2023 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2023, Jeremy Crawshaw (46.0) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Ryan Eckley (45.7) and James Ferguson-Reynolds (44.8). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 40.5.

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

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

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