2017 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 2017, Cody Grace (46.8) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Corey Bojorquez (46.3) and Corliss Waitman (46.0). 104 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 37.9.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	46.8	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
2	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	46.3	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
3	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	46.0	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
4	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	45.7	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
5	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	45.5	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
6	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	44.9	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
7	Johnny Townsend	Florida	44.6	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
8	Matt Panton	Kentucky	44.6	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
9	Jake Bailey	Stanford	44.2	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
10	Lester Coleman	Virginia	43.3	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
11	Michael Dickson	Texas	43.2	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
12	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	43.1	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
13	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	42.8	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
14	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	42.8	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
15	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	42.6	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
16	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	41.6	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
17	Blake Hayes	Illinois	41.4	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
18	Mason King	Louisville	41.4	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
19	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	41.2	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
20	Dylan Klumph	California	41.1	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
21	Owen White	Navy	40.8	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
22	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	40.7	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
23	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	40.6	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
24	Blake Patterson	TCU	40.5	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
25	Corey Fatony	Missouri	40.4	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
26	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	40.4	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
27	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	40.3	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
28	James Smith	Cincinnati	40.3	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
29	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	40.2	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
30	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	39.9	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
31	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	39.9	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
32	Derek Adams	Kent State	39.8	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
33	Alan Luna	UTEP	39.7	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
34	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	39.6	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
35	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	39.5	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
36	Alex Kinney	Colorado	39.4	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
37	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	39.0	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
38	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	39.0	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
39	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	39.0	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
40	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	39.0	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
41	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	39.0	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
42	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	38.9	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
43	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	38.8	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
44	Charlie Scott	Air Force	38.7	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
45	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	38.5	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
46	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	38.3	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
47	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	38.2	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
48	Zach Feagles	Miami	38.1	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
49	Connor Martin	Baylor	38.1	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
50	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	37.9	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
51	Zachary Block	Tulane	37.9	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
52	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	37.9	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
53	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	37.8	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
54	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	37.8	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
55	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	37.7	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
56	Brad Robbins	Michigan	37.7	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
57	Brett Graham	UConn	37.7	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
58	A.J. Cole III	NC State	37.6	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
59	Stone Wilson	Florida International	37.5	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
60	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	37.5	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
61	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	37.4	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
62	Adam Nunez	TCU	37.4	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
63	Logan Tyler	Florida State	37.4	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
64	Nick Gasser	Akron	37.3	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
65	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	37.3	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
66	Joe Schopper	Purdue	37.3	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
67	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	37.3	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
68	Alex Starzyk	Temple	37.2	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
69	Reid Budrovich	USC	37.2	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
70	Jack Fox	Rice	37.1	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
71	Xavier Subotsch	App State	37.1	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
72	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	37.0	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
73	Jamie Sackville	SMU	37.0	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
74	Dane Roy	Houston	36.9	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
75	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	36.8	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
76	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	36.7	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
77	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	36.7	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
78	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	36.7	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
79	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	36.6	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
80	Wade Lees	Maryland	36.5	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
81	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	36.2	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
82	Colin Downing	Iowa State	36.0	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
83	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	35.8	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
84	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	35.0	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
85	Adam Stack	Oregon	35.0	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
86	Evan Pantels	UNLV	34.8	22	40.9	34.3	6	26%	17%	27%	−4.8
87	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	34.8	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
88	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	34.8	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
89	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	34.6	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
90	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	34.5	18	36.8	35.9	6	33%	0%	39%	−3.1
91	Austin Parker	Duke	34.5	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
92	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	34.4	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
93	Joel Dixon	UAB	34.4	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
94	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	33.8	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
95	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	33.4	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
96	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	33.1	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
97	Cole Moos	Kansas	33.0	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
98	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	33.0	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
99	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	32.7	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
100	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	31.9	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
101	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	31.6	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
102	Ivan Oraha	Eastern Michigan	31.1	22	33.7	30.8	12	55%	5%	45%	−4.5
103	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	31.0	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
104	Jake Glatting	Arizona	24.3	22	35.7	29.7	6	27%	5%	14%	−11.0

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