2024 College Punting Yards Leaders

Total gross yards from the line of scrimmage to where each punt was caught or came to rest, before returns.

Volume stat: more punts means more yards. In 2024, Josh Smith (3468) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Jacob Ulrich (3448) and Kade Reynoldson (3069). 198 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Josh Smith	Kent State	3468	83	41.8	37.6	30	39%	1%	45%	−10.9
2	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State	3448	75	46.0	39.9	33	44%	7%	27%	+10.0
3	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	3069	70	43.8	41.1	28	40%	9%	45%	+9.4
4	Dante Atton	Temple	3035	75	40.5	39.5	27	36%	1%	46%	+1.4
5	Angus Davies	Tulsa	2927	68	43.0	38.1	19	28%	4%	24%	−12.1
6	Keelan Crimmins	Purdue	2871	64	44.9	41.8	19	30%	3%	41%	+2.7
7	Avery Book	Akron	2823	65	43.4	40.4	24	37%	3%	15%	+1.0
8	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	2784	62	44.9	42.6	25	40%	6%	22%	+14.5
9	George Eberle	New Mexico State	2774	62	44.7	39.4	22	36%	5%	28%	−2.7
10	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	2771	57	48.6	45.0	22	39%	4%	32%	+22.6
11	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	2714	61	44.5	41.2	15	25%	5%	38%	+5.9
12	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	2680	60	44.7	39.9	25	41%	7%	37%	+3.4
13	Tyler Pastula	San Diego State	2675	58	46.1	40.7	20	35%	14%	30%	+4.4
14	Jack Culbreath	Wyoming	2665	66	40.4	38.2	27	41%	3%	41%	−1.4
15	Ethan Duane	Buffalo	2657	63	42.2	40.0	20	32%	0%	44%	+0.2
16	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	2654	60	44.2	41.2	30	51%	8%	50%	+9.0
17	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	2577	57	45.2	42.4	24	44%	4%	34%	+13.0
18	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	2573	56	45.9	43.2	25	45%	7%	36%	+18.3
19	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	2543	57	44.6	42.2	18	32%	5%	38%	+14.7
20	Seamus Hall	Old Dominion	2536	61	41.6	38.1	21	34%	11%	45%	−2.3
21	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	2520	64	39.4	35.8	23	36%	11%	38%	−9.7
22	Connor Stutz	UConn	2502	58	43.1	39.7	18	33%	7%	19%	+2.2
23	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	2491	55	45.3	42.6	18	34%	6%	31%	+8.2
24	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	2437	54	45.1	41.4	20	38%	8%	40%	+8.6
25	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	2416	59	40.9	37.8	20	34%	7%	29%	−5.0
26	Liam Dougherty	Houston	2391	57	41.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+1.5
27	Riley Riethman	Navy	2376	52	45.7	39.5	23	44%	8%	24%	+6.3
28	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	2343	52	45.1	41.9	25	48%	6%	41%	+3.6
29	Alec Clark	Marshall	2333	55	42.4	38.2	20	38%	13%	40%	−1.2
30	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	2321	53	43.8	41.2	15	28%	4%	26%	+1.3
31	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	2315	54	42.9	39.4	22	41%	4%	55%	−1.5
32	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	2311	54	42.8	41.9	20	38%	0%	59%	+8.0
33	David Chapeau	Central Michigan	2297	55	41.8	37.4	15	27%	5%	33%	−9.9
34	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	2296	56	41.0	37.1	13	24%	9%	20%	−10.6
35	Lachlan Wilson	California	2295	51	45.0	40.2	18	38%	15%	32%	+3.4
36	Adam Jacklin	UTEP	2288	58	39.4	37.4	13	22%	0%	31%	−13.7
37	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	2281	53	43.0	40.1	16	31%	8%	44%	−6.0
38	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	2276	58	39.2	37.0	18	32%	7%	38%	−8.8
39	James Allen	Georgia State	2267	51	44.5	34.8	13	26%	8%	22%	−16.2
40	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	2261	55	41.1	40.2	25	47%	0%	53%	+8.6
41	Jack Wilson	Ohio	2256	55	41.0	37.1	19	35%	2%	33%	−12.5
42	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	2255	47	48.0	42.8	20	43%	11%	19%	+11.6
43	Daton Montiel	Florida International	2247	57	39.4	36.4	19	33%	7%	38%	−5.9
44	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	2241	55	40.7	37.4	21	38%	7%	53%	−3.8
45	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	2236	52	43.0	41.0	23	44%	4%	45%	+7.8
46	Grant Chadwick	Middle Tennessee	2223	51	43.6	41.0	22	43%	2%	43%	+1.0
47	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	2201	53	41.5	39.3	19	36%	4%	46%	−0.4
48	Emilio Duran	Toledo	2185	52	42.0	40.0	23	46%	6%	32%	+8.8
49	Lucas Borrow	Hawai'i	2182	48	45.5	41.5	15	32%	2%	18%	+4.1
50	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	2163	50	43.3	41.1	17	35%	2%	29%	−0.4
51	Caile Hogan	UTSA	2161	53	40.8	40.0	21	40%	2%	46%	−2.6
52	James Burnip	Alabama	2155	48	44.9	43.7	22	47%	6%	43%	+11.9
53	Mark Vassett	Colorado	2145	49	43.8	38.0	18	37%	4%	28%	−6.5
54	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	2143	45	47.6	42.6	20	45%	14%	39%	+10.7
55	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	2100	49	42.9	39.6	19	39%	4%	37%	+1.4
56	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	2092	47	44.5	40.3	13	27%	9%	27%	+1.3
57	Tommy Doman	Michigan	2088	49	42.6	39.2	16	33%	6%	46%	−3.3
58	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	2087	51	40.9	38.6	19	38%	4%	49%	−3.7
59	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	2060	43	47.9	40.7	8	19%	10%	15%	−2.1
60	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	2059	50	41.2	37.7	13	26%	6%	49%	−9.4
61	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	2043	48	42.6	41.0	12	27%	2%	47%	−2.3
62	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	2043	46	44.4	40.4	22	48%	7%	33%	+6.0
63	Palmer Williams	Baylor	2034	41	49.6	44.9	17	43%	13%	13%	+16.7
64	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	2020	48	42.1	40.3	18	38%	4%	55%	−0.4
65	Brett Thorson	Georgia	1998	42	47.6	44.0	23	55%	12%	33%	+14.1
66	Brian Cooey Jr.	Ball State	1994	48	41.5	36.2	19	39%	8%	31%	−5.9
67	Caden Noonkester	NC State	1994	46	43.3	39.8	17	38%	4%	48%	+3.2
68	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	1994	46	43.3	37.2	17	37%	9%	14%	−4.2
69	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	1977	44	44.9	39.5	19	42%	18%	17%	+3.6
70	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	1973	49	40.3	39.0	23	48%	0%	55%	−4.9
71	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	1966	44	44.7	36.7	17	39%	5%	41%	−5.0
72	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	1961	44	44.6	41.6	21	48%	0%	35%	+4.3
73	John Henderson	Bowling Green	1958	48	40.8	40.3	24	50%	2%	53%	+2.3
74	Joshua Sloan	Memphis	1955	45	43.4	41.4	17	38%	4%	50%	+4.2
75	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	1950	46	42.4	38.8	17	40%	7%	56%	−1.6
76	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	1944	47	41.4	39.2	15	33%	7%	22%	+1.1
77	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	1938	40	48.5	45.8	26	65%	3%	35%	+18.0
78	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	1934	45	43.0	38.8	18	39%	9%	23%	+0.8
79	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	1900	47	40.4	38.7	19	40%	2%	46%	−2.1
80	Tyler White	Texas A&M	1895	42	45.1	41.9	24	57%	14%	57%	+10.4
81	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	1867	45	41.5	37.8	12	28%	2%	44%	−3.4
82	Guy Gillespie	Nevada	1854	46	40.3	38.2	21	46%	7%	36%	−1.0
83	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	1844	43	42.9	39.3	19	44%	0%	25%	−2.1
84	Luke Bauer	Missouri	1824	44	41.5	38.3	14	32%	9%	38%	−0.1
85	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	1809	43	42.1	37.6	17	40%	5%	49%	−5.8
86	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	1805	44	41.0	40.3	12	28%	2%	63%	−0.9
87	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	1804	43	42.0	37.5	16	37%	5%	40%	−8.1
88	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	1791	42	42.6	38.0	12	29%	10%	32%	−6.2
89	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	1783	44	40.5	39.5	16	36%	5%	51%	−4.3
90	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	1776	44	40.4	40.0	20	45%	0%	17%	−1.7
91	Luke Akers	Northwestern	1769	41	43.1	39.7	16	40%	3%	42%	+0.9
92	Isaac Pearson	SMU	1765	40	44.1	37.2	11	28%	15%	18%	−10.7
93	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	1765	40	44.1	40.7	18	45%	5%	70%	+1.6
94	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	1750	41	42.7	36.2	20	51%	8%	17%	+0.2
95	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	1741	41	42.5	40.8	13	33%	3%	55%	+0.8
96	Brody Richter	UCLA	1712	40	42.8	38.9	15	38%	8%	37%	−5.0
97	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	1709	39	43.8	38.0	17	44%	8%	35%	−3.0
98	Michael Salgado-Medina	Arizona	1690	39	43.3	39.1	17	44%	5%	41%	+2.0
99	Patrick Foley	UAB	1687	39	43.3	36.6	10	25%	8%	22%	−3.6
100	Devin Bale	Arkansas	1662	37	44.9	42.4	12	32%	5%	26%	+9.6
101	Ethan Craw	TCU	1649	39	42.3	38.6	18	46%	8%	54%	−1.3
102	Robert Cole	Troy	1624	44	36.9	35.3	12	27%	2%	52%	−14.8
103	Will Karoll	Tulane	1597	37	43.2	39.9	11	30%	5%	48%	+3.3
104	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	1594	38	41.9	39.9	9	24%	5%	37%	−1.5
105	Max Morgan	Liberty	1593	37	43.1	39.7	14	38%	11%	48%	+1.5
106	Jack McCallister	Washington	1585	36	44.0	36.5	14	38%	6%	26%	−8.3
107	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	1572	34	46.2	43.9	17	50%	3%	42%	+10.6
108	Josh Green	Oregon State	1559	33	47.2	41.8	16	48%	9%	29%	+6.2
109	James Rendell	Notre Dame	1552	37	41.9	39.8	16	43%	0%	26%	+3.3
110	Riley Thompson	Penn State	1544	36	42.9	41.2	15	42%	6%	61%	+3.5
111	Ross James	Oregon	1534	33	46.5	41.2	9	27%	18%	35%	+3.7
112	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	1530	34	45.0	42.1	10	29%	6%	37%	+6.1
113	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	1510	37	40.8	37.8	19	50%	8%	50%	−5.1
114	Luke Freer	Air Force	1471	31	47.5	41.4	12	43%	11%	22%	+0.9
115	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	1469	32	45.9	40.2	11	35%	10%	27%	+0.7
116	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	1463	38	38.5	36.7	13	34%	8%	64%	−8.7
117	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	1463	36	40.6	37.0	12	36%	9%	50%	−1.5
118	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	1441	33	43.7	41.1	17	52%	6%	26%	+6.8
119	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	1416	33	42.9	41.0	15	45%	3%	56%	+7.2
120	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	1400	32	43.8	41.9	12	38%	9%	31%	+3.0
121	Damon Greaves	Kansas	1399	33	42.4	38.5	6	19%	6%	32%	−4.4
122	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	1354	32	42.3	40.6	12	38%	3%	64%	0.0
123	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	1336	31	43.1	40.9	12	35%	12%	45%	+3.6
124	James Evans	Indiana	1326	30	44.2	42.8	12	41%	0%	35%	+5.7
125	Michael Kern	Texas	1255	31	40.5	37.1	7	23%	6%	53%	−3.8
126	Conner Maynard	App State	1200	29	41.4	37.0	11	38%	7%	22%	−5.3
127	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	1185	30	39.5	39.3	8	27%	0%	50%	−1.6
128	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	1118	24	46.6	42.0	4	19%	10%	57%	+3.2
129	Dean Janikowski	Washington State	1111	26	42.7	38.3	6	26%	9%	50%	+0.8
130	Dylan Joyce	Miami	1067	25	42.7	38.1	10	40%	4%	24%	+0.9
131	James Wagenseller	Army	1000	24	41.7	38.8	9	39%	0%	43%	−1.6
132	Ivan Zivenko	Boston College	928	25	37.1	36.5	9	38%	0%	42%	−4.7
133	Brady Hodges	Louisville	909	23	39.5	36.6	9	39%	9%	40%	−1.6
134	Lars Rau	Texas State	768	22	34.9	35.0	4	20%	0%	84%	−9.1
135	Peyton Todd	LSU	749	18	41.6	40.6	6	33%	0%	53%	+1.2
136	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	690	16	43.1	37.3	4	25%	13%	36%	−2.1
137	Nick Haberer	Washington State	561	14	40.1	40.1	6	43%	0%	75%	−0.9
138	David Nunez	Texas State	558	14	39.9	35.6	10	71%	21%	54%	+0.3
139	Carson Bay	Air Force	520	13	40.0	34.5	5	33%	20%	31%	−2.8
140	Liam Connor	Boston College	508	14	36.3	35.4	4	29%	0%	36%	−5.4
141	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	484	12	40.3	40.0	5	42%	0%	50%	+0.1
142	Blake Ochsendorf	LSU	482	12	40.2	36.4	7	58%	8%	45%	−2.1
143	Carter Schwartz	Louisville	482	12	40.2	37.8	3	25%	8%	18%	−1.5
144	Dino Beslagic	San José State	475	12	39.6	35.9	9	75%	17%	30%	+1.7
145	Jace Gilbert	Iowa State	442	11	40.2	36.6	10	63%	13%	38%	+1.5
146	Conor Hunt	Rice	429	12	35.8	34.0	10	83%	8%	29%	+0.6
147	Mitchell Lake	App State	420	11	38.2	34.2	4	36%	0%	27%	−3.5
148	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	370	9	41.1	38.7	6	67%	0%	14%	+1.0
149	Ian Ratliff	Texas	352	8	44.0	34.0	1	13%	25%	13%	−3.6
150	Sam Candotti	Boston College	347	9	38.6	34.4	1	11%	22%	29%	−3.4
151	Jack Martin	South Alabama	284	7	40.6	29.0	3	38%	29%	14%	−4.9
152	Taren Schive	Boise State	256	6	42.7	37.8	3	50%	17%	40%	−0.5
153	Ryan Marks	Utah State	253	6	42.2	35.2	4	67%	33%	0%	+0.4
154	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	245	7	35.0	35.0	1	14%	0%	33%	−2.1
155	Jordan Forbes	Arizona	220	5	44.0	41.0	3	60%	0%	25%	+0.8
156	Fabrizio Pinton	Illinois	216	5	43.2	41.6	3	60%	0%	75%	+0.8
157	Luke Dunne	Oregon	213	5	42.6	42.6	3	60%	0%	33%	+1.9
158	Kadin Semonza	Ball State	202	6	33.7	26.0	2	33%	33%	0%	−1.0
159	Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi	Colorado State	176	5	35.2	33.0	4	100%	0%	0%	+0.7
160	Tyler Loop	Arizona	167	4	41.8	24.0	3	75%	0%	0%	−4.5
161	Ethan Hampton	Northern Illinois	162	4	40.5	33.7	1	33%	33%	0%	−0.4
162	Cole Snyder	Eastern Michigan	138	3	46.0	43.3	1	33%	0%	0%	+0.5
163	Landon Rehkow	BYU	132	4	33.0	28.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−3.3
164	Trey Turk	Middle Tennessee	122	3	40.7	35.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.6
165	Jack Smith	Clemson	114	3	38.0	34.3	2	67%	0%	67%	−1.3
166	Noah Grant	UAB	103	2	51.5	46.5	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.7
167	Nathan Totten	Marshall	90	2	45.0	45.0	2	100%	0%	100%	+1.3
168	Pierse Stainton	South Florida	88	2	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
169	Riley McCann	Rutgers	84	2	42.0	42.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.4
170	Chase Barry	UCLA	79	2	39.5	39.5	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.2
171	Joe Bowman	UTEP	78	3	26.0	20.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−4.2
172	J.Wagenseller	Rice	75	2	37.5	37.5	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.3
173	Dylan Raiola	Nebraska	69	2	34.5	20.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
174	James Roe	Toledo	68	2	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.8
175	Bronson Long	Charlotte	67	2	33.5	33.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.2
176	Skyler Locklear	UTEP	67	2	33.5	39.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.3
177	Nick McLarty	Ohio State	65	2	32.5	32.5	1	50%	0%	100%	−0.3
178	A.Britton	Rice	65	1	65.0	65.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
179	J.Ballard	UL Monroe	63	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
180	J.Hohl	Rutgers	63	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
181	Scott Stanford	Tulsa	61	2	30.5	30.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.7
182	Sam Stone	Boston College	56	2	28.0	28.0	1	50%	0%	—	−0.2
183	Chase Allen	UTSA	50	1	50.0	50.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.5
184	AJ Bianco	Nevada	44	1	44.0	44.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
185	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	44	1	44.0	12.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−3.2
186	Ethan Vasko	Coastal Carolina	43	1	43.0	43.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.3
187	Ethan Garbers	UCLA	41	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
188	Reese Keeney	Rice	41	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
189	N.Lopez	California	40	1	40.0	40.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
190	A.Montano	Sam Houston	39	1	39.0	39.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
191	Jackson Arnold	Oklahoma	39	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
192	Miller Moss	USC	39	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
193	Andrew Madrigal	Nevada	37	1	37.0	17.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
194	Mack West	Coastal Carolina	36	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.7
195	Jalon Daniels	Kansas	26	1	26.0	26.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.3
196	DD Snyder	Ball State	25	1	25.0	25.0	1	100%	0%	—	−0.1
197	Danny O'Neil	San Diego State	20	1	20.0	20.0	1	100%	0%	—	0.0
198	Tyler Warren	Penn State	16	1	16.0	16.0	0	0%	0%	—	−0.4

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