2015 College Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

Read it with net average and points added. In 2015, Anthony Melchiori (93) led college football punters in punts, ahead of Alex Howell (92) and Chris Qualls (87). 218 punters qualify.

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

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

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