2022 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2022, Bryce Baringer (45.5) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Mason Fletcher (44.8) and Kai Kroeger (43.5). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 39.1.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net	Punts	Avg	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	45.5	51	48.8	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
2	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	44.8	56	46.6	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
3	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	43.5	52	46.8	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
4	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	43.5	31	46.8	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
5	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	43.4	75	44.0	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
6	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	43.1	60	46.7	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
7	Lou Hedley	Miami	42.6	47	45.3	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
8	Jack Browning	San Diego State	42.5	65	45.6	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
9	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	42.5	57	43.8	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
10	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	42.4	46	46.7	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
11	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	42.4	61	45.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
12	Colton Spangler	Maryland	42.3	52	44.9	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
13	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	42.2	54	44.7	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
14	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	41.8	60	46.2	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
15	Laine Wilkins	Houston	41.7	37	44.4	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
16	Lucas Dean	UTSA	41.6	38	45.1	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
17	Brad Robbins	Michigan	41.5	38	42.0	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
18	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	41.5	44	45.6	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
19	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	41.3	49	42.5	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
20	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	41.3	36	44.8	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
21	Tory Taylor	Iowa	41.2	74	45.1	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
22	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	41.2	50	42.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
23	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	41.2	68	43.1	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
24	Brett Thorson	Georgia	41.0	33	44.9	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
25	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	40.9	33	45.4	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
26	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	40.9	36	43.8	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
27	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	40.8	49	44.3	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
28	Mark Vassett	Louisville	40.8	50	44.6	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
29	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	40.8	48	43.7	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
30	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	40.7	45	43.2	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
31	Barney Amor	Penn State	40.6	50	43.9	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
32	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	40.5	62	41.7	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
33	Nick Haberer	Washington State	40.4	54	41.8	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
34	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	40.4	81	44.2	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
35	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	40.3	71	41.9	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
36	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	40.2	73	41.7	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
37	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	40.2	42	42.5	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
38	Daton Montiel	Florida International	40.2	69	42.1	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
39	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	40.1	62	43.8	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
40	Jamieson Sheahan	California	40.1	65	45.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
41	James Evans	Indiana	40.1	75	44.3	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
42	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	40.0	46	44.1	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
43	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	39.9	55	42.7	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
44	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	39.9	68	44.0	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
45	Joe Doyle	Memphis	39.8	45	46.7	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
46	Daniel Trejo	Texas	39.8	40	41.6	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
47	Porter Wilson	Duke	39.8	42	42.3	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
48	Danny Longman	Boston College	39.7	61	40.9	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
49	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	39.7	57	42.0	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
50	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	39.6	49	44.4	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
51	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	39.6	36	43.0	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
52	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	39.4	50	46.0	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
53	Jay Bramblett	LSU	39.3	47	44.2	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
54	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	39.3	46	42.7	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
55	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	39.3	38	41.6	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
56	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	39.3	32	41.8	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
57	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	39.3	56	43.6	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
58	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	39.3	56	40.5	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
59	Sam Clark	James Madison	39.2	50	43.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
60	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	39.2	58	43.8	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
61	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	39.2	59	42.5	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
62	Jack Ansell	Purdue	39.2	49	42.7	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
63	James Burnip	Alabama	39.1	39	42.8	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
64	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	39.1	59	42.5	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
65	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	39.1	57	41.7	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
66	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	39.1	43	45.5	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
67	Carson King	Fresno State	39.1	48	41.9	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
68	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	39.1	33	42.6	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
69	Matt Freem	Nevada	39.0	50	41.6	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
70	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	39.0	49	40.6	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
71	Riley Riethman	Navy	39.0	45	43.8	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
72	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	38.9	47	42.3	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
73	Mike Rivers	Troy	38.8	56	42.0	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
74	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	38.7	58	40.0	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
75	Josh Smith	Kent State	38.6	43	40.3	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
76	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	38.5	47	45.8	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
77	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	38.5	66	42.4	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
78	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	38.5	51	41.8	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
79	Casey Glover	Tulane	38.5	44	41.6	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
80	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	38.5	66	41.4	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
81	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	38.4	47	40.8	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
82	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	38.4	35	44.2	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
83	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	38.3	30	39.0	11	37%	3%	45%	0.0
84	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	38.3	45	43.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
85	George Caratan	UConn	38.2	61	40.3	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
86	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	38.2	59	42.3	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
87	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	38.1	40	40.3	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
88	Aidan Alves	Liberty	38.1	56	41.4	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
89	Issac Power	Baylor	38.1	37	42.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
90	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	38.0	34	38.9	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
91	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	37.9	31	40.1	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
92	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	37.9	69	44.3	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
93	Jordy Sandy	TCU	37.9	52	39.6	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
94	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	37.8	47	42.5	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
95	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	37.8	30	40.3	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
96	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	37.8	59	45.4	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
97	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	37.7	73	40.5	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
98	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	37.6	66	39.1	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
99	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	37.6	33	41.7	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
100	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	37.5	44	40.4	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
101	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	37.2	62	39.4	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
102	Luke Akers	Northwestern	37.2	45	41.0	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
103	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	37.1	71	41.4	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
104	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	37.1	68	38.5	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
105	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	37.0	34	40.6	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7
106	Travis Benham	San José State	36.9	36	41.5	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
107	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	36.9	33	40.8	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
108	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	36.9	46	40.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
109	Shane McDonough	NC State	36.9	40	41.4	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
110	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	36.8	48	40.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
111	Conor Hunt	Rice	36.8	42	41.3	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
112	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	36.6	60	43.9	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
113	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	36.6	63	40.7	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
114	Noah Gettman	Akron	36.5	53	41.4	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
115	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	36.4	55	39.0	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
116	Clayton Howell	App State	36.4	43	38.8	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
117	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	36.3	30	39.1	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
118	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	36.3	44	43.8	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
119	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	36.2	47	38.7	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
120	John McConnell	Marshall	36.2	64	39.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
121	Reis Vernon	Kansas	36.1	35	39.9	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
122	Billy Boehlke	Army	35.6	43	38.3	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
123	Jack Wilson	Ohio	35.0	38	37.1	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
124	Carson Bay	Air Force	34.5	29	38.6	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
125	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	34.3	81	36.4	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
126	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	33.2	73	43.5	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
127	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	32.9	32	37.6	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2

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