2023 College Net Average in Wind Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games with a wind of 10 miles per hour or more. A headwind shortens a punt and a crosswind pushes it toward the sideline, so these are the hardest punts to place.

Wind is the game's reported speed, not the exact conditions on each kick. Only punters with enough windy-game punts are ranked. In 2023, Max Fletcher (49.5) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Jeremy Crawshaw (46.5) and Tory Taylor (46.2). 82 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 39.7.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	49.5	59	46.9	42.8	21	36%	5%	36%	+2.9
2	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	46.5	42	48.9	46.0	16	38%	12%	37%	+12.2
3	Tory Taylor	Iowa	46.2	86	47.9	44.7	33	38%	7%	43%	+25.2
4	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	44.9	33	42.3	42.5	14	45%	3%	63%	+0.5
5	Brady Hodges	Louisville	44.5	26	43.2	42.1	11	44%	4%	33%	+5.1
6	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	44.5	50	46.5	43.1	22	44%	12%	44%	+8.9
7	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	44.4	68	48.3	42.2	25	38%	8%	30%	+6.0
8	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	44.0	49	41.3	41.1	22	46%	0%	44%	+8.0
9	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	43.6	58	47.6	44.8	25	44%	7%	27%	+16.5
10	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	43.3	45	43.0	43.0	19	44%	0%	64%	+4.2
11	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	43.2	58	44.3	41.2	26	45%	12%	28%	+10.3
12	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	42.8	48	46.0	44.2	24	50%	8%	55%	+16.4
13	Caden Noonkester	NC State	42.8	67	42.7	39.9	28	42%	7%	52%	+6.2
14	Dylan Joyce	Miami	42.5	40	43.5	40.6	14	34%	0%	45%	+3.4
15	Mark Vassett	Colorado	42.2	66	44.1	41.4	24	36%	5%	23%	+7.3
16	George Caratan	UConn	42.1	61	44.2	42.3	22	37%	10%	31%	+2.1
17	Tommy Doman	Michigan	41.9	42	43.5	42.3	19	46%	7%	54%	+8.8
18	Laine Wilkins	Houston	41.8	49	42.2	41.1	19	39%	4%	35%	+3.4
19	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	41.8	61	45.3	43.7	26	43%	5%	44%	+10.3
20	Jack McCallister	Washington	41.7	37	41.5	40.8	15	41%	3%	57%	+4.3
21	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	41.7	61	42.6	42.9	24	39%	2%	50%	+9.8
22	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	41.6	42	42.6	40.3	18	43%	2%	31%	+2.4
23	Robert Cole	Troy	41.5	48	42.1	40.2	11	23%	11%	41%	−1.8
24	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	41.5	57	42.8	40.5	16	28%	11%	38%	−2.3
25	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	41.5	61	42.4	41.0	26	43%	7%	53%	+8.7
26	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	41.4	53	43.6	41.3	17	33%	4%	30%	−1.6
27	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	41.4	40	42.7	41.2	20	51%	3%	46%	+5.9
28	Riley Thompson	Penn State	41.3	46	45.2	42.4	19	40%	4%	50%	+7.7
29	Flynn Appleby	Rutgers	41.2	54	39.6	39.2	19	35%	2%	66%	−6.2
30	Will Karoll	Tulane	41.1	40	43.5	40.5	12	30%	8%	46%	+1.4
31	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	40.8	62	43.1	41.4	22	35%	6%	49%	+2.0
32	Jordy Sandy	TCU	40.7	37	42.2	40.0	9	24%	5%	50%	−7.1
33	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	40.7	26	43.6	40.3	9	35%	12%	43%	+2.8
34	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	40.6	58	43.2	41.6	22	38%	5%	41%	+6.4
35	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	40.6	29	42.0	40.7	12	41%	7%	36%	−6.3
36	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	40.6	57	40.7	38.8	20	34%	3%	42%	−8.8
37	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	40.6	35	40.7	40.5	18	51%	0%	61%	+2.8
38	Colton Spangler	Maryland	40.3	33	43.3	42.7	17	52%	3%	31%	+2.0
39	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	40.2	58	41.8	40.2	24	41%	7%	53%	−1.1
40	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	40.2	58	41.6	39.8	20	36%	7%	39%	+0.8
41	Lucas Dean	UTSA	39.8	46	42.0	41.3	18	40%	4%	63%	+6.4
42	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	39.7	58	44.9	42.0	21	36%	10%	43%	+8.0
43	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	39.7	50	41.5	38.8	16	33%	8%	47%	−2.3
44	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	39.7	31	42.0	41.4	10	32%	3%	68%	+2.4
45	Jack Ansell	Purdue	39.7	60	40.7	38.7	20	33%	10%	47%	−1.0
46	Zachary Haynes	New Mexico State	39.6	47	41.2	40.7	19	40%	2%	24%	+2.2
47	Jackson Kleather	Bowling Green	39.6	26	39.0	37.6	10	38%	4%	38%	−4.2
48	Matt Freem	Nevada	39.5	66	41.2	39.2	18	28%	5%	26%	−5.7
49	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	39.5	60	39.5	38.8	10	17%	5%	26%	−13.8
50	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	39.3	61	41.0	39.9	18	30%	5%	42%	−3.6
51	Palmer Williams	Baylor	39.1	37	43.0	38.6	11	30%	3%	38%	−7.2
52	Josh Smith	Kent State	38.9	50	41.0	36.8	15	30%	2%	26%	−17.1
53	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	38.6	48	40.7	39.7	18	39%	4%	52%	−2.4
54	Patrick Foley	UAB	38.6	41	42.8	40.5	14	34%	5%	46%	−3.2
55	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	38.6	64	42.9	37.2	17	26%	11%	34%	−9.9
56	Dante Atton	Temple	38.5	43	39.4	38.9	16	38%	0%	33%	−3.9
57	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	38.5	60	40.9	39.4	21	35%	2%	48%	−2.7
58	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	38.3	34	41.1	36.0	9	26%	9%	56%	−13.8
59	James Burnip	Alabama	38.3	50	47.2	42.2	21	42%	14%	36%	+13.8
60	Jack Wilson	Ohio	38.3	26	43.2	40.8	13	50%	12%	33%	+0.8
61	Sam Candotti	Boston College	38.1	32	38.5	36.3	12	38%	3%	43%	−5.6
62	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	38.1	52	42.4	39.9	20	39%	2%	41%	−0.4
63	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	37.8	46	39.6	38.1	12	27%	4%	41%	−9.4
64	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	37.6	51	42.6	39.9	17	33%	6%	60%	−6.5
65	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	37.6	55	44.1	39.7	17	31%	7%	52%	−1.4
66	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	37.6	75	40.9	38.6	23	31%	9%	35%	−2.6
67	Angus Davies	Tulsa	37.5	58	42.7	40.3	26	44%	2%	47%	+3.9
68	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	37.4	64	38.9	37.6	14	22%	5%	29%	−11.8
69	Mitchell Lake	App State	37.3	51	38.7	37.1	17	33%	4%	43%	−8.8
70	John McConnell	Marshall	37.1	55	43.1	37.1	14	26%	6%	32%	−9.4
71	Carson Bay	Air Force	36.9	27	39.8	38.0	8	30%	7%	52%	+0.9
72	Riley Riethman	Navy	36.8	80	44.8	42.1	22	28%	13%	40%	+7.8
73	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	36.2	38	40.9	38.6	14	37%	3%	33%	−0.3
74	Daton Montiel	Florida International	36.2	72	39.2	38.0	13	18%	4%	60%	−17.9
75	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	36.1	58	41.7	36.7	22	38%	5%	28%	−10.9
76	Conor Hunt	Rice	36.1	48	39.6	37.5	6	13%	2%	37%	−18.0
77	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	35.9	62	42.3	39.3	18	31%	12%	24%	−1.9
78	William Przystup	Arkansas State	35.6	56	43.7	40.3	20	36%	9%	25%	−2.0
79	Dante Jackson	Akron	35.5	65	37.5	36.0	16	25%	5%	46%	−13.1
80	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	34.4	51	41.3	35.8	10	21%	8%	18%	−13.5
81	Damon Greaves	Kansas	32.7	30	39.4	38.1	10	32%	0%	68%	−8.1
82	Lachlan Wilson	California	32.4	47	45.6	41.3	19	40%	4%	41%	−1.6

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