2018 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2018, Blake Cusick (19.9) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Drue Chrisman (20.4) and Braden Mann (20.7). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 26.3.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	19.9	62	42.1	40.5	32	52%	6%	29%	+11.7
2	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	20.4	53	43.3	42.6	27	53%	2%	41%	+12.3
3	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	20.7	47	51.1	44.9	21	45%	19%	22%	+26.2
4	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	21.3	50	42.4	38.5	22	43%	10%	41%	+0.4
5	Will Hart	Michigan	21.4	39	47.6	39.9	17	44%	23%	8%	+7.5
6	A.J. Cole III	NC State	21.4	40	41.3	38.8	20	47%	9%	34%	−0.3
7	Jack Fox	Rice	21.6	80	45.5	40.6	30	37%	16%	23%	+11.1
8	Tommy Townsend	Florida	21.7	50	45.1	42.0	23	47%	6%	45%	+12.7
9	Adam Nunez	TCU	21.7	35	38.6	35.9	16	46%	11%	23%	+0.3
10	Blake Maimone	Oregon	22.3	39	42.7	40.5	17	44%	8%	39%	+6.6
11	Steven Coutts	California	22.3	63	41.8	39.1	32	51%	3%	29%	+7.7
12	Jake Bailey	Stanford	22.4	59	44.0	39.9	26	44%	17%	30%	+17.1
13	James Smith	Cincinnati	22.4	54	47.0	45.1	26	48%	2%	35%	+26.0
14	Corey Fatony	Missouri	22.6	47	44.0	40.5	24	51%	6%	14%	+3.7
15	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	22.7	54	45.1	41.3	21	38%	7%	39%	+10.8
16	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	23.0	45	39.0	32.9	20	43%	13%	36%	−6.8
17	Joe Schopper	Purdue	23.0	56	43.1	40.7	24	44%	4%	46%	+9.1
18	Lester Coleman	Virginia	23.0	47	42.1	39.7	20	43%	11%	24%	+7.9
19	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	23.5	52	42.1	40.1	23	44%	8%	34%	+9.8
20	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	23.6	65	41.9	38.5	36	55%	9%	32%	+4.0
21	Bailey Flint	Toledo	23.7	56	40.5	38.5	25	44%	4%	35%	−1.1
22	Wade Lees	Maryland	23.7	67	40.9	39.2	29	43%	3%	41%	+5.6
23	Joe Doyle	Tennessee	23.8	66	41.0	39.1	25	38%	9%	38%	+7.1
24	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	23.9	43	44.8	41.8	16	36%	5%	44%	+9.9
25	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	24.0	51	40.0	37.0	19	37%	6%	40%	+0.4
26	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	24.0	52	41.5	38.8	23	46%	6%	40%	+2.9
27	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	24.1	50	45.6	44.0	17	35%	2%	49%	+11.1
28	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	24.2	65	42.2	39.2	23	35%	6%	44%	+5.8
29	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	24.5	40	46.0	41.3	12	32%	14%	25%	+3.6
30	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	24.5	53	40.2	37.7	19	35%	9%	43%	+2.5
31	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	24.6	83	40.1	37.6	35	42%	8%	23%	+3.5
32	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	24.6	51	48.2	42.7	22	45%	8%	4%	+9.5
33	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	24.6	59	40.8	37.6	24	41%	7%	26%	+3.0
34	Max Duffy	Kentucky	24.8	51	44.8	40.2	26	51%	4%	25%	+5.1
35	Parker Thome	Vanderbilt	24.8	49	45.1	40.0	19	39%	12%	28%	+10.7
36	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	24.8	63	42.9	39.3	26	41%	3%	29%	+5.6
37	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	24.8	31	44.3	40.8	12	39%	6%	17%	+5.4
38	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	24.8	45	44.4	38.6	16	36%	16%	24%	−1.8
39	Stone Wilson	Florida International	24.9	37	43.9	38.6	15	38%	8%	44%	+1.9
40	Adam Williams	Memphis	25.0	50	42.9	37.3	19	37%	10%	30%	−3.0
41	Jake Collins	Northwestern	25.1	72	40.7	38.0	28	39%	6%	36%	+5.8
42	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	25.1	58	41.1	38.2	22	38%	7%	33%	−2.3
43	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	25.1	51	41.2	41.0	20	39%	0%	51%	+7.4
44	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	25.3	69	43.3	39.4	26	37%	10%	17%	+5.2
45	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	25.3	58	40.3	40.0	22	38%	2%	52%	+4.2
46	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	25.4	46	40.1	37.0	19	40%	2%	43%	−7.0
47	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	25.4	50	40.0	37.9	20	40%	2%	25%	−0.9
48	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	25.4	47	44.1	42.2	20	36%	7%	42%	+14.3
49	Magill Bauerle	Georgia Southern	25.5	44	38.9	37.5	16	30%	4%	40%	+0.3
50	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	25.5	66	43.6	38.1	23	35%	9%	16%	+4.1
51	Connor Bowler	Temple	25.6	52	42.4	36.9	20	38%	12%	23%	−3.9
52	Davis Price	Colorado	25.7	48	38.4	37.2	22	47%	0%	48%	−3.5
53	Dane Roy	Houston	25.7	55	42.3	40.4	24	44%	2%	42%	+5.2
54	Austin Parker	Duke	25.8	65	41.4	37.7	25	38%	6%	39%	−5.2
55	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	26.0	53	43.7	37.5	20	38%	11%	31%	−0.9
56	Michael Farkas	Ohio	26.0	42	43.1	40.0	16	39%	7%	43%	−0.2
57	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	26.1	75	43.0	39.9	30	39%	5%	22%	+5.7
58	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	26.1	51	44.8	41.9	15	29%	8%	30%	+14.1
59	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	26.1	60	43.1	37.7	20	33%	15%	21%	+5.1
60	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	26.1	63	42.1	39.6	28	44%	2%	30%	+10.2
61	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	26.2	61	43.3	39.3	28	46%	7%	36%	+4.7
62	Blake Hayes	Illinois	26.3	62	43.6	36.6	25	39%	8%	13%	−4.6
63	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	26.4	71	41.4	38.8	26	37%	4%	39%	−0.6
64	Owen White	Navy	26.4	53	41.6	38.5	20	38%	0%	15%	+1.0
65	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	26.5	46	39.6	36.5	20	43%	4%	9%	−7.0
66	Grant Carlson	Boston College	26.5	68	40.0	37.0	27	41%	3%	25%	−0.3
67	Jake Camarda	Georgia	26.7	38	43.2	37.4	11	30%	22%	35%	−0.5
68	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	26.9	49	43.2	40.3	13	27%	8%	36%	+3.6
69	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	26.9	36	41.1	38.1	13	36%	6%	36%	+0.8
70	Reid Budrovich	USC	27.0	58	39.4	35.5	18	32%	4%	33%	−10.2
71	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	27.0	41	42.6	37.9	15	38%	8%	21%	+0.2
72	Drew Galitz	Baylor	27.1	50	42.5	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+4.8
73	Rhett Almond	BYU	27.1	54	40.3	39.4	20	38%	2%	24%	+2.2
74	Dylan Klumph	Arizona	27.1	44	42.2	39.1	16	36%	5%	32%	+2.0
75	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	27.1	36	38.8	36.4	12	33%	8%	20%	−0.1
76	Bryce Crawford	San José State	27.3	65	44.2	40.0	20	31%	9%	15%	−1.0
77	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	27.4	65	43.8	39.1	20	30%	5%	17%	+1.6
78	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	27.4	74	44.3	40.2	24	32%	8%	13%	+11.7
79	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	27.5	78	42.7	40.5	24	31%	4%	19%	+7.2
80	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	27.5	69	37.9	34.4	23	33%	6%	22%	−6.1
81	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	27.5	39	39.7	37.5	12	31%	5%	25%	−1.3
82	Aidan Alves	Liberty	27.6	66	37.0	33.7	25	37%	6%	35%	−11.9
83	Taylor Hintze	Utah State	27.6	40	39.6	38.5	9	23%	5%	30%	+0.6
84	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	27.8	32	43.6	39.9	9	27%	9%	23%	+3.9
85	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	27.8	56	45.8	37.9	17	30%	11%	29%	−1.8
86	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	27.8	63	38.2	35.2	25	37%	6%	45%	−13.5
87	Will Spiers	Clemson	28.0	55	39.6	36.9	15	28%	7%	39%	−7.5
88	Tyler Hunt	Michigan State	28.2	36	40.1	37.0	15	42%	6%	28%	−1.1
89	Trent Schneider	South Florida	28.3	68	42.6	37.5	15	24%	14%	24%	−0.8
90	Ryan Wright	Tulane	28.6	43	44.1	39.4	12	32%	13%	43%	+0.3
91	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	28.7	50	37.9	34.3	11	22%	10%	33%	−16.4
92	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	28.8	48	41.3	37.0	15	31%	8%	36%	−3.0
93	Clayton Howell	App State	28.8	46	43.2	41.5	14	30%	2%	42%	+4.1
94	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	28.9	53	43.2	41.1	17	32%	6%	15%	+2.6
95	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	29.0	50	39.9	39.1	17	34%	0%	27%	+3.3
96	Jamie Sackville	SMU	29.3	67	39.7	37.9	22	33%	5%	30%	+0.2
97	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	29.5	50	42.1	37.4	13	25%	8%	26%	−3.9
98	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	29.6	41	38.2	37.0	14	34%	0%	44%	−6.5
99	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	29.7	67	41.7	38.1	16	25%	5%	40%	−4.8
100	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	29.8	33	38.8	37.3	14	35%	8%	22%	−0.1
101	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	30.0	55	41.9	39.9	12	22%	0%	51%	+2.6
102	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	30.0	65	48.3	38.3	16	25%	13%	11%	+1.0
103	Mason King	Louisville	30.1	64	40.6	36.5	22	32%	3%	36%	−9.4
104	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	30.2	56	40.3	37.7	17	30%	7%	43%	−1.0
105	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	30.3	42	40.6	38.9	12	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
106	Nick Gasser	Akron	30.3	75	39.4	36.9	20	27%	5%	14%	−13.0
107	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	30.8	31	41.2	40.3	9	29%	3%	13%	+2.3
108	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	30.9	58	40.2	37.4	18	32%	2%	28%	−5.5
109	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	31.0	53	46.6	40.0	13	25%	11%	12%	−5.7
110	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	31.4	68	41.6	37.8	20	29%	4%	17%	−6.4
111	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	31.4	35	38.7	35.6	13	37%	3%	35%	−10.5
112	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	31.5	89	40.4	35.5	20	22%	3%	17%	−23.5
113	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	31.6	72	39.8	37.3	20	28%	4%	31%	−2.4
114	Sebastian Riella	Florida Atlantic	31.9	38	38.1	34.8	5	14%	0%	31%	−14.2
115	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	31.9	74	40.5	34.3	18	24%	10%	21%	−20.3
116	Jonn Young	East Carolina	31.9	71	40.1	36.9	16	23%	3%	35%	−9.0
117	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	32.3	50	42.6	37.1	12	24%	6%	36%	−7.1
118	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	33.2	56	38.9	36.9	13	23%	2%	39%	−6.7
119	Logan Tyler	Florida State	33.7	82	43.2	38.3	17	21%	6%	28%	0.0
120	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	34.0	39	39.1	36.2	7	18%	0%	18%	−10.0
121	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	34.8	55	41.0	34.8	8	16%	4%	17%	−19.4
122	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	35.1	35	37.0	36.8	6	17%	0%	14%	−4.4
123	Derek Adams	Kent State	37.0	31	40.2	33.9	9	29%	3%	13%	−17.5

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