2021 College Net Average in Wind Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games with a wind of 10 miles per hour or more. A headwind shortens a punt and a crosswind pushes it toward the sideline, so these are the hardest punts to place.

Wind is the game's reported speed, not the exact conditions on each kick. Only punters with enough windy-game punts are ranked. In 2021, Bryce Baringer (47.1) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Andy Vujnovich (46.0) and Joel Velazquez (45.3). 64 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 38.9.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	47.1	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	14%	22%	+8.5
2	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	46.0	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	6%	30%	+3.4
3	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	45.3	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	6%	42%	+6.8
4	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	45.0	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	12%	23%	+5.6
5	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	44.2	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	4%	63%	+5.0
6	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	44.0	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	6%	37%	+2.6
7	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	43.5	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	0%	49%	+21.5
8	Jamieson Sheahan	California	43.3	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	4%	60%	−2.5
9	Blake Hayes	Illinois	43.3	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	3%	33%	+12.8
10	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	42.9	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	13%	54%	+15.0
11	Brad Robbins	Michigan	42.5	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	7%	43%	+11.9
12	Jordy Sandy	TCU	42.4	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	7%	61%	+2.0
13	Lou Hedley	Miami	42.1	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	2%	38%	+9.0
14	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	41.8	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	4%	43%	+1.9
15	Tory Taylor	Iowa	41.6	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	15%	30%	+13.1
16	Will Hart	San José State	41.5	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	10%	40%	+7.3
17	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	41.0	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	19%	17%	+26.2
18	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	40.9	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	9%	−7.8
19	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	40.9	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	9%	52%	+6.5
20	Andrew Osteen	UCF	40.4	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	2%	43%	−6.1
21	Riley Riethman	Navy	40.3	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	5%	19%	−8.5
22	James Evans	Indiana	40.2	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	6%	28%	−8.8
23	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	40.0	21	41.0	39.1	5	26%	0%	38%	−0.4
24	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	39.8	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	5%	33%	−0.5
25	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	39.7	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	14%	33%	+3.4
26	Race Porter	Washington	39.6	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	6%	23%	+9.6
27	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	39.5	28	42.0	39.0	16	64%	0%	41%	+0.8
28	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	39.3	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	7%	43%	−8.2
29	Grant Carlson	Boston College	39.2	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	8%	26%	+1.5
30	Cameron Peasley	Utah	39.1	24	41.1	39.3	7	29%	4%	32%	−3.2
31	Ethan Slike	Akron	39.0	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	2%	28%	−6.6
32	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	38.9	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	4%	44%	−2.5
33	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	38.9	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	13%	31%	+1.1
34	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	38.9	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	6%	5%	−9.9
35	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	38.9	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	4%	41%	−3.5
36	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	38.8	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	9%	40%	−1.0
37	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	38.6	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	10%	36%	+4.4
38	Bailey Flint	Toledo	38.2	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	9%	41%	−15.3
39	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	38.2	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	20%	11%	+5.5
40	Nick Haberer	Washington State	38.1	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	7%	50%	−4.3
41	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	38.0	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	11%	48%	−1.4
42	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	37.9	28	39.5	35.7	6	21%	4%	27%	−11.5
43	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	37.6	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	10%	39%	+2.4
44	Laine Wilkins	Houston	37.5	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	7%	44%	−0.3
45	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	37.5	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	0%	63%	−1.5
46	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	37.4	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	8%	55%	−8.2
47	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	37.4	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	2%	53%	−8.8
48	Tom Snee	Oregon	37.2	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	8%	26%	+3.1
49	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	37.1	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	0%	41%	−4.0
50	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	36.6	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	10%	26%	−6.7
51	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	36.6	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	4%	40%	−6.4
52	Derek Adams	Northwestern	36.5	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	0%	51%	−13.6
53	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	36.5	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	8%	33%	−4.9
54	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	36.3	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	13%	30%	−14.1
55	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	36.0	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	5%	38%	−11.0
56	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	35.9	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	9%	47%	+1.7
57	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	35.4	20	40.6	33.8	8	38%	5%	24%	−5.6
58	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	35.4	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	13%	29%	−8.7
59	Adam Barry	Temple	35.2	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	2%	44%	−15.6
60	Porter Wilson	Duke	35.0	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	5%	29%	+3.9
61	Joe McFadden	UConn	34.4	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	2%	33%	−13.2
62	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	33.1	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	4%	32%	−8.3
63	Jack Ansell	Purdue	31.3	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	0%	48%	−11.4
64	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	27.8	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	7%	27%	−2.6

All 2021 College punter rankings

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