2017 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 2017, Arthur Hart (85) led college football punters in punts, ahead of Haydon Whitehead (85) and Cole Moos (83). 216 punters qualify.

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

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

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