2013 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2013, Zac Murphy (3682) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Trevor Pardula (3668) and Justin Manton (3664). 215 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	3682	79	46.6	43.1	20	26%	13%	21%	+2.3
2	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	3668	84	43.7	42.0	29	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
3	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	3664	80	45.8	42.6	27	34%	14%	29%	+16.5
4	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	3587	75	47.8	46.0	31	45%	9%	32%	+29.6
5	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	3500	85	41.2	39.6	21	25%	8%	44%	−6.5
6	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	3493	84	41.6	39.7	32	38%	10%	28%	+7.1
7	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	3414	86	39.7	38.3	29	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
8	Tom Hackett	Utah	3300	76	43.4	41.8	29	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
9	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	3278	78	42.0	39.6	17	21%	11%	38%	−3.4
10	Ethan Perry	TCU	3225	80	40.3	39.3	32	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
11	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	3218	73	44.1	42.7	26	36%	7%	49%	+10.9
12	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	3094	71	43.6	42.0	25	35%	6%	50%	+3.0
13	Scott Arellano	BYU	3082	74	41.6	38.5	26	41%	15%	23%	+3.0
14	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	3077	72	42.7	41.3	27	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
15	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	3071	69	44.5	42.2	26	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
16	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	3056	77	39.7	38.1	23	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
17	Cody Webster	Purdue	3047	70	43.5	42.9	25	37%	1%	36%	+9.6
18	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	2989	71	42.1	41.0	26	37%	6%	64%	−4.9
19	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	2977	73	40.8	38.4	24	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
20	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	2960	70	42.3	40.3	31	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
21	Cole Leininger	California	2958	69	42.9	41.7	18	26%	3%	51%	+1.0
22	Will Monday	Duke	2945	69	42.7	40.9	25	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
23	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	2937	73	40.2	38.3	21	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
24	Nate Freese	Boston College	2937	70	42.0	39.4	27	39%	13%	47%	+2.7
25	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	2899	69	42.0	39.3	25	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
26	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	2844	66	43.1	39.8	21	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
27	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	2834	72	39.4	37.4	26	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
28	Cole Wagner	UConn	2829	71	39.8	39.0	21	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
29	Wil Baumann	NC State	2824	67	42.1	40.1	22	33%	10%	33%	−0.7
30	Landon Foster	Kentucky	2807	68	41.3	39.5	16	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
31	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	2801	63	44.5	42.5	35	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
32	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	2800	62	45.2	43.3	30	48%	7%	30%	+13.3
33	Zach Paul	Akron	2788	65	42.9	40.5	17	26%	12%	41%	−4.4
34	Kris Albarado	USC	2784	75	37.1	36.0	31	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
35	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	2783	68	40.9	38.1	24	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
36	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	2768	70	39.5	38.1	31	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
37	Anthony Fera	Texas	2758	68	40.6	39.3	28	42%	4%	67%	+3.8
38	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	2728	68	40.1	39.2	28	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
39	Richie Leone	Houston	2717	63	43.1	42.3	35	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
40	James Farrimond	Rice	2713	64	42.4	40.0	16	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
41	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	2687	64	42.0	41.0	20	32%	5%	31%	−4.7
42	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	2683	64	41.9	40.0	17	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
43	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	2673	66	40.5	39.1	28	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
44	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	2626	59	44.5	41.3	24	41%	12%	35%	+3.9
45	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	2616	61	42.9	40.9	22	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
46	Paul Layton	Temple	2609	61	42.8	41.8	26	43%	5%	38%	+10.1
47	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	2605	66	39.5	39.4	18	29%	0%	36%	−20.8
48	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	2596	62	41.9	39.9	27	44%	10%	26%	−1.8
49	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	2572	69	37.3	36.1	17	25%	6%	38%	−21.3
50	Christian Brinser	Missouri	2503	61	41.0	39.4	23	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
51	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	2501	62	40.3	37.4	23	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
52	Will Scott	Troy	2494	56	44.5	43.1	22	39%	7%	32%	+11.1
53	Logan Yunker	UNLV	2483	59	42.1	39.8	18	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
54	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	2457	59	41.6	40.0	25	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
55	Blake Macek	North Texas	2448	60	40.8	38.8	24	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
56	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	2401	56	42.9	40.8	18	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
57	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	2392	63	38.0	38.0	21	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
58	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	2316	58	39.9	39.4	27	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
59	Travis Coons	Washington	2279	56	40.7	40.5	21	38%	2%	49%	+6.1
60	Matt Wile	Michigan	2272	56	40.6	39.9	16	29%	4%	35%	−9.9
61	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	2251	56	40.2	40.2	22	39%	0%	25%	+6.7
62	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	2241	51	43.9	42.4	20	39%	8%	23%	+7.8
63	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	2239	56	40.0	38.8	16	29%	5%	42%	−4.1
64	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	2224	47	47.3	43.9	17	36%	17%	34%	+12.4
65	Hunter Mullins	UAB	2200	51	43.1	40.0	20	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
66	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	2180	54	40.4	38.9	20	37%	7%	27%	+0.1
67	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	2152	47	45.8	44.1	19	40%	9%	37%	+10.2
68	Steven Clark	Auburn	2126	50	42.5	40.9	20	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
69	Erich Toth	Indiana	2110	52	40.6	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+0.7
70	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	2094	51	41.1	40.8	15	31%	2%	17%	−2.1
71	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	2092	53	39.5	39.4	26	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
72	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	2088	58	36.0	34.3	17	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
73	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	2085	44	47.4	44.2	18	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
74	Tyler Williams	Marshall	2082	49	42.5	40.9	11	22%	8%	29%	+3.5
75	Harrison Waid	San José State	2082	48	43.4	40.9	12	25%	13%	19%	−9.2
76	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	2076	47	44.2	41.7	13	27%	13%	27%	−0.9
77	Scott Garber	South Alabama	2075	51	40.7	39.5	18	35%	6%	45%	−1.9
78	Spencer Roth	Baylor	2074	45	46.1	43.4	14	31%	13%	49%	+12.6
79	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	2058	48	42.9	41.8	15	31%	4%	17%	−3.4
80	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	2054	46	44.7	40.5	15	33%	20%	29%	−1.4
81	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	2052	52	39.5	38.7	17	33%	4%	51%	−5.0
82	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	2045	53	38.6	37.5	19	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
83	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	2038	46	44.3	43.9	22	48%	2%	26%	+5.4
84	Kristian Stern	UTSA	2021	50	40.4	39.0	13	25%	4%	52%	−6.9
85	Sean Covington	UCLA	2004	48	41.8	40.5	18	38%	6%	73%	+6.1
86	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	2000	51	39.2	37.6	19	37%	8%	66%	−3.6
87	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	1990	49	40.6	38.0	21	42%	10%	50%	−5.2
88	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	1983	50	39.7	37.1	13	31%	14%	45%	−7.8
89	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	1981	47	42.1	41.7	19	40%	2%	62%	+3.6
90	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	1957	50	39.1	38.8	17	35%	0%	40%	−14.6
91	Mark Krause	Kansas State	1941	47	41.3	39.6	18	38%	9%	50%	+1.9
92	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	1924	46	41.8	39.2	15	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
93	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	1924	45	42.8	41.9	17	38%	4%	56%	+6.5
94	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	1915	44	43.5	42.8	28	65%	5%	58%	+14.4
95	Alex Tardieu	Army	1901	51	37.3	36.6	11	22%	4%	46%	−13.4
96	David Baska	Air Force	1895	48	39.5	37.4	14	28%	6%	62%	−7.3
97	Grant Venham	Ohio	1890	50	37.8	36.0	15	30%	8%	34%	−11.8
98	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	1877	46	40.8	39.5	15	32%	2%	74%	−4.9
99	Will Johnson	Texas State	1805	41	44.0	41.5	20	50%	13%	45%	+7.3
100	Vince Penza	Toledo	1796	44	40.8	40.0	22	51%	5%	33%	−1.1
101	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	1794	42	42.7	39.9	10	26%	16%	27%	−2.4
102	Chris Ayers	Florida International	1771	50	35.4	35.1	7	14%	2%	51%	−19.3
103	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	1752	44	39.8	37.6	19	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
104	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	1735	42	41.3	39.7	7	17%	7%	52%	−2.2
105	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	1733	44	39.4	38.5	8	18%	5%	38%	−11.7
106	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	1717	42	40.9	39.9	16	38%	5%	23%	−2.1
107	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	1671	39	42.8	41.3	13	33%	8%	32%	−0.8
108	Cody Mandell	Alabama	1662	35	47.5	42.8	15	42%	17%	29%	+12.8
109	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	1636	43	38.0	37.6	11	26%	2%	41%	−8.2
110	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	1605	39	41.2	38.6	13	33%	13%	44%	+3.1
111	Pablo Beltran	Navy	1597	38	42.0	39.4	13	34%	13%	28%	−0.6
112	Jake Medlock	Florida International	1574	37	42.5	41.1	11	31%	6%	8%	+2.1
113	Caleb Houston	UCF	1568	37	42.4	40.2	13	38%	15%	24%	+5.7
114	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	1558	35	44.5	42.8	17	49%	9%	54%	+9.1
115	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	1523	38	40.1	39.1	11	28%	0%	57%	−5.1
116	Cason Beatty	Florida State	1468	36	40.8	39.7	14	39%	6%	40%	−5.8
117	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	1457	38	38.3	35.7	16	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
118	Zach Robinson	Texas State	1337	30	44.6	44.4	11	39%	4%	23%	−0.5
119	Jamie Keehn	LSU	1296	33	39.3	38.1	12	36%	6%	36%	−0.7
120	Mike Loftus	SMU	1287	32	40.2	36.9	5	15%	13%	11%	−16.7
121	Collin Barber	Georgia	1279	29	44.1	43.6	9	31%	3%	50%	+7.0
122	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	1266	33	38.4	37.7	14	42%	3%	36%	−1.3
123	John Lloyd	Cincinnati	1227	28	43.8	41.7	10	37%	11%	29%	−1.3
124	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	1220	31	39.4	39.4	15	48%	0%	53%	−3.5
125	Johnny Townsend	Florida	1217	29	42.0	38.5	6	21%	17%	40%	−1.7
126	Trevor Harman	Boise State	1108	26	42.6	41.0	10	37%	0%	67%	+5.1
127	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	1063	25	42.5	40.1	8	32%	12%	41%	+0.1
128	Ruben Guzman	Hawai'i	1040	26	40.0	39.2	4	15%	4%	41%	−4.8
129	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	969	22	44.0	42.4	8	35%	4%	47%	+0.1
130	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	959	23	41.7	40.0	14	61%	9%	40%	+5.2
131	Andrew Horning	Kent State	859	24	35.8	35.0	11	46%	4%	65%	−2.0
132	Chase Hover	SMU	849	24	35.4	34.1	5	22%	4%	29%	−7.1
133	Kyle Christy	Florida	832	21	39.6	36.8	7	33%	14%	56%	−1.7
134	Sean Wale	Boise State	766	19	40.3	40.3	7	37%	0%	23%	+0.6
135	Matthew Moseley	Southern Miss	730	18	40.6	40.9	9	50%	0%	20%	+2.5
136	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	633	18	35.2	35.1	3	18%	0%	44%	−8.7
137	Brendon Kay	Cincinnati	579	15	38.6	33.8	9	56%	25%	0%	0.0
138	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	546	14	39.0	36.1	6	43%	14%	11%	−5.9
139	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	504	12	42.0	41.1	3	30%	0%	17%	−1.2
140	Matt Haack	Arizona State	464	12	38.7	37.0	2	17%	8%	40%	−4.8
141	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	416	11	37.8	36.0	5	45%	9%	30%	−0.3
142	Adam Erickson	Georgia	376	9	41.8	37.3	2	22%	22%	22%	+0.6
143	Matt Green	Ohio	335	8	41.9	43.0	4	57%	0%	20%	+2.2
144	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	320	7	45.7	42.9	2	29%	14%	33%	+0.5
145	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	313	8	39.1	39.3	2	25%	0%	60%	−3.5
146	Wes Concepcion	Washington State	271	8	33.9	31.4	2	25%	13%	86%	−2.7
147	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	247	7	35.3	35.3	2	29%	0%	0%	−5.7
148	Brandon Moss	UTEP	238	6	39.7	38.6	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
149	Alex Wulfeck	Notre Dame	236	7	33.7	30.7	6	86%	14%	43%	+0.4
150	Donald Scott	Eastern Michigan	236	6	39.3	36.0	2	33%	17%	20%	−3.7
151	Garrett Gilbert	SMU	236	6	39.3	29.3	3	50%	50%	0%	+0.2
152	Dom Vizzare	Arizona State	235	6	39.2	39.3	3	50%	0%	67%	−0.6
153	Cole Way	Tulsa	225	6	37.5	32.3	0	0%	0%	75%	−5.5
154	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	223	6	37.2	26.1	3	43%	33%	17%	−2.2
155	Luke Turner	Rice	219	6	36.5	32.7	4	57%	14%	0%	−0.6
156	Derek Carr	Fresno State	203	6	33.8	33.8	5	83%	0%	0%	−0.1
157	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	202	5	40.4	40.4	2	40%	0%	60%	+0.3
158	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	197	6	32.8	34.3	3	43%	14%	40%	−1.5
159	Ty Long	UAB	196	5	39.2	39.2	1	20%	0%	25%	+0.1
160	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	179	4	44.8	44.0	1	33%	33%	0%	+1.1
161	Taylor McHargue	Rice	179	4	44.8	44.8	4	100%	0%	0%	+2.0
162	Richard Montgomery	Idaho	141	3	47.0	40.3	2	67%	33%	33%	+0.7
163	Tim McMullen	Oregon State	124	3	41.3	41.3	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.4
164	Jared Goff	California	121	3	40.3	27.0	1	33%	67%	0%	−0.3
165	Thomas Roberson	Tulsa	120	3	40.0	40.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.1
166	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	118	3	39.3	39.3	3	100%	0%	0%	+1.6
167	Ryan Kay	Troy	113	3	37.7	37.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−0.9
168	Rob Henry	Purdue	111	3	37.0	30.3	2	67%	33%	0%	0.0
169	Nate Carter	BYU	108	3	36.0	36.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.9
170	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	90	3	30.0	31.0	2	50%	0%	0%	−1.6
171	Josh Ward	UTSA	87	3	29.0	39.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.5
172	Chris Wade	Miami (OH)	86	1	86.0	66.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+1.3
173	Grant Hedrick	Boise State	85	3	28.3	30.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
174	Christian Hackenberg	Penn State	85	2	42.5	32.5	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
175	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	84	2	42.0	42.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.3
176	Joey Mangili	North Carolina	83	2	41.5	41.5	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.5
177	Drew Kummer	Miami (OH)	82	3	27.3	27.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.8
178	Austin Taylor	Florida International	76	2	38.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.9
179	Joe Southwick	Boise State	76	2	38.0	38.0	1	50%	0%	50%	0.0
180	Mack Leftwich	UTEP	71	2	35.5	25.5	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
181	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	65	1	65.0	45.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.7
182	Connor Gagnon	Central Michigan	65	1	65.0	45.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.3
183	Michael Reichenstein	Oklahoma State	64	2	32.0	32.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.1
184	Zach Paul	North Texas	60	3	20.0	20.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−1.1
185	David Miller	Georgia State	55	2	27.5	27.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.9
186	Jordan Lynch	Northern Illinois	52	2	26.0	26.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
187	Kenny Allen	Michigan	51	1	51.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
188	Hunter Windmuller	Virginia Tech	49	1	49.0	49.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
189	Taysom Hill	BYU	48	2	24.0	32.3	4	33%	9%	75%	−4.5
190	Sean Galvin	UCF	45	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
191	B.J. Denker	Arizona	44	1	44.0	44.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
192	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	42	1	42.0	42.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
193	Chris Boswell	Rice	42	1	42.0	22.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.1
194	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	41	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	—	−1.8
195	Jameill Showers	UTEP	41	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
196	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	41	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.2
197	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	38	1	38.0	18.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
198	Joseph Treadwell	UL Monroe	38	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
199	Derrius Vick	Ohio	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
200	Noah Beito	California	36	2	18.0	18.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.8
201	Tyler Murphy	Florida	36	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
202	Jake Elliott	Memphis	35	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	—	−3.0
203	Braxton Miller pass incomplete. Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	34	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
204	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	34	1	34.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
205	Dionte Taylor	Illinois	33	1	33.0	13.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
206	Keith Wenning	Ball State	33	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
207	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	32	1	32.0	32.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.7
208	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	31	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.1
209	James Coleman	Virginia	28	1	28.0	28.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
210	Brett Hundley	UCLA	27	1	27.0	27.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
211	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	19	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
212	Tyler Jones	Texas State	18	1	18.0	18.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.9
213	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	9	1	9.0	9.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.0
214	Patton Robinette	Vanderbilt	5	1	5.0	5.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.5
215	Kyle Pohl	Akron	1	1	1.0	1.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0

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