2020 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 2020, Lou Hedley (45.4) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Pressley Harvin III (44.8) and Jake Camarda (44.6). 73 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 39.8.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net	Punts	Avg	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Lou Hedley	Miami	45.4	46	47.3	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
2	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	44.8	45	48.0	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
3	Jake Camarda	Georgia	44.6	31	47.9	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
4	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	43.1	53	44.5	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
5	Tory Taylor	Iowa	42.9	40	44.1	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
6	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	42.6	48	42.9	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
7	Max Duffy	Kentucky	42.4	37	45.8	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
8	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	42.3	32	44.4	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
9	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	42.0	59	43.9	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
10	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	41.8	49	43.6	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
11	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	41.7	53	46.0	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
12	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	41.5	74	44.8	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
13	Andrew Osteen	UCF	41.5	35	44.3	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
14	Xavier Subotsch	App State	41.4	32	42.3	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
15	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	41.2	39	42.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
16	Ryan Wright	Tulane	41.2	49	45.0	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
17	Porter Wilson	Duke	41.1	53	42.9	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
18	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	40.8	33	43.2	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
19	James Smith	Cincinnati	40.7	32	43.8	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
20	Blake Hayes	Illinois	40.6	42	43.8	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
21	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	40.5	35	43.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
22	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	40.4	37	40.7	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
23	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	40.4	36	42.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
24	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	40.3	39	43.1	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
25	Zach Harding	Army	40.3	37	42.8	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
26	Lucas Dean	UTSA	40.3	55	46.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
27	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	40.3	41	42.5	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
28	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	40.1	30	43.0	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
29	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	40.1	34	43.9	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
30	Laine Wilkins	Houston	40.0	31	41.2	15	48%	6%	31%	+0.2
31	Adam Barry	Temple	40.0	40	44.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
32	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	40.0	41	46.3	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
33	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	40.0	43	43.8	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
34	Adam Williams	Memphis	40.0	41	42.6	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
35	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	39.9	30	43.7	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
36	Trenton Gill	NC State	39.8	49	44.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
37	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	39.8	40	44.5	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
38	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	39.8	37	43.0	11	30%	16%	39%	+5.8
39	Nash Griffin	Virginia	39.7	42	42.4	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
40	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	39.7	32	43.8	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
41	Grant Carlson	Boston College	39.4	43	42.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
42	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	39.2	31	40.3	14	45%	6%	55%	+6.0
43	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	39.2	54	40.5	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
44	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	39.1	36	39.5	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
45	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	39.0	33	40.3	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
46	Jordy Sandy	TCU	38.9	57	41.0	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
47	Derek Adams	Northwestern	38.9	40	41.5	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
48	Jordan Stout	Penn State	38.8	33	41.5	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
49	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	38.8	57	40.9	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
50	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	38.7	41	40.6	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
51	Will Spiers	Clemson	38.7	42	43.5	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
52	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	38.5	34	40.4	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
53	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	38.1	37	43.8	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
54	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	38.1	36	40.9	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
55	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	38.1	39	43.3	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
56	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	38.1	47	40.4	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
57	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	38.0	39	43.5	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
58	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	37.9	44	42.0	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
59	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	37.8	43	41.7	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
60	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	37.4	46	41.0	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
61	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	37.2	33	40.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
62	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	37.1	39	43.3	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
63	Issac Power	Baylor	36.6	54	40.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
64	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	36.5	39	43.1	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
65	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	36.4	36	38.9	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
66	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	36.4	37	43.6	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
67	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	36.1	29	38.7	6	20%	3%	26%	−8.1
68	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	36.0	30	44.6	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
69	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	35.3	44	37.2	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
70	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	35.1	42	40.8	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
71	Daniel Davies	Navy	34.7	44	37.1	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
72	Trent Schneider	South Florida	34.0	32	41.3	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
73	Reis Vernon	Kansas	31.6	38	37.8	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4

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