2025 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 2025, Cole Maynard (48.7) led college football punters in gross punting average, ahead of Ryan Eckley (48.5) and Bryan Hansen (47.9). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 43.4.

Final 2025 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Avg	Punts	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	48.7	51	42.4	14	27%	10%	33%	+3.7
2	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	48.5	49	40.8	21	42%	2%	27%	−8.0
3	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	47.9	57	44.1	15	26%	9%	19%	+17.4
4	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	47.5	35	37.9	14	40%	11%	19%	−0.4
5	Marshall Nichols	Georgia Tech	47.3	31	42.0	13	42%	10%	29%	+7.7
6	John Hoyet Chance	Louisiana Tech	47.0	58	42.9	27	47%	9%	33%	+11.3
7	Alec Clark	Tulane	46.8	45	43.4	17	38%	9%	38%	+13.1
8	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	46.7	40	45.9	10	26%	0%	48%	+14.0
9	Hunter Green	San Diego State	46.6	59	41.2	29	49%	17%	41%	+10.2
10	Keegan Andrews	Massachusetts	46.5	69	41.7	32	45%	3%	39%	+5.0
11	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	46.5	64	42.6	21	32%	6%	36%	+1.5
12	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	46.5	60	41.6	15	26%	10%	52%	+8.9
13	Billy Gowers	Hawai'i	46.4	46	41.4	24	52%	4%	37%	+2.6
14	Grayson Miller	Oklahoma	46.2	54	40.3	30	58%	12%	26%	+3.5
15	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	46.1	35	42.9	14	42%	9%	46%	+9.5
16	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	46.1	65	38.6	25	37%	17%	20%	+3.1
17	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	45.9	32	43.8	10	31%	3%	29%	+11.0
18	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	45.8	65	41.7	32	49%	6%	30%	+5.8
19	Reed Chandley	Georgia State	45.8	54	39.5	23	43%	4%	21%	−2.4
20	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	45.8	35	42.0	17	49%	3%	45%	−3.4
21	Devin Bale	Arkansas	45.6	34	39.0	14	40%	12%	35%	−0.3
22	Noah Botsford	UTEP	45.6	59	41.2	19	32%	7%	4%	+5.1
23	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	45.6	39	40.1	12	32%	13%	44%	−6.1
24	Connor Stutz	UConn	45.5	44	41.0	23	51%	13%	45%	+7.8
25	Daniel Hughes	New Mexico	45.5	35	42.1	11	29%	5%	41%	+7.9
26	Nick Veltsistas	Virginia Tech	45.4	47	37.3	18	38%	9%	36%	−7.3
27	Luke Akers	Northwestern	45.4	32	40.7	10	32%	13%	39%	+6.8
28	Finn Lappin	Kansas	45.3	39	41.2	13	33%	3%	44%	+1.7
29	Grant Chadwick	LSU	45.3	59	38.2	21	36%	8%	35%	−4.8
30	Brett Thorson	Georgia	45.2	42	42.7	20	49%	10%	62%	+10.1
31	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	45.1	48	40.8	10	20%	14%	26%	+0.1
32	Mason Love	South Carolina	45.1	53	41.4	18	33%	8%	39%	+6.9
33	Bailey Ettridge	Nevada	45.1	45	41.5	18	39%	4%	58%	+7.7
34	Nathan Totten	Marshall	44.9	55	40.4	26	45%	18%	47%	+10.4
35	Caile Hogan	UTSA	44.9	50	39.8	15	32%	6%	35%	−3.4
36	Dylan Drennan	Buffalo	44.8	64	41.6	26	41%	8%	21%	+7.8
37	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	44.7	62	34.5	15	24%	8%	16%	−22.1
38	Jack Bouwmeester	Texas	44.7	55	38.4	24	43%	15%	43%	+1.5
39	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	44.6	60	39.5	20	32%	8%	42%	+3.3
40	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	44.6	66	41.1	33	50%	11%	41%	+9.2
41	Jacob Carlson	Navy	44.6	32	40.3	14	44%	13%	29%	+3.9
42	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	44.5	39	41.1	18	45%	5%	55%	+6.9
43	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	44.5	50	38.6	20	39%	8%	51%	+2.1
44	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	44.5	48	40.7	12	25%	10%	41%	+0.3
45	Tyler White	Texas A&M	44.4	44	40.9	18	41%	5%	42%	+4.0
46	Dylan Joyce	Miami	44.4	37	40.5	19	51%	14%	43%	+4.6
47	Liam Dougherty	Houston	44.3	50	37.0	18	35%	14%	36%	−9.2
48	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	44.3	37	42.2	19	51%	5%	56%	+6.9
49	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	44.2	33	41.8	12	36%	3%	62%	+4.6
50	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	44.2	56	40.4	20	36%	15%	47%	+0.5
51	Tommy Doman	Florida	44.0	50	41.1	18	38%	8%	45%	+3.0
52	Cam Brown	UNLV	44.0	43	41.1	15	35%	7%	36%	−0.1
53	Keelan Crimmins	Illinois	44.0	35	38.5	9	25%	17%	56%	−0.8
54	Ian Ratliff	App State	43.9	54	41.1	11	20%	2%	52%	+6.0
55	Damon Greaves	Colorado	43.7	64	38.3	16	25%	8%	35%	−2.6
56	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	43.7	52	40.4	18	35%	10%	60%	+5.2
57	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	43.7	30	39.9	7	23%	3%	48%	+0.3
58	Caden Noonkester	NC State	43.6	52	39.0	23	45%	6%	48%	−1.5
59	Will Karoll	UCLA	43.5	44	39.2	12	27%	5%	39%	−0.5
60	Trey Wilhoit	Florida International	43.5	50	38.6	14	28%	4%	52%	−3.1
61	Lachlan Carrigan	Memphis	43.4	42	41.2	20	47%	9%	67%	+7.4
62	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	43.4	40	41.0	19	48%	5%	53%	+7.9
63	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	43.3	58	39.1	15	27%	2%	30%	−2.1
64	Angus Davies	Tulsa	43.3	46	41.6	21	43%	0%	42%	+0.3
65	Jack McCallister	Purdue	43.2	50	40.8	24	48%	4%	44%	+6.5
66	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	43.2	39	40.1	17	45%	8%	60%	+5.3
67	James Wagenseller	Army	43.1	32	40.8	15	47%	6%	48%	+5.6
68	Curtis Gerrand	Sam Houston	43.0	64	40.4	23	37%	3%	56%	+2.5
69	Hudson Hollenbeck	Michigan	43.0	38	37.8	11	28%	8%	32%	−2.1
70	Chase Leon	South Florida	43.0	32	39.2	15	47%	3%	44%	−2.9
71	Orion Phillips	Utah	42.9	35	40.4	13	38%	9%	44%	+6.2
72	Blake Doud	Alabama	42.9	41	38.8	15	36%	2%	49%	−0.4
73	Tom Weston	Minnesota	42.8	59	39.5	19	33%	5%	31%	+1.4
74	Joseph Castle	Akron	42.8	48	36.6	17	35%	10%	35%	−5.5
75	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	42.7	61	38.5	19	31%	7%	32%	−6.8
76	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	42.7	56	39.8	21	38%	2%	47%	+2.8
77	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	42.7	42	36.1	13	32%	15%	29%	−11.2
78	Bronson Long	Charlotte	42.7	70	38.4	19	28%	6%	48%	−5.4
79	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	42.6	54	39.6	15	28%	6%	49%	−2.3
80	Isaac Lovison	Arizona	42.6	32	39.8	12	38%	6%	56%	−1.6
81	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	42.5	62	37.1	17	27%	7%	31%	−11.2
82	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	42.5	48	39.5	19	40%	9%	39%	+2.4
83	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	42.5	38	38.8	16	43%	3%	61%	+0.4
84	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	42.5	66	38.9	17	26%	5%	22%	−7.0
85	Wade McSparron	SMU	42.4	52	39.1	16	31%	8%	45%	+2.1
86	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	42.4	42	40.9	19	45%	5%	57%	+5.5
87	Max Dean	New Mexico State	42.3	55	39.7	20	36%	5%	42%	−0.8
88	Magnus Haines	Ohio	42.2	38	39.9	16	43%	5%	46%	+1.7
89	Dante Atton	Temple	42.2	62	41.4	26	43%	2%	80%	+5.7
90	Jack Smith	Clemson	42.1	45	41.1	22	49%	4%	56%	+8.3
91	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	42.1	53	38.4	22	42%	10%	49%	+4.1
92	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	42.1	50	39.4	10	20%	4%	37%	−6.7
93	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	42.0	49	40.7	13	27%	2%	63%	+4.2
94	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	41.9	59	40.0	25	43%	3%	60%	+11.1
95	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	41.8	35	35.9	17	44%	5%	14%	−5.6
96	Connor Weselman	Missouri	41.8	41	39.0	14	34%	7%	55%	−0.6
97	Patrick Foley	UAB	41.6	30	34.2	6	19%	10%	33%	−17.6
98	Michael Kern	California	41.6	38	38.7	9	24%	8%	42%	−3.7
99	Ethan Craw	TCU	41.5	41	38.7	14	35%	10%	39%	+0.8
100	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	41.4	36	34.5	8	22%	6%	36%	−13.7
101	Jackson Waller	Arkansas State	41.4	54	40.3	24	44%	4%	35%	+0.9
102	Joshua Huiet	Kennesaw State	41.3	57	39.7	25	43%	4%	52%	+1.0
103	Max Morgan	Liberty	41.2	46	38.8	14	31%	9%	53%	−4.4
104	Charlie Durkin	Kent State	41.1	48	37.3	13	28%	4%	29%	−11.3
105	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	41.0	41	35.4	18	41%	7%	53%	−9.3
106	Ryan Harris	Washington State	40.9	51	38.3	18	35%	6%	58%	+0.1
107	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	40.9	50	36.7	18	37%	6%	59%	−6.2
108	Reed Harradine	Southern Miss	40.8	34	38.7	6	18%	3%	39%	−3.5
109	Patrick Rea	James Madison	40.7	43	38.9	17	40%	5%	62%	+0.1
110	Adam Saul	Ball State	40.7	70	37.4	17	24%	4%	44%	−12.8
111	Anthony Venneri	UCF	40.7	48	35.6	19	40%	8%	36%	−9.3
112	Emilio Duran	Toledo	40.6	60	37.3	23	38%	10%	47%	−5.4
113	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	40.6	47	39.6	16	33%	2%	74%	+7.7
114	John Henderson	Bowling Green	40.5	59	35.4	20	34%	10%	43%	−18.4
115	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	40.4	49	36.2	11	22%	6%	24%	−10.1
116	David Nunez	Texas State	40.4	36	38.2	12	32%	5%	58%	+0.4
117	David Chapeau	Louisville	39.7	38	37.8	18	49%	8%	59%	+1.2
118	Shamus Florio	Boston College	39.7	49	38.3	16	31%	2%	27%	+0.8
119	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	39.6	47	37.1	17	37%	4%	53%	−3.0
120	Brenden Lach	Delaware	39.5	42	35.6	15	35%	2%	47%	−7.4
121	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	38.9	32	37.6	14	44%	3%	48%	−1.8
122	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	38.9	60	35.5	14	23%	5%	45%	−21.5
123	Cal Joseph	Wake Forest	38.1	57	35.1	20	35%	4%	60%	−13.9

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