2021 College Longest Punts Leaders

Each punter's longest punt of the season in gross yards. Tailwinds, altitude and a punt that rolls can all add yards.

A single punt: it says little about a season. In 2021, Matt Araiza (86 yds) led college football punters in longest punts, ahead of Michael Turk (85 yds) and William Przystup (84 yds). 207 punters qualify. The median qualified punter had 60 yds.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Longest	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	86 yds	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	19%	17%	+26.2
2	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	85 yds	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	12%	23%	+5.6
3	William Przystup	Nebraska	84 yds	31	43.4	39.1	6	19%	10%	26%	−6.3
4	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	83 yds	39	48.7	42.7	16	41%	15%	26%	+6.4
5	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	81 yds	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	20%	11%	+5.5
6	Kyle Vantrease	Buffalo	81 yds	2	65.0	30.0	0	0%	50%	0%	−1.3
7	Blake Hayes	Illinois	80 yds	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	3%	33%	+12.8
8	Cameron Dicker	Texas	78 yds	47	46.8	44.1	13	27%	6%	44%	+13.4
9	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	78 yds	46	45.9	43.6	14	30%	11%	50%	+6.4
10	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	77 yds	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	6%	5%	−9.9
11	Jordan Stout	Penn State	76 yds	62	46.5	45.0	35	57%	5%	42%	+22.6
12	Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	76 yds	55	42.4	39.6	21	38%	2%	38%	−3.6
13	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	74 yds	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	0%	49%	+21.5
14	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	74 yds	62	44.5	39.6	25	42%	8%	30%	+0.9
15	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	74 yds	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	14%	22%	+8.5
16	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	73 yds	68	44.0	42.1	23	35%	2%	43%	+6.3
17	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	73 yds	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	4%	43%	+1.9
18	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	73 yds	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	11%	48%	−1.4
19	Race Porter	Washington	73 yds	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	6%	23%	+9.6
20	Mark Vassett	Louisville	73 yds	47	41.6	39.7	19	41%	2%	50%	+2.9
21	Lucas Dean	UTSA	73 yds	44	45.4	43.1	21	48%	5%	31%	+7.7
22	Will Hart	San José State	72 yds	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	10%	40%	+7.3
23	Grant Carlson	Boston College	72 yds	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	8%	26%	+1.5
24	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	72 yds	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	6%	37%	+2.6
25	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	72 yds	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	13%	31%	+1.1
26	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	72 yds	28	47.7	42.8	14	48%	7%	38%	+3.5
27	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	71 yds	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	13%	30%	−14.1
28	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	71 yds	58	49.2	44.0	19	33%	19%	19%	+18.6
29	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	71 yds	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	4%	41%	−3.5
30	Carson King	Fresno State	71 yds	52	41.6	39.3	24	46%	6%	37%	−0.9
31	Ben Griffiths	USC	71 yds	44	45.0	41.1	17	40%	12%	55%	+5.9
32	Camden Lewis	Oregon	71 yds	1	71.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.0
33	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	70 yds	54	46.2	44.0	25	47%	6%	38%	+11.4
34	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	70 yds	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	13%	54%	+15.0
35	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	70 yds	31	46.0	41.3	11	35%	16%	29%	+2.1
36	Tory Taylor	Iowa	69 yds	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	15%	30%	+13.1
37	Porter Wilson	Duke	69 yds	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	5%	29%	+3.9
38	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	69 yds	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	4%	63%	+5.0
39	Ryan Wright	Tulane	69 yds	51	47.5	44.8	16	33%	10%	49%	+15.0
40	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	69 yds	46	44.0	39.8	20	43%	13%	45%	+5.2
41	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	68 yds	75	46.9	39.8	26	38%	18%	16%	+0.1
42	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	68 yds	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	10%	36%	+4.4
43	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	68 yds	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	10%	39%	+2.4
44	Bailey Flint	Toledo	68 yds	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	9%	41%	−15.3
45	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	68 yds	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	6%	30%	+3.4
46	Issac Power	Baylor	68 yds	44	46.2	42.9	18	41%	14%	41%	+15.0
47	Jake Camarda	Georgia	68 yds	40	47.1	41.4	14	35%	15%	28%	+0.5
48	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	67 yds	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	4%	40%	−6.4
49	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	67 yds	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	14%	33%	+3.4
50	Joe Doyle	Memphis	67 yds	41	46.0	40.9	18	43%	10%	32%	+7.7
51	Brendan Hall	SMU	67 yds	36	41.7	36.2	10	28%	3%	44%	−6.6
52	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	67 yds	30	48.3	40.4	14	50%	4%	30%	+1.3
53	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	66 yds	73	42.5	38.6	17	23%	4%	30%	−7.4
54	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	66 yds	64	44.8	41.6	20	38%	2%	14%	0.0
55	Charlie Mendes	Rice	66 yds	59	42.7	36.9	17	27%	8%	12%	−12.7
56	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	66 yds	56	39.0	36.3	18	33%	4%	27%	−20.9
57	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	66 yds	56	42.0	38.4	15	28%	9%	29%	−4.0
58	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	66 yds	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	5%	33%	−0.5
59	Luke Akers	UCLA	66 yds	34	43.1	37.1	6	19%	23%	35%	−1.2
60	Aidan Alves	Liberty	66 yds	19	41.7	37.0	9	47%	5%	38%	+1.0
61	Trenton Gill	NC State	65 yds	65	44.4	41.7	36	55%	8%	44%	+7.4
62	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	65 yds	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	0%	63%	−1.5
63	Luke Magliozzi	Troy	65 yds	61	42.5	37.4	17	28%	8%	41%	−8.2
64	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	65 yds	51	46.6	43.3	23	44%	4%	39%	+15.0
65	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	65 yds	51	44.8	42.6	22	43%	8%	51%	+10.9
66	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	65 yds	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	13%	29%	−8.7
67	Riley Riethman	Navy	65 yds	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	5%	19%	−8.5
68	Brad Robbins	Michigan	65 yds	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	7%	43%	+11.9
69	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	65 yds	40	42.2	40.6	15	38%	5%	48%	+1.8
70	Josh Watts	Colorado	64 yds	66	47.8	38.5	20	31%	11%	23%	+0.9
71	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	64 yds	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	9%	−7.8
72	Jamieson Sheahan	California	64 yds	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	4%	60%	−2.5
73	Jordy Sandy	TCU	64 yds	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	7%	61%	+2.0
74	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	64 yds	39	44.2	42.2	17	44%	8%	66%	+2.2
75	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	64 yds	28	42.0	39.0	16	64%	0%	41%	+0.8
76	G.Stewart	Northern Illinois	64 yds	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
77	K.Halvorsen	UNLV	64 yds	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
78	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	63 yds	71	43.6	39.7	22	33%	6%	48%	+4.9
79	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	63 yds	64	45.0	42.0	26	41%	3%	47%	+10.7
80	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	63 yds	39	44.3	40.5	19	49%	10%	31%	+4.0
81	Zach Harding	Army	63 yds	35	44.1	40.5	16	46%	11%	31%	+5.9
82	B.Raborn	UL Monroe	63 yds	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
83	J.Romo	Middle Tennessee	63 yds	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
84	N.Null	Middle Tennessee	63 yds	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
85	James Evans	Indiana	62 yds	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	6%	28%	−8.8
86	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	62 yds	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	7%	43%	−8.2
87	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	62 yds	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	6%	42%	+6.8
88	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	62 yds	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	8%	33%	−4.9
89	Lou Hedley	Miami	62 yds	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	2%	38%	+9.0
90	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	62 yds	42	43.3	40.1	19	45%	7%	32%	+8.1
91	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	62 yds	29	42.3	41.5	17	61%	0%	36%	+5.3
92	Colton Spangler	Maryland	62 yds	27	45.1	40.9	1	4%	7%	31%	+1.1
93	Max Morgan	Liberty	62 yds	25	42.9	39.7	8	32%	4%	35%	+2.2
94	T.Brown	TCU	62 yds	2	58.5	58.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−2.2
95	M.Lawler	Akron	62 yds	1	62.0	62.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
96	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	61 yds	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	9%	40%	−1.0
97	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	61 yds	53	43.2	39.7	13	24%	6%	44%	−3.6
98	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	61 yds	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	4%	44%	−2.5
99	Julian Diaz	Nevada	61 yds	45	44.3	41.2	11	26%	7%	30%	+1.2
100	Sean Koetting	Missouri	61 yds	6	46.7	35.5	0	0%	33%	0%	−1.4
101	T.Mattson	Georgia State	61 yds	2	60.5	60.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.5
102	G.Kell	Oklahoma State	61 yds	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
103	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	60 yds	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	9%	52%	+6.5
104	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	60 yds	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	7%	27%	−2.6
105	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	60 yds	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	4%	32%	−8.3
106	Ethan Slike	Akron	60 yds	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	2%	28%	−6.6
107	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	60 yds	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	0%	41%	−4.0
108	Nick Haberer	Washington State	60 yds	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	7%	50%	−4.3
109	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	60 yds	44	41.6	40.6	21	48%	2%	36%	+6.3
110	James Williams	Syracuse	60 yds	40	38.4	35.1	9	23%	0%	31%	−11.8
111	N.Snyder	South Alabama	60 yds	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
112	Reis Vernon	Kansas	59 yds	49	40.4	35.4	11	22%	4%	38%	−22.4
113	Jonn Young	East Carolina	59 yds	48	43.0	40.5	19	40%	4%	55%	+3.9
114	Jacob Finn	Virginia	59 yds	41	44.2	40.4	12	29%	7%	29%	+0.4
115	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	59 yds	28	39.5	35.7	6	21%	4%	27%	−11.5
116	Cameron Peasley	Utah	59 yds	24	41.1	39.3	7	29%	4%	32%	−3.2
117	M.Hayes	Georgia Southern	59 yds	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
118	S.Harrison	UNLV	59 yds	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
119	Adam Barry	Temple	58 yds	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	2%	44%	−15.6
120	Derek Adams	Northwestern	58 yds	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	0%	51%	−13.6
121	Will Spiers	Clemson	58 yds	58	42.1	39.4	28	47%	3%	43%	+2.8
122	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	58 yds	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	9%	47%	+1.7
123	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	58 yds	47	43.7	40.6	17	37%	4%	36%	+2.7
124	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	58 yds	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	10%	26%	−6.7
125	Charles Bein	Air Force	58 yds	25	39.6	37.9	13	52%	4%	40%	−1.9
126	Josh Smith	Kent State	57 yds	51	36.4	35.0	15	29%	6%	38%	−12.3
127	Xavier Subotsch	App State	57 yds	48	40.8	39.4	26	55%	2%	48%	+1.6
128	Tom Snee	Oregon	57 yds	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	8%	26%	+3.1
129	Archer Trafford	Mississippi State	57 yds	21	42.4	37.8	7	33%	5%	30%	−2.2
130	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	57 yds	20	40.6	33.8	8	38%	5%	24%	−5.6
131	B.Williams	Georgia State	57 yds	2	56.5	56.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
132	G.Garcia	New Mexico	57 yds	1	57.0	57.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
133	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	56 yds	69	41.2	37.8	25	38%	6%	37%	−2.7
134	Andrew Osteen	UCF	56 yds	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	2%	43%	−6.1
135	Joe McFadden	UConn	56 yds	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	2%	33%	−13.2
136	Avery Atkins	LSU	56 yds	59	42.4	38.7	20	34%	5%	45%	−4.5
137	Laine Wilkins	Houston	56 yds	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	7%	44%	−0.3
138	Evan Silva	UNLV	56 yds	52	40.2	37.0	16	33%	4%	46%	−10.1
139	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	56 yds	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	5%	38%	−11.0
140	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	56 yds	38	44.0	39.4	15	39%	16%	35%	+6.2
141	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	56 yds	28	44.0	37.1	12	41%	18%	30%	+1.9
142	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	56 yds	17	39.7	32.6	2	12%	6%	36%	−14.1
143	George Georgeopoulos	Massachusetts	56 yds	11	40.5	41.3	2	18%	0%	10%	−2.2
144	Brendan Cropsey	Purdue	56 yds	5	38.4	37.5	3	50%	0%	33%	+0.2
145	D.Nettles	UNLV	56 yds	1	56.0	56.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
146	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	55 yds	21	41.0	39.1	5	26%	0%	38%	−0.4
147	Kolby Morgan	Tennessee	55 yds	4	38.5	38.5	1	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
148	Kyle Romenick	Akron	55 yds	2	50.0	50.0	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.4
149	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	55 yds	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
150	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	54 yds	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	8%	55%	−8.2
151	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	54 yds	49	42.6	40.3	18	38%	4%	37%	+2.5
152	Jack Ansell	Purdue	54 yds	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	0%	48%	−11.4
153	Haydn Kerr	UConn	54 yds	19	36.2	34.2	10	53%	5%	47%	−4.5
154	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	54 yds	9	40.4	35.4	3	38%	25%	50%	−1.9
155	Michael Williams	Utah	54 yds	8	44.3	42.5	3	38%	0%	43%	+0.6
156	David Nunez	Texas State	54 yds	1	54.0	34.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.1
157	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	53 yds	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	2%	53%	−8.8
158	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	53 yds	49	39.0	36.8	17	35%	0%	44%	−3.8
159	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	53 yds	38	37.2	36.2	13	34%	5%	42%	−5.1
160	Ian Hawkins	Syracuse	53 yds	26	37.2	32.6	5	19%	4%	29%	−11.4
161	Chance Nolan	Oregon State	53 yds	2	48.5	38.5	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.2
162	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	52 yds	45	42.7	41.3	17	38%	4%	49%	+8.7
163	Jack Wilson	Ohio	52 yds	19	39.6	39.2	4	18%	0%	36%	−3.6
164	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	51 yds	7	39.1	39.1	4	57%	0%	60%	+0.5
165	James Burnip	Alabama	50 yds	42	39.1	36.8	16	37%	0%	40%	−7.2
166	Matt Fraanje	SMU	50 yds	9	37.3	36.3	3	30%	20%	0%	−0.4
167	Kellen Grave de Peralta	Navy	50 yds	4	34.8	34.8	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.2
168	Rocky Lombardi	Northern Illinois	50 yds	3	45.3	38.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.5
169	Carson Bay	Air Force	49 yds	12	41.0	41.1	5	42%	0%	29%	+1.6
170	Cameron Shook	Iowa State	49 yds	6	36.7	32.7	0	0%	0%	40%	−3.5
171	Matias Gasc	Miami	49 yds	1	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
172	Daniel Cerni	Nebraska	47 yds	16	36.9	27.6	4	25%	25%	36%	−9.6
173	Beau Robbins	Indiana	47 yds	1	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
174	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	47 yds	1	47.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.1
175	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	46 yds	5	41.6	41.6	2	40%	0%	80%	+0.1
176	Cole Maynard	North Carolina	46 yds	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
177	Charlton Butt	UNLV	45 yds	6	38.0	33.5	1	17%	0%	0%	−4.1
178	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	45 yds	2	44.0	44.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.4
179	Cameron Rising	Utah	43 yds	3	32.7	32.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
180	Chevan Cordeiro	Hawai'i	43 yds	2	38.0	28.0	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.3
181	Trevor Wilson	Kansas	43 yds	2	42.5	32.5	1	50%	50%	0%	0.0
182	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	43 yds	1	43.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
183	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	42 yds	3	38.7	37.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.1
184	Drew Plitt	Ball State	42 yds	2	37.5	37.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
185	Duke Paane	Navy	40 yds	5	35.8	29.2	1	17%	0%	60%	−4.8
186	Jake Genyk	Northwestern	40 yds	4	34.5	34.5	2	50%	0%	75%	−1.7
187	Nelson Foley	Miami	40 yds	1	40.0	40.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.3
188	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	39 yds	4	37.0	37.0	2	50%	0%	100%	−0.7
189	Zac Collins	Purdue	39 yds	2	38.5	38.0	1	50%	0%	50%	0.0
190	Carson Strong	Nevada	38 yds	3	34.7	28.0	1	33%	33%	0%	−0.3
191	Ben Finley	NC State	38 yds	1	38.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
192	Jared Smolar	Indiana	38 yds	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
193	MSH	Marshall	38 yds	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.1
194	Conor Schlichting	Wisconsin	37 yds	6	29.8	24.4	3	60%	20%	33%	−0.3
195	Sam Loy	Arkansas	37 yds	1	37.0	27.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.2
196	J.Velarde	Marshall	36 yds	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
197	Kieran Colahan	Coastal Carolina	35 yds	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
198	Sam Howell	North Carolina	35 yds	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
199	C.Riccitelli	Texas	34 yds	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
200	Nate Cox	Nevada	32 yds	2	26.0	26.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.5
201	Dustin Crum	Kent State	30 yds	1	30.0	30.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
202	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	30 yds	1	30.0	10.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
203	Jayden de Laura	Washington State	28 yds	1	28.0	28.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
204	Matthew Goodyear	Fresno State	24 yds	1	24.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
205	Holton Ahlers	East Carolina	22 yds	1	22.0	22.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
206	Tanner Mordecai	SMU	15 yds	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
207	Colby Barker	Syracuse	8 yds	1	8.0	8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.6

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