2021 College Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

Read it with net average and points added. In 2021, Aaron Rodriguez (81) led college football punters in punts, ahead of Matt Araiza (76) and Tory Taylor (76). 208 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	9%	40%	−1.0
2	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	19%	17%	+26.2
3	Tory Taylor	Iowa	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	15%	30%	+13.1
4	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	75	46.9	39.8	26	38%	18%	16%	+0.1
5	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	73	42.5	38.6	17	23%	4%	30%	−7.4
6	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	71	43.6	39.7	22	33%	6%	48%	+4.9
7	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	4%	40%	−6.4
8	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	0%	49%	+21.5
9	James Evans	Indiana	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	6%	28%	−8.8
10	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	69	41.2	37.8	25	38%	6%	37%	−2.7
11	Blake Hayes	Illinois	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	3%	33%	+12.8
12	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	68	44.0	42.1	23	35%	2%	43%	+6.3
13	Will Hart	San José State	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	10%	40%	+7.3
14	Josh Watts	Colorado	66	47.8	38.5	20	31%	11%	23%	+0.9
15	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	9%	52%	+6.5
16	Andrew Osteen	UCF	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	2%	43%	−6.1
17	Trenton Gill	NC State	65	44.4	41.7	36	55%	8%	44%	+7.4
18	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	6%	5%	−9.9
19	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	64	45.0	42.0	26	41%	3%	47%	+10.7
20	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	64	44.8	41.6	20	38%	2%	14%	0.0
21	Adam Barry	Temple	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	2%	44%	−15.6
22	Jordan Stout	Penn State	62	46.5	45.0	35	57%	5%	42%	+22.6
23	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	62	44.5	39.6	25	42%	8%	30%	+0.9
24	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	10%	36%	+4.4
25	Porter Wilson	Duke	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	5%	29%	+3.9
26	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	0%	63%	−1.5
27	Luke Magliozzi	Troy	61	42.5	37.4	17	28%	8%	41%	−8.2
28	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	13%	30%	−14.1
29	Joe McFadden	UConn	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	2%	33%	−13.2
30	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	7%	27%	−2.6
31	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	7%	43%	−8.2
32	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	2%	53%	−8.8
33	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	14%	33%	+3.4
34	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	10%	39%	+2.4
35	Charlie Mendes	Rice	59	42.7	36.9	17	27%	8%	12%	−12.7
36	Avery Atkins	LSU	59	42.4	38.7	20	34%	5%	45%	−4.5
37	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	20%	11%	+5.5
38	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	58	49.2	44.0	19	33%	19%	19%	+18.6
39	Will Spiers	Clemson	58	42.1	39.4	28	47%	3%	43%	+2.8
40	Derek Adams	Northwestern	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	0%	51%	−13.6
41	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	11%	48%	−1.4
42	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	4%	43%	+1.9
43	Bailey Flint	Toledo	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	9%	41%	−15.3
44	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	14%	22%	+8.5
45	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	9%	−7.8
46	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	56	42.0	38.4	15	28%	9%	29%	−4.0
47	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	56	39.0	36.3	18	33%	4%	27%	−20.9
48	Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	55	42.4	39.6	21	38%	2%	38%	−3.6
49	Laine Wilkins	Houston	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	7%	44%	−0.3
50	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	8%	55%	−8.2
51	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	54	46.2	44.0	25	47%	6%	38%	+11.4
52	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	4%	41%	−3.5
53	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	4%	32%	−8.3
54	Race Porter	Washington	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	6%	23%	+9.6
55	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	5%	33%	−0.5
56	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	53	43.2	39.7	13	24%	6%	44%	−3.6
57	Jamieson Sheahan	California	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	4%	60%	−2.5
58	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	9%	47%	+1.7
59	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	4%	44%	−2.5
60	Grant Carlson	Boston College	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	8%	26%	+1.5
61	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	4%	63%	+5.0
62	Carson King	Fresno State	52	41.6	39.3	24	46%	6%	37%	−0.9
63	Evan Silva	UNLV	52	40.2	37.0	16	33%	4%	46%	−10.1
64	Ryan Wright	Tulane	51	47.5	44.8	16	33%	10%	49%	+15.0
65	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	51	46.6	43.3	23	44%	4%	39%	+15.0
66	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	51	44.8	42.6	22	43%	8%	51%	+10.9
67	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	6%	37%	+2.6
68	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	6%	42%	+6.8
69	Josh Smith	Kent State	51	36.4	35.0	15	29%	6%	38%	−12.3
70	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	8%	33%	−4.9
71	Lou Hedley	Miami	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	2%	38%	+9.0
72	Ethan Slike	Akron	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	2%	28%	−6.6
73	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	49	42.6	40.3	18	38%	4%	37%	+2.5
74	Reis Vernon	Kansas	49	40.4	35.4	11	22%	4%	38%	−22.4
75	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	49	39.0	36.8	17	35%	0%	44%	−3.8
76	Jonn Young	East Carolina	48	43.0	40.5	19	40%	4%	55%	+3.9
77	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	0%	41%	−4.0
78	Xavier Subotsch	App State	48	40.8	39.4	26	55%	2%	48%	+1.6
79	Cameron Dicker	Texas	47	46.8	44.1	13	27%	6%	44%	+13.4
80	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	47	43.7	40.6	17	37%	4%	36%	+2.7
81	Mark Vassett	Louisville	47	41.6	39.7	19	41%	2%	50%	+2.9
82	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	46	45.9	43.6	14	30%	11%	50%	+6.4
83	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	6%	30%	+3.4
84	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	46	44.0	39.8	20	43%	13%	45%	+5.2
85	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	13%	29%	−8.7
86	Julian Diaz	Nevada	45	44.3	41.2	11	26%	7%	30%	+1.2
87	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	13%	31%	+1.1
88	Nick Haberer	Washington State	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	7%	50%	−4.3
89	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	45	42.7	41.3	17	38%	4%	49%	+8.7
90	Issac Power	Baylor	44	46.2	42.9	18	41%	14%	41%	+15.0
91	Lucas Dean	UTSA	44	45.4	43.1	21	48%	5%	31%	+7.7
92	Ben Griffiths	USC	44	45.0	41.1	17	40%	12%	55%	+5.9
93	Riley Riethman	Navy	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	5%	19%	−8.5
94	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	10%	26%	−6.7
95	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	44	41.6	40.6	21	48%	2%	36%	+6.3
96	Brad Robbins	Michigan	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	7%	43%	+11.9
97	Jordy Sandy	TCU	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	7%	61%	+2.0
98	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	42	43.3	40.1	19	45%	7%	32%	+8.1
99	James Burnip	Alabama	42	39.1	36.8	16	37%	0%	40%	−7.2
100	Joe Doyle	Memphis	41	46.0	40.9	18	43%	10%	32%	+7.7
101	Jacob Finn	Virginia	41	44.2	40.4	12	29%	7%	29%	+0.4
102	Tom Snee	Oregon	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	8%	26%	+3.1
103	Jake Camarda	Georgia	40	47.1	41.4	14	35%	15%	28%	+0.5
104	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	5%	38%	−11.0
105	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	40	42.2	40.6	15	38%	5%	48%	+1.8
106	James Williams	Syracuse	40	38.4	35.1	9	23%	0%	31%	−11.8
107	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	39	48.7	42.7	16	41%	15%	26%	+6.4
108	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	39	44.3	40.5	19	49%	10%	31%	+4.0
109	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	39	44.2	42.2	17	44%	8%	66%	+2.2
110	Jack Ansell	Purdue	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	0%	48%	−11.4
111	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	13%	54%	+15.0
112	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	38	44.0	39.4	15	39%	16%	35%	+6.2
113	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	38	37.2	36.2	13	34%	5%	42%	−5.1
114	Brendan Hall	SMU	36	41.7	36.2	10	28%	3%	44%	−6.6
115	Zach Harding	Army	35	44.1	40.5	16	46%	11%	31%	+5.9
116	Luke Akers	UCLA	34	43.1	37.1	6	19%	23%	35%	−1.2
117	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	12%	23%	+5.6
118	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	31	46.0	41.3	11	35%	16%	29%	+2.1
119	William Przystup	Nebraska	31	43.4	39.1	6	19%	10%	26%	−6.3
120	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	30	48.3	40.4	14	50%	4%	30%	+1.3
121	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	29	42.3	41.5	17	61%	0%	36%	+5.3
122	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	28	47.7	42.8	14	48%	7%	38%	+3.5
123	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	28	44.0	37.1	12	41%	18%	30%	+1.9
124	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	28	42.0	39.0	16	64%	0%	41%	+0.8
125	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	28	39.5	35.7	6	21%	4%	27%	−11.5
126	Colton Spangler	Maryland	27	45.1	40.9	1	4%	7%	31%	+1.1
127	Ian Hawkins	Syracuse	26	37.2	32.6	5	19%	4%	29%	−11.4
128	Max Morgan	Liberty	25	42.9	39.7	8	32%	4%	35%	+2.2
129	Charles Bein	Air Force	25	39.6	37.9	13	52%	4%	40%	−1.9
130	Cameron Peasley	Utah	24	41.1	39.3	7	29%	4%	32%	−3.2
131	Archer Trafford	Mississippi State	21	42.4	37.8	7	33%	5%	30%	−2.2
132	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	21	41.0	39.1	5	26%	0%	38%	−0.4
133	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	20	40.6	33.8	8	38%	5%	24%	−5.6
134	Aidan Alves	Liberty	19	41.7	37.0	9	47%	5%	38%	+1.0
135	Jack Wilson	Ohio	19	39.6	39.2	4	18%	0%	36%	−3.6
136	Haydn Kerr	UConn	19	36.2	34.2	10	53%	5%	47%	−4.5
137	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	17	39.7	32.6	2	12%	6%	36%	−14.1
138	Daniel Cerni	Nebraska	16	36.9	27.6	4	25%	25%	36%	−9.6
139	Carson Bay	Air Force	12	41.0	41.1	5	42%	0%	29%	+1.6
140	George Georgeopoulos	Massachusetts	11	40.5	41.3	2	18%	0%	10%	−2.2
141	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	9	40.4	35.4	3	38%	25%	50%	−1.9
142	Matt Fraanje	SMU	9	37.3	36.3	3	30%	20%	0%	−0.4
143	Michael Williams	Utah	8	44.3	42.5	3	38%	0%	43%	+0.6
144	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	7	39.1	39.1	4	57%	0%	60%	+0.5
145	Sean Koetting	Missouri	6	46.7	35.5	0	0%	33%	0%	−1.4
146	Charlton Butt	UNLV	6	38.0	33.5	1	17%	0%	0%	−4.1
147	Cameron Shook	Iowa State	6	36.7	32.7	0	0%	0%	40%	−3.5
148	Conor Schlichting	Wisconsin	6	29.8	24.4	3	60%	20%	33%	−0.3
149	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	5	41.6	41.6	2	40%	0%	80%	+0.1
150	Brendan Cropsey	Purdue	5	38.4	37.5	3	50%	0%	33%	+0.2
151	Duke Paane	Navy	5	35.8	29.2	1	17%	0%	60%	−4.8
152	Kolby Morgan	Tennessee	4	38.5	38.5	1	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
153	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	4	37.0	37.0	2	50%	0%	100%	−0.7
154	Kellen Grave de Peralta	Navy	4	34.8	34.8	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.2
155	Jake Genyk	Northwestern	4	34.5	34.5	2	50%	0%	75%	−1.7
156	Rocky Lombardi	Northern Illinois	3	45.3	38.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.5
157	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	3	38.7	37.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.1
158	Carson Strong	Nevada	3	34.7	28.0	1	33%	33%	0%	−0.3
159	Cameron Rising	Utah	3	32.7	32.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
160	Kyle Vantrease	Buffalo	2	65.0	30.0	0	0%	50%	0%	−1.3
161	T.Mattson	Georgia State	2	60.5	60.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.5
162	T.Brown	TCU	2	58.5	58.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−2.2
163	B.Williams	Georgia State	2	56.5	56.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
164	Kyle Romenick	Akron	2	50.0	50.0	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.4
165	Chance Nolan	Oregon State	2	48.5	38.5	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.2
166	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	2	44.0	44.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.4
167	Trevor Wilson	Kansas	2	42.5	32.5	1	50%	50%	0%	0.0
168	Zac Collins	Purdue	2	38.5	38.0	1	50%	0%	50%	0.0
169	Chevan Cordeiro	Hawai'i	2	38.0	28.0	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.3
170	Drew Plitt	Ball State	2	37.5	37.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
171	Nate Cox	Nevada	2	26.0	26.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.5
172	Camden Lewis	Oregon	1	71.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.0
173	G.Stewart	Northern Illinois	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
174	K.Halvorsen	UNLV	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
175	B.Raborn	UL Monroe	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
176	J.Romo	Middle Tennessee	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
177	N.Null	Middle Tennessee	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
178	M.Lawler	Akron	1	62.0	62.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
179	G.Kell	Oklahoma State	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
180	N.Snyder	South Alabama	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
181	M.Hayes	Georgia Southern	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
182	S.Harrison	UNLV	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
183	G.Garcia	New Mexico	1	57.0	57.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
184	D.Nettles	UNLV	1	56.0	56.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
185	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
186	David Nunez	Texas State	1	54.0	34.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.1
187	Matias Gasc	Miami	1	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
188	Beau Robbins	Indiana	1	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
189	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	1	47.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.1
190	Cole Maynard	North Carolina	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
191	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	1	43.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
192	Nelson Foley	Miami	1	40.0	40.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.3
193	Ben Finley	NC State	1	38.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
194	Jared Smolar	Indiana	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
195	MSH	Marshall	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.1
196	Sam Loy	Arkansas	1	37.0	27.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.2
197	J.Velarde	Marshall	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
198	Kieran Colahan	Coastal Carolina	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
199	Sam Howell	North Carolina	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
200	C.Riccitelli	Texas	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
201	Dustin Crum	Kent State	1	30.0	30.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
202	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	1	30.0	10.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
203	Jayden de Laura	Washington State	1	28.0	28.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
204	Matthew Goodyear	Fresno State	1	24.0	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
205	Holton Ahlers	East Carolina	1	22.0	22.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
206	Tanner Mordecai	SMU	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
207	Colby Barker	Syracuse	1	8.0	8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.6
208	WF	Wake Forest	1	—	0.0	0	0%	—	—	−3.0

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