2020 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2020, Nolan Cooney (3314) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Zach Von Rosenberg (2593) and Lucas Dean (2547). 217 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	3314	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
2	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	2593	59	43.9	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
3	Lucas Dean	UTSA	2547	55	46.3	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
4	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	2436	53	46.0	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
5	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	2356	53	44.5	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
6	Jordy Sandy	TCU	2337	57	41.0	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
7	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	2329	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
8	Porter Wilson	Duke	2276	53	42.9	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
9	Ryan Wright	Tulane	2207	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
10	Trenton Gill	NC State	2193	49	44.8	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
11	Issac Power	Baylor	2191	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
12	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	2188	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
13	Lou Hedley	Miami	2177	46	47.3	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
14	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	2159	45	48.0	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
15	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	2138	49	43.6	41.8	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
16	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	2061	48	42.9	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
17	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	1901	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
18	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	1898	41	46.3	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
19	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	1887	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
20	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	1882	43	43.8	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
21	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	1848	44	42.0	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
22	Blake Hayes	Illinois	1839	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
23	Will Spiers	Clemson	1829	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
24	Grant Carlson	Boston College	1825	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
25	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	1794	43	41.7	37.8	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
26	Nash Griffin	Virginia	1780	42	42.4	39.7	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
27	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	1779	40	44.5	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
28	Tory Taylor	Iowa	1765	40	44.1	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
29	Adam Barry	Temple	1760	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
30	Adam Williams	Memphis	1745	41	42.6	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
31	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	1741	41	42.5	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
32	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	1715	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
33	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	1698	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
34	Max Duffy	Kentucky	1693	37	45.8	42.4	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
35	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	1690	39	43.3	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
36	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	1687	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
37	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	1682	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
38	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	1681	39	43.1	40.3	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
39	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	1666	41	40.6	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
40	Derek Adams	Northwestern	1659	40	41.5	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
41	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	1646	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
42	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	1638	44	37.2	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
43	Daniel Davies	Navy	1631	44	37.1	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
44	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	1621	37	43.8	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
45	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	1613	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
46	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	1591	37	43.0	39.8	11	30%	16%	39%	+5.8
47	Zach Harding	Army	1584	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
48	Andrew Osteen	UCF	1552	35	44.3	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
49	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	1528	36	42.4	40.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
50	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	1522	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
51	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	1507	37	40.7	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
52	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	1494	34	43.9	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
53	Jake Camarda	Georgia	1484	31	47.9	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
54	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	1473	36	40.9	38.1	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
55	Reis Vernon	Kansas	1438	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4
56	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	1425	33	43.2	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
57	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	1421	36	39.5	39.1	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
58	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	1420	32	44.4	42.3	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
59	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	1402	36	38.9	36.4	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
60	James Smith	Cincinnati	1402	32	43.8	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
61	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	1400	32	43.8	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
62	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	1372	34	40.4	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
63	Jordan Stout	Penn State	1371	33	41.5	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
64	Xavier Subotsch	App State	1355	32	42.3	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
65	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	1337	30	44.6	36.0	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
66	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	1331	33	40.3	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
67	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	1327	33	40.2	37.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
68	Trent Schneider	South Florida	1323	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
69	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	1310	30	43.7	39.9	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
70	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	1290	30	43.0	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
71	Laine Wilkins	Houston	1277	31	41.2	40.0	15	48%	6%	31%	+0.2
72	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	1249	31	40.3	39.2	14	45%	6%	55%	+6.0
73	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	1244	28	44.4	40.7	8	28%	7%	11%	+2.9
74	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	1240	29	42.8	39.7	15	52%	10%	29%	+3.7
75	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	1217	27	45.1	41.4	17	63%	4%	52%	+6.5
76	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	1213	27	44.9	39.1	5	18%	11%	19%	−3.7
77	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	1179	30	39.3	37.0	5	17%	3%	33%	−6.6
78	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	1178	26	45.3	34.9	9	33%	4%	19%	−2.4
79	Jonn Young	East Carolina	1171	28	41.8	39.2	10	38%	4%	48%	+0.9
80	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	1169	28	41.8	39.4	10	36%	4%	22%	+1.9
81	Tanner Kuljian	San Diego State	1168	27	43.3	39.1	10	37%	7%	37%	+1.3
82	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	1142	28	40.8	40.2	15	54%	0%	33%	+3.9
83	Chris Naggar	SMU	1140	29	39.3	37.1	7	24%	0%	43%	−7.6
84	Reed Bowman	Mississippi State	1138	27	42.1	40.0	14	52%	4%	46%	+5.3
85	Elijah Fischer	San José State	1129	28	40.3	35.0	9	32%	14%	33%	−6.6
86	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	1122	29	38.7	36.1	6	20%	3%	26%	−8.1
87	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	1114	24	46.4	39.0	6	26%	26%	36%	+2.7
88	Jack Martin	Troy	1106	24	46.1	46.2	14	58%	0%	50%	+10.4
89	Josh Watts	Colorado	1104	27	40.9	38.0	13	50%	4%	31%	−4.3
90	Jacob Finn	Florida	1104	24	46.0	43.9	12	50%	4%	41%	+6.8
91	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	1086	25	43.4	40.0	4	18%	14%	19%	+1.3
92	Aidan Alves	Liberty	1055	25	42.2	39.0	8	32%	8%	32%	+1.2
93	Brad Robbins	Michigan	1041	23	45.3	43.0	10	43%	9%	33%	+7.8
94	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	1037	26	39.9	38.6	9	35%	0%	46%	+0.1
95	Luke Akers	UCLA	1034	24	43.1	39.7	12	48%	0%	38%	−1.2
96	Tyler Loop	Arizona	1033	24	43.0	39.0	8	33%	8%	18%	−1.3
97	Kyle Romenick	Akron	1012	25	40.5	34.9	8	32%	0%	16%	−9.3
98	Julian Diaz	Nevada	1002	21	47.7	45.2	11	52%	5%	14%	+7.9
99	William Przystup	Nebraska	991	24	41.3	35.2	7	28%	4%	18%	−12.2
100	Tom Snee	Oregon	949	22	43.1	39.6	10	50%	5%	50%	−0.1
101	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	937	24	39.0	38.3	4	17%	4%	57%	0.0
102	Jamieson Sheahan	California	917	23	39.9	36.6	3	13%	0%	45%	−8.0
103	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	913	23	39.7	37.9	8	36%	9%	50%	+0.4
104	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	909	22	41.3	38.0	6	27%	5%	9%	−2.5
105	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	901	22	41.0	39.6	8	40%	10%	32%	+2.0
106	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	898	23	39.0	37.8	11	52%	0%	30%	−0.2
107	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	888	19	46.7	41.6	9	47%	16%	5%	+3.8
108	Kyle Coale	Troy	868	23	37.7	36.8	8	35%	4%	27%	−2.4
109	Charlton Butt	UNLV	842	22	38.3	38.0	4	18%	0%	62%	−1.4
110	Ben Griffiths	USC	835	18	46.4	40.8	9	50%	11%	44%	+2.9
111	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	813	18	45.2	42.8	10	56%	6%	33%	+6.8
112	Charlie Mendes	Rice	804	19	42.3	39.6	10	50%	5%	25%	+3.4
113	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	767	18	42.6	37.6	6	33%	17%	25%	−2.4
114	George Caratan	Arkansas	767	17	45.1	34.2	6	38%	13%	27%	−1.3
115	Ryan Harwell	Louisville	761	19	40.1	39.6	8	42%	0%	42%	+0.9
116	Cade Fuller	Fresno State	748	19	39.4	35.4	7	37%	5%	17%	−2.2
117	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	747	19	39.3	35.4	6	32%	11%	5%	−5.9
118	Bailey Flint	Toledo	692	19	36.4	35.2	7	37%	5%	16%	−6.4
119	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	676	16	42.3	39.1	6	38%	6%	25%	+1.1
120	Logan Lupo	Louisville	660	17	38.8	38.0	3	18%	0%	40%	−3.7
121	Charlie Scott	Alabama	659	17	38.8	35.4	7	41%	12%	65%	−0.9
122	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	659	15	43.9	42.3	7	50%	7%	46%	+2.7
123	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	642	17	37.8	37.4	7	41%	0%	38%	−4.1
124	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	634	18	35.2	33.6	2	11%	6%	24%	−8.0
125	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	631	15	42.1	39.3	8	53%	7%	33%	+2.0
126	Michael Turk	Arizona State	631	14	45.1	38.6	7	50%	29%	14%	+3.7
127	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	621	16	38.8	37.6	5	31%	6%	20%	−4.8
128	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	601	14	42.9	42.7	5	56%	0%	14%	+2.2
129	Brooks Cormier	Purdue	596	15	39.7	36.5	4	27%	7%	14%	−6.0
130	Joseph Carlson	Air Force	555	14	39.6	37.1	3	21%	7%	43%	−0.2
131	Tanner Brown	UNLV	546	12	45.5	36.9	2	15%	8%	17%	−4.0
132	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	544	14	38.9	31.6	6	43%	7%	36%	−6.2
133	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	540	14	38.6	33.0	2	14%	7%	29%	−7.2
134	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	538	12	44.8	38.0	5	42%	8%	33%	−2.3
135	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	536	13	41.2	37.8	3	23%	8%	15%	−1.5
136	Jack Wilson	Ohio	480	13	36.9	36.9	7	54%	0%	55%	−0.3
137	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	477	10	47.7	36.8	1	10%	20%	30%	−4.5
138	Race Porter	Washington	424	10	42.4	34.5	4	36%	20%	30%	−1.1
139	Isaiah Richardson	San Diego State	377	7	53.9	50.0	2	29%	14%	14%	+1.2
140	Colton Spangler	Maryland	360	9	40.0	37.9	7	58%	0%	33%	−0.2
141	Ian Henzi	Kent State	359	9	39.9	40.0	1	11%	0%	22%	−0.6
142	Kolton McGhee	West Virginia	357	9	39.7	37.2	4	44%	0%	43%	−1.0
143	Sam Johnson	Alabama	354	10	35.4	33.2	3	30%	10%	50%	−3.3
144	Mitchell Crawford	Michigan State	346	9	38.4	36.0	1	13%	13%	25%	−1.5
145	Zac Collins	Purdue	333	9	37.0	37.2	2	22%	0%	38%	−2.6
146	Kenny Scribner	South Florida	307	8	38.4	32.0	2	29%	0%	17%	−4.2
147	Ben Fee	Navy	301	9	33.4	32.7	1	11%	0%	44%	−1.7
148	Jonathan Garibay	Texas Tech	287	6	47.8	46.0	1	17%	0%	17%	+2.9
149	Matthew Stephenson	Minnesota	279	8	34.9	34.9	2	25%	0%	50%	−3.7
150	Matt Freem	Nevada	278	6	46.3	43.8	1	17%	0%	17%	+0.4
151	Gavin Wale	Boise State	276	7	39.4	36.1	2	29%	0%	14%	−1.7
152	Tyler Crawford	Nebraska	274	7	39.1	37.9	2	29%	0%	14%	−1.6
153	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	249	5	49.8	47.0	2	40%	0%	0%	+2.3
154	Jared March	Utah	246	6	41.0	39.3	2	33%	0%	17%	+0.5
155	Casey Glover	Tulane	223	5	44.6	40.8	2	40%	20%	0%	+0.8
156	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	179	5	35.8	30.6	1	20%	20%	40%	−1.4
157	Cameron Dicker	Texas	172	4	43.0	43.0	1	25%	0%	100%	+1.0
158	Carson King	Fresno State	164	4	41.0	31.0	2	40%	0%	50%	−2.5
159	Matt Fraanje	SMU	162	5	32.4	31.8	2	40%	0%	40%	−1.7
160	Will Hart	Michigan	151	4	37.8	30.2	1	20%	0%	0%	−3.5
161	Sam Loy	Arkansas	136	4	34.0	34.0	1	25%	0%	75%	−0.1
162	Tommy Martin	Florida State	135	3	45.0	45.3	1	33%	0%	0%	+1.1
163	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	129	4	32.3	32.3	1	25%	0%	0%	−1.4
164	Austin Kent	Georgia Tech	124	3	41.3	41.3	0	0%	0%	—	−0.2
165	Zach Hoover	Ohio State	118	3	39.3	39.3	2	67%	0%	33%	+0.6
166	Gamari Peterson	Akron	117	3	39.0	37.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.4
167	Donovan Gagen	Kansas	110	3	36.7	5.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−7.8
168	Drew Plitt	Ball State	108	3	36.0	32.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.2
169	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	105	3	35.0	28.3	1	33%	33%	67%	−0.1
170	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	99	3	33.0	33.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−2.0
171	Bo Nix	Auburn	97	3	32.3	32.3	2	67%	0%	0%	0.0
172	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	97	3	32.3	33.0	2	67%	0%	0%	−0.5
173	Charles Bein	Air Force	96	2	48.0	48.0	1	50%	0%	50%	+1.3
174	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	93	3	31.0	31.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.6
175	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	88	2	44.0	39.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.7
176	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	86	2	43.0	43.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
177	Chevan Cordeiro	Hawai'i	86	2	43.0	33.0	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.1
178	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	79	3	26.3	19.8	1	25%	0%	0%	−3.0
179	Asher O'Hara	Middle Tennessee	79	2	39.5	39.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
180	Ross Bowers	Northern Illinois	79	2	39.5	29.5	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.2
181	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	73	2	36.5	36.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
182	Jake Haener	Fresno State	72	2	36.0	36.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.1
183	Quintavius Workman	UTEP	71	2	35.5	35.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
184	Carson Strong	Nevada	67	2	33.5	33.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
185	Daton Montiel	Marshall	66	2	33.0	25.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−1.0
186	Jack Plummer	Purdue	61	2	30.5	30.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
187	Tanner Morgan	Minnesota	56	2	28.0	28.0	2	100%	0%	0%	0.0
188	Ben Finley	NC State	55	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
189	Braxton Burmeister	Virginia Tech	51	1	51.0	51.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
190	Josh Pederson	UL Monroe	47	1	47.0	27.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
191	Adrian Martinez	Nebraska	45	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
192	Brady White	Memphis	44	1	44.0	24.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
193	Bubba McAtee	Clemson	44	1	44.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
194	Cody Gronewold	Northwestern	43	1	43.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
195	Kyle Vantrease	Buffalo	42	1	42.0	42.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
196	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	41	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
197	Tristan Gebbia	Oregon State	40	1	40.0	40.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
198	Henry Beckett	Miami (OH)	39	1	39.0	39.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
199	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	38	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
200	Antonio Moultrie	UAB	37	1	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
201	Bailey Hockman	NC State	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
202	Shai Werts	Georgia Southern	37	1	37.0	17.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.4
203	Grant Wells	Marshall	36	1	36.0	16.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.4
204	Matias Gasc	Miami	36	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
205	Jordan McCloud	South Florida	35	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
206	Liam Jones	Kansas	35	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
207	Conor Schlichting	Wisconsin	34	1	34.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.1
208	Jalon Daniels	Kansas	34	1	34.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
209	Dimitri Sakalia	San José State	33	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
210	Holton Ahlers	East Carolina	32	1	32.0	12.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.4
211	Kyle Trask	Florida	32	1	32.0	32.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
212	Zac Thomas	App State	30	1	30.0	30.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
213	George Holani	Boise State	29	1	29.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
214	Cornelious Brown IV	Georgia State	24	1	24.0	24.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.3
215	Keola Downing	Boise State	23	1	23.0	23.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.7
216	Chance Nolan	Oregon State	22	1	22.0	22.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
217	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	8	1	8.0	8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.5

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