2015 College Punt Return Yards Allowed Leaders

Total yards the receiving team gained on returns of a punter's kicks. It combines the punter's placement and the coverage team's tackling.

Lower is better, but more returns means more yards. In 2015, Tommy Openshaw (417) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of Ryan Frain (295) and Anthony Torres (262). 163 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	417	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7
2	Ryan Frain	Illinois	295	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1
3	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	262	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	5%	−15.2
4	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	244	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
5	James Farrimond	Rice	241	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	4%	29%	−4.8
6	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	238	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	6%	19%	−3.8
7	Justin Vogel	Miami	234	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	10%	32%	−4.7
8	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	232	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	4%	40%	−7.6
9	Landon Foster	Kentucky	222	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	3%	25%	−16.6
10	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	206	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	9%	15%	−3.6
11	Matt Haack	Arizona State	201	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	0%	19%	+7.2
12	Kris Albarado	USC	199	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	5%	44%	−5.8
13	Caleb Houston	UCF	198	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	5%	47%	+4.6
14	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	192	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	15%	21%	+16.1
15	Zachary Block	Tulane	192	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	2%	39%	−25.4
16	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	188	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
17	Alan Luna	UTEP	184	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	17%	8%	−1.5
18	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	183	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	2%	26%	+15.3
19	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	183	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	7%	15%	+3.9
20	Cason Beatty	Florida State	182	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
21	Corey Fatony	Missouri	178	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
22	Alex Boy	Nevada	178	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
23	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	172	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	10%	21%	+2.5
24	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	170	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	9%	27%	−6.4
25	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	169	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	7%	19%	+5.7
26	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	168	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	18%	21%	−11.9
27	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	167	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
28	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	167	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	1%	44%	−4.5
29	Jonny Linehan	BYU	166	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	5%	28%	−1.4
30	Zach Charme	Washington State	165	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	10%	20%	−16.4
31	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	163	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	7%	21%	+8.1
32	Ryan Kay	Troy	161	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	11%	24%	−3.3
33	Erich Toth	Indiana	158	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
34	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	152	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	5%	33%	−13.8
35	Alex Barta	Navy	149	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
36	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	148	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	8%	28%	+2.0
37	Logan Yunker	UNLV	148	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
38	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	146	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	2%	8%	−8.1
39	Joey Roth	Rutgers	144	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	10%	36%	−18.6
40	Jackson Koonce	SMU	142	27	39.6	30.7	3	12%	8%	20%	−13.2
41	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	141	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	2%	32%	−19.7
42	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	140	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	7%	26%	+2.5
43	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	132	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	6%	16%	−0.7
44	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	128	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
45	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	127	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	13%	37%	−3.8
46	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	127	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	2%	33%	+13.2
47	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	126	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	14%	19%	+13.3
48	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	124	25	44.7	37.3	10	40%	12%	16%	+2.8
49	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	123	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	2%	11%	−8.1
50	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	121	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
51	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	121	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
52	Alex Starzyk	Temple	120	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
53	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	120	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
54	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	119	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
55	Bentlee Critcher	App State	117	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	13%	22%	+1.1
56	Tyler Williams	Marshall	115	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
57	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	115	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
58	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	115	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	0%	25%	−4.3
59	Collin Barber	Georgia	108	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
60	Jamie Keehn	LSU	108	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	10%	31%	−7.7
61	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	108	15	37.9	29.3	4	27%	7%	13%	−9.5
62	Eric Keena	North Texas	105	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	5%	38%	+4.5
63	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	103	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5
64	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	103	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	6%	32%	−12.3
65	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	98	4	40.0	15.5	1	25%	0%	0%	−4.1
66	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	97	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	2%	19%	+2.1
67	Johnny Townsend	Florida	96	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
68	JK Scott	Alabama	96	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	15%	24%	+4.0
69	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	94	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
70	Toby Baker	Arkansas	94	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	5%	37%	+4.0
71	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	93	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	0%	23%	+1.8
72	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	93	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	5%	24%	+11.4
73	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	93	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	13%	20%	+3.0
74	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	93	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	6%	20%	−20.8
75	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	91	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	0%	25%	+1.7
76	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	88	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
77	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	87	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	10%	44%	−0.9
78	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	87	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	15%	49%	0.0
79	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	86	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	5%	37%	−4.6
80	Chris Ayers	Florida International	86	21	39.4	32.5	4	19%	14%	40%	−9.3
81	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	85	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	0%	36%	−3.8
82	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	85	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	2%	33%	−13.4
83	Josh Williams	SMU	84	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	0%	11%	−8.5
84	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	81	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	7%	25%	+10.3
85	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	80	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	3%	30%	+8.4
86	Alex Kinney	Colorado	78	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	2%	28%	+2.7
87	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	74	26	40.6	36.2	8	31%	8%	8%	−10.2
88	Alex Tardieu	Army	72	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	4%	31%	+0.2
89	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	70	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	3%	35%	−1.6
90	Joe Schopper	Purdue	69	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	3%	32%	−4.4
91	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	69	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	5%	37%	−2.6
92	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	68	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
93	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	67	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
94	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	66	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
95	Tom Hackett	Utah	66	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	15%	35%	+20.1
96	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	63	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	12%	6%	+9.0
97	Colin Downing	Iowa State	63	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	2%	38%	−3.1
98	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	63	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
99	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	61	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
100	Sean Wale	Boise State	61	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
101	Spencer Smith	Memphis	61	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	11%	30%	+11.6
102	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	60	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	16%	24%	+1.8
103	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	59	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
104	Korey Durkee	Washington	58	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	16%	31%	+3.4
105	Steve Brosy	Air Force	58	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	10%	29%	−6.1
106	Stone Wilson	Florida International	56	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	6%	40%	+0.7
107	Rhett Almond	BYU	56	1	48.0	-8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.5
108	Alex Robinson	Stanford	55	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	6%	26%	+4.4
109	Cole Leininger	California	55	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	3%	53%	+2.4
110	Alex Howell	Boston College	53	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
111	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	53	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
112	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	48	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
113	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	48	16	44.8	40.6	4	27%	7%	27%	+2.6
114	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	48	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	0%	39%	−6.6
115	Justin Wain	UConn	46	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
116	Michael Dickson	Texas	46	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
117	A.J. Cole III	NC State	44	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
118	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	43	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
119	Michael Julian	Toledo	43	1	36.0	-7.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.4
120	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	42	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	4%	47%	−12.4
121	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	41	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
122	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	40	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
123	Will Monday	Duke	40	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
124	Zach Paul	Akron	40	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
125	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	38	7	46.7	41.3	5	71%	0%	14%	+0.4
126	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	37	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
127	Ruben Guzman	Kansas	34	2	30.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−4.4
128	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	33	8	39.1	32.5	1	13%	13%	29%	−5.9
129	Ethan Perry	TCU	32	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
130	Tyler O'Connor	Michigan State	32	5	38.4	28.0	2	40%	20%	0%	−2.1
131	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	30	9	41.1	35.6	2	22%	11%	44%	−1.6
132	Logan Piper	Houston	29	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
133	Drew Galitz	Baylor	28	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	0%	38%	+4.9
134	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	28	20	42.4	41.0	6	30%	0%	30%	−1.7
135	Joey Mangili	North Carolina	28	21	40.7	38.0	5	25%	10%	30%	+2.1
136	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	26	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
137	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	26	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
138	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	25	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	9%	22%	+4.4
139	Chris Gulla	Penn State	24	23	37.7	34.7	9	41%	9%	24%	−1.6
140	Nick Ellis	Toledo	23	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	3%	27%	+2.0
141	Eric Kahn	Kansas	22	29	34.0	32.2	8	29%	7%	33%	−12.5
142	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	22	1	65.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.5
143	Bryan Kirshe	Kentucky	19	1	31.0	2.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.4
144	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	19	1	43.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.3
145	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	17	31	41.6	39.4	12	43%	4%	15%	−1.9
146	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	16	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
147	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	16	3	34.0	28.7	1	33%	0%	67%	−1.8
148	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	13	29	40.7	38.9	16	55%	7%	38%	−0.2
149	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	13	4	40.8	37.5	2	50%	0%	0%	−1.0
150	Nate Renfro	Tennessee	12	2	42.5	36.5	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.3
151	Blake Macek	North Texas	11	14	35.9	27.9	6	43%	36%	36%	−2.4
152	Matt Mengel	UCLA	10	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	4%	43%	+4.8
153	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	10	1	40.0	55.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.1
154	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	9	3	51.0	48.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.6
155	Jake Browning	Washington	8	6	30.0	28.7	6	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
156	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	8	4	33.3	31.3	1	25%	0%	0%	−0.9
157	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	7	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	4%	54%	+10.0
158	Brett Dunn	Air Force	4	13	41.5	41.2	3	23%	0%	54%	+1.1
159	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	4	8	40.9	40.4	3	38%	0%	0%	−0.3
160	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	3	5	32.4	31.8	3	60%	0%	0%	+0.9
161	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	2	9	50.4	48.0	4	44%	11%	22%	+6.9
162	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	1	10	35.2	35.5	9	82%	9%	44%	+1.6
163	Tyson Broekemeier	Nebraska	1	5	37.0	32.8	3	60%	20%	40%	+1.0

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