2020 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 2020, Jake Camarda (17.7) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of James Smith (20.5) and Ben Kiernan (21.3). 73 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 25.2.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jake Camarda	Georgia	17.7	31	47.9	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
2	James Smith	Cincinnati	20.5	32	43.8	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
3	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	21.3	30	43.7	39.9	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
4	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	21.5	33	40.2	37.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
5	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	22.0	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
6	Xavier Subotsch	App State	22.2	32	42.3	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
7	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	22.5	39	43.1	40.3	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
8	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	22.5	37	40.7	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
9	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	22.6	59	43.9	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
10	Lucas Dean	UTSA	22.7	55	46.3	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
11	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	22.8	48	42.9	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
12	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	23.2	49	43.6	41.8	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
13	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	23.2	34	40.4	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
14	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	23.2	37	43.0	39.8	11	30%	16%	39%	+5.8
15	Laine Wilkins	Houston	23.2	31	41.2	40.0	15	48%	6%	31%	+0.2
16	Porter Wilson	Duke	23.2	53	42.9	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
17	Adam Barry	Temple	23.3	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
18	Tory Taylor	Iowa	23.3	40	44.1	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
19	Zach Harding	Army	23.4	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
20	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	23.5	31	40.3	39.2	14	45%	6%	55%	+6.0
21	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	23.6	45	48.0	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
22	Jordy Sandy	TCU	23.6	57	41.0	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
23	Trenton Gill	NC State	23.9	49	44.8	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
24	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	24.1	33	40.3	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
25	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	24.3	32	44.4	42.3	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
26	Will Spiers	Clemson	24.3	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
27	Nash Griffin	Virginia	24.4	42	42.4	39.7	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
28	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	24.6	43	43.8	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
29	Lou Hedley	Miami	24.6	46	47.3	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
30	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	24.6	33	43.2	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
31	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	24.7	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
32	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	24.8	53	44.5	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
33	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	24.9	41	42.5	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
34	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	24.9	34	43.9	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
35	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	25.0	36	40.9	38.1	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
36	Derek Adams	Northwestern	25.1	40	41.5	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
37	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	25.2	32	43.8	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
38	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	25.5	53	46.0	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
39	Blake Hayes	Illinois	25.9	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
40	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	25.9	41	40.6	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
41	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	26.4	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
42	Adam Williams	Memphis	26.4	41	42.6	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
43	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	26.6	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
44	Grant Carlson	Boston College	26.9	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
45	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	27.0	36	38.9	36.4	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
46	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	27.2	40	44.5	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
47	Andrew Osteen	UCF	27.2	35	44.3	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
48	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	27.3	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
49	Max Duffy	Kentucky	27.4	37	45.8	42.4	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
50	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	27.4	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
51	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	27.4	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
52	Ryan Wright	Tulane	27.6	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
53	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	28.2	36	42.4	40.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
54	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	28.3	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
55	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	28.4	29	38.7	36.1	6	20%	3%	26%	−8.1
56	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	28.7	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
57	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	28.9	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
58	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	29.2	43	41.7	37.8	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
59	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	29.2	41	46.3	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
60	Jordan Stout	Penn State	29.3	33	41.5	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
61	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	29.4	37	43.8	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
62	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	29.5	44	42.0	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
63	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	29.7	30	43.0	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
64	Issac Power	Baylor	29.8	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
65	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	29.8	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
66	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	31.2	44	37.2	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
67	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	31.2	36	39.5	39.1	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
68	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	32.2	39	43.3	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
69	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	32.6	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
70	Daniel Davies	Navy	32.8	44	37.1	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
71	Trent Schneider	South Florida	34.2	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
72	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	34.7	30	44.6	36.0	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
73	Reis Vernon	Kansas	41.6	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4

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