2021 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2021, Adam Korsak (45.3) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Jordan Stout (45.0) and Michael Turk (44.9). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 39.7.

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

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

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