2026 College Punts of 50+ Yards Leaders

Gross punts of at least 50 yards from the line of scrimmage. It is the classic leg-strength count.

Distance without placement can mean a touchback, so read it with net average. In 2026, Daniel Sparks (20) led college football punters in punts of 50+ yards, ahead of Ashton Logan (16) and William Hudlow (15). 144 punters qualify. This season is in progress (through Week 7), so the numbers change each week.

Data through Week 7 of the 2026 season, updated October 24, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	50+	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	20	36	51.1	43.7	16	44%	6%	30%	+0.9
2	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	16	34	49.2	38.4	12	35%	18%	21%	−1.3
3	William Hudlow	Tulane	15	32	46.9	43.5	11	34%	16%	43%	+10.2
4	Tyler White	Texas A&M	14	25	49.5	45.8	7	29%	13%	33%	+11.5
5	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	14	27	48.0	40.9	11	41%	15%	42%	+8.2
6	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	14	29	46.9	42.9	11	38%	3%	52%	+4.9
7	Hunter Green	Washington	14	33	47.9	42.1	10	31%	6%	33%	+3.9
8	Palmer Williams	Baylor	12	22	51.4	43.5	7	32%	32%	47%	+5.2
9	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	12	27	47.0	39.7	11	41%	8%	15%	−3.2
10	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	12	44	45.5	38.9	13	30%	14%	30%	+1.2
11	James Wagenseller	Army	11	20	46.5	43.9	9	45%	5%	29%	+5.6
12	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	11	20	50.8	48.5	10	50%	5%	43%	+9.9
13	Oliver Straw	UAB	11	21	45.4	41.4	12	57%	0%	28%	+0.7
14	Brunno Reus	Missouri	11	33	44.8	40.9	14	42%	18%	58%	+6.2
15	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	11	36	46.1	40.0	14	39%	6%	25%	+1.1
16	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	10	17	51.0	41.1	7	39%	29%	33%	−0.5
17	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	10	24	44.0	42.7	9	36%	8%	36%	+4.1
18	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	10	26	46.1	41.0	11	42%	8%	42%	−5.5
19	Damon Greaves	Colorado	10	29	45.3	37.9	13	45%	7%	22%	−3.0
20	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	10	39	43.7	38.7	9	23%	10%	29%	+0.7
21	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	9	22	46.3	39.3	7	32%	18%	33%	+1.1
22	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	9	26	45.9	39.7	13	48%	12%	11%	+3.1
23	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	9	29	46.0	39.7	11	39%	7%	33%	+0.8
24	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	9	35	42.9	36.3	17	49%	9%	38%	−1.4
25	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	9	45	44.2	39.9	18	40%	9%	55%	+1.8
26	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	8	18	46.8	41.1	11	61%	11%	59%	+3.5
27	Drew Miller	Georgia	8	19	46.1	38.7	7	37%	32%	35%	+1.1
28	Alec Clark	Florida	8	22	47.4	42.1	12	55%	5%	56%	+1.8
29	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	8	24	45.5	37.9	9	38%	13%	22%	−1.0
30	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	8	27	43.7	40.4	12	44%	7%	36%	+2.7
31	Charlie Durkin	Rice	8	28	45.5	39.9	8	29%	7%	10%	−1.9
32	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	8	30	44.3	39.8	11	38%	3%	48%	−0.2
33	Brady Braun	UTEP	8	32	40.7	35.3	9	28%	6%	15%	−11.7
34	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	8	32	43.9	37.2	11	34%	6%	31%	0.0
35	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	8	33	43.2	36.7	12	36%	6%	33%	−3.6
36	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	8	32	45.1	38.1	12	34%	6%	56%	−1.0
37	Jaxson Dunn	App State	8	35	41.9	40.4	12	34%	3%	32%	+3.9
38	Max Tulen	Tulsa	8	36	42.9	39.6	11	30%	6%	42%	−2.1
39	Lachlan Carrigan	USC	7	12	49.8	44.0	5	42%	17%	22%	+2.9
40	Will Duncan	Air Force	7	15	46.1	40.7	7	47%	7%	38%	+2.4
41	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	7	18	46.8	43.5	7	39%	6%	44%	+6.0
42	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	7	20	47.0	43.8	7	35%	5%	40%	+4.1
43	Jonah DuPont	Iowa State	7	22	44.4	39.2	4	19%	0%	33%	+0.8
44	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	7	21	46.3	44.4	11	52%	10%	63%	+7.3
45	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	7	24	46.9	46.0	9	38%	4%	53%	+8.0
46	Luke Goater	South Florida	7	24	45.5	42.5	13	54%	8%	40%	+4.9
47	Dusty Zimmer	Southern Miss	7	28	40.0	38.4	9	32%	0%	48%	+2.6
48	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	7	29	43.8	38.6	16	55%	21%	50%	+2.1
49	Matt Choules	UNLV	7	30	42.3	38.5	15	50%	7%	50%	+0.5
50	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	7	35	42.3	36.0	6	17%	11%	40%	−12.2
51	Max Dean	Washington State	7	40	43.4	38.2	12	32%	8%	23%	−5.9
52	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	6	19	44.4	41.5	4	21%	5%	50%	+2.4
53	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	6	19	43.8	39.5	10	53%	11%	50%	+3.7
54	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	6	19	44.7	40.0	7	37%	11%	22%	+1.4
55	Daniel Hughes	Florida State	6	21	44.0	42.6	10	48%	0%	33%	+4.5
56	Sean West	Wisconsin	6	23	43.1	39.6	14	61%	9%	38%	+1.3
57	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	6	25	43.5	41.5	15	60%	0%	39%	+1.9
58	Jackson Waller	NC State	6	26	42.0	40.9	10	38%	4%	69%	+1.9
59	Tom Weston	Minnesota	6	25	41.5	36.9	12	44%	0%	47%	−1.5
60	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	6	28	42.9	40.0	10	36%	11%	60%	−0.6
61	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	6	29	41.8	34.4	6	21%	11%	32%	−13.7
62	Angus Davies	California	6	32	41.0	37.6	11	35%	3%	44%	−5.5
63	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	6	31	42.1	38.7	15	48%	6%	48%	+4.3
64	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	6	32	44.1	39.7	11	33%	6%	38%	0.0
65	Joseph Castle	Akron	6	32	41.6	35.8	12	36%	3%	44%	−8.3
66	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	6	35	43.4	40.3	16	46%	3%	37%	+3.7
67	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	5	16	47.3	45.9	9	56%	0%	55%	+7.1
68	Liam Dougherty	Houston	5	16	45.6	39.5	8	50%	13%	17%	+1.7
69	Fuller Shurtz	BYU	5	18	44.4	44.2	5	28%	0%	92%	+7.9
70	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	5	21	42.8	36.8	10	48%	0%	24%	−2.2
71	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	5	21	43.3	37.0	7	32%	5%	39%	−1.3
72	Mac Chiumento	Texas	5	24	43.0	38.9	8	33%	4%	55%	−4.7
73	Boston Everitt	Iowa	5	27	43.0	41.6	17	61%	7%	59%	+4.5
74	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	5	30	41.6	36.5	11	37%	0%	44%	−8.4
75	Cam Brown	Michigan	5	30	41.9	39.3	13	43%	7%	54%	+4.5
76	Patrick Rea	James Madison	5	32	43.2	40.3	18	56%	6%	30%	+5.3
77	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	5	33	40.1	32.7	11	32%	6%	24%	−9.7
78	Elliot Huether	East Carolina	4	10	48.2	44.3	4	44%	11%	63%	+1.7
79	Reed Chandley	Florida Atlantic	4	14	40.6	39.9	6	43%	0%	33%	−1.6
80	Christian Teeter	Georgia State	4	15	43.5	34.5	6	40%	0%	22%	−7.7
81	Wade McSparron	SMU	4	15	44.2	39.5	7	47%	7%	45%	−0.2
82	Orion Phillips	Utah	4	16	42.3	42.3	8	50%	0%	31%	+1.5
83	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	4	17	42.2	39.6	6	35%	6%	67%	−0.3
84	Magnus Haines	Ohio	4	18	43.3	39.1	8	44%	6%	50%	+0.9
85	Mason Love	South Carolina	4	18	42.7	42.1	5	28%	0%	44%	+0.3
86	Alex Asparuhov	Alabama	4	23	43.1	41.3	13	59%	0%	56%	+7.2
87	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	4	23	39.2	37.8	10	43%	4%	42%	−1.1
88	Tommy Warner	UConn	4	27	41.3	41.4	10	40%	4%	63%	+5.1
89	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	4	26	44.2	42.3	10	38%	8%	50%	+2.9
90	Brody Richter	New Mexico State	4	26	40.3	38.4	10	37%	0%	60%	−1.9
91	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	4	28	44.8	40.6	14	50%	7%	67%	+2.5
92	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	4	33	41.4	31.8	7	22%	3%	39%	−23.5
93	Josh Cupitt	Delaware	4	34	42.0	39.7	17	50%	0%	52%	+1.8
94	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	4	43	43.0	40.6	13	30%	2%	66%	+3.4
95	Lance Gossett	Navy	3	7	49.3	46.4	0	0%	14%	40%	+1.6
96	Grayson Miller	Oklahoma	3	10	45.0	43.5	4	40%	0%	56%	+1.8
97	Jasper Scaife	Notre Dame	3	14	45.2	40.1	5	36%	0%	45%	+0.7
98	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	3	15	45.9	43.2	4	27%	13%	50%	+3.7
99	Dylan Joyce	Miami	3	16	44.6	36.8	5	31%	6%	60%	−0.7
100	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	3	18	42.7	40.1	8	44%	0%	60%	+4.5
101	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	3	19	42.6	39.9	5	26%	5%	71%	+4.3
102	Matthew Gill	Kansas	3	20	39.9	37.1	3	15%	5%	44%	−1.2
103	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	3	21	42.9	37.4	5	25%	5%	17%	−3.6
104	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	3	21	37.9	36.9	8	38%	0%	43%	−2.8
105	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	3	21	45.2	44.0	8	38%	5%	64%	+3.7
106	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	3	23	45.2	39.6	11	50%	5%	35%	+0.3
107	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	3	24	41.4	35.3	9	39%	9%	29%	−5.8
108	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	3	23	41.2	36.0	7	30%	4%	41%	−3.6
109	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	3	25	42.0	40.5	17	68%	0%	74%	+4.2
110	Harrison Tuck	Memphis	3	30	40.8	39.2	10	36%	0%	44%	−2.0
111	Mason Golding	Louisiana	3	28	40.1	34.5	14	50%	0%	40%	−10.4
112	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	3	30	42.8	39.6	12	40%	7%	41%	+0.8
113	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	3	31	41.1	37.4	11	35%	13%	54%	−3.8
114	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	3	35	42.4	40.2	13	37%	9%	53%	+1.5
115	Ethan Schwartz	UNLV	2	3	51.7	43.3	2	67%	33%	0%	+1.4
116	Jesse Ehrlich	Arkansas	2	3	49.0	42.3	1	33%	33%	50%	+1.0
117	Landon Vargas	Georgia State	2	4	46.5	41.5	2	50%	25%	50%	+0.7
118	Mikhail Iakovlev	Old Dominion	2	6	45.8	45.7	2	33%	0%	0%	+2.5
119	Bronson Long	Charlotte	2	7	41.7	38.9	2	29%	14%	60%	−0.6
120	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	2	8	44.0	37.5	2	25%	13%	50%	−0.8
121	Ian Ratliff	North Texas	2	13	41.1	35.2	5	38%	15%	45%	−3.0
122	Chase Ridley	Arizona	2	15	41.5	38.9	6	40%	13%	75%	+1.1
123	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	2	16	43.8	42.6	6	38%	6%	67%	+3.4
124	Michael Kern	New Mexico	2	17	40.1	38.5	9	53%	6%	60%	+2.1
125	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	2	18	41.7	38.9	7	39%	11%	47%	+4.1
126	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	2	19	38.8	35.3	7	37%	5%	50%	−3.9
127	Grant Chadwick	LSU	2	22	38.7	35.5	10	45%	0%	44%	−1.9
128	Dante Atton	Temple	2	23	42.5	40.8	9	39%	0%	47%	+1.1
129	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	2	23	42.0	32.2	4	17%	13%	59%	−11.3
130	Sam Crossan	Liberty	2	25	40.9	37.4	11	44%	12%	55%	+1.2
131	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	2	26	45.0	39.4	10	38%	4%	50%	−5.9
132	Caile Hogan	UTSA	2	27	41.4	37.8	10	36%	4%	33%	−3.3
133	Gavin Rush	Arkansas	2	27	40.5	38.2	9	32%	0%	74%	−4.5
134	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	1	2	45.5	36.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.5
135	Badger Hargett	UAB	1	3	48.7	27.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−2.8
136	Ethan Gurney	Iowa State	1	7	39.7	36.7	5	71%	14%	60%	0.0
137	Lars Rau	Illinois	1	10	42.3	40.2	5	45%	0%	50%	+1.1
138	Tom Flintoff	Texas State	1	11	35.0	33.7	3	27%	0%	43%	−5.7
139	Jacob Carlson	Navy	1	12	39.6	33.3	3	25%	8%	18%	−5.9
140	Billy Gowers	Indiana	1	20	38.5	36.9	11	55%	0%	61%	+1.7
141	Felix Visser	Florida International	1	20	38.6	36.7	7	35%	5%	56%	−3.7
142	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	1	23	41.0	31.1	2	9%	17%	24%	−9.2
143	Niall Hayes	Louisville	1	25	40.0	38.0	7	28%	4%	35%	−5.1
144	Hamish Adams	Sacramento State	1	35	41.1	40.9	16	47%	0%	78%	+2.0

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