2016 College Net Average in Wind Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games with a wind of 10 miles per hour or more. A headwind shortens a punt and a crosswind pushes it toward the sideline, so these are the hardest punts to place.

Wind is the game's reported speed, not the exact conditions on each kick. Only punters with enough windy-game punts are ranked. In 2016, Joseph Davidson (45.4) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Michael Dickson (44.2) and Mitch Wishnowsky (44.1). 99 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 37.5.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	45.4	61	45.8	43.5	24	45%	6%	19%	+26.0
2	Michael Dickson	Texas	44.2	65	47.4	43.4	30	48%	14%	29%	+23.9
3	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	44.1	60	48.0	44.5	37	62%	3%	26%	+25.3
4	Jonny Linehan	BYU	43.8	52	42.7	41.4	22	54%	5%	28%	+10.4
5	Justin Vogel	Miami	42.9	57	44.2	41.1	25	44%	2%	47%	+7.2
6	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	42.9	16	40.9	41.3	5	31%	0%	6%	−0.4
7	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	42.9	49	46.2	43.4	23	47%	10%	39%	+18.4
8	Michael Farkas	Ohio	42.6	69	41.0	38.7	31	46%	4%	40%	+4.5
9	Eric Keena	North Texas	41.6	69	43.8	39.8	27	40%	3%	18%	+7.7
10	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	41.4	67	41.9	38.1	15	24%	2%	28%	−1.4
11	Sean Wale	Boise State	41.3	47	45.2	40.5	19	42%	7%	41%	+7.0
12	Drew Galitz	Baylor	41.3	52	41.3	40.5	15	30%	4%	46%	+3.4
13	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	41.2	40	41.4	39.5	14	36%	8%	61%	+4.9
14	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	40.9	57	41.3	37.9	21	36%	7%	16%	+4.8
15	Steve Brosy	Air Force	40.6	46	41.3	39.2	25	57%	2%	40%	+4.5
16	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	40.6	60	43.7	40.7	33	55%	7%	32%	+17.1
17	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	40.5	46	42.4	37.8	15	33%	7%	19%	−4.1
18	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	40.1	65	41.6	39.8	32	52%	3%	18%	+8.3
19	Zachary Block	Tulane	40.1	68	40.8	38.8	23	34%	7%	33%	−1.9
20	Matt Haack	Arizona State	39.9	66	43.9	42.0	21	32%	5%	35%	+14.5
21	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	39.9	46	42.5	40.2	18	39%	11%	42%	+8.0
22	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	39.8	56	42.1	38.4	25	45%	9%	28%	+6.7
23	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	39.8	54	40.9	38.2	22	41%	6%	27%	+3.5
24	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	39.8	50	44.3	40.9	27	54%	6%	32%	+14.2
25	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	39.7	46	42.7	39.2	22	48%	11%	16%	+5.0
26	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	39.7	66	40.0	37.6	33	49%	5%	50%	+2.8
27	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	39.6	40	39.8	35.0	21	51%	5%	38%	−7.4
28	Jake Bailey	Stanford	39.5	45	42.8	39.3	22	49%	4%	14%	+6.0
29	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	39.4	67	44.6	38.9	24	36%	6%	31%	+6.8
30	Alex Starzyk	Temple	39.3	48	39.7	38.2	22	46%	2%	13%	−2.2
31	Alex Boy	Nevada	39.3	51	43.7	38.0	18	39%	11%	30%	+3.4
32	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	39.1	62	41.6	37.4	21	34%	3%	19%	−2.0
33	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	38.9	45	40.8	39.4	22	49%	0%	64%	+5.6
34	Austin Parker	Duke	38.9	29	42.1	38.3	13	45%	7%	39%	+2.4
35	Bentlee Critcher	App State	38.9	50	40.9	37.7	21	45%	7%	43%	−0.8
36	Caleb Houston	UCF	38.9	64	41.8	39.6	21	38%	4%	39%	+4.9
37	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	38.8	74	44.3	40.5	34	46%	12%	22%	+13.0
38	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	38.7	74	41.9	39.2	20	27%	8%	39%	+3.3
39	Dane Roy	Houston	38.6	55	40.7	38.7	19	35%	7%	45%	+0.1
40	Joe Schopper	Purdue	38.6	56	40.7	37.8	25	45%	11%	25%	+4.7
41	Justin Martin	Miami (OH)	38.5	33	38.0	35.2	7	21%	3%	20%	−4.8
42	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	38.4	28	41.9	38.7	12	46%	8%	17%	+0.1
43	Kenny Allen	Michigan	38.3	46	42.6	37.6	21	46%	11%	17%	+1.1
44	Ryan Kay	Troy	38.2	62	40.8	38.9	28	50%	7%	35%	+6.9
45	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	38.0	77	42.7	38.4	21	31%	4%	25%	−2.5
46	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	37.7	67	42.6	36.9	26	38%	10%	12%	−10.7
47	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	37.7	68	41.3	38.4	26	38%	7%	47%	+4.1
48	Alex Barta	Navy	37.7	20	42.0	38.2	7	35%	5%	25%	−1.2
49	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	37.7	68	42.6	39.4	24	38%	10%	32%	+10.0
50	Jack Fox	Rice	37.5	75	40.7	37.7	31	41%	4%	35%	−0.9
51	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	37.4	58	44.4	41.0	24	41%	7%	46%	+7.5
52	Wade Lees	Maryland	37.4	65	39.9	38.4	21	32%	2%	41%	−2.5
53	Adam Nunez	TCU	37.4	69	39.6	37.7	26	38%	3%	36%	−2.6
54	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	37.2	64	41.8	37.6	20	31%	9%	22%	−0.9
55	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	37.2	68	39.2	36.6	16	25%	6%	24%	−11.7
56	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	37.2	65	39.4	38.1	19	30%	3%	27%	−5.8
57	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	37.1	70	40.6	37.3	27	39%	7%	15%	−3.9
58	Cole Moos	Kansas	37.0	73	41.4	38.2	13	19%	3%	28%	−2.1
59	Corey Fatony	Missouri	37.0	66	43.8	41.0	28	43%	9%	19%	+15.3
60	Evan Pantels	UNLV	36.7	64	41.7	38.3	16	25%	3%	18%	−1.0
61	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	36.7	63	41.0	38.3	25	40%	5%	34%	−0.2
62	David Reisner	Illinois	36.7	23	40.6	37.2	5	22%	4%	22%	−8.0
63	Alan Luna	UTEP	36.7	62	41.0	37.5	19	34%	2%	12%	−5.8
64	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	36.7	51	41.4	37.5	15	31%	10%	40%	+1.1
65	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	36.6	66	43.2	41.4	25	40%	0%	36%	+10.5
66	Derek Adams	Kent State	36.6	76	40.3	37.4	25	43%	2%	43%	−5.3
67	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	36.5	44	43.4	38.4	15	34%	11%	32%	−2.9
68	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	36.5	70	39.1	36.4	20	33%	8%	23%	−6.6
69	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	36.5	70	41.4	36.4	26	37%	9%	23%	−4.3
70	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	36.3	61	44.3	39.3	27	44%	10%	26%	+5.9
71	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	35.8	61	39.8	34.0	17	28%	5%	17%	−19.6
72	Chris Tilbey	USC	35.7	46	37.8	36.4	19	41%	4%	35%	−3.9
73	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	35.4	65	42.2	34.2	21	32%	3%	16%	−18.5
74	Nick Gasser	Akron	35.3	59	37.7	35.1	23	40%	0%	28%	−11.7
75	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	35.3	43	40.3	37.5	16	38%	12%	15%	−3.2
76	Justin Wain	UConn	35.3	74	40.8	37.4	24	32%	8%	43%	−3.2
77	Joseph Gedeon	Indiana	34.9	55	40.0	36.9	25	45%	0%	15%	+1.6
78	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	34.8	56	41.9	38.3	27	57%	6%	29%	+7.0
79	Austin Kent	UCLA	34.8	44	38.3	36.5	15	37%	2%	51%	−5.1
80	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	34.7	54	43.5	37.3	18	33%	6%	13%	−3.6
81	Stone Wilson	Florida International	34.7	61	37.6	34.2	13	21%	5%	30%	−15.4
82	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	34.2	72	39.8	34.3	22	30%	8%	23%	−15.6
83	Dylan Klumph	California	34.2	50	44.8	38.5	19	38%	6%	14%	−6.7
84	Ryan Frain	Illinois	34.1	53	40.1	35.9	21	40%	8%	20%	−10.2
85	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	34.0	48	37.5	33.8	25	53%	2%	26%	−9.0
86	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	33.7	55	38.4	37.0	16	30%	4%	29%	−7.7
87	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	33.5	15	34.6	34.5	5	33%	0%	53%	−2.2
88	Colin Downing	Iowa State	33.3	58	41.1	38.8	24	41%	5%	34%	+5.3
89	Mike Knoll	Boston College	33.3	86	38.3	34.9	16	19%	8%	32%	−21.5
90	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	33.2	55	42.6	36.2	14	25%	11%	19%	−5.6
91	Jamie Sackville	SMU	33.2	71	39.6	35.9	23	32%	7%	21%	−4.6
92	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	32.8	59	37.8	34.8	22	37%	5%	43%	−10.0
93	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	32.4	43	38.3	35.1	10	24%	5%	10%	−10.3
94	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	32.2	62	38.8	37.2	31	51%	3%	45%	−2.1
95	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	31.7	53	37.7	34.9	23	47%	6%	36%	−5.3
96	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	30.8	55	39.5	36.0	12	21%	9%	19%	−5.6
97	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	30.3	49	42.6	38.1	26	58%	5%	31%	+3.2
98	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	28.4	62	37.9	34.1	22	35%	6%	36%	−12.6
99	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	28.3	58	39.3	34.6	21	40%	6%	24%	−11.9

All 2016 College punter rankings

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