2024 College Net Punting Average Leaders

Net average subtracts return yards and 20 yards for every touchback from each punt, then divides by punts. It is the yardage a punt really gains for its team, so it is the standard measure of punting.

Higher is better. Coverage teams affect it as well as the punter. In 2024, Eddie Czaplicki (45.8) led college football punters in net punting average, ahead of Alex Mastromanno (45.0) and Palmer Williams (44.9). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 39.8.

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

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

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