2021 College Punts of 50+ Yards Leaders

Gross punts of at least 50 yards from the line of scrimmage. It is the classic leg-strength count.

Distance without placement can mean a touchback, so read it with net average. In 2021, Matt Araiza (40) led college football punters in punts of 50+ yards, ahead of Ryan Stonehouse (30) and Kyle Ostendorp (28). 168 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	50+	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	40	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	19%	17%	+26.2
2	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	30	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	20%	11%	+5.5
3	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	28	58	49.2	44.0	19	33%	19%	19%	+18.6
4	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	26	75	46.9	39.8	26	38%	18%	16%	+0.1
5	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	25	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	14%	22%	+8.5
6	Jordan Stout	Penn State	24	62	46.5	45.0	35	57%	5%	42%	+22.6
7	Tory Taylor	Iowa	24	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	15%	30%	+13.1
8	Josh Watts	Colorado	23	66	47.8	38.5	20	31%	11%	23%	+0.9
9	Trenton Gill	NC State	23	65	44.4	41.7	36	55%	8%	44%	+7.4
10	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	22	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	14%	33%	+3.4
11	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	22	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	10%	39%	+2.4
12	Race Porter	Washington	21	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	6%	23%	+9.6
13	Ryan Wright	Tulane	21	51	47.5	44.8	16	33%	10%	49%	+15.0
14	Will Hart	San José State	20	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	10%	40%	+7.3
15	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	19	39	48.7	42.7	16	41%	15%	26%	+6.4
16	Issac Power	Baylor	19	44	46.2	42.9	18	41%	14%	41%	+15.0
17	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	19	51	46.6	43.3	23	44%	4%	39%	+15.0
18	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	19	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	0%	49%	+21.5
19	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	18	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	12%	23%	+5.6
20	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	18	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	13%	54%	+15.0
21	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	18	46	44.0	39.8	20	43%	13%	45%	+5.2
22	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	18	54	46.2	44.0	25	47%	6%	38%	+11.4
23	Grant Carlson	Boston College	17	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	8%	26%	+1.5
24	Porter Wilson	Duke	17	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	5%	29%	+3.9
25	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	17	64	45.0	42.0	26	41%	3%	47%	+10.7
26	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	17	73	42.5	38.6	17	23%	4%	30%	−7.4
27	Joe Doyle	Memphis	16	41	46.0	40.9	18	43%	10%	32%	+7.7
28	Julian Diaz	Nevada	16	45	44.3	41.2	11	26%	7%	30%	+1.2
29	Cameron Dicker	Texas	16	47	46.8	44.1	13	27%	6%	44%	+13.4
30	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	16	64	44.8	41.6	20	38%	2%	14%	0.0
31	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	16	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	10%	36%	+4.4
32	Jake Camarda	Georgia	15	40	47.1	41.4	14	35%	15%	28%	+0.5
33	Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	15	55	42.4	39.6	21	38%	2%	38%	−3.6
34	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	15	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	7%	27%	−2.6
35	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	15	62	44.5	39.6	25	42%	8%	30%	+0.9
36	Blake Hayes	Illinois	15	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	3%	33%	+12.8
37	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	15	68	44.0	42.1	23	35%	2%	43%	+6.3
38	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	14	30	48.3	40.4	14	50%	4%	30%	+1.3
39	Jacob Finn	Virginia	14	41	44.2	40.4	12	29%	7%	29%	+0.4
40	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	14	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	4%	43%	+1.9
41	Adam Barry	Temple	14	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	2%	44%	−15.6
42	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	13	42	43.3	40.1	19	45%	7%	32%	+8.1
43	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	13	46	45.9	43.6	14	30%	11%	50%	+6.4
44	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	13	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	13%	29%	−8.7
45	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	13	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	6%	42%	+6.8
46	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	13	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	9%	−7.8
47	Laine Wilkins	Houston	13	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	7%	44%	−0.3
48	Avery Atkins	LSU	13	59	42.4	38.7	20	34%	5%	45%	−4.5
49	Will Spiers	Clemson	13	58	42.1	39.4	28	47%	3%	43%	+2.8
50	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	13	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	13%	30%	−14.1
51	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	12	38	44.0	39.4	15	39%	16%	35%	+6.2
52	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	12	39	44.3	40.5	19	49%	10%	31%	+4.0
53	Brad Robbins	Michigan	12	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	7%	43%	+11.9
54	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	12	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	6%	30%	+3.4
55	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	12	51	44.8	42.6	22	43%	8%	51%	+10.9
56	Carson King	Fresno State	12	52	41.6	39.3	24	46%	6%	37%	−0.9
57	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	12	53	43.2	39.7	13	24%	6%	44%	−3.6
58	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	12	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	11%	48%	−1.4
59	Andrew Osteen	UCF	12	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	2%	43%	−6.1
60	James Evans	Indiana	12	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	6%	28%	−8.8
61	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	12	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	9%	40%	−1.0
62	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	11	28	44.0	37.1	12	41%	18%	30%	+1.9
63	Zach Harding	Army	11	35	44.1	40.5	16	46%	11%	31%	+5.9
64	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	11	39	44.2	42.2	17	44%	8%	66%	+2.2
65	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	11	47	43.7	40.6	17	37%	4%	36%	+2.7
66	Lou Hedley	Miami	11	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	2%	38%	+9.0
67	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	11	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	6%	37%	+2.6
68	Bailey Flint	Toledo	11	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	9%	41%	−15.3
69	Derek Adams	Northwestern	11	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	0%	51%	−13.6
70	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	11	71	43.6	39.7	22	33%	6%	48%	+4.9
71	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	10	28	47.7	42.8	14	48%	7%	38%	+3.5
72	William Przystup	Nebraska	10	31	43.4	39.1	6	19%	10%	26%	−6.3
73	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	10	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	5%	33%	−0.5
74	Ben Griffiths	USC	10	44	45.0	41.1	17	40%	12%	55%	+5.9
75	Lucas Dean	UTSA	10	44	45.4	43.1	21	48%	5%	31%	+7.7
76	Jonn Young	East Carolina	10	48	43.0	40.5	19	40%	4%	55%	+3.9
77	Luke Magliozzi	Troy	10	61	42.5	37.4	17	28%	8%	41%	−8.2
78	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	9	31	46.0	41.3	11	35%	16%	29%	+2.1
79	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	9	56	42.0	38.4	15	28%	9%	29%	−4.0
80	Charlie Mendes	Rice	9	59	42.7	36.9	17	27%	8%	12%	−12.7
81	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	9	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	4%	40%	−6.4
82	Colton Spangler	Maryland	8	27	45.1	40.9	1	4%	7%	31%	+1.1
83	Tom Snee	Oregon	8	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	8%	26%	+3.1
84	Ethan Slike	Akron	8	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	2%	28%	−6.6
85	Jordy Sandy	TCU	8	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	7%	61%	+2.0
86	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	8	49	42.6	40.3	18	38%	4%	37%	+2.5
87	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	8	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	8%	33%	−4.9
88	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	8	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	4%	63%	+5.0
89	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	8	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	4%	32%	−8.3
90	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	8	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	8%	55%	−8.2
91	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	8	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	7%	43%	−8.2
92	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	8	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	0%	63%	−1.5
93	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	7	28	39.5	35.7	6	21%	4%	27%	−11.5
94	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	7	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	10%	26%	−6.7
95	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	7	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	0%	41%	−4.0
96	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	7	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	13%	31%	+1.1
97	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	7	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	9%	47%	+1.7
98	Jamieson Sheahan	California	7	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	4%	60%	−2.5
99	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	7	56	39.0	36.3	18	33%	4%	27%	−20.9
100	Joe McFadden	UConn	7	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	2%	33%	−13.2
101	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	7	69	41.2	37.8	25	38%	6%	37%	−2.7
102	Max Morgan	Liberty	6	25	42.9	39.7	8	32%	4%	35%	+2.2
103	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	6	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	5%	38%	−11.0
104	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	6	44	41.6	40.6	21	48%	2%	36%	+6.3
105	Riley Riethman	Navy	6	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	5%	19%	−8.5
106	Reis Vernon	Kansas	6	49	40.4	35.4	11	22%	4%	38%	−22.4
107	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	6	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	4%	41%	−3.5
108	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	6	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	4%	44%	−2.5
109	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	6	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	9%	52%	+6.5
110	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	5	29	42.3	41.5	17	61%	0%	36%	+5.3
111	Luke Akers	UCLA	5	34	43.1	37.1	6	19%	23%	35%	−1.2
112	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	5	40	42.2	40.6	15	38%	5%	48%	+1.8
113	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	5	45	42.7	41.3	17	38%	4%	49%	+8.7
114	Mark Vassett	Louisville	5	47	41.6	39.7	19	41%	2%	50%	+2.9
115	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	5	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	6%	5%	−9.9
116	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	4	21	41.0	39.1	5	26%	0%	38%	−0.4
117	Charles Bein	Air Force	4	25	39.6	37.9	13	52%	4%	40%	−1.9
118	Brendan Hall	SMU	4	36	41.7	36.2	10	28%	3%	44%	−6.6
119	Jack Ansell	Purdue	4	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	0%	48%	−11.4
120	Nick Haberer	Washington State	4	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	7%	50%	−4.3
121	Xavier Subotsch	App State	4	48	40.8	39.4	26	55%	2%	48%	+1.6
122	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	4	49	39.0	36.8	17	35%	0%	44%	−3.8
123	Michael Williams	Utah	3	8	44.3	42.5	3	38%	0%	43%	+0.6
124	Matt Fraanje	SMU	3	9	37.3	36.3	3	30%	20%	0%	−0.4
125	George Georgeopoulos	Massachusetts	3	11	40.5	41.3	2	18%	0%	10%	−2.2
126	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	3	17	39.7	32.6	2	12%	6%	36%	−14.1
127	Aidan Alves	Liberty	3	19	41.7	37.0	9	47%	5%	38%	+1.0
128	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	3	20	40.6	33.8	8	38%	5%	24%	−5.6
129	Cameron Peasley	Utah	3	24	41.1	39.3	7	29%	4%	32%	−3.2
130	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	3	28	42.0	39.0	16	64%	0%	41%	+0.8
131	Evan Silva	UNLV	3	52	40.2	37.0	16	33%	4%	46%	−10.1
132	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	3	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	2%	53%	−8.8
133	B.Williams	Georgia State	2	2	56.5	56.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
134	T.Brown	TCU	2	2	58.5	58.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−2.2
135	T.Mattson	Georgia State	2	2	60.5	60.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.5
136	Sean Koetting	Missouri	2	6	46.7	35.5	0	0%	33%	0%	−1.4
137	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	2	9	40.4	35.4	3	38%	25%	50%	−1.9
138	Archer Trafford	Mississippi State	2	21	42.4	37.8	7	33%	5%	30%	−2.2
139	Jack Wilson	Ohio	2	19	39.6	39.2	4	18%	0%	36%	−3.6
140	Ian Hawkins	Syracuse	2	26	37.2	32.6	5	19%	4%	29%	−11.4
141	James Williams	Syracuse	2	40	38.4	35.1	9	23%	0%	31%	−11.8
142	Josh Smith	Kent State	2	51	36.4	35.0	15	29%	6%	38%	−12.3
143	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	1	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
144	B.Raborn	UL Monroe	1	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
145	Camden Lewis	Oregon	1	1	71.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.0
146	D.Nettles	UNLV	1	1	56.0	56.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
147	David Nunez	Texas State	1	1	54.0	34.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.1
148	G.Garcia	New Mexico	1	1	57.0	57.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
149	G.Kell	Oklahoma State	1	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
150	G.Stewart	Northern Illinois	1	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
151	J.Romo	Middle Tennessee	1	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
152	K.Halvorsen	UNLV	1	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
153	M.Hayes	Georgia Southern	1	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
154	M.Lawler	Akron	1	1	62.0	62.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
155	N.Null	Middle Tennessee	1	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
156	N.Snyder	South Alabama	1	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
157	S.Harrison	UNLV	1	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
158	Chance Nolan	Oregon State	1	2	48.5	38.5	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.2
159	Kyle Romenick	Akron	1	2	50.0	50.0	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.4
160	Kyle Vantrease	Buffalo	1	2	65.0	30.0	0	0%	50%	0%	−1.3
161	Rocky Lombardi	Northern Illinois	1	3	45.3	38.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.5
162	Kellen Grave de Peralta	Navy	1	4	34.8	34.8	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.2
163	Kolby Morgan	Tennessee	1	4	38.5	38.5	1	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
164	Brendan Cropsey	Purdue	1	5	38.4	37.5	3	50%	0%	33%	+0.2
165	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	1	7	39.1	39.1	4	57%	0%	60%	+0.5
166	Haydn Kerr	UConn	1	19	36.2	34.2	10	53%	5%	47%	−4.5
167	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	1	38	37.2	36.2	13	34%	5%	42%	−5.1
168	James Burnip	Alabama	1	42	39.1	36.8	16	37%	0%	40%	−7.2

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