2016 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2016, Michael Cintron (3600) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Mike Knoll (3290) and Sterling Hofrichter (3289). 212 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	3600	95	37.9	33.2	19	20%	6%	24%	−40.2
2	Mike Knoll	Boston College	3290	86	38.3	34.9	16	19%	8%	32%	−21.5
3	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	3289	77	42.7	38.4	21	31%	4%	25%	−2.5
4	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	3279	74	44.3	40.5	34	46%	12%	22%	+13.0
5	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	3098	74	41.9	39.2	20	27%	8%	39%	+3.3
6	Michael Dickson	Texas	3079	65	47.4	43.4	30	48%	14%	29%	+23.9
7	Derek Adams	Kent State	3063	76	40.3	37.4	25	43%	2%	43%	−5.3
8	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	3062	72	42.5	38.5	30	42%	6%	37%	+1.1
9	Jack Fox	Rice	3051	75	40.7	37.7	31	41%	4%	35%	−0.9
10	Cole Moos	Kansas	3024	73	41.4	38.2	13	19%	3%	28%	−2.1
11	Eric Keena	North Texas	3020	69	43.8	39.8	27	40%	3%	18%	+7.7
12	Justin Wain	UConn	3017	74	40.8	37.4	24	32%	8%	43%	−3.2
13	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	2990	78	38.3	36.9	20	25%	3%	46%	−12.1
14	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	2985	67	44.6	38.9	24	36%	6%	31%	+6.8
15	Matt Haack	Arizona State	2897	66	43.9	42.0	21	32%	5%	35%	+14.5
16	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	2895	70	41.4	36.4	26	37%	9%	23%	−4.3
17	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	2895	68	42.6	39.4	24	38%	10%	32%	+10.0
18	Corey Fatony	Missouri	2894	66	43.8	41.0	28	43%	9%	19%	+15.3
19	Johnny Townsend	Florida	2883	60	48.0	42.0	24	41%	10%	25%	+13.4
20	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	2879	60	48.0	44.5	37	62%	3%	26%	+25.3
21	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	2865	72	39.8	34.3	22	30%	8%	23%	−15.6
22	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	2860	64	44.7	40.2	28	44%	11%	41%	+10.6
23	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	2854	66	43.2	41.4	25	40%	0%	36%	+10.5
24	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	2853	67	42.6	36.9	26	38%	10%	12%	−10.7
25	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	2844	70	40.6	37.3	27	39%	7%	15%	−3.9
26	Michael Farkas	Ohio	2830	69	41.0	38.7	31	46%	4%	40%	+4.5
27	Jamie Sackville	SMU	2813	71	39.6	35.9	23	32%	7%	21%	−4.6
28	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	2806	67	41.9	38.1	15	24%	2%	28%	−1.4
29	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	2805	68	41.3	38.4	26	38%	7%	47%	+4.1
30	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	2800	70	40.0	37.1	26	41%	3%	39%	+1.1
31	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	2791	61	45.8	43.5	24	45%	6%	19%	+26.0
32	Zachary Block	Tulane	2772	68	40.8	38.8	23	34%	7%	33%	−1.9
33	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	2740	70	39.1	36.4	20	33%	8%	23%	−6.6
34	Adam Nunez	TCU	2730	69	39.6	37.7	26	38%	3%	36%	−2.6
35	Alex Kinney	Colorado	2723	66	41.3	35.0	15	24%	6%	33%	−11.0
36	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	2703	61	44.3	39.3	27	44%	10%	26%	+5.9
37	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	2702	65	41.6	39.8	32	52%	3%	18%	+8.3
38	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	2698	65	42.2	34.2	21	32%	3%	16%	−18.5
39	Caleb Houston	UCF	2677	64	41.8	39.6	21	38%	4%	39%	+4.9
40	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	2672	64	41.8	37.6	20	31%	9%	22%	−0.9
41	Evan Pantels	UNLV	2670	64	41.7	38.3	16	25%	3%	18%	−1.0
42	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	2664	68	39.2	36.6	16	25%	6%	24%	−11.7
43	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	2643	64	41.3	38.9	23	35%	9%	40%	+4.5
44	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	2641	66	40.0	37.6	33	49%	5%	50%	+2.8
45	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	2639	64	41.2	37.8	23	36%	10%	21%	−0.9
46	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	2624	60	43.7	40.7	33	55%	7%	32%	+17.1
47	Wade Lees	Maryland	2591	65	39.9	38.4	21	32%	2%	41%	−2.5
48	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	2586	63	41.0	38.3	25	40%	5%	34%	−0.2
49	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	2582	62	41.6	37.4	21	34%	3%	19%	−2.0
50	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	2575	58	44.4	41.0	24	41%	7%	46%	+7.5
51	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	2562	65	39.4	38.1	19	30%	3%	27%	−5.8
52	Alan Luna	UTEP	2542	62	41.0	37.5	19	34%	2%	12%	−5.8
53	Ryan Kay	Troy	2527	62	40.8	38.9	28	50%	7%	35%	+6.9
54	Justin Vogel	Miami	2522	57	44.2	41.1	25	44%	2%	47%	+7.2
55	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	2431	59	41.2	38.5	26	51%	0%	40%	+3.0
56	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	2430	61	39.8	34.0	17	28%	5%	17%	−19.6
57	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	2403	62	38.8	37.2	31	51%	3%	45%	−2.1
58	Colin Downing	Iowa State	2381	58	41.1	38.8	24	41%	5%	34%	+5.3
59	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	2357	56	42.1	38.4	25	45%	9%	28%	+6.7
60	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	2354	57	41.3	37.9	21	36%	7%	16%	+4.8
61	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	2348	62	37.9	34.1	22	35%	6%	36%	−12.6
62	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	2347	54	43.5	37.3	18	33%	6%	13%	−3.6
63	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	2345	56	41.9	38.3	27	57%	6%	29%	+7.0
64	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	2344	55	42.6	36.2	14	25%	11%	19%	−5.6
65	Stone Wilson	Florida International	2293	61	37.6	34.2	13	21%	5%	30%	−15.4
66	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	2279	58	39.3	34.6	21	40%	6%	24%	−11.9
67	Joe Schopper	Purdue	2277	56	40.7	37.8	25	45%	11%	25%	+4.7
68	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	2266	49	46.2	43.4	23	47%	10%	39%	+18.4
69	Dylan Klumph	California	2240	50	44.8	38.5	19	38%	6%	14%	−6.7
70	Dane Roy	Houston	2237	55	40.7	38.7	19	35%	7%	45%	+0.1
71	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	2233	59	37.8	34.8	22	37%	5%	43%	−10.0
72	Alex Boy	Nevada	2230	51	43.7	38.0	18	39%	11%	30%	+3.4
73	Toby Baker	Arkansas	2228	50	44.6	41.3	21	42%	6%	40%	+16.6
74	Nick Gasser	Akron	2226	59	37.7	35.1	23	40%	0%	28%	−11.7
75	Jonny Linehan	BYU	2222	52	42.7	41.4	22	54%	5%	28%	+10.4
76	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	2214	50	44.3	40.9	27	54%	6%	32%	+14.2
77	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	2211	54	40.9	38.2	22	41%	6%	27%	+3.5
78	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	2204	52	42.4	40.4	35	66%	2%	38%	+13.0
79	Joseph Gedeon	Indiana	2202	55	40.0	36.9	25	45%	0%	15%	+1.6
80	JK Scott	Alabama	2195	46	47.7	40.3	16	36%	16%	24%	+6.7
81	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	2189	56	39.1	37.9	11	20%	2%	48%	−10.5
82	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	2171	55	39.5	36.0	12	21%	9%	19%	−5.6
83	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	2159	51	42.3	38.1	17	33%	4%	28%	−3.2
84	Drew Galitz	Baylor	2150	52	41.3	40.5	15	30%	4%	46%	+3.4
85	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	2140	48	44.6	41.0	17	33%	10%	17%	+11.9
86	Josh Growden	LSU	2138	51	41.9	39.8	20	40%	6%	50%	+5.5
87	Ryan Frain	Illinois	2127	53	40.1	35.9	21	40%	8%	20%	−10.2
88	Sean Wale	Boise State	2124	47	45.2	40.5	19	42%	7%	41%	+7.0
89	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	2114	55	38.4	37.0	16	30%	4%	29%	−7.7
90	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	2109	51	41.4	37.5	15	31%	10%	40%	+1.1
91	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	2089	49	42.6	38.1	26	58%	5%	31%	+3.2
92	Bentlee Critcher	App State	2047	50	40.9	37.7	21	45%	7%	43%	−0.8
93	Josh Pollack	Arizona	2028	48	42.3	36.4	14	34%	5%	8%	−7.4
94	Nick Ellis	Toledo	2027	47	43.1	37.9	15	37%	15%	19%	+5.6
95	Mason King	Louisville	2009	47	42.7	39.3	15	32%	2%	51%	+4.8
96	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	1999	53	37.7	34.9	23	47%	6%	36%	−5.3
97	Logan Tyler	Florida State	1987	49	40.6	34.8	13	28%	4%	30%	−7.6
98	Spencer Smith	Memphis	1987	44	45.2	43.0	11	27%	7%	36%	+13.3
99	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	1966	46	42.7	39.2	22	48%	11%	16%	+5.0
100	Kenny Allen	Michigan	1961	46	42.6	37.6	21	46%	11%	17%	+1.1
101	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	1959	44	44.5	41.4	27	61%	11%	37%	+11.7
102	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	1954	46	42.5	40.2	18	39%	11%	42%	+8.0
103	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	1950	46	42.4	37.8	15	33%	7%	19%	−4.1
104	Jake Bailey	Stanford	1928	45	42.8	39.3	22	49%	4%	14%	+6.0
105	A.J. Cole III	NC State	1915	46	41.6	38.1	13	28%	9%	34%	−3.9
106	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	1908	44	43.4	38.4	15	34%	11%	32%	−2.9
107	Alex Starzyk	Temple	1904	48	39.7	38.2	22	46%	2%	13%	−2.2
108	Steve Brosy	Air Force	1900	46	41.3	39.2	25	57%	2%	40%	+4.5
109	Marshall Long	Georgia	1897	49	38.7	35.2	14	29%	6%	27%	−9.4
110	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	1838	45	40.8	39.4	22	49%	0%	64%	+5.6
111	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	1808	48	37.7	35.1	18	38%	8%	52%	−6.2
112	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	1798	48	37.5	33.8	25	53%	2%	26%	−9.0
113	Chris Tilbey	USC	1740	46	37.8	36.4	19	41%	4%	35%	−3.9
114	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	1734	43	40.3	37.5	16	38%	12%	15%	−3.2
115	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	1704	43	39.6	33.6	15	35%	12%	15%	−11.9
116	Austin Kent	UCLA	1687	44	38.3	36.5	15	37%	2%	51%	−5.1
117	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	1656	40	41.4	39.5	14	36%	8%	61%	+4.9
118	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	1645	43	38.3	35.1	10	24%	5%	10%	−10.3
119	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	1590	40	39.8	35.0	21	51%	5%	38%	−7.4
120	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	1543	36	42.9	38.8	11	32%	12%	18%	+6.8
121	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	1376	32	43.0	37.2	13	41%	13%	16%	+1.5
122	Justin Martin	Miami (OH)	1253	33	38.0	35.2	7	21%	3%	20%	−4.8
123	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	1235	28	44.1	38.1	11	41%	4%	41%	−1.1
124	Austin Parker	Duke	1220	29	42.1	38.3	13	45%	7%	39%	+2.4
125	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	1199	31	38.7	38.6	10	34%	0%	18%	−2.0
126	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	1173	28	41.9	38.7	12	46%	8%	17%	+0.1
127	James Coleman	Western Michigan	1006	25	40.2	39.2	9	39%	4%	55%	+2.9
128	David Reisner	Illinois	934	23	40.6	37.2	5	22%	4%	22%	−8.0
129	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	928	23	40.3	36.9	7	32%	5%	27%	−3.8
130	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	917	21	43.7	39.3	4	19%	5%	42%	+0.2
131	Danny Stirt	Duke	913	25	36.5	31.7	7	28%	8%	48%	−9.5
132	Alex Barta	Navy	841	20	42.0	38.2	7	35%	5%	25%	−1.2
133	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	819	20	41.0	35.8	8	36%	0%	29%	−0.7
134	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	665	18	36.9	34.6	4	22%	6%	59%	−4.1
135	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	654	16	40.9	41.3	5	31%	0%	6%	−0.4
136	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	613	16	38.3	38.4	5	31%	0%	47%	+1.3
137	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	550	15	36.7	35.5	3	20%	0%	33%	−1.5
138	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	519	15	34.6	34.5	5	33%	0%	53%	−2.2
139	J.D. Mote	Army	474	13	36.5	32.4	2	15%	15%	23%	−3.6
140	Erik Harris	Navy	451	10	45.1	44.5	7	70%	0%	44%	+6.0
141	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	423	11	38.5	37.5	8	62%	8%	69%	+1.8
142	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	412	10	41.2	37.5	4	40%	0%	30%	+1.8
143	Jake Glatting	Arizona	394	10	39.4	37.0	3	43%	0%	20%	−1.5
144	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	307	8	38.4	32.1	1	13%	0%	0%	−3.9
145	Davis Webb	California	275	7	39.3	33.6	4	57%	29%	0%	−1.3
146	Nick Schrage	Army	271	8	33.9	33.9	4	50%	0%	14%	−2.5
147	Zach Charme	Washington State	271	7	38.7	31.9	5	71%	29%	33%	−0.3
148	Hayden Pezzoni	Charlotte	259	8	32.4	31.4	3	43%	0%	29%	−5.3
149	Adam Searl	UCLA	246	6	41.0	31.4	2	40%	0%	40%	−2.0
150	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	225	6	37.5	31.3	1	17%	17%	0%	−1.9
151	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	210	6	35.0	35.0	1	17%	0%	0%	−2.3
152	Jermaine Adams	Army	209	6	34.8	35.8	1	17%	0%	0%	−5.2
153	Caleb Lighbourn	Nebraska	193	5	38.6	30.6	1	20%	40%	0%	−1.0
154	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	193	4	48.3	44.8	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.8
155	Sam Gentry	New Mexico	172	5	34.4	27.0	0	0%	20%	20%	−4.0
156	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	170	5	34.0	28.3	0	0%	0%	40%	−8.1
157	Jaleel Scott	New Mexico State	150	4	37.5	37.3	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.3
158	Alex Robinson	Stanford	148	4	37.0	36.0	4	100%	0%	75%	+0.4
159	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	144	4	36.0	37.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−1.0
160	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	140	3	46.7	26.0	2	67%	0%	0%	−0.1
161	Cam Echols-Luper	Arkansas State	139	4	34.8	33.3	1	25%	0%	0%	−2.6
162	Chad Kelly	Ole Miss	131	3	43.7	30.3	1	33%	67%	0%	−0.1
163	Manny Wilkins	Arizona State	129	3	43.0	43.0	3	100%	0%	0%	+1.0
164	Glen Cuiellette	Tulane	116	4	29.0	33.0	4	80%	0%	20%	+1.6
165	Matt Aragon	Arizona	116	3	38.7	34.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
166	Erik Baughman	Texas Tech	114	3	38.0	31.3	0	0%	33%	33%	−0.7
167	James Sherman	Texas State	113	3	37.7	35.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−0.8
168	Parker Boehme	Duke	100	2	50.0	50.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+1.0
169	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	94	2	47.0	47.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+1.1
170	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	94	2	47.0	44.5	1	50%	0%	50%	+0.6
171	Ian Shannon	Auburn	92	3	30.7	30.7	2	67%	0%	67%	−0.3
172	JJ Molson	UCLA	88	2	44.0	46.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+1.6
173	Tristan Payton	UCF	86	2	43.0	25.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.2
174	Greg Stroman	Virginia Tech	80	2	40.0	40.0	1	50%	0%	0%	0.0
175	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	75	2	37.5	37.5	2	100%	0%	50%	+0.3
176	Jake Browning	Washington	72	2	36.0	36.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
177	Daniel Jones	Duke	71	2	35.5	35.5	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.6
178	C.J. Beathard	Iowa	70	2	35.0	35.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
179	Erik Powell	Washington State	68	1	68.0	52.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.0
180	Reid Nelson	Vanderbilt	56	2	28.0	27.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.8
181	Andrew King	UTSA	49	1	49.0	55.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.3
182	Adaryan Jones	Texas Tech	46	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.6
183	Michael Batson	Clemson	46	1	46.0	46.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.6
184	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	42	1	42.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
185	Grant Aasen	Georgia Tech	42	1	42.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.2
186	Seth Russell	Baylor	42	1	42.0	22.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
187	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	41	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
188	Tyler Stehling	Rice	41	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
189	Brad Earnest	Miami (OH)	39	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.2
190	Rhett Almond	BYU	39	1	39.0	39.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.1
191	Haden Tobola	Rice	38	1	38.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
192	Stephen Johnson	Kentucky	38	1	38.0	18.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
193	Carson King	Clemson	37	1	37.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
194	Carter Stanley	Kansas	37	1	37.0	17.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
195	DeShone Kizer	Notre Dame	37	1	37.0	17.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
196	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	36	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
197	Shane Buechele	Texas	36	1	36.0	16.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
198	Zach Smith	Baylor	36	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
199	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	35	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
200	Preston Heard	Baylor	35	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
201	Zack Mahoney	Syracuse	34	1	34.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
202	Eric Dungey	Syracuse	33	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
203	Jack Steed	Florida State	33	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
204	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	29	1	29.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0
205	Brent Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	27	1	27.0	27.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
206	Montell Cozart	Kansas	27	1	27.0	27.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
207	Hayden Moore	Cincinnati	24	1	24.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
208	Tyler Rogers	New Mexico State	21	1	21.0	21.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.2
209	Taylor Lamb	App State	19	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.3
210	Nate Holley	Kent State	18	1	18.0	18.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
211	Ryan Graham	Northern Illinois	14	1	14.0	14.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.9
212	Nate German	Rice	5	1	5.0	5.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.6

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