2016 College Net Average in Opponent Territory Leaders

Net average counting only punts that started on the opponent's side of the 50-yard line. There is little room to work with, and every touchback costs 20 net yards, so this is the hardest place to punt well.

Only punters with enough such punts are ranked. In 2016, Mitch Wishnowsky (37.8) led college football punters in net average in opponent territory, ahead of Justin Vogel (36.9) and Ethan Wood (35.6). 51 punters qualify (minimum 12 punts from the opponent's 50 or closer). The median qualified punter had 31.6.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (opp. 50)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	37.8	60	48.0	44.5	37	62%	3%	26%	+25.3
2	Justin Vogel	Miami	36.9	57	44.2	41.1	25	44%	2%	47%	+7.2
3	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	35.6	65	41.6	39.8	32	52%	3%	18%	+8.3
4	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	34.6	40	39.8	35.0	21	51%	5%	38%	−7.4
5	Dane Roy	Houston	34.5	55	40.7	38.7	19	35%	7%	45%	+0.1
6	Jake Bailey	Stanford	34.4	45	42.8	39.3	22	49%	4%	14%	+6.0
7	Nick Gasser	Akron	34.4	59	37.7	35.1	23	40%	0%	28%	−11.7
8	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	34.2	59	41.2	38.5	26	51%	0%	40%	+3.0
9	Chris Tilbey	USC	33.9	46	37.8	36.4	19	41%	4%	35%	−3.9
10	Justin Wain	UConn	33.9	74	40.8	37.4	24	32%	8%	43%	−3.2
11	Johnny Townsend	Florida	33.8	60	48.0	42.0	24	41%	10%	25%	+13.4
12	Michael Farkas	Ohio	33.4	69	41.0	38.7	31	46%	4%	40%	+4.5
13	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	33.3	63	41.0	38.3	25	40%	5%	34%	−0.2
14	Jonny Linehan	BYU	33.1	52	42.7	41.4	22	54%	5%	28%	+10.4
15	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	33.0	43	39.6	33.6	15	35%	12%	15%	−11.9
16	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	33.0	68	39.2	36.6	16	25%	6%	24%	−11.7
17	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	32.7	74	44.3	40.5	34	46%	12%	22%	+13.0
18	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	32.7	52	42.4	40.4	35	66%	2%	38%	+13.0
19	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	32.6	56	42.1	38.4	25	45%	9%	28%	+6.7
20	Adam Nunez	TCU	32.5	69	39.6	37.7	26	38%	3%	36%	−2.6
21	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	32.4	66	40.0	37.6	33	49%	5%	50%	+2.8
22	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	32.4	62	38.8	37.2	31	51%	3%	45%	−2.1
23	Jack Fox	Rice	32.2	75	40.7	37.7	31	41%	4%	35%	−0.9
24	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	31.8	49	42.6	38.1	26	58%	5%	31%	+3.2
25	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	31.7	64	41.8	37.6	20	31%	9%	22%	−0.9
26	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	31.6	44	44.5	41.4	27	61%	11%	37%	+11.7
27	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	31.6	72	42.5	38.5	30	42%	6%	37%	+1.1
28	Corey Fatony	Missouri	31.5	66	43.8	41.0	28	43%	9%	19%	+15.3
29	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	31.3	78	38.3	36.9	20	25%	3%	46%	−12.1
30	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	31.3	70	41.4	36.4	26	37%	9%	23%	−4.3
31	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	31.3	54	40.9	38.2	22	41%	6%	27%	+3.5
32	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	31.2	56	41.9	38.3	27	57%	6%	29%	+7.0
33	Stone Wilson	Florida International	30.9	61	37.6	34.2	13	21%	5%	30%	−15.4
34	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	30.8	51	41.4	37.5	15	31%	10%	40%	+1.1
35	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	30.6	48	37.7	35.1	18	38%	8%	52%	−6.2
36	Joe Schopper	Purdue	30.5	56	40.7	37.8	25	45%	11%	25%	+4.7
37	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	30.3	48	37.5	33.8	25	53%	2%	26%	−9.0
38	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	30.0	68	42.6	39.4	24	38%	10%	32%	+10.0
39	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	29.9	70	40.6	37.3	27	39%	7%	15%	−3.9
40	Kenny Allen	Michigan	29.7	46	42.6	37.6	21	46%	11%	17%	+1.1
41	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	29.4	72	39.8	34.3	22	30%	8%	23%	−15.6
42	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	29.3	70	40.0	37.1	26	41%	3%	39%	+1.1
43	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	29.2	53	37.7	34.9	23	47%	6%	36%	−5.3
44	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	28.8	64	41.3	38.9	23	35%	9%	40%	+4.5
45	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	28.7	61	44.3	39.3	27	44%	10%	26%	+5.9
46	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	28.6	68	41.3	38.4	26	38%	7%	47%	+4.1
47	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	28.6	95	37.9	33.2	19	20%	6%	24%	−40.2
48	Colin Downing	Iowa State	28.2	58	41.1	38.8	24	41%	5%	34%	+5.3
49	Jamie Sackville	SMU	28.1	71	39.6	35.9	23	32%	7%	21%	−4.6
50	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	27.8	62	37.9	34.1	22	35%	6%	36%	−12.6
51	Mike Knoll	Boston College	27.5	86	38.3	34.9	16	19%	8%	32%	−21.5

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