2024 College Net Average in Wind Leaders

Net average counting only punts in outdoor games with a wind of 10 miles per hour or more. A headwind shortens a punt and a crosswind pushes it toward the sideline, so these are the hardest punts to place.

Wind is the game's reported speed, not the exact conditions on each kick. Only punters with enough windy-game punts are ranked. In 2024, Andrew Stokes (47.7) led college football punters in net average in wind, ahead of Eddie Czaplicki (47.6) and Luke Freer (46.2). 81 punters qualify (minimum 10 punts in wind (10+ mph)). The median qualified punter had 39.5.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Net (wind)	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	47.7	62	44.9	42.6	25	40%	6%	22%	+14.5
2	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	47.6	40	48.5	45.8	26	65%	3%	35%	+18.0
3	Luke Freer	Air Force	46.2	31	47.5	41.4	12	43%	11%	22%	+0.9
4	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	45.4	56	45.9	43.2	25	45%	7%	36%	+18.3
5	Brett Thorson	Georgia	45.0	42	47.6	44.0	23	55%	12%	33%	+14.1
6	Riley Riethman	Navy	44.5	52	45.7	39.5	23	44%	8%	24%	+6.3
7	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	43.4	57	45.2	42.4	24	44%	4%	34%	+13.0
8	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	42.8	55	45.3	42.6	18	34%	6%	31%	+8.2
9	Joshua Sloan	Memphis	42.6	45	43.4	41.4	17	38%	4%	50%	+4.2
10	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	42.5	53	43.0	40.1	16	31%	8%	44%	−6.0
11	Lucas Borrow	Hawai'i	42.3	48	45.5	41.5	15	32%	2%	18%	+4.1
12	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	41.9	34	45.0	42.1	10	29%	6%	37%	+6.1
13	Tommy Doman	Michigan	41.9	49	42.6	39.2	16	33%	6%	46%	−3.3
14	Caden Noonkester	NC State	41.8	46	43.3	39.8	17	38%	4%	48%	+3.2
15	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	41.7	32	42.3	40.6	12	38%	3%	64%	0.0
16	Palmer Williams	Baylor	41.7	41	49.6	44.9	17	43%	13%	13%	+16.7
17	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	41.4	31	43.1	40.9	12	35%	12%	45%	+3.6
18	Keelan Crimmins	Purdue	41.3	64	44.9	41.8	19	30%	3%	41%	+2.7
19	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	41.3	43	42.9	39.3	19	44%	0%	25%	−2.1
20	John Henderson	Bowling Green	41.1	48	40.8	40.3	24	50%	2%	53%	+2.3
21	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	41.1	44	44.9	39.5	19	42%	18%	17%	+3.6
22	Will Karoll	Tulane	41.0	37	43.2	39.9	11	30%	5%	48%	+3.3
23	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	41.0	57	48.6	45.0	22	39%	4%	32%	+22.6
24	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	40.9	47	44.5	40.3	13	27%	9%	27%	+1.3
25	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	40.9	51	40.9	38.6	19	38%	4%	49%	−3.7
26	Damon Greaves	Kansas	40.9	33	42.4	38.5	6	19%	6%	32%	−4.4
27	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	40.8	61	44.5	41.2	15	25%	5%	38%	+5.9
28	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	40.7	44	40.4	40.0	20	45%	0%	17%	−1.7
29	Dante Atton	Temple	40.6	75	40.5	39.5	27	36%	1%	46%	+1.4
30	Avery Book	Akron	40.6	65	43.4	40.4	24	37%	3%	15%	+1.0
31	Ethan Duane	Buffalo	40.6	63	42.2	40.0	20	32%	0%	44%	+0.2
32	Max Morgan	Liberty	40.4	37	43.1	39.7	14	38%	11%	48%	+1.5
33	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	40.3	43	47.9	40.7	8	19%	10%	15%	−2.1
34	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	40.3	57	44.6	42.2	18	32%	5%	38%	+14.7
35	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	40.1	47	48.0	42.8	20	43%	11%	19%	+11.6
36	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	40.1	50	43.3	41.1	17	35%	2%	29%	−0.4
37	Liam Dougherty	Houston	39.9	57	41.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+1.5
38	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	39.8	52	45.1	41.9	25	48%	6%	41%	+3.6
39	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	39.7	38	41.9	39.9	9	24%	5%	37%	−1.5
40	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	39.7	53	43.8	41.2	15	28%	4%	26%	+1.3
41	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	39.5	24	46.6	42.0	4	19%	10%	57%	+3.2
42	Connor Stutz	UConn	39.3	58	43.1	39.7	18	33%	7%	19%	+2.2
43	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	39.3	46	43.3	37.2	17	37%	9%	14%	−4.2
44	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	39.2	16	43.1	37.3	4	25%	13%	36%	−2.1
45	Tyler Pastula	San Diego State	39.2	58	46.1	40.7	20	35%	14%	30%	+4.4
46	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	39.2	70	43.8	41.1	28	40%	9%	45%	+9.4
47	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	39.0	55	40.7	37.4	21	38%	7%	53%	−3.8
48	Angus Davies	Tulsa	39.0	68	43.0	38.1	19	28%	4%	24%	−12.1
49	James Rendell	Notre Dame	38.8	37	41.9	39.8	16	43%	0%	26%	+3.3
50	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	38.6	44	41.0	40.3	12	28%	2%	63%	−0.9
51	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	38.6	40	44.1	40.7	18	45%	5%	70%	+1.6
52	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	38.4	43	42.0	37.5	16	37%	5%	40%	−8.1
53	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	38.4	60	44.7	39.9	25	41%	7%	37%	+3.4
54	Brian Cooey Jr.	Ball State	38.3	48	41.5	36.2	19	39%	8%	31%	−5.9
55	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	38.3	47	41.4	39.2	15	33%	7%	22%	+1.1
56	Caile Hogan	UTSA	38.3	53	40.8	40.0	21	40%	2%	46%	−2.6
57	Mark Vassett	Colorado	38.1	49	43.8	38.0	18	37%	4%	28%	−6.5
58	Seamus Hall	Old Dominion	38.0	61	41.6	38.1	21	34%	11%	45%	−2.3
59	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	38.0	56	41.0	37.1	13	24%	9%	20%	−10.6
60	Grant Chadwick	Middle Tennessee	37.8	51	43.6	41.0	22	43%	2%	43%	+1.0
61	Ethan Craw	TCU	37.2	39	42.3	38.6	18	46%	8%	54%	−1.3
62	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State	37.2	75	46.0	39.9	33	44%	7%	27%	+10.0
63	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	37.2	54	42.9	39.4	22	41%	4%	55%	−1.5
64	Lachlan Wilson	California	37.2	51	45.0	40.2	18	38%	15%	32%	+3.4
65	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	36.9	46	42.4	38.8	17	40%	7%	56%	−1.6
66	Guy Gillespie	Nevada	36.4	46	40.3	38.2	21	46%	7%	36%	−1.0
67	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	36.4	50	41.2	37.7	13	26%	6%	49%	−9.4
68	David Chapeau	Central Michigan	36.3	55	41.8	37.4	15	27%	5%	33%	−9.9
69	Adam Jacklin	UTEP	36.3	58	39.4	37.4	13	22%	0%	31%	−13.7
70	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	36.2	44	44.7	36.7	17	39%	5%	41%	−5.0
71	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	36.0	43	42.1	37.6	17	40%	5%	49%	−5.8
72	Alec Clark	Marshall	35.7	55	42.4	38.2	20	38%	13%	40%	−1.2
73	Liam Connor	Boston College	35.4	14	36.3	35.4	4	29%	0%	36%	−5.4
74	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	35.3	38	38.5	36.7	13	34%	8%	64%	−8.7
75	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	35.3	52	43.0	41.0	23	44%	4%	45%	+7.8
76	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	35.2	42	42.6	38.0	12	29%	10%	32%	−6.2
77	Isaac Pearson	SMU	34.6	40	44.1	37.2	11	28%	15%	18%	−10.7
78	Josh Smith	Kent State	34.6	83	41.8	37.6	30	39%	1%	45%	−10.9
79	Conner Maynard	App State	34.0	29	41.4	37.0	11	38%	7%	22%	−5.3
80	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	32.5	64	39.4	35.8	23	36%	11%	38%	−9.7
81	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	31.8	45	43.0	38.8	18	39%	9%	23%	+0.8

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