2018 College Net Average in Wind Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games with a wind of 10 miles per hour or more. A headwind shortens a punt and a crosswind pushes it toward the sideline, so these are the hardest punts to place.

Wind is the game's reported speed, not the exact conditions on each kick. Only punters with enough windy-game punts are ranked. In 2018, Yannis Routsas (44.5) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Matt Hockett (44.4) and Corliss Waitman (44.2). 109 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 38.4.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	44.5	75	43.0	39.9	30	39%	5%	22%	+5.7
2	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	44.4	22	42.5	39.7	8	36%	9%	55%	+3.1
3	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	44.2	67	41.7	38.1	16	25%	5%	40%	−4.8
4	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	43.2	52	41.5	38.8	23	46%	6%	40%	+2.9
5	James Smith	Cincinnati	41.8	54	47.0	45.1	26	48%	2%	35%	+26.0
6	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	41.8	58	40.3	40.0	22	38%	2%	52%	+4.2
7	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	41.7	62	42.1	40.5	32	52%	6%	29%	+11.7
8	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	41.1	52	42.1	40.1	23	44%	8%	34%	+9.8
9	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	41.1	31	41.2	40.3	9	29%	3%	13%	+2.3
10	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	41.1	71	41.4	38.8	26	37%	4%	39%	−0.6
11	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	41.1	51	41.2	41.0	20	39%	0%	51%	+7.4
12	Andrew Hicks	Kansas State	41.0	17	44.0	36.5	4	20%	5%	50%	−4.7
13	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	40.9	54	45.1	41.3	21	38%	7%	39%	+10.8
14	Lester Coleman	Virginia	40.8	47	42.1	39.7	20	43%	11%	24%	+7.9
15	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	40.8	65	42.2	39.2	23	35%	6%	44%	+5.8
16	Michael Farkas	Ohio	40.8	42	43.1	40.0	16	39%	7%	43%	−0.2
17	Drew Galitz	Baylor	40.5	50	42.5	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+4.8
18	Clayton Howell	App State	40.5	46	43.2	41.5	14	30%	2%	42%	+4.1
19	Jake Collins	Northwestern	40.5	72	40.7	38.0	28	39%	6%	36%	+5.8
20	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	40.5	55	41.9	39.9	12	22%	0%	51%	+2.6
21	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	40.2	50	42.4	38.5	22	43%	10%	41%	+0.4
22	Dane Roy	Houston	40.2	55	42.3	40.4	24	44%	2%	42%	+5.2
23	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	40.2	39	39.1	36.2	7	18%	0%	18%	−10.0
24	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	40.2	59	40.8	37.6	24	41%	7%	26%	+3.0
25	William Przystup	Michigan State	40.2	20	39.7	36.6	7	35%	10%	15%	−4.7
26	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	40.2	42	40.6	38.9	12	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
27	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	40.1	32	43.6	39.9	9	27%	9%	23%	+3.9
28	Adam Williams	Memphis	40.0	50	42.9	37.3	19	37%	10%	30%	−3.0
29	Bryce Crawford	San José State	40.0	65	44.2	40.0	20	31%	9%	15%	−1.0
30	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	39.9	83	40.1	37.6	35	42%	8%	23%	+3.5
31	Magill Bauerle	Georgia Southern	39.9	44	38.9	37.5	16	30%	4%	40%	+0.3
32	Jake Bailey	Stanford	39.8	59	44.0	39.9	26	44%	17%	30%	+17.1
33	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	39.8	53	43.2	41.1	17	32%	6%	15%	+2.6
34	Wade Lees	Maryland	39.7	67	40.9	39.2	29	43%	3%	41%	+5.6
35	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	39.7	53	40.2	37.7	19	35%	9%	43%	+2.5
36	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	39.7	74	44.3	40.2	24	32%	8%	13%	+11.7
37	Rhett Almond	BYU	39.7	54	40.3	39.4	20	38%	2%	24%	+2.2
38	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	39.5	53	43.3	42.6	27	53%	2%	41%	+12.3
39	Blake Maimone	Oregon	39.4	39	42.7	40.5	17	44%	8%	39%	+6.6
40	Joe Schopper	Purdue	39.3	56	43.1	40.7	24	44%	4%	46%	+9.1
41	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	39.3	58	40.2	37.4	18	32%	2%	28%	−5.5
42	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	39.3	26	45.5	40.5	7	27%	8%	23%	+2.4
43	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	39.2	65	43.8	39.1	20	30%	5%	17%	+1.6
44	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	39.2	69	37.9	34.4	23	33%	6%	22%	−6.1
45	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	39.2	50	39.9	39.1	17	34%	0%	27%	+3.3
46	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	39.1	69	43.3	39.4	26	37%	10%	17%	+5.2
47	Jack Fox	Rice	39.1	80	45.5	40.6	30	37%	16%	23%	+11.1
48	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	39.0	51	48.2	42.7	22	45%	8%	4%	+9.5
49	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	38.8	29	41.1	39.0	8	28%	7%	38%	−1.1
50	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	38.8	78	42.7	40.5	24	31%	4%	19%	+7.2
51	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	38.7	72	39.8	37.3	20	28%	4%	31%	−2.4
52	Taylor Hintze	Utah State	38.6	40	39.6	38.5	9	23%	5%	30%	+0.6
53	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	38.6	58	41.1	38.2	22	38%	7%	33%	−2.3
54	Tyler Hunt	Michigan State	38.5	36	40.1	37.0	15	42%	6%	28%	−1.1
55	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	38.4	50	42.1	37.4	13	25%	8%	26%	−3.9
56	Owen White	Navy	38.3	53	41.6	38.5	20	38%	0%	15%	+1.0
57	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	38.2	65	41.9	38.5	36	55%	9%	32%	+4.0
58	Nick Schrage	Army	38.2	22	41.9	39.5	4	18%	0%	29%	−1.7
59	Stone Wilson	Florida International	38.2	37	43.9	38.6	15	38%	8%	44%	+1.9
60	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	38.2	63	42.9	39.3	26	41%	3%	29%	+5.6
61	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	38.0	27	43.6	39.9	10	37%	11%	26%	+6.8
62	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	37.8	50	40.0	37.9	20	40%	2%	25%	−0.9
63	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	37.6	51	40.0	37.0	19	37%	6%	40%	+0.4
64	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	37.5	46	39.6	36.5	20	43%	4%	9%	−7.0
65	Mason King	Louisville	37.4	64	40.6	36.5	22	32%	3%	36%	−9.4
66	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	37.4	56	38.9	36.9	13	23%	2%	39%	−6.7
67	Grant Carlson	Boston College	37.3	68	40.0	37.0	27	41%	3%	25%	−0.3
68	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	37.3	60	43.1	37.7	20	33%	15%	21%	+5.1
69	Will Hart	Michigan	37.3	39	47.6	39.9	17	44%	23%	8%	+7.5
70	Austin Parker	Duke	37.2	65	41.4	37.7	25	38%	6%	39%	−5.2
71	Jamie Sackville	SMU	37.1	67	39.7	37.9	22	33%	5%	30%	+0.2
72	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	37.1	55	41.0	34.8	8	16%	4%	17%	−19.4
73	Corey Fatony	Missouri	37.1	47	44.0	40.5	24	51%	6%	14%	+3.7
74	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	37.0	53	43.7	37.5	20	38%	11%	31%	−0.9
75	Logan Tyler	Florida State	36.7	82	43.2	38.3	17	21%	6%	28%	0.0
76	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	36.7	56	45.8	37.9	17	30%	11%	29%	−1.8
77	Will Spiers	Clemson	36.7	55	39.6	36.9	15	28%	7%	39%	−7.5
78	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	36.6	46	40.1	37.0	19	40%	2%	43%	−7.0
79	Nick Gasser	Akron	36.5	75	39.4	36.9	20	27%	5%	14%	−13.0
80	Joel Whitford	Washington	36.4	28	41.6	36.6	10	36%	7%	29%	−1.7
81	Derek Adams	Kent State	36.3	31	40.2	33.9	9	29%	3%	13%	−17.5
82	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	36.3	66	43.6	38.1	23	35%	9%	16%	+4.1
83	Skyler DeLong	Alabama	36.3	16	34.4	34.4	5	31%	0%	38%	−6.0
84	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	36.3	39	39.7	37.5	12	31%	5%	25%	−1.3
85	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	36.2	89	40.4	35.5	20	22%	3%	17%	−23.5
86	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	36.2	35	37.0	36.8	6	17%	0%	14%	−4.4
87	Steven Coutts	California	36.1	63	41.8	39.1	32	51%	3%	29%	+7.7
88	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	35.7	33	38.8	37.3	14	35%	8%	22%	−0.1
89	Sebastian Riella	Florida Atlantic	35.7	38	38.1	34.8	5	14%	0%	31%	−14.2
90	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	35.5	68	41.6	37.8	20	29%	4%	17%	−6.4
91	Adam Nunez	TCU	35.3	35	38.6	35.9	16	46%	11%	23%	+0.3
92	Bailey Flint	Toledo	35.3	56	40.5	38.5	25	44%	4%	35%	−1.1
93	Blake Hayes	Illinois	35.3	62	43.6	36.6	25	39%	8%	13%	−4.6
94	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	35.1	50	42.6	37.1	12	24%	6%	36%	−7.1
95	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	34.9	56	40.3	37.7	17	30%	7%	43%	−1.0
96	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	34.6	50	37.9	34.3	11	22%	10%	33%	−16.4
97	Jake Verity	East Carolina	34.5	13	36.3	34.9	6	46%	0%	9%	−1.5
98	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	34.4	65	48.3	38.3	16	25%	13%	11%	+1.0
99	Aidan Alves	Liberty	34.1	66	37.0	33.7	25	37%	6%	35%	−11.9
100	Andrew David	TCU	33.6	29	37.0	34.5	6	21%	7%	34%	−8.5
101	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	33.3	41	42.6	37.9	15	38%	8%	21%	+0.2
102	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	33.3	61	43.3	39.3	28	46%	7%	36%	+4.7
103	Jack Spicer	Miami	33.2	29	37.1	33.9	10	36%	0%	25%	−7.3
104	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	32.4	63	38.2	35.2	25	37%	6%	45%	−13.5
105	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	31.4	48	41.3	37.0	15	31%	8%	36%	−3.0
106	Reid Budrovich	USC	31.3	58	39.4	35.5	18	32%	4%	33%	−10.2
107	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	31.2	74	40.5	34.3	18	24%	10%	21%	−20.3
108	Race Porter	Washington	31.2	17	42.3	31.6	6	33%	18%	6%	−5.5
109	Connor Allen	Wisconsin	29.8	22	37.5	32.9	7	32%	5%	43%	−8.8

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