2015 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2015, Anthony Melchiori (3854) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Alex Howell (3838) and Johnny Townsend (3549). 217 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	3854	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
2	Alex Howell	Boston College	3838	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
3	Johnny Townsend	Florida	3549	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
4	Corey Fatony	Missouri	3477	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
5	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	3335	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	2%	26%	+15.3
6	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	3286	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
7	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	3234	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7
8	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	3192	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
9	Michael Dickson	Texas	3179	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
10	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	3145	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	2%	32%	−19.7
11	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	3031	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
12	Tyler Williams	Marshall	3015	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
13	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	2989	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
14	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	2968	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
15	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	2965	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5
16	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	2958	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	1%	44%	−4.5
17	Zach Paul	Akron	2922	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
18	Matt Haack	Arizona State	2898	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	0%	19%	+7.2
19	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	2895	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	4%	47%	−12.4
20	Alan Luna	UTEP	2885	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	17%	8%	−1.5
21	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	2879	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	7%	21%	+8.1
22	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	2875	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
23	Caleb Houston	UCF	2874	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	5%	47%	+4.6
24	Logan Yunker	UNLV	2850	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
25	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	2841	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
26	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	2839	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
27	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	2826	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	4%	40%	−7.6
28	Ryan Frain	Illinois	2814	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1
29	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	2800	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
30	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	2743	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
31	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	2707	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
32	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	2680	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	5%	−15.2
33	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	2665	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	3%	30%	+8.4
34	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	2664	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	9%	27%	−6.4
35	Alex Boy	Nevada	2662	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
36	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	2660	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	8%	28%	+2.0
37	Eric Keena	North Texas	2654	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	5%	38%	+4.5
38	Justin Wain	UConn	2651	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
39	Alex Kinney	Colorado	2648	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	2%	28%	+2.7
40	Tom Hackett	Utah	2628	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	15%	35%	+20.1
41	Will Monday	Duke	2616	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
42	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	2615	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	13%	37%	−3.8
43	Justin Vogel	Miami	2583	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	10%	32%	−4.7
44	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	2583	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
45	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	2580	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
46	A.J. Cole III	NC State	2566	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
47	Ryan Kay	Troy	2556	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	11%	24%	−3.3
48	James Farrimond	Rice	2544	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	4%	29%	−4.8
49	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	2542	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	15%	21%	+16.1
50	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	2534	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
51	JK Scott	Alabama	2518	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	15%	24%	+4.0
52	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	2512	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
53	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	2502	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	7%	15%	+3.9
54	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	2501	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
55	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	2498	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
56	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	2498	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
57	Jonny Linehan	BYU	2493	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	5%	28%	−1.4
58	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	2465	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	7%	19%	+5.7
59	Landon Foster	Kentucky	2459	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	3%	25%	−16.6
60	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	2456	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	5%	37%	−2.6
61	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	2450	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	2%	11%	−8.1
62	Alex Starzyk	Temple	2448	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
63	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	2447	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	6%	32%	−12.3
64	Cason Beatty	Florida State	2447	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
65	Kris Albarado	USC	2438	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	5%	44%	−5.8
66	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	2434	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	7%	25%	+10.3
67	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	2425	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
68	Erich Toth	Indiana	2416	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
69	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	2408	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
70	Ethan Perry	TCU	2391	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
71	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	2352	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	9%	15%	−3.6
72	Joe Schopper	Purdue	2332	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	3%	32%	−4.4
73	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	2322	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	10%	21%	+2.5
74	Joey Roth	Rutgers	2319	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	10%	36%	−18.6
75	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	2317	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	2%	33%	+13.2
76	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	2310	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	5%	37%	−4.6
77	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	2304	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	0%	25%	−4.3
78	Logan Piper	Houston	2293	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
79	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	2261	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	0%	36%	−3.8
80	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	2241	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	7%	26%	+2.5
81	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	2233	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	6%	19%	−3.8
82	Jamie Keehn	LSU	2207	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	10%	31%	−7.7
83	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	2198	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	2%	8%	−8.1
84	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	2197	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	12%	6%	+9.0
85	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	2188	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
86	Colin Downing	Iowa State	2166	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	2%	38%	−3.1
87	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	2162	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	4%	54%	+10.0
88	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	2160	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	5%	24%	+11.4
89	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	2157	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
90	Sean Wale	Boise State	2153	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
91	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	2141	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
92	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	2135	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	10%	44%	−0.9
93	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	2099	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	2%	33%	−13.4
94	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	2095	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	6%	16%	−0.7
95	Bentlee Critcher	App State	2072	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	13%	22%	+1.1
96	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	2049	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	14%	19%	+13.3
97	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	2023	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	16%	24%	+1.8
98	Alex Tardieu	Army	2012	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	4%	31%	+0.2
99	Matt Mengel	UCLA	1996	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	4%	43%	+4.8
100	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	1960	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	2%	19%	+2.1
101	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	1954	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
102	Korey Durkee	Washington	1935	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	16%	31%	+3.4
103	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	1793	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	0%	25%	+1.7
104	Zachary Block	Tulane	1783	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	2%	39%	−25.4
105	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	1765	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	5%	33%	−13.8
106	Spencer Smith	Memphis	1747	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	11%	30%	+11.6
107	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	1744	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	13%	20%	+3.0
108	Toby Baker	Arkansas	1733	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	5%	37%	+4.0
109	Stone Wilson	Florida International	1702	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	6%	40%	+0.7
110	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	1702	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	15%	49%	0.0
111	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	1660	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	3%	35%	−1.6
112	Alex Barta	Navy	1650	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
113	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	1642	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	9%	22%	+4.4
114	Zach Charme	Washington State	1640	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	10%	20%	−16.4
115	Drew Galitz	Baylor	1627	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	0%	38%	+4.9
116	Collin Barber	Georgia	1570	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
117	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	1563	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
118	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	1554	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	18%	21%	−11.9
119	Alex Robinson	Stanford	1503	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	6%	26%	+4.4
120	Josh Williams	SMU	1472	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	0%	11%	−8.5
121	Cole Leininger	California	1453	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	3%	53%	+2.4
122	Nick Ellis	Toledo	1451	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	3%	27%	+2.0
123	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	1323	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	0%	23%	+1.8
124	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	1289	31	41.6	39.4	12	43%	4%	15%	−1.9
125	Steve Brosy	Air Force	1222	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	10%	29%	−6.1
126	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	1180	29	40.7	38.9	16	55%	7%	38%	−0.2
127	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	1138	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	0%	39%	−6.6
128	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	1122	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	6%	20%	−20.8
129	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	1117	25	44.7	37.3	10	40%	12%	16%	+2.8
130	Jackson Koonce	SMU	1069	27	39.6	30.7	3	12%	8%	20%	−13.2
131	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	1056	26	40.6	36.2	8	31%	8%	8%	−10.2
132	Eric Kahn	Kansas	986	29	34.0	32.2	8	29%	7%	33%	−12.5
133	Chris Gulla	Penn State	868	23	37.7	34.7	9	41%	9%	24%	−1.6
134	Joey Mangili	North Carolina	855	21	40.7	38.0	5	25%	10%	30%	+2.1
135	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	848	20	42.4	41.0	6	30%	0%	30%	−1.7
136	Chris Ayers	Florida International	828	21	39.4	32.5	4	19%	14%	40%	−9.3
137	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	717	16	44.8	40.6	4	27%	7%	27%	+2.6
138	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	568	15	37.9	29.3	4	27%	7%	13%	−9.5
139	Brett Dunn	Air Force	539	13	41.5	41.2	3	23%	0%	54%	+1.1
140	Corbin Daly	North Carolina	515	14	36.8	35.4	4	29%	7%	29%	−2.9
141	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	504	14	36.0	31.7	11	79%	21%	43%	+1.2
142	Blake Macek	North Texas	502	14	35.9	27.9	6	43%	36%	36%	−2.4
143	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	454	9	50.4	48.0	4	44%	11%	22%	+6.9
144	Luke Strebel	Air Force	376	9	41.8	41.8	1	11%	0%	22%	+1.1
145	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	370	9	41.1	35.6	2	22%	11%	44%	−1.6
146	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	352	10	35.2	35.5	9	82%	9%	44%	+1.6
147	Jake Bailey	Stanford	347	10	34.7	29.6	6	86%	14%	0%	+0.4
148	Brad Craddock	Maryland	328	9	36.4	34.2	6	67%	11%	11%	+1.0
149	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	328	8	41.0	38.5	1	13%	13%	0%	+0.7
150	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	327	8	40.9	40.4	3	38%	0%	0%	−0.3
151	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	327	7	46.7	41.3	5	71%	0%	14%	+0.4
152	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	313	8	39.1	32.5	1	13%	13%	29%	−5.9
153	Alex Egan	Ball State	312	8	39.0	39.0	2	25%	0%	14%	−0.9
154	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	267	8	33.4	33.4	4	50%	0%	38%	−3.3
155	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	225	6	37.5	37.5	2	33%	0%	17%	+1.4
156	Holden Kramer	Iowa State	222	7	31.7	28.9	6	86%	14%	57%	+0.6
157	Jared Goff	California	209	6	34.8	31.5	3	50%	17%	0%	−0.7
158	Adam Searl	UCLA	195	5	39.0	39.8	2	40%	0%	40%	+0.5
159	Tyler O'Connor	Michigan State	192	5	38.4	28.0	2	40%	20%	0%	−2.1
160	Aaron Novoa	Hawai'i	188	5	37.6	34.2	2	40%	20%	25%	+2.4
161	Tyson Broekemeier	Nebraska	185	5	37.0	32.8	3	60%	20%	40%	+1.0
162	Jake Browning	Washington	180	6	30.0	28.7	6	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
163	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	178	4	44.5	39.5	2	50%	25%	50%	+1.0
164	Lee Shrader	Maryland	166	5	33.2	33.2	0	0%	0%	40%	−2.8
165	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	163	4	40.8	37.5	2	50%	0%	0%	−1.0
166	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	162	5	32.4	31.8	3	60%	0%	0%	+0.9
167	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	160	4	40.0	15.5	1	25%	0%	0%	−4.1
168	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	153	3	51.0	48.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.6
169	Harry Adolphus	California	148	3	49.3	42.7	1	33%	33%	33%	+0.9
170	Ryan Graham	Northern Illinois	136	4	34.0	24.0	1	25%	50%	0%	−1.1
171	David Reisner	Illinois	136	3	45.3	45.7	1	33%	0%	33%	+1.5
172	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	133	4	33.3	31.3	1	25%	0%	0%	−0.9
173	Matthew Moseley	Southern Miss	126	4	31.5	31.5	2	50%	0%	75%	−1.7
174	Mack Leftwich	UTEP	118	4	29.5	28.0	2	67%	0%	0%	+0.1
175	Jahlani Tavai	Hawai'i	108	2	54.0	54.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+2.1
176	Greg Hutchins	New Mexico State	107	3	35.7	35.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−1.9
177	Mike Bercovici	Arizona State	107	3	35.7	35.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
178	Jarrett Cervi	Old Dominion	103	3	34.3	20.8	1	25%	33%	50%	−3.8
179	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	102	3	34.0	28.7	1	33%	0%	67%	−1.8
180	Gunner Kiel	Cincinnati	96	2	48.0	48.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
181	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	88	2	44.0	34.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
182	Nate Renfro	Tennessee	85	2	42.5	36.5	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.3
183	DeShone Kizer	Notre Dame	81	2	40.5	40.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
184	Gavin Jernigan	Navy	74	2	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
185	Kenneth Walker III	UCLA	73	2	36.5	36.5	1	50%	0%	100%	0.0
186	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	65	1	65.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.5
187	Ruben Guzman	Kansas	60	2	30.0	13.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−4.4
188	Jarrett Stidham	Baylor	57	2	28.5	28.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.6
189	Tyler Rogers	New Mexico State	55	2	27.5	17.5	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.2
190	Logan Hilton	Tulane	52	1	52.0	52.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
191	Kyle Bambard	NC State	49	1	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.7
192	Hayden Moore	Cincinnati	48	1	48.0	28.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
193	Rhett Almond	BYU	48	1	48.0	-8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.5
194	Tyler Mayes	Temple	45	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
195	Chayce Crouch	Illinois	44	1	44.0	24.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
196	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	43	1	43.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.3
197	Andrew DiRocco	Tulane	42	1	42.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.1
198	Brent Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	41	1	41.0	21.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
199	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	40	1	40.0	55.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.1
200	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	39	1	39.0	39.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.1
201	Jonathan Hernandez	Florida State	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
202	Michael Julian	Toledo	36	1	36.0	-7.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.4
203	Ryan Willis	Kansas	36	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
204	Cecil Moskowitz	Air Force	35	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.5
205	Kevin Ellison	Georgia Southern	33	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
206	Anu Solomon	Arizona	32	2	16.0	16.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
207	Bryan Kirshe	Kentucky	31	1	31.0	2.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.4
208	James Coleman	Virginia	31	1	31.0	31.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
209	Greg Huegel	Clemson	29	1	29.0	29.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
210	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	29	1	29.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
211	Eric Dungey	Syracuse	28	1	28.0	28.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
212	Josh Rosen	UCLA	25	1	25.0	25.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
213	Deshaun Watson	Clemson	23	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
214	Taylor Lamb	App State	23	1	23.0	23.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
215	Luke Rubenzer	California	21	1	21.0	21.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0
216	Davis Plowman	East Carolina	19	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
217	Trevone Boykin	TCU	18	1	18.0	18.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.3

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