2020 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 2020, Pressley Harvin III (48.0) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Jake Camarda (47.9) and Lou Hedley (47.3). 73 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 43.0.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Avg	Punts	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	48.0	45	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
2	Jake Camarda	Georgia	47.9	31	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
3	Lou Hedley	Miami	47.3	46	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
4	Lucas Dean	UTSA	46.3	55	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
5	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	46.3	41	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
6	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	46.0	53	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
7	Max Duffy	Kentucky	45.8	37	42.4	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
8	Ryan Wright	Tulane	45.0	49	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
9	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	44.8	74	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
10	Trenton Gill	NC State	44.8	49	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
11	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	44.6	30	36.0	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
12	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	44.5	40	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
13	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	44.5	53	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
14	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	44.4	32	42.3	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
15	Andrew Osteen	UCF	44.3	35	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
16	Tory Taylor	Iowa	44.1	40	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
17	Adam Barry	Temple	44.0	40	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
18	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	43.9	59	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
19	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	43.9	34	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
20	James Smith	Cincinnati	43.8	32	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
21	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	43.8	37	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
22	Blake Hayes	Illinois	43.8	42	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
23	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	43.8	43	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
24	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	43.8	32	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
25	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	43.7	30	39.9	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
26	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	43.6	49	41.8	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
27	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	43.6	37	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
28	Will Spiers	Clemson	43.5	42	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
29	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	43.5	39	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
30	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	43.5	35	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
31	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	43.3	39	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
32	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	43.3	39	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
33	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	43.2	33	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
34	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	43.1	39	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
35	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	43.1	39	40.3	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
36	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	43.0	37	39.8	11	30%	16%	39%	+5.8
37	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	43.0	30	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
38	Porter Wilson	Duke	42.9	53	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
39	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	42.9	48	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
40	Zach Harding	Army	42.8	37	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
41	Adam Williams	Memphis	42.6	41	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
42	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	42.5	41	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
43	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	42.4	36	40.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
44	Grant Carlson	Boston College	42.4	43	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
45	Nash Griffin	Virginia	42.4	42	39.7	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
46	Xavier Subotsch	App State	42.3	32	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
47	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	42.2	39	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
48	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	42.0	44	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
49	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	41.7	43	37.8	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
50	Jordan Stout	Penn State	41.5	33	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
51	Derek Adams	Northwestern	41.5	40	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
52	Trent Schneider	South Florida	41.3	32	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
53	Laine Wilkins	Houston	41.2	31	40.0	15	48%	6%	31%	+0.2
54	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	41.0	46	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
55	Jordy Sandy	TCU	41.0	57	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
56	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	40.9	36	38.1	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
57	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	40.9	57	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
58	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	40.8	42	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
59	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	40.7	37	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
60	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	40.6	41	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
61	Issac Power	Baylor	40.6	54	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
62	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	40.5	54	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
63	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	40.4	47	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
64	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	40.4	34	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
65	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	40.3	33	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
66	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	40.3	31	39.2	14	45%	6%	55%	+6.0
67	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	40.2	33	37.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
68	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	39.5	36	39.1	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
69	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	39.3	30	37.0	5	17%	3%	33%	−6.6
70	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	38.9	36	36.4	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
71	Reis Vernon	Kansas	37.8	38	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4
72	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	37.2	44	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
73	Daniel Davies	Navy	37.1	44	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6

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