2013 College Return Yards Allowed per Punt Leaders
Total return yards allowed divided by every punt that was not blocked, so a fair catch or an out-of-bounds punt counts as zero. College punts whose play text records no outcome are left out. It is the fairest single measure of how much a returner gets to work with.
Lowest comes first. Coverage teams share the credit. In 2013, Alexander Kinal (0.0) topped college football punters in return yards allowed per punt, ahead of Alec Vozenilek (0.0) and Kirby Van Der Kamp (0.0). 121 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 0.0.
Final 2013 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.
| Rk | Player | Team | Ret yds/punt | Punts | Avg | Net | In 20 | In 20 % | TB % | FC % | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Kinal | Wake Forest | 0.0 | 86 | 39.7 | 38.3 | 29 | 34% | 7% | 49% | −10.3 |
| 2 | Alec Vozenilek | Virginia | 0.0 | 85 | 41.2 | 39.6 | 21 | 25% | 8% | 44% | −6.5 |
| 3 | Kirby Van Der Kamp | Iowa State | 0.0 | 84 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 32 | 38% | 10% | 28% | +7.1 |
| 4 | Trevor Pardula | Kansas | 0.0 | 84 | 43.7 | 42.0 | 29 | 35% | 8% | 22% | +6.3 |
| 5 | Ethan Perry | TCU | 0.0 | 80 | 40.3 | 39.3 | 32 | 40% | 5% | 49% | +4.5 |
| 6 | Justin Manton | UL Monroe | 0.0 | 80 | 45.8 | 42.6 | 27 | 34% | 14% | 29% | +16.5 |
| 7 | Matt Hubbard | Georgia State | 0.0 | 78 | 42.0 | 39.6 | 17 | 21% | 11% | 38% | −3.4 |
| 8 | Zac Murphy | Miami (OH) | 0.0 | 79 | 46.6 | 43.1 | 20 | 26% | 13% | 21% | +2.3 |
| 9 | J. Schroeder | Western Michigan | 0.0 | 77 | 39.7 | 38.1 | 23 | 30% | 8% | 41% | −6.6 |
| 10 | Tom Hackett | Utah | 0.0 | 76 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 29 | 38% | 8% | 31% | +16.2 |
| 11 | Kris Albarado | USC | 0.0 | 75 | 37.1 | 36.0 | 31 | 41% | 5% | 43% | −9.5 |
| 12 | Nick O'Toole | West Virginia | 0.0 | 73 | 44.1 | 42.7 | 26 | 36% | 7% | 49% | +10.9 |
| 13 | Cayle Chapman-Brown | New Mexico State | 0.0 | 71 | 43.6 | 42.0 | 25 | 35% | 6% | 50% | +3.0 |
| 14 | Kaleb Smith | Oklahoma State | 0.0 | 72 | 39.4 | 37.4 | 26 | 36% | 10% | 48% | −4.8 |
| 15 | Riley Dixon | Syracuse | 0.0 | 71 | 42.1 | 41.0 | 26 | 37% | 6% | 64% | −4.9 |
| 16 | Cole Leininger | California | 0.0 | 69 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 18 | 26% | 3% | 51% | +1.0 |
| 17 | Cole Wagner | UConn | 0.0 | 71 | 39.8 | 39.0 | 21 | 30% | 4% | 49% | −10.1 |
| 18 | Jaron Bentrude | Utah State | 0.0 | 70 | 39.5 | 38.1 | 31 | 44% | 7% | 63% | +2.4 |
| 19 | Mattias Ciabatti | South Florida | 0.0 | 73 | 40.2 | 38.3 | 21 | 30% | 9% | 37% | −9.0 |
| 20 | Nate Freese | Boston College | 0.0 | 70 | 42.0 | 39.4 | 27 | 39% | 13% | 47% | +2.7 |
| 21 | Peter Picerelli | Tulane | 0.0 | 73 | 40.8 | 38.4 | 24 | 34% | 7% | 41% | −1.4 |
| 22 | A.J. Hughes | Virginia Tech | 0.0 | 69 | 44.5 | 42.2 | 26 | 38% | 12% | 31% | +9.6 |
| 23 | Austin Rehkow | Idaho | 0.0 | 75 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 31 | 45% | 9% | 32% | +29.6 |
| 24 | Colter Johnson | Massachusetts | 0.0 | 69 | 37.3 | 36.1 | 17 | 25% | 6% | 38% | −21.3 |
| 25 | Mike Sadler | Michigan State | 0.0 | 70 | 42.3 | 40.3 | 31 | 45% | 10% | 34% | +4.2 |
| 26 | Sean Kelly | Florida Atlantic | 0.0 | 72 | 42.7 | 41.3 | 27 | 39% | 7% | 50% | +11.1 |
| 27 | Will Monday | Duke | 0.0 | 69 | 42.7 | 40.9 | 25 | 36% | 9% | 18% | +9.4 |
| 28 | Cody Webster | Purdue | 0.0 | 70 | 43.5 | 42.9 | 25 | 37% | 1% | 36% | +9.6 |
| 29 | Ethan Wood | Wyoming | 0.0 | 69 | 42.0 | 39.3 | 25 | 37% | 12% | 8% | −1.8 |
| 30 | Nathan Renfro | Maryland | 0.0 | 68 | 40.9 | 38.1 | 24 | 35% | 13% | 37% | −2.4 |
| 31 | Tyler Grassman | Buffalo | 0.0 | 68 | 40.1 | 39.2 | 28 | 41% | 4% | 28% | −0.4 |
| 32 | Anthony Fera | Texas | 0.0 | 68 | 40.6 | 39.3 | 28 | 42% | 4% | 67% | +3.8 |
| 33 | Landon Foster | Kentucky | 0.0 | 68 | 41.3 | 39.5 | 16 | 24% | 9% | 36% | −6.5 |
| 34 | Matt Yoklic | Pittsburgh | 0.0 | 66 | 43.1 | 39.8 | 21 | 31% | 14% | 41% | −1.0 |
| 35 | Wil Baumann | NC State | 0.0 | 67 | 42.1 | 40.1 | 22 | 33% | 10% | 33% | −0.7 |
| 36 | Darragh O'Neill | Colorado | 0.0 | 66 | 40.5 | 39.1 | 28 | 42% | 6% | 33% | −1.2 |
| 37 | Zach Paul | Akron | 0.0 | 65 | 42.9 | 40.5 | 17 | 26% | 12% | 41% | −4.4 |
| 38 | Sam Foltz | Nebraska | 0.0 | 64 | 41.9 | 40.0 | 17 | 27% | 9% | 26% | −1.4 |
| 39 | Dalton Parks | Tulsa | 0.0 | 66 | 39.5 | 39.4 | 18 | 29% | 0% | 36% | −20.8 |
| 40 | Hayden Hunt | Colorado State | 0.0 | 64 | 42.0 | 41.0 | 20 | 32% | 5% | 31% | −4.7 |
| 41 | James Farrimond | Rice | 0.0 | 64 | 42.4 | 40.0 | 16 | 25% | 13% | 34% | −0.4 |
| 42 | Logan McPherson | Louisiana Tech | 0.0 | 63 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 21 | 33% | 0% | 25% | −6.1 |
| 43 | Michael Palardy | Tennessee | 0.0 | 63 | 44.5 | 42.5 | 35 | 56% | 10% | 24% | +16.0 |
| 44 | Richie Leone | Houston | 0.0 | 63 | 43.1 | 42.3 | 35 | 56% | 5% | 57% | +18.0 |
| 45 | Scott Arellano | BYU | 0.0 | 74 | 41.6 | 38.5 | 26 | 41% | 15% | 23% | +3.0 |
| 46 | Josh Davis | Middle Tennessee | 0.0 | 62 | 41.9 | 39.9 | 27 | 44% | 10% | 26% | −1.8 |
| 47 | Nick Marsh | Rutgers | 0.0 | 62 | 40.3 | 37.4 | 23 | 37% | 15% | 40% | −4.5 |
| 48 | Tom Hornsey | Memphis | 0.0 | 62 | 45.2 | 43.3 | 30 | 48% | 7% | 30% | +13.3 |
| 49 | Christian Brinser | Missouri | 0.0 | 61 | 41.0 | 39.4 | 23 | 38% | 8% | 35% | +2.5 |
| 50 | Tommy Hibbard | North Carolina | 0.0 | 61 | 42.9 | 40.9 | 22 | 36% | 10% | 21% | +9.4 |
| 51 | Blake Macek | North Texas | 0.0 | 60 | 40.8 | 38.8 | 24 | 40% | 10% | 38% | +1.9 |
| 52 | Paul Layton | Temple | 0.0 | 61 | 42.8 | 41.8 | 26 | 43% | 5% | 38% | +10.1 |
| 53 | Chase Tenpenny | Nevada | 0.0 | 59 | 44.5 | 41.3 | 24 | 41% | 12% | 35% | +3.9 |
| 54 | Jed Barnett | Oklahoma | 0.0 | 59 | 41.6 | 40.0 | 25 | 42% | 8% | 45% | +1.9 |
| 55 | Logan Yunker | UNLV | 0.0 | 59 | 42.1 | 39.8 | 18 | 31% | 12% | 26% | −6.7 |
| 56 | Brandon Williams | Northwestern | 0.0 | 58 | 36.0 | 34.3 | 17 | 29% | 9% | 49% | −14.1 |
| 57 | Connor Kornbrath | Iowa | 0.0 | 58 | 39.9 | 39.4 | 27 | 47% | 3% | 38% | +1.3 |
| 58 | Peter Mortell | Minnesota | 0.0 | 56 | 42.9 | 40.8 | 18 | 32% | 11% | 35% | −1.5 |
| 59 | Matt Wile | Michigan | 0.0 | 56 | 40.6 | 39.9 | 16 | 29% | 4% | 35% | −9.9 |
| 60 | Mike Ruggles | UTEP | 0.0 | 56 | 40.0 | 38.8 | 16 | 29% | 5% | 42% | −4.1 |
| 61 | Scott Harding | Hawai'i | 0.0 | 56 | 40.2 | 40.2 | 22 | 39% | 0% | 25% | +6.7 |
| 62 | Travis Coons | Washington | 0.0 | 56 | 40.7 | 40.5 | 21 | 38% | 2% | 49% | +6.1 |
| 63 | Will Scott | Troy | 0.0 | 56 | 44.5 | 43.1 | 22 | 39% | 7% | 32% | +11.1 |
| 64 | Drew Riggleman | Arizona | 0.0 | 54 | 40.4 | 38.9 | 20 | 37% | 7% | 27% | +0.1 |
| 65 | Bradley Pinion | Clemson | 0.0 | 53 | 39.5 | 39.4 | 26 | 49% | 0% | 71% | +0.3 |
| 66 | Drew Meyer | Wisconsin | 0.0 | 53 | 38.6 | 37.5 | 19 | 36% | 6% | 38% | −8.1 |
| 67 | Erich Toth | Indiana | 0.0 | 52 | 40.6 | 39.4 | 19 | 37% | 6% | 45% | +0.7 |
| 68 | Joel Alesi | San Diego State | 0.0 | 52 | 39.5 | 38.7 | 17 | 33% | 4% | 51% | −5.0 |
| 69 | Alex Butterworth | Penn State | 0.0 | 51 | 39.2 | 37.6 | 19 | 37% | 8% | 66% | −3.6 |
| 70 | Alex Tardieu | Army | 0.0 | 51 | 37.3 | 36.6 | 11 | 22% | 4% | 46% | −13.4 |
| 71 | Chris Ayers | Florida International | 0.0 | 50 | 35.4 | 35.1 | 7 | 14% | 2% | 51% | −19.3 |
| 72 | Hunter Mullins | UAB | 0.0 | 51 | 43.1 | 40.0 | 20 | 39% | 16% | 32% | +10.9 |
| 73 | Kristian Stern | UTSA | 0.0 | 50 | 40.4 | 39.0 | 13 | 25% | 4% | 52% | −6.9 |
| 74 | Richie Hogan | Central Michigan | 0.0 | 51 | 43.9 | 42.4 | 20 | 39% | 8% | 23% | +7.8 |
| 75 | Scott Garber | South Alabama | 0.0 | 51 | 40.7 | 39.5 | 18 | 35% | 6% | 45% | −1.9 |
| 76 | David Baska | Air Force | 0.0 | 48 | 39.5 | 37.4 | 14 | 28% | 6% | 62% | −7.3 |
| 77 | Grant Venham | Ohio | 0.0 | 50 | 37.8 | 36.0 | 15 | 30% | 8% | 34% | −11.8 |
| 78 | Keith Kostol | Oregon State | 0.0 | 49 | 40.6 | 38.0 | 21 | 42% | 10% | 50% | −5.2 |
| 79 | Steven Clark | Auburn | 0.0 | 50 | 42.5 | 40.9 | 20 | 40% | 8% | 51% | +8.2 |
| 80 | Justin DuVernois | Illinois | 0.0 | 51 | 41.1 | 40.8 | 15 | 31% | 2% | 17% | −2.1 |
| 81 | Mike Bowlin | Washington State | 0.0 | 50 | 39.1 | 38.8 | 17 | 35% | 0% | 40% | −14.6 |
| 82 | Tyler Williams | Marshall | 0.0 | 49 | 42.5 | 40.9 | 11 | 22% | 8% | 29% | +3.5 |
| 83 | Harrison Waid | San José State | 0.0 | 48 | 43.4 | 40.9 | 12 | 25% | 13% | 19% | −9.2 |
| 84 | Ryan Erxleben | Texas Tech | 0.0 | 47 | 44.2 | 41.7 | 13 | 27% | 13% | 27% | −0.9 |
| 85 | Sean Covington | UCLA | 0.0 | 48 | 41.8 | 40.5 | 18 | 38% | 6% | 73% | +6.1 |
| 86 | Taylor Hudson | Vanderbilt | 0.0 | 48 | 42.9 | 41.8 | 15 | 31% | 4% | 17% | −3.4 |
| 87 | Ben Rhyne | Stanford | 0.0 | 47 | 42.1 | 41.7 | 19 | 40% | 2% | 62% | +3.6 |
| 88 | Ben Skaer | New Mexico | 0.0 | 47 | 45.8 | 44.1 | 19 | 40% | 9% | 37% | +10.2 |
| 89 | Mark Krause | Kansas State | 0.0 | 47 | 41.3 | 39.6 | 18 | 38% | 9% | 50% | +1.9 |
| 90 | Pat O'Donnell | Miami | 0.0 | 47 | 47.3 | 43.9 | 17 | 36% | 17% | 34% | +12.4 |
| 91 | Tyler Wedel | Northern Illinois | 0.0 | 46 | 40.8 | 39.5 | 15 | 32% | 2% | 74% | −4.9 |
| 92 | Daniel Cadona | Louisiana | 0.0 | 46 | 41.8 | 39.2 | 15 | 33% | 13% | 34% | +1.9 |
| 93 | Sam Irwin-Hill | Arkansas | 0.0 | 46 | 44.3 | 43.9 | 22 | 48% | 2% | 26% | +5.4 |
| 94 | Garrett Swanson | Fresno State | 0.0 | 45 | 42.8 | 41.9 | 17 | 38% | 4% | 56% | +6.5 |
| 95 | Spencer Roth | Baylor | 0.0 | 45 | 46.1 | 43.4 | 14 | 31% | 13% | 49% | +12.6 |
| 96 | Tyler Campbell | Ole Miss | 0.0 | 46 | 44.7 | 40.5 | 15 | 33% | 20% | 29% | −1.4 |
| 97 | Brian Schmiedebusch | Bowling Green | 0.0 | 44 | 39.8 | 37.6 | 19 | 43% | 11% | 22% | +2.0 |
| 98 | Drew Kaser | Texas A&M | 0.0 | 44 | 47.4 | 44.2 | 18 | 41% | 16% | 52% | +10.1 |
| 99 | Tyler Sarrazin | Southern Miss | 0.0 | 44 | 39.4 | 38.5 | 8 | 18% | 5% | 38% | −11.7 |
| 100 | Cameron Johnston | Ohio State | 0.0 | 44 | 43.5 | 42.8 | 28 | 65% | 5% | 58% | +14.4 |
| 101 | Tyler Hull | South Carolina | 0.0 | 43 | 38.0 | 37.6 | 11 | 26% | 2% | 41% | −8.2 |
| 102 | Vince Penza | Toledo | 0.0 | 44 | 40.8 | 40.0 | 22 | 51% | 5% | 33% | −1.1 |
| 103 | Austin Barnes | Eastern Michigan | 0.0 | 50 | 39.7 | 37.1 | 13 | 31% | 14% | 45% | −7.8 |
| 104 | Kyle Brindza | Notre Dame | 0.0 | 42 | 41.3 | 39.7 | 7 | 17% | 7% | 52% | −2.2 |
| 105 | Kyle Schmidt | Ball State | 0.0 | 42 | 40.9 | 39.9 | 16 | 38% | 5% | 23% | −2.1 |
| 106 | Will Johnson | Texas State | 0.0 | 41 | 44.0 | 41.5 | 20 | 50% | 13% | 45% | +7.3 |
| 107 | Alejandro Maldonado | Oregon | 0.0 | 38 | 40.1 | 39.1 | 11 | 28% | 0% | 57% | −5.1 |
| 108 | Ryan Johnson | Louisville | 0.0 | 39 | 41.2 | 38.6 | 13 | 33% | 13% | 44% | +3.1 |
| 109 | Sean Poole | Georgia Tech | 0.0 | 39 | 42.8 | 41.3 | 13 | 33% | 8% | 32% | −0.8 |
| 110 | Pablo Beltran | Navy | 0.0 | 38 | 42.0 | 39.4 | 13 | 34% | 13% | 28% | −0.6 |
| 111 | Paul Jones | Arkansas State | 0.0 | 38 | 38.3 | 35.7 | 16 | 42% | 13% | 37% | −2.8 |
| 112 | Trent Tignor | East Carolina | 0.0 | 42 | 42.7 | 39.9 | 10 | 26% | 16% | 27% | −2.4 |
| 113 | Cason Beatty | Florida State | 0.0 | 36 | 40.8 | 39.7 | 14 | 39% | 6% | 40% | −5.8 |
| 114 | Cody Mandell | Alabama | 0.0 | 35 | 47.5 | 42.8 | 15 | 42% | 17% | 29% | +12.8 |
| 115 | Jake Medlock | Florida International | 0.0 | 37 | 42.5 | 41.1 | 11 | 31% | 6% | 8% | +2.1 |
| 116 | Anthony Melchiori | Kent State | 0.0 | 35 | 44.5 | 42.8 | 17 | 49% | 9% | 54% | +9.1 |
| 117 | Caleb Houston | UCF | 0.0 | 37 | 42.4 | 40.2 | 13 | 38% | 15% | 24% | +5.7 |
| 118 | Alex Garoutte | Arizona State | 0.0 | 33 | 38.4 | 37.7 | 14 | 42% | 3% | 36% | −1.3 |
| 119 | Jamie Keehn | LSU | 0.0 | 33 | 39.3 | 38.1 | 12 | 36% | 6% | 36% | −0.7 |
| 120 | Mike Loftus | SMU | 0.0 | 32 | 40.2 | 36.9 | 5 | 15% | 13% | 11% | −16.7 |
| 121 | Hendrix Brakefield | Western Kentucky | 0.0 | 31 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 15 | 48% | 0% | 53% | −3.5 |
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