2021 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2021 regular season (at least 30), ranked by punt points added. Each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot on the field, added up over the season. It puts distance, placement, coverage and returns on one scale.

Final 2021 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2021 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

Matt Araiza (San Diego State): 51.4 76 punts
Michael Turk (Oklahoma): 51.3 33 punts
Ryan Stonehouse (Colorado State): 50.9 58 punts
Kyle Ostendorp (Arizona): 49.2 58 punts
Ryan Rehkow (BYU): 48.7 39 punts

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Net Punting Average

Adam Korsak (Rutgers): 45.3 70 punts
Jordan Stout (Penn State): 45.0 62 punts
Michael Turk (Oklahoma): 44.9 33 punts
Ryan Wright (Tulane): 44.8 51 punts
Matt Araiza (San Diego State): 44.6 76 punts

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Inside the 20 Percentage

Grant McKinniss (Missouri): 62.2% 28 of 48
Jordan Stout (Penn State): 57.4% 35 of 62
Xavier Subotsch (App State): 55.3% 26 of 48
Trenton Gill (NC State): 54.5% 36 of 65
Adam Korsak (Rutgers): 54.3% 38 of 70

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Longest Punts

Matt Araiza (San Diego State): 86 yds
Michael Turk (Oklahoma): 85 yds
William Przystup (Nebraska): 84 yds
Ryan Rehkow (BYU): 83 yds
Ryan Stonehouse (Colorado State): 81 yds

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Punt Points Added

Matt Araiza (San Diego State): +26.2 76 punts
Jordan Stout (Penn State): +22.6 62 punts
Adam Korsak (Rutgers): +21.5 70 punts
Kyle Ostendorp (Arizona): +18.6 58 punts
Nik Constantinou (Texas A&M): +15.0 51 punts

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Fair Catch Percentage

Paxton Brooks (Tennessee): 65.7% 23 of 39
Nathan Snyder (Ball State): 62.9% 22 of 52
Alex Mastromanno (Florida State): 62.7% 32 of 61
Jordy Sandy (TCU): 60.5% 23 of 43
Jamieson Sheahan (California): 60.0% 27 of 53

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Alex Mastromanno (Florida State): 0.0% 0 of 61
Grant McKinniss (Missouri): 0.0% 0 of 48
Dom Dzioban (Miami (OH)): 0.0% 0 of 49
James Burnip (Alabama): 0.0% 0 of 42
Jack Ansell (Purdue): 0.0% 0 of 39

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Grant McKinniss (Missouri): +4.1 0 TB on 48 punts
James Burnip (Alabama): +3.8 0 TB on 42 punts
Dom Dzioban (Miami (OH)): +3.7 0 TB on 49 punts
Adam Korsak (Rutgers): +3.4 0 TB on 70 punts
Xavier Subotsch (App State): +3.3 1 TB on 48 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Tom Hutton (Oklahoma State): -0.0 -2 yards
Charles Ouverson (Coastal Carolina): 0.0 0 yards
Jordy Sandy (TCU): 0.1 4 yards
Jake Julien (Eastern Michigan): 0.2 5 yards
Nathan Snyder (Ball State): 0.4 15 yards

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Opponent Starting Field Position

Zach Harding (Army): 18.0 35 punts
Tory Taylor (Iowa): 19.7 76 punts
Matt Araiza (San Diego State): 19.8 76 punts
Jordan Stout (Penn State): 20.2 62 punts
Trenton Gill (NC State): 20.5 65 punts

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Net Average in Opponent Territory

Will Spiers (Clemson): 35.1 13 punts
Carson King (Fresno State): 34.5 12 punts
Zach Harding (Army): 34.3 13 punts
Seamus O'Kelly (Texas State): 33.8 12 punts
Jonn Young (East Carolina): 33.4 12 punts

Full Net Average in Opponent Territory leaderboard

Net Average in Wind

Bryce Baringer (Michigan State): 47.1 20 punts
Andy Vujnovich (Wisconsin): 46.0 10 punts
Joel Velazquez (Boise State): 45.3 15 punts
Michael Turk (Oklahoma): 45.0 12 punts
Nathan Snyder (Ball State): 44.2 13 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2021 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

119 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	19%	17%	+26.2
2	Jordan Stout	Penn State	62	46.5	45.0	35	57%	5%	42%	+22.6
3	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	0%	49%	+21.5
4	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	58	49.2	44.0	19	33%	19%	19%	+18.6
5	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	51	46.6	43.3	23	44%	4%	39%	+15.0
6	Issac Power	Baylor	44	46.2	42.9	18	41%	14%	41%	+15.0
7	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	13%	54%	+15.0
8	Ryan Wright	Tulane	51	47.5	44.8	16	33%	10%	49%	+15.0
9	Cameron Dicker	Texas	47	46.8	44.1	13	27%	6%	44%	+13.4
10	Tory Taylor	Iowa	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	15%	30%	+13.1
11	Blake Hayes	Illinois	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	3%	33%	+12.8
12	Brad Robbins	Michigan	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	7%	43%	+11.9
13	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	54	46.2	44.0	25	47%	6%	38%	+11.4
14	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	51	44.8	42.6	22	43%	8%	51%	+10.9
15	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	64	45.0	42.0	26	41%	3%	47%	+10.7
16	Race Porter	Washington	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	6%	23%	+9.6
17	Lou Hedley	Miami	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	2%	38%	+9.0
18	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	45	42.7	41.3	17	38%	4%	49%	+8.7
19	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	14%	22%	+8.5
20	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	42	43.3	40.1	19	45%	7%	32%	+8.1
21	Lucas Dean	UTSA	44	45.4	43.1	21	48%	5%	31%	+7.7
22	Joe Doyle	Memphis	41	46.0	40.9	18	43%	10%	32%	+7.7
23	Trenton Gill	NC State	65	44.4	41.7	36	55%	8%	44%	+7.4
24	Will Hart	San José State	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	10%	40%	+7.3
25	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	6%	42%	+6.8
26	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	9%	52%	+6.5
27	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	39	48.7	42.7	16	41%	15%	26%	+6.4
28	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	46	45.9	43.6	14	30%	11%	50%	+6.4
29	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	44	41.6	40.6	21	48%	2%	36%	+6.3
30	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	68	44.0	42.1	23	35%	2%	43%	+6.3
31	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	38	44.0	39.4	15	39%	16%	35%	+6.2
32	Zach Harding	Army	35	44.1	40.5	16	46%	11%	31%	+5.9
33	Ben Griffiths	USC	44	45.0	41.1	17	40%	12%	55%	+5.9
34	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	12%	23%	+5.6
35	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	20%	11%	+5.5
36	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	46	44.0	39.8	20	43%	13%	45%	+5.2
37	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	4%	63%	+5.0
38	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	71	43.6	39.7	22	33%	6%	48%	+4.9
39	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	10%	36%	+4.4
40	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	39	44.3	40.5	19	49%	10%	31%	+4.0
41	Jonn Young	East Carolina	48	43.0	40.5	19	40%	4%	55%	+3.9
42	Porter Wilson	Duke	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	5%	29%	+3.9
43	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	6%	30%	+3.4
44	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	14%	33%	+3.4
45	Tom Snee	Oregon	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	8%	26%	+3.1
46	Mark Vassett	Louisville	47	41.6	39.7	19	41%	2%	50%	+2.9
47	Will Spiers	Clemson	58	42.1	39.4	28	47%	3%	43%	+2.8
48	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	47	43.7	40.6	17	37%	4%	36%	+2.7
49	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	6%	37%	+2.6
50	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	49	42.6	40.3	18	38%	4%	37%	+2.5
51	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	10%	39%	+2.4
52	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	39	44.2	42.2	17	44%	8%	66%	+2.2
53	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	31	46.0	41.3	11	35%	16%	29%	+2.1
54	Jordy Sandy	TCU	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	7%	61%	+2.0
55	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	4%	43%	+1.9
56	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	40	42.2	40.6	15	38%	5%	48%	+1.8
57	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	9%	47%	+1.7
58	Xavier Subotsch	App State	48	40.8	39.4	26	55%	2%	48%	+1.6
59	Grant Carlson	Boston College	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	8%	26%	+1.5
60	Julian Diaz	Nevada	45	44.3	41.2	11	26%	7%	30%	+1.2
61	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	13%	31%	+1.1
62	Josh Watts	Colorado	66	47.8	38.5	20	31%	11%	23%	+0.9
63	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	62	44.5	39.6	25	42%	8%	30%	+0.9
64	Jake Camarda	Georgia	40	47.1	41.4	14	35%	15%	28%	+0.5
65	Jacob Finn	Virginia	41	44.2	40.4	12	29%	7%	29%	+0.4
66	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	75	46.9	39.8	26	38%	18%	16%	+0.1
67	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	64	44.8	41.6	20	38%	2%	14%	0.0
68	Laine Wilkins	Houston	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	7%	44%	−0.3
69	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	5%	33%	−0.5
70	Carson King	Fresno State	52	41.6	39.3	24	46%	6%	37%	−0.9
71	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	9%	40%	−1.0
72	Luke Akers	UCLA	34	43.1	37.1	6	19%	23%	35%	−1.2
73	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	11%	48%	−1.4
74	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	0%	63%	−1.5
75	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	4%	44%	−2.5
76	Jamieson Sheahan	California	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	4%	60%	−2.5
77	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	7%	27%	−2.6
78	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	69	41.2	37.8	25	38%	6%	37%	−2.7
79	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	4%	41%	−3.5
80	Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	55	42.4	39.6	21	38%	2%	38%	−3.6
81	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	53	43.2	39.7	13	24%	6%	44%	−3.6
82	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	49	39.0	36.8	17	35%	0%	44%	−3.8
83	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	56	42.0	38.4	15	28%	9%	29%	−4.0
84	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	0%	41%	−4.0
85	Nick Haberer	Washington State	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	7%	50%	−4.3
86	Avery Atkins	LSU	59	42.4	38.7	20	34%	5%	45%	−4.5
87	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	8%	33%	−4.9
88	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	38	37.2	36.2	13	34%	5%	42%	−5.1
89	Andrew Osteen	UCF	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	2%	43%	−6.1
90	William Przystup	Nebraska	31	43.4	39.1	6	19%	10%	26%	−6.3
91	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	4%	40%	−6.4
92	Ethan Slike	Akron	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	2%	28%	−6.6
93	Brendan Hall	SMU	36	41.7	36.2	10	28%	3%	44%	−6.6
94	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	10%	26%	−6.7
95	James Burnip	Alabama	42	39.1	36.8	16	37%	0%	40%	−7.2
96	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	73	42.5	38.6	17	23%	4%	30%	−7.4
97	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	9%	−7.8
98	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	7%	43%	−8.2
99	Luke Magliozzi	Troy	61	42.5	37.4	17	28%	8%	41%	−8.2
100	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	8%	55%	−8.2
101	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	4%	32%	−8.3
102	Riley Riethman	Navy	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	5%	19%	−8.5
103	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	13%	29%	−8.7
104	James Evans	Indiana	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	6%	28%	−8.8
105	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	2%	53%	−8.8
106	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	6%	5%	−9.9
107	Evan Silva	UNLV	52	40.2	37.0	16	33%	4%	46%	−10.1
108	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	5%	38%	−11.0
109	Jack Ansell	Purdue	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	0%	48%	−11.4
110	James Williams	Syracuse	40	38.4	35.1	9	23%	0%	31%	−11.8
111	Josh Smith	Kent State	51	36.4	35.0	15	29%	6%	38%	−12.3
112	Charlie Mendes	Rice	59	42.7	36.9	17	27%	8%	12%	−12.7
113	Joe McFadden	UConn	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	2%	33%	−13.2
114	Derek Adams	Northwestern	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	0%	51%	−13.6
115	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	13%	30%	−14.1
116	Bailey Flint	Toledo	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	9%	41%	−15.3
117	Adam Barry	Temple	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	2%	44%	−15.6
118	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	56	39.0	36.3	18	33%	4%	27%	−20.9
119	Reis Vernon	Kansas	49	40.4	35.4	11	22%	4%	38%	−22.4

Ranked by points added: each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot, summed (for college, expected points come from field position, since the source has no expected-points value on punts). Net subtracts return yards and 20 for touchbacks. TB % and FC % are shares of punts that were not blocked. Hang time is not recorded in public play-by-play, so fair-catch rate stands in for it. 14% of 2021 college punts have no outcome in the source play text. They are counted as not returned and left out of the fair catch, out of bounds, downed and return percentages. Minimum 30 punts.

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