2020 College Average Punt Return Allowed Leaders

Return yards allowed divided by punts returned. It shows how well a punter and his coverage team contain returners.

Lower is better. Only punters with enough returns are ranked. In 2020, Xavier Subotsch (0.8) topped college football punters in average punt return allowed, ahead of Tom Hutton (1.3) and Jay Bramblett (1.8). 39 punters qualify (minimum 10 returns). The median qualified punter had 7.6.

Final 2020 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Avg ret	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Xavier Subotsch	App State	0.8	32	42.3	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
2	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	1.3	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
3	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	1.8	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
4	Porter Wilson	Duke	2.0	53	42.9	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
5	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	3.4	44	37.2	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
6	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	3.5	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
7	Zach Harding	Army	4.5	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
8	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	5.2	43	43.8	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
9	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	5.8	27	44.9	39.1	5	18%	11%	19%	−3.7
10	Grant Carlson	Boston College	6.1	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
11	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	6.1	34	43.9	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
12	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	6.4	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
13	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	6.4	41	42.5	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
14	Ryan Wright	Tulane	6.6	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
15	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	6.7	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
16	Trenton Gill	NC State	6.8	49	44.8	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
17	James Smith	Cincinnati	7.1	32	43.8	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
18	Jordan Stout	Penn State	7.1	33	41.5	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
19	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	7.6	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
20	Will Spiers	Clemson	7.6	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
21	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	7.7	59	43.9	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
22	Issac Power	Baylor	8.1	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
23	Kyle Romenick	Akron	9.3	25	40.5	34.9	8	32%	0%	16%	−9.3
24	Blake Hayes	Illinois	9.3	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
25	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	9.7	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
26	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	9.9	53	46.0	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
27	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	9.9	44	42.0	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
28	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	10.3	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
29	Adam Barry	Temple	10.8	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
30	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	11.6	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
31	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	12.4	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
32	Trent Schneider	South Florida	13.2	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
33	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	14.0	37	43.8	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
34	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	14.0	39	43.3	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
35	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	14.3	26	45.3	34.9	9	33%	4%	19%	−2.4
36	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	16.3	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
37	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	16.5	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
38	Lucas Dean	UTSA	19.3	55	46.3	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
39	Reis Vernon	Kansas	19.8	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4

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