2018 College Punt Points Added Leaders

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.

Positive means he gained more than an average punter would from the same spots. In 2018, Braden Mann (+26.2) led college football punters in punt points added, ahead of James Smith (+26.0) and Jake Bailey (+17.1). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +0.4.

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

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

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