2022 College Return Yards Allowed per Punt Leaders

Total return yards allowed divided by every punt that was not blocked, so a fair catch or an out-of-bounds punt counts as zero. College punts whose play text records no outcome are left out. It is the fairest single measure of how much a returner gets to work with.

Lowest comes first. Coverage teams share the credit. In 2022, Casey Glover (-0.1) topped college football punters in return yards allowed per punt, ahead of Paxton Brooks (-0.0) and Adam Korsak (0.0). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 2.0.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds/punt	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Casey Glover	Tulane	-0.1	44	41.6	38.5	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
2	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	-0.0	30	39.0	38.3	11	37%	3%	45%	0.0
3	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	0.0	75	44.0	43.4	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
4	Clayton Howell	App State	0.1	43	38.8	36.4	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
5	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	0.2	34	38.9	38.0	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
6	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	0.3	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
7	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	0.4	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
8	Brad Robbins	Michigan	0.4	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
9	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	0.6	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
10	Jordy Sandy	TCU	0.7	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
11	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	0.7	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
12	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	0.7	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
13	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	0.7	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
14	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	0.7	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
15	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	0.8	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
16	Daniel Trejo	Texas	0.8	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
17	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	0.9	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
18	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	0.9	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
19	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	0.9	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
20	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	1.0	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
21	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	1.0	44	40.4	37.5	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
22	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	1.0	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
23	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	1.0	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
24	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	1.0	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
25	Nick Haberer	Washington State	1.0	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
26	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	1.0	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
27	Tory Taylor	Iowa	1.0	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
28	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	1.1	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
29	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	1.1	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
30	Jack Wilson	Ohio	1.1	38	37.1	35.0	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
31	Carson Bay	Air Force	1.1	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
32	Travis Benham	San José State	1.2	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
33	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	1.2	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
34	Josh Smith	Kent State	1.2	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
35	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	1.3	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
36	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	1.3	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
37	John McConnell	Marshall	1.4	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
38	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	1.4	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
39	Colton Spangler	Maryland	1.4	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
40	Daton Montiel	Florida International	1.5	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
41	Danny Longman	Boston College	1.5	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
42	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	1.5	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
43	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	1.5	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
44	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	1.5	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
45	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	1.5	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
46	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	1.5	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
47	Lou Hedley	Miami	1.5	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
48	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	1.6	31	40.1	37.9	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
49	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	1.7	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
50	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	1.7	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
51	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	1.7	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
52	Jack Ansell	Purdue	1.7	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
53	James Burnip	Alabama	1.7	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
54	Laine Wilkins	Houston	1.7	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
55	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	1.8	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
56	Riley Riethman	Navy	1.9	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
57	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	1.9	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
58	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	1.9	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
59	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	1.9	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
60	George Caratan	UConn	2.0	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
61	Billy Boehlke	Army	2.0	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
62	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	2.0	33	42.6	39.1	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
63	Issac Power	Baylor	2.0	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
64	Lucas Dean	UTSA	2.0	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
65	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	2.0	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
66	Carson King	Fresno State	2.1	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
67	Mike Rivers	Troy	2.1	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
68	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	2.1	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
69	Barney Amor	Penn State	2.1	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
70	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	2.2	36	44.8	41.3	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
71	Porter Wilson	Duke	2.2	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
72	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	2.3	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
73	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	2.3	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
74	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	2.3	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
75	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	2.3	47	38.7	36.2	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
76	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	2.4	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
77	Mark Vassett	Louisville	2.4	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
78	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	2.4	33	40.8	36.9	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
79	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	2.5	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
80	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	2.5	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
81	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	2.6	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
82	Luke Akers	Northwestern	2.6	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
83	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	2.6	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
84	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	2.6	30	40.3	37.8	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
85	Jack Browning	San Diego State	2.7	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
86	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	2.7	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
87	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	2.8	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
88	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	2.8	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
89	Sam Clark	James Madison	2.9	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
90	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	2.9	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
91	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	2.9	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
92	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	3.0	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
93	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	3.0	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
94	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	3.0	34	40.6	37.0	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7
95	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	3.0	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
96	Reis Vernon	Kansas	3.0	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
97	Matt Freem	Nevada	3.1	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
98	Aidan Alves	Liberty	3.1	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
99	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	3.1	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
100	Jay Bramblett	LSU	3.2	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
101	Noah Gettman	Akron	3.3	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
102	Brett Thorson	Georgia	3.3	33	44.9	41.0	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
103	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	3.5	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
104	James Evans	Indiana	3.5	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
105	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	3.6	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
106	Shane McDonough	NC State	3.6	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
107	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	3.7	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
108	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	3.7	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
109	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	3.8	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
110	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	4.1	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
111	Jamieson Sheahan	California	4.2	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
112	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	4.2	32	37.6	32.9	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2
113	Conor Hunt	Rice	4.2	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
114	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	4.3	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
115	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	4.3	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
116	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	4.5	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
117	Joe Doyle	Memphis	4.5	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
118	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	4.6	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
119	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	4.8	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
120	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	4.8	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
121	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	5.4	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
122	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	5.7	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
123	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	5.9	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
124	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	6.0	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
125	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	6.2	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
126	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	7.7	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
127	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	7.9	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1

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