2018 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2018, Braden Mann (51.1) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Ryan Stonehouse (48.3) and Brandon Wright (48.2). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 41.8.

Final 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Avg	Punts	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	51.1	47	44.9	21	45%	19%	22%	+26.2
2	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	48.3	65	38.3	16	25%	13%	11%	+1.0
3	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	48.2	51	42.7	22	45%	8%	4%	+9.5
4	Will Hart	Michigan	47.6	39	39.9	17	44%	23%	8%	+7.5
5	James Smith	Cincinnati	47.0	54	45.1	26	48%	2%	35%	+26.0
6	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	46.6	53	40.0	13	25%	11%	12%	−5.7
7	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	46.0	40	41.3	12	32%	14%	25%	+3.6
8	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	45.8	56	37.9	17	30%	11%	29%	−1.8
9	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	45.6	50	44.0	17	35%	2%	49%	+11.1
10	Jack Fox	Rice	45.5	80	40.6	30	37%	16%	23%	+11.1
11	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	45.1	54	41.3	21	38%	7%	39%	+10.8
12	Tommy Townsend	Florida	45.1	50	42.0	23	47%	6%	45%	+12.7
13	Parker Thome	Vanderbilt	45.1	49	40.0	19	39%	12%	28%	+10.7
14	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	44.8	51	41.9	15	29%	8%	30%	+14.1
15	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	44.8	43	41.8	16	36%	5%	44%	+9.9
16	Max Duffy	Kentucky	44.8	51	40.2	26	51%	4%	25%	+5.1
17	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	44.4	45	38.6	16	36%	16%	24%	−1.8
18	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	44.3	74	40.2	24	32%	8%	13%	+11.7
19	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	44.3	31	40.8	12	39%	6%	17%	+5.4
20	Bryce Crawford	San José State	44.2	65	40.0	20	31%	9%	15%	−1.0
21	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	44.1	47	42.2	20	36%	7%	42%	+14.3
22	Ryan Wright	Tulane	44.1	43	39.4	12	32%	13%	43%	+0.3
23	Jake Bailey	Stanford	44.0	59	39.9	26	44%	17%	30%	+17.1
24	Corey Fatony	Missouri	44.0	47	40.5	24	51%	6%	14%	+3.7
25	Stone Wilson	Florida International	43.9	37	38.6	15	38%	8%	44%	+1.9
26	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	43.8	65	39.1	20	30%	5%	17%	+1.6
27	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	43.7	53	37.5	20	38%	11%	31%	−0.9
28	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	43.6	32	39.9	9	27%	9%	23%	+3.9
29	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	43.6	66	38.1	23	35%	9%	16%	+4.1
30	Blake Hayes	Illinois	43.6	62	36.6	25	39%	8%	13%	−4.6
31	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	43.3	53	42.6	27	53%	2%	41%	+12.3
32	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	43.3	69	39.4	26	37%	10%	17%	+5.2
33	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	43.3	61	39.3	28	46%	7%	36%	+4.7
34	Logan Tyler	Florida State	43.2	82	38.3	17	21%	6%	28%	0.0
35	Clayton Howell	App State	43.2	46	41.5	14	30%	2%	42%	+4.1
36	Jake Camarda	Georgia	43.2	38	37.4	11	30%	22%	35%	−0.5
37	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	43.2	53	41.1	17	32%	6%	15%	+2.6
38	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	43.2	49	40.3	13	27%	8%	36%	+3.6
39	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	43.1	60	37.7	20	33%	15%	21%	+5.1
40	Michael Farkas	Ohio	43.1	42	40.0	16	39%	7%	43%	−0.2
41	Joe Schopper	Purdue	43.1	56	40.7	24	44%	4%	46%	+9.1
42	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	43.0	75	39.9	30	39%	5%	22%	+5.7
43	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	42.9	63	39.3	26	41%	3%	29%	+5.6
44	Adam Williams	Memphis	42.9	50	37.3	19	37%	10%	30%	−3.0
45	Blake Maimone	Oregon	42.7	39	40.5	17	44%	8%	39%	+6.6
46	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	42.7	78	40.5	24	31%	4%	19%	+7.2
47	Trent Schneider	South Florida	42.6	68	37.5	15	24%	14%	24%	−0.8
48	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	42.6	50	37.1	12	24%	6%	36%	−7.1
49	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	42.6	41	37.9	15	38%	8%	21%	+0.2
50	Drew Galitz	Baylor	42.5	50	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+4.8
51	Connor Bowler	Temple	42.4	52	36.9	20	38%	12%	23%	−3.9
52	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	42.4	50	38.5	22	43%	10%	41%	+0.4
53	Dane Roy	Houston	42.3	55	40.4	24	44%	2%	42%	+5.2
54	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	42.2	65	39.2	23	35%	6%	44%	+5.8
55	Dylan Klumph	Arizona	42.2	44	39.1	16	36%	5%	32%	+2.0
56	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	42.1	62	40.5	32	52%	6%	29%	+11.7
57	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	42.1	50	37.4	13	25%	8%	26%	−3.9
58	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	42.1	63	39.6	28	44%	2%	30%	+10.2
59	Lester Coleman	Virginia	42.1	47	39.7	20	43%	11%	24%	+7.9
60	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	42.1	52	40.1	23	44%	8%	34%	+9.8
61	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	41.9	65	38.5	36	55%	9%	32%	+4.0
62	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	41.9	55	39.9	12	22%	0%	51%	+2.6
63	Steven Coutts	California	41.8	63	39.1	32	51%	3%	29%	+7.7
64	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	41.7	67	38.1	16	25%	5%	40%	−4.8
65	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	41.6	68	37.8	20	29%	4%	17%	−6.4
66	Owen White	Navy	41.6	53	38.5	20	38%	0%	15%	+1.0
67	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	41.5	52	38.8	23	46%	6%	40%	+2.9
68	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	41.4	71	38.8	26	37%	4%	39%	−0.6
69	Austin Parker	Duke	41.4	65	37.7	25	38%	6%	39%	−5.2
70	A.J. Cole III	NC State	41.3	40	38.8	20	47%	9%	34%	−0.3
71	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	41.3	48	37.0	15	31%	8%	36%	−3.0
72	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	41.2	51	41.0	20	39%	0%	51%	+7.4
73	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	41.2	31	40.3	9	29%	3%	13%	+2.3
74	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	41.1	36	38.1	13	36%	6%	36%	+0.8
75	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	41.1	58	38.2	22	38%	7%	33%	−2.3
76	Joe Doyle	Tennessee	41.0	66	39.1	25	38%	9%	38%	+7.1
77	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	41.0	55	34.8	8	16%	4%	17%	−19.4
78	Wade Lees	Maryland	40.9	67	39.2	29	43%	3%	41%	+5.6
79	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	40.8	59	37.6	24	41%	7%	26%	+3.0
80	Jake Collins	Northwestern	40.7	72	38.0	28	39%	6%	36%	+5.8
81	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	40.6	42	38.9	12	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
82	Mason King	Louisville	40.6	64	36.5	22	32%	3%	36%	−9.4
83	Bailey Flint	Toledo	40.5	56	38.5	25	44%	4%	35%	−1.1
84	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	40.5	74	34.3	18	24%	10%	21%	−20.3
85	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	40.4	89	35.5	20	22%	3%	17%	−23.5
86	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	40.3	56	37.7	17	30%	7%	43%	−1.0
87	Rhett Almond	BYU	40.3	54	39.4	20	38%	2%	24%	+2.2
88	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	40.3	58	40.0	22	38%	2%	52%	+4.2
89	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	40.2	53	37.7	19	35%	9%	43%	+2.5
90	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	40.2	58	37.4	18	32%	2%	28%	−5.5
91	Derek Adams	Kent State	40.2	31	33.9	9	29%	3%	13%	−17.5
92	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	40.1	83	37.6	35	42%	8%	23%	+3.5
93	Jonn Young	East Carolina	40.1	71	36.9	16	23%	3%	35%	−9.0
94	Tyler Hunt	Michigan State	40.1	36	37.0	15	42%	6%	28%	−1.1
95	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	40.1	46	37.0	19	40%	2%	43%	−7.0
96	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	40.0	50	37.9	20	40%	2%	25%	−0.9
97	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	40.0	51	37.0	19	37%	6%	40%	+0.4
98	Grant Carlson	Boston College	40.0	68	37.0	27	41%	3%	25%	−0.3
99	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	39.9	50	39.1	17	34%	0%	27%	+3.3
100	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	39.8	72	37.3	20	28%	4%	31%	−2.4
101	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	39.7	39	37.5	12	31%	5%	25%	−1.3
102	Jamie Sackville	SMU	39.7	67	37.9	22	33%	5%	30%	+0.2
103	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	39.6	46	36.5	20	43%	4%	9%	−7.0
104	Taylor Hintze	Utah State	39.6	40	38.5	9	23%	5%	30%	+0.6
105	Will Spiers	Clemson	39.6	55	36.9	15	28%	7%	39%	−7.5
106	Reid Budrovich	USC	39.4	58	35.5	18	32%	4%	33%	−10.2
107	Nick Gasser	Akron	39.4	75	36.9	20	27%	5%	14%	−13.0
108	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	39.1	39	36.2	7	18%	0%	18%	−10.0
109	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	39.0	45	32.9	20	43%	13%	36%	−6.8
110	Zach Feagles	Miami	38.9	30	36.5	13	45%	3%	21%	−2.1
111	Magill Bauerle	Georgia Southern	38.9	44	37.5	16	30%	4%	40%	+0.3
112	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	38.9	56	36.9	13	23%	2%	39%	−6.7
113	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	38.8	33	37.3	14	35%	8%	22%	−0.1
114	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	38.8	36	36.4	12	33%	8%	20%	−0.1
115	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	38.7	35	35.6	13	37%	3%	35%	−10.5
116	Adam Nunez	TCU	38.6	35	35.9	16	46%	11%	23%	+0.3
117	Davis Price	Colorado	38.4	48	37.2	22	47%	0%	48%	−3.5
118	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	38.2	63	35.2	25	37%	6%	45%	−13.5
119	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	38.2	41	37.0	14	34%	0%	44%	−6.5
120	Sebastian Riella	Florida Atlantic	38.1	38	34.8	5	14%	0%	31%	−14.2
121	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	37.9	50	34.3	11	22%	10%	33%	−16.4
122	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	37.9	69	34.4	23	33%	6%	22%	−6.1
123	Aidan Alves	Liberty	37.0	66	33.7	25	37%	6%	35%	−11.9
124	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	37.0	35	36.8	6	17%	0%	14%	−4.4

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