2022 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2022, Jesse Mirco (18.5) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Lou Hedley (21.0) and Jack Browning (21.0). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 26.0.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	18.5	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
2	Lou Hedley	Miami	21.0	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
3	Jack Browning	San Diego State	21.0	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
4	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	21.1	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
5	Casey Glover	Tulane	21.2	44	41.6	38.5	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
6	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	21.3	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
7	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	21.4	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
8	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	21.5	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
9	Tory Taylor	Iowa	21.7	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
10	Barney Amor	Penn State	21.8	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
11	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	21.8	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
12	Travis Benham	San José State	21.9	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
13	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	22.4	75	44.0	43.4	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
14	Porter Wilson	Duke	22.5	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
15	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	22.8	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
16	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	22.8	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
17	Lucas Dean	UTSA	22.9	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
18	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	23.1	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
19	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	23.1	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
20	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	23.2	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
21	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	23.2	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
22	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	23.3	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
23	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	23.3	34	38.9	38.0	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
24	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	23.3	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
25	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	23.4	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
26	Mike Rivers	Troy	23.4	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
27	Jack Wilson	Ohio	23.4	38	37.1	35.0	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
28	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	23.6	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
29	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	23.6	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
30	Brett Thorson	Georgia	23.7	33	44.9	41.0	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
31	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	23.9	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
32	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	24.0	44	40.4	37.5	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
33	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	24.2	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
34	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	24.3	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
35	Joe Doyle	Memphis	24.3	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
36	John McConnell	Marshall	24.3	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
37	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	24.4	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
38	Mark Vassett	Louisville	24.6	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
39	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	24.7	36	44.8	41.3	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
40	Nick Haberer	Washington State	24.8	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
41	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	24.9	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
42	Clayton Howell	App State	25.0	43	38.8	36.4	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
43	Carson Bay	Air Force	25.1	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
44	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	25.1	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
45	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	25.1	31	40.1	37.9	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
46	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	25.4	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
47	Jay Bramblett	LSU	25.5	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
48	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	25.5	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
49	Sam Clark	James Madison	25.6	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
50	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	25.6	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
51	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	25.6	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
52	Aidan Alves	Liberty	25.7	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
53	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	25.7	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
54	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	25.7	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
55	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	25.8	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
56	James Burnip	Alabama	25.8	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
57	Brad Robbins	Michigan	25.9	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
58	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	25.9	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
59	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	25.9	30	39.0	38.3	11	37%	3%	45%	0.0
60	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	25.9	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
61	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	26.0	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
62	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	26.0	33	42.6	39.1	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
63	Issac Power	Baylor	26.0	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
64	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	26.0	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
65	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	26.1	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
66	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	26.1	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
67	Jack Ansell	Purdue	26.2	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
68	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	26.4	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
69	Laine Wilkins	Houston	26.4	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
70	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	26.4	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
71	Jordy Sandy	TCU	26.5	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
72	Luke Akers	Northwestern	26.6	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
73	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	26.6	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
74	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	26.6	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
75	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	26.7	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
76	Josh Smith	Kent State	26.7	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
77	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	26.8	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
78	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	26.9	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
79	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	27.0	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
80	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	27.1	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
81	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	27.2	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
82	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	27.4	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
83	Colton Spangler	Maryland	27.5	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
84	Riley Riethman	Navy	27.6	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
85	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	27.7	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
86	James Evans	Indiana	27.7	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
87	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	27.8	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
88	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	27.8	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
89	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	27.9	32	37.6	32.9	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2
90	Daton Montiel	Florida International	27.9	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
91	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	28.0	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
92	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	28.0	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
93	George Caratan	UConn	28.1	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
94	Jamieson Sheahan	California	28.3	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
95	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	28.3	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
96	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	28.4	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
97	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	28.4	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
98	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	28.6	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
99	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	28.7	30	40.3	37.8	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
100	Carson King	Fresno State	28.7	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
101	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	28.8	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
102	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	28.8	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
103	Reis Vernon	Kansas	28.8	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
104	Shane McDonough	NC State	28.9	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
105	Daniel Trejo	Texas	29.0	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
106	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	29.1	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
107	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	29.2	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
108	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	29.3	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
109	Matt Freem	Nevada	29.6	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
110	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	30.0	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
111	Noah Gettman	Akron	30.1	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
112	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	30.2	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
113	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	30.5	33	40.8	36.9	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
114	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	30.6	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
115	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	30.9	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
116	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	31.4	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
117	Billy Boehlke	Army	31.5	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
118	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	31.6	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
119	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	31.7	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
120	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	31.9	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
121	Conor Hunt	Rice	32.0	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
122	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	32.1	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
123	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	32.5	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
124	Danny Longman	Boston College	32.7	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
125	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	33.5	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
126	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	34.0	47	38.7	36.2	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
127	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	35.5	34	40.6	37.0	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7

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