2023 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2023, Tory Taylor (4119) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Riley Riethman (3583) and Ryan Rehkow (3287). 201 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Tory Taylor	Iowa	4119	86	47.9	44.7	33	38%	7%	43%	+25.2
2	Riley Riethman	Navy	3583	80	44.8	42.1	22	28%	13%	40%	+7.8
3	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	3287	68	48.3	42.2	25	38%	8%	30%	+6.0
4	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	3070	75	40.9	38.6	23	31%	9%	35%	−2.6
5	Mark Vassett	Colorado	2913	66	44.1	41.4	24	36%	5%	23%	+7.3
6	Caden Noonkester	NC State	2859	67	42.7	39.9	28	42%	7%	52%	+6.2
7	Daton Montiel	Florida International	2820	72	39.2	38.0	13	18%	4%	60%	−17.9
8	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	2770	59	46.9	42.8	21	36%	5%	36%	+2.9
9	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	2764	61	45.3	43.7	26	43%	5%	44%	+10.3
10	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	2759	58	47.6	44.8	25	44%	7%	27%	+16.5
11	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	2758	61	45.2	43.2	26	43%	5%	57%	+12.4
12	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	2746	64	42.9	37.2	17	26%	11%	34%	−9.9
13	Matt Freem	Nevada	2719	66	41.2	39.2	18	28%	5%	26%	−5.7
14	George Caratan	UConn	2697	61	44.2	42.3	22	37%	10%	31%	+2.1
15	Jake Walrath	Central Michigan	2681	62	43.2	39.5	16	26%	11%	38%	−2.9
16	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	2674	62	43.1	41.4	22	35%	6%	49%	+2.0
17	Grant Gonya	Charlotte	2670	60	44.5	40.7	17	28%	15%	25%	−11.0
18	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	2623	62	42.3	39.3	18	31%	12%	24%	−1.9
19	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	2615	56	46.7	45.7	25	45%	4%	56%	+13.3
20	James Evans	Indiana	2612	57	45.8	42.7	18	32%	11%	38%	+8.9
21	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	2607	58	44.9	42.0	21	36%	10%	43%	+8.0
22	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	2601	61	42.6	42.9	24	39%	2%	50%	+9.8
23	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	2587	61	42.4	41.0	26	43%	7%	53%	+8.7
24	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	2572	58	44.3	41.2	26	45%	12%	28%	+10.3
25	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	2528	51	49.6	44.8	25	49%	16%	10%	+11.3
26	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	2508	58	43.2	41.6	22	38%	5%	41%	+6.4
27	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	2499	61	41.0	39.9	18	30%	5%	42%	−3.6
28	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	2488	64	38.9	37.6	14	22%	5%	29%	−11.8
29	Angus Davies	Tulsa	2479	58	42.7	40.3	26	44%	2%	47%	+3.9
30	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	2453	60	40.9	39.4	21	35%	2%	48%	−2.7
31	William Przystup	Arkansas State	2449	56	43.7	40.3	20	36%	9%	25%	−2.0
32	Jack Browning	San Diego State	2449	54	45.4	42.5	27	50%	9%	49%	+14.8
33	Jack Ansell	Purdue	2444	60	40.7	38.7	20	33%	10%	47%	−1.0
34	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	2438	57	42.8	40.5	16	28%	11%	38%	−2.3
35	Dante Jackson	Akron	2437	65	37.5	36.0	16	25%	5%	46%	−13.1
36	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	2425	58	41.8	40.2	24	41%	7%	53%	−1.1
37	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	2424	55	44.1	39.7	17	31%	7%	52%	−1.4
38	Blake Ochsendorf	Louisiana Tech	2423	53	45.7	43.6	18	35%	10%	52%	+5.0
39	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	2422	60	40.4	38.5	15	25%	7%	44%	−9.7
40	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	2420	52	46.5	42.5	20	38%	10%	41%	+1.9
41	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	2418	58	41.7	36.7	22	38%	5%	28%	−10.9
42	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	2412	58	41.6	39.8	20	36%	7%	39%	+0.8
43	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	2401	55	43.7	40.4	22	40%	9%	47%	+6.6
44	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	2400	53	45.3	44.1	28	53%	8%	36%	+22.9
45	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	2373	58	40.9	38.9	16	29%	5%	26%	−17.5
46	John McConnell	Marshall	2372	55	43.1	37.1	14	26%	6%	32%	−9.4
47	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	2369	60	39.5	38.8	10	17%	5%	26%	−13.8
48	James Burnip	Alabama	2358	50	47.2	42.2	21	42%	14%	36%	+13.8
49	Porter Wilson	Duke	2342	50	46.8	44.3	25	50%	8%	40%	+18.2
50	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	2325	50	46.5	43.1	22	44%	12%	44%	+8.9
51	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	2320	57	40.7	38.8	20	34%	3%	42%	−8.8
52	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	2311	53	43.6	41.3	17	33%	4%	30%	−1.6
53	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	2254	51	44.2	41.2	22	44%	6%	37%	+2.0
54	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	2250	52	43.3	41.9	18	35%	4%	22%	+3.3
55	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	2210	48	46.0	44.2	24	50%	8%	55%	+16.4
56	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	2204	52	42.4	39.9	20	39%	2%	41%	−0.4
57	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	2200	48	45.8	42.7	18	39%	13%	52%	+6.8
58	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	2196	54	40.7	39.9	32	59%	4%	48%	+5.0
59	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	2171	51	42.6	39.9	17	33%	6%	60%	−6.5
60	Lachlan Wilson	California	2141	47	45.6	41.3	19	40%	4%	41%	−1.6
61	Flynn Appleby	Rutgers	2136	54	39.6	39.2	19	35%	2%	66%	−6.2
62	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	2105	51	41.3	35.8	10	21%	8%	18%	−13.5
63	Carson King	Fresno State	2103	51	41.2	39.8	22	43%	6%	57%	−2.8
64	Nick Haberer	Washington State	2083	47	44.3	42.4	16	35%	7%	62%	+8.2
65	Riley Thompson	Penn State	2080	46	45.2	42.4	19	40%	4%	50%	+7.7
66	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	2073	50	41.5	38.8	16	33%	8%	47%	−2.3
67	Laine Wilkins	Houston	2069	49	42.2	41.1	19	39%	4%	35%	+3.4
68	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	2053	48	42.8	41.2	21	44%	6%	56%	+6.0
69	Josh Smith	Kent State	2052	50	41.0	36.8	15	30%	2%	26%	−17.1
70	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	2052	42	48.9	46.0	16	38%	12%	37%	+12.2
71	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	2024	49	41.3	41.1	22	46%	0%	44%	+8.0
72	Robert Cole	Troy	2023	48	42.1	40.2	11	23%	11%	41%	−1.8
73	Keelan Crimmins	Mississippi State	2003	49	40.9	40.7	16	33%	0%	63%	−4.5
74	Mitchell Lake	App State	1976	51	38.7	37.1	17	33%	4%	43%	−8.8
75	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	1952	48	40.7	39.7	18	39%	4%	52%	−2.4
76	Zachary Haynes	New Mexico State	1935	47	41.2	40.7	19	40%	2%	24%	+2.2
77	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	1935	45	43.0	43.0	19	44%	0%	64%	+4.2
78	Lucas Dean	UTSA	1931	46	42.0	41.3	18	40%	4%	63%	+6.4
79	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	1921	46	41.8	41.3	19	43%	2%	55%	0.0
80	Conor Hunt	Rice	1902	48	39.6	37.5	6	13%	2%	37%	−18.0
81	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	1886	46	41.0	39.9	17	37%	2%	52%	−4.0
82	Will Powers	UCLA	1877	44	42.7	41.6	13	30%	5%	48%	+4.0
83	Reid Bauer	Memphis	1859	43	43.2	40.7	14	33%	12%	58%	+1.1
84	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	1833	42	43.6	41.4	17	40%	10%	59%	+4.4
85	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	1828	44	41.5	40.1	16	37%	7%	63%	+1.5
86	Tommy Doman	Michigan	1825	42	43.5	42.3	19	46%	7%	54%	+8.8
87	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	1822	43	42.4	39.5	17	39%	0%	31%	+1.4
88	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	1820	46	39.6	38.1	12	27%	4%	41%	−9.4
89	Emilio Duran	Toledo	1804	48	37.6	36.9	16	34%	0%	58%	−7.4
90	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	1798	45	40.0	38.4	20	45%	9%	52%	−1.3
91	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	1788	42	42.6	40.3	18	43%	2%	31%	+2.4
92	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	1779	42	42.4	39.9	12	30%	10%	44%	0.0
93	Patrick Foley	UAB	1755	41	42.8	40.5	14	34%	5%	46%	−3.2
94	Alex Weir	San José State	1747	42	41.6	38.7	17	40%	14%	54%	−0.7
95	Will Karoll	Tulane	1741	40	43.5	40.5	12	30%	8%	46%	+1.4
96	Dylan Joyce	Miami	1740	40	43.5	40.6	14	34%	0%	45%	+3.4
97	Carson Voss	Western Michigan	1730	44	39.3	36.5	11	25%	2%	42%	−19.9
98	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	1708	40	42.7	41.2	20	51%	3%	46%	+5.9
99	Dante Atton	Temple	1693	43	39.4	38.9	16	38%	0%	33%	−3.9
100	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	1673	37	45.2	42.9	8	22%	8%	36%	−6.7
101	Bryce McFerson	Notre Dame	1653	37	44.7	40.2	6	17%	6%	34%	−2.5
102	Jack Martin	South Alabama	1642	41	40.0	39.6	13	33%	3%	57%	−5.9
103	Cooper Allan	Army	1617	44	36.8	35.0	11	26%	2%	34%	−15.5
104	Palmer Williams	Baylor	1592	37	43.0	38.6	11	30%	3%	38%	−7.2
105	Ryan Sanborn	Texas	1591	35	45.5	43.5	14	42%	6%	19%	+8.8
106	Jordy Sandy	TCU	1561	37	42.2	40.0	9	24%	5%	50%	−7.1
107	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	1555	38	40.9	38.6	14	37%	3%	33%	−0.3
108	Jack McCallister	Washington	1535	37	41.5	40.8	15	41%	3%	57%	+4.3
109	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	1489	34	43.8	40.9	17	52%	9%	30%	+3.9
110	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	1481	36	41.1	39.6	8	22%	3%	57%	+0.9
111	Ryan Marks	Utah State	1450	33	43.9	40.7	12	36%	13%	26%	+2.1
112	Colton Spangler	Maryland	1428	33	43.3	42.7	17	52%	3%	31%	+2.0
113	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	1426	35	40.7	40.5	18	51%	0%	61%	+2.8
114	Trey Turk	Middle Tennessee	1404	33	42.5	39.5	12	36%	9%	24%	−1.1
115	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	1397	33	42.3	42.5	14	45%	3%	63%	+0.5
116	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	1396	34	41.1	36.0	9	26%	9%	56%	−13.8
117	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	1359	33	41.2	38.5	7	21%	6%	52%	−2.9
118	Brett Thorson	Georgia	1355	31	43.7	42.4	15	48%	6%	73%	+8.7
119	Josh Green	Oregon State	1343	32	42.0	38.8	14	44%	9%	50%	−3.2
120	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	1302	31	42.0	41.4	10	32%	3%	68%	+2.4
121	Ross James	Oregon	1265	26	48.7	46.5	11	42%	4%	59%	+8.9
122	Sam Candotti	Boston College	1233	32	38.5	36.3	12	38%	3%	43%	−5.6
123	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	1218	29	42.0	40.7	12	41%	7%	36%	−6.3
124	Max Morgan	Liberty	1206	30	40.2	38.1	8	27%	10%	42%	−2.1
125	Damon Greaves	Kansas	1181	30	39.4	38.1	10	32%	0%	68%	−8.1
126	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	1153	29	39.8	39.0	11	38%	0%	45%	−4.6
127	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	1133	26	43.6	40.3	9	35%	12%	43%	+2.8
128	Brady Hodges	Louisville	1123	26	43.2	42.1	11	44%	4%	33%	+5.1
129	Jack Wilson	Ohio	1122	26	43.2	40.8	13	50%	12%	33%	+0.8
130	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	1086	25	43.4	41.4	8	33%	8%	32%	+6.0
131	Carson Bay	Air Force	1074	27	39.8	38.0	8	30%	7%	52%	+0.9
132	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	1031	25	41.2	39.6	7	28%	8%	47%	−0.7
133	Jackson Kleather	Bowling Green	1013	26	39.0	37.6	10	38%	4%	38%	−4.2
134	Josh Carlson	Arizona State	993	26	38.2	37.2	3	12%	0%	59%	−6.8
135	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	973	22	44.2	41.0	8	36%	9%	15%	−3.3
136	Luke Bauer	Missouri	922	22	41.9	41.0	9	41%	5%	41%	−0.3
137	Connor Weselman	Stanford	914	21	43.5	39.9	4	20%	15%	31%	−3.7
138	Jay Bramblett	LSU	874	21	41.6	40.5	8	38%	5%	39%	+1.3
139	Riley Williams	Missouri	800	20	40.0	40.0	12	60%	0%	31%	−1.5
140	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	708	18	39.3	38.5	3	18%	6%	57%	−6.1
141	Jared Wheatley	Ohio	699	19	36.8	33.8	7	37%	0%	67%	−4.8
142	Charlie Durkin	Kent State	680	20	34.0	31.2	2	10%	5%	53%	−14.5
143	Loren DiLoreto	Boston College	661	18	36.7	36.8	3	17%	0%	50%	−4.9
144	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	652	17	38.4	37.1	5	29%	6%	56%	−4.0
145	Ian Hershey	Arizona State	634	16	39.6	35.7	3	19%	0%	62%	−5.8
146	Josh Plaster	Oklahoma	606	15	40.4	40.3	4	27%	0%	40%	−1.4
147	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Michigan State	562	14	40.1	38.7	4	29%	7%	60%	−3.4
148	Cameron Peasley	Western Michigan	438	11	39.8	35.9	3	27%	0%	43%	−2.1
149	Luke Freer	Air Force	409	10	40.9	39.8	2	20%	0%	78%	−0.3
150	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	400	10	40.0	37.4	4	40%	0%	20%	−3.2
151	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	371	9	41.2	37.1	5	50%	0%	75%	−0.6
152	Cam Skattebo	Arizona State	338	8	42.3	41.9	3	38%	0%	50%	+2.2
153	Adam Jacklin	North Texas	317	8	39.6	37.3	0	0%	14%	20%	−0.5
154	Archer Trafford	East Carolina	317	7	45.3	42.6	3	43%	0%	0%	+1.5
155	Andrew Osteen	Mississippi State	316	9	35.1	35.1	6	67%	0%	86%	−1.2
156	Brenden Segovia	Maryland	264	7	37.7	32.3	6	75%	0%	50%	−2.4
157	Will Reichard	Alabama	261	6	43.5	40.2	3	50%	17%	83%	−1.8
158	Matt Bosset	Marshall	243	6	40.5	40.5	3	50%	0%	50%	−4.0
159	Casey Glover	Tulane	206	5	41.2	40.6	1	20%	0%	25%	+0.2
160	Brady Braun	UL Monroe	174	4	43.5	35.8	0	0%	25%	0%	−3.6
161	B.Peskin	Buffalo	166	4	41.5	41.5	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.5
162	Preston Stone	SMU	147	4	36.8	28.0	0	0%	50%	0%	−2.2
163	L.Drzewiecki	Utah State	147	3	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.0
164	Dario Longhetto	Arizona State	131	3	43.7	41.3	1	33%	0%	0%	+2.5
165	Riley Moore	Massachusetts	107	3	35.7	21.4	1	20%	0%	100%	−4.6
166	Nick Salmon	Florida Atlantic	106	3	35.3	35.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.9
167	Logan Smothers	Jacksonville State	98	3	32.7	32.7	2	67%	0%	0%	−1.4
168	Keegan Shoemaker	Sam Houston	94	2	47.0	47.0	2	100%	0%	—	+0.8
169	Noah Fifita	Arizona	90	2	45.0	35.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
170	Luke Akers	Northwestern	85	2	42.5	42.5	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
171	Drake Maye	North Carolina	81	2	40.5	30.5	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.2
172	Luke Dunne	Oregon	77	2	38.5	38.5	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.2
173	Tristan Lyon	Georgia State	77	2	38.5	38.5	2	100%	0%	100%	+0.2
174	Brendan Cropsey	Purdue	74	2	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0
175	DJ Uiagalelei	Oregon State	70	2	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
176	N.Keller	Georgia Tech	62	1	62.0	62.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
177	C.Davis	Georgia Tech	61	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.9
178	B.Travelstead	Georgia Tech	60	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
179	Alejandro Quintero	Indiana	59	1	59.0	59.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+1.2
180	Berry Wilson	Kentucky	55	1	55.0	55.0	0	0%	0%	—	+0.2
181	Alex Hale	Oklahoma State	54	1	54.0	54.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+1.2
182	Brady Denaburg	Syracuse	54	1	54.0	54.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.9
183	Hayden Dawahare	Kentucky	51	1	51.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
184	Kaak, Hudson	Oklahoma State	47	1	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	—	+0.7
185	Ben Krimm	Notre Dame	44	1	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
186	Ethan Vasko	Coastal Carolina	43	1	43.0	23.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
187	Jack Salopek	Western Michigan	43	1	43.0	43.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
188	Joshua Taylor	Georgia Tech	40	1	40.0	40.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.1
189	Rocky Lombardi	Northern Illinois	40	1	40.0	20.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
190	Cole Maynard	North Carolina	39	1	39.0	39.0	0	0%	0%	—	−1.5
191	Austin Reed	Western Kentucky	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
192	Bo Nix	Oregon	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
193	Cade Klubnik	Clemson	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
194	Dillon Gabriel	Oklahoma	37	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
195	Michael Alaimo	Kent State	35	1	35.0	15.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
196	Jayden de Laura	Arizona	31	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
197	Riley Leonard	Duke	28	1	28.0	28.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
198	Leighton Bechdel	West Virginia	26	1	26.0	26.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
199	Hayden Wolff	Western Michigan	23	1	23.0	23.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.9
200	Jack Smith	Clemson	18	1	18.0	18.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.1
201	Gunnar Watson	Troy	11	1	11.0	11.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.6

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