2017 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2017, Ryan Stonehouse (18.1) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Yannis Routsas (20.0) and JK Scott (20.5). 125 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 25.9.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	18.1	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
2	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	20.0	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
3	JK Scott	Alabama	20.5	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
4	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	20.6	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
5	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	21.1	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
6	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	21.3	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
7	Jake Bailey	Stanford	21.3	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
8	Michael Dickson	Texas	21.4	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
9	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	21.5	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
10	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	21.6	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
11	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	21.9	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
12	Corey Fatony	Missouri	21.9	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
13	Bailey Flint	Toledo	21.9	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
14	Alex Kinney	Colorado	22.1	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
15	Jonny Linehan	BYU	22.1	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
16	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	22.3	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
17	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	22.4	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
18	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	22.5	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
19	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	22.5	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
20	Dane Roy	Houston	22.8	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
21	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	23.2	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
22	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	23.3	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
23	Adam Nunez	TCU	23.5	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
24	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	23.5	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
25	Johnny Townsend	Florida	23.6	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
26	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	23.8	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
27	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	23.8	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
28	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	23.9	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
29	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	24.0	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
30	Mike Knoll	Boston College	24.1	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
31	Owen White	Navy	24.1	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
32	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	24.2	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
33	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	24.3	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
34	Will Spiers	Clemson	24.4	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
35	Joel Whitford	Washington	24.5	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
36	Colin Downing	Iowa State	24.5	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
37	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	24.6	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
38	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	24.6	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
39	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	24.8	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
40	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	24.8	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
41	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	24.8	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
42	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	24.8	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
43	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	24.9	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
44	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	24.9	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
45	Alex Starzyk	Temple	24.9	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
46	A.J. Cole III	NC State	25.0	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
47	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	25.0	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
48	Blake Patterson	TCU	25.0	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
49	Jamie Sackville	SMU	25.1	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
50	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	25.1	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
51	Stone Wilson	Florida International	25.2	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
52	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	25.2	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
53	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	25.2	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
54	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	25.3	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
55	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	25.4	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
56	Logan Tyler	Florida State	25.4	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
57	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	25.4	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
58	Reid Budrovich	USC	25.4	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
59	Matt Panton	Kentucky	25.6	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
60	James Smith	Cincinnati	25.7	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
61	Zach Feagles	Miami	25.7	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
62	Brad Robbins	Michigan	25.8	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
63	Joe Schopper	Purdue	25.9	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
64	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	26.1	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
65	Michael Farkas	Ohio	26.1	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
66	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	26.2	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
67	Lester Coleman	Virginia	26.2	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
68	Blake Hayes	Illinois	26.3	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
69	Zachary Block	Tulane	26.3	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
70	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	26.4	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
71	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	26.5	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
72	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	26.5	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
73	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	26.6	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
74	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	26.7	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
75	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	26.7	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
76	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	26.7	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
77	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	26.7	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
78	Dylan Klumph	California	26.8	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
79	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	26.9	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
80	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	26.9	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
81	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	26.9	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
82	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	27.0	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
83	Connor Martin	Baylor	27.2	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
84	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	27.3	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
85	Derek Adams	Kent State	27.5	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
86	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	27.5	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
87	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	27.6	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
88	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	27.6	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
89	Brett Graham	UConn	27.7	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
90	Xavier Subotsch	App State	27.7	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
91	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	27.8	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
92	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	27.8	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
93	Alan Luna	UTEP	27.8	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
94	Nick Gasser	Akron	27.8	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
95	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	27.9	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
96	Adam Stack	Oregon	28.0	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
97	Jack Fox	Rice	28.1	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
98	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	28.1	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
99	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	28.2	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
100	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	28.3	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
101	Mason King	Louisville	28.5	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
102	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	29.0	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
103	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	29.1	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
104	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	29.1	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
105	Charlie Scott	Air Force	29.3	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
106	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	29.3	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
107	Cade Coffey	Idaho	29.6	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
108	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	29.6	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
109	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	29.6	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
110	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	29.6	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
111	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	29.7	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
112	Austin Parker	Duke	29.8	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
113	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	29.9	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
114	Wade Lees	Maryland	29.9	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
115	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	30.2	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
116	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	30.2	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
117	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	30.9	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
118	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	31.2	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
119	Joel Dixon	UAB	31.2	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
120	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	31.8	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
121	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	32.2	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
122	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	32.8	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
123	Cole Moos	Kansas	32.8	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
124	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	33.7	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
125	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	35.0	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0

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