2015 College Return Yards Allowed per Punt Leaders

Total return yards allowed divided by every punt that was not blocked, so a fair catch or an out-of-bounds punt counts as zero. College punts whose play text records no outcome are left out. It is the fairest single measure of how much a returner gets to work with.

Lowest comes first. Coverage teams share the credit. In 2015, Austin Seibert (0.1) topped college football punters in return yards allowed per punt, ahead of Matt Mengel (0.2) and Worth Gregory (0.3). 126 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 2.1.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds/punt	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	0.1	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	4%	54%	+10.0
2	Matt Mengel	UCLA	0.2	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	4%	43%	+4.8
3	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	0.3	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
4	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	0.3	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
5	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	0.5	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
6	Ethan Perry	TCU	0.5	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
7	Logan Piper	Houston	0.5	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
8	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	0.6	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	4%	47%	−12.4
9	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	0.6	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
10	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	0.6	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
11	Alex Howell	Boston College	0.6	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
12	Zach Paul	Akron	0.6	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
13	Michael Dickson	Texas	0.6	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
14	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	0.7	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
15	Drew Galitz	Baylor	0.7	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	0%	38%	+4.9
16	Will Monday	Duke	0.7	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
17	Justin Wain	UConn	0.7	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
18	A.J. Cole III	NC State	0.7	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
19	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	0.8	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
20	Nick Ellis	Toledo	0.8	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	3%	27%	+2.0
21	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	0.8	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	9%	22%	+4.4
22	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	0.8	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
23	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	0.8	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
24	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	1.1	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
25	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	1.1	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
26	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	1.1	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
27	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	1.2	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	5%	37%	−2.6
28	Sean Wale	Boise State	1.2	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
29	Joe Schopper	Purdue	1.2	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	3%	32%	−4.4
30	Colin Downing	Iowa State	1.2	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	2%	38%	−3.1
31	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	1.2	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
32	Johnny Townsend	Florida	1.2	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
33	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	1.2	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
34	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	1.3	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
35	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	1.3	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	12%	6%	+9.0
36	Korey Durkee	Washington	1.3	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	16%	31%	+3.4
37	Tom Hackett	Utah	1.3	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	15%	35%	+20.1
38	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	1.3	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	3%	30%	+8.4
39	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	1.3	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	16%	24%	+1.8
40	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	1.4	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
41	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	1.5	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	0%	36%	−3.8
42	Alex Tardieu	Army	1.5	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	4%	31%	+0.2
43	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	1.5	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	2%	33%	−13.4
44	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	1.6	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
45	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	1.6	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	7%	25%	+10.3
46	Alex Kinney	Colorado	1.6	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	2%	28%	+2.7
47	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	1.6	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5
48	Stone Wilson	Florida International	1.6	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	6%	40%	+0.7
49	Alex Robinson	Stanford	1.6	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	6%	26%	+4.4
50	Spencer Smith	Memphis	1.6	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	11%	30%	+11.6
51	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	1.7	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	5%	37%	−4.6
52	Cole Leininger	California	1.7	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	3%	53%	+2.4
53	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	1.7	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	10%	44%	−0.9
54	JK Scott	Alabama	1.7	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	15%	24%	+4.0
55	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	1.8	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	3%	35%	−1.6
56	Tyler Williams	Marshall	1.8	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
57	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	1.8	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	6%	32%	−12.3
58	Eric Keena	North Texas	1.8	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	5%	38%	+4.5
59	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	1.9	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	2%	32%	−19.7
60	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	1.9	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
61	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	2.0	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	2%	11%	−8.1
62	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	2.0	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	13%	37%	−3.8
63	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	2.1	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	0%	25%	−4.3
64	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	2.1	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	0%	25%	+1.7
65	Steve Brosy	Air Force	2.1	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	10%	29%	−6.1
66	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	2.1	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	0%	39%	−6.6
67	Jamie Keehn	LSU	2.1	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	10%	31%	−7.7
68	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	2.1	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
69	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	2.2	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
70	Alex Starzyk	Temple	2.2	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
71	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	2.2	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	15%	49%	0.0
72	Corey Fatony	Missouri	2.3	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
73	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	2.3	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	2%	19%	+2.1
74	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	2.3	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
75	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	2.3	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	5%	24%	+11.4
76	Toby Baker	Arkansas	2.3	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	5%	37%	+4.0
77	Logan Yunker	UNLV	2.3	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
78	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	2.3	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
79	Josh Williams	SMU	2.3	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	0%	11%	−8.5
80	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	2.4	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
81	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	2.4	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
82	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	2.5	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	1%	44%	−4.5
83	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	2.5	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	8%	28%	+2.0
84	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	2.5	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
85	Bentlee Critcher	App State	2.5	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	13%	22%	+1.1
86	Joey Roth	Rutgers	2.6	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	10%	36%	−18.6
87	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	2.6	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	2%	33%	+13.2
88	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	2.6	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	6%	16%	−0.7
89	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	2.7	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	13%	20%	+3.0
90	Ryan Kay	Troy	2.7	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	11%	24%	−3.3
91	Collin Barber	Georgia	2.8	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
92	Erich Toth	Indiana	2.8	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
93	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	2.9	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	7%	21%	+8.1
94	Jonny Linehan	BYU	2.9	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	5%	28%	−1.4
95	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	3.0	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	2%	8%	−8.1
96	Matt Haack	Arizona State	3.0	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	0%	19%	+7.2
97	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	3.0	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	14%	19%	+13.3
98	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	3.0	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	9%	27%	−6.4
99	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	3.0	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	7%	26%	+2.5
100	Caleb Houston	UCF	3.1	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	5%	47%	+4.6
101	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	3.1	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	6%	20%	−20.8
102	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	3.1	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	0%	23%	+1.8
103	Alan Luna	UTEP	3.1	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	17%	8%	−1.5
104	Alex Boy	Nevada	3.1	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
105	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	3.2	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	2%	26%	+15.3
106	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	3.3	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	7%	19%	+5.7
107	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	3.3	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	10%	21%	+2.5
108	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	3.3	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	7%	15%	+3.9
109	Kris Albarado	USC	3.4	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	5%	44%	−5.8
110	Cason Beatty	Florida State	3.4	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
111	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	3.5	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	5%	33%	−13.8
112	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	3.5	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
113	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	3.6	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	4%	40%	−7.6
114	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	3.6	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	15%	21%	+16.1
115	Alex Barta	Navy	3.8	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
116	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	3.9	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	9%	15%	−3.6
117	Landon Foster	Kentucky	3.9	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	3%	25%	−16.6
118	Justin Vogel	Miami	4.0	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	10%	32%	−4.7
119	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	4.1	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	5%	−15.2
120	Zach Charme	Washington State	4.1	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	10%	20%	−16.4
121	Zachary Block	Tulane	4.2	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	2%	39%	−25.4
122	Ryan Frain	Illinois	4.3	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1
123	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	4.4	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	18%	21%	−11.9
124	James Farrimond	Rice	4.9	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	4%	29%	−4.8
125	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	5.1	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	6%	19%	−3.8
126	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	5.4	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7

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