2014 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2014, JK Scott (43.3) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Austin Rehkow (42.9) and Tom Hackett (42.8). 125 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 38.2.

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

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

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