2021 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2021, Matt Araiza (3904) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Tommy Heatherly (3519) and Tory Taylor (3488). 207 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	3904	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	19%	17%	+26.2
2	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	3519	75	46.9	39.8	26	38%	18%	16%	+0.1
3	Tory Taylor	Iowa	3488	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	15%	30%	+13.1
4	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	3466	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	9%	40%	−1.0
5	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	3215	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	0%	49%	+21.5
6	Josh Watts	Colorado	3154	66	47.8	38.5	20	31%	11%	23%	+0.9
7	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	3104	73	42.5	38.6	17	23%	4%	30%	−7.4
8	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	3098	71	43.6	39.7	22	33%	6%	48%	+4.9
9	Blake Hayes	Illinois	3068	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	3%	33%	+12.8
10	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	2995	68	44.0	42.1	23	35%	2%	43%	+6.3
11	Will Hart	San José State	2976	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	10%	40%	+7.3
12	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	2953	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	20%	11%	+5.5
13	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	2946	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	4%	40%	−6.4
14	James Evans	Indiana	2889	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	6%	28%	−8.8
15	Trenton Gill	NC State	2887	65	44.4	41.7	36	55%	8%	44%	+7.4
16	Jordan Stout	Penn State	2886	62	46.5	45.0	35	57%	5%	42%	+22.6
17	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	2881	64	45.0	42.0	26	41%	3%	47%	+10.7
18	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	2864	64	44.8	41.6	20	38%	2%	14%	0.0
19	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	2852	58	49.2	44.0	19	33%	19%	19%	+18.6
20	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	2845	69	41.2	37.8	25	38%	6%	37%	−2.7
21	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	2785	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	9%	52%	+6.5
22	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	2785	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	10%	36%	+4.4
23	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	2758	62	44.5	39.6	25	42%	8%	30%	+0.9
24	Porter Wilson	Duke	2732	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	5%	29%	+3.9
25	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	2719	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	14%	22%	+8.5
26	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	2712	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	14%	33%	+3.4
27	Andrew Osteen	UCF	2711	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	2%	43%	−6.1
28	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	2704	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	6%	5%	−9.9
29	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	2658	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	10%	39%	+2.4
30	Adam Barry	Temple	2643	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	2%	44%	−15.6
31	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	2606	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	0%	63%	−1.5
32	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	2600	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	7%	27%	−2.6
33	Luke Magliozzi	Troy	2593	61	42.5	37.4	17	28%	8%	41%	−8.2
34	Race Porter	Washington	2572	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	6%	23%	+9.6
35	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	2533	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	13%	30%	−14.1
36	Charlie Mendes	Rice	2520	59	42.7	36.9	17	27%	8%	12%	−12.7
37	Avery Atkins	LSU	2504	59	42.4	38.7	20	34%	5%	45%	−4.5
38	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	2495	54	46.2	44.0	25	47%	6%	38%	+11.4
39	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	2449	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	11%	48%	−1.4
40	Will Spiers	Clemson	2443	58	42.1	39.4	28	47%	3%	43%	+2.8
41	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	2442	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	4%	43%	+1.9
42	Joe McFadden	UConn	2426	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	2%	33%	−13.2
43	Ryan Wright	Tulane	2424	51	47.5	44.8	16	33%	10%	49%	+15.0
44	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	2410	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	7%	43%	−8.2
45	Derek Adams	Northwestern	2408	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	0%	51%	−13.6
46	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	2405	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	9%	−7.8
47	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	2377	51	46.6	43.3	23	44%	4%	39%	+15.0
48	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	2353	56	42.0	38.4	15	28%	9%	29%	−4.0
49	Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	2334	55	42.4	39.6	21	38%	2%	38%	−3.6
50	Laine Wilkins	Houston	2324	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	7%	44%	−0.3
51	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	2303	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	2%	53%	−8.8
52	Grant Carlson	Boston College	2296	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	8%	26%	+1.5
53	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	2292	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	5%	33%	−0.5
54	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	2288	53	43.2	39.7	13	24%	6%	44%	−3.6
55	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	2285	51	44.8	42.6	22	43%	8%	51%	+10.9
56	Jamieson Sheahan	California	2284	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	4%	60%	−2.5
57	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	2281	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	8%	55%	−8.2
58	Bailey Flint	Toledo	2278	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	9%	41%	−15.3
59	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	2250	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	6%	37%	+2.6
60	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	2242	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	4%	41%	−3.5
61	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	2218	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	4%	63%	+5.0
62	Cameron Dicker	Texas	2200	47	46.8	44.1	13	27%	6%	44%	+13.4
63	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	2196	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	6%	42%	+6.8
64	Lou Hedley	Miami	2189	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	2%	38%	+9.0
65	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	2183	56	39.0	36.3	18	33%	4%	27%	−20.9
66	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	2179	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	9%	47%	+1.7
67	Carson King	Fresno State	2161	52	41.6	39.3	24	46%	6%	37%	−0.9
68	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	2138	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	4%	32%	−8.3
69	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	2138	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	4%	44%	−2.5
70	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	2111	46	45.9	43.6	14	30%	11%	50%	+6.4
71	Ethan Slike	Akron	2109	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	2%	28%	−6.6
72	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	2108	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	6%	30%	+3.4
73	Evan Silva	UNLV	2092	52	40.2	37.0	16	33%	4%	46%	−10.1
74	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	2088	49	42.6	40.3	18	38%	4%	37%	+2.5
75	Jonn Young	East Carolina	2062	48	43.0	40.5	19	40%	4%	55%	+3.9
76	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	2056	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	8%	33%	−4.9
77	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	2053	47	43.7	40.6	17	37%	4%	36%	+2.7
78	Issac Power	Baylor	2033	44	46.2	42.9	18	41%	14%	41%	+15.0
79	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	2025	46	44.0	39.8	20	43%	13%	45%	+5.2
80	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	1998	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	13%	29%	−8.7
81	Lucas Dean	UTSA	1996	44	45.4	43.1	21	48%	5%	31%	+7.7
82	Brad Robbins	Michigan	1996	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	7%	43%	+11.9
83	Julian Diaz	Nevada	1995	45	44.3	41.2	11	26%	7%	30%	+1.2
84	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	1986	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	0%	41%	−4.0
85	Reis Vernon	Kansas	1981	49	40.4	35.4	11	22%	4%	38%	−22.4
86	Ben Griffiths	USC	1978	44	45.0	41.1	17	40%	12%	55%	+5.9
87	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	1962	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	13%	31%	+1.1
88	Xavier Subotsch	App State	1957	48	40.8	39.4	26	55%	2%	48%	+1.6
89	Mark Vassett	Louisville	1954	47	41.6	39.7	19	41%	2%	50%	+2.9
90	Nick Haberer	Washington State	1922	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	7%	50%	−4.3
91	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	1921	45	42.7	41.3	17	38%	4%	49%	+8.7
92	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	1909	49	39.0	36.8	17	35%	0%	44%	−3.8
93	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	1900	39	48.7	42.7	16	41%	15%	26%	+6.4
94	Joe Doyle	Memphis	1888	41	46.0	40.9	18	43%	10%	32%	+7.7
95	Jake Camarda	Georgia	1883	40	47.1	41.4	14	35%	15%	28%	+0.5
96	Riley Riethman	Navy	1878	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	5%	19%	−8.5
97	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	1869	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	10%	26%	−6.7
98	Jordy Sandy	TCU	1861	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	7%	61%	+2.0
99	Josh Smith	Kent State	1855	51	36.4	35.0	15	29%	6%	38%	−12.3
100	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	1839	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	13%	54%	+15.0
101	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	1830	44	41.6	40.6	21	48%	2%	36%	+6.3
102	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	1818	42	43.3	40.1	19	45%	7%	32%	+8.1
103	Jacob Finn	Virginia	1812	41	44.2	40.4	12	29%	7%	29%	+0.4
104	Tom Snee	Oregon	1753	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	8%	26%	+3.1
105	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	1733	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	5%	38%	−11.0
106	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	1727	39	44.3	40.5	19	49%	10%	31%	+4.0
107	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	1722	39	44.2	42.2	17	44%	8%	66%	+2.2
108	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	1692	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	12%	23%	+5.6
109	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	1688	40	42.2	40.6	15	38%	5%	48%	+1.8
110	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	1671	38	44.0	39.4	15	39%	16%	35%	+6.2
111	James Burnip	Alabama	1642	42	39.1	36.8	16	37%	0%	40%	−7.2
112	Zach Harding	Army	1544	35	44.1	40.5	16	46%	11%	31%	+5.9
113	James Williams	Syracuse	1536	40	38.4	35.1	9	23%	0%	31%	−11.8
114	Brendan Hall	SMU	1502	36	41.7	36.2	10	28%	3%	44%	−6.6
115	Jack Ansell	Purdue	1478	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	0%	48%	−11.4
116	Luke Akers	UCLA	1464	34	43.1	37.1	6	19%	23%	35%	−1.2
117	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	1449	30	48.3	40.4	14	50%	4%	30%	+1.3
118	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	1426	31	46.0	41.3	11	35%	16%	29%	+2.1
119	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	1414	38	37.2	36.2	13	34%	5%	42%	−5.1
120	William Przystup	Nebraska	1345	31	43.4	39.1	6	19%	10%	26%	−6.3
121	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	1336	28	47.7	42.8	14	48%	7%	38%	+3.5
122	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	1232	28	44.0	37.1	12	41%	18%	30%	+1.9
123	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	1228	29	42.3	41.5	17	61%	0%	36%	+5.3
124	Colton Spangler	Maryland	1218	27	45.1	40.9	1	4%	7%	31%	+1.1
125	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	1177	28	42.0	39.0	16	64%	0%	41%	+0.8
126	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	1107	28	39.5	35.7	6	21%	4%	27%	−11.5
127	Max Morgan	Liberty	1072	25	42.9	39.7	8	32%	4%	35%	+2.2
128	Charles Bein	Air Force	989	25	39.6	37.9	13	52%	4%	40%	−1.9
129	Cameron Peasley	Utah	987	24	41.1	39.3	7	29%	4%	32%	−3.2
130	Ian Hawkins	Syracuse	966	26	37.2	32.6	5	19%	4%	29%	−11.4
131	Archer Trafford	Mississippi State	891	21	42.4	37.8	7	33%	5%	30%	−2.2
132	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	862	21	41.0	39.1	5	26%	0%	38%	−0.4
133	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	812	20	40.6	33.8	8	38%	5%	24%	−5.6
134	Aidan Alves	Liberty	793	19	41.7	37.0	9	47%	5%	38%	+1.0
135	Jack Wilson	Ohio	753	19	39.6	39.2	4	18%	0%	36%	−3.6
136	Haydn Kerr	UConn	687	19	36.2	34.2	10	53%	5%	47%	−4.5
137	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	675	17	39.7	32.6	2	12%	6%	36%	−14.1
138	Daniel Cerni	Nebraska	590	16	36.9	27.6	4	25%	25%	36%	−9.6
139	Carson Bay	Air Force	492	12	41.0	41.1	5	42%	0%	29%	+1.6
140	George Georgeopoulos	Massachusetts	446	11	40.5	41.3	2	18%	0%	10%	−2.2
141	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	364	9	40.4	35.4	3	38%	25%	50%	−1.9
142	Michael Williams	Utah	354	8	44.3	42.5	3	38%	0%	43%	+0.6
143	Matt Fraanje	SMU	336	9	37.3	36.3	3	30%	20%	0%	−0.4
144	Sean Koetting	Missouri	280	6	46.7	35.5	0	0%	33%	0%	−1.4
145	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	274	7	39.1	39.1	4	57%	0%	60%	+0.5
146	Charlton Butt	UNLV	228	6	38.0	33.5	1	17%	0%	0%	−4.1
147	Cameron Shook	Iowa State	220	6	36.7	32.7	0	0%	0%	40%	−3.5
148	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	208	5	41.6	41.6	2	40%	0%	80%	+0.1
149	Brendan Cropsey	Purdue	192	5	38.4	37.5	3	50%	0%	33%	+0.2
150	Conor Schlichting	Wisconsin	179	6	29.8	24.4	3	60%	20%	33%	−0.3
151	Duke Paane	Navy	179	5	35.8	29.2	1	17%	0%	60%	−4.8
152	Kolby Morgan	Tennessee	154	4	38.5	38.5	1	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
153	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	148	4	37.0	37.0	2	50%	0%	100%	−0.7
154	Kellen Grave de Peralta	Navy	139	4	34.8	34.8	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.2
155	Jake Genyk	Northwestern	138	4	34.5	34.5	2	50%	0%	75%	−1.7
156	Rocky Lombardi	Northern Illinois	136	3	45.3	38.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.5
157	Kyle Vantrease	Buffalo	130	2	65.0	30.0	0	0%	50%	0%	−1.3
158	T.Mattson	Georgia State	121	2	60.5	60.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.5
159	T.Brown	TCU	117	2	58.5	58.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−2.2
160	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	116	3	38.7	37.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.1
161	B.Williams	Georgia State	113	2	56.5	56.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
162	Carson Strong	Nevada	104	3	34.7	28.0	1	33%	33%	0%	−0.3
163	Kyle Romenick	Akron	100	2	50.0	50.0	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.4
164	Cameron Rising	Utah	98	3	32.7	32.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
165	Chance Nolan	Oregon State	97	2	48.5	38.5	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.2
166	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	88	2	44.0	44.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.4
167	Trevor Wilson	Kansas	85	2	42.5	32.5	1	50%	50%	0%	0.0
168	Zac Collins	Purdue	77	2	38.5	38.0	1	50%	0%	50%	0.0
169	Chevan Cordeiro	Hawai'i	76	2	38.0	28.0	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.3
170	Drew Plitt	Ball State	75	2	37.5	37.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
171	Camden Lewis	Oregon	71	1	71.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.0
172	G.Stewart	Northern Illinois	64	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
173	K.Halvorsen	UNLV	64	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
174	B.Raborn	UL Monroe	63	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
175	J.Romo	Middle Tennessee	63	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
176	N.Null	Middle Tennessee	63	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
177	M.Lawler	Akron	62	1	62.0	62.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
178	G.Kell	Oklahoma State	61	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
179	N.Snyder	South Alabama	60	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
180	M.Hayes	Georgia Southern	59	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
181	S.Harrison	UNLV	59	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
182	G.Garcia	New Mexico	57	1	57.0	57.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
183	D.Nettles	UNLV	56	1	56.0	56.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
184	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	55	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
185	David Nunez	Texas State	54	1	54.0	34.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.1
186	Nate Cox	Nevada	52	2	26.0	26.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.5
187	Matias Gasc	Miami	49	1	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
188	Beau Robbins	Indiana	47	1	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
189	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	47	1	47.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.1
190	Cole Maynard	North Carolina	46	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
191	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	43	1	43.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
192	Nelson Foley	Miami	40	1	40.0	40.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.3
193	Ben Finley	NC State	38	1	38.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
194	Jared Smolar	Indiana	38	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
195	MSH	Marshall	38	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.1
196	Sam Loy	Arkansas	37	1	37.0	27.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.2
197	J.Velarde	Marshall	36	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
198	Kieran Colahan	Coastal Carolina	35	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
199	Sam Howell	North Carolina	35	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
200	C.Riccitelli	Texas	34	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
201	Dustin Crum	Kent State	30	1	30.0	30.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
202	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	30	1	30.0	10.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
203	Jayden de Laura	Washington State	28	1	28.0	28.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
204	Matthew Goodyear	Fresno State	24	1	24.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
205	Holton Ahlers	East Carolina	22	1	22.0	22.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
206	Tanner Mordecai	SMU	15	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
207	Colby Barker	Syracuse	8	1	8.0	8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.6

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