2023 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2023, James Ferguson-Reynolds (19.4) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Ryan Hanson (19.9) and Brett Thorson (20.4). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 25.0.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	19.4	51	49.6	44.8	25	49%	16%	10%	+11.3
2	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	19.9	54	40.7	39.9	32	59%	4%	48%	+5.0
3	Brett Thorson	Georgia	20.4	31	43.7	42.4	15	48%	6%	73%	+8.7
4	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	20.5	53	45.3	44.1	28	53%	8%	36%	+22.9
5	Ryan Sanborn	Texas	20.6	35	45.5	43.5	14	42%	6%	19%	+8.8
6	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	20.8	35	40.7	40.5	18	51%	0%	61%	+2.8
7	Tommy Doman	Michigan	21.0	42	43.5	42.3	19	46%	7%	54%	+8.8
8	Colton Spangler	Maryland	21.0	33	43.3	42.7	17	52%	3%	31%	+2.0
9	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	21.1	56	46.7	45.7	25	45%	4%	56%	+13.3
10	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	21.3	48	46.0	44.2	24	50%	8%	55%	+16.4
11	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	21.8	42	48.9	46.0	16	38%	12%	37%	+12.2
12	Zachary Haynes	New Mexico State	21.9	47	41.2	40.7	19	40%	2%	24%	+2.2
13	Porter Wilson	Duke	21.9	50	46.8	44.3	25	50%	8%	40%	+18.2
14	Alex Weir	San José State	21.9	42	41.6	38.7	17	40%	14%	54%	−0.7
15	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	22.0	50	46.5	43.1	22	44%	12%	44%	+8.9
16	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	22.1	58	47.6	44.8	25	44%	7%	27%	+16.5
17	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	22.2	58	44.3	41.2	26	45%	12%	28%	+10.3
18	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	22.2	46	41.8	41.3	19	43%	2%	55%	0.0
19	Blake Ochsendorf	Louisiana Tech	22.3	53	45.7	43.6	18	35%	10%	52%	+5.0
20	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	22.3	48	45.8	42.7	18	39%	13%	52%	+6.8
21	Jack Browning	San Diego State	22.5	54	45.4	42.5	27	50%	9%	49%	+14.8
22	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	22.5	34	43.8	40.9	17	52%	9%	30%	+3.9
23	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	22.7	45	43.0	43.0	19	44%	0%	64%	+4.2
24	William Przystup	Arkansas State	22.9	56	43.7	40.3	20	36%	9%	25%	−2.0
25	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	22.9	51	44.2	41.2	22	44%	6%	37%	+2.0
26	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	22.9	33	42.3	42.5	14	45%	3%	63%	+0.5
27	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	22.9	48	42.8	41.2	21	44%	6%	56%	+6.0
28	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	23.0	45	40.0	38.4	20	45%	9%	52%	−1.3
29	Tory Taylor	Iowa	23.0	86	47.9	44.7	33	38%	7%	43%	+25.2
30	George Caratan	UConn	23.1	61	44.2	42.3	22	37%	10%	31%	+2.1
31	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	23.2	37	45.2	42.9	8	22%	8%	36%	−6.7
32	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	23.2	61	42.4	41.0	26	43%	7%	53%	+8.7
33	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	23.2	55	43.7	40.4	22	40%	9%	47%	+6.6
34	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	23.2	40	42.7	41.2	20	51%	3%	46%	+5.9
35	Riley Riethman	Navy	23.3	80	44.8	42.1	22	28%	13%	40%	+7.8
36	Ryan Marks	Utah State	23.3	33	43.9	40.7	12	36%	13%	26%	+2.1
37	Carson King	Fresno State	23.4	51	41.2	39.8	22	43%	6%	57%	−2.8
38	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	23.4	58	41.8	40.2	24	41%	7%	53%	−1.1
39	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	23.4	42	42.4	39.9	12	30%	10%	44%	0.0
40	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	23.6	61	42.6	42.9	24	39%	2%	50%	+9.8
41	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	23.7	42	42.6	40.3	18	43%	2%	31%	+2.4
42	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	23.8	42	43.6	41.4	17	40%	10%	59%	+4.4
43	Angus Davies	Tulsa	23.8	58	42.7	40.3	26	44%	2%	47%	+3.9
44	Riley Thompson	Penn State	23.9	46	45.2	42.4	19	40%	4%	50%	+7.7
45	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	23.9	57	42.8	40.5	16	28%	11%	38%	−2.3
46	Jack McCallister	Washington	24.0	37	41.5	40.8	15	41%	3%	57%	+4.3
47	Mitchell Lake	App State	24.0	51	38.7	37.1	17	33%	4%	43%	−8.8
48	Lucas Dean	UTSA	24.0	46	42.0	41.3	18	40%	4%	63%	+6.4
49	Caden Noonkester	NC State	24.2	67	42.7	39.9	28	42%	7%	52%	+6.2
50	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	24.2	61	45.2	43.2	26	43%	5%	57%	+12.4
51	James Burnip	Alabama	24.2	50	47.2	42.2	21	42%	14%	36%	+13.8
52	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	24.4	51	42.6	39.9	17	33%	6%	60%	−6.5
53	Laine Wilkins	Houston	24.4	49	42.2	41.1	19	39%	4%	35%	+3.4
54	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	24.5	31	42.0	41.4	10	32%	3%	68%	+2.4
55	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	24.5	55	44.1	39.7	17	31%	7%	52%	−1.4
56	Dylan Joyce	Miami	24.5	40	43.5	40.6	14	34%	0%	45%	+3.4
57	Reid Bauer	Memphis	24.6	43	43.2	40.7	14	33%	12%	58%	+1.1
58	Sam Candotti	Boston College	24.6	32	38.5	36.3	12	38%	3%	43%	−5.6
59	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	24.7	52	46.5	42.5	20	38%	10%	41%	+1.9
60	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	24.7	58	43.2	41.6	22	38%	5%	41%	+6.4
61	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	25.0	61	41.0	39.9	18	30%	5%	42%	−3.6
62	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	25.0	62	43.1	41.4	22	35%	6%	49%	+2.0
63	Lachlan Wilson	California	25.0	47	45.6	41.3	19	40%	4%	41%	−1.6
64	James Evans	Indiana	25.1	57	45.8	42.7	18	32%	11%	38%	+8.9
65	Jack Ansell	Purdue	25.2	60	40.7	38.7	20	33%	10%	47%	−1.0
66	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	25.3	48	40.7	39.7	18	39%	4%	52%	−2.4
67	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	25.3	44	41.5	40.1	16	37%	7%	63%	+1.5
68	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	25.3	46	41.0	39.9	17	37%	2%	52%	−4.0
69	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	25.4	49	41.3	41.1	22	46%	0%	44%	+8.0
70	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	25.4	58	41.6	39.8	20	36%	7%	39%	+0.8
71	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	25.5	61	45.3	43.7	26	43%	5%	44%	+10.3
72	Mark Vassett	Colorado	25.6	66	44.1	41.4	24	36%	5%	23%	+7.3
73	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	25.6	57	40.7	38.8	20	34%	3%	42%	−8.8
74	Grant Gonya	Charlotte	25.7	60	44.5	40.7	17	28%	15%	25%	−11.0
75	Will Powers	UCLA	25.8	44	42.7	41.6	13	30%	5%	48%	+4.0
76	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	25.9	58	44.9	42.0	21	36%	10%	43%	+8.0
77	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	26.0	68	48.3	42.2	25	38%	8%	30%	+6.0
78	Will Karoll	Tulane	26.1	40	43.5	40.5	12	30%	8%	46%	+1.4
79	Jordy Sandy	TCU	26.1	37	42.2	40.0	9	24%	5%	50%	−7.1
80	Josh Green	Oregon State	26.1	32	42.0	38.8	14	44%	9%	50%	−3.2
81	Trey Turk	Middle Tennessee	26.3	33	42.5	39.5	12	36%	9%	24%	−1.1
82	Dante Atton	Temple	26.5	43	39.4	38.9	16	38%	0%	33%	−3.9
83	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	26.6	58	40.9	38.9	16	29%	5%	26%	−17.5
84	Robert Cole	Troy	26.7	48	42.1	40.2	11	23%	11%	41%	−1.8
85	Patrick Foley	UAB	26.8	41	42.8	40.5	14	34%	5%	46%	−3.2
86	Jake Walrath	Central Michigan	26.8	62	43.2	39.5	16	26%	11%	38%	−2.9
87	Nick Haberer	Washington State	26.9	47	44.3	42.4	16	35%	7%	62%	+8.2
88	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	26.9	52	42.4	39.9	20	39%	2%	41%	−0.4
89	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	26.9	52	43.3	41.9	18	35%	4%	22%	+3.3
90	Damon Greaves	Kansas	27.1	30	39.4	38.1	10	32%	0%	68%	−8.1
91	Max Morgan	Liberty	27.2	30	40.2	38.1	8	27%	10%	42%	−2.1
92	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	27.3	75	40.9	38.6	23	31%	9%	35%	−2.6
93	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	27.3	58	41.7	36.7	22	38%	5%	28%	−10.9
94	Keelan Crimmins	Mississippi State	27.4	49	40.9	40.7	16	33%	0%	63%	−4.5
95	Flynn Appleby	Rutgers	27.4	54	39.6	39.2	19	35%	2%	66%	−6.2
96	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	27.6	60	40.9	39.4	21	35%	2%	48%	−2.7
97	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	27.7	59	46.9	42.8	21	36%	5%	36%	+2.9
98	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	27.8	33	41.2	38.5	7	21%	6%	52%	−2.9
99	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	27.9	62	42.3	39.3	18	31%	12%	24%	−1.9
100	Jack Martin	South Alabama	27.9	41	40.0	39.6	13	33%	3%	57%	−5.9
101	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	28.1	43	42.4	39.5	17	39%	0%	31%	+1.4
102	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	28.1	38	40.9	38.6	14	37%	3%	33%	−0.3
103	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	28.3	50	41.5	38.8	16	33%	8%	47%	−2.3
104	Cooper Allan	Army	28.3	44	36.8	35.0	11	26%	2%	34%	−15.5
105	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	28.5	64	42.9	37.2	17	26%	11%	34%	−9.9
106	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	28.5	53	43.6	41.3	17	33%	4%	30%	−1.6
107	Emilio Duran	Toledo	28.6	48	37.6	36.9	16	34%	0%	58%	−7.4
108	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	28.6	36	41.1	39.6	8	22%	3%	57%	+0.9
109	Matt Freem	Nevada	28.8	66	41.2	39.2	18	28%	5%	26%	−5.7
110	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	29.5	60	40.4	38.5	15	25%	7%	44%	−9.7
111	Josh Smith	Kent State	29.5	50	41.0	36.8	15	30%	2%	26%	−17.1
112	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	29.6	60	39.5	38.8	10	17%	5%	26%	−13.8
113	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	29.6	34	41.1	36.0	9	26%	9%	56%	−13.8
114	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	29.7	64	38.9	37.6	14	22%	5%	29%	−11.8
115	Palmer Williams	Baylor	29.8	37	43.0	38.6	11	30%	3%	38%	−7.2
116	John McConnell	Marshall	30.2	55	43.1	37.1	14	26%	6%	32%	−9.4
117	Carson Voss	Western Michigan	30.4	44	39.3	36.5	11	25%	2%	42%	−19.9
118	Bryce McFerson	Notre Dame	30.9	37	44.7	40.2	6	17%	6%	34%	−2.5
119	Dante Jackson	Akron	31.0	65	37.5	36.0	16	25%	5%	46%	−13.1
120	Daton Montiel	Florida International	31.2	72	39.2	38.0	13	18%	4%	60%	−17.9
121	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	31.6	46	39.6	38.1	12	27%	4%	41%	−9.4
122	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	32.7	51	41.3	35.8	10	21%	8%	18%	−13.5
123	Conor Hunt	Rice	33.1	48	39.6	37.5	6	13%	2%	37%	−18.0

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