2016 College Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

Read it with net average and points added. In 2016, Michael Cintron (95) led college football punters in punts, ahead of Mike Knoll (86) and Blake Cusick (78). 213 punters qualify.

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

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

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