2018 College Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

Read it with net average and points added. In 2018, Jack Sheldon (89) led college football punters in punts, ahead of Matt Ference (83) and Logan Tyler (82). 214 punters qualify.

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

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

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