2024 College Gross Punting Average Leaders

Gross average is total punt yards divided by punts that were not blocked. It measures distance only and ignores returns and touchbacks.

Net average is a better measure of field position; use both. In 2024, Palmer Williams (49.6) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Alex Mastromanno (48.6) and Eddie Czaplicki (48.5). 126 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 43.0.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Avg	Punts	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Palmer Williams	Baylor	49.6	41	44.9	17	43%	13%	13%	+16.7
2	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	48.6	57	45.0	22	39%	4%	32%	+22.6
3	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	48.5	40	45.8	26	65%	3%	35%	+18.0
4	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	48.0	47	42.8	20	43%	11%	19%	+11.6
5	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	47.9	43	40.7	8	19%	10%	15%	−2.1
6	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	47.6	45	42.6	20	45%	14%	39%	+10.7
7	Brett Thorson	Georgia	47.6	42	44.0	23	55%	12%	33%	+14.1
8	Luke Freer	Air Force	47.5	31	41.4	12	43%	11%	22%	+0.9
9	Josh Green	Oregon State	47.2	33	41.8	16	48%	9%	29%	+6.2
10	Ross James	Oregon	46.5	33	41.2	9	27%	18%	35%	+3.7
11	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	46.2	34	43.9	17	50%	3%	42%	+10.6
12	Tyler Pastula	San Diego State	46.1	58	40.7	20	35%	14%	30%	+4.4
13	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State	46.0	75	39.9	33	44%	7%	27%	+10.0
14	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	45.9	56	43.2	25	45%	7%	36%	+18.3
15	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	45.9	32	40.2	11	35%	10%	27%	+0.7
16	Riley Riethman	Navy	45.7	52	39.5	23	44%	8%	24%	+6.3
17	Lucas Borrow	Hawai'i	45.5	48	41.5	15	32%	2%	18%	+4.1
18	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	45.3	55	42.6	18	34%	6%	31%	+8.2
19	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	45.2	57	42.4	24	44%	4%	34%	+13.0
20	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	45.1	54	41.4	20	38%	8%	40%	+8.6
21	Tyler White	Texas A&M	45.1	42	41.9	24	57%	14%	57%	+10.4
22	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	45.1	52	41.9	25	48%	6%	41%	+3.6
23	Lachlan Wilson	California	45.0	51	40.2	18	38%	15%	32%	+3.4
24	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	45.0	34	42.1	10	29%	6%	37%	+6.1
25	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	44.9	44	39.5	19	42%	18%	17%	+3.6
26	Devin Bale	Arkansas	44.9	37	42.4	12	32%	5%	26%	+9.6
27	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	44.9	62	42.6	25	40%	6%	22%	+14.5
28	James Burnip	Alabama	44.9	48	43.7	22	47%	6%	43%	+11.9
29	Keelan Crimmins	Purdue	44.9	64	41.8	19	30%	3%	41%	+2.7
30	George Eberle	New Mexico State	44.7	62	39.4	22	36%	5%	28%	−2.7
31	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	44.7	44	36.7	17	39%	5%	41%	−5.0
32	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	44.7	60	39.9	25	41%	7%	37%	+3.4
33	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	44.6	57	42.2	18	32%	5%	38%	+14.7
34	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	44.6	44	41.6	21	48%	0%	35%	+4.3
35	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	44.5	47	40.3	13	27%	9%	27%	+1.3
36	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	44.5	61	41.2	15	25%	5%	38%	+5.9
37	James Allen	Georgia State	44.5	51	34.8	13	26%	8%	22%	−16.2
38	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	44.4	46	40.4	22	48%	7%	33%	+6.0
39	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	44.2	60	41.2	30	51%	8%	50%	+9.0
40	James Evans	Indiana	44.2	30	42.8	12	41%	0%	35%	+5.7
41	Isaac Pearson	SMU	44.1	40	37.2	11	28%	15%	18%	−10.7
42	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	44.1	40	40.7	18	45%	5%	70%	+1.6
43	Jack McCallister	Washington	44.0	36	36.5	14	38%	6%	26%	−8.3
44	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	43.8	70	41.1	28	40%	9%	45%	+9.4
45	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	43.8	39	38.0	17	44%	8%	35%	−3.0
46	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	43.8	53	41.2	15	28%	4%	26%	+1.3
47	Mark Vassett	Colorado	43.8	49	38.0	18	37%	4%	28%	−6.5
48	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	43.8	32	41.9	12	38%	9%	31%	+3.0
49	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	43.7	33	41.1	17	52%	6%	26%	+6.8
50	Grant Chadwick	Middle Tennessee	43.6	51	41.0	22	43%	2%	43%	+1.0
51	Joshua Sloan	Memphis	43.4	45	41.4	17	38%	4%	50%	+4.2
52	Avery Book	Akron	43.4	65	40.4	24	37%	3%	15%	+1.0
53	Caden Noonkester	NC State	43.3	46	39.8	17	38%	4%	48%	+3.2
54	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	43.3	46	37.2	17	37%	9%	14%	−4.2
55	Michael Salgado-Medina	Arizona	43.3	39	39.1	17	44%	5%	41%	+2.0
56	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	43.3	50	41.1	17	35%	2%	29%	−0.4
57	Patrick Foley	UAB	43.3	39	36.6	10	25%	8%	22%	−3.6
58	Will Karoll	Tulane	43.2	37	39.9	11	30%	5%	48%	+3.3
59	Luke Akers	Northwestern	43.1	41	39.7	16	40%	3%	42%	+0.9
60	Connor Stutz	UConn	43.1	58	39.7	18	33%	7%	19%	+2.2
61	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	43.1	31	40.9	12	35%	12%	45%	+3.6
62	Max Morgan	Liberty	43.1	37	39.7	14	38%	11%	48%	+1.5
63	Angus Davies	Tulsa	43.0	68	38.1	19	28%	4%	24%	−12.1
64	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	43.0	53	40.1	16	31%	8%	44%	−6.0
65	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	43.0	52	41.0	23	44%	4%	45%	+7.8
66	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	43.0	45	38.8	18	39%	9%	23%	+0.8
67	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	42.9	33	41.0	15	45%	3%	56%	+7.2
68	Riley Thompson	Penn State	42.9	36	41.2	15	42%	6%	61%	+3.5
69	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	42.9	43	39.3	19	44%	0%	25%	−2.1
70	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	42.9	54	39.4	22	41%	4%	55%	−1.5
71	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	42.9	49	39.6	19	39%	4%	37%	+1.4
72	Brody Richter	UCLA	42.8	40	38.9	15	38%	8%	37%	−5.0
73	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	42.8	54	41.9	20	38%	0%	59%	+8.0
74	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	42.7	41	36.2	20	51%	8%	17%	+0.2
75	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	42.6	42	38.0	12	29%	10%	32%	−6.2
76	Tommy Doman	Michigan	42.6	49	39.2	16	33%	6%	46%	−3.3
77	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	42.6	48	41.0	12	27%	2%	47%	−2.3
78	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	42.5	41	40.8	13	33%	3%	55%	+0.8
79	Alec Clark	Marshall	42.4	55	38.2	20	38%	13%	40%	−1.2
80	Damon Greaves	Kansas	42.4	33	38.5	6	19%	6%	32%	−4.4
81	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	42.4	46	38.8	17	40%	7%	56%	−1.6
82	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	42.3	32	40.6	12	38%	3%	64%	0.0
83	Ethan Craw	TCU	42.3	39	38.6	18	46%	8%	54%	−1.3
84	Ethan Duane	Buffalo	42.2	63	40.0	20	32%	0%	44%	+0.2
85	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	42.1	48	40.3	18	38%	4%	55%	−0.4
86	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	42.1	43	37.6	17	40%	5%	49%	−5.8
87	Emilio Duran	Toledo	42.0	52	40.0	23	46%	6%	32%	+8.8
88	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	42.0	43	37.5	16	37%	5%	40%	−8.1
89	Liam Dougherty	Houston	41.9	57	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+1.5
90	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	41.9	38	39.9	9	24%	5%	37%	−1.5
91	James Rendell	Notre Dame	41.9	37	39.8	16	43%	0%	26%	+3.3
92	Josh Smith	Kent State	41.8	83	37.6	30	39%	1%	45%	−10.9
93	David Chapeau	Central Michigan	41.8	55	37.4	15	27%	5%	33%	−9.9
94	Seamus Hall	Old Dominion	41.6	61	38.1	21	34%	11%	45%	−2.3
95	Brian Cooey Jr.	Ball State	41.5	48	36.2	19	39%	8%	31%	−5.9
96	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	41.5	53	39.3	19	36%	4%	46%	−0.4
97	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	41.5	45	37.8	12	28%	2%	44%	−3.4
98	Luke Bauer	Missouri	41.5	44	38.3	14	32%	9%	38%	−0.1
99	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	41.4	47	39.2	15	33%	7%	22%	+1.1
100	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	41.2	50	37.7	13	26%	6%	49%	−9.4
101	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	41.1	55	40.2	25	47%	0%	53%	+8.6
102	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	41.0	44	40.3	12	28%	2%	63%	−0.9
103	Jack Wilson	Ohio	41.0	55	37.1	19	35%	2%	33%	−12.5
104	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	41.0	56	37.1	13	24%	9%	20%	−10.6
105	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	40.9	59	37.8	20	34%	7%	29%	−5.0
106	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	40.9	51	38.6	19	38%	4%	49%	−3.7
107	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	40.8	37	37.8	19	50%	8%	50%	−5.1
108	John Henderson	Bowling Green	40.8	48	40.3	24	50%	2%	53%	+2.3
109	Caile Hogan	UTSA	40.8	53	40.0	21	40%	2%	46%	−2.6
110	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	40.7	55	37.4	21	38%	7%	53%	−3.8
111	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	40.6	36	37.0	12	36%	9%	50%	−1.5
112	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	40.5	44	39.5	16	36%	5%	51%	−4.3
113	Michael Kern	Texas	40.5	31	37.1	7	23%	6%	53%	−3.8
114	Dante Atton	Temple	40.5	75	39.5	27	36%	1%	46%	+1.4
115	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	40.4	47	38.7	19	40%	2%	46%	−2.1
116	Jack Culbreath	Wyoming	40.4	66	38.2	27	41%	3%	41%	−1.4
117	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	40.4	44	40.0	20	45%	0%	17%	−1.7
118	Guy Gillespie	Nevada	40.3	46	38.2	21	46%	7%	36%	−1.0
119	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	40.3	49	39.0	23	48%	0%	55%	−4.9
120	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	39.5	30	39.3	8	27%	0%	50%	−1.6
121	Adam Jacklin	UTEP	39.4	58	37.4	13	22%	0%	31%	−13.7
122	Daton Montiel	Florida International	39.4	57	36.4	19	33%	7%	38%	−5.9
123	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	39.4	64	35.8	23	36%	11%	38%	−9.7
124	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	39.2	58	37.0	18	32%	7%	38%	−8.8
125	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	38.5	38	36.7	13	34%	8%	64%	−8.7
126	Robert Cole	Troy	36.9	44	35.3	12	27%	2%	52%	−14.8

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