2026 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 2026, Ethan Stumpf (2002) led college football punters in punting yards, ahead of Cal Joseph (1988) and Aidan Flintoft (1847). 159 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	Yards	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	2002	44	45.5	38.9	13	30%	14%	30%	+1.2
2	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	1988	45	44.2	39.9	18	40%	9%	55%	+1.8
3	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	1847	43	43.0	40.6	13	30%	2%	66%	+3.4
4	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	1840	36	51.1	43.7	16	44%	6%	30%	+0.9
5	Max Dean	Washington State	1736	40	43.4	38.2	12	32%	8%	23%	−5.9
6	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	1704	39	43.7	38.7	9	23%	10%	29%	+0.7
7	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	1674	34	49.2	38.4	12	35%	18%	21%	−1.3
8	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	1658	36	46.1	40.0	14	39%	6%	25%	+1.1
9	Hunter Green	Washington	1580	33	47.9	42.1	10	31%	6%	33%	+3.9
10	Max Tulen	Tulsa	1546	36	42.9	39.6	11	30%	6%	42%	−2.1
11	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	1520	35	43.4	40.3	16	46%	3%	37%	+3.7
12	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	1503	35	42.9	36.3	17	49%	9%	38%	−1.4
13	William Hudlow	Tulane	1502	32	46.9	43.5	11	34%	16%	43%	+10.2
14	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	1484	35	42.4	40.2	13	37%	9%	53%	+1.5
15	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	1481	35	42.3	36.0	6	17%	11%	40%	−12.2
16	Brunno Reus	Missouri	1477	33	44.8	40.9	14	42%	18%	58%	+6.2
17	Jaxson Dunn	App State	1467	35	41.9	40.4	12	34%	3%	32%	+3.9
18	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	1443	32	45.1	38.1	12	34%	6%	56%	−1.0
19	Hamish Adams	Sacramento State	1440	35	41.1	40.9	16	47%	0%	78%	+2.0
20	Josh Cupitt	Delaware	1427	34	42.0	39.7	17	50%	0%	52%	+1.8
21	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	1427	33	43.2	36.7	12	36%	6%	33%	−3.6
22	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	1410	32	44.1	39.7	11	33%	6%	38%	0.0
23	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	1405	32	43.9	37.2	11	34%	6%	31%	0.0
24	Patrick Rea	James Madison	1382	32	43.2	40.3	18	56%	6%	30%	+5.3
25	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	1365	33	41.4	31.8	7	22%	3%	39%	−23.5
26	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	1359	29	46.9	42.9	11	38%	3%	52%	+4.9
27	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	1334	29	46.0	39.7	11	39%	7%	33%	+0.8
28	Joseph Castle	Akron	1332	32	41.6	35.8	12	36%	3%	44%	−8.3
29	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	1328	30	44.3	39.8	11	38%	3%	48%	−0.2
30	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	1324	33	40.1	32.7	11	32%	6%	24%	−9.7
31	Damon Greaves	Colorado	1315	29	45.3	37.9	13	45%	7%	22%	−3.0
32	Angus Davies	California	1313	32	41.0	37.6	11	35%	3%	44%	−5.5
33	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	1304	31	42.1	38.7	15	48%	6%	48%	+4.3
34	Brady Braun	UTEP	1302	32	40.7	35.3	9	28%	6%	15%	−11.7
35	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	1295	27	48.0	40.9	11	41%	15%	42%	+8.2
36	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	1285	30	42.8	39.6	12	40%	7%	41%	+0.8
37	Charlie Durkin	Rice	1275	28	45.5	39.9	8	29%	7%	10%	−1.9
38	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	1273	31	41.1	37.4	11	35%	13%	54%	−3.8
39	Matt Choules	UNLV	1269	30	42.3	38.5	15	50%	7%	50%	+0.5
40	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	1269	29	43.8	38.6	16	55%	21%	50%	+2.1
41	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	1268	27	47.0	39.7	11	41%	8%	15%	−3.2
42	Cam Brown	Michigan	1258	30	41.9	39.3	13	43%	7%	54%	+4.5
43	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	1253	28	44.8	40.6	14	50%	7%	67%	+2.5
44	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	1248	30	41.6	36.5	11	37%	0%	44%	−8.4
45	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	1237	29	42.7	33.8	8	28%	10%	50%	−13.9
46	Tyler White	Texas A&M	1237	25	49.5	45.8	7	29%	13%	33%	+11.5
47	Harrison Tuck	Memphis	1223	30	40.8	39.2	10	36%	0%	44%	−2.0
48	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	1211	29	41.8	34.4	6	21%	11%	32%	−13.7
49	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	1201	28	42.9	40.0	10	36%	11%	60%	−0.6
50	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	1198	26	46.1	41.0	11	42%	8%	42%	−5.5
51	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	1193	26	45.9	39.7	13	48%	12%	11%	+3.1
52	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	1180	27	43.7	40.4	12	44%	7%	36%	+2.7
53	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	1169	26	45.0	39.4	10	38%	4%	50%	−5.9
54	Boston Everitt	Iowa	1162	27	43.0	41.6	17	61%	7%	59%	+4.5
55	Jack Smith	Clemson	1158	30	38.6	37.6	13	43%	0%	70%	−2.2
56	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	1148	26	44.2	42.3	10	38%	8%	50%	+2.9
57	Palmer Williams	Baylor	1130	22	51.4	43.5	7	32%	32%	47%	+5.2
58	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	1125	24	46.9	46.0	9	38%	4%	53%	+8.0
59	Mason Golding	Louisiana	1124	28	40.1	34.5	14	50%	0%	40%	−10.4
60	Dusty Zimmer	Southern Miss	1120	28	40.0	38.4	9	32%	0%	48%	+2.6
61	Caile Hogan	UTSA	1119	27	41.4	37.8	10	36%	4%	33%	−3.3
62	Tommy Warner	UConn	1115	27	41.3	41.4	10	40%	4%	63%	+5.1
63	Gavin Rush	Arkansas	1093	27	40.5	38.2	9	32%	0%	74%	−4.5
64	Luke Goater	South Florida	1092	24	45.5	42.5	13	54%	8%	40%	+4.9
65	Jackson Waller	NC State	1091	26	42.0	40.9	10	38%	4%	69%	+1.9
66	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	1091	24	45.5	37.9	9	38%	13%	22%	−1.0
67	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	1089	27	40.3	39.4	14	52%	0%	55%	+2.1
68	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	1088	25	43.5	41.5	15	60%	0%	39%	+1.9
69	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	1056	24	44.0	42.7	9	36%	8%	36%	+4.1
70	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	1050	25	42.0	40.5	17	68%	0%	74%	+4.2
71	Brody Richter	New Mexico State	1047	26	40.3	38.4	10	37%	0%	60%	−1.9
72	Alec Clark	Florida	1043	22	47.4	42.1	12	55%	5%	56%	+1.8
73	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	1040	23	45.2	39.6	11	50%	5%	35%	+0.3
74	Tom Weston	Minnesota	1037	25	41.5	36.9	12	44%	0%	47%	−1.5
75	Mac Chiumento	Texas	1032	24	43.0	38.9	8	33%	4%	55%	−4.7
76	Sam Crossan	Liberty	1022	25	40.9	37.4	11	44%	12%	55%	+1.2
77	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	1018	22	46.3	39.3	7	32%	18%	33%	+1.1
78	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	1015	20	50.8	48.5	10	50%	5%	43%	+9.9
79	Niall Hayes	Louisville	1001	25	40.0	38.0	7	28%	4%	35%	−5.1
80	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	993	24	41.4	35.3	9	39%	9%	29%	−5.8
81	Sean West	Wisconsin	992	23	43.1	39.6	14	61%	9%	38%	+1.3
82	Alex Asparuhov	Alabama	991	23	43.1	41.3	13	59%	0%	56%	+7.2
83	Dante Atton	Temple	978	23	42.5	40.8	9	39%	0%	47%	+1.1
84	Jonah DuPont	Iowa State	976	22	44.4	39.2	4	19%	0%	33%	+0.8
85	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	973	21	46.3	44.4	11	52%	10%	63%	+7.3
86	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	965	23	42.0	32.2	4	17%	13%	59%	−11.3
87	Oliver Straw	UAB	953	21	45.4	41.4	12	57%	0%	28%	+0.7
88	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	949	21	45.2	44.0	8	38%	5%	64%	+3.7
89	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	947	23	41.2	36.0	7	30%	4%	41%	−3.6
90	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	942	23	41.0	31.1	2	9%	17%	24%	−9.2
91	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	939	20	47.0	43.8	7	35%	5%	40%	+4.1
92	James Wagenseller	Army	930	20	46.5	43.9	9	45%	5%	29%	+5.6
93	Daniel Hughes	Florida State	925	21	44.0	42.6	10	48%	0%	33%	+4.5
94	Markus Meincke	Toledo	923	22	42.0	40.5	9	41%	0%	58%	+0.4
95	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	910	21	43.3	37.0	7	32%	5%	39%	−1.3
96	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	901	23	39.2	37.8	10	43%	4%	42%	−1.1
97	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	900	21	42.9	37.4	5	25%	5%	17%	−3.6
98	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	898	21	42.8	36.8	10	48%	0%	24%	−2.2
99	Drew Miller	Georgia	875	19	46.1	38.7	7	37%	32%	35%	+1.1
100	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	867	17	51.0	41.1	7	39%	29%	33%	−0.5
101	Grant Chadwick	LSU	851	22	38.7	35.5	10	45%	0%	44%	−1.9
102	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	849	19	44.7	40.0	7	37%	11%	22%	+1.4
103	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	844	19	44.4	41.5	4	21%	5%	50%	+2.4
104	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	843	18	46.8	43.5	7	39%	6%	44%	+6.0
105	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	843	18	46.8	41.1	11	61%	11%	59%	+3.5
106	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	832	19	43.8	39.5	10	53%	11%	50%	+3.7
107	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	809	19	42.6	39.9	5	26%	5%	71%	+4.3
108	Fuller Shurtz	BYU	800	18	44.4	44.2	5	28%	0%	92%	+7.9
109	Matthew Gill	Kansas	797	20	39.9	37.1	3	15%	5%	44%	−1.2
110	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	796	21	37.9	36.9	8	38%	0%	43%	−2.8
111	Magnus Haines	Ohio	779	18	43.3	39.1	8	44%	6%	50%	+0.9
112	Felix Visser	Florida International	772	20	38.6	36.7	7	35%	5%	56%	−3.7
113	Billy Gowers	Indiana	769	20	38.5	36.9	11	55%	0%	61%	+1.7
114	Mason Love	South Carolina	769	18	42.7	42.1	5	28%	0%	44%	+0.3
115	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	768	18	42.7	40.1	8	44%	0%	60%	+4.5
116	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	756	16	47.3	45.9	9	56%	0%	55%	+7.1
117	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	750	18	41.7	38.9	7	39%	11%	47%	+4.1
118	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	738	19	38.8	35.3	7	37%	5%	50%	−3.9
119	Liam Dougherty	Houston	729	16	45.6	39.5	8	50%	13%	17%	+1.7
120	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	717	17	42.2	39.6	6	35%	6%	67%	−0.3
121	Dylan Joyce	Miami	714	16	44.6	36.8	5	31%	6%	60%	−0.7
122	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	700	16	43.8	42.6	6	38%	6%	67%	+3.4
123	Thomas O'Hara	Kentucky	692	17	40.7	37.5	4	24%	6%	31%	−2.0
124	Will Duncan	Air Force	692	15	46.1	40.7	7	47%	7%	38%	+2.4
125	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	688	15	45.9	43.2	4	27%	13%	50%	+3.7
126	Michael Kern	New Mexico	682	17	40.1	38.5	9	53%	6%	60%	+2.1
127	Orion Phillips	Utah	677	16	42.3	42.3	8	50%	0%	31%	+1.5
128	Wade McSparron	SMU	663	15	44.2	39.5	7	47%	7%	45%	−0.2
129	Christian Teeter	Georgia State	653	15	43.5	34.5	6	40%	0%	22%	−7.7
130	Jasper Scaife	Notre Dame	633	14	45.2	40.1	5	36%	0%	45%	+0.7
131	Chase Ridley	Arizona	623	15	41.5	38.9	6	40%	13%	75%	+1.1
132	Lachlan Carrigan	USC	598	12	49.8	44.0	5	42%	17%	22%	+2.9
133	Reed Chandley	Florida Atlantic	568	14	40.6	39.9	6	43%	0%	33%	−1.6
134	Ian Ratliff	North Texas	534	13	41.1	35.2	5	38%	15%	45%	−3.0
135	Elliot Huether	East Carolina	482	10	48.2	44.3	4	44%	11%	63%	+1.7
136	Jacob Carlson	Navy	475	12	39.6	33.3	3	25%	8%	18%	−5.9
137	Grayson Miller	Oklahoma	450	10	45.0	43.5	4	40%	0%	56%	+1.8
138	Lachie Pozzobon	Oklahoma State	429	10	42.9	39.9	4	40%	10%	50%	+2.3
139	Lars Rau	Illinois	423	10	42.3	40.2	5	45%	0%	50%	+1.1
140	Tom Flintoff	Texas State	385	11	35.0	33.7	3	27%	0%	43%	−5.7
141	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	352	8	44.0	37.5	2	25%	13%	50%	−0.8
142	Lance Gossett	Navy	345	7	49.3	46.4	0	0%	14%	40%	+1.6
143	Bronson Long	Charlotte	292	7	41.7	38.9	2	29%	14%	60%	−0.6
144	Ethan Gurney	Iowa State	278	7	39.7	36.7	5	71%	14%	60%	0.0
145	Mikhail Iakovlev	Old Dominion	275	6	45.8	45.7	2	33%	0%	0%	+2.5
146	Charles Steinkamp	New Mexico	234	5	46.8	34.5	1	25%	25%	75%	−0.7
147	Landon Vargas	Georgia State	186	4	46.5	41.5	2	50%	25%	50%	+0.7
148	Ethan Post	Florida State	173	4	43.3	38.3	1	25%	25%	67%	+0.1
149	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	162	4	40.5	35.3	2	50%	0%	25%	−0.5
150	Ethan Schwartz	UNLV	155	3	51.7	43.3	2	67%	33%	0%	+1.4
151	Jesse Ehrlich	Arkansas	147	3	49.0	42.3	1	33%	33%	50%	+1.0
152	Badger Hargett	UAB	146	3	48.7	27.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−2.8
153	Cavan Craig	Colorado State	111	3	37.0	38.3	1	25%	0%	100%	−0.1
154	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	91	2	45.5	36.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.5
155	Kolten Ford	Kent State	78	3	26.0	34.3	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
156	Rudy Kessinger	Eastern Michigan	38	1	38.0	18.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.3
157	Malik Washington	Maryland	34	1	34.0	14.0	0	0%	100%	0%	+0.3
158	Noah Perez	East Carolina	33	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
159	Zachary Robbins	Minnesota	33	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.3

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