2015 College Net Average in Opponent Territory Leaders

Net average counting only punts that started on the opponent's side of the 50-yard line. There is little room to work with, and every touchback costs 20 net yards, so this is the hardest place to punt well.

Only punters with enough such punts are ranked. In 2015, Cason Beatty (40.2) led college football punters in net average in opponent territory, ahead of Johnny Townsend (35.6) and Alexander Kinal (34.9). 49 punters qualify (minimum 12 punts from the opponent's 50 or closer). The median qualified punter had 31.3.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (opp. 50)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Cason Beatty	Florida State	40.2	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
2	Johnny Townsend	Florida	35.6	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
3	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	34.9	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
4	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	33.5	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
5	A.J. Cole III	NC State	33.2	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
6	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	33.0	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
7	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	33.0	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
8	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	32.9	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
9	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	32.7	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
10	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	32.4	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
11	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	32.3	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
12	Michael Dickson	Texas	32.2	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
13	Zach Paul	Akron	32.2	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
14	Corey Fatony	Missouri	32.1	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
15	Logan Yunker	UNLV	32.1	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
16	Tyler Williams	Marshall	31.9	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
17	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	31.9	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
18	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	31.7	14	36.0	31.7	11	79%	21%	43%	+1.2
19	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	31.7	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
20	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	31.6	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
21	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	31.5	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
22	Erich Toth	Indiana	31.4	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
23	Ethan Perry	TCU	31.4	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
24	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	31.3	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
25	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	31.3	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
26	Alex Barta	Navy	30.8	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
27	Will Monday	Duke	30.8	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
28	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	30.6	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
29	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	30.6	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
30	Collin Barber	Georgia	30.5	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
31	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	30.3	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
32	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	30.3	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
33	Alex Howell	Boston College	30.2	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
34	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	30.1	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
35	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	30.1	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
36	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	30.1	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
37	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	29.8	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
38	Sean Wale	Boise State	29.8	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
39	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	29.5	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
40	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	29.1	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7
41	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	29.1	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
42	Logan Piper	Houston	28.9	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
43	Alex Boy	Nevada	28.9	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
44	Justin Wain	UConn	28.4	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
45	Alex Starzyk	Temple	28.3	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
46	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	28.1	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
47	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	28.1	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
48	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	27.5	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5
49	Ryan Frain	Illinois	18.3	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1

All 2015 College punter rankings

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