2016 College Punts of 50+ Yards Leaders

Gross punts of at least 50 yards from the line of scrimmage. It is the classic leg-strength count.

Distance without placement can mean a touchback, so read it with net average. In 2016, Johnny Townsend (28) led college football punters in punts of 50+ yards, ahead of Mitch Wishnowsky (28) and Michael Dickson (25). 153 punters qualify.

Final 2016 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	50+	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Johnny Townsend	Florida	28	60	48.0	42.0	24	41%	10%	25%	+13.4
2	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	28	60	48.0	44.5	37	62%	3%	26%	+25.3
3	Michael Dickson	Texas	25	65	47.4	43.4	30	48%	14%	29%	+23.9
4	JK Scott	Alabama	23	46	47.7	40.3	16	36%	16%	24%	+6.7
5	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	23	74	44.3	40.5	34	46%	12%	22%	+13.0
6	Toby Baker	Arkansas	20	50	44.6	41.3	21	42%	6%	40%	+16.6
7	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	20	64	44.7	40.2	28	44%	11%	41%	+10.6
8	Eric Keena	North Texas	20	69	43.8	39.8	27	40%	3%	18%	+7.7
9	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	19	61	44.3	39.3	27	44%	10%	26%	+5.9
10	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	19	67	44.6	38.9	24	36%	6%	31%	+6.8
11	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	19	77	42.7	38.4	21	31%	4%	25%	−2.5
12	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	19	74	41.9	39.2	20	27%	8%	39%	+3.3
13	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	18	60	43.7	40.7	33	55%	7%	32%	+17.1
14	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	17	61	45.8	43.5	24	45%	6%	19%	+26.0
15	Corey Fatony	Missouri	17	66	43.8	41.0	28	43%	9%	19%	+15.3
16	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	17	67	42.6	36.9	26	38%	10%	12%	−10.7
17	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	16	49	46.2	43.4	23	47%	10%	39%	+18.4
18	Justin Vogel	Miami	16	57	44.2	41.1	25	44%	2%	47%	+7.2
19	Matt Haack	Arizona State	16	66	43.9	42.0	21	32%	5%	35%	+14.5
20	Dylan Klumph	California	15	50	44.8	38.5	19	38%	6%	14%	−6.7
21	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	15	50	44.3	40.9	27	54%	6%	32%	+14.2
22	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	15	68	42.6	39.4	24	38%	10%	32%	+10.0
23	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	14	44	44.5	41.4	27	61%	11%	37%	+11.7
24	Kenny Allen	Michigan	14	46	42.6	37.6	21	46%	11%	17%	+1.1
25	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	14	52	42.4	40.4	35	66%	2%	38%	+13.0
26	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	14	54	43.5	37.3	18	33%	6%	13%	−3.6
27	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	14	66	43.2	41.4	25	40%	0%	36%	+10.5
28	Cole Moos	Kansas	14	73	41.4	38.2	13	19%	3%	28%	−2.1
29	Sean Wale	Boise State	13	47	45.2	40.5	19	42%	7%	41%	+7.0
30	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	13	62	41.6	37.4	21	34%	3%	19%	−2.0
31	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	13	68	41.3	38.4	26	38%	7%	47%	+4.1
32	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	13	72	42.5	38.5	30	42%	6%	37%	+1.1
33	Jack Fox	Rice	13	75	40.7	37.7	31	41%	4%	35%	−0.9
34	Spencer Smith	Memphis	12	44	45.2	43.0	11	27%	7%	36%	+13.3
35	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	12	46	42.4	37.8	15	33%	7%	19%	−4.1
36	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	12	58	44.4	41.0	24	41%	7%	46%	+7.5
37	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	12	63	41.0	38.3	25	40%	5%	34%	−0.2
38	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	12	64	41.8	37.6	20	31%	9%	22%	−0.9
39	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	12	65	42.2	34.2	21	32%	3%	16%	−18.5
40	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	11	44	43.4	38.4	15	34%	11%	32%	−2.9
41	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	11	56	41.9	38.3	27	57%	6%	29%	+7.0
42	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	11	59	41.2	38.5	26	51%	0%	40%	+3.0
43	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	11	48	44.6	41.0	17	33%	10%	17%	+11.9
44	Caleb Houston	UCF	11	64	41.8	39.6	21	38%	4%	39%	+4.9
45	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	11	61	39.8	34.0	17	28%	5%	17%	−19.6
46	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	11	70	40.6	37.3	27	39%	7%	15%	−3.9
47	Justin Wain	UConn	11	74	40.8	37.4	24	32%	8%	43%	−3.2
48	Jake Bailey	Stanford	10	45	42.8	39.3	22	49%	4%	14%	+6.0
49	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	10	56	42.1	38.4	25	45%	9%	28%	+6.7
50	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	10	65	41.6	39.8	32	52%	3%	18%	+8.3
51	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	10	67	41.9	38.1	15	24%	2%	28%	−1.4
52	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	10	64	41.2	37.8	23	36%	10%	21%	−0.9
53	Zachary Block	Tulane	10	68	40.8	38.8	23	34%	7%	33%	−1.9
54	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	10	70	41.4	36.4	26	37%	9%	23%	−4.3
55	Austin Parker	Duke	9	29	42.1	38.3	13	45%	7%	39%	+2.4
56	Nick Ellis	Toledo	9	47	43.1	37.9	15	37%	15%	19%	+5.6
57	Alex Boy	Nevada	9	51	43.7	38.0	18	39%	11%	30%	+3.4
58	A.J. Cole III	NC State	9	46	41.6	38.1	13	28%	9%	34%	−3.9
59	Josh Growden	LSU	9	51	41.9	39.8	20	40%	6%	50%	+5.5
60	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	9	51	42.3	38.1	17	33%	4%	28%	−3.2
61	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	9	62	38.8	37.2	31	51%	3%	45%	−2.1
62	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	9	72	39.8	34.3	22	30%	8%	23%	−15.6
63	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	8	32	43.0	37.2	13	41%	13%	16%	+1.5
64	Jonny Linehan	BYU	8	52	42.7	41.4	22	54%	5%	28%	+10.4
65	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	8	40	39.8	35.0	21	51%	5%	38%	−7.4
66	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	8	43	40.3	37.5	16	38%	12%	15%	−3.2
67	Steve Brosy	Air Force	8	46	41.3	39.2	25	57%	2%	40%	+4.5
68	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	8	49	42.6	38.1	26	58%	5%	31%	+3.2
69	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	8	46	42.7	39.2	22	48%	11%	16%	+5.0
70	Mason King	Louisville	8	47	42.7	39.3	15	32%	2%	51%	+4.8
71	Joe Schopper	Purdue	8	56	40.7	37.8	25	45%	11%	25%	+4.7
72	Ryan Kay	Troy	8	62	40.8	38.9	28	50%	7%	35%	+6.9
73	Colin Downing	Iowa State	8	58	41.1	38.8	24	41%	5%	34%	+5.3
74	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	8	70	39.1	36.4	20	33%	8%	23%	−6.6
75	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	8	62	37.9	34.1	22	35%	6%	36%	−12.6
76	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	8	68	39.2	36.6	16	25%	6%	24%	−11.7
77	Evan Pantels	UNLV	8	64	41.7	38.3	16	25%	3%	18%	−1.0
78	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	7	31	38.7	38.6	10	34%	0%	18%	−2.0
79	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	7	36	42.9	38.8	11	32%	12%	18%	+6.8
80	Josh Pollack	Arizona	7	48	42.3	36.4	14	34%	5%	8%	−7.4
81	Bentlee Critcher	App State	7	50	40.9	37.7	21	45%	7%	43%	−0.8
82	Logan Tyler	Florida State	7	49	40.6	34.8	13	28%	4%	30%	−7.6
83	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	7	58	39.3	34.6	21	40%	6%	24%	−11.9
84	Ryan Frain	Illinois	7	53	40.1	35.9	21	40%	8%	20%	−10.2
85	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	7	54	40.9	38.2	22	41%	6%	27%	+3.5
86	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	7	55	42.6	36.2	14	25%	11%	19%	−5.6
87	Alan Luna	UTEP	7	62	41.0	37.5	19	34%	2%	12%	−5.8
88	Derek Adams	Kent State	7	76	40.3	37.4	25	43%	2%	43%	−5.3
89	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	7	57	41.3	37.9	21	36%	7%	16%	+4.8
90	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	7	65	39.4	38.1	19	30%	3%	27%	−5.8
91	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	7	70	40.0	37.1	26	41%	3%	39%	+1.1
92	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	7	64	41.3	38.9	23	35%	9%	40%	+4.5
93	Jamie Sackville	SMU	7	71	39.6	35.9	23	32%	7%	21%	−4.6
94	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	7	78	38.3	36.9	20	25%	3%	46%	−12.1
95	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	7	95	37.9	33.2	19	20%	6%	24%	−40.2
96	Austin Kent	UCLA	6	44	38.3	36.5	15	37%	2%	51%	−5.1
97	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	6	43	38.3	35.1	10	24%	5%	10%	−10.3
98	Marshall Long	Georgia	6	49	38.7	35.2	14	29%	6%	27%	−9.4
99	Dane Roy	Houston	6	55	40.7	38.7	19	35%	7%	45%	+0.1
100	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	6	56	39.1	37.9	11	20%	2%	48%	−10.5
101	Alex Kinney	Colorado	6	66	41.3	35.0	15	24%	6%	33%	−11.0
102	Michael Farkas	Ohio	6	69	41.0	38.7	31	46%	4%	40%	+4.5
103	Mike Knoll	Boston College	6	86	38.3	34.9	16	19%	8%	32%	−21.5
104	Alex Barta	Navy	5	20	42.0	38.2	7	35%	5%	25%	−1.2
105	David Reisner	Illinois	5	23	40.6	37.2	5	22%	4%	22%	−8.0
106	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	5	28	44.1	38.1	11	41%	4%	41%	−1.1
107	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	5	40	41.4	39.5	14	36%	8%	61%	+4.9
108	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	5	45	40.8	39.4	22	49%	0%	64%	+5.6
109	Alex Starzyk	Temple	5	48	39.7	38.2	22	46%	2%	13%	−2.2
110	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	5	51	41.4	37.5	15	31%	10%	40%	+1.1
111	Drew Galitz	Baylor	5	52	41.3	40.5	15	30%	4%	46%	+3.4
112	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	5	55	39.5	36.0	12	21%	9%	19%	−5.6
113	Joseph Gedeon	Indiana	5	55	40.0	36.9	25	45%	0%	15%	+1.6
114	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	4	46	42.5	40.2	18	39%	11%	42%	+8.0
115	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	4	53	37.7	34.9	23	47%	6%	36%	−5.3
116	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	4	55	38.4	37.0	16	30%	4%	29%	−7.7
117	Erik Harris	Navy	3	10	45.1	44.5	7	70%	0%	44%	+6.0
118	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	3	21	43.7	39.3	4	19%	5%	42%	+0.2
119	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	3	23	40.3	36.9	7	32%	5%	27%	−3.8
120	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	3	28	41.9	38.7	12	46%	8%	17%	+0.1
121	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	3	43	39.6	33.6	15	35%	12%	15%	−11.9
122	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	3	48	37.7	35.1	18	38%	8%	52%	−6.2
123	Stone Wilson	Florida International	3	61	37.6	34.2	13	21%	5%	30%	−15.4
124	Adam Nunez	TCU	3	69	39.6	37.7	26	38%	3%	36%	−2.6
125	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	2	3	46.7	26.0	2	67%	0%	0%	−0.1
126	Cam Echols-Luper	Arkansas State	2	4	34.8	33.3	1	25%	0%	0%	−2.6
127	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	2	4	48.3	44.8	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.8
128	Davis Webb	California	2	7	39.3	33.6	4	57%	29%	0%	−1.3
129	Zach Charme	Washington State	2	7	38.7	31.9	5	71%	29%	33%	−0.3
130	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	2	10	41.2	37.5	4	40%	0%	30%	+1.8
131	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	2	16	40.9	41.3	5	31%	0%	6%	−0.4
132	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	2	18	36.9	34.6	4	22%	6%	59%	−4.1
133	Chris Tilbey	USC	2	46	37.8	36.4	19	41%	4%	35%	−3.9
134	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	2	48	37.5	33.8	25	53%	2%	26%	−9.0
135	Nick Gasser	Akron	2	59	37.7	35.1	23	40%	0%	28%	−11.7
136	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	2	66	40.0	37.6	33	49%	5%	50%	+2.8
137	Erik Powell	Washington State	1	1	68.0	52.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.0
138	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	1	2	47.0	44.5	1	50%	0%	50%	+0.6
139	Parker Boehme	Duke	1	2	50.0	50.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+1.0
140	Erik Baughman	Texas Tech	1	3	38.0	31.3	0	0%	33%	33%	−0.7
141	Matt Aragon	Arizona	1	3	38.7	34.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
142	Jaleel Scott	New Mexico State	1	4	37.5	37.3	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.3
143	Adam Searl	UCLA	1	6	41.0	31.4	2	40%	0%	40%	−2.0
144	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	1	6	37.5	31.3	1	17%	17%	0%	−1.9
145	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	1	8	38.4	32.1	1	13%	0%	0%	−3.9
146	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	1	15	36.7	35.5	3	20%	0%	33%	−1.5
147	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	1	16	38.3	38.4	5	31%	0%	47%	+1.3
148	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	1	20	41.0	35.8	8	36%	0%	29%	−0.7
149	James Coleman	Western Michigan	1	25	40.2	39.2	9	39%	4%	55%	+2.9
150	Danny Stirt	Duke	1	25	36.5	31.7	7	28%	8%	48%	−9.5
151	Justin Martin	Miami (OH)	1	33	38.0	35.2	7	21%	3%	20%	−4.8
152	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	1	59	37.8	34.8	22	37%	5%	43%	−10.0
153	Wade Lees	Maryland	1	65	39.9	38.4	21	32%	2%	41%	−2.5

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