2022 College Net Average in Wind Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games with a wind of 10 miles per hour or more. A headwind shortens a punt and a crosswind pushes it toward the sideline, so these are the hardest punts to place.

Wind is the game's reported speed, not the exact conditions on each kick. Only punters with enough windy-game punts are ranked. In 2022, Mason Fletcher (45.7) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Bryce Baringer (45.4) and Kai Kroeger (45.3). 97 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 39.0.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	45.7	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
2	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	45.4	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
3	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	45.3	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
4	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	45.0	75	44.0	43.4	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
5	Colton Spangler	Maryland	43.4	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
6	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	43.3	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
7	Lou Hedley	Miami	43.0	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
8	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	42.6	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
9	Daton Montiel	Florida International	42.6	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
10	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	42.3	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
11	Jamieson Sheahan	California	42.1	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
12	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	42.0	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
13	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	41.9	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
14	Jack Browning	San Diego State	41.8	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
15	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	41.5	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
16	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	41.3	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
17	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	41.2	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
18	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	41.2	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
19	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	41.0	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
20	William Przystup	Arkansas State	41.0	21	43.5	40.3	7	33%	0%	14%	+0.2
21	Tory Taylor	Iowa	40.9	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
22	Sam Clark	James Madison	40.8	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
23	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	40.8	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
24	Brad Robbins	Michigan	40.6	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
25	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	40.5	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
26	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	40.5	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
27	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	40.5	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
28	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	40.4	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
29	James Evans	Indiana	40.4	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
30	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	40.3	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
31	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	40.3	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
32	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	40.3	23	44.6	42.3	10	43%	9%	21%	+6.0
33	Carson King	Fresno State	40.3	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
34	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	40.0	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
35	Laine Wilkins	Houston	39.9	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
36	Mark Vassett	Louisville	39.7	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
37	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	39.7	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
38	Lucas Dean	UTSA	39.6	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
39	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	39.6	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
40	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	39.5	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
41	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	39.4	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
42	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	39.4	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
43	Daniel Trejo	Texas	39.2	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
44	Travis Benham	San José State	39.2	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
45	Josh Smith	Kent State	39.2	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
46	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	39.1	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
47	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	39.1	28	45.0	40.5	10	34%	11%	44%	+5.0
48	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	39.0	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
49	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	39.0	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
50	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	38.9	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
51	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	38.8	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
52	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	38.7	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
53	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	38.7	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
54	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	38.7	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
55	John McConnell	Marshall	38.6	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
56	Noah Gettman	Akron	38.5	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
57	Aidan Alves	Liberty	38.5	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
58	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	38.5	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
59	Jack Ansell	Purdue	38.4	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
60	Luke Akers	Northwestern	38.4	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
61	Jay Bramblett	LSU	38.3	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
62	Jordy Sandy	TCU	38.1	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
63	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	38.1	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
64	George Caratan	UConn	38.0	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
65	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	37.9	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
66	Issac Power	Baylor	37.9	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
67	Porter Wilson	Duke	37.5	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
68	Casey Glover	Tulane	37.5	44	41.6	38.5	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
69	Carson Bay	Air Force	37.2	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
70	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	37.1	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
71	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	37.0	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
72	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	36.9	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
73	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	36.9	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
74	Conor Hunt	Rice	36.8	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
75	Danny Longman	Boston College	36.7	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
76	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	36.6	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
77	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	36.3	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
78	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	36.2	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
79	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	36.2	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
80	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	36.1	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
81	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	36.0	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
82	Joe Doyle	Memphis	35.8	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
83	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	35.7	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
84	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	35.6	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
85	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	35.6	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
86	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	35.4	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
87	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	35.0	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
88	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	35.0	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
89	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	34.6	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
90	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	34.1	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
91	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	34.0	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
92	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	33.8	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
93	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	33.0	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
94	Jack McCallister	Washington	32.6	20	41.1	35.6	6	30%	10%	5%	−3.2
95	Reis Vernon	Kansas	31.1	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
96	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	29.2	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
97	Billy Boehlke	Army	28.3	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5

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