2022 College Average Punt Return Allowed Leaders

Return yards allowed divided by punts returned. It shows how well a punter and his coverage team contain returners.

Lower is better. Only punters with enough returns are ranked. In 2022, Mason Fletcher (2.3) topped college football punters in average punt return allowed, ahead of Josh Carlson (2.8) and Peter Moore (2.9). 86 punters qualify (minimum 10 returns). The median qualified punter had 6.8.

Final 2022 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Avg ret	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	2.3	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
2	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	2.8	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
3	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	2.9	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
4	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	3.1	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
5	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	3.1	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
6	Daniel Trejo	Texas	3.4	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
7	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	3.4	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
8	Nick Haberer	Washington State	3.5	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
9	Colton Spangler	Maryland	3.7	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
10	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	3.9	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
11	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	4.0	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
12	Tory Taylor	Iowa	4.1	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
13	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	4.1	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
14	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	4.1	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
15	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	4.3	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
16	Laine Wilkins	Houston	4.4	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
17	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	4.4	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
18	Jack Ansell	Purdue	4.4	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
19	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	4.6	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
20	Mark Vassett	Louisville	4.8	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
21	Lou Hedley	Miami	4.9	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
22	Riley Riethman	Navy	4.9	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
23	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	4.9	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
24	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	4.9	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
25	Issac Power	Baylor	4.9	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
26	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	5.0	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
27	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	5.3	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
28	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	5.5	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
29	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	5.7	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
30	Lucas Dean	UTSA	5.7	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
31	Porter Wilson	Duke	5.8	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
32	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	5.9	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
33	Danny Longman	Boston College	6.0	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
34	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	6.0	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
35	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	6.1	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
36	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	6.3	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
37	George Caratan	UConn	6.5	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
38	James Burnip	Alabama	6.6	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
39	William Przystup	Arkansas State	6.7	21	43.5	40.3	7	33%	0%	14%	+0.2
40	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	6.7	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
41	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	6.7	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
42	Mike Rivers	Troy	6.7	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
43	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	6.8	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
44	Jack Browning	San Diego State	6.8	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
45	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	7.1	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
46	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	7.1	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
47	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	7.1	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
48	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	7.3	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
49	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	7.3	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
50	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	7.4	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
51	Barney Amor	Penn State	7.5	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
52	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	7.7	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
53	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	7.8	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
54	Carson King	Fresno State	8.0	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
55	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	8.1	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
56	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	8.3	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
57	Sam Clark	James Madison	8.6	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
58	Noah Gettman	Akron	8.8	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
59	Matt Freem	Nevada	9.4	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
60	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	9.4	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
61	James Evans	Indiana	9.6	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
62	Luke Akers	Northwestern	9.7	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
63	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	9.8	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
64	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	9.9	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
65	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	9.9	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
66	Jay Bramblett	LSU	10.1	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
67	Shane McDonough	NC State	10.1	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
68	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	10.2	16	38.8	31.8	2	13%	0%	14%	−8.8
69	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	10.2	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
70	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	10.3	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
71	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	10.8	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
72	Jamieson Sheahan	California	10.9	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
73	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	11.3	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
74	Conor Hunt	Rice	11.4	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
75	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	12.0	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
76	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	12.1	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
77	Aidan Alves	Liberty	12.5	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
78	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	12.6	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
79	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	12.7	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
80	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	12.9	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
81	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	13.4	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
82	Joe Doyle	Memphis	14.5	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
83	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	14.7	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
84	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	15.7	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
85	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	15.9	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
86	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	16.5	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1

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