What Does Punt Average Measure?
Punt average is total punting yards divided by punts. This table ranks college football players for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.
College Football Punt Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Sparks |  | P | 51.1 | 56.2 | 54.0 | 53.4 | - | 49.3 | 55.9 |
| 2 | Ashton Logan |  | P | 49.0 | 47.2 | 47.8 | 49.3 | - | 49.7 | 48.5 |
| 3 | William Hudlow |  | P | 46.5 | 41.7 | 45.4 | 47.0 | - | 48.9 | 43.3 |
| 4 | Tashi Dorje |  | P | 46.1 | 47.5 | 46.4 | 45.1 | - | 45.8 | 46.4 |
| 5 | Ethan Stumpf |  | P | 45.4 | 43.7 | 42.4 | 44.2 | - | 43.9 | 47.0 |
| 6 | Evan Crenshaw |  | P | 44.9 | 45.6 | 45.1 | 44.8 | - | 44.2 | 45.7 |
| 7 | Cal Joseph |  | P | 44.8 | 50.2 | 45.4 | 45.6 | - | 44.1 | 45.4 |
| 7 | Daniel Hull |  | P | 44.8 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 48.1 | - | 43.3 | 46.4 |
| 9 | Cole Stumbaugh |  | P | 44.2 | 51.8 | 47.9 | 45.0 | - | 49.1 | 42.3 |
| 10 | Matt McKenzie |  | P | 44.0 | 42.4 | 44.1 | 45.3 | - | 43.1 | 45.0 |
| 11 | Trent Carrizosa |  | P | 43.8 | 46.4 | 45.0 | 44.3 | - | 43.3 | 43.9 |
| 11 | Declan Duley |  | P | 43.8 | 43.0 | 44.4 | 45.1 | - | 40.4 | 47.8 |
| 13 | Gehrig Heil |  | P | 43.6 | 45.0 | 44.2 | 43.6 | - | 41.6 | 45.7 |
| 14 | Max Dean |  | P | 43.5 | 44.2 | 44.1 | 42.9 | - | 42.2 | 44.6 |
| 15 | Aidan Flintoft |  | P | 43.0 | 42.3 | 44.0 | 43.7 | - | 42.9 | 43.0 |
| 16 | Max Tulen |  | P | 42.9 | 42.3 | 41.8 | 43.0 | - | 43.4 | 42.4 |
| 17 | Landon Rehkow |  | P | 42.7 | 47.8 | 43.5 | 42.0 | - | 41.8 | 43.2 |
| 18 | Roland Podesta |  | P | 42.4 | 41.6 | 41.7 | 43.1 | - | 41.3 | 43.7 |
| 19 | Patrick Rea |  | P | 42.1 | 36.3 | 40.6 | 41.7 | - | 41.8 | 42.3 |
| 19 | Ian Brandt |  | P | 42.1 | 40.6 | 41.4 | 42.9 | - | 41.6 | 42.7 |
| 19 | Josh Cupitt |  | P | 42.1 | 43.0 | - | - | - | 42.3 | 41.9 |
| 19 | Cam Brown |  | P | 42.1 | 43.4 | 40.9 | 41.4 | - | 41.9 | 43.2 |
| 23 | Jaxson Dunn |  | P | 41.9 | 40.5 | 42.8 | 41.3 | - | 41.1 | 43.0 |
| 24 | Hamish Adams |  | P | 41.8 | 45.3 | 43.5 | 42.2 | - | 41.3 | 42.2 |
| 25 | Makenzie Ryan |  | P | 41.4 | 41.4 | 39.3 | 41.1 | - | 41.5 | 41.3 |
| 26 | Angus Davies |  | P | 40.9 | 40.2 | 40.4 | 42.1 | - | 41.6 | 40.3 |
| 27 | Ryan Kingston |  | P | 40.0 | 39.0 | 35.8 | 36.3 | - | 36.6 | 42.3 |
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Who leads college football in punt average in 2026?
Through games played October 29, 2026, Daniel Sparks of Virginia leads all college football players in punt average with 51.1. Ashton Logan of Middle Tennessee is second with 49.0 & William Hudlow of Tulane third with 46.5. Sparks's average puts him 2.1 yards clear of second place & 9.7 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Only 7.1 yards separate first from tenth. Tashi Dorje of San Diego State is fourth with 46.1, Ethan Stumpf of Buffalo fifth with 45.4, Evan Crenshaw of Troy sixth with 44.9, Cal Joseph of Sam Houston & Daniel Hull of Eastern Michigan are tied for seventh with 44.8, Cole Stumbaugh of Ball State is ninth with 44.2 & Matt McKenzie of Kennesaw State tenth with 44.0.
A gap of 0.6 yards separates seventh from ninth, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Trent Carrizosa of San José State & Declan Duley of Central Michigan are tied 11th with 43.8, Gehrig Heil of Hawai'i ranks 13th with 43.6, Max Dean of Washington State 14th with 43.5, Aidan Flintoft of Stanford 15th with 43.0, Max Tulen of Tulsa 16th with 42.9 & Landon Rehkow of Utah State 17th with 42.7.
The last seven players in the ranking sit inside 0.7 yards of each other. Roland Podesta of Coastal Carolina is 18th with 42.4, Patrick Rea of James Madison, Ian Brandt of Old Dominion, Josh Cupitt of Delaware & Cam Brown of Michigan are tied 19th with 42.1, Jaxson Dunn of App State is 23rd with 41.9, Hamish Adams of Sacramento State 24th with 41.8 & Makenzie Ryan of UL Monroe 25th with 41.4. Three ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 27 college football players with at least one recorded punt in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 35 punts is applied. Punt average is total punting yards divided by punts. Figures are as of October 29, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.