2015 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2015, Dalton Schomp (43.8) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Tom Hackett (43.6) and Spencer Smith (43.4). 126 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 38.1.

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

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

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