.1	22	33%	10%	33%	−0.7
78	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	25.4	84	41.6	39.7	32	38%	10%	28%	+7.1
79	Cole Leininger	California	25.5	69	42.9	41.7	18	26%	3%	51%	+1.0
80	Anthony Fera	Texas	25.5	68	40.6	39.3	28	42%	4%	67%	+3.8
81	Jake Medlock	Florida International	25.5	37	42.5	41.1	11	31%	6%	8%	+2.1
82	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	25.6	72	39.4	37.4	26	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
83	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	25.6	39	41.2	38.6	13	33%	13%	44%	+3.1
84	Tyler Williams	Marshall	25.7	49	42.5	40.9	11	22%	8%	29%	+3.5
85	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	25.8	45	42.8	41.9	17	38%	4%	56%	+6.5
86	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	25.8	68	40.9	38.1	24	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
87	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	25.8	39	42.8	41.3	13	33%	8%	32%	−0.8
88	Kristian Stern	UTSA	25.8	50	40.4	39.0	13	25%	4%	52%	−6.9
89	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	25.9	46	40.8	39.5	15	32%	2%	74%	−4.9
90	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	26.1	38	40.1	39.1	11	28%	0%	57%	−5.1
91	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	26.1	64	42.0	41.0	20	32%	5%	31%	−4.7
92	Mark Krause	Kansas State	26.2	47	41.3	39.6	18	38%	9%	50%	+1.9
93	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	26.3	86	39.7	38.3	29	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
94	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	26.3	56	40.0	38.8	16	29%	5%	42%	−4.1
95	Landon Foster	Kentucky	26.5	68	41.3	39.5	16	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
96	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	26.5	54	40.4	38.9	20	37%	7%	27%	+0.1
97	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	26.5	85	41.2	39.6	21	25%	8%	44%	−6.5
98	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	26.6	53	38.6	37.5	19	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
99	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	26.7	52	39.5	38.7	17	33%	4%	51%	−5.0
100	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	26.9	78	42.0	39.6	17	21%	11%	38%	−3.4
101	Cole Wagner	UConn	27.1	71	39.8	39.0	21	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
102	Harrison Waid	San José State	27.3	48	43.4	40.9	12	25%	13%	19%	−9.2
103	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	27.3	50	39.1	38.8	17	35%	0%	40%	−14.6
104	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	27.3	50	39.7	37.1	13	31%	14%	45%	−7.8
105	Grant Venham	Ohio	27.7	50	37.8	36.0	15	30%	8%	34%	−11.8
106	David Baska	Air Force	27.7	48	39.5	37.4	14	28%	6%	62%	−7.3
107	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	27.8	63	38.0	38.0	21	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
108	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	27.8	66	39.5	39.4	18	29%	0%	36%	−20.8
109	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	27.9	48	42.9	41.8	15	31%	4%	17%	−3.4
110	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	28.1	44	39.4	38.5	8	18%	5%	38%	−11.7
111	Matt Wile	Michigan	28.1	56	40.6	39.9	16	29%	4%	35%	−9.9
112	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	28.4	58	36.0	34.3	17	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
113	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	28.8	42	41.3	39.7	7	17%	7%	52%	−2.2
114	Alex Tardieu	Army	28.8	51	37.3	36.6	11	22%	4%	46%	−13.4
115	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	29.1	73	40.2	38.3	21	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
116	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	29.2	77	39.7	38.1	23	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
117	Mike Loftus	SMU	29.5	32	40.2	36.9	5	15%	13%	11%	−16.7
118	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	29.9	51	41.1	40.8	15	31%	2%	17%	−2.1
119	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	30.8	43	38.0	37.6	11	26%	2%	41%	−8.2
120	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	31.3	69	37.3	36.1	17	25%	6%	38%	−21.3
121	Chris Ayers	Florida International	32.3	50	35.4	35.1	7	14%	2%	51%	−19.3

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