2019 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2019, Max Duffy (45.6) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Chris Barnes (44.2) and Dane Roy (44.0). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 39.0.

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

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

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