2019 College Net Average in Opponent Territory Leaders

Net average counting only punts that started on the opponent's side of the 50-yard line. There is little room to work with, and every touchback costs 20 net yards, so this is the hardest place to punt well.

Only punters with enough such punts are ranked. In 2019, Sterling Hofrichter (36.3) led college football punters in net average in opponent territory, ahead of Adam Korsak (36.2) and Dom Maggio (35.9). 34 punters qualify (minimum 12 punts from the opponent's 50 or closer). The median qualified punter had 32.2.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (opp. 50)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	36.3	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
2	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	36.2	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
3	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	35.9	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5
4	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	35.4	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
5	Michael Turk	Arizona State	35.0	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
6	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	34.1	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	3%	36%	−1.0
7	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	33.7	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
8	Xavier Subotsch	App State	33.2	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
9	Ben Griffiths	USC	33.2	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4
10	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	33.1	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
11	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	32.7	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
12	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	32.7	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
13	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	32.7	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
14	Alex Galland	San José State	32.6	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
15	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	32.5	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
16	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	32.4	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
17	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	32.4	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
18	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	32.1	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
19	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	32.0	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
20	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	31.9	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
21	Michael Farkas	Ohio	31.9	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
22	Sam Loy	Arkansas	31.8	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
23	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	31.8	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
24	Jordy Sandy	TCU	31.6	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
25	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	31.5	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
26	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	31.4	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
27	Nash Griffin	Virginia	31.3	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
28	Tucker McCann	Missouri	31.3	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
29	Jonn Young	East Carolina	31.2	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
30	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	30.9	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
31	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	30.8	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
32	Blake Maimone	Oregon	30.7	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
33	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	29.3	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
34	Ryan Wright	Tulane	28.3	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0

All 2019 College punter rankings

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