2023 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2023, James Ferguson-Reynolds (49.6) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Jeremy Crawshaw (48.9) and Ryan Rehkow (48.3). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 42.6.

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

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

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