2014 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2014, Trevor Pardula (3673) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Tom Hackett (3619) and Scott Harding (3554). 208 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	3673	83	44.3	39.3	28	34%	12%	20%	+4.8
2	Tom Hackett	Utah	3619	77	47.0	42.8	37	49%	13%	28%	+23.6
3	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	3554	86	41.3	40.0	31	42%	3%	18%	+9.5
4	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	3535	81	43.6	42.7	28	35%	0%	24%	+21.8
5	Kristian Stern	UTSA	3422	83	41.2	39.7	33	40%	1%	49%	+11.9
6	Logan Yunker	UNLV	3318	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
7	Matt Darr	Tennessee	3229	76	42.5	38.8	27	36%	13%	36%	+9.4
8	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	3222	76	42.4	37.5	24	32%	11%	19%	+2.2
9	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	3203	78	41.1	36.1	21	28%	11%	29%	−4.6
10	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	3201	76	42.1	39.8	24	32%	7%	42%	+11.0
11	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	3199	69	46.4	38.8	24	35%	13%	10%	+4.6
12	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	3194	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
13	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	3194	72	44.4	40.4	21	30%	8%	23%	+10.1
14	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	3182	75	42.4	37.4	27	36%	4%	42%	−3.9
15	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	3152	75	42.0	38.7	25	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
16	Erich Toth	Indiana	3133	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
17	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	3118	78	40.0	37.9	23	29%	5%	23%	+3.3
18	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	3080	76	40.5	37.0	26	35%	4%	38%	−5.0
19	Jamie Keehn	LSU	3061	68	45.0	41.2	25	37%	4%	37%	+7.6
20	Jackson Koonce	SMU	3017	74	40.8	36.7	13	18%	4%	15%	−8.3
21	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	2977	70	42.5	39.8	28	41%	3%	44%	+8.7
22	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	2966	67	44.3	40.5	29	43%	4%	24%	+11.4
23	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	2943	70	42.0	38.8	21	30%	7%	30%	−2.9
24	Christian Brinser	Missouri	2922	71	41.2	38.5	24	34%	1%	39%	+3.5
25	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	2888	65	44.4	40.3	27	42%	5%	22%	+9.1
26	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	2870	65	44.2	39.4	31	48%	5%	21%	+0.9
27	Justin Wain	UConn	2868	74	38.8	36.2	23	34%	6%	38%	−10.3
28	Will Johnson	Texas State	2844	65	43.8	41.3	24	37%	6%	37%	+14.4
29	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	2821	62	45.5	39.9	25	40%	18%	24%	+10.5
30	Landon Foster	Kentucky	2810	66	42.6	39.2	28	44%	6%	32%	+4.7
31	Zach Paul	Akron	2806	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1
32	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	2796	66	42.4	39.0	24	37%	11%	16%	+7.5
33	William Russ	Texas	2795	66	42.3	38.2	22	33%	5%	30%	−1.3
34	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	2752	66	41.7	37.1	24	39%	12%	19%	+1.1
35	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	2735	69	39.6	37.1	31	45%	1%	33%	−2.4
36	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	2733	66	41.4	37.3	19	30%	8%	27%	+1.9
37	Colin Downing	Iowa State	2720	69	39.4	38.4	19	28%	0%	36%	−1.6
38	Alex Starzyk	Temple	2689	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
39	Scott Arellano	BYU	2687	60	44.8	40.8	29	49%	3%	31%	+11.5
40	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	2683	71	37.8	35.7	20	28%	6%	29%	−13.5
41	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	2631	63	41.8	38.8	24	38%	5%	17%	+3.9
42	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	2628	64	41.1	39.4	29	45%	5%	40%	+2.6
43	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	2608	66	39.5	37.2	18	31%	5%	30%	−8.7
44	Hunter Mullins	UAB	2601	59	44.1	39.2	24	45%	4%	29%	+1.1
45	Wil Baumann	NC State	2538	56	45.3	40.2	25	45%	5%	30%	+12.9
46	Alex Howell	Boston College	2534	59	42.9	38.7	23	40%	7%	21%	+6.1
47	James Farrimond	Rice	2529	60	42.1	35.9	16	27%	12%	12%	−2.1
48	Korey Durkee	Washington	2511	60	41.9	39.3	16	31%	10%	20%	+2.1
49	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	2492	56	44.5	40.9	23	41%	9%	36%	+12.5
50	Kyle Christy	Florida	2489	56	44.4	39.2	23	41%	13%	25%	+9.5
51	Ryan Kay	Troy	2479	62	40.0	36.1	23	37%	3%	25%	−8.5
52	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	2464	65	37.9	33.6	20	30%	8%	19%	−19.9
53	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	2463	58	42.5	35.5	15	25%	13%	22%	−8.8
54	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	2462	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
55	Will Conant	Air Force	2453	56	43.8	39.1	23	41%	16%	16%	+6.6
56	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	2430	60	40.5	35.4	16	27%	7%	31%	−14.5
57	Will Monday	Duke	2428	56	43.4	40.0	21	39%	13%	33%	+11.3
58	Alex Boy	Nevada	2404	54	44.5	38.4	14	27%	10%	10%	−0.3
59	Jose Laphitzondo	Florida International	2400	59	40.7	36.1	10	17%	7%	7%	−12.9
60	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	2384	56	42.6	37.8	21	37%	11%	13%	+1.4
61	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	2380	55	43.3	38.1	26	46%	11%	26%	+5.6
62	Sean Wale	Boise State	2377	58	41.0	36.9	21	36%	7%	45%	−6.0
63	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	2346	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
64	Ethan Perry	TCU	2338	60	39.0	37.4	27	46%	8%	41%	+5.2
65	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	2318	58	40.0	38.7	20	34%	5%	14%	−0.9
66	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	2314	57	40.6	35.8	14	25%	9%	32%	−9.9
67	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	2308	58	39.8	36.2	14	24%	3%	30%	−7.2
68	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	2305	57	40.4	37.1	14	25%	9%	29%	−5.1
69	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	2303	54	42.6	39.8	18	34%	9%	42%	+8.7
70	Will Hagerup	Michigan	2274	53	42.9	34.5	17	33%	18%	10%	−7.0
71	JK Scott	Alabama	2255	48	47.0	43.3	26	54%	10%	33%	+18.0
72	Matt Haack	Arizona State	2253	52	43.3	38.9	18	36%	8%	14%	+1.3
73	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	2210	52	42.5	38.2	23	45%	4%	40%	−1.7
74	Kris Albarado	USC	2204	53	41.6	36.7	19	37%	8%	43%	−3.1
75	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	2196	51	43.1	40.3	18	40%	2%	10%	+4.7
76	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	2190	52	42.1	39.9	18	35%	8%	27%	+3.6
77	Matt Mengel	UCLA	2186	55	39.7	38.1	20	36%	5%	53%	−0.3
78	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	2168	54	40.1	39.2	29	54%	4%	43%	+14.3
79	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	2159	52	41.5	39.3	22	42%	8%	39%	+0.9
80	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	2153	54	39.9	35.7	17	32%	9%	19%	+0.6
81	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	2150	57	37.7	34.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−15.8
82	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	2146	50	42.9	40.8	23	50%	4%	24%	+9.9
83	Justin Vogel	Miami	2142	49	43.7	41.2	22	45%	2%	37%	+11.0
84	Spencer Smith	Memphis	2131	53	40.2	39.3	20	38%	2%	40%	+9.3
85	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	2114	57	37.1	32.5	16	30%	4%	17%	−19.3
86	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	2109	49	43.0	39.4	17	36%	11%	32%	+2.6
87	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	2101	44	47.8	42.9	15	42%	6%	31%	+9.8
88	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	2080	46	45.2	40.9	5	14%	3%	24%	+9.9
89	Cole Leininger	California	2072	52	39.8	36.4	20	38%	10%	26%	−9.9
90	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	2039	49	41.6	32.9	15	31%	10%	22%	−11.7
91	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	2037	50	40.7	38.4	18	36%	8%	35%	+3.5
92	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	2024	49	41.3	35.6	14	29%	10%	27%	−8.0
93	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	1997	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2
94	Spencer Roth	Baylor	1992	46	43.3	41.2	20	43%	4%	40%	+4.6
95	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	1957	47	41.6	37.8	17	36%	15%	41%	+1.0
96	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	1941	51	38.1	34.2	17	33%	6%	29%	−10.0
97	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	1927	44	43.8	38.7	11	26%	7%	10%	+5.7
98	Eric Keena	North Texas	1927	43	44.8	39.4	9	21%	2%	29%	−0.2
99	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	1916	48	39.9	37.0	18	44%	10%	34%	+2.4
100	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	1877	48	39.1	35.0	19	40%	10%	23%	−3.8
101	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	1869	43	43.5	37.7	15	36%	12%	24%	+3.2
102	Caleb Houston	UCF	1846	48	38.5	35.3	19	41%	7%	29%	−0.6
103	Cason Beatty	Florida State	1832	44	41.6	38.7	15	34%	5%	43%	+5.4
104	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	1796	46	39.0	35.9	13	30%	9%	28%	−5.2
105	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	1759	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
106	Nick Ellis	Toledo	1756	48	36.6	37.0	17	40%	0%	37%	−5.5
107	Tyler Williams	Marshall	1748	39	44.8	39.8	12	32%	11%	20%	+4.7
108	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	1733	46	37.7	34.6	11	24%	7%	27%	−11.6
109	Alex Tardieu	Army	1731	44	39.3	38.7	19	43%	2%	44%	+8.3
110	Bentlee Critcher	App State	1667	41	40.7	33.6	12	29%	5%	20%	−12.8
111	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	1643	42	39.1	34.3	14	33%	2%	38%	−15.2
112	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	1619	40	40.5	37.4	13	32%	10%	46%	−0.8
113	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	1595	43	37.1	30.7	8	20%	3%	17%	−22.8
114	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	1566	38	41.2	37.1	15	39%	8%	32%	+0.6
115	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	1547	41	37.7	35.7	14	34%	5%	27%	−7.8
116	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	1541	37	41.6	37.5	12	32%	3%	22%	−2.4
117	Logan Piper	Houston	1534	39	39.3	36.2	11	29%	11%	42%	−1.4
118	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	1523	39	39.1	36.5	11	29%	8%	24%	−6.8
119	Pablo Beltran	Navy	1507	34	44.3	39.2	15	44%	15%	19%	+4.6
120	Jay Mattox	UTEP	1417	34	41.7	35.5	9	26%	12%	16%	−7.0
121	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	1404	35	40.1	37.8	17	50%	6%	47%	−0.4
122	Stephen Witkowski	New Mexico State	1387	34	40.8	34.3	9	26%	9%	21%	−8.6
123	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1328	34	39.1	36.8	6	18%	6%	23%	−2.8
124	Tim Gleeson	Rutgers	1290	32	40.3	35.9	11	34%	6%	19%	−1.8
125	Collin Barber	Georgia	1254	32	39.2	37.5	13	41%	3%	34%	−2.5
126	Blake Macek	North Texas	1229	30	41.0	36.9	11	46%	17%	33%	+1.4
127	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	1184	29	40.8	37.6	13	45%	7%	19%	+3.7
128	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	1151	33	34.9	29.9	6	21%	3%	30%	−15.7
129	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	1073	23	46.7	38.2	6	26%	0%	9%	+0.1
130	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	1059	27	39.2	34.3	4	15%	8%	14%	−6.1
131	Chris Gulla	Penn State	1045	28	37.3	35.8	9	32%	4%	39%	−3.5
132	Joseph Roth	Rutgers	990	28	35.4	33.5	4	14%	0%	36%	−8.5
133	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	934	21	44.5	34.0	4	19%	0%	14%	−8.1
134	Jarrett Cervi	Old Dominion	886	22	40.3	33.9	2	9%	4%	41%	−10.4
135	Chris Ayers	Florida International	811	23	35.3	31.0	5	45%	27%	11%	−0.1
136	Sean O'Kane	Middle Tennessee	740	19	38.9	32.7	4	27%	20%	8%	−1.7
137	Taylor Heinicke	Old Dominion	620	13	47.7	41.2	8	62%	0%	0%	+4.2
138	Michael Davidson	Texas	591	14	42.2	36.5	5	36%	0%	29%	−4.1
139	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	587	16	36.7	34.4	8	50%	6%	38%	−0.9
140	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	566	16	35.4	30.8	10	71%	21%	46%	+0.1
141	Scott Secor	Ball State	518	13	39.8	34.8	4	31%	8%	0%	−0.9
142	Dylan Seibert	Houston	503	12	41.9	39.8	2	17%	0%	17%	+1.1
143	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	502	15	33.5	33.5	12	80%	0%	60%	+0.5
144	Stephen Hogan	Arkansas State	500	11	45.5	42.1	3	27%	18%	18%	+1.4
145	Kelly Kingseed	New Mexico State	487	14	34.8	32.1	5	33%	0%	8%	−7.9
146	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	452	10	45.2	43.4	2	22%	0%	44%	+1.7
147	Adam Searl	UCLA	430	11	39.1	38.0	6	60%	10%	60%	+1.4
148	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	414	10	41.4	39.2	3	30%	0%	60%	−0.6
149	John Lloyd	Cincinnati	399	11	36.3	36.0	6	55%	0%	18%	+0.4
150	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	331	9	36.8	34.6	7	78%	11%	0%	+0.6
151	Jimmy Hutchinson	Auburn	329	9	36.6	35.1	2	22%	0%	22%	−0.7
152	Christian Kock	Miami (OH)	301	8	37.6	36.5	2	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
153	Adam Erickson	Georgia	294	9	32.7	31.7	5	56%	0%	33%	−2.2
154	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	254	6	42.3	38.8	1	17%	17%	67%	+0.7
155	Bart Houston	Wisconsin	243	7	34.7	33.3	1	14%	0%	0%	−3.2
156	Cody Kessler	USC	231	7	33.0	25.3	3	43%	43%	0%	−0.7
157	Bobby Puyol	UConn	210	6	35.0	34.3	1	17%	0%	50%	−3.4
158	Holden Kramer	Iowa State	209	7	29.9	29.7	6	100%	0%	33%	+0.4
159	Brayden Sanchez	Nevada	201	5	40.2	29.3	0	0%	50%	0%	−1.9
160	Alex Louthan	New Mexico State	181	5	36.2	30.2	2	33%	0%	40%	−4.7
161	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	180	5	36.0	29.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−2.3
162	Cyler Miles	Washington	177	5	35.4	31.4	4	80%	20%	0%	+0.7
163	O'Kane Sean	Middle Tennessee	160	3	53.3	43.3	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.1
164	Anu Solomon	Arizona	150	4	37.5	32.5	3	75%	25%	0%	+0.1
165	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	143	4	35.8	35.8	1	25%	0%	0%	−2.2
166	Mike Bercovici	Arizona State	140	4	35.0	30.0	2	50%	25%	0%	−0.5
167	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	134	3	44.7	38.7	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.2
168	Matt Mills	Central Michigan	122	4	30.5	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−3.2
169	Jared Goff	California	122	3	40.7	34.0	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.5
170	Hassan Dixon	Temple	110	3	36.7	35.3	0	0%	0%	67%	−0.7
171	Kevin Ellison	Georgia Southern	109	3	36.3	29.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.2
172	Jameill Showers	UTEP	103	3	34.3	27.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.1
173	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	102	2	51.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.5
174	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	98	3	32.7	19.3	0	0%	67%	0%	−2.2
175	Brian Burrell	Fresno State	91	3	30.3	29.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
176	Richard Montgomery	Idaho	91	2	45.5	39.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+1.2
177	Patrick Fish	South Carolina	78	2	39.0	39.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.2
178	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	76	2	38.0	-2.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−9.0
179	Gunner Kiel	Cincinnati	75	2	37.5	27.5	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
180	Tyler Mayes	Temple	66	2	33.0	35.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
181	Michael Julian	Toledo	65	1	65.0	65.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+1.9
182	Matthew Shiel	Auburn	62	2	31.0	31.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
183	Cody Rademacher	SMU	59	2	29.5	19.5	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.1
184	Stody Bradley	New Mexico State	49	1	49.0	49.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
185	Kenneth Dixon	Louisiana Tech	47	1	47.0	48.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
186	Jalen Warfield	New Mexico State	46	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.4
187	Garrett Krstich	SMU	45	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
188	Matt Wile	Michigan	44	1	44.0	24.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
189	Justin Simmons	Boston College	43	1	43.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
190	Matt McIntosh	Northern Illinois	42	1	42.0	42.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
191	Grant Hedrick	Boise State	40	1	40.0	40.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
192	Luke Rubenzer	California	39	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
193	Mikael Sroka	UTEP	37	1	37.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
194	Tucker Carter	UTSA	37	1	37.0	17.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
195	Toby Baker	Arkansas	36	1	36.0	1.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.3
196	Chris Smith	Temple	35	1	35.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
197	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	35	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
198	Jake Thompson	Utah State	35	1	35.0	15.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
199	Ryan Frain	Illinois	34	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.3
200	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	34	1	34.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
201	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	33	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
202	Joseph Pulisic	Old Dominion	25	1	25.0	25.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.3
203	Taylor Lamb	App State	22	1	22.0	22.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
204	Michael Cummings	Kansas	21	1	21.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
205	Ezayi Youyoute	Georgia Southern	18	1	18.0	18.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.2
206	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	13	1	13.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.4
207	Drew Hare	Northern Illinois	7	1	7.0	7.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.9
208	Christian Hackenberg	Penn State	5	1	5.0	5.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1

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