2021 College Punt Points Added Leaders

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.

Positive means he gained more than an average punter would from the same spots. In 2021, Matt Araiza (+26.2) led college football punters in punt points added, ahead of Jordan Stout (+22.6) and Adam Korsak (+21.5). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +1.2.

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

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

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