2015 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2015, Dalton Schomp (48.0) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Drew Kaser (48.0) and Tom Hackett (47.8). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 41.6.

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

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

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