2022 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2022, Bryce Baringer (48.8) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Jeremy Crawshaw (46.8) and Kai Kroeger (46.8). 126 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 42.4.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Avg	Punts	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	48.8	51	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
2	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	46.8	31	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
3	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	46.8	52	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
4	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	46.7	60	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
5	Joe Doyle	Memphis	46.7	45	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
6	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	46.7	46	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
7	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	46.6	56	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
8	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	46.2	60	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
9	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	46.0	50	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
10	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	45.8	47	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
11	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	45.6	44	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
12	Jack Browning	San Diego State	45.6	65	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
13	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	45.5	43	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
14	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	45.4	61	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
15	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	45.4	33	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
16	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	45.4	59	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
17	Lou Hedley	Miami	45.3	47	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
18	Jamieson Sheahan	California	45.1	65	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
19	Tory Taylor	Iowa	45.1	74	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
20	Lucas Dean	UTSA	45.1	38	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
21	Brett Thorson	Georgia	44.9	33	41.0	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
22	Colton Spangler	Maryland	44.9	52	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
23	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	44.8	36	41.3	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
24	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	44.7	54	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
25	Mark Vassett	Louisville	44.6	50	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
26	Laine Wilkins	Houston	44.4	37	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
27	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	44.4	49	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
28	James Evans	Indiana	44.3	75	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
29	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	44.3	69	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
30	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	44.3	49	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
31	Jay Bramblett	LSU	44.2	47	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
32	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	44.2	81	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
33	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	44.2	35	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
34	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	44.1	46	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
35	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	44.0	68	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
36	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	44.0	75	43.4	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
37	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	43.9	60	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
38	Barney Amor	Penn State	43.9	50	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
39	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	43.8	44	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
40	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	43.8	62	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
41	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	43.8	36	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
42	Riley Riethman	Navy	43.8	45	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
43	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	43.8	58	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
44	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	43.8	57	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
45	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	43.7	48	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
46	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	43.6	56	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
47	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	43.5	73	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
48	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	43.3	45	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
49	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	43.2	45	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
50	Sam Clark	James Madison	43.2	50	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
51	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	43.1	68	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
52	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	43.0	36	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
53	James Burnip	Alabama	42.8	39	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
54	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	42.7	46	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
55	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	42.7	55	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
56	Jack Ansell	Purdue	42.7	49	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
57	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	42.6	33	39.1	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
58	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	42.5	59	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
59	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	42.5	49	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
60	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	42.5	47	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
61	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	42.5	42	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
62	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	42.5	59	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
63	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	42.4	66	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
64	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	42.3	59	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
65	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	42.3	47	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
66	Porter Wilson	Duke	42.3	42	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
67	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	42.2	50	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
68	Daton Montiel	Florida International	42.1	69	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
69	Issac Power	Baylor	42.1	37	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
70	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	42.0	57	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
71	Brad Robbins	Michigan	42.0	38	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
72	Mike Rivers	Troy	42.0	56	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
73	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	41.9	71	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
74	Carson King	Fresno State	41.9	48	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
75	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	41.8	51	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
76	Nick Haberer	Washington State	41.8	54	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
77	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	41.8	32	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
78	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	41.7	62	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
79	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	41.7	57	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
80	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	41.7	73	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
81	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	41.7	33	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
82	Daniel Trejo	Texas	41.6	40	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
83	Casey Glover	Tulane	41.6	44	38.5	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
84	Matt Freem	Nevada	41.6	50	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
85	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	41.6	38	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
86	Travis Benham	San José State	41.5	36	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
87	Aidan Alves	Liberty	41.4	56	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
88	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	41.4	66	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
89	Noah Gettman	Akron	41.4	53	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
90	Shane McDonough	NC State	41.4	40	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
91	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	41.4	71	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
92	Conor Hunt	Rice	41.3	42	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
93	Luke Akers	Northwestern	41.0	45	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
94	Danny Longman	Boston College	40.9	61	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
95	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	40.9	46	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
96	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	40.8	33	36.9	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
97	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	40.8	47	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
98	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	40.8	48	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
99	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	40.7	63	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
100	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	40.6	34	37.0	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7
101	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	40.6	49	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
102	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	40.5	56	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
103	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	40.5	73	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
104	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	40.4	44	37.5	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
105	Josh Smith	Kent State	40.3	43	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
106	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	40.3	30	37.8	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
107	George Caratan	UConn	40.3	61	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
108	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	40.3	40	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
109	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	40.1	31	37.9	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
110	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	40.0	58	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
111	Reis Vernon	Kansas	39.9	35	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
112	Jordy Sandy	TCU	39.6	52	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
113	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	39.4	62	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
114	John McConnell	Marshall	39.2	64	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
115	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	39.1	66	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
116	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	39.1	30	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
117	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	39.0	55	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
118	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	39.0	30	38.3	11	37%	3%	45%	0.0
119	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	38.9	34	38.0	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
120	Clayton Howell	App State	38.8	43	36.4	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
121	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	38.7	47	36.2	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
122	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	38.5	68	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
123	Billy Boehlke	Army	38.3	43	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
124	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	37.6	32	32.9	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2
125	Jack Wilson	Ohio	37.1	38	35.0	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
126	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	36.4	81	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5

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