2019 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2019, Michael Turk (19.2) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Dane Roy (19.2) and Max Duffy (19.3). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 26.4.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Michael Turk	Arizona State	19.2	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
2	Dane Roy	Houston	19.2	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	4%	12%	+12.4
3	Max Duffy	Kentucky	19.3	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	9%	14%	+22.0
4	Tommy Townsend	Florida	19.6	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	10%	46%	+7.0
5	Adam Nunez	Rice	20.0	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	6%	34%	+2.6
6	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	20.1	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	7%	22%	+10.4
7	Adam Williams	Memphis	20.4	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	11%	17%	+7.9
8	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	20.7	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	8%	46%	+5.4
9	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	20.9	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
10	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	21.1	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	21%	37%	+9.6
11	Michael Farkas	Ohio	21.6	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
12	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	21.6	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	5%	15%	+15.7
13	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	21.7	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
14	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	22.0	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
15	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	22.1	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
16	Jake Camarda	Georgia	22.2	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	17%	+12.4
17	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	22.2	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	3%	36%	−1.0
18	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	22.4	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	8%	39%	+10.6
19	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	22.4	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	7%	39%	+18.1
20	Will Spiers	Clemson	22.5	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	5%	46%	+4.7
21	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	22.6	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
22	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	22.9	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	12%	33%	+9.2
23	Xavier Subotsch	App State	23.2	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
24	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	23.3	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
25	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	23.5	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
26	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	23.6	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
27	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	23.6	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
28	Chris Barnes	Rice	23.9	34	45.0	44.2	11	32%	0%	26%	+7.5
29	Owen White	Navy	24.0	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	3%	29%	+7.4
30	Ryan Wright	Tulane	24.0	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0
31	Tucker McCann	Missouri	24.1	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
32	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	24.1	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	7%	37%	+6.4
33	Alex Kinney	Colorado	24.1	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	7%	42%	+2.6
34	Nash Griffin	Virginia	24.2	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
35	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	24.2	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	9%	17%	+3.0
36	Ben Griffiths	USC	24.3	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4
37	Blake Hayes	Illinois	24.3	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	3%	11%	+9.1
38	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	24.3	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	9%	46%	−0.6
39	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	24.4	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5
40	Jordy Sandy	TCU	24.4	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
41	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	24.6	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	10%	27%	+1.8
42	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	24.7	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
43	Blake Maimone	Oregon	24.9	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
44	James Smith	Cincinnati	25.0	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	2%	51%	+14.0
45	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	25.0	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
46	Derek Adams	Kent State	25.0	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	5%	31%	+9.7
47	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	25.1	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	8%	16%	+5.1
48	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	25.2	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	7%	35%	−5.9
49	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	25.2	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
50	Austin Parker	Duke	25.2	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	9%	30%	+4.7
51	Joel Whitford	Washington	25.5	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	5%	46%	+10.0
52	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	25.6	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
53	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	25.6	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	11%	28%	−4.1
54	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	25.6	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	7%	39%	+4.2
55	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	25.7	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
56	Lou Hedley	Miami	25.7	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	7%	22%	+9.5
57	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	26.0	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	8%	31%	+5.6
58	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	26.2	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	3%	52%	+1.2
59	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	26.2	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
60	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	26.2	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	11%	41%	−1.2
61	Wade Lees	UCLA	26.3	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	2%	49%	+7.1
62	Jonn Young	East Carolina	26.3	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
63	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	26.4	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	15%	25%	+6.8
64	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	26.6	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
65	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	26.6	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
66	Trenton Gill	NC State	26.6	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	13%	29%	+6.0
67	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	26.8	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	4%	19%	+0.3
68	Colton Spangler	Maryland	26.8	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	4%	43%	−1.8
69	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	26.8	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
70	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	26.9	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	6%	41%	+1.7
71	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	27.0	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	8%	34%	−0.7
72	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	27.0	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	10%	40%	+0.3
73	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	27.0	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	4%	41%	−9.4
74	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	27.0	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	8%	31%	+5.6
75	Mason King	Louisville	27.1	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	9%	24%	+1.3
76	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	27.2	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	6%	29%	−8.5
77	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	27.2	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	9%	17%	−6.9
78	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	27.3	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	5%	23%	+6.2
79	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	27.3	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	10%	16%	+3.6
80	Sam Loy	Arkansas	27.3	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
81	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	27.4	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	5%	39%	−1.7
82	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	27.4	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	7%	24%	−2.7
83	Josh Growden	West Virginia	27.4	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	4%	45%	+4.1
84	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	27.5	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	7%	34%	−4.1
85	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	27.7	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
86	Will Hart	Michigan	27.8	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	15%	24%	+2.7
87	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	27.8	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	2%	39%	−3.0
88	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	27.9	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	5%	18%	−6.4
89	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	27.9	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	10%	17%	+12.7
90	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	28.0	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	6%	28%	+2.5
91	Alex Galland	San José State	28.0	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
92	Issac Power	Baylor	28.0	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	2%	41%	−5.1
93	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	28.3	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	6%	27%	−18.0
94	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	28.3	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	2%	22%	−10.0
95	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	28.5	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	5%	16%	−6.8
96	Trent Schneider	South Florida	28.6	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	11%	−2.7
97	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	28.6	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
98	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	28.8	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	3%	21%	−2.5
99	Grant Carlson	Boston College	28.9	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	18%	−0.5
100	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	28.9	67	42.2	40.1	23	35%	0%	34%	+2.0
101	Matt Aragon	Arizona	29.0	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	8%	22%	−9.7
102	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	29.1	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	5%	33%	−15.6
103	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	29.2	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	4%	44%	−3.0
104	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	29.3	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	3%	39%	−4.9
105	Trevor Denbow	SMU	29.3	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	8%	11%	−6.0
106	Adam Barry	Temple	29.4	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	3%	16%	−11.6
107	Steven Coutts	California	29.4	44	38.5	37.0	12	27%	0%	49%	−5.1
108	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	29.5	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	2%	29%	−2.7
109	Lucas Dean	UTSA	29.6	65	40.8	38.6	16	25%	0%	31%	−8.7
110	Andrew Osteen	UCF	29.7	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	10%	42%	+0.2
111	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	29.7	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	8%	14%	−20.5
112	Aidan Alves	Liberty	30.1	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	8%	35%	−2.9
113	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	30.4	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	4%	17%	−18.7
114	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	30.4	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	5%	22%	−8.2
115	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	30.7	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	2%	21%	−0.5
116	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	30.7	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	7%	41%	−8.8
117	Zac Collins	Purdue	30.8	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	3%	24%	−2.3
118	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	30.8	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	5%	11%	−8.2
119	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	30.8	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	6%	12%	−3.8
120	Tommy Martin	Florida State	31.0	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	2%	51%	−9.5
121	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	31.0	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	11%	30%	−5.3
122	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	31.0	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	7%	20%	+0.8
123	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	31.5	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	7%	24%	−18.9
124	Jonah Wieland	Akron	32.5	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	1%	29%	−18.9

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