2022 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2022, Aaron Rodriguez (3578) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Tory Taylor (3339) and James Evans (3325). 221 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	3578	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
2	Tory Taylor	Iowa	3339	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
3	James Evans	Indiana	3325	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
4	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	3297	75	44.0	43.4	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
5	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	3172	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
6	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	3058	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
7	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	3042	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
8	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	2995	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
9	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	2975	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
10	Jack Browning	San Diego State	2962	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
11	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	2953	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
12	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	2945	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
13	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	2937	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
14	Jamieson Sheahan	California	2934	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
15	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	2930	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
16	Daton Montiel	Florida International	2907	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
17	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	2804	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
18	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	2801	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
19	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	2774	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
20	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	2770	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
21	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	2735	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
22	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	2718	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
23	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	2676	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
24	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	2636	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
25	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	2620	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
26	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	2611	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
27	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	2588	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
28	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	2581	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
29	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	2567	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
30	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	2539	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
31	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	2510	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
32	John McConnell	Marshall	2506	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
33	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	2506	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
34	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	2498	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
35	Danny Longman	Boston College	2496	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
36	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	2494	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
37	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	2491	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
38	George Caratan	UConn	2456	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
39	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	2444	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
40	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	2441	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
41	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	2435	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
42	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	2415	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
43	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	2394	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
44	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	2376	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
45	Mike Rivers	Troy	2350	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
46	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	2349	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
47	Colton Spangler	Maryland	2336	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
48	Aidan Alves	Liberty	2321	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
49	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	2320	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
50	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	2299	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
51	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	2267	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
52	Nick Haberer	Washington State	2256	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
53	Mark Vassett	Louisville	2229	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
54	Barney Amor	Penn State	2196	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
55	Noah Gettman	Akron	2195	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
56	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	2177	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
57	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	2170	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
58	Sam Clark	James Madison	2161	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
59	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	2152	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
60	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	2147	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
61	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	2146	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
62	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	2131	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
63	Lou Hedley	Miami	2131	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
64	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	2112	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
65	Joe Doyle	Memphis	2101	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
66	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	2098	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
67	Jack Ansell	Purdue	2091	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
68	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	2084	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
69	Matt Freem	Nevada	2078	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
70	Jay Bramblett	LSU	2078	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
71	Jordy Sandy	TCU	2060	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
72	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	2029	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
73	Carson King	Fresno State	2010	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
74	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	2006	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
75	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	1998	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
76	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	1990	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
77	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	1988	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
78	Riley Riethman	Navy	1970	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
79	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	1965	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
80	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	1957	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
81	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	1955	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
82	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	1948	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
83	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	1946	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
84	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	1929	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
85	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	1917	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
86	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	1881	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
87	Luke Akers	Northwestern	1846	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
88	Casey Glover	Tulane	1831	44	41.6	38.5	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
89	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	1820	47	38.7	36.2	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
90	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	1785	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
91	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	1779	44	40.4	37.5	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
92	Porter Wilson	Duke	1775	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
93	Conor Hunt	Rice	1736	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
94	Josh Smith	Kent State	1732	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
95	Lucas Dean	UTSA	1713	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
96	Clayton Howell	App State	1670	43	38.8	36.4	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
97	James Burnip	Alabama	1669	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
98	Daniel Trejo	Texas	1666	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
99	Shane McDonough	NC State	1656	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
100	Billy Boehlke	Army	1646	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
101	Laine Wilkins	Houston	1644	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
102	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	1612	36	44.8	41.3	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
103	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	1610	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
104	Brad Robbins	Michigan	1595	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
105	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	1579	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
106	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	1578	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
107	Issac Power	Baylor	1557	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
108	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	1548	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
109	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	1546	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
110	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	1497	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
111	Travis Benham	San José State	1494	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
112	Brett Thorson	Georgia	1483	33	44.9	41.0	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
113	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	1452	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
114	Jack Wilson	Ohio	1410	38	37.1	35.0	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
115	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	1406	33	42.6	39.1	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
116	Reis Vernon	Kansas	1397	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
117	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	1381	34	40.6	37.0	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7
118	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	1375	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
119	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	1346	33	40.8	36.9	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
120	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	1336	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
121	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	1323	34	38.9	38.0	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
122	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	1259	28	45.0	40.5	10	34%	11%	44%	+5.0
123	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	1243	31	40.1	37.9	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
124	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	1208	30	40.3	37.8	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
125	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	1202	32	37.6	32.9	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2
126	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	1173	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
127	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	1169	30	39.0	38.3	11	37%	3%	45%	0.0
128	Carson Bay	Air Force	1119	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
129	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	1025	23	44.6	42.3	10	43%	9%	21%	+6.0
130	Colin McCreary	South Florida	978	24	40.8	39.7	7	30%	0%	68%	−2.0
131	Nick Barr-Mira	UCLA	961	22	43.7	39.6	9	43%	0%	44%	+1.7
132	Caden Noonkester	NC State	960	22	43.6	40.5	7	32%	9%	59%	+5.8
133	William Przystup	Arkansas State	913	21	43.5	40.3	7	33%	0%	14%	+0.2
134	Jack McCallister	Washington	822	20	41.1	35.6	6	30%	10%	5%	−3.2
135	Harry Webster	Nevada	775	23	33.7	32.8	4	20%	0%	70%	−8.5
136	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	701	17	41.2	39.6	8	47%	6%	29%	+1.9
137	Ashton Logan	Colorado	690	17	40.6	36.4	3	21%	7%	36%	−1.0
138	Archer Trafford	Mississippi State	679	16	42.4	39.3	9	56%	6%	7%	−0.1
139	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	621	16	38.8	31.8	2	13%	0%	14%	−8.8
140	Alex Weir	San José State	566	15	37.7	34.9	3	21%	7%	82%	−4.0
141	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	522	13	40.2	34.7	3	23%	8%	25%	−7.9
142	Sean Koetting	Missouri	521	13	40.1	35.6	4	31%	0%	44%	−2.7
143	Andrew Osteen	UCF	477	12	39.8	35.0	3	25%	17%	18%	−2.7
144	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	443	12	36.9	35.9	5	42%	0%	17%	−1.2
145	Sam Candotti	Boston College	443	12	36.9	37.3	7	64%	0%	67%	+1.1
146	Cam Guess	Pittsburgh	426	12	35.5	33.1	3	25%	0%	40%	−4.0
147	Adam Barry	Oregon	397	10	39.7	40.0	6	67%	0%	78%	−1.1
148	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	396	10	39.6	38.0	1	11%	11%	13%	−1.7
149	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	390	9	43.3	41.6	3	33%	0%	13%	−0.2
150	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	373	9	41.4	38.5	3	38%	0%	29%	+0.5
151	Rece Verhoff	Marshall	369	9	41.0	38.8	1	13%	13%	38%	−0.5
152	Ross James	Oregon	335	8	41.9	36.4	2	22%	0%	67%	−2.3
153	Kellen Grave de Peralta	Navy	306	7	43.7	38.0	4	57%	29%	50%	+1.5
154	Alex Bales	Oregon	252	7	36.0	30.5	1	13%	0%	57%	−4.4
155	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	238	6	39.7	28.8	2	33%	17%	33%	−3.1
156	R.Bell	Navy	175	3	58.3	58.3	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.1
157	R.Coe	Miami (OH)	174	3	58.0	58.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.4
158	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	149	4	37.3	37.3	3	75%	0%	50%	−0.3
159	Will Hutchinson	Miami	142	3	47.3	47.0	2	67%	0%	33%	+2.0
160	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	126	3	42.0	29.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−2.6
161	Alex Bacchetta	Penn State	123	3	41.0	41.0	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.6
162	M.Lantz	Georgia State	123	2	61.5	61.5	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
163	Collin Schlee	Kent State	122	3	40.7	40.7	1	33%	0%	0%	−1.7
164	Matthew Dennis	Wake Forest	120	4	30.0	30.0	1	25%	0%	33%	−3.1
165	J.Oldroyd	Boise State	112	2	56.0	56.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
166	Arlind Bengu	Louisiana Tech	97	2	48.5	48.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+1.1
167	Luke Freer	Air Force	95	2	47.5	47.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.8
168	G.Nicholson	Cincinnati	94	2	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.2
169	Bruno Perlicki	UConn	93	3	31.0	27.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−3.5
170	Brendan Farrell	Virginia	90	3	30.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	33%	−3.2
171	Max Morgan	Liberty	89	2	44.5	45.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.6
172	Brendan Cropsey	Purdue	88	2	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	50%	+0.8
173	Jack Martin	South Alabama	88	2	44.0	45.5	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.0
174	Caleb Williams	USC	84	2	42.0	32.0	1	50%	50%	50%	+0.1
175	Jayden de Laura	Arizona	83	2	41.5	31.5	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.2
176	Andrew Boyle	Oregon	72	2	36.0	36.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.1
177	Ben Garbarini	Iowa State	71	2	35.5	25.5	0	0%	50%	0%	−2.5
178	Will Ferrin	Boise State	71	2	35.5	17.5	0	0%	0%	50%	−1.7
179	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	68	2	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.9
180	Bo Nix	Oregon	67	2	33.5	33.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.1
181	Mack West	Coastal Carolina	65	3	21.7	21.7	2	67%	0%	100%	−1.0
182	G.Nicholson	Ball State	64	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
183	W.Stone	UTSA	64	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
184	A.McNulty	Toledo	61	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
185	R.Verhoff	Coastal Carolina	61	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
186	C.Davis	Rice	60	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.3
187	T.Horn	Florida Atlantic	60	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
188	Brennan Armstrong	Virginia	58	2	29.0	19.0	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.2
189	A.Laros	Maryland	58	1	58.0	58.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
190	J.Feely	Eastern Michigan	58	1	58.0	58.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
191	Cole Snyder	Buffalo	56	1	56.0	36.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.2
192	Ethan Hampton	Northern Illinois	51	1	51.0	31.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.1
193	Timmy Bleekrode	Nebraska	51	1	51.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.4
194	B.Pohl	Akron	50	1	50.0	50.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
195	DJ Uiagalelei	Clemson	48	1	48.0	28.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
196	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	48	1	48.0	48.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
197	Jack Smith	Clemson	47	1	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
198	Josh Green	Oregon State	45	1	45.0	25.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.2
199	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	42	1	42.0	42.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
200	D.Gutierrez	Utah State	41	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
201	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Ohio State	41	1	41.0	21.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
202	Tommy Doman	Michigan	41	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.2
203	Chance Nolan	Oregon State	40	1	40.0	40.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
204	Brenden Brady	UTSA	39	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.3
205	Chase Barry	UCLA	39	1	39.0	39.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
206	Ben Falck	Hawai'i	37	1	37.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
207	Jace Feely	Arizona State	37	1	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.3
208	Kevin Ryan	Washington	37	1	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.1
209	Cameron Rising	Utah	35	1	35.0	15.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
210	Jalon Daniels	Kansas	33	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
211	Kriston Esnard	Tulane	33	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
212	Jordan Doelling	Florida International	30	1	30.0	30.0	0	0%	0%	—	−1.1
213	Walker Bradberry	Georgia Southern	30	1	30.0	30.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.7
214	Grayden Addison	Kansas	28	1	28.0	28.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0
215	Luke Pawlak	Toledo	19	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.1
216	Chase Wyatt	Ball State	16	1	16.0	16.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.1
217	Isaac Pearson	Texas	15	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.9
218	Cole Maynard	North Carolina	14	1	14.0	14.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.1
219	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	14	1	14.0	14.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.2
220	Justin Lynch	Northern Illinois	10	1	10.0	10.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
221	Matthew Rhodes	Army	7	1	7.0	7.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.6

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