2020 College Net Average in Wind Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games with a wind of 10 miles per hour or more. A headwind shortens a punt and a crosswind pushes it toward the sideline, so these are the hardest punts to place.

Wind is the game's reported speed, not the exact conditions on each kick. Only punters with enough windy-game punts are ranked. In 2020, Lou Hedley (47.5) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Ryan Hanson (45.5) and Pressley Harvin III (45.4). 55 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 39.8.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Lou Hedley	Miami	47.5	46	47.3	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
2	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	45.5	41	40.6	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
3	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	45.4	45	48.0	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
4	Blake Hayes	Illinois	44.7	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
5	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	44.1	53	44.5	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
6	Tory Taylor	Iowa	44.0	40	44.1	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
7	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	43.9	30	43.0	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
8	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	43.7	48	42.9	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
9	Andrew Osteen	UCF	43.2	35	44.3	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
10	Jake Camarda	Georgia	42.1	31	47.9	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
11	Derek Adams	Northwestern	41.9	40	41.5	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
12	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	41.9	32	43.8	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
13	Jordy Sandy	TCU	41.9	57	41.0	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
14	Adam Williams	Memphis	41.5	41	42.6	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
15	Ryan Wright	Tulane	41.4	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
16	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	41.4	22	41.3	38.0	6	27%	5%	9%	−2.5
17	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	41.2	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
18	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	41.1	24	39.0	38.3	4	17%	4%	57%	0.0
19	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	40.9	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
20	Kyle Coale	Troy	40.9	23	37.7	36.8	8	35%	4%	27%	−2.4
21	Adam Barry	Temple	40.8	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
22	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	40.3	41	46.3	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
23	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	40.3	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
24	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	40.0	29	42.8	39.7	15	52%	10%	29%	+3.7
25	Zach Harding	Army	39.9	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
26	Grant Carlson	Boston College	39.9	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
27	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	39.9	33	43.2	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
28	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	39.8	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
29	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	39.3	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
30	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	39.3	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
31	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	39.3	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
32	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	39.2	33	40.3	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
33	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	39.1	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
34	Will Spiers	Clemson	39.1	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
35	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	39.0	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
36	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	38.7	37	40.7	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
37	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	38.7	28	40.8	40.2	15	54%	0%	33%	+3.9
38	Chris Naggar	SMU	38.6	29	39.3	37.1	7	24%	0%	43%	−7.6
39	Brad Robbins	Michigan	38.5	23	45.3	43.0	10	43%	9%	33%	+7.8
40	Elijah Fischer	San José State	38.4	28	40.3	35.0	9	32%	14%	33%	−6.6
41	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	38.3	26	39.9	38.6	9	35%	0%	46%	+0.1
42	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	37.3	17	37.8	37.4	7	41%	0%	38%	−4.1
43	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	37.2	40	44.5	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
44	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	36.9	34	40.4	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
45	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	36.8	18	42.6	37.6	6	33%	17%	25%	−2.4
46	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	36.0	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
47	Bailey Flint	Toledo	34.9	19	36.4	35.2	7	37%	5%	16%	−6.4
48	William Przystup	Nebraska	34.8	24	41.3	35.2	7	28%	4%	18%	−12.2
49	Issac Power	Baylor	34.4	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
50	Reis Vernon	Kansas	34.1	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4
51	Daniel Davies	Navy	33.9	44	37.1	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
52	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	33.8	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
53	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	33.3	19	39.3	35.4	6	32%	11%	5%	−5.9
54	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	31.7	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
55	Trent Schneider	South Florida	28.0	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7

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