2023 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2023 regular season (at least 30), ranked by punt points added. Each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot on the field, added up over the season. It puts distance, placement, coverage and returns on one scale.

Final 2023 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2023 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

James Ferguson-Reynolds (Boise State): 49.6 51 punts
Jeremy Crawshaw (Florida): 48.9 42 punts
Ryan Rehkow (BYU): 48.3 68 punts
Tory Taylor (Iowa): 47.9 86 punts
Matthew Hayball (Vanderbilt): 47.6 58 punts

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Punt Points Added

Tory Taylor (Iowa): +25.2 86 punts
Alec Bevelhimer (Miami (OH)): +22.9 53 punts
Porter Wilson (Duke): +18.2 50 punts
Matthew Hayball (Vanderbilt): +16.5 58 punts
Jack Bouwmeester (Utah): +16.4 48 punts

Full Punt Points Added leaderboard

Fair Catch Percentage

Brett Thorson (Georgia): 73.1% 19 of 31
Aidan Flintoft (Stanford): 68.4% 13 of 31
Damon Greaves (Kansas): 68.2% 15 of 30
Flynn Appleby (Rutgers): 65.6% 21 of 54
Mason Fletcher (Cincinnati): 64.3% 18 of 45

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Andrew Stokes (South Florida): 0.0% 0 of 49
Emilio Duran (Toledo): 0.0% 0 of 48
Hudson Kaak (Oklahoma State): 0.0% 0 of 35
Mason Fletcher (Cincinnati): 0.0% 0 of 45
Dante Atton (Temple): 0.0% 0 of 43

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Andrew Stokes (South Florida): +3.7 0 TB on 49 punts
Ryan Hanson (James Madison): +3.5 2 TB on 54 punts
Emilio Duran (Toledo): +3.4 0 TB on 48 punts
Angus Davies (Tulsa): +3.4 1 TB on 58 punts
Hudson Kaak (Oklahoma State): +3.3 0 TB on 35 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Flynn Appleby (Rutgers): 0.0 0 yards
Robert Cole (Troy): 0.0 0 yards
Zachary Haynes (New Mexico State): 0.0 0 yards
Alex Smith (Georgia Southern): 0.0 0 yards
Jack Blumer (Kansas State): 0.0 0 yards

Full Return Yards Allowed per Punt leaderboard

Opponent Starting Field Position

James Ferguson-Reynolds (Boise State): 19.4 51 punts
Ryan Hanson (James Madison): 19.9 54 punts
Brett Thorson (Georgia): 20.4 31 punts
Alec Bevelhimer (Miami (OH)): 20.5 53 punts
Ryan Sanborn (Texas): 20.6 35 punts

Full Opponent Starting Field Position leaderboard

Net Average in Opponent Territory

Kai Kroeger (South Carolina): 37.4 12 punts
Zachary Haynes (New Mexico State): 36.7 15 punts
Mark Vassett (Colorado): 36.4 13 punts
Ryan Hanson (James Madison): 35.0 20 punts
Andrew Stokes (South Florida): 34.5 12 punts

Full Net Average in Opponent Territory leaderboard

Net Average in Wind

Max Fletcher (Arkansas): 49.5 11 punts
Jeremy Crawshaw (Florida): 46.5 15 punts
Tory Taylor (Iowa): 46.2 45 punts
Sawyer Evans (North Texas): 44.9 10 punts
Brady Hodges (Louisville): 44.5 11 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2023 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

123 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Tory Taylor	Iowa	86	47.9	44.7	33	38%	7%	43%	+25.2
2	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	53	45.3	44.1	28	53%	8%	36%	+22.9
3	Porter Wilson	Duke	50	46.8	44.3	25	50%	8%	40%	+18.2
4	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	58	47.6	44.8	25	44%	7%	27%	+16.5
5	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	48	46.0	44.2	24	50%	8%	55%	+16.4
6	Jack Browning	San Diego State	54	45.4	42.5	27	50%	9%	49%	+14.8
7	James Burnip	Alabama	50	47.2	42.2	21	42%	14%	36%	+13.8
8	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	56	46.7	45.7	25	45%	4%	56%	+13.3
9	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	61	45.2	43.2	26	43%	5%	57%	+12.4
10	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	42	48.9	46.0	16	38%	12%	37%	+12.2
11	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	51	49.6	44.8	25	49%	16%	10%	+11.3
12	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	58	44.3	41.2	26	45%	12%	28%	+10.3
13	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	61	45.3	43.7	26	43%	5%	44%	+10.3
14	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	61	42.6	42.9	24	39%	2%	50%	+9.8
15	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	50	46.5	43.1	22	44%	12%	44%	+8.9
16	James Evans	Indiana	57	45.8	42.7	18	32%	11%	38%	+8.9
17	Ryan Sanborn	Texas	35	45.5	43.5	14	42%	6%	19%	+8.8
18	Tommy Doman	Michigan	42	43.5	42.3	19	46%	7%	54%	+8.8
19	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	61	42.4	41.0	26	43%	7%	53%	+8.7
20	Brett Thorson	Georgia	31	43.7	42.4	15	48%	6%	73%	+8.7
21	Nick Haberer	Washington State	47	44.3	42.4	16	35%	7%	62%	+8.2
22	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	58	44.9	42.0	21	36%	10%	43%	+8.0
23	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	49	41.3	41.1	22	46%	0%	44%	+8.0
24	Riley Riethman	Navy	80	44.8	42.1	22	28%	13%	40%	+7.8
25	Riley Thompson	Penn State	46	45.2	42.4	19	40%	4%	50%	+7.7
26	Mark Vassett	Colorado	66	44.1	41.4	24	36%	5%	23%	+7.3
27	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	48	45.8	42.7	18	39%	13%	52%	+6.8
28	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	55	43.7	40.4	22	40%	9%	47%	+6.6
29	Lucas Dean	UTSA	46	42.0	41.3	18	40%	4%	63%	+6.4
30	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	58	43.2	41.6	22	38%	5%	41%	+6.4
31	Caden Noonkester	NC State	67	42.7	39.9	28	42%	7%	52%	+6.2
32	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	68	48.3	42.2	25	38%	8%	30%	+6.0
33	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	48	42.8	41.2	21	44%	6%	56%	+6.0
34	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	40	42.7	41.2	20	51%	3%	46%	+5.9
35	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	54	40.7	39.9	32	59%	4%	48%	+5.0
36	Blake Ochsendorf	Louisiana Tech	53	45.7	43.6	18	35%	10%	52%	+5.0
37	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	42	43.6	41.4	17	40%	10%	59%	+4.4
38	Jack McCallister	Washington	37	41.5	40.8	15	41%	3%	57%	+4.3
39	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	45	43.0	43.0	19	44%	0%	64%	+4.2
40	Will Powers	UCLA	44	42.7	41.6	13	30%	5%	48%	+4.0
41	Angus Davies	Tulsa	58	42.7	40.3	26	44%	2%	47%	+3.9
42	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	34	43.8	40.9	17	52%	9%	30%	+3.9
43	Dylan Joyce	Miami	40	43.5	40.6	14	34%	0%	45%	+3.4
44	Laine Wilkins	Houston	49	42.2	41.1	19	39%	4%	35%	+3.4
45	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	52	43.3	41.9	18	35%	4%	22%	+3.3
46	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	59	46.9	42.8	21	36%	5%	36%	+2.9
47	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	35	40.7	40.5	18	51%	0%	61%	+2.8
48	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	31	42.0	41.4	10	32%	3%	68%	+2.4
49	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	42	42.6	40.3	18	43%	2%	31%	+2.4
50	Zachary Haynes	New Mexico State	47	41.2	40.7	19	40%	2%	24%	+2.2
51	Ryan Marks	Utah State	33	43.9	40.7	12	36%	13%	26%	+2.1
52	George Caratan	UConn	61	44.2	42.3	22	37%	10%	31%	+2.1
53	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	51	44.2	41.2	22	44%	6%	37%	+2.0
54	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	62	43.1	41.4	22	35%	6%	49%	+2.0
55	Colton Spangler	Maryland	33	43.3	42.7	17	52%	3%	31%	+2.0
56	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	52	46.5	42.5	20	38%	10%	41%	+1.9
57	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	44	41.5	40.1	16	37%	7%	63%	+1.5
58	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	43	42.4	39.5	17	39%	0%	31%	+1.4
59	Will Karoll	Tulane	40	43.5	40.5	12	30%	8%	46%	+1.4
60	Reid Bauer	Memphis	43	43.2	40.7	14	33%	12%	58%	+1.1
61	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	36	41.1	39.6	8	22%	3%	57%	+0.9
62	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	58	41.6	39.8	20	36%	7%	39%	+0.8
63	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	33	42.3	42.5	14	45%	3%	63%	+0.5
64	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	42	42.4	39.9	12	30%	10%	44%	0.0
65	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	46	41.8	41.3	19	43%	2%	55%	0.0
66	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	38	40.9	38.6	14	37%	3%	33%	−0.3
67	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	52	42.4	39.9	20	39%	2%	41%	−0.4
68	Alex Weir	San José State	42	41.6	38.7	17	40%	14%	54%	−0.7
69	Jack Ansell	Purdue	60	40.7	38.7	20	33%	10%	47%	−1.0
70	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	58	41.8	40.2	24	41%	7%	53%	−1.1
71	Trey Turk	Middle Tennessee	33	42.5	39.5	12	36%	9%	24%	−1.1
72	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	45	40.0	38.4	20	45%	9%	52%	−1.3
73	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	55	44.1	39.7	17	31%	7%	52%	−1.4
74	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	53	43.6	41.3	17	33%	4%	30%	−1.6
75	Lachlan Wilson	California	47	45.6	41.3	19	40%	4%	41%	−1.6
76	Robert Cole	Troy	48	42.1	40.2	11	23%	11%	41%	−1.8
77	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	62	42.3	39.3	18	31%	12%	24%	−1.9
78	William Przystup	Arkansas State	56	43.7	40.3	20	36%	9%	25%	−2.0
79	Max Morgan	Liberty	30	40.2	38.1	8	27%	10%	42%	−2.1
80	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	50	41.5	38.8	16	33%	8%	47%	−2.3
81	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	57	42.8	40.5	16	28%	11%	38%	−2.3
82	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	48	40.7	39.7	18	39%	4%	52%	−2.4
83	Bryce McFerson	Notre Dame	37	44.7	40.2	6	17%	6%	34%	−2.5
84	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	75	40.9	38.6	23	31%	9%	35%	−2.6
85	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	60	40.9	39.4	21	35%	2%	48%	−2.7
86	Carson King	Fresno State	51	41.2	39.8	22	43%	6%	57%	−2.8
87	Jake Walrath	Central Michigan	62	43.2	39.5	16	26%	11%	38%	−2.9
88	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	33	41.2	38.5	7	21%	6%	52%	−2.9
89	Josh Green	Oregon State	32	42.0	38.8	14	44%	9%	50%	−3.2
90	Patrick Foley	UAB	41	42.8	40.5	14	34%	5%	46%	−3.2
91	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	61	41.0	39.9	18	30%	5%	42%	−3.6
92	Dante Atton	Temple	43	39.4	38.9	16	38%	0%	33%	−3.9
93	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	46	41.0	39.9	17	37%	2%	52%	−4.0
94	Keelan Crimmins	Mississippi State	49	40.9	40.7	16	33%	0%	63%	−4.5
95	Sam Candotti	Boston College	32	38.5	36.3	12	38%	3%	43%	−5.6
96	Matt Freem	Nevada	66	41.2	39.2	18	28%	5%	26%	−5.7
97	Jack Martin	South Alabama	41	40.0	39.6	13	33%	3%	57%	−5.9
98	Flynn Appleby	Rutgers	54	39.6	39.2	19	35%	2%	66%	−6.2
99	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	51	42.6	39.9	17	33%	6%	60%	−6.5
100	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	37	45.2	42.9	8	22%	8%	36%	−6.7
101	Jordy Sandy	TCU	37	42.2	40.0	9	24%	5%	50%	−7.1
102	Palmer Williams	Baylor	37	43.0	38.6	11	30%	3%	38%	−7.2
103	Emilio Duran	Toledo	48	37.6	36.9	16	34%	0%	58%	−7.4
104	Damon Greaves	Kansas	30	39.4	38.1	10	32%	0%	68%	−8.1
105	Mitchell Lake	App State	51	38.7	37.1	17	33%	4%	43%	−8.8
106	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	57	40.7	38.8	20	34%	3%	42%	−8.8
107	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	46	39.6	38.1	12	27%	4%	41%	−9.4
108	John McConnell	Marshall	55	43.1	37.1	14	26%	6%	32%	−9.4
109	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	60	40.4	38.5	15	25%	7%	44%	−9.7
110	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	64	42.9	37.2	17	26%	11%	34%	−9.9
111	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	58	41.7	36.7	22	38%	5%	28%	−10.9
112	Grant Gonya	Charlotte	60	44.5	40.7	17	28%	15%	25%	−11.0
113	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	64	38.9	37.6	14	22%	5%	29%	−11.8
114	Dante Jackson	Akron	65	37.5	36.0	16	25%	5%	46%	−13.1
115	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	51	41.3	35.8	10	21%	8%	18%	−13.5
116	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	34	41.1	36.0	9	26%	9%	56%	−13.8
117	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	60	39.5	38.8	10	17%	5%	26%	−13.8
118	Cooper Allan	Army	44	36.8	35.0	11	26%	2%	34%	−15.5
119	Josh Smith	Kent State	50	41.0	36.8	15	30%	2%	26%	−17.1
120	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	58	40.9	38.9	16	29%	5%	26%	−17.5
121	Daton Montiel	Florida International	72	39.2	38.0	13	18%	4%	60%	−17.9
122	Conor Hunt	Rice	48	39.6	37.5	6	13%	2%	37%	−18.0
123	Carson Voss	Western Michigan	44	39.3	36.5	11	25%	2%	42%	−19.9

Ranked by points added: each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot, summed (for college, expected points come from field position, since the source has no expected-points value on punts). Net subtracts return yards and 20 for touchbacks. TB % and FC % are shares of punts that were not blocked. Hang time is not recorded in public play-by-play, so fair-catch rate stands in for it. 30% of 2023 college punts have no outcome in the source play text. They are counted as not returned and left out of the fair catch, out of bounds, downed and return percentages. Minimum 30 punts.

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