2018 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2018 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 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2018 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

Braden Mann (Texas A&M): 51.1 47 punts
Ryan Stonehouse (Colorado State): 48.3 65 punts
Brandon Wright (Georgia State): 48.2 51 punts
Will Hart (Michigan): 47.6 39 punts
James Smith (Cincinnati): 47.0 54 punts

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Net Punting Average

James Smith (Cincinnati): 45.1 54 punts
Braden Mann (Texas A&M): 44.9 47 punts
Zach Von Rosenberg (LSU): 44.0 50 punts
Brandon Wright (Georgia State): 42.7 51 punts
Drue Chrisman (Ohio State): 42.6 53 punts

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Inside the 20 Percentage

Kyle Kramer (Miami (OH)): 55.4% 36 of 65
Drue Chrisman (Ohio State): 52.9% 27 of 53
Blake Cusick (Fresno State): 51.6% 32 of 62
Corey Fatony (Missouri): 51.1% 24 of 47
Max Duffy (Kentucky): 51.0% 26 of 51

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Longest Punts

Tyson Dyer (New Mexico): 84 yds
Jake Bailey (Stanford): 84 yds
Braden Mann (Texas A&M): 82 yds
Adam Korsak (Rutgers): 79 yds
Tyler Sumpter (Troy): 79 yds

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Punt Points Added

Braden Mann (Texas A&M): +26.2 47 punts
James Smith (Cincinnati): +26.0 54 punts
Jake Bailey (Stanford): +17.1 59 punts
Arryn Siposs (Auburn): +14.3 47 punts
Tyler Sumpter (Troy): +14.1 51 punts

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Fair Catch Percentage

Cody Grace (Arkansas State): 51.8% 29 of 58
Jacob Herbers (Minnesota): 51.2% 22 of 51
Daniel Rodriguez (Oregon State): 50.9% 27 of 55
Zach Von Rosenberg (LSU): 49.0% 24 of 50
Davis Price (Colorado): 47.8% 22 of 48

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Owen White (Navy): 0.0% 0 of 53
Jacob Herbers (Minnesota): 0.0% 0 of 51
Davis Price (Colorado): 0.0% 0 of 48
Daniel Rodriguez (Oregon State): 0.0% 0 of 55
Hunter Lent (North Carolina): 0.0% 0 of 50

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Wade Lees (Maryland): +3.8 2 TB on 67 punts
Brandon Heicklen (San Diego State): +3.5 1 TB on 63 punts
Davis Price (Colorado): +3.4 0 TB on 48 punts
Steven Coutts (California): +3.1 2 TB on 63 punts
Drue Chrisman (Ohio State): +3.1 1 TB on 53 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Cody Grace (Arkansas State): -0.1 -7 yards
Magill Bauerle (Georgia Southern): 0.0 1 yards
Joe Doyle (Tennessee): 0.1 5 yards
Lester Coleman (Virginia): 0.2 9 yards
Grant Tinnerman (Bowling Green): 0.2 7 yards

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Opponent Starting Field Position

Blake Cusick (Fresno State): 19.9 62 punts
Drue Chrisman (Ohio State): 20.4 53 punts
Braden Mann (Texas A&M): 20.7 47 punts
Alvin Kenworthy (North Texas): 21.3 50 punts
Will Hart (Michigan): 21.4 39 punts

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Net Average in Opponent Territory

Drue Chrisman (Ohio State): 37.3 12 punts
Blake Cusick (Fresno State): 35.3 17 punts
Davan Dyer (Louisiana Tech): 35.2 17 punts
Wade Lees (Maryland): 35.1 20 punts
Jake Julien (Eastern Michigan): 34.8 15 punts

Full Net Average in Opponent Territory leaderboard

Net Average in Wind

Yannis Routsas (UTSA): 44.5 17 punts
Matt Hockett (Oklahoma State): 44.4 12 punts
Corliss Waitman (South Alabama): 44.2 16 punts
Matt Bonadies (Middle Tennessee): 43.2 13 punts
James Smith (Cincinnati): 41.8 23 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2018 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

123 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	47	51.1	44.9	21	45%	19%	22%	+26.2
2	James Smith	Cincinnati	54	47.0	45.1	26	48%	2%	35%	+26.0
3	Jake Bailey	Stanford	59	44.0	39.9	26	44%	17%	30%	+17.1
4	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	47	44.1	42.2	20	36%	7%	42%	+14.3
5	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	51	44.8	41.9	15	29%	8%	30%	+14.1
6	Tommy Townsend	Florida	50	45.1	42.0	23	47%	6%	45%	+12.7
7	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	53	43.3	42.6	27	53%	2%	41%	+12.3
8	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	74	44.3	40.2	24	32%	8%	13%	+11.7
9	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	62	42.1	40.5	32	52%	6%	29%	+11.7
10	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	50	45.6	44.0	17	35%	2%	49%	+11.1
11	Jack Fox	Rice	80	45.5	40.6	30	37%	16%	23%	+11.1
12	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	54	45.1	41.3	21	38%	7%	39%	+10.8
13	Parker Thome	Vanderbilt	49	45.1	40.0	19	39%	12%	28%	+10.7
14	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	63	42.1	39.6	28	44%	2%	30%	+10.2
15	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	43	44.8	41.8	16	36%	5%	44%	+9.9
16	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	52	42.1	40.1	23	44%	8%	34%	+9.8
17	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	51	48.2	42.7	22	45%	8%	4%	+9.5
18	Joe Schopper	Purdue	56	43.1	40.7	24	44%	4%	46%	+9.1
19	Lester Coleman	Virginia	47	42.1	39.7	20	43%	11%	24%	+7.9
20	Steven Coutts	California	63	41.8	39.1	32	51%	3%	29%	+7.7
21	Will Hart	Michigan	39	47.6	39.9	17	44%	23%	8%	+7.5
22	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	51	41.2	41.0	20	39%	0%	51%	+7.4
23	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	78	42.7	40.5	24	31%	4%	19%	+7.2
24	Joe Doyle	Tennessee	66	41.0	39.1	25	38%	9%	38%	+7.1
25	Blake Maimone	Oregon	39	42.7	40.5	17	44%	8%	39%	+6.6
26	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	65	42.2	39.2	23	35%	6%	44%	+5.8
27	Jake Collins	Northwestern	72	40.7	38.0	28	39%	6%	36%	+5.8
28	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	75	43.0	39.9	30	39%	5%	22%	+5.7
29	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	63	42.9	39.3	26	41%	3%	29%	+5.6
30	Wade Lees	Maryland	67	40.9	39.2	29	43%	3%	41%	+5.6
31	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	31	44.3	40.8	12	39%	6%	17%	+5.4
32	Dane Roy	Houston	55	42.3	40.4	24	44%	2%	42%	+5.2
33	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	69	43.3	39.4	26	37%	10%	17%	+5.2
34	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	60	43.1	37.7	20	33%	15%	21%	+5.1
35	Max Duffy	Kentucky	51	44.8	40.2	26	51%	4%	25%	+5.1
36	Drew Galitz	Baylor	50	42.5	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+4.8
37	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	61	43.3	39.3	28	46%	7%	36%	+4.7
38	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	58	40.3	40.0	22	38%	2%	52%	+4.2
39	Clayton Howell	App State	46	43.2	41.5	14	30%	2%	42%	+4.1
40	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	66	43.6	38.1	23	35%	9%	16%	+4.1
41	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	65	41.9	38.5	36	55%	9%	32%	+4.0
42	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	32	43.6	39.9	9	27%	9%	23%	+3.9
43	Corey Fatony	Missouri	47	44.0	40.5	24	51%	6%	14%	+3.7
44	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	49	43.2	40.3	13	27%	8%	36%	+3.6
45	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	40	46.0	41.3	12	32%	14%	25%	+3.6
46	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	83	40.1	37.6	35	42%	8%	23%	+3.5
47	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	50	39.9	39.1	17	34%	0%	27%	+3.3
48	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	59	40.8	37.6	24	41%	7%	26%	+3.0
49	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	52	41.5	38.8	23	46%	6%	40%	+2.9
50	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	55	41.9	39.9	12	22%	0%	51%	+2.6
51	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	53	43.2	41.1	17	32%	6%	15%	+2.6
52	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	53	40.2	37.7	19	35%	9%	43%	+2.5
53	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	31	41.2	40.3	9	29%	3%	13%	+2.3
54	Rhett Almond	BYU	54	40.3	39.4	20	38%	2%	24%	+2.2
55	Dylan Klumph	Arizona	44	42.2	39.1	16	36%	5%	32%	+2.0
56	Stone Wilson	Florida International	37	43.9	38.6	15	38%	8%	44%	+1.9
57	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	65	43.8	39.1	20	30%	5%	17%	+1.6
58	Owen White	Navy	53	41.6	38.5	20	38%	0%	15%	+1.0
59	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	65	48.3	38.3	16	25%	13%	11%	+1.0
60	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	36	41.1	38.1	13	36%	6%	36%	+0.8
61	Taylor Hintze	Utah State	40	39.6	38.5	9	23%	5%	30%	+0.6
62	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	51	40.0	37.0	19	37%	6%	40%	+0.4
63	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	50	42.4	38.5	22	43%	10%	41%	+0.4
64	Magill Bauerle	Georgia Southern	44	38.9	37.5	16	30%	4%	40%	+0.3
65	Adam Nunez	TCU	35	38.6	35.9	16	46%	11%	23%	+0.3
66	Ryan Wright	Tulane	43	44.1	39.4	12	32%	13%	43%	+0.3
67	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	41	42.6	37.9	15	38%	8%	21%	+0.2
68	Jamie Sackville	SMU	67	39.7	37.9	22	33%	5%	30%	+0.2
69	Logan Tyler	Florida State	82	43.2	38.3	17	21%	6%	28%	0.0
70	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	36	38.8	36.4	12	33%	8%	20%	−0.1
71	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	33	38.8	37.3	14	35%	8%	22%	−0.1
72	Michael Farkas	Ohio	42	43.1	40.0	16	39%	7%	43%	−0.2
73	Grant Carlson	Boston College	68	40.0	37.0	27	41%	3%	25%	−0.3
74	A.J. Cole III	NC State	40	41.3	38.8	20	47%	9%	34%	−0.3
75	Jake Camarda	Georgia	38	43.2	37.4	11	30%	22%	35%	−0.5
76	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	71	41.4	38.8	26	37%	4%	39%	−0.6
77	Trent Schneider	South Florida	68	42.6	37.5	15	24%	14%	24%	−0.8
78	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	53	43.7	37.5	20	38%	11%	31%	−0.9
79	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	50	40.0	37.9	20	40%	2%	25%	−0.9
80	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	56	40.3	37.7	17	30%	7%	43%	−1.0
81	Bryce Crawford	San José State	65	44.2	40.0	20	31%	9%	15%	−1.0
82	Tyler Hunt	Michigan State	36	40.1	37.0	15	42%	6%	28%	−1.1
83	Bailey Flint	Toledo	56	40.5	38.5	25	44%	4%	35%	−1.1
84	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	39	39.7	37.5	12	31%	5%	25%	−1.3
85	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	45	44.4	38.6	16	36%	16%	24%	−1.8
86	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	56	45.8	37.9	17	30%	11%	29%	−1.8
87	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	58	41.1	38.2	22	38%	7%	33%	−2.3
88	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	72	39.8	37.3	20	28%	4%	31%	−2.4
89	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	48	41.3	37.0	15	31%	8%	36%	−3.0
90	Adam Williams	Memphis	50	42.9	37.3	19	37%	10%	30%	−3.0
91	Davis Price	Colorado	48	38.4	37.2	22	47%	0%	48%	−3.5
92	Connor Bowler	Temple	52	42.4	36.9	20	38%	12%	23%	−3.9
93	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	50	42.1	37.4	13	25%	8%	26%	−3.9
94	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	35	37.0	36.8	6	17%	0%	14%	−4.4
95	Blake Hayes	Illinois	62	43.6	36.6	25	39%	8%	13%	−4.6
96	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	67	41.7	38.1	16	25%	5%	40%	−4.8
97	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	42	40.6	38.9	12	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
98	Austin Parker	Duke	65	41.4	37.7	25	38%	6%	39%	−5.2
99	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	58	40.2	37.4	18	32%	2%	28%	−5.5
100	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	53	46.6	40.0	13	25%	11%	12%	−5.7
101	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	69	37.9	34.4	23	33%	6%	22%	−6.1
102	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	68	41.6	37.8	20	29%	4%	17%	−6.4
103	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	41	38.2	37.0	14	34%	0%	44%	−6.5
104	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	56	38.9	36.9	13	23%	2%	39%	−6.7
105	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	45	39.0	32.9	20	43%	13%	36%	−6.8
106	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	46	39.6	36.5	20	43%	4%	9%	−7.0
107	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	46	40.1	37.0	19	40%	2%	43%	−7.0
108	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	50	42.6	37.1	12	24%	6%	36%	−7.1
109	Will Spiers	Clemson	55	39.6	36.9	15	28%	7%	39%	−7.5
110	Jonn Young	East Carolina	71	40.1	36.9	16	23%	3%	35%	−9.0
111	Mason King	Louisville	64	40.6	36.5	22	32%	3%	36%	−9.4
112	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	39	39.1	36.2	7	18%	0%	18%	−10.0
113	Reid Budrovich	USC	58	39.4	35.5	18	32%	4%	33%	−10.2
114	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	35	38.7	35.6	13	37%	3%	35%	−10.5
115	Aidan Alves	Liberty	66	37.0	33.7	25	37%	6%	35%	−11.9
116	Nick Gasser	Akron	75	39.4	36.9	20	27%	5%	14%	−13.0
117	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	63	38.2	35.2	25	37%	6%	45%	−13.5
118	Sebastian Riella	Florida Atlantic	38	38.1	34.8	5	14%	0%	31%	−14.2
119	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	50	37.9	34.3	11	22%	10%	33%	−16.4
120	Derek Adams	Kent State	31	40.2	33.9	9	29%	3%	13%	−17.5
121	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	55	41.0	34.8	8	16%	4%	17%	−19.4
122	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	74	40.5	34.3	18	24%	10%	21%	−20.3
123	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	89	40.4	35.5	20	22%	3%	17%	−23.5

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. 4% of 2018 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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