2014 College Net Average in Opponent Territory Leaders

Net average counting only punts that started on the opponent's side of the 50-yard line. There is little room to work with, and every touchback costs 20 net yards, so this is the hardest place to punt well.

Only punters with enough such punts are ranked. In 2014, Scott Harding (35.6) led college football punters in net average in opponent territory, ahead of Kristian Stern (34.3) and Nick Jacobs (33.3). 43 punters qualify (minimum 12 punts from the opponent's 50 or closer). The median qualified punter had 30.5.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (opp. 50)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	35.6	86	41.3	40.0	31	42%	3%	18%	+9.5
2	Kristian Stern	UTSA	34.3	83	41.2	39.7	33	40%	1%	49%	+11.9
3	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	33.3	15	33.5	33.5	12	80%	0%	60%	+0.5
4	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	33.2	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
5	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	33.1	75	42.4	37.4	27	36%	4%	42%	−3.9
6	Logan Yunker	UNLV	32.9	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
7	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	32.9	54	40.1	39.2	29	54%	4%	43%	+14.3
8	Tom Hackett	Utah	32.8	77	47.0	42.8	37	49%	13%	28%	+23.6
9	Justin Wain	UConn	32.6	74	38.8	36.2	23	34%	6%	38%	−10.3
10	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	32.3	57	37.1	32.5	16	30%	4%	17%	−19.3
11	Matt Mengel	UCLA	32.3	55	39.7	38.1	20	36%	5%	53%	−0.3
12	Cole Leininger	California	32.2	52	39.8	36.4	20	38%	10%	26%	−9.9
13	Will Conant	Air Force	32.1	56	43.8	39.1	23	41%	16%	16%	+6.6
14	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	31.9	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
15	Kyle Christy	Florida	31.7	56	44.4	39.2	23	41%	13%	25%	+9.5
16	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	31.5	65	37.9	33.6	20	30%	8%	19%	−19.9
17	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	31.5	76	40.5	37.0	26	35%	4%	38%	−5.0
18	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	31.1	55	43.3	38.1	26	46%	11%	26%	+5.6
19	Alex Howell	Boston College	30.8	59	42.9	38.7	23	40%	7%	21%	+6.1
20	Wil Baumann	NC State	30.8	56	45.3	40.2	25	45%	5%	30%	+12.9
21	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	30.7	62	45.5	39.9	25	40%	18%	24%	+10.5
22	Erich Toth	Indiana	30.5	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
23	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	30.3	66	41.7	37.1	24	39%	12%	19%	+1.1
24	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	30.0	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
25	Ethan Perry	TCU	29.9	60	39.0	37.4	27	46%	8%	41%	+5.2
26	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	29.8	43	43.5	37.7	15	36%	12%	24%	+3.2
27	Will Hagerup	Michigan	29.6	53	42.9	34.5	17	33%	18%	10%	−7.0
28	Alex Starzyk	Temple	29.5	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
29	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	29.5	83	44.3	39.3	28	34%	12%	20%	+4.8
30	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	29.5	76	42.4	37.5	24	32%	11%	19%	+2.2
31	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	29.4	48	39.9	37.0	18	44%	10%	34%	+2.4
32	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	29.3	51	38.1	34.2	17	33%	6%	29%	−10.0
33	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	29.2	58	42.5	35.5	15	25%	13%	22%	−8.8
34	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	29.0	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2
35	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	28.7	54	42.6	39.8	18	34%	9%	42%	+8.7
36	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	28.6	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
37	Matt Darr	Tennessee	28.1	76	42.5	38.8	27	36%	13%	36%	+9.4
38	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	28.0	54	39.9	35.7	17	32%	9%	19%	+0.6
39	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	27.6	78	41.1	36.1	21	28%	11%	29%	−4.6
40	James Farrimond	Rice	27.6	60	42.1	35.9	16	27%	12%	12%	−2.1
41	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	27.6	48	39.1	35.0	19	40%	10%	23%	−3.8
42	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	27.1	78	40.0	37.9	23	29%	5%	23%	+3.3
43	Zach Paul	Akron	25.8	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1

All 2014 College punter rankings

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