2014 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2014 regular season (at least 30), ranked by punt points added. Each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot on the field, added up over the season. It puts distance, placement, coverage and returns on one scale.

Final 2014 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2014 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

Austin Rehkow (Idaho): 47.8 44 punts
Tom Hackett (Utah): 47.0 77 punts
JK Scott (Alabama): 47.0 48 punts
Drew Riggleman (Arizona): 46.4 69 punts
Peter Mortell (Minnesota): 45.5 62 punts

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Net Punting Average

JK Scott (Alabama): 43.3 48 punts
Austin Rehkow (Idaho): 42.9 44 punts
Tom Hackett (Utah): 42.8 77 punts
Alexander Kinal (Wake Forest): 42.7 81 punts
Cameron Johnston (Ohio State): 41.3 39 punts

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Inside the 20 Percentage

Cameron Johnston (Ohio State): 59.0% 23 of 39
JK Scott (Alabama): 54.2% 26 of 48
Sam Irwin-HIll (Arkansas): 53.7% 29 of 54
Will Gleeson (Ole Miss): 50.0% 23 of 50
Ryan Nowicki (Georgia Southern): 50.0% 17 of 35

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Longest Punts

Scott Arellano (BYU): 81 yds
Joe Davidson (Bowling Green): 78 yds
Daniel Cadona (Louisiana): 77 yds
Brandon McKee (South Alabama): 76 yds
Justin DuVernois (Illinois): 74 yds

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Punt Points Added

Tom Hackett (Utah): +23.6 77 punts
Alexander Kinal (Wake Forest): +21.8 81 punts
JK Scott (Alabama): +18.0 48 punts
Will Johnson (Texas State): +14.4 65 punts
Sam Irwin-HIll (Arkansas): +14.3 54 punts

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Fair Catch Percentage

Matt Mengel (UCLA): 52.7% 29 of 55
Kristian Stern (UTSA): 49.4% 41 of 83
Ryan Nowicki (Georgia Southern): 47.1% 16 of 35
Nick Walsh (Kansas State): 46.3% 19 of 40
Sean Wale (Boise State): 44.8% 26 of 58

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Tyler Wedel (Northern Illinois): 0.0% 0 of 59
Colin Downing (Iowa State): 0.0% 0 of 69
Nick Ellis (Toledo): 0.0% 0 of 48
Alexander Kinal (Wake Forest): 0.0% 0 of 81
Kristian Stern (UTSA): 1.2% 1 of 83

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Tyler Wedel (Northern Illinois): +4.9 0 TB on 59 punts
Kristian Stern (UTSA): +4.5 1 TB on 83 punts
Joel Alesi (San Diego State): +3.7 1 TB on 55 punts
Christian Brinser (Missouri): +3.6 1 TB on 71 punts
Keith Kostol (Oregon State): +3.3 1 TB on 69 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Ethan Perry (TCU): -0.1 -5 yards
Sam Irwin-HIll (Arkansas): 0.2 10 yards
Alex Tardieu (Army): 0.2 10 yards
Owen Dubiel (Eastern Michigan): 0.3 16 yards
Scott Harding (Hawai'i): 0.5 32 yards

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Opponent Starting Field Position

Cameron Johnston (Ohio State): 17.7 39 punts
JK Scott (Alabama): 21.0 48 punts
Ethan Perry (TCU): 21.3 60 punts
Tom Hackett (Utah): 21.5 77 punts
Sam Irwin-HIll (Arkansas): 21.7 54 punts

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Net Average in Opponent Territory

Scott Harding (Hawai'i): 35.6 15 punts
Kristian Stern (UTSA): 34.3 12 punts
Nick Jacobs (Memphis): 33.3 14 punts
Cameron Johnston (Ohio State): 33.2 12 punts
Riley Dixon (Syracuse): 33.1 15 punts

Full Net Average in Opponent Territory leaderboard

Net Average in Wind

Dalton Schomp (Florida Atlantic): 45.1 10 punts
JK Scott (Alabama): 44.4 10 punts
Alexander Kinal (Wake Forest): 44.0 24 punts
Justin Vogel (Miami): 43.9 27 punts
Devon Bell (Mississippi State): 43.8 12 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2014 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

125 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Tom Hackett	Utah	77	47.0	42.8	37	49%	13%	28%	+23.6
2	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	81	43.6	42.7	28	35%	0%	24%	+21.8
3	JK Scott	Alabama	48	47.0	43.3	26	54%	10%	33%	+18.0
4	Will Johnson	Texas State	65	43.8	41.3	24	37%	6%	37%	+14.4
5	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	54	40.1	39.2	29	54%	4%	43%	+14.3
6	Wil Baumann	NC State	56	45.3	40.2	25	45%	5%	30%	+12.9
7	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	56	44.5	40.9	23	41%	9%	36%	+12.5
8	Kristian Stern	UTSA	83	41.2	39.7	33	40%	1%	49%	+11.9
9	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
10	Scott Arellano	BYU	60	44.8	40.8	29	49%	3%	31%	+11.5
11	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	67	44.3	40.5	29	43%	4%	24%	+11.4
12	Will Monday	Duke	56	43.4	40.0	21	39%	13%	33%	+11.3
13	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
14	Justin Vogel	Miami	49	43.7	41.2	22	45%	2%	37%	+11.0
15	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	76	42.1	39.8	24	32%	7%	42%	+11.0
16	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	62	45.5	39.9	25	40%	18%	24%	+10.5
17	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	72	44.4	40.4	21	30%	8%	23%	+10.1
18	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	46	45.2	40.9	5	14%	3%	24%	+9.9
19	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	50	42.9	40.8	23	50%	4%	24%	+9.9
20	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	44	47.8	42.9	15	42%	6%	31%	+9.8
21	Kyle Christy	Florida	56	44.4	39.2	23	41%	13%	25%	+9.5
22	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	86	41.3	40.0	31	42%	3%	18%	+9.5
23	Matt Darr	Tennessee	76	42.5	38.8	27	36%	13%	36%	+9.4
24	Spencer Smith	Memphis	53	40.2	39.3	20	38%	2%	40%	+9.3
25	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	65	44.4	40.3	27	42%	5%	22%	+9.1
26	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	54	42.6	39.8	18	34%	9%	42%	+8.7
27	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	70	42.5	39.8	28	41%	3%	44%	+8.7
28	Alex Tardieu	Army	44	39.3	38.7	19	43%	2%	44%	+8.3
29	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	75	42.0	38.7	25	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
30	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
31	Jamie Keehn	LSU	68	45.0	41.2	25	37%	4%	37%	+7.6
32	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	66	42.4	39.0	24	37%	11%	16%	+7.5
33	Will Conant	Air Force	56	43.8	39.1	23	41%	16%	16%	+6.6
34	Alex Howell	Boston College	59	42.9	38.7	23	40%	7%	21%	+6.1
35	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	44	43.8	38.7	11	26%	7%	10%	+5.7
36	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	55	43.3	38.1	26	46%	11%	26%	+5.6
37	Cason Beatty	Florida State	44	41.6	38.7	15	34%	5%	43%	+5.4
38	Ethan Perry	TCU	60	39.0	37.4	27	46%	8%	41%	+5.2
39	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	83	44.3	39.3	28	34%	12%	20%	+4.8
40	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
41	Landon Foster	Kentucky	66	42.6	39.2	28	44%	6%	32%	+4.7
42	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	51	43.1	40.3	18	40%	2%	10%	+4.7
43	Tyler Williams	Marshall	39	44.8	39.8	12	32%	11%	20%	+4.7
44	Spencer Roth	Baylor	46	43.3	41.2	20	43%	4%	40%	+4.6
45	Pablo Beltran	Navy	34	44.3	39.2	15	44%	15%	19%	+4.6
46	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	69	46.4	38.8	24	35%	13%	10%	+4.6
47	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	63	41.8	38.8	24	38%	5%	17%	+3.9
48	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	52	42.1	39.9	18	35%	8%	27%	+3.6
49	Christian Brinser	Missouri	71	41.2	38.5	24	34%	1%	39%	+3.5
50	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	50	40.7	38.4	18	36%	8%	35%	+3.5
51	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	78	40.0	37.9	23	29%	5%	23%	+3.3
52	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	43	43.5	37.7	15	36%	12%	24%	+3.2
53	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	64	41.1	39.4	29	45%	5%	40%	+2.6
54	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	49	43.0	39.4	17	36%	11%	32%	+2.6
55	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	48	39.9	37.0	18	44%	10%	34%	+2.4
56	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	76	42.4	37.5	24	32%	11%	19%	+2.2
57	Korey Durkee	Washington	60	41.9	39.3	16	31%	10%	20%	+2.1
58	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	66	41.4	37.3	19	30%	8%	27%	+1.9
59	Logan Yunker	UNLV	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
60	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	56	42.6	37.8	21	37%	11%	13%	+1.4
61	Matt Haack	Arizona State	52	43.3	38.9	18	36%	8%	14%	+1.3
62	Hunter Mullins	UAB	59	44.1	39.2	24	45%	4%	29%	+1.1
63	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	66	41.7	37.1	24	39%	12%	19%	+1.1
64	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	47	41.6	37.8	17	36%	15%	41%	+1.0
65	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	65	44.2	39.4	31	48%	5%	21%	+0.9
66	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	52	41.5	39.3	22	42%	8%	39%	+0.9
67	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	54	39.9	35.7	17	32%	9%	19%	+0.6
68	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	38	41.2	37.1	15	39%	8%	32%	+0.6
69	Eric Keena	North Texas	43	44.8	39.4	9	21%	2%	29%	−0.2
70	Matt Mengel	UCLA	55	39.7	38.1	20	36%	5%	53%	−0.3
71	Alex Boy	Nevada	54	44.5	38.4	14	27%	10%	10%	−0.3
72	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	35	40.1	37.8	17	50%	6%	47%	−0.4
73	Caleb Houston	UCF	48	38.5	35.3	19	41%	7%	29%	−0.6
74	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	40	40.5	37.4	13	32%	10%	46%	−0.8
75	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	58	40.0	38.7	20	34%	5%	14%	−0.9
76	William Russ	Texas	66	42.3	38.2	22	33%	5%	30%	−1.3
77	Logan Piper	Houston	39	39.3	36.2	11	29%	11%	42%	−1.4
78	Colin Downing	Iowa State	69	39.4	38.4	19	28%	0%	36%	−1.6
79	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	52	42.5	38.2	23	45%	4%	40%	−1.7
80	Tim Gleeson	Rutgers	32	40.3	35.9	11	34%	6%	19%	−1.8
81	James Farrimond	Rice	60	42.1	35.9	16	27%	12%	12%	−2.1
82	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	37	41.6	37.5	12	32%	3%	22%	−2.4
83	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	69	39.6	37.1	31	45%	1%	33%	−2.4
84	Collin Barber	Georgia	32	39.2	37.5	13	41%	3%	34%	−2.5
85	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	34	39.1	36.8	6	18%	6%	23%	−2.8
86	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	70	42.0	38.8	21	30%	7%	30%	−2.9
87	Kris Albarado	USC	53	41.6	36.7	19	37%	8%	43%	−3.1
88	Alex Starzyk	Temple	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
89	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	48	39.1	35.0	19	40%	10%	23%	−3.8
90	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	75	42.4	37.4	27	36%	4%	42%	−3.9
91	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	78	41.1	36.1	21	28%	11%	29%	−4.6
92	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	76	40.5	37.0	26	35%	4%	38%	−5.0
93	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	57	40.4	37.1	14	25%	9%	29%	−5.1
94	Zach Paul	Akron	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1
95	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2
96	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	46	39.0	35.9	13	30%	9%	28%	−5.2
97	Nick Ellis	Toledo	48	36.6	37.0	17	40%	0%	37%	−5.5
98	Sean Wale	Boise State	58	41.0	36.9	21	36%	7%	45%	−6.0
99	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	39	39.1	36.5	11	29%	8%	24%	−6.8
100	Jay Mattox	UTEP	34	41.7	35.5	9	26%	12%	16%	−7.0
101	Will Hagerup	Michigan	53	42.9	34.5	17	33%	18%	10%	−7.0
102	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	58	39.8	36.2	14	24%	3%	30%	−7.2
103	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	41	37.7	35.7	14	34%	5%	27%	−7.8
104	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	49	41.3	35.6	14	29%	10%	27%	−8.0
105	Erich Toth	Indiana	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
106	Jackson Koonce	SMU	74	40.8	36.7	13	18%	4%	15%	−8.3
107	Ryan Kay	Troy	62	40.0	36.1	23	37%	3%	25%	−8.5
108	Stephen Witkowski	New Mexico State	34	40.8	34.3	9	26%	9%	21%	−8.6
109	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	66	39.5	37.2	18	31%	5%	30%	−8.7
110	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	58	42.5	35.5	15	25%	13%	22%	−8.8
111	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	57	40.6	35.8	14	25%	9%	32%	−9.9
112	Cole Leininger	California	52	39.8	36.4	20	38%	10%	26%	−9.9
113	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	51	38.1	34.2	17	33%	6%	29%	−10.0
114	Justin Wain	UConn	74	38.8	36.2	23	34%	6%	38%	−10.3
115	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	46	37.7	34.6	11	24%	7%	27%	−11.6
116	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	49	41.6	32.9	15	31%	10%	22%	−11.7
117	Bentlee Critcher	App State	41	40.7	33.6	12	29%	5%	20%	−12.8
118	Jose Laphitzondo	Florida International	59	40.7	36.1	10	17%	7%	7%	−12.9
119	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	71	37.8	35.7	20	28%	6%	29%	−13.5
120	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	60	40.5	35.4	16	27%	7%	31%	−14.5
121	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	42	39.1	34.3	14	33%	2%	38%	−15.2
122	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	57	37.7	34.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−15.8
123	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	57	37.1	32.5	16	30%	4%	17%	−19.3
124	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	65	37.9	33.6	20	30%	8%	19%	−19.9
125	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	43	37.1	30.7	8	20%	3%	17%	−22.8

Ranked by points added: each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot, summed (for college, expected points come from field position, since the source has no expected-points value on punts). Net subtracts return yards and 20 for touchbacks. TB % and FC % are shares of punts that were not blocked. Hang time is not recorded in public play-by-play, so fair-catch rate stands in for it. Minimum 30 punts.

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