2026 College Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

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

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