2016 College Punt Points Added Leaders

Each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot on the field, added up over the season. It puts distance, placement, coverage and returns on one scale.

Positive means he gained more than an average punter would from the same spots. In 2016, Joseph Davidson (+26.0) led college football punters in punt points added, ahead of Mitch Wishnowsky (+25.3) and Michael Dickson (+23.9). 122 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had −0.1.

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

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

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