2014 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2014, Cameron Johnston (17.7) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of JK Scott (21.0) and Ethan Perry (21.3). 125 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 27.1.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	17.7	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
2	JK Scott	Alabama	21.0	48	47.0	43.3	26	54%	10%	33%	+18.0
3	Ethan Perry	TCU	21.3	60	39.0	37.4	27	46%	8%	41%	+5.2
4	Tom Hackett	Utah	21.5	77	47.0	42.8	37	49%	13%	28%	+23.6
5	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	21.7	54	40.1	39.2	29	54%	4%	43%	+14.3
6	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	22.1	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
7	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	22.2	62	45.5	39.9	25	40%	18%	24%	+10.5
8	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	22.2	48	39.9	37.0	18	44%	10%	34%	+2.4
9	Kyle Christy	Florida	22.5	56	44.4	39.2	23	41%	13%	25%	+9.5
10	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	22.7	50	42.9	40.8	23	50%	4%	24%	+9.9
11	Will Monday	Duke	23.2	56	43.4	40.0	21	39%	13%	33%	+11.3
12	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	23.2	55	43.3	38.1	26	46%	11%	26%	+5.6
13	Alex Tardieu	Army	23.4	44	39.3	38.7	19	43%	2%	44%	+8.3
14	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	23.5	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
15	Spencer Roth	Baylor	23.6	46	43.3	41.2	20	43%	4%	40%	+4.6
16	Hunter Mullins	UAB	23.6	59	44.1	39.2	24	45%	4%	29%	+1.1
17	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	23.9	35	40.1	37.8	17	50%	6%	47%	−0.4
18	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	24.0	43	43.5	37.7	15	36%	12%	24%	+3.2
19	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	24.1	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
20	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	24.1	67	44.3	40.5	29	43%	4%	24%	+11.4
21	Logan Yunker	UNLV	24.2	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
22	Landon Foster	Kentucky	24.2	66	42.6	39.2	28	44%	6%	32%	+4.7
23	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	24.3	86	41.3	40.0	31	42%	3%	18%	+9.5
24	Will Conant	Air Force	24.4	56	43.8	39.1	23	41%	16%	16%	+6.6
25	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	24.5	52	41.5	39.3	22	42%	8%	39%	+0.9
26	Zach Paul	Akron	24.5	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1
27	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	24.6	58	40.0	38.7	20	34%	5%	14%	−0.9
28	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	24.7	64	41.1	39.4	29	45%	5%	40%	+2.6
29	Matt Darr	Tennessee	24.8	76	42.5	38.8	27	36%	13%	36%	+9.4
30	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	24.9	66	41.7	37.1	24	39%	12%	19%	+1.1
31	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	24.9	54	42.6	39.8	18	34%	9%	42%	+8.7
32	Will Johnson	Texas State	25.0	65	43.8	41.3	24	37%	6%	37%	+14.4
33	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	25.0	47	41.6	37.8	17	36%	15%	41%	+1.0
34	Scott Arellano	BYU	25.0	60	44.8	40.8	29	49%	3%	31%	+11.5
35	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	25.1	56	42.6	37.8	21	37%	11%	13%	+1.4
36	Justin Vogel	Miami	25.1	49	43.7	41.2	22	45%	2%	37%	+11.0
37	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	25.3	44	47.8	42.9	15	42%	6%	31%	+9.8
38	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	25.4	51	43.1	40.3	18	40%	2%	10%	+4.7
39	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	25.4	56	44.5	40.9	23	41%	9%	36%	+12.5
40	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	25.7	65	44.2	39.4	31	48%	5%	21%	+0.9
41	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	25.7	63	41.8	38.8	24	38%	5%	17%	+3.9
42	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	25.7	48	39.1	35.0	19	40%	10%	23%	−3.8
43	Alex Boy	Nevada	25.7	54	44.5	38.4	14	27%	10%	10%	−0.3
44	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	25.8	66	42.4	39.0	24	37%	11%	16%	+7.5
45	Pablo Beltran	Navy	26.0	34	44.3	39.2	15	44%	15%	19%	+4.6
46	Wil Baumann	NC State	26.0	56	45.3	40.2	25	45%	5%	30%	+12.9
47	Matt Haack	Arizona State	26.2	52	43.3	38.9	18	36%	8%	14%	+1.3
48	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	26.3	50	40.7	38.4	18	36%	8%	35%	+3.5
49	Kristian Stern	UTSA	26.3	83	41.2	39.7	33	40%	1%	49%	+11.9
50	Jay Mattox	UTEP	26.4	34	41.7	35.5	9	26%	12%	16%	−7.0
51	Spencer Smith	Memphis	26.4	53	40.2	39.3	20	38%	2%	40%	+9.3
52	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	26.5	40	40.5	37.4	13	32%	10%	46%	−0.8
53	Will Hagerup	Michigan	26.5	53	42.9	34.5	17	33%	18%	10%	−7.0
54	Jamie Keehn	LSU	26.6	68	45.0	41.2	25	37%	4%	37%	+7.6
55	Alex Howell	Boston College	26.6	59	42.9	38.7	23	40%	7%	21%	+6.1
56	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	26.6	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2
57	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	26.7	65	44.4	40.3	27	42%	5%	22%	+9.1
58	Cason Beatty	Florida State	26.7	44	41.6	38.7	15	34%	5%	43%	+5.4
59	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	26.8	46	39.0	35.9	13	30%	9%	28%	−5.2
60	Collin Barber	Georgia	26.8	32	39.2	37.5	13	41%	3%	34%	−2.5
61	Cole Leininger	California	27.1	52	39.8	36.4	20	38%	10%	26%	−9.9
62	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	27.1	72	44.4	40.4	21	30%	8%	23%	+10.1
63	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	27.1	69	39.6	37.1	31	45%	1%	33%	−2.4
64	Korey Durkee	Washington	27.2	60	41.9	39.3	16	31%	10%	20%	+2.1
65	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	27.4	49	43.0	39.4	17	36%	11%	32%	+2.6
66	Christian Brinser	Missouri	27.4	71	41.2	38.5	24	34%	1%	39%	+3.5
67	Matt Mengel	UCLA	27.5	55	39.7	38.1	20	36%	5%	53%	−0.3
68	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	27.5	37	41.6	37.5	12	32%	3%	22%	−2.4
69	Alex Starzyk	Temple	27.5	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
70	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	27.6	52	42.5	38.2	23	45%	4%	40%	−1.7
71	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	27.6	69	46.4	38.8	24	35%	13%	10%	+4.6
72	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	27.6	52	42.1	39.9	18	35%	8%	27%	+3.6
73	Sean Wale	Boise State	27.6	58	41.0	36.9	21	36%	7%	45%	−6.0
74	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	27.7	76	40.5	37.0	26	35%	4%	38%	−5.0
75	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	27.8	81	43.6	42.7	28	35%	0%	24%	+21.8
76	Tim Gleeson	Rutgers	27.9	32	40.3	35.9	11	34%	6%	19%	−1.8
77	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	27.9	75	42.0	38.7	25	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
78	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	28.0	70	42.5	39.8	28	41%	3%	44%	+8.7
79	Logan Piper	Houston	28.1	39	39.3	36.2	11	29%	11%	42%	−1.4
80	Tyler Williams	Marshall	28.1	39	44.8	39.8	12	32%	11%	20%	+4.7
81	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	28.1	76	42.4	37.5	24	32%	11%	19%	+2.2
82	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	28.1	75	42.4	37.4	27	36%	4%	42%	−3.9
83	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	28.2	66	41.4	37.3	19	30%	8%	27%	+1.9
84	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	28.3	44	43.8	38.7	11	26%	7%	10%	+5.7
85	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	28.3	41	37.7	35.7	14	34%	5%	27%	−7.8
86	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	28.4	83	44.3	39.3	28	34%	12%	20%	+4.8
87	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	28.5	38	41.2	37.1	15	39%	8%	32%	+0.6
88	Ryan Kay	Troy	28.5	62	40.0	36.1	23	37%	3%	25%	−8.5
89	Nick Ellis	Toledo	28.5	48	36.6	37.0	17	40%	0%	37%	−5.5
90	James Farrimond	Rice	28.6	60	42.1	35.9	16	27%	12%	12%	−2.1
91	Caleb Houston	UCF	28.6	48	38.5	35.3	19	41%	7%	29%	−0.6
92	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	28.7	70	42.0	38.8	21	30%	7%	30%	−2.9
93	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	28.8	54	39.9	35.7	17	32%	9%	19%	+0.6
94	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	28.9	78	41.1	36.1	21	28%	11%	29%	−4.6
95	Kris Albarado	USC	29.0	53	41.6	36.7	19	37%	8%	43%	−3.1
96	Justin Wain	UConn	29.1	74	38.8	36.2	23	34%	6%	38%	−10.3
97	Erich Toth	Indiana	29.1	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
98	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	29.4	76	42.1	39.8	24	32%	7%	42%	+11.0
99	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	29.5	39	39.1	36.5	11	29%	8%	24%	−6.8
100	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	29.5	57	40.6	35.8	14	25%	9%	32%	−9.9
101	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	29.8	65	37.9	33.6	20	30%	8%	19%	−19.9
102	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	29.8	57	37.7	34.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−15.8
103	Colin Downing	Iowa State	29.9	69	39.4	38.4	19	28%	0%	36%	−1.6
104	Stephen Witkowski	New Mexico State	30.0	34	40.8	34.3	9	26%	9%	21%	−8.6
105	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	30.1	57	40.4	37.1	14	25%	9%	29%	−5.1
106	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	30.1	58	42.5	35.5	15	25%	13%	22%	−8.8
107	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	30.2	46	37.7	34.6	11	24%	7%	27%	−11.6
108	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	30.2	66	39.5	37.2	18	31%	5%	30%	−8.7
109	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	30.3	51	38.1	34.2	17	33%	6%	29%	−10.0
110	William Russ	Texas	30.3	66	42.3	38.2	22	33%	5%	30%	−1.3
111	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	30.4	71	37.8	35.7	20	28%	6%	29%	−13.5
112	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	30.6	49	41.3	35.6	14	29%	10%	27%	−8.0
113	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	31.2	78	40.0	37.9	23	29%	5%	23%	+3.3
114	Eric Keena	North Texas	31.4	43	44.8	39.4	9	21%	2%	29%	−0.2
115	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	31.7	42	39.1	34.3	14	33%	2%	38%	−15.2
116	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	31.8	49	41.6	32.9	15	31%	10%	22%	−11.7
117	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	31.8	34	39.1	36.8	6	18%	6%	23%	−2.8
118	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	32.1	58	39.8	36.2	14	24%	3%	30%	−7.2
119	Jose Laphitzondo	Florida International	32.4	59	40.7	36.1	10	17%	7%	7%	−12.9
120	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	32.8	46	45.2	40.9	5	14%	3%	24%	+9.9
121	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	32.9	60	40.5	35.4	16	27%	7%	31%	−14.5
122	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	33.0	57	37.1	32.5	16	30%	4%	17%	−19.3
123	Bentlee Critcher	App State	33.4	41	40.7	33.6	12	29%	5%	20%	−12.8
124	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	35.4	43	37.1	30.7	8	20%	3%	17%	−22.8
125	Jackson Koonce	SMU	35.5	74	40.8	36.7	13	18%	4%	15%	−8.3

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