2015 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2015 regular season (at least 30), ranked by punt points added. 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.

Final 2015 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2015 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

Dalton Schomp (Florida Atlantic): 48.0 45 punts
Drew Kaser (Texas A&M): 48.0 53 punts
Tom Hackett (Utah): 47.8 55 punts
Michael Carrizosa (San José State): 47.7 43 punts
Spencer Smith (Memphis): 47.2 37 punts

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Net Punting Average

Dalton Schomp (Florida Atlantic): 43.8 45 punts
Tom Hackett (Utah): 43.6 55 punts
Spencer Smith (Memphis): 43.4 37 punts
Johnny Townsend (Florida): 42.7 79 punts
Hayden Hunt (Colorado State): 42.5 50 punts

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Inside the 20 Percentage

Gerald Shouse (Louisiana Tech): 57.1% 28 of 48
Worth Gregory (East Carolina): 55.7% 34 of 60
Rigoberto Sanchez (Hawai'i): 51.6% 33 of 74
Hayden Hunt (Colorado State): 51.0% 26 of 50
Toby Baker (Arkansas): 50.0% 21 of 42

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Longest Punts

Blake O'Neill (Michigan): 80 yds
Tommy Openshaw (Vanderbilt): 78 yds
Jonny Linehan (BYU): 77 yds
Tom Hackett (Utah): 76 yds
Dalton Schomp (Florida Atlantic): 76 yds

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Punt Points Added

Johnny Townsend (Florida): +23.6 79 punts
Tom Hackett (Utah): +20.1 55 punts
Nick O'Toole (West Virginia): +17.6 65 punts
Worth Gregory (East Carolina): +17.6 60 punts
Drew Kaser (Texas A&M): +16.1 53 punts

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Fair Catch Percentage

Austin Seibert (Oklahoma): 54.0% 27 of 51
Cole Leininger (California): 53.1% 17 of 35
Joshua Appleby (Louisville): 50.9% 29 of 63
Justin Wain (UConn): 49.2% 31 of 70
Logan Cooke (Mississippi State): 48.7% 19 of 40

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Kyle Schmidt (Ball State): 0.0% 0 of 58
Matt Haack (Arizona State): 0.0% 0 of 67
Ryan Rodwell (Georgia Tech): 0.0% 0 of 46
Peter Picerelli (Tulane): 0.0% 0 of 31
Andy Teasdall (Clemson): 0.0% 0 of 58

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Matt Haack (Arizona State): +5.0 0 TB on 67 punts
Kyle Schmidt (Ball State): +4.1 0 TB on 58 punts
Andy Teasdall (Clemson): +4.0 0 TB on 58 punts
Nick Porebski (Oregon State): +3.6 1 TB on 72 punts
Hunter Niswander (Northwestern): +3.3 2 TB on 78 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Austin Seibert (Oklahoma): 0.1 7 yards
Matt Mengel (UCLA): 0.2 10 yards
Worth Gregory (East Carolina): 0.3 16 yards
Hunter Niswander (Northwestern): 0.3 26 yards
Joshua Appleby (Louisville): 0.5 26 yards

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Opponent Starting Field Position

Worth Gregory (East Carolina): 18.9 60 punts
Will Monday (Duke): 19.0 60 punts
Sean Kelly (South Carolina): 20.8 55 punts
Trevor Daniel (Tennessee): 21.1 55 punts
Cameron Johnston (Ohio State): 21.1 55 punts

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Net Average in Opponent Territory

Cason Beatty (Florida State): 40.2 13 punts
Johnny Townsend (Florida): 35.6 17 punts
Alexander Kinal (Wake Forest): 34.9 14 punts
Luke Ferguson (Arkansas State): 33.5 20 punts
A.J. Cole III (NC State): 33.2 16 punts

Full Net Average in Opponent Territory leaderboard

Net Average in Wind

Tom Hackett (Utah): 45.8 12 punts
Ethan Wood (Wyoming): 45.0 12 punts
Drew Riggleman (Arizona): 44.7 19 punts
Nick O'Toole (West Virginia): 43.7 21 punts
Austin Seibert (Oklahoma): 43.5 11 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2015 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

126 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Johnny Townsend	Florida	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
2	Tom Hackett	Utah	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	15%	35%	+20.1
3	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
4	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
5	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	15%	21%	+16.1
6	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	2%	26%	+15.3
7	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
8	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
9	Tyler Williams	Marshall	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
10	Alex Howell	Boston College	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
11	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	14%	19%	+13.3
12	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	2%	33%	+13.2
13	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
14	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
15	Spencer Smith	Memphis	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	11%	30%	+11.6
16	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	5%	24%	+11.4
17	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	7%	25%	+10.3
18	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
19	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	4%	54%	+10.0
20	Corey Fatony	Missouri	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
21	A.J. Cole III	NC State	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
22	Will Monday	Duke	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
23	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	12%	6%	+9.0
24	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
25	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	3%	30%	+8.4
26	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	7%	21%	+8.1
27	Logan Piper	Houston	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
28	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
29	Matt Haack	Arizona State	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	0%	19%	+7.2
30	Sean Wale	Boise State	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
31	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
32	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	7%	19%	+5.7
33	Michael Dickson	Texas	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
34	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
35	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
36	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5
37	Drew Galitz	Baylor	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	0%	38%	+4.9
38	Alex Starzyk	Temple	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
39	Matt Mengel	UCLA	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	4%	43%	+4.8
40	Caleb Houston	UCF	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	5%	47%	+4.6
41	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
42	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
43	Eric Keena	North Texas	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	5%	38%	+4.5
44	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
45	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
46	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	9%	22%	+4.4
47	Alex Robinson	Stanford	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	6%	26%	+4.4
48	JK Scott	Alabama	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	15%	24%	+4.0
49	Toby Baker	Arkansas	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	5%	37%	+4.0
50	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
51	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
52	Cason Beatty	Florida State	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
53	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	7%	15%	+3.9
54	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
55	Korey Durkee	Washington	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	16%	31%	+3.4
56	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
57	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	13%	20%	+3.0
58	Zach Paul	Akron	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
59	Alex Kinney	Colorado	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	2%	28%	+2.7
60	Alex Boy	Nevada	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
61	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	10%	21%	+2.5
62	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	7%	26%	+2.5
63	Cole Leininger	California	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	3%	53%	+2.4
64	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	2%	19%	+2.1
65	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	8%	28%	+2.0
66	Nick Ellis	Toledo	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	3%	27%	+2.0
67	Ethan Perry	TCU	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
68	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	0%	23%	+1.8
69	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	16%	24%	+1.8
70	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	0%	25%	+1.7
71	Bentlee Critcher	App State	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	13%	22%	+1.1
72	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
73	Stone Wilson	Florida International	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	6%	40%	+0.7
74	Alex Tardieu	Army	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	4%	31%	+0.2
75	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	15%	49%	0.0
76	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	6%	16%	−0.7
77	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	10%	44%	−0.9
78	Jonny Linehan	BYU	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	5%	28%	−1.4
79	Alan Luna	UTEP	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	17%	8%	−1.5
80	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	3%	35%	−1.6
81	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
82	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	5%	37%	−2.6
83	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
84	Colin Downing	Iowa State	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	2%	38%	−3.1
85	Ryan Kay	Troy	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	11%	24%	−3.3
86	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
87	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	9%	15%	−3.6
88	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	6%	19%	−3.8
89	Collin Barber	Georgia	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
90	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	13%	37%	−3.8
91	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	0%	36%	−3.8
92	Logan Yunker	UNLV	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
93	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	0%	25%	−4.3
94	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
95	Joe Schopper	Purdue	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	3%	32%	−4.4
96	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	1%	44%	−4.5
97	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	5%	37%	−4.6
98	Justin Vogel	Miami	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	10%	32%	−4.7
99	James Farrimond	Rice	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	4%	29%	−4.8
100	Erich Toth	Indiana	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
101	Kris Albarado	USC	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	5%	44%	−5.8
102	Steve Brosy	Air Force	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	10%	29%	−6.1
103	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	9%	27%	−6.4
104	Alex Barta	Navy	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
105	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	0%	39%	−6.6
106	Justin Wain	UConn	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
107	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	4%	40%	−7.6
108	Jamie Keehn	LSU	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	10%	31%	−7.7
109	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	2%	11%	−8.1
110	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	2%	8%	−8.1
111	Josh Williams	SMU	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	0%	11%	−8.5
112	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7
113	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	18%	21%	−11.9
114	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	6%	32%	−12.3
115	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	4%	47%	−12.4
116	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	2%	33%	−13.4
117	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	5%	33%	−13.8
118	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	5%	−15.2
119	Zach Charme	Washington State	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	10%	20%	−16.4
120	Landon Foster	Kentucky	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	3%	25%	−16.6
121	Joey Roth	Rutgers	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	10%	36%	−18.6
122	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	2%	32%	−19.7
123	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	6%	20%	−20.8
124	Ryan Frain	Illinois	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1
125	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
126	Zachary Block	Tulane	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	2%	39%	−25.4

Ranked by points added: each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot, summed (for college, expected points come from field position, since the source has no expected-points value on punts). Net subtracts return yards and 20 for touchbacks. TB % and FC % are shares of punts that were not blocked. Hang time is not recorded in public play-by-play, so fair-catch rate stands in for it. 3% of 2015 college punts have no outcome in the source play text. They are counted as not returned and left out of the fair catch, out of bounds, downed and return percentages. Minimum 30 punts.

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