2014 College Punt Points Added Leaders
Each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot on the field, added up over the season. It puts distance, placement, coverage and returns on one scale.
Positive means he gained more than an average punter would from the same spots. In 2014, Tom Hackett (+23.6) led college football punters in punt points added, ahead of Alexander Kinal (+21.8) and JK Scott (+18.0). 125 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +1.1.
Final 2014 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.
| Rk | Player | Team | Points | Punts | Avg | Net | In 20 | In 20 % | TB % | FC % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hackett | Utah | +23.6 | 77 | 47.0 | 42.8 | 37 | 49% | 13% | 28% |
| 2 | Alexander Kinal | Wake Forest | +21.8 | 81 | 43.6 | 42.7 | 28 | 35% | 0% | 24% |
| 3 | JK Scott | Alabama | +18.0 | 48 | 47.0 | 43.3 | 26 | 54% | 10% | 33% |
| 4 | Will Johnson | Texas State | +14.4 | 65 | 43.8 | 41.3 | 24 | 37% | 6% | 37% |
| 5 | Sam Irwin-HIll | Arkansas | +14.3 | 54 | 40.1 | 39.2 | 29 | 54% | 4% | 43% |
| 6 | Wil Baumann | NC State | +12.9 | 56 | 45.3 | 40.2 | 25 | 45% | 5% | 30% |
| 7 | Drew Kaser | Texas A&M | +12.5 | 56 | 44.5 | 40.9 | 23 | 41% | 9% | 36% |
| 8 | Kristian Stern | UTSA | +11.9 | 83 | 41.2 | 39.7 | 33 | 40% | 1% | 49% |
| 9 | Tyler Wedel | Northern Illinois | +11.5 | 59 | 41.7 | 41.0 | 26 | 44% | 0% | 34% |
| 10 | Scott Arellano | BYU | +11.5 | 60 | 44.8 | 40.8 | 29 | 49% | 3% | 31% |
| 11 | Anthony Melchiori | Kent State | +11.4 | 67 | 44.3 | 40.5 | 29 | 43% | 4% | 24% |
| 12 | Will Monday | Duke | +11.3 | 56 | 43.4 | 40.0 | 21 | 39% | 13% | 33% |
| 13 | Jaron Bentrude | Utah State | +11.1 | 78 | 40.9 | 38.5 | 33 | 42% | 6% | 43% |
| 14 | Justin Vogel | Miami | +11.0 | 49 | 43.7 | 41.2 | 22 | 45% | 2% | 37% |
| 15 | Kaleb Smith | Oklahoma State | +11.0 | 76 | 42.1 | 39.8 | 24 | 32% | 7% | 42% |
| 16 | Peter Mortell | Minnesota | +10.5 | 62 | 45.5 | 39.9 | 25 | 40% | 18% | 24% |
| 17 | Justin DuVernois | Illinois | +10.1 | 72 | 44.4 | 40.4 | 21 | 30% | 8% | 23% |
| 18 | Dalton Schomp | Florida Atlantic | +9.9 | 46 | 45.2 | 40.9 | 5 | 14% | 3% | 24% |
| 19 | Will Gleeson | Ole Miss | +9.9 | 50 | 42.9 | 40.8 | 23 | 50% | 4% | 24% |
| 20 | Austin Rehkow | Idaho | +9.8 | 44 | 47.8 | 42.9 | 15 | 42% | 6% | 31% |
| 21 | Kyle Christy | Florida | +9.5 | 56 | 44.4 | 39.2 | 23 | 41% | 13% | 25% |
| 22 | Scott Harding | Hawai'i | +9.5 | 86 | 41.3 | 40.0 | 31 | 42% | 3% | 18% |
| 23 | Matt Darr | Tennessee | +9.4 | 76 | 42.5 | 38.8 | 27 | 36% | 13% | 36% |
| 24 | Spencer Smith | Memphis | +9.3 | 53 | 40.2 | 39.3 | 20 | 38% | 2% | 40% |
| 25 | Mattias Ciabatti | South Florida | +9.1 | 65 | 44.4 | 40.3 | 27 | 42% | 5% | 22% |
| 26 | Taylor Symmank | Texas Tech | +8.7 | 54 | 42.6 | 39.8 | 18 | 34% | 9% | 42% |
| 27 | Bradley Pinion | Clemson | +8.7 | 70 | 42.5 | 39.8 | 28 | 41% | 3% | 44% |
| 28 | Alex Tardieu | Army | +8.3 | 44 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 19 | 43% | 2% | 44% |
| 29 | Joe Davidson | Bowling Green | +8.1 | 75 | 42.0 | 38.7 | 25 | 33% | 4% | 30% |
| 30 | Cameron Johnston | Ohio State | +7.8 | 39 | 45.1 | 41.3 | 23 | 59% | 13% | 31% |
| 31 | Jamie Keehn | LSU | +7.6 | 68 | 45.0 | 41.2 | 25 | 37% | 4% | 37% |
| 32 | Colby Cooke | Vanderbilt | +7.5 | 66 | 42.4 | 39.0 | 24 | 37% | 11% | 16% |
| 33 | Will Conant | Air Force | +6.6 | 56 | 43.8 | 39.1 | 23 | 41% | 16% | 16% |
| 34 | Alex Howell | Boston College | +6.1 | 59 | 42.9 | 38.7 | 23 | 40% | 7% | 21% |
| 35 | Hayden Hunt | Colorado State | +5.7 | 44 | 43.8 | 38.7 | 11 | 26% | 7% | 10% |
| 36 | Daniel Cadona | Louisiana | +5.6 | 55 | 43.3 | 38.1 | 26 | 46% | 11% | 26% |
| 37 | Cason Beatty | Florida State | +5.4 | 44 | 41.6 | 38.7 | 15 | 34% | 5% | 43% |
| 38 | Ethan Perry | TCU | +5.2 | 60 | 39.0 | 37.4 | 27 | 46% | 8% | 41% |
| 39 | Trevor Pardula | Kansas | +4.8 | 83 | 44.3 | 39.3 | 28 | 34% | 12% | 20% |
| 40 | Sam Foltz | Nebraska | +4.8 | 56 | 41.9 | 38.2 | 25 | 45% | 7% | 34% |
| 41 | Landon Foster | Kentucky | +4.7 | 66 | 42.6 | 39.2 | 28 | 44% | 6% | 32% |
| 42 | J. Schroeder | Western Michigan | +4.7 | 51 | 43.1 | 40.3 | 18 | 40% | 2% | 10% |
| 43 | Tyler Williams | Marshall | +4.7 | 39 | 44.8 | 39.8 | 12 | 32% | 11% | 20% |
| 44 | Spencer Roth | Baylor | +4.6 | 46 | 43.3 | 41.2 | 20 | 43% | 4% | 40% |
| 45 | Pablo Beltran | Navy | +4.6 | 34 | 44.3 | 39.2 | 15 | 44% | 15% | 19% |
| 46 | Drew Riggleman | Arizona | +4.6 | 69 | 46.4 | 38.8 | 24 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| 47 | Mitch Bonnstetter | Ohio | +3.9 | 63 | 41.8 | 38.8 | 24 | 38% | 5% | 17% |
| 48 | Kyle Schmidt | Ball State | +3.6 | 52 | 42.1 | 39.9 | 18 | 35% | 8% | 27% |
| 49 | Christian Brinser | Missouri | +3.5 | 71 | 41.2 | 38.5 | 24 | 34% | 1% | 39% |
| 50 | Tyler Grassman | Buffalo | +3.5 | 50 | 40.7 | 38.4 | 18 | 36% | 8% | 35% |
| 51 | A.J. Hughes | Virginia Tech | +3.3 | 78 | 40.0 | 37.9 | 23 | 29% | 5% | 23% |
| 52 | Worth Gregory | East Carolina | +3.2 | 43 | 43.5 | 37.7 | 15 | 36% | 12% | 24% |
| 53 | Tommy Hibbard | North Carolina | +2.6 | 64 | 41.1 | 39.4 | 29 | 45% | 5% | 40% |
| 54 | Devon Bell | Mississippi State | +2.6 | 49 | 43.0 | 39.4 | 17 | 36% | 11% | 32% |
| 55 | Ryan Winslow | Pittsburgh | +2.4 | 48 | 39.9 | 37.0 | 18 | 44% | 10% | 34% |
| 56 | Justin Manton | UL Monroe | +2.2 | 76 | 42.4 | 37.5 | 24 | 32% | 11% | 19% |
| 57 | Korey Durkee | Washington | +2.1 | 60 | 41.9 | 39.3 | 16 | 31% | 10% | 20% |
| 58 | Ethan Wood | Wyoming | +1.9 | 66 | 41.4 | 37.3 | 19 | 30% | 8% | 27% |
| 59 | Logan Yunker | UNLV | +1.7 | 82 | 40.5 | 38.5 | 35 | 43% | 5% | 32% |
| 60 | Zack Rogers | New Mexico | +1.4 | 56 | 42.6 | 37.8 | 21 | 37% | 11% | 13% |
| 61 | Matt Haack | Arizona State | +1.3 | 52 | 43.3 | 38.9 | 18 | 36% | 8% | 14% |
| 62 | Hunter Mullins | UAB | +1.1 | 59 | 44.1 | 39.2 | 24 | 45% | 4% | 29% |
| 63 | Brandon McKee | South Alabama | +1.1 | 66 | 41.7 | 37.1 | 24 | 39% | 12% | 19% |
| 64 | Kyle Brindza | Notre Dame | +1.0 | 47 | 41.6 | 37.8 | 17 | 36% | 15% | 41% |
| 65 | Darragh O'Neill | Colorado | +0.9 | 65 | 44.2 | 39.4 | 31 | 48% | 5% | 21% |
| 66 | Luke Ferguson | Arkansas State | +0.9 | 52 | 41.5 | 39.3 | 22 | 42% | 8% | 39% |
| 67 | Ben Rhyne | Stanford | +0.6 | 54 | 39.9 | 35.7 | 17 | 32% | 9% | 19% |
| 68 | Tyler Hull | South Carolina | +0.6 | 38 | 41.2 | 37.1 | 15 | 39% | 8% | 32% |
| 69 | Eric Keena | North Texas | −0.2 | 43 | 44.8 | 39.4 | 9 | 21% | 2% | 29% |
| 70 | Matt Mengel | UCLA | −0.3 | 55 | 39.7 | 38.1 | 20 | 36% | 5% | 53% |
| 71 | Alex Boy | Nevada | −0.3 | 54 | 44.5 | 38.4 | 14 | 27% | 10% | 10% |
| 72 | Ryan Nowicki | Georgia Southern | −0.4 | 35 | 40.1 | 37.8 | 17 | 50% | 6% | 47% |
| 73 | Caleb Houston | UCF | −0.6 | 48 | 38.5 | 35.3 | 19 | 41% | 7% | 29% |
| 74 | Nick Walsh | Kansas State | −0.8 | 40 | 40.5 | 37.4 | 13 | 32% | 10% | 46% |
| 75 | Owen Dubiel | Eastern Michigan | −0.9 | 58 | 40.0 | 38.7 | 20 | 34% | 5% | 14% |
| 76 | William Russ | Texas | −1.3 | 66 | 42.3 | 38.2 | 22 | 33% | 5% | 30% |
| 77 | Logan Piper | Houston | −1.4 | 39 | 39.3 | 36.2 | 11 | 29% | 11% | 42% |
| 78 | Colin Downing | Iowa State | −1.6 | 69 | 39.4 | 38.4 | 19 | 28% | 0% | 36% |
| 79 | Nick O'Toole | West Virginia | −1.7 | 52 | 42.5 | 38.2 | 23 | 45% | 4% | 40% |
| 80 | Tim Gleeson | Rutgers | −1.8 | 32 | 40.3 | 35.9 | 11 | 34% | 6% | 19% |
| 81 | James Farrimond | Rice | −2.1 | 60 | 42.1 | 35.9 | 16 | 27% | 12% | 12% |
| 82 | Daniel Carlson | Auburn | −2.4 | 37 | 41.6 | 37.5 | 12 | 32% | 3% | 22% |
| 83 | Keith Kostol | Oregon State | −2.4 | 69 | 39.6 | 37.1 | 31 | 45% | 1% | 33% |
| 84 | Collin Barber | Georgia | −2.5 | 32 | 39.2 | 37.5 | 13 | 41% | 3% | 34% |
| 85 | Zachary Lopez | Middle Tennessee | −2.8 | 34 | 39.1 | 36.8 | 6 | 18% | 6% | 23% |
| 86 | Dalton Parks | Tulsa | −2.9 | 70 | 42.0 | 38.8 | 21 | 30% | 7% | 30% |
| 87 | Kris Albarado | USC | −3.1 | 53 | 41.6 | 36.7 | 19 | 37% | 8% | 43% |
| 88 | Alex Starzyk | Temple | −3.4 | 70 | 38.4 | 36.5 | 18 | 27% | 6% | 36% |
| 89 | Ron Coluzzi | Central Michigan | −3.8 | 48 | 39.1 | 35.0 | 19 | 40% | 10% | 23% |
| 90 | Riley Dixon | Syracuse | −3.9 | 75 | 42.4 | 37.4 | 27 | 36% | 4% | 42% |
| 91 | Nathan Renfro | Maryland | −4.6 | 78 | 41.1 | 36.1 | 21 | 28% | 11% | 29% |
| 92 | Garrett Swanson | Fresno State | −5.0 | 76 | 40.5 | 37.0 | 26 | 35% | 4% | 38% |
| 93 | Christian Koch | Miami (OH) | −5.1 | 57 | 40.4 | 37.1 | 14 | 25% | 9% | 29% |
| 94 | Zach Paul | Akron | −5.1 | 66 | 42.5 | 36.4 | 26 | 39% | 21% | 21% |
| 95 | Joel Alesi | San Diego State | −5.2 | 55 | 36.3 | 34.4 | 22 | 40% | 2% | 32% |
| 96 | Sam Geraci | Cincinnati | −5.2 | 46 | 39.0 | 35.9 | 13 | 30% | 9% | 28% |
| 97 | Nick Ellis | Toledo | −5.5 | 48 | 36.6 | 37.0 | 17 | 40% | 0% | 37% |
| 98 | Sean Wale | Boise State | −6.0 | 58 | 41.0 | 36.9 | 21 | 36% | 7% | 45% |
| 99 | Ian Wheeler | Oregon | −6.8 | 39 | 39.1 | 36.5 | 11 | 29% | 8% | 24% |
| 100 | Jay Mattox | UTEP | −7.0 | 34 | 41.7 | 35.5 | 9 | 26% | 12% | 16% |
| 101 | Will Hagerup | Michigan | −7.0 | 53 | 42.9 | 34.5 | 17 | 33% | 18% | 10% |
| 102 | Thomas Meadows | Purdue | −7.2 | 58 | 39.8 | 36.2 | 14 | 24% | 3% | 30% |
| 103 | Daniel Pasquariello | Penn State | −7.8 | 41 | 37.7 | 35.7 | 14 | 34% | 5% | 27% |
| 104 | Mike Sadler | Michigan State | −8.0 | 49 | 41.3 | 35.6 | 14 | 29% | 10% | 27% |
| 105 | Erich Toth | Indiana | −8.3 | 77 | 40.7 | 36.3 | 21 | 29% | 8% | 43% |
| 106 | Jackson Koonce | SMU | −8.3 | 74 | 40.8 | 36.7 | 13 | 18% | 4% | 15% |
| 107 | Ryan Kay | Troy | −8.5 | 62 | 40.0 | 36.1 | 23 | 37% | 3% | 25% |
| 108 | Stephen Witkowski | New Mexico State | −8.6 | 34 | 40.8 | 34.3 | 9 | 26% | 9% | 21% |
| 109 | Tyler Sarrazin | Southern Miss | −8.7 | 66 | 39.5 | 37.2 | 18 | 31% | 5% | 30% |
| 110 | Alec Vozenilek | Virginia | −8.8 | 58 | 42.5 | 35.5 | 15 | 25% | 13% | 22% |
| 111 | Jed Barnett | Oklahoma | −9.9 | 57 | 40.6 | 35.8 | 14 | 25% | 9% | 32% |
| 112 | Cole Leininger | California | −9.9 | 52 | 39.8 | 36.4 | 20 | 38% | 10% | 26% |
| 113 | Drew Meyer | Wisconsin | −10.0 | 51 | 38.1 | 34.2 | 17 | 33% | 6% | 29% |
| 114 | Justin Wain | UConn | −10.3 | 74 | 38.8 | 36.2 | 23 | 34% | 6% | 38% |
| 115 | Joseph Occhipinti | Western Kentucky | −11.6 | 46 | 37.7 | 34.6 | 11 | 24% | 7% | 27% |
| 116 | Jordan Dascalo | Washington State | −11.7 | 49 | 41.6 | 32.9 | 15 | 31% | 10% | 22% |
| 117 | Bentlee Critcher | App State | −12.8 | 41 | 40.7 | 33.6 | 12 | 29% | 5% | 20% |
| 118 | Jose Laphitzondo | Florida International | −12.9 | 59 | 40.7 | 36.1 | 10 | 17% | 7% | 7% |
| 119 | Peter Picerelli | Tulane | −13.5 | 71 | 37.8 | 35.7 | 20 | 28% | 6% | 29% |
| 120 | Ryan Johnson | Louisville | −14.5 | 60 | 40.5 | 35.4 | 16 | 27% | 7% | 31% |
| 121 | Dillon Kidd | Iowa | −15.2 | 42 | 39.1 | 34.3 | 14 | 33% | 2% | 38% |
| 122 | Brian McDonald | Massachusetts | −15.8 | 57 | 37.7 | 34.5 | 12 | 21% | 11% | 31% |
| 123 | Logan McPherson | Louisiana Tech | −19.3 | 57 | 37.1 | 32.5 | 16 | 30% | 4% | 17% |
| 124 | Chris Gradone | Northwestern | −19.9 | 65 | 37.9 | 33.6 | 20 | 30% | 8% | 19% |
| 125 | Michael Carrizosa | San José State | −22.8 | 43 | 37.1 | 30.7 | 8 | 20% | 3% | 17% |
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