2019 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2019, Max Duffy (48.6) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Braden Mann (47.7) and Joseph Charlton (47.7). 125 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 42.5.

Final 2019 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Avg	Punts	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Max Duffy	Kentucky	48.6	47	45.6	28	60%	9%	14%	+22.0
2	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	47.7	53	41.4	24	46%	8%	16%	+5.1
3	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	47.7	68	43.4	30	44%	7%	39%	+18.1
4	Trenton Gill	NC State	47.6	56	42.1	17	30%	13%	29%	+6.0
5	Jake Camarda	Georgia	47.4	54	42.8	24	45%	17%	17%	+12.4
6	Dane Roy	Houston	46.9	54	44.0	31	61%	4%	12%	+12.4
7	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	46.8	68	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5
8	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	46.7	51	41.9	21	41%	12%	33%	+9.2
9	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	46.4	49	42.6	15	31%	10%	17%	+12.7
10	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	46.2	42	43.0	18	43%	5%	15%	+15.7
11	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	46.1	59	42.5	35	59%	7%	22%	+10.4
12	Michael Turk	Arizona State	46.0	59	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
13	Trent Schneider	South Florida	46.0	71	40.2	20	28%	11%	11%	−2.7
14	Austin Parker	Duke	45.7	66	40.7	25	38%	9%	30%	+4.7
15	Adam Williams	Memphis	45.7	41	41.0	15	41%	11%	17%	+7.9
16	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	45.4	67	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
17	Will Hart	Michigan	45.1	46	39.4	11	24%	15%	24%	+2.7
18	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	45.0	53	39.7	15	28%	15%	25%	+6.8
19	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	45.0	59	42.5	20	34%	8%	39%	+10.6
20	Chris Barnes	Rice	45.0	34	44.2	11	32%	0%	26%	+7.5
21	Blake Hayes	Illinois	44.8	72	42.8	30	42%	3%	11%	+9.1
22	Joel Whitford	Washington	44.8	41	43.7	16	39%	5%	46%	+10.0
23	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	44.8	80	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
24	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	44.5	57	39.6	19	35%	4%	19%	+0.3
25	Tommy Townsend	Florida	44.5	40	42.3	19	48%	10%	46%	+7.0
26	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	44.4	62	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
27	Alex Kinney	Colorado	44.4	59	39.6	29	49%	7%	42%	+2.6
28	Lou Hedley	Miami	44.3	55	41.1	19	35%	7%	22%	+9.5
29	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	44.3	57	38.2	18	32%	11%	28%	−4.1
30	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	44.1	41	41.1	14	34%	7%	37%	+6.4
31	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	44.1	40	39.7	17	45%	21%	37%	+9.6
32	Blake Maimone	Oregon	43.9	55	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
33	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	43.9	69	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
34	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	43.8	57	38.9	19	35%	4%	44%	−3.0
35	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	43.8	54	39.0	21	39%	11%	41%	−1.2
36	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	43.8	76	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
37	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	43.7	50	39.2	23	46%	10%	27%	+1.8
38	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	43.4	38	37.6	12	32%	5%	22%	−8.2
39	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	43.3	66	34.8	15	23%	8%	14%	−20.5
40	Derek Adams	Kent State	43.3	57	41.7	21	38%	5%	31%	+9.7
41	Tucker McCann	Missouri	43.2	68	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
42	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	43.2	72	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
43	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	43.1	63	40.0	22	35%	6%	41%	+1.7
44	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	43.1	59	38.6	19	33%	10%	16%	+3.6
45	Owen White	Navy	43.1	36	41.4	18	50%	3%	29%	+7.4
46	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	43.0	61	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
47	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	43.0	77	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
48	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	43.0	45	39.0	16	36%	9%	17%	+3.0
49	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	43.0	65	40.8	23	35%	5%	23%	+6.2
50	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	42.9	57	37.6	15	25%	5%	11%	−8.2
51	Wade Lees	UCLA	42.9	49	40.0	23	48%	2%	49%	+7.1
52	Grant Carlson	Boston College	42.8	58	39.5	19	33%	5%	18%	−0.5
53	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	42.7	39	40.4	18	49%	8%	46%	+5.4
54	James Smith	Cincinnati	42.7	68	41.4	27	42%	2%	51%	+14.0
55	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	42.7	52	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
56	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	42.7	58	38.6	18	31%	3%	39%	−4.9
57	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	42.6	51	41.1	18	35%	6%	28%	+2.5
58	Xavier Subotsch	App State	42.5	64	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
59	Mason King	Louisville	42.5	54	38.9	19	35%	9%	24%	+1.3
60	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	42.5	46	37.9	13	28%	7%	20%	+0.8
61	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	42.5	52	40.0	20	38%	8%	31%	+5.6
62	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	42.5	40	38.8	12	32%	5%	16%	−6.8
63	Andrew Osteen	UCF	42.5	53	38.7	11	21%	10%	42%	+0.2
64	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	42.4	63	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
65	Will Spiers	Clemson	42.3	38	40.5	9	24%	5%	46%	+4.7
66	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	42.2	61	39.6	16	26%	8%	31%	+5.6
67	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	42.2	47	37.7	13	28%	9%	17%	−6.9
68	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	42.2	33	40.2	12	36%	3%	52%	+1.2
69	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	42.2	67	40.1	23	35%	0%	34%	+2.0
70	Aidan Alves	Liberty	42.2	48	38.5	13	27%	8%	35%	−2.9
71	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	42.1	47	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
72	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	42.1	33	37.1	7	21%	6%	12%	−3.8
73	Josh Growden	West Virginia	42.1	68	40.1	18	26%	4%	45%	+4.1
74	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	42.1	63	38.9	18	29%	2%	21%	−0.5
75	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	42.0	54	39.2	26	48%	7%	39%	+4.2
76	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	42.0	63	39.0	22	34%	8%	34%	−0.7
77	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	42.0	59	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
78	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	42.0	41	37.4	15	37%	5%	18%	−6.4
79	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	41.9	47	36.9	8	17%	11%	30%	−5.3
80	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	41.7	48	34.0	19	37%	6%	27%	−18.0
81	Michael Farkas	Ohio	41.7	47	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
82	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	41.6	59	39.0	18	31%	5%	39%	−1.7
83	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	41.5	41	35.7	10	23%	7%	24%	−18.9
84	Ben Griffiths	USC	41.4	48	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4
85	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	41.4	46	36.9	11	23%	7%	41%	−8.8
86	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	41.4	30	38.4	10	33%	10%	40%	+0.3
87	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	41.4	42	39.1	15	35%	9%	46%	−0.6
88	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	41.3	60	37.9	13	22%	7%	34%	−4.1
89	Nash Griffin	Virginia	41.2	51	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
90	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	40.9	59	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
91	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	40.9	61	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
92	Lucas Dean	UTSA	40.8	65	38.6	16	25%	0%	31%	−8.7
93	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	40.7	30	38.4	9	36%	4%	44%	−2.6
94	Jonn Young	East Carolina	40.6	60	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
95	Ryan Wright	Tulane	40.6	46	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0
96	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	40.5	52	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
97	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	40.4	71	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
98	Adam Nunez	Rice	40.4	32	38.2	18	56%	6%	34%	+2.6
99	Colton Spangler	Maryland	40.1	45	39.1	13	29%	4%	43%	−1.8
100	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	40.0	49	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
101	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	39.9	66	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
102	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	39.8	46	38.5	17	37%	7%	24%	−2.7
103	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	39.7	37	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
104	Alex Galland	San José State	39.7	47	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
105	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	39.7	44	35.5	17	40%	7%	35%	−5.9
106	Issac Power	Baylor	39.6	64	38.6	18	29%	2%	41%	−5.1
107	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	39.6	59	38.1	21	36%	2%	39%	−3.0
108	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	39.5	51	36.8	15	29%	6%	29%	−8.5
109	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	39.5	62	38.3	16	26%	3%	21%	−2.5
110	Sam Loy	Arkansas	39.5	56	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
111	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	39.4	79	36.6	21	27%	4%	17%	−18.7
112	Matt Aragon	Arizona	39.4	37	35.8	10	27%	8%	22%	−9.7
113	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	39.3	42	36.8	15	36%	2%	29%	−2.7
114	Tommy Martin	Florida State	39.0	64	37.3	18	28%	2%	51%	−9.5
115	Zac Collins	Purdue	39.0	33	38.3	7	21%	3%	24%	−2.3
116	Trevor Denbow	SMU	38.7	36	36.1	8	22%	8%	11%	−6.0
117	Steven Coutts	California	38.5	44	37.0	12	27%	0%	49%	−5.1
118	Jordy Sandy	TCU	38.4	61	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
119	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	38.3	65	36.2	17	28%	5%	33%	−15.6
120	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	38.3	42	36.7	13	31%	2%	22%	−10.0
121	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	38.3	53	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
122	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	38.0	38	37.3	20	54%	3%	36%	−1.0
123	Adam Barry	Temple	38.0	59	35.9	17	29%	3%	16%	−11.6
124	Jonah Wieland	Akron	37.7	79	35.8	18	23%	1%	29%	−18.9
125	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	37.3	48	34.8	14	29%	4%	41%	−9.4

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