2017 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 2017, Arthur Hart (3695) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Michael Dickson (3532) and Ryan Anderson (3508). 215 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	3695	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
2	Michael Dickson	Texas	3532	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
3	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	3508	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
4	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	3505	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
5	Alan Luna	UTEP	3483	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
6	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	3459	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
7	Derek Adams	Kent State	3447	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
8	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	3433	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
9	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	3329	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
10	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	3323	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
11	Cole Moos	Kansas	3287	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
12	Nick Gasser	Akron	3269	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
13	Blake Hayes	Illinois	3231	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
14	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	3213	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
15	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	3188	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
16	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	3170	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
17	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	3167	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
18	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	3139	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
19	Lester Coleman	Virginia	3123	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
20	Johnny Townsend	Florida	3043	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
21	Cade Coffey	Idaho	2943	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
22	Mike Knoll	Boston College	2937	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
23	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	2864	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
24	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	2838	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
25	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	2814	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
26	Logan Tyler	Florida State	2811	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
27	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	2807	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
28	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	2792	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
29	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	2772	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
30	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	2756	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
31	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	2713	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
32	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	2700	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
33	Joe Schopper	Purdue	2694	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
34	James Smith	Cincinnati	2688	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
35	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	2678	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
36	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	2674	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
37	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	2656	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
38	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	2641	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
39	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	2606	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
40	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	2595	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
41	Zach Feagles	Miami	2591	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
42	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	2581	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
43	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	2575	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
44	Austin Parker	Duke	2565	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
45	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	2565	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
46	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	2536	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
47	Jonny Linehan	BYU	2533	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
48	Jack Fox	Rice	2520	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
49	Wade Lees	Maryland	2511	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
50	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	2506	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
51	Colin Downing	Iowa State	2501	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
52	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	2486	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
53	Joel Dixon	UAB	2478	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
54	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	2462	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
55	Alex Kinney	Colorado	2451	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
56	Will Spiers	Clemson	2448	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
57	Brett Graham	UConn	2442	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
58	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	2440	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
59	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	2439	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
60	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	2433	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
61	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	2432	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
62	Matt Panton	Kentucky	2432	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
63	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	2425	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
64	Adam Nunez	TCU	2400	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
65	Jake Bailey	Stanford	2391	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
66	Brad Robbins	Michigan	2374	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
67	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	2358	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
68	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	2351	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
69	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	2349	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
70	A.J. Cole III	NC State	2323	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
71	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	2310	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
72	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	2277	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
73	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	2274	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
74	Corey Fatony	Missouri	2226	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
75	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	2225	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
76	Dane Roy	Houston	2206	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
77	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	2205	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
78	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	2200	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
79	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	2191	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
80	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	2180	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
81	Michael Farkas	Ohio	2179	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
82	Jamie Sackville	SMU	2160	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
83	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	2158	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
84	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	2130	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
85	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	2114	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
86	Alex Starzyk	Temple	2094	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
87	Stone Wilson	Florida International	2088	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
88	Reid Budrovich	USC	2083	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
89	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	2083	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
90	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	2078	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
91	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	2076	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
92	Xavier Subotsch	App State	2070	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
93	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	2061	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
94	Zachary Block	Tulane	2057	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
95	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	2056	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
96	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	2056	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
97	Adam Stack	Oregon	2052	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
98	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	2035	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
99	Dylan Klumph	California	1976	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
100	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	1959	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
101	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	1953	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
102	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	1935	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
103	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	1902	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
104	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	1885	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
105	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	1883	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
106	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	1865	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
107	JK Scott	Alabama	1822	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
108	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	1800	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
109	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	1777	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
110	Charlie Scott	Air Force	1728	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
111	Mason King	Louisville	1718	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
112	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	1621	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
113	Owen White	Navy	1607	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
114	Connor Martin	Baylor	1572	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
115	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	1547	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
116	Joel Whitford	Washington	1533	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
117	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	1532	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
118	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	1497	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
119	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	1462	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
120	Bailey Flint	Toledo	1448	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
121	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	1430	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
122	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	1395	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
123	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	1355	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
124	Blake Patterson	TCU	1238	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
125	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	1230	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
126	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	1199	27	44.4	33.9	7	33%	25%	0%	−5.6
127	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	1122	25	44.9	41.0	8	32%	0%	24%	+3.3
128	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	1107	29	38.2	34.2	13	52%	4%	13%	−4.3
129	Nick Schrage	Army	1072	25	42.9	39.6	7	28%	4%	12%	+0.6
130	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	1001	24	41.7	40.0	13	57%	4%	39%	+3.8
131	Drew Galitz	Baylor	950	21	45.2	45.7	6	29%	0%	40%	+7.1
132	Evan Pantels	UNLV	900	22	40.9	34.3	6	26%	17%	27%	−4.8
133	Riley Erickson	UNLV	878	24	36.6	28.0	6	26%	9%	23%	−12.7
134	Spencer Smith	Memphis	856	21	40.8	40.2	9	41%	5%	32%	−1.3
135	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	843	21	40.1	39.6	2	11%	0%	39%	−2.4
136	Erik Powell	Washington State	808	19	42.5	39.6	5	26%	5%	6%	−0.9
137	Jake Glatting	Arizona	786	22	35.7	29.7	6	27%	5%	14%	−11.0
138	Josh Growden	LSU	759	21	36.1	33.8	12	57%	0%	50%	−4.4
139	Ivan Oraha	Eastern Michigan	741	22	33.7	30.8	12	55%	5%	45%	−4.5
140	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	689	20	34.5	32.4	6	29%	0%	0%	−9.6
141	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	663	18	36.8	35.9	6	33%	0%	39%	−3.1
142	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	619	16	38.7	37.6	5	31%	0%	40%	−0.8
143	Ian Shannon	Auburn	557	14	39.8	38.6	5	36%	0%	43%	−4.3
144	Ryan Gersonde	Iowa	552	13	42.5	38.2	2	15%	8%	18%	−0.2
145	Josh Pollack	Arizona	519	15	34.6	35.1	6	43%	0%	14%	−4.8
146	Will Hart	Michigan	455	12	37.9	35.8	6	50%	8%	33%	−3.2
147	Brogan Roback	Eastern Michigan	421	10	42.1	43.2	5	56%	0%	0%	+3.2
148	Bryce Crawford	San José State	397	10	39.7	33.9	3	30%	10%	11%	−2.7
149	Alex Bland	Oregon State	395	11	35.9	35.4	4	36%	0%	57%	−1.2
150	Zach Oakley	Central Michigan	311	7	44.4	39.0	3	38%	0%	0%	+0.8
151	Michael Julian	Toledo	231	6	38.5	38.5	1	17%	0%	17%	−0.5
152	Mitchell Cox	Washington State	224	8	28.0	28.0	6	75%	0%	50%	−2.9
153	Andrew David	TCU	223	5	44.6	44.6	2	40%	0%	33%	+1.7
154	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	213	6	35.5	35.5	4	67%	0%	17%	+0.3
155	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	211	5	42.2	32.8	0	0%	0%	20%	−3.6
156	Steven Coutts	California	204	5	40.8	35.4	2	40%	0%	40%	−1.3
157	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	190	6	31.7	29.5	2	33%	0%	0%	−2.4
158	Ty Gangi	Nevada	174	6	29.0	29.0	3	50%	0%	0%	−1.5
159	Brent Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	164	4	41.0	41.0	4	100%	0%	0%	+1.2
160	Connor Allen	Wisconsin	160	4	40.0	37.3	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.6
161	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	147	4	36.8	35.7	1	33%	0%	100%	−0.4
162	Carson King	Clemson	118	3	39.3	35.7	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
163	Miles Butler	Kentucky	116	3	38.7	38.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
164	Jake Verity	East Carolina	112	3	37.3	34.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.9
165	Jonathan Banks	Tulane	105	3	35.0	35.0	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
166	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	99	2	49.5	49.5	1	50%	0%	50%	+1.1
167	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	99	2	49.5	49.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+1.4
168	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	92	2	46.0	49.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
169	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	91	2	45.5	39.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
170	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	90	3	30.0	30.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−1.8
171	Ross Bowers	California	87	3	29.0	22.3	1	33%	33%	0%	−0.6
172	Jack Spicer	Miami	85	2	42.5	32.5	1	50%	50%	0%	0.0
173	Jake Browning	Washington	82	2	41.0	41.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.7
174	George Bollas	Kent State	81	3	27.0	27.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−1.7
175	Nate Stanley	Iowa	78	2	39.0	29.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.4
176	Trevor Wood	Arizona	76	2	38.0	34.5	1	50%	0%	0%	0.0
177	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	72	2	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−1.1
178	Jonn Young	West Virginia	72	2	36.0	36.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.3
179	Zach Potter	Army	69	2	34.5	34.5	2	100%	0%	50%	+0.2
180	John Urzua	Middle Tennessee	65	2	32.5	22.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−1.7
181	Kent Myers	Utah State	65	2	32.5	-5.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−3.7
182	Jeff Hollingsworth	Georgia State	63	2	31.5	31.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.9
183	Paulie Fricano	Eastern Michigan	56	2	28.0	28.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
184	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	54	2	27.0	27.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−1.0
185	Manny Wilkins	Arizona State	52	2	26.0	26.0	2	100%	0%	0%	0.0
186	Reid Nelson	Vanderbilt	49	2	24.5	24.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.3
187	Rylee Critcher	App State	49	2	24.5	21.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.6
188	Devonte Boyd	UNLV	49	1	49.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
189	Blake Maimone	Oregon	46	1	46.0	46.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.1
190	Daniel Jones	Duke	45	1	45.0	25.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
191	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	45	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
192	Kelly Bryant	Clemson	45	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
193	Jack Milas	Ball State	43	1	43.0	43.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
194	Shane Morris	Central Michigan	43	1	43.0	23.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
195	Aston Walter	Rice	40	1	40.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
196	Corey Edwards	BYU	39	1	39.0	47.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
197	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	37	1	37.0	17.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
198	Zack Mahoney	Syracuse	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
199	Brandon Dawkins	Arizona	36	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
200	Zach Lee	Utah State	36	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.2
201	Derambez Drinkard	Coastal Carolina	35	1	35.0	31.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
202	DJ Moore	Maryland	34	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
203	Kristian Cotton	UAB	34	1	34.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	100%	0.0
204	Kenny Hill	TCU	32	1	32.0	12.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.4
205	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	32	1	32.0	32.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
206	Glen Cuiellette	Tulane	31	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
207	John Mackesy	Boise State	29	1	29.0	29.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
208	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	28	1	28.0	28.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.8
209	Marcus McMaryion	Fresno State	23	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
210	Will Grier	West Virginia	23	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
211	Jeff Riney	Notre Dame	20	1	20.0	20.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.9
212	James Fonseca	Akron	15	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.0
213	Nick Fitzgerald	Mississippi State	14	1	14.0	11.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
214	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	11	1	11.0	11.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.5
215	A.J. Erdely	UAB	8	1	8.0	8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.8

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