2014 College Net Average in Cold Weather Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games played below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold air is dense and the ball is hard and slick, so distance drops and returners get fewer clean catches.

Domes and closed roofs are left out. Only punters with enough cold-weather punts are ranked, and the sample is often small, so read it next to his overall net average. In 2014, Anthony Melchiori (42.2) led college football punters in net average in cold weather, ahead of Sam Foltz (40.8) and Alex Boy (40.6). 24 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in cold weather (under 40 F)). The median qualified punter had 37.4.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (cold)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	42.2	67	44.3	40.5	29	43%	4%	24%	+11.4
2	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	40.8	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
3	Alex Boy	Nevada	40.6	54	44.5	38.4	14	27%	10%	10%	−0.3
4	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	40.5	51	43.1	40.3	18	40%	2%	10%	+4.7
5	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	40.4	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
6	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	39.7	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
7	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	38.7	41	37.7	35.7	14	34%	5%	27%	−7.8
8	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	38.6	75	42.0	38.7	25	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
9	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	38.3	72	44.4	40.4	21	30%	8%	23%	+10.1
10	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	37.8	58	40.0	38.7	20	34%	5%	14%	−0.9
11	Logan Yunker	UNLV	37.5	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
12	Erich Toth	Indiana	37.4	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
13	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	37.3	49	41.3	35.6	14	29%	10%	27%	−8.0
14	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	36.8	57	37.7	34.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−15.8
15	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	36.8	57	40.4	37.1	14	25%	9%	29%	−5.1
16	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	36.7	69	39.6	37.1	31	45%	1%	33%	−2.4
17	Sean Wale	Boise State	36.6	58	41.0	36.9	21	36%	7%	45%	−6.0
18	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	36.4	46	39.0	35.9	13	30%	9%	28%	−5.2
19	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	36.1	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
20	Nick Ellis	Toledo	35.9	48	36.6	37.0	17	40%	0%	37%	−5.5
21	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	35.5	16	36.7	34.4	8	50%	6%	38%	−0.9
22	Alex Starzyk	Temple	34.4	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
23	Zach Paul	Akron	33.8	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1
24	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	33.4	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2

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