2018 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2018, Jack Fox (3636) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Jack Sheldon (3598) and Logan Tyler (3545). 214 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jack Fox	Rice	3636	80	45.5	40.6	30	37%	16%	23%	+11.1
2	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	3598	89	40.4	35.5	20	22%	3%	17%	−23.5
3	Logan Tyler	Florida State	3545	82	43.2	38.3	17	21%	6%	28%	0.0
4	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	3332	83	40.1	37.6	35	42%	8%	23%	+3.5
5	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	3332	78	42.7	40.5	24	31%	4%	19%	+7.2
6	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	3278	74	44.3	40.2	24	32%	8%	13%	+11.7
7	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	3224	75	43.0	39.9	30	39%	5%	22%	+5.7
8	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	3140	65	48.3	38.3	16	25%	13%	11%	+1.0
9	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	2986	69	43.3	39.4	26	37%	10%	17%	+5.2
10	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	2957	74	40.5	34.3	18	24%	10%	21%	−20.3
11	Nick Gasser	Akron	2952	75	39.4	36.9	20	27%	5%	14%	−13.0
12	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	2941	71	41.4	38.8	26	37%	4%	39%	−0.6
13	Jake Collins	Northwestern	2931	72	40.7	38.0	28	39%	6%	36%	+5.8
14	Trent Schneider	South Florida	2898	68	42.6	37.5	15	24%	14%	24%	−0.8
15	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	2879	66	43.6	38.1	23	35%	9%	16%	+4.1
16	Bryce Crawford	San José State	2870	65	44.2	40.0	20	31%	9%	15%	−1.0
17	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	2866	72	39.8	37.3	20	28%	4%	31%	−2.4
18	Jonn Young	East Carolina	2849	71	40.1	36.9	16	23%	3%	35%	−9.0
19	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	2847	65	43.8	39.1	20	30%	5%	17%	+1.6
20	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	2832	68	41.6	37.8	20	29%	4%	17%	−6.4
21	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	2792	67	41.7	38.1	16	25%	5%	40%	−4.8
22	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	2746	65	42.2	39.2	23	35%	6%	44%	+5.8
23	Wade Lees	Maryland	2742	67	40.9	39.2	29	43%	3%	41%	+5.6
24	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	2725	65	41.9	38.5	36	55%	9%	32%	+4.0
25	Grant Carlson	Boston College	2718	68	40.0	37.0	27	41%	3%	25%	−0.3
26	Joe Doyle	Tennessee	2707	66	41.0	39.1	25	38%	9%	38%	+7.1
27	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	2705	63	42.9	39.3	26	41%	3%	29%	+5.6
28	Blake Hayes	Illinois	2701	62	43.6	36.6	25	39%	8%	13%	−4.6
29	Austin Parker	Duke	2689	65	41.4	37.7	25	38%	6%	39%	−5.2
30	Jamie Sackville	SMU	2657	67	39.7	37.9	22	33%	5%	30%	+0.2
31	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	2652	63	42.1	39.6	28	44%	2%	30%	+10.2
32	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	2639	61	43.3	39.3	28	46%	7%	36%	+4.7
33	Steven Coutts	California	2635	63	41.8	39.1	32	51%	3%	29%	+7.7
34	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	2615	69	37.9	34.4	23	33%	6%	22%	−6.1
35	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	2611	62	42.1	40.5	32	52%	6%	29%	+11.7
36	Mason King	Louisville	2596	64	40.6	36.5	22	32%	3%	36%	−9.4
37	Jake Bailey	Stanford	2594	59	44.0	39.9	26	44%	17%	30%	+17.1
38	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	2588	60	43.1	37.7	20	33%	15%	21%	+5.1
39	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	2564	56	45.8	37.9	17	30%	11%	29%	−1.8
40	James Smith	Cincinnati	2539	54	47.0	45.1	26	48%	2%	35%	+26.0
41	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	2469	53	46.6	40.0	13	25%	11%	12%	−5.7
42	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	2458	51	48.2	42.7	22	45%	8%	4%	+9.5
43	Aidan Alves	Liberty	2444	66	37.0	33.7	25	37%	6%	35%	−11.9
44	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	2438	54	45.1	41.3	21	38%	7%	39%	+10.8
45	Joe Schopper	Purdue	2413	56	43.1	40.7	24	44%	4%	46%	+9.1
46	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	2410	59	40.8	37.6	24	41%	7%	26%	+3.0
47	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	2408	63	38.2	35.2	25	37%	6%	45%	−13.5
48	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	2404	47	51.1	44.9	21	45%	19%	22%	+26.2
49	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	2382	58	41.1	38.2	22	38%	7%	33%	−2.3
50	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	2336	58	40.3	40.0	22	38%	2%	52%	+4.2
51	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	2330	58	40.2	37.4	18	32%	2%	28%	−5.5
52	Dane Roy	Houston	2328	55	42.3	40.4	24	44%	2%	42%	+5.2
53	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	2318	53	43.7	37.5	20	38%	11%	31%	−0.9
54	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	2303	55	41.9	39.9	12	22%	0%	51%	+2.6
55	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	2294	53	43.3	42.6	27	53%	2%	41%	+12.3
56	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	2290	53	43.2	41.1	17	32%	6%	15%	+2.6
57	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	2285	51	44.8	41.9	15	29%	8%	30%	+14.1
58	Max Duffy	Kentucky	2284	51	44.8	40.2	26	51%	4%	25%	+5.1
59	Reid Budrovich	USC	2283	58	39.4	35.5	18	32%	4%	33%	−10.2
60	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	2282	50	45.6	44.0	17	35%	2%	49%	+11.1
61	Bailey Flint	Toledo	2270	56	40.5	38.5	25	44%	4%	35%	−1.1
62	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	2259	56	40.3	37.7	17	30%	7%	43%	−1.0
63	Tommy Townsend	Florida	2255	50	45.1	42.0	23	47%	6%	45%	+12.7
64	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	2253	55	41.0	34.8	8	16%	4%	17%	−19.4
65	Parker Thome	Vanderbilt	2209	49	45.1	40.0	19	39%	12%	28%	+10.7
66	Owen White	Navy	2207	53	41.6	38.5	20	38%	0%	15%	+1.0
67	Connor Bowler	Temple	2204	52	42.4	36.9	20	38%	12%	23%	−3.9
68	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	2187	52	42.1	40.1	23	44%	8%	34%	+9.8
69	Will Spiers	Clemson	2177	55	39.6	36.9	15	28%	7%	39%	−7.5
70	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	2176	56	38.9	36.9	13	23%	2%	39%	−6.7
71	Rhett Almond	BYU	2176	54	40.3	39.4	20	38%	2%	24%	+2.2
72	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	2156	52	41.5	38.8	23	46%	6%	40%	+2.9
73	Adam Williams	Memphis	2143	50	42.9	37.3	19	37%	10%	30%	−3.0
74	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	2132	53	40.2	37.7	19	35%	9%	43%	+2.5
75	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	2129	50	42.6	37.1	12	24%	6%	36%	−7.1
76	Drew Galitz	Baylor	2124	50	42.5	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+4.8
77	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	2118	50	42.4	38.5	22	43%	10%	41%	+0.4
78	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	2115	49	43.2	40.3	13	27%	8%	36%	+3.6
79	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	2105	50	42.1	37.4	13	25%	8%	26%	−3.9
80	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	2103	51	41.2	41.0	20	39%	0%	51%	+7.4
81	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	2074	47	44.1	42.2	20	36%	7%	42%	+14.3
82	Corey Fatony	Missouri	2066	47	44.0	40.5	24	51%	6%	14%	+3.7
83	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	2040	51	40.0	37.0	19	37%	6%	40%	+0.4
84	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	2001	50	40.0	37.9	20	40%	2%	25%	−0.9
85	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	2000	45	44.4	38.6	16	36%	16%	24%	−1.8
86	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	1993	50	39.9	39.1	17	34%	0%	27%	+3.3
87	Clayton Howell	App State	1988	46	43.2	41.5	14	30%	2%	42%	+4.1
88	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	1980	48	41.3	37.0	15	31%	8%	36%	−3.0
89	Lester Coleman	Virginia	1977	47	42.1	39.7	20	43%	11%	24%	+7.9
90	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	1926	43	44.8	41.8	16	36%	5%	44%	+9.9
91	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	1895	50	37.9	34.3	11	22%	10%	33%	−16.4
92	Ryan Wright	Tulane	1895	43	44.1	39.4	12	32%	13%	43%	+0.3
93	Dylan Klumph	Arizona	1857	44	42.2	39.1	16	36%	5%	32%	+2.0
94	Will Hart	Michigan	1856	39	47.6	39.9	17	44%	23%	8%	+7.5
95	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	1843	46	40.1	37.0	19	40%	2%	43%	−7.0
96	Davis Price	Colorado	1842	48	38.4	37.2	22	47%	0%	48%	−3.5
97	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	1841	40	46.0	41.3	12	32%	14%	25%	+3.6
98	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	1822	46	39.6	36.5	20	43%	4%	9%	−7.0
99	Michael Farkas	Ohio	1810	42	43.1	40.0	16	39%	7%	43%	−0.2
100	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	1754	45	39.0	32.9	20	43%	13%	36%	−6.8
101	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	1745	41	42.6	37.9	15	38%	8%	21%	+0.2
102	Magill Bauerle	Georgia Southern	1710	44	38.9	37.5	16	30%	4%	40%	+0.3
103	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	1706	42	40.6	38.9	12	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
104	Blake Maimone	Oregon	1667	39	42.7	40.5	17	44%	8%	39%	+6.6
105	A.J. Cole III	NC State	1651	40	41.3	38.8	20	47%	9%	34%	−0.3
106	Jake Camarda	Georgia	1642	38	43.2	37.4	11	30%	22%	35%	−0.5
107	Stone Wilson	Florida International	1624	37	43.9	38.6	15	38%	8%	44%	+1.9
108	Taylor Hintze	Utah State	1584	40	39.6	38.5	9	23%	5%	30%	+0.6
109	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	1565	41	38.2	37.0	14	34%	0%	44%	−6.5
110	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	1549	39	39.7	37.5	12	31%	5%	25%	−1.3
111	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	1524	39	39.1	36.2	7	18%	0%	18%	−10.0
112	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	1479	36	41.1	38.1	13	36%	6%	36%	+0.8
113	Sebastian Riella	Florida Atlantic	1446	38	38.1	34.8	5	14%	0%	31%	−14.2
114	Tyler Hunt	Michigan State	1444	36	40.1	37.0	15	42%	6%	28%	−1.1
115	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	1396	32	43.6	39.9	9	27%	9%	23%	+3.9
116	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	1395	36	38.8	36.4	12	33%	8%	20%	−0.1
117	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	1372	31	44.3	40.8	12	39%	6%	17%	+5.4
118	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	1354	35	38.7	35.6	13	37%	3%	35%	−10.5
119	Adam Nunez	TCU	1351	35	38.6	35.9	16	46%	11%	23%	+0.3
120	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	1294	35	37.0	36.8	6	17%	0%	14%	−4.4
121	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	1280	33	38.8	37.3	14	35%	8%	22%	−0.1
122	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	1277	31	41.2	40.3	9	29%	3%	13%	+2.3
123	Derek Adams	Kent State	1245	31	40.2	33.9	9	29%	3%	13%	−17.5
124	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	1192	29	41.1	39.0	8	28%	7%	38%	−1.1
125	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	1184	26	45.5	40.5	7	27%	8%	23%	+2.4
126	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	1177	27	43.6	39.9	10	37%	11%	26%	+6.8
127	Zach Feagles	Miami	1166	30	38.9	36.5	13	45%	3%	21%	−2.1
128	Joel Whitford	Washington	1164	28	41.6	36.6	10	36%	7%	29%	−1.7
129	Zachary Block	Tulane	1114	29	38.4	34.0	13	48%	15%	27%	+4.0
130	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	1095	28	39.1	34.0	12	43%	14%	29%	−5.1
131	Jack Spicer	Miami	1077	29	37.1	33.9	10	36%	0%	25%	−7.3
132	Andrew David	TCU	1074	29	37.0	34.5	6	21%	7%	34%	−8.5
133	Dontae Crow	Wyoming	1026	24	42.8	38.1	5	21%	8%	33%	−2.7
134	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	998	24	41.6	33.3	2	8%	4%	17%	−16.7
135	Charlie Scott	Air Force	975	25	39.0	33.9	8	30%	12%	40%	−3.9
136	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	936	22	42.5	39.7	8	36%	9%	55%	+3.1
137	Nick Schrage	Army	921	22	41.9	39.5	4	18%	0%	29%	−1.7
138	Connor Allen	Wisconsin	824	22	37.5	32.9	7	32%	5%	43%	−8.8
139	Mike Bernier	Alabama	795	21	37.9	35.5	5	26%	5%	42%	−3.4
140	William Przystup	Michigan State	794	20	39.7	36.6	7	35%	10%	15%	−4.7
141	Andrew Hicks	Kansas State	748	17	44.0	36.5	4	20%	5%	50%	−4.7
142	Race Porter	Washington	719	17	42.3	31.6	6	33%	18%	6%	−5.5
143	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	708	17	41.6	37.7	4	24%	12%	40%	+1.6
144	Alex Kinney	Colorado	670	16	41.9	40.9	8	50%	0%	21%	+3.2
145	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	659	16	41.2	32.0	2	13%	6%	31%	−6.2
146	Tom Snee	Oregon	598	17	35.2	31.3	7	39%	0%	56%	−5.3
147	Brian Papazian	San José State	571	15	38.1	32.7	11	73%	27%	29%	+1.5
148	Travis Reynolds	Massachusetts	567	15	37.8	34.4	5	33%	13%	43%	−2.3
149	Skyler DeLong	Alabama	551	16	34.4	34.4	5	31%	0%	38%	−6.0
150	Josh Growden	LSU	499	14	35.6	32.2	9	75%	8%	42%	+0.4
151	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	493	13	37.9	31.8	7	54%	15%	18%	−2.2
152	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	486	15	32.4	30.5	5	33%	7%	33%	−5.9
153	Jake Verity	East Carolina	472	13	36.3	34.9	6	46%	0%	9%	−1.5
154	Grant Urenovitch	Kent State	341	10	34.1	31.5	1	10%	0%	0%	−5.8
155	Chris Robison	Florida Atlantic	328	6	54.7	54.7	6	100%	0%	0%	+4.8
156	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	325	9	36.1	35.1	1	11%	0%	44%	−1.7
157	Tyler Flathau	Southern Miss	322	9	35.8	35.8	0	0%	0%	33%	−2.5
158	Zach Potter	Army	305	10	30.5	30.5	9	90%	0%	38%	+0.1
159	Zach Lee	Utah State	294	9	32.7	30.4	3	33%	11%	38%	−3.8
160	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	293	6	48.8	44.3	2	33%	0%	17%	+1.6
161	Ben Scruton	Hawai'i	265	7	37.9	36.6	0	0%	0%	67%	−1.7
162	Danny Jones	BYU	263	7	37.6	37.6	2	29%	0%	29%	−2.3
163	Chris Tilbey	USC	242	7	34.6	33.4	2	29%	0%	57%	−2.3
164	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	213	7	30.4	17.1	3	43%	0%	29%	−7.0
165	Bernardo Rodriguez	Kansas State	182	5	36.4	31.6	2	25%	25%	25%	−1.4
166	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	179	5	35.8	35.8	2	40%	0%	20%	−1.2
167	Xavier Subotsch	App State	169	5	33.8	33.6	3	60%	0%	40%	0.0
168	Jake Stone	South Florida	165	4	41.3	30.5	2	50%	25%	0%	+0.2
169	Ty Gangi	Nevada	156	4	39.0	39.0	4	100%	0%	33%	+1.1
170	Matthew Stephenson	Middle Tennessee	154	4	38.5	38.5	3	75%	0%	50%	+0.5
171	Matthew Phillips	Arkansas	152	4	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−0.9
172	Jackson Vansickle	Charlotte	147	4	36.8	31.8	0	0%	25%	25%	−1.4
173	Luke Shiflett	Middle Tennessee	142	4	35.5	33.3	3	75%	0%	50%	−1.0
174	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	141	3	47.0	30.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−1.6
175	Mark Deaves	UL Monroe	138	4	34.5	34.5	2	50%	0%	50%	−0.3
176	Riley Neal	Ball State	121	3	40.3	33.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.4
177	Aaron Peart	Liberty	119	4	29.8	24.8	1	25%	25%	25%	−2.0
178	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	112	3	37.3	28.0	1	25%	0%	0%	−2.1
179	Woody Barrett	Kent State	110	4	27.5	27.5	2	50%	0%	0%	−0.9
180	Andrew Strauch	UCLA	109	3	36.3	29.0	0	0%	0%	67%	−2.5
181	Isaiah Green	Marshall	107	4	26.8	21.8	3	75%	25%	25%	−0.2
182	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	106	2	53.0	54.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+1.7
183	Trevor Denbow	SMU	83	2	41.5	39.5	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.2
184	Jarret Doege	Bowling Green	82	3	27.3	27.3	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
185	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	76	2	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
186	Jake Glatting	Arizona	75	2	37.5	37.5	2	100%	0%	50%	+0.1
187	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	70	2	35.0	22.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−4.1
188	Donovan Gagen	Kansas	65	2	32.5	32.5	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.6
189	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	65	1	65.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	0.0
190	Nate Stanley	Iowa	61	2	30.5	30.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
191	Conor Blount	Oregon State	60	2	30.0	30.0	2	100%	0%	0%	0.0
192	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	58	1	58.0	58.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+1.3
193	Daniel Jones	Duke	54	2	27.0	27.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
194	Ben Hicks	SMU	48	1	48.0	48.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
195	Carson King	Clemson	48	1	48.0	48.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
196	Rakavian Poydras	Middle Tennessee	46	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.4
197	James Fonseca	Akron	43	1	43.0	43.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
198	Hunter Renfrow	Clemson	42	1	42.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.2
199	Shai Werts	Georgia Southern	40	1	40.0	20.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
200	Zac Thomas	App State	39	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
201	Feleipe Franks	Florida	38	1	38.0	18.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
202	Jacob Finn	Florida	38	1	38.0	30.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
203	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	38	1	38.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.2
204	Tommy DeVito	Syracuse	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
205	Evan Legassey	Troy	36	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.1
206	Kilton Anderson	Coastal Carolina	36	1	36.0	16.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
207	Jake Browning	Washington	35	1	35.0	15.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
208	Daniel Brown	Nevada	34	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
209	Jake Luton	Oregon State	33	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
210	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	32	1	32.0	32.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
211	Rocky Lombardi	Michigan State	32	1	32.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	0%	0.0
212	Alex Thomson	Marshall	31	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
213	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	30	1	30.0	30.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
214	Jacob Swartz	Miami (OH)	27	1	27.0	27.0	0	0%	0%	—	−1.1

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