2024 College Punter Rankings

Every college football punter with enough work in the 2024 regular season (at least 30), ranked by punt points added. Each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot on the field, added up over the season. It puts distance, placement, coverage and returns on one scale.

Final 2024 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2024 College Leaders

Gross Punting Average

Palmer Williams (Baylor): 49.6 41 punts
Alex Mastromanno (Florida State): 48.6 57 punts
Eddie Czaplicki (USC): 48.5 40 punts
Jesse Mirco (Vanderbilt): 48.0 47 punts
Ryan Eckley (Michigan State): 47.9 43 punts

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Net Punting Average

Eddie Czaplicki (USC): 45.8 40 punts
Alex Mastromanno (Florida State): 45.0 57 punts
Palmer Williams (Baylor): 44.9 41 punts
Brett Thorson (Georgia): 44.0 42 punts
Fraser Masin (Ole Miss): 43.9 34 punts

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Inside the 20 Percentage

Eddie Czaplicki (USC): 65.0% 26 of 40
Tyler White (Texas A&M): 57.1% 24 of 42
Brett Thorson (Georgia): 54.8% 23 of 42
Oliver Straw (West Virginia): 51.5% 17 of 33
Aaron Rodriguez (New Mexico): 51.3% 20 of 41

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Longest Punts

Tyler Pastula (San Diego State): 79 yds
Marshall Nichols (UNLV): 79 yds
Palmer Williams (Baylor): 79 yds
Will Karoll (Tulane): 78 yds
Jacob Ulrich (Kennesaw State): 77 yds

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Punt Points Added

Alex Mastromanno (Florida State): +22.6 57 punts
Jeremy Crawshaw (Florida): +18.3 56 punts
Eddie Czaplicki (USC): +18.0 40 punts
Palmer Williams (Baylor): +16.7 41 punts
Daniel Sparks (Virginia): +14.7 57 punts

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Fair Catch Percentage

Mitch McCarthy (UCF): 70.0% 21 of 40
Tom Foley (Northern Illinois): 64.3% 18 of 38
Joe McGuire (Ohio State): 64.3% 18 of 32
Sawyer Evans (North Texas): 63.3% 19 of 44
Riley Thompson (Penn State): 61.3% 19 of 36

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Punt Touchback Percentage

Alec Bevelhimer (Miami (OH)): 0.0% 0 of 55
Adam Jacklin (UTEP): 0.0% 0 of 58
Alex Smith (Georgia Southern): 0.0% 0 of 54
James Rendell (Notre Dame): 0.0% 0 of 37
Aidan Flintoft (Stanford): 0.0% 0 of 43

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Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank)

Alex Smith (Georgia Southern): +3.5 0 TB on 54 punts
James Rendell (Notre Dame): +2.9 0 TB on 37 punts
Alec Bevelhimer (Miami (OH)): +2.8 0 TB on 55 punts
Emile Sebafundi (Coastal Carolina): +2.5 1 TB on 47 punts
Nick Barr-Mira (Mississippi State): +2.5 0 TB on 44 punts

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Return Yards Allowed per Punt

Caile Hogan (UTSA): -0.1 -4 yards
Aleksi Pulkkinen (South Alabama): 0.2 7 yards
John Henderson (Bowling Green): 0.2 6 yards
James Burnip (Alabama): 0.2 8 yards
Tom Foley (Northern Illinois): 0.3 7 yards

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Opponent Starting Field Position

Eddie Czaplicki (USC): 18.4 40 punts
Tyler White (Texas A&M): 19.6 42 punts
Rhys Dakin (Iowa): 21.0 60 punts
Tyler Pastula (San Diego State): 21.2 58 punts
Brett Thorson (Georgia): 21.5 42 punts

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Net Average in Opponent Territory

Jackson Ross (Tennessee): 36.7 12 punts
Tyler White (Texas A&M): 35.8 12 punts
Alec Bevelhimer (Miami (OH)): 34.7 12 punts
Connor Stutz (UConn): 34.3 12 punts
Makenzie Ryan (UL Monroe): 34.2 13 punts

Full Net Average in Opponent Territory leaderboard

Net Average in Wind

Andrew Stokes (South Florida): 47.7 10 punts
Eddie Czaplicki (USC): 47.6 16 punts
Luke Freer (Air Force): 46.2 19 punts
Jeremy Crawshaw (Florida): 45.4 12 punts
Brett Thorson (Georgia): 45.0 12 punts

Full Net Average in Wind leaderboard

All 2024 College Punter Leaderboards

Punters by Points Added

124 punters qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	57	48.6	45.0	22	39%	4%	32%	+22.6
2	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	56	45.9	43.2	25	45%	7%	36%	+18.3
3	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	40	48.5	45.8	26	65%	3%	35%	+18.0
4	Palmer Williams	Baylor	41	49.6	44.9	17	43%	13%	13%	+16.7
5	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	57	44.6	42.2	18	32%	5%	38%	+14.7
6	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	62	44.9	42.6	25	40%	6%	22%	+14.5
7	Brett Thorson	Georgia	42	47.6	44.0	23	55%	12%	33%	+14.1
8	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	57	45.2	42.4	24	44%	4%	34%	+13.0
9	James Burnip	Alabama	48	44.9	43.7	22	47%	6%	43%	+11.9
10	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	47	48.0	42.8	20	43%	11%	19%	+11.6
11	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	45	47.6	42.6	20	45%	14%	39%	+10.7
12	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	34	46.2	43.9	17	50%	3%	42%	+10.6
13	Tyler White	Texas A&M	42	45.1	41.9	24	57%	14%	57%	+10.4
14	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State	75	46.0	39.9	33	44%	7%	27%	+10.0
15	Devin Bale	Arkansas	37	44.9	42.4	12	32%	5%	26%	+9.6
16	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	70	43.8	41.1	28	40%	9%	45%	+9.4
17	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	60	44.2	41.2	30	51%	8%	50%	+9.0
18	Emilio Duran	Toledo	52	42.0	40.0	23	46%	6%	32%	+8.8
19	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	55	41.1	40.2	25	47%	0%	53%	+8.6
20	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	54	45.1	41.4	20	38%	8%	40%	+8.6
21	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	55	45.3	42.6	18	34%	6%	31%	+8.2
22	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	54	42.8	41.9	20	38%	0%	59%	+8.0
23	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	52	43.0	41.0	23	44%	4%	45%	+7.8
24	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	33	42.9	41.0	15	45%	3%	56%	+7.2
25	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	33	43.7	41.1	17	52%	6%	26%	+6.8
26	Riley Riethman	Navy	52	45.7	39.5	23	44%	8%	24%	+6.3
27	Josh Green	Oregon State	33	47.2	41.8	16	48%	9%	29%	+6.2
28	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	34	45.0	42.1	10	29%	6%	37%	+6.1
29	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	46	44.4	40.4	22	48%	7%	33%	+6.0
30	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	61	44.5	41.2	15	25%	5%	38%	+5.9
31	Tyler Pastula	San Diego State	58	46.1	40.7	20	35%	14%	30%	+4.4
32	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	44	44.6	41.6	21	48%	0%	35%	+4.3
33	Joshua Sloan	Memphis	45	43.4	41.4	17	38%	4%	50%	+4.2
34	Lucas Borrow	Hawai'i	48	45.5	41.5	15	32%	2%	18%	+4.1
35	Ross James	Oregon	33	46.5	41.2	9	27%	18%	35%	+3.7
36	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	52	45.1	41.9	25	48%	6%	41%	+3.6
37	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	44	44.9	39.5	19	42%	18%	17%	+3.6
38	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	31	43.1	40.9	12	35%	12%	45%	+3.6
39	Riley Thompson	Penn State	36	42.9	41.2	15	42%	6%	61%	+3.5
40	Lachlan Wilson	California	51	45.0	40.2	18	38%	15%	32%	+3.4
41	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	60	44.7	39.9	25	41%	7%	37%	+3.4
42	James Rendell	Notre Dame	37	41.9	39.8	16	43%	0%	26%	+3.3
43	Will Karoll	Tulane	37	43.2	39.9	11	30%	5%	48%	+3.3
44	Caden Noonkester	NC State	46	43.3	39.8	17	38%	4%	48%	+3.2
45	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	32	43.8	41.9	12	38%	9%	31%	+3.0
46	Keelan Crimmins	Purdue	64	44.9	41.8	19	30%	3%	41%	+2.7
47	John Henderson	Bowling Green	48	40.8	40.3	24	50%	2%	53%	+2.3
48	Connor Stutz	UConn	58	43.1	39.7	18	33%	7%	19%	+2.2
49	Michael Salgado-Medina	Arizona	39	43.3	39.1	17	44%	5%	41%	+2.0
50	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	40	44.1	40.7	18	45%	5%	70%	+1.6
51	Max Morgan	Liberty	37	43.1	39.7	14	38%	11%	48%	+1.5
52	Liam Dougherty	Houston	57	41.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+1.5
53	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	49	42.9	39.6	19	39%	4%	37%	+1.4
54	Dante Atton	Temple	75	40.5	39.5	27	36%	1%	46%	+1.4
55	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	53	43.8	41.2	15	28%	4%	26%	+1.3
56	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	47	44.5	40.3	13	27%	9%	27%	+1.3
57	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	47	41.4	39.2	15	33%	7%	22%	+1.1
58	Avery Book	Akron	65	43.4	40.4	24	37%	3%	15%	+1.0
59	Grant Chadwick	Middle Tennessee	51	43.6	41.0	22	43%	2%	43%	+1.0
60	Luke Akers	Northwestern	41	43.1	39.7	16	40%	3%	42%	+0.9
61	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	41	42.5	40.8	13	33%	3%	55%	+0.8
62	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	45	43.0	38.8	18	39%	9%	23%	+0.8
63	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	32	45.9	40.2	11	35%	10%	27%	+0.7
64	Ethan Duane	Buffalo	63	42.2	40.0	20	32%	0%	44%	+0.2
65	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	41	42.7	36.2	20	51%	8%	17%	+0.2
66	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	32	42.3	40.6	12	38%	3%	64%	0.0
67	Luke Bauer	Missouri	44	41.5	38.3	14	32%	9%	38%	−0.1
68	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	48	42.1	40.3	18	38%	4%	55%	−0.4
69	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	50	43.3	41.1	17	35%	2%	29%	−0.4
70	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	53	41.5	39.3	19	36%	4%	46%	−0.4
71	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	44	41.0	40.3	12	28%	2%	63%	−0.9
72	Guy Gillespie	Nevada	46	40.3	38.2	21	46%	7%	36%	−1.0
73	Alec Clark	Marshall	55	42.4	38.2	20	38%	13%	40%	−1.2
74	Ethan Craw	TCU	39	42.3	38.6	18	46%	8%	54%	−1.3
75	Jack Culbreath	Wyoming	66	40.4	38.2	27	41%	3%	41%	−1.4
76	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	36	40.6	37.0	12	36%	9%	50%	−1.5
77	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	38	41.9	39.9	9	24%	5%	37%	−1.5
78	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	54	42.9	39.4	22	41%	4%	55%	−1.5
79	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	46	42.4	38.8	17	40%	7%	56%	−1.6
80	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	30	39.5	39.3	8	27%	0%	50%	−1.6
81	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	44	40.4	40.0	20	45%	0%	17%	−1.7
82	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	43	42.9	39.3	19	44%	0%	25%	−2.1
83	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	47	40.4	38.7	19	40%	2%	46%	−2.1
84	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	43	47.9	40.7	8	19%	10%	15%	−2.1
85	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	48	42.6	41.0	12	27%	2%	47%	−2.3
86	Seamus Hall	Old Dominion	61	41.6	38.1	21	34%	11%	45%	−2.3
87	Caile Hogan	UTSA	53	40.8	40.0	21	40%	2%	46%	−2.6
88	George Eberle	New Mexico State	62	44.7	39.4	22	36%	5%	28%	−2.7
89	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	39	43.8	38.0	17	44%	8%	35%	−3.0
90	Tommy Doman	Michigan	49	42.6	39.2	16	33%	6%	46%	−3.3
91	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	45	41.5	37.8	12	28%	2%	44%	−3.4
92	Patrick Foley	UAB	39	43.3	36.6	10	25%	8%	22%	−3.6
93	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	51	40.9	38.6	19	38%	4%	49%	−3.7
94	Michael Kern	Texas	31	40.5	37.1	7	23%	6%	53%	−3.8
95	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	55	40.7	37.4	21	38%	7%	53%	−3.8
96	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	46	43.3	37.2	17	37%	9%	14%	−4.2
97	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	44	40.5	39.5	16	36%	5%	51%	−4.3
98	Damon Greaves	Kansas	33	42.4	38.5	6	19%	6%	32%	−4.4
99	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	49	40.3	39.0	23	48%	0%	55%	−4.9
100	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	59	40.9	37.8	20	34%	7%	29%	−5.0
101	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	44	44.7	36.7	17	39%	5%	41%	−5.0
102	Brody Richter	UCLA	40	42.8	38.9	15	38%	8%	37%	−5.0
103	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	37	40.8	37.8	19	50%	8%	50%	−5.1
104	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	43	42.1	37.6	17	40%	5%	49%	−5.8
105	Brian Cooey Jr.	Ball State	48	41.5	36.2	19	39%	8%	31%	−5.9
106	Daton Montiel	Florida International	57	39.4	36.4	19	33%	7%	38%	−5.9
107	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	53	43.0	40.1	16	31%	8%	44%	−6.0
108	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	42	42.6	38.0	12	29%	10%	32%	−6.2
109	Mark Vassett	Colorado	49	43.8	38.0	18	37%	4%	28%	−6.5
110	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	43	42.0	37.5	16	37%	5%	40%	−8.1
111	Jack McCallister	Washington	36	44.0	36.5	14	38%	6%	26%	−8.3
112	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	38	38.5	36.7	13	34%	8%	64%	−8.7
113	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	58	39.2	37.0	18	32%	7%	38%	−8.8
114	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	50	41.2	37.7	13	26%	6%	49%	−9.4
115	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	64	39.4	35.8	23	36%	11%	38%	−9.7
116	David Chapeau	Central Michigan	55	41.8	37.4	15	27%	5%	33%	−9.9
117	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	56	41.0	37.1	13	24%	9%	20%	−10.6
118	Isaac Pearson	SMU	40	44.1	37.2	11	28%	15%	18%	−10.7
119	Josh Smith	Kent State	83	41.8	37.6	30	39%	1%	45%	−10.9
120	Angus Davies	Tulsa	68	43.0	38.1	19	28%	4%	24%	−12.1
121	Jack Wilson	Ohio	55	41.0	37.1	19	35%	2%	33%	−12.5
122	Adam Jacklin	UTEP	58	39.4	37.4	13	22%	0%	31%	−13.7
123	Robert Cole	Troy	44	36.9	35.3	12	27%	2%	52%	−14.8
124	James Allen	Georgia State	51	44.5	34.8	13	26%	8%	22%	−16.2

Ranked by points added: each punt's expected-points result compared with an average punt from the same spot, summed (for college, expected points come from field position, since the source has no expected-points value on punts). Net subtracts return yards and 20 for touchbacks. TB % and FC % are shares of punts that were not blocked. Hang time is not recorded in public play-by-play, so fair-catch rate stands in for it. 17% of 2024 college punts have no outcome in the source play text. They are counted as not returned and left out of the fair catch, out of bounds, downed and return percentages. Minimum 30 punts.

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