2017 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2017 regular season (at least 30), ranked by punt points added. 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.

Final 2017 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2017 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

Michael Dickson (Texas): 48.4 73 punts
Johnny Townsend (Florida): 47.5 64 punts
Trevor Daniel (Tennessee): 47.5 70 punts
Corey Bojorquez (New Mexico): 47.3 67 punts
Ryan Stonehouse (Colorado State): 46.8 38 punts

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Net Punting Average

Michael Dickson (Texas): 44.8 73 punts
Shane Tripucka (Texas A&M): 43.3 76 punts
Trevor Daniel (Tennessee): 43.3 70 punts
Mitch Wishnowsky (Utah): 42.6 46 punts
Corliss Waitman (South Alabama): 42.5 70 punts

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Inside the 20 Percentage

Yannis Routsas (UTSA): 61.7% 29 of 47
Mac Loudermilk (UCF): 58.5% 24 of 41
Cody Grace (Arkansas State): 56.8% 25 of 44
JK Scott (Alabama): 55.8% 24 of 42
Blake Gillikin (Penn State): 52.9% 27 of 50

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Longest Punts

Kaare Vedvik (Marshall): 92 yds
Hunter Niswander (Northwestern): 80 yds
Corey Bojorquez (New Mexico): 78 yds
Michael Dickson (Texas): 76 yds
Arthur Hart (Charlotte): 74 yds

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Punt Points Added

Michael Dickson (Texas): +36.8 73 punts
Shane Tripucka (Texas A&M): +25.4 76 punts
Trevor Daniel (Tennessee): +20.6 70 punts
Corey Bojorquez (New Mexico): +17.3 67 punts
Joseph Davidson (Bowling Green): +16.9 60 punts

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Fair Catch Percentage

JK Scott (Alabama): 54.8% 23 of 42
Mac Loudermilk (UCF): 53.8% 21 of 41
Quinton Conaway (Nevada): 53.5% 23 of 48
Cameron Nizialek (Georgia): 51.0% 25 of 49
Oscar Bradburn (Virginia Tech): 50.0% 30 of 63

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Mac Loudermilk (UCF): 0.0% 0 of 41
Cody Grace (Arkansas State): 0.0% 0 of 44
James Smith (Cincinnati): 0.0% 0 of 64
Charlie Scott (Air Force): 0.0% 0 of 41
Colten Rastetter (Iowa): 0.0% 0 of 49

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Cody Grace (Arkansas State): +3.9 0 TB on 44 punts
Mac Loudermilk (UCF): +3.8 0 TB on 41 punts
Will Gleeson (Ole Miss): +3.0 1 TB on 51 punts
James Smith (Cincinnati): +2.9 0 TB on 64 punts
Michael Sleep-Dalton (Arizona State): +2.7 1 TB on 59 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Matt Bonadies (Middle Tennessee): -0.2 -9 yards
Bailey Flint (Toledo): 0.0 0 yards
JK Scott (Alabama): 0.0 2 yards
Cody Grace (Arkansas State): 0.1 5 yards
Kyle Kramer (Miami (OH)): 0.2 12 yards

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Opponent Starting Field Position

Ryan Stonehouse (Colorado State): 18.1 38 punts
Yannis Routsas (UTSA): 20.0 47 punts
JK Scott (Alabama): 20.5 42 punts
Blake Gillikin (Penn State): 20.6 50 punts
Oscar Bradburn (Virginia Tech): 21.1 63 punts

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Net Average in Opponent Territory

Tyler Newsome (Notre Dame): 35.4 14 punts
Logan Tyler (Florida State): 34.4 16 punts
Blake Gillikin (Penn State): 34.1 15 punts
Zac Everett (Southern Miss): 33.9 12 punts
Cody Grace (Arkansas State): 33.7 13 punts

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Net Average in Wind

Cody Grace (Arkansas State): 46.8 10 punts
Corey Bojorquez (New Mexico): 46.3 34 punts
Corliss Waitman (South Alabama): 46.0 13 punts
Tom Sheldon (North Carolina): 45.7 12 punts
Trevor Daniel (Tennessee): 45.5 13 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2017 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

125 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Michael Dickson	Texas	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
2	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
3	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
4	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
5	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
6	Jake Bailey	Stanford	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
7	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
8	Corey Fatony	Missouri	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
9	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
10	JK Scott	Alabama	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
11	Jonny Linehan	BYU	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
12	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
13	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
14	Johnny Townsend	Florida	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
15	Alex Kinney	Colorado	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
16	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
17	James Smith	Cincinnati	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
18	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
19	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
20	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
21	Derek Adams	Kent State	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
22	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
23	Blake Hayes	Illinois	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
24	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
25	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
26	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
27	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
28	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
29	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
30	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
31	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
32	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
33	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
34	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
35	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
36	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
37	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
38	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
39	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
40	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
41	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
42	Matt Panton	Kentucky	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
43	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
44	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
45	Colin Downing	Iowa State	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
46	Logan Tyler	Florida State	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
47	Alan Luna	UTEP	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
48	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
49	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
50	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
51	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
52	Michael Farkas	Ohio	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
53	Dane Roy	Houston	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
54	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
55	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
56	Joel Whitford	Washington	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
57	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
58	Owen White	Navy	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
59	Jamie Sackville	SMU	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
60	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
61	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
62	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
63	Mason King	Louisville	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
64	Blake Patterson	TCU	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
65	Joe Schopper	Purdue	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
66	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
67	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
68	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
69	Dylan Klumph	California	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
70	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
71	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
72	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
73	Mike Knoll	Boston College	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
74	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
75	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
76	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
77	Will Spiers	Clemson	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
78	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
79	Charlie Scott	Air Force	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
80	Bailey Flint	Toledo	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
81	Connor Martin	Baylor	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
82	Brett Graham	UConn	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
83	Stone Wilson	Florida International	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
84	Zachary Block	Tulane	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
85	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
86	Adam Nunez	TCU	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
87	Reid Budrovich	USC	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
88	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
89	Austin Parker	Duke	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
90	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
91	Zach Feagles	Miami	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
92	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
93	Alex Starzyk	Temple	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
94	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
95	Jack Fox	Rice	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
96	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
97	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
98	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
99	Brad Robbins	Michigan	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
100	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
101	A.J. Cole III	NC State	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
102	Xavier Subotsch	App State	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
103	Lester Coleman	Virginia	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
104	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
105	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
106	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
107	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
108	Joel Dixon	UAB	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
109	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
110	Adam Stack	Oregon	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
111	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
112	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
113	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
114	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
115	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
116	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
117	Cade Coffey	Idaho	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
118	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
119	Wade Lees	Maryland	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
120	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
121	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
122	Nick Gasser	Akron	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
123	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
124	Cole Moos	Kansas	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
125	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0

Ranked by points added: each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot, summed (for college, expected points come from field position, since the source has no expected-points value on punts). Net subtracts return yards and 20 for touchbacks. TB % and FC % are shares of punts that were not blocked. Hang time is not recorded in public play-by-play, so fair-catch rate stands in for it. 5% of 2017 college punts have no outcome in the source play text. They are counted as not returned and left out of the fair catch, out of bounds, downed and return percentages. Minimum 30 punts.

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