2024 College Opponent Starting Field Position Leaders

The average yard line, counted from the receiving team's own goal line, where it took over after a punt, including the return. A touchback counts as the 20. Blocked punts are left out.

Lowest comes first: a 24.0 means opponents began, on average, at their own 24. It folds distance, placement and returns into one number. In 2024, Eddie Czaplicki (18.4) topped college football punters in opponent starting field position, ahead of Tyler White (19.6) and Rhys Dakin (21.0). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 26.2.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Opp start	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	18.4	40	48.5	45.8	26	65%	3%	35%	+18.0
2	Tyler White	Texas A&M	19.6	42	45.1	41.9	24	57%	14%	57%	+10.4
3	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	21.0	60	44.2	41.2	30	51%	8%	50%	+9.0
4	Tyler Pastula	San Diego State	21.2	58	46.1	40.7	20	35%	14%	30%	+4.4
5	Brett Thorson	Georgia	21.5	42	47.6	44.0	23	55%	12%	33%	+14.1
6	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	22.4	34	46.2	43.9	17	50%	3%	42%	+10.6
7	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	22.4	33	43.7	41.1	17	52%	6%	26%	+6.8
8	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	22.4	47	48.0	42.8	20	43%	11%	19%	+11.6
9	Riley Thompson	Penn State	22.5	36	42.9	41.2	15	42%	6%	61%	+3.5
10	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	22.5	45	47.6	42.6	20	45%	14%	39%	+10.7
11	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	22.6	40	44.1	40.7	18	45%	5%	70%	+1.6
12	Palmer Williams	Baylor	22.7	41	49.6	44.9	17	43%	13%	13%	+16.7
13	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	22.8	56	45.9	43.2	25	45%	7%	36%	+18.3
14	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	23.0	62	44.9	42.6	25	40%	6%	22%	+14.5
15	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	23.1	44	44.9	39.5	19	42%	18%	17%	+3.6
16	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	23.1	46	44.4	40.4	22	48%	7%	33%	+6.0
17	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	23.1	45	43.0	38.8	18	39%	9%	23%	+0.8
18	John Henderson	Bowling Green	23.2	48	40.8	40.3	24	50%	2%	53%	+2.3
19	Max Morgan	Liberty	23.4	37	43.1	39.7	14	38%	11%	48%	+1.5
20	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	23.4	70	43.8	41.1	28	40%	9%	45%	+9.4
21	Joshua Sloan	Memphis	23.6	45	43.4	41.4	17	38%	4%	50%	+4.2
22	Riley Riethman	Navy	23.8	52	45.7	39.5	23	44%	8%	24%	+6.3
23	Lachlan Wilson	California	23.8	51	45.0	40.2	18	38%	15%	32%	+3.4
24	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	24.0	52	43.0	41.0	23	44%	4%	45%	+7.8
25	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	24.0	32	45.9	40.2	11	35%	10%	27%	+0.7
26	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	24.0	48	42.1	40.3	18	38%	4%	55%	−0.4
27	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	24.1	54	42.8	41.9	20	38%	0%	59%	+8.0
28	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	24.1	52	45.1	41.9	25	48%	6%	41%	+3.6
29	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	24.2	44	44.6	41.6	21	48%	0%	35%	+4.3
30	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	24.2	55	41.1	40.2	25	47%	0%	53%	+8.6
31	Ethan Craw	TCU	24.2	39	42.3	38.6	18	46%	8%	54%	−1.3
32	Alec Clark	Marshall	24.2	55	42.4	38.2	20	38%	13%	40%	−1.2
33	Josh Green	Oregon State	24.3	33	47.2	41.8	16	48%	9%	29%	+6.2
34	Guy Gillespie	Nevada	24.4	46	40.3	38.2	21	46%	7%	36%	−1.0
35	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	24.5	57	45.2	42.4	24	44%	4%	34%	+13.0
36	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	24.5	37	40.8	37.8	19	50%	8%	50%	−5.1
37	James Burnip	Alabama	24.7	48	44.9	43.7	22	47%	6%	43%	+11.9
38	Emilio Duran	Toledo	24.9	52	42.0	40.0	23	46%	6%	32%	+8.8
39	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	25.0	32	43.8	41.9	12	38%	9%	31%	+3.0
40	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	25.0	33	42.9	41.0	15	45%	3%	56%	+7.2
41	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	25.1	49	40.3	39.0	23	48%	0%	55%	−4.9
42	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	25.1	31	43.1	40.9	12	35%	12%	45%	+3.6
43	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	25.2	54	42.9	39.4	22	41%	4%	55%	−1.5
44	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	25.3	55	45.3	42.6	18	34%	6%	31%	+8.2
45	Grant Chadwick	Middle Tennessee	25.3	51	43.6	41.0	22	43%	2%	43%	+1.0
46	Avery Book	Akron	25.3	65	43.4	40.4	24	37%	3%	15%	+1.0
47	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	25.4	57	48.6	45.0	22	39%	4%	32%	+22.6
48	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	25.4	38	38.5	36.7	13	34%	8%	64%	−8.7
49	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	25.5	64	39.4	35.8	23	36%	11%	38%	−9.7
50	Caile Hogan	UTSA	25.6	53	40.8	40.0	21	40%	2%	46%	−2.6
51	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	25.7	47	44.5	40.3	13	27%	9%	27%	+1.3
52	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	25.7	50	43.3	41.1	17	35%	2%	29%	−0.4
53	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	25.8	32	42.3	40.6	12	38%	3%	64%	0.0
54	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	25.9	51	40.9	38.6	19	38%	4%	49%	−3.7
55	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	25.9	47	40.4	38.7	19	40%	2%	46%	−2.1
56	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	25.9	44	40.5	39.5	16	36%	5%	51%	−4.3
57	Luke Bauer	Missouri	26.0	44	41.5	38.3	14	32%	9%	38%	−0.1
58	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	26.0	60	44.7	39.9	25	41%	7%	37%	+3.4
59	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	26.0	47	41.4	39.2	15	33%	7%	22%	+1.1
60	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	26.1	46	42.4	38.8	17	40%	7%	56%	−1.6
61	Connor Stutz	UConn	26.1	58	43.1	39.7	18	33%	7%	19%	+2.2
62	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	26.2	39	43.8	38.0	17	44%	8%	35%	−3.0
63	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	26.2	36	40.6	37.0	12	36%	9%	50%	−1.5
64	Will Karoll	Tulane	26.2	37	43.2	39.9	11	30%	5%	48%	+3.3
65	James Rendell	Notre Dame	26.2	37	41.9	39.8	16	43%	0%	26%	+3.3
66	Tommy Doman	Michigan	26.3	49	42.6	39.2	16	33%	6%	46%	−3.3
67	Keelan Crimmins	Purdue	26.3	64	44.9	41.8	19	30%	3%	41%	+2.7
68	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	26.3	30	39.5	39.3	8	27%	0%	50%	−1.6
69	Brody Richter	UCLA	26.4	40	42.8	38.9	15	38%	8%	37%	−5.0
70	Seamus Hall	Old Dominion	26.5	61	41.6	38.1	21	34%	11%	45%	−2.3
71	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	26.7	55	40.7	37.4	21	38%	7%	53%	−3.8
72	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	26.8	53	41.5	39.3	19	36%	4%	46%	−0.4
73	Lucas Borrow	Hawai'i	26.8	48	45.5	41.5	15	32%	2%	18%	+4.1
74	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	26.8	57	44.6	42.2	18	32%	5%	38%	+14.7
75	Isaac Pearson	SMU	26.9	40	44.1	37.2	11	28%	15%	18%	−10.7
76	Devin Bale	Arkansas	26.9	37	44.9	42.4	12	32%	5%	26%	+9.6
77	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	27.0	54	45.1	41.4	20	38%	8%	40%	+8.6
78	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	27.0	59	40.9	37.8	20	34%	7%	29%	−5.0
79	Brian Cooey Jr.	Ball State	27.0	48	41.5	36.2	19	39%	8%	31%	−5.9
80	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	27.0	49	42.9	39.6	19	39%	4%	37%	+1.4
81	Ross James	Oregon	27.0	33	46.5	41.2	9	27%	18%	35%	+3.7
82	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	27.1	41	42.7	36.2	20	51%	8%	17%	+0.2
83	George Eberle	New Mexico State	27.1	62	44.7	39.4	22	36%	5%	28%	−2.7
84	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State	27.1	75	46.0	39.9	33	44%	7%	27%	+10.0
85	Mark Vassett	Colorado	27.2	49	43.8	38.0	18	37%	4%	28%	−6.5
86	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	27.3	43	42.1	37.6	17	40%	5%	49%	−5.8
87	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	27.6	43	42.9	39.3	19	44%	0%	25%	−2.1
88	Michael Kern	Texas	27.6	31	40.5	37.1	7	23%	6%	53%	−3.8
89	Jack Culbreath	Wyoming	27.6	66	40.4	38.2	27	41%	3%	41%	−1.4
90	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	27.6	44	40.4	40.0	20	45%	0%	17%	−1.7
91	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	27.8	46	43.3	37.2	17	37%	9%	14%	−4.2
92	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	27.9	44	44.7	36.7	17	39%	5%	41%	−5.0
93	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	27.9	53	43.8	41.2	15	28%	4%	26%	+1.3
94	Liam Dougherty	Houston	27.9	57	41.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+1.5
95	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	28.0	34	45.0	42.1	10	29%	6%	37%	+6.1
96	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	28.0	44	41.0	40.3	12	28%	2%	63%	−0.9
97	Jack McCallister	Washington	28.1	36	44.0	36.5	14	38%	6%	26%	−8.3
98	Michael Salgado-Medina	Arizona	28.3	39	43.3	39.1	17	44%	5%	41%	+2.0
99	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	28.3	42	42.6	38.0	12	29%	10%	32%	−6.2
100	Ethan Duane	Buffalo	28.5	63	42.2	40.0	20	32%	0%	44%	+0.2
101	Daton Montiel	Florida International	28.5	57	39.4	36.4	19	33%	7%	38%	−5.9
102	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	28.6	58	39.2	37.0	18	32%	7%	38%	−8.8
103	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	28.7	50	41.2	37.7	13	26%	6%	49%	−9.4
104	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	28.7	41	42.5	40.8	13	33%	3%	55%	+0.8
105	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	28.9	43	47.9	40.7	8	19%	10%	15%	−2.1
106	Caden Noonkester	NC State	28.9	46	43.3	39.8	17	38%	4%	48%	+3.2
107	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	28.9	53	43.0	40.1	16	31%	8%	44%	−6.0
108	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	29.0	43	42.0	37.5	16	37%	5%	40%	−8.1
109	Josh Smith	Kent State	29.2	83	41.8	37.6	30	39%	1%	45%	−10.9
110	Luke Akers	Northwestern	29.2	41	43.1	39.7	16	40%	3%	42%	+0.9
111	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	29.5	48	42.6	41.0	12	27%	2%	47%	−2.3
112	Angus Davies	Tulsa	29.6	68	43.0	38.1	19	28%	4%	24%	−12.1
113	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	29.8	38	41.9	39.9	9	24%	5%	37%	−1.5
114	Jack Wilson	Ohio	29.9	55	41.0	37.1	19	35%	2%	33%	−12.5
115	Dante Atton	Temple	30.1	75	40.5	39.5	27	36%	1%	46%	+1.4
116	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	30.2	45	41.5	37.8	12	28%	2%	44%	−3.4
117	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	30.2	61	44.5	41.2	15	25%	5%	38%	+5.9
118	David Chapeau	Central Michigan	30.3	55	41.8	37.4	15	27%	5%	33%	−9.9
119	Damon Greaves	Kansas	31.0	33	42.4	38.5	6	19%	6%	32%	−4.4
120	Robert Cole	Troy	31.8	44	36.9	35.3	12	27%	2%	52%	−14.8
121	Patrick Foley	UAB	31.9	39	43.3	36.6	10	25%	8%	22%	−3.6
122	James Allen	Georgia State	31.9	51	44.5	34.8	13	26%	8%	22%	−16.2
123	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	32.2	56	41.0	37.1	13	24%	9%	20%	−10.6
124	Adam Jacklin	UTEP	33.1	58	39.4	37.4	13	22%	0%	31%	−13.7

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