2020 College Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

Read it with net average and points added. In 2020, Nolan Cooney (74) led college football punters in punts, ahead of Zach Von Rosenberg (59) and Jordy Sandy (57). 218 punters qualify.

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

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

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