2014 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2014, Austin Rehkow (47.8) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Tom Hackett (47.0) and JK Scott (47.0). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 41.6.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Avg	Punts	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	47.8	44	42.9	15	42%	6%	31%	+9.8
2	Tom Hackett	Utah	47.0	77	42.8	37	49%	13%	28%	+23.6
3	JK Scott	Alabama	47.0	48	43.3	26	54%	10%	33%	+18.0
4	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	46.4	69	38.8	24	35%	13%	10%	+4.6
5	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	45.5	62	39.9	25	40%	18%	24%	+10.5
6	Wil Baumann	NC State	45.3	56	40.2	25	45%	5%	30%	+12.9
7	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	45.2	46	40.9	5	14%	3%	24%	+9.9
8	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	45.1	39	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
9	Jamie Keehn	LSU	45.0	68	41.2	25	37%	4%	37%	+7.6
10	Tyler Williams	Marshall	44.8	39	39.8	12	32%	11%	20%	+4.7
11	Eric Keena	North Texas	44.8	43	39.4	9	21%	2%	29%	−0.2
12	Scott Arellano	BYU	44.8	60	40.8	29	49%	3%	31%	+11.5
13	Alex Boy	Nevada	44.5	54	38.4	14	27%	10%	10%	−0.3
14	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	44.5	56	40.9	23	41%	9%	36%	+12.5
15	Kyle Christy	Florida	44.4	56	39.2	23	41%	13%	25%	+9.5
16	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	44.4	65	40.3	27	42%	5%	22%	+9.1
17	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	44.4	72	40.4	21	30%	8%	23%	+10.1
18	Pablo Beltran	Navy	44.3	34	39.2	15	44%	15%	19%	+4.6
19	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	44.3	67	40.5	29	43%	4%	24%	+11.4
20	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	44.3	83	39.3	28	34%	12%	20%	+4.8
21	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	44.2	65	39.4	31	48%	5%	21%	+0.9
22	Hunter Mullins	UAB	44.1	59	39.2	24	45%	4%	29%	+1.1
23	Will Conant	Air Force	43.8	56	39.1	23	41%	16%	16%	+6.6
24	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	43.8	44	38.7	11	26%	7%	10%	+5.7
25	Will Johnson	Texas State	43.8	65	41.3	24	37%	6%	37%	+14.4
26	Justin Vogel	Miami	43.7	49	41.2	22	45%	2%	37%	+11.0
27	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	43.6	81	42.7	28	35%	0%	24%	+21.8
28	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	43.5	43	37.7	15	36%	12%	24%	+3.2
29	Will Monday	Duke	43.4	56	40.0	21	39%	13%	33%	+11.3
30	Matt Haack	Arizona State	43.3	52	38.9	18	36%	8%	14%	+1.3
31	Spencer Roth	Baylor	43.3	46	41.2	20	43%	4%	40%	+4.6
32	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	43.3	55	38.1	26	46%	11%	26%	+5.6
33	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	43.1	51	40.3	18	40%	2%	10%	+4.7
34	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	43.0	49	39.4	17	36%	11%	32%	+2.6
35	Alex Howell	Boston College	42.9	59	38.7	23	40%	7%	21%	+6.1
36	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	42.9	50	40.8	23	50%	4%	24%	+9.9
37	Will Hagerup	Michigan	42.9	53	34.5	17	33%	18%	10%	−7.0
38	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	42.6	54	39.8	18	34%	9%	42%	+8.7
39	Landon Foster	Kentucky	42.6	66	39.2	28	44%	6%	32%	+4.7
40	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	42.6	56	37.8	21	37%	11%	13%	+1.4
41	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	42.5	70	39.8	28	41%	3%	44%	+8.7
42	Zach Paul	Akron	42.5	66	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1
43	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	42.5	52	38.2	23	45%	4%	40%	−1.7
44	Matt Darr	Tennessee	42.5	76	38.8	27	36%	13%	36%	+9.4
45	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	42.5	58	35.5	15	25%	13%	22%	−8.8
46	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	42.4	75	37.4	27	36%	4%	42%	−3.9
47	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	42.4	76	37.5	24	32%	11%	19%	+2.2
48	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	42.4	66	39.0	24	37%	11%	16%	+7.5
49	William Russ	Texas	42.3	66	38.2	22	33%	5%	30%	−1.3
50	James Farrimond	Rice	42.1	60	35.9	16	27%	12%	12%	−2.1
51	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	42.1	76	39.8	24	32%	7%	42%	+11.0
52	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	42.1	52	39.9	18	35%	8%	27%	+3.6
53	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	42.0	70	38.8	21	30%	7%	30%	−2.9
54	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	42.0	75	38.7	25	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
55	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	41.9	56	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
56	Korey Durkee	Washington	41.9	60	39.3	16	31%	10%	20%	+2.1
57	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	41.8	63	38.8	24	38%	5%	17%	+3.9
58	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	41.7	59	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
59	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	41.7	66	37.1	24	39%	12%	19%	+1.1
60	Jay Mattox	UTEP	41.7	34	35.5	9	26%	12%	16%	−7.0
61	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	41.6	37	37.5	12	32%	3%	22%	−2.4
62	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	41.6	47	37.8	17	36%	15%	41%	+1.0
63	Cason Beatty	Florida State	41.6	44	38.7	15	34%	5%	43%	+5.4
64	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	41.6	49	32.9	15	31%	10%	22%	−11.7
65	Kris Albarado	USC	41.6	53	36.7	19	37%	8%	43%	−3.1
66	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	41.5	52	39.3	22	42%	8%	39%	+0.9
67	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	41.4	66	37.3	19	30%	8%	27%	+1.9
68	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	41.3	86	40.0	31	42%	3%	18%	+9.5
69	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	41.3	49	35.6	14	29%	10%	27%	−8.0
70	Kristian Stern	UTSA	41.2	83	39.7	33	40%	1%	49%	+11.9
71	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	41.2	38	37.1	15	39%	8%	32%	+0.6
72	Christian Brinser	Missouri	41.2	71	38.5	24	34%	1%	39%	+3.5
73	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	41.1	78	36.1	21	28%	11%	29%	−4.6
74	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	41.1	64	39.4	29	45%	5%	40%	+2.6
75	Sean Wale	Boise State	41.0	58	36.9	21	36%	7%	45%	−6.0
76	Blake Macek	North Texas	41.0	30	36.9	11	46%	17%	33%	+1.4
77	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	40.9	78	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
78	Stephen Witkowski	New Mexico State	40.8	34	34.3	9	26%	9%	21%	−8.6
79	Jackson Koonce	SMU	40.8	74	36.7	13	18%	4%	15%	−8.3
80	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	40.7	50	38.4	18	36%	8%	35%	+3.5
81	Erich Toth	Indiana	40.7	77	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
82	Jose Laphitzondo	Florida International	40.7	59	36.1	10	17%	7%	7%	−12.9
83	Bentlee Critcher	App State	40.7	41	33.6	12	29%	5%	20%	−12.8
84	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	40.6	57	35.8	14	25%	9%	32%	−9.9
85	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	40.5	76	37.0	26	35%	4%	38%	−5.0
86	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	40.5	60	35.4	16	27%	7%	31%	−14.5
87	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	40.5	40	37.4	13	32%	10%	46%	−0.8
88	Logan Yunker	UNLV	40.5	82	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
89	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	40.4	57	37.1	14	25%	9%	29%	−5.1
90	Tim Gleeson	Rutgers	40.3	32	35.9	11	34%	6%	19%	−1.8
91	Spencer Smith	Memphis	40.2	53	39.3	20	38%	2%	40%	+9.3
92	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	40.1	54	39.2	29	54%	4%	43%	+14.3
93	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	40.1	35	37.8	17	50%	6%	47%	−0.4
94	Ryan Kay	Troy	40.0	62	36.1	23	37%	3%	25%	−8.5
95	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	40.0	78	37.9	23	29%	5%	23%	+3.3
96	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	40.0	58	38.7	20	34%	5%	14%	−0.9
97	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	39.9	48	37.0	18	44%	10%	34%	+2.4
98	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	39.9	54	35.7	17	32%	9%	19%	+0.6
99	Cole Leininger	California	39.8	52	36.4	20	38%	10%	26%	−9.9
100	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	39.8	58	36.2	14	24%	3%	30%	−7.2
101	Matt Mengel	UCLA	39.7	55	38.1	20	36%	5%	53%	−0.3
102	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	39.6	69	37.1	31	45%	1%	33%	−2.4
103	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	39.5	66	37.2	18	31%	5%	30%	−8.7
104	Colin Downing	Iowa State	39.4	69	38.4	19	28%	0%	36%	−1.6
105	Alex Tardieu	Army	39.3	44	38.7	19	43%	2%	44%	+8.3
106	Logan Piper	Houston	39.3	39	36.2	11	29%	11%	42%	−1.4
107	Collin Barber	Georgia	39.2	32	37.5	13	41%	3%	34%	−2.5
108	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	39.1	42	34.3	14	33%	2%	38%	−15.2
109	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	39.1	48	35.0	19	40%	10%	23%	−3.8
110	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	39.1	34	36.8	6	18%	6%	23%	−2.8
111	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	39.1	39	36.5	11	29%	8%	24%	−6.8
112	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	39.0	46	35.9	13	30%	9%	28%	−5.2
113	Ethan Perry	TCU	39.0	60	37.4	27	46%	8%	41%	+5.2
114	Justin Wain	UConn	38.8	74	36.2	23	34%	6%	38%	−10.3
115	Caleb Houston	UCF	38.5	48	35.3	19	41%	7%	29%	−0.6
116	Alex Starzyk	Temple	38.4	70	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
117	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	38.1	51	34.2	17	33%	6%	29%	−10.0
118	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	37.9	65	33.6	20	30%	8%	19%	−19.9
119	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	37.8	71	35.7	20	28%	6%	29%	−13.5
120	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	37.7	41	35.7	14	34%	5%	27%	−7.8
121	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	37.7	57	34.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−15.8
122	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	37.7	46	34.6	11	24%	7%	27%	−11.6
123	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	37.1	43	30.7	8	20%	3%	17%	−22.8
124	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	37.1	57	32.5	16	30%	4%	17%	−19.3
125	Nick Ellis	Toledo	36.6	48	37.0	17	40%	0%	37%	−5.5
126	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	36.3	55	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2
127	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	34.9	33	29.9	6	21%	3%	30%	−15.7

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