Punting Yards Career Leaders and Records

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Leaders

  • Since 2000
Leaders Table
Rk Player Yds From To School
1Adam Korsak*1531820182022Rutgers
2Derek Adams*1454620162021Northwestern
3Blake Hayes*1427520172021Illinois
4Alexander Kinal1408420122015Wake Forest
5Tory Taylor*1365720202023Iowa
6Matt Hayball*1307320192023Vanderbilt
7Matt Ference*1299120172021Northern Illinois
8A.J. Hughes*1296220122015Virginia Tech
9Tom Hornsey1281520102013Memphis
10Dom Maggio*1270320162019Wake Forest
11Cole Wagner*1253920102013Connecticut
12Daniel Sepulveda1253120032006Baylor
13Kirby Van Der Kamp*1226120102013Iowa State
14Aaron Perez*1222020052008UCLA
15Brian Brandt1220220002003Central Michigan
16Jeff Locke*1216320092012UCLA
17Will Spiers*1209520172021Clemson
18Austin McCoy*1200720082011Wyoming
19Darragh O'Neill1200120112014Colorado
20Seamus O'Kelly*1196820192023Texas State
21Thomas Olmsted*1195320022005Troy
22Peyton Theisler*1191420162019New Mexico State
23Reid Forrest1175320072010Washington State
24Ryan Stonehouse*1165620172021Colorado State
25Sterling Hofrichter*1165120152019Syracuse
26Kyle Greenwell*1161720182022UAB
27Bobby Cowan*1157020092012Idaho
28Blake McAdams*1156220052008Mississippi State
29Brendan Carney*1153420032006Syracuse
30Zach Paul*1152920122015Akron
31Anthony Melchiori*1144320122015Kent State
32Gary Cook1143020012004UNLV
33Ryan Quigley*1141820082011Boston College
34Lucas Dean*1140120192023UTSA
35Rob Long*1138120072010Syracuse
36Alex Kinney*1135920152019Colorado
37Austin McNamara*1134120192023Texas Tech
38Mike Sadler*1130720112014Michigan State
39Will Monday*1129920122015Duke
40Ethan Wood*1127420132016Wyoming
41Matt Rinehart1123720082011Kent State
42Tyson Beattie1117320032006Indiana
43Corey Fatony*1116320152018Missouri
44Ethan Perry*1110720122015TCU
45Bryan Anger*1109420082011California
46Johnny Townsend*1109020132017Florida
47Jay Ottovegio1108320042007Stanford
48Kase Whitehead*1108020082011Marshall
49JK Scott*1107420142017Alabama
50Dalton Parks*1106820132016Tulsa
51Ben Woods1105320042007Buffalo
52Tress Way*1098820092012Oklahoma
53Brett Upson*1093720062009Vanderbilt
54Tom Hackett*1093320122015Utah
55Aaron Bates*1090720072010Michigan State
56Adam Coles1090420002003Connecticut
57Wil Baumann*1086820112014North Carolina State
58Tyler Gaus*1086520022005New Mexico
59Ben Skaer1085820102013New Mexico
60Kyle Basler*1079420022005Washington State
Blake Cusick*1079420162019Fresno State
62Truman Spencer1073220052008North Texas
63Rhys Byrns*1070420182022Louisiana
64Zoltan Mesko*1070320062009Michigan
65Landon Foster1069320122015Kentucky
66Derek Jones1065220002003Nevada
67Jordy Sandy*1061120192023TCU
68Johnny Ayers*1058420042007Boston College
69Justin Duvernois*1057120112014Illinois
70Brian Stahovich*1055620082011San Diego State
71Jake Hartbarger*1055420152019Michigan State
72Chris Keagle*1053420052008Louisiana Tech
73Yannis Routsas*1052220152018UTSA
74Ryan Donahue*1051520072010Iowa
75Steven Coutts*1050820152019California
76Zac Murphy*1048520102013Miami (OH)
77Bryce Benekos*1046820012004UTEP
78Jeremy Kapinos*1039620032006Penn State
79Tyler Grassman*1037020122015Buffalo
80kirk Christodoulou*1035620182021Pitt
81Andy Lee*1035320002003Pitt
82Austin Rehkow*1031620132016Idaho
83Blake Gillikin*1028320162019Penn State
84Chris Miller*1028220052008Ball State
85Tony Mikulec*1026720042007Central Michigan
86James Smith*1024520172020Cincinnati
87Michael Dickson*1024220152017Texas
88Wade Lees*1022120162019UCLA
89Dustin Colquitt*1021620012004Tennessee
90Reggie Hodges1021020002004Ball State
91Joe Schopper*1020420152018Purdue
92Louie Sakoda*1018820052008Utah
93George Georgopoulos*1017620182022Mississippi State
94Drew Meyer*1012520122015Wisconsin
95Ryan Dougherty*1011220032006East Carolina
96Tyler Campbell*1007520092013Ole Miss
97Anthony Beck II*1005420192022Georgia Southern
98Will Atterberry1004820092012North Texas
99Cody Ridgeway*1002120012004Ole Miss
100Blake Clingan*1001720072010UCF
101Ryan Mentzel998120022005SMU
102Peter Picerelli*997520122015Tulane
103Cody Webster*997320102013Purdue
104Anthony Santella*996420072010Illinois
105Kyle Ulbrich*996020192022Middle Tennessee State
106Ryan Plackemeier*995720022005Wake Forest
107Hayden Hunt*994820132016Colorado State
108Colin Downing*994420142017Iowa State
109Austin Parker*991120152019Duke
110Tyler Newsome*990920152018Notre Dame
111Michael Carrizosa*990720142017San Jose State
112Eric Wilbur*990020032006Florida
113Nick Mihalic*989520182022Western Michigan
114Dane Roy*987420162019Houston
115Austin Barnes*986320132017East Carolina
116Mike Brandtner*984420062009Iowa State
117Kyle Martens*984120082011Rice
118Caleb Houston*982620132016UCF
119Kyle Kramer*982420152019Miami (OH)
120Jay Bramblett*981920192023LSU
121Kenneth Debauche*981520042007Wisconsin
122Ryan Sanborn*980820192023Texas
123Michael Hughes980720042007San Diego State
124Donnie Jones*979820002003LSU
125Will Goggans*979720082011Troy
126Oscar Bradburn*979620172020Virginia Tech
127John Torp*979220022005Colorado
128Erich Toth*977320122015Indiana
129Matt Bosher*975420072010Miami (FL)
130Waylon Prather*974720042007San Jose State
131Alex Starzyk*972920142017Temple
132Jake Julien*972620172021Eastern Michigan
133Grant Carlson*971720182021Boston College
134Jimmy Howell*964920082011Virginia
135Dave Brytus*962220042008Pitt
136Spencer Ortego961920072010Louisiana
137Bailey Cate*961420162019Old Dominion
138Nathan Renfro*960920122015Tennessee
139Pete Kontodiakos958920092012Colorado State
140J. Schroeder*958620122015Western Michigan
141Matt Dodge*958320072009East Carolina
142Derek Epperson*957420072010Baylor
143Thomas Hibbard*957220112014North Carolina
Jacob Richardson957220052008Miami (OH)
145Tom Hutton*957120192022Oklahoma State
146Kai Kroeger*956620202023South Carolina
147Mason King*952620152019Louisville
148Ryan Winslow*951320142017Pitt
149Porter Wilson*951120202023Duke
150Chet Ervin*949420022005Cincinnati
151Brad Kadlubar*948920022004North Texas
152P.J. Fitzgerald*948520062009Alabama
Harrison Waid*948520102013San Jose State
154Cameron Johnston*948320132016Ohio State
155Danny Baugher947620022005Arizona
156Justin Kucek*946120052008Minnesota
157Lachlan Wilson*944620202023California
158Parker Mullins*943420032006UAB
159Richie Leone*943020102013Houston
160Mike Barr942519982002Rutgers
161Reid Bauer*942120182023Memphis
Chris Beckman942120032006Tulane
163Brandon Fields*940520032006Michigan State
164Pressley Harvin III*939620172020Georgia Tech
165Dylan Breeding*938720092012Arkansas
Vinnie Burns*938720012004Virginia Tech
167Scott Kovanda*938120092012Ball State
168Jack Brooks*936920192022South Alabama
169Quinn Sharp*936120092012Oklahoma State
170Haydon Whitehead*935820172020Indiana
171Brian Monroe*935220032006Miami (FL)
172Adam Podlesh*931620032006Maryland
173Louis Hedley*931520192022Miami (FL)
174Hunter Niswander*930520142017Northwestern
175Tim Reyer*929520042007Kansas State
176Riley Dixon*929120122015Syracuse
177Sam Geraci*929020142017Louisiana
178A.J. Cole III*928820152018North Carolina State
179David Bradley*927220012004Iowa
180Tyler Williams*926820122015Marshall
181Aidan Alves*924920182022Liberty
182Aaron Rodriguez924820202023New Mexico
183T.J. Conley924220052008Idaho
184Mark Haulman*923519992002Southern Mississippi
185Arthur Hart922520152017Charlotte
186Travis Baltz*922420072010Maryland
187Kyle Tucker*922220042007Kansas
188Brandon Williams*920020102013Northwestern
189Nick Walsh*918720142017Kansas State
190Trevor Daniel*918520152017Tennessee
Joe Radigan*918520032006Rutgers
192Alonso Rojas*917620062010Kansas
193Jack Fox916720152018Rice
194Michael Farkas*915720152019Ohio
195Gordon Ely-Kelso*914020032006Georgia
196Johnny Hekker*913220082011Oregon State
197Grant Autrey913119992003Louisiana
198Mickey Groody912720072011Florida Atlantic
199Joel Stelly912020022005Louisiana-Monroe
200Ryan Hanson*911320202023James Madison
201Ryan Bujcevski*908520182023SMU
202David Rysko907220012003Eastern Michigan
203Robert LeFevre*905820182021Marshall
204Brent Bowden*902220072009Virginia Tech
205Justin Brantly*901020052008Texas A&M
206Trey McDonald900420012004Duke
207Isaac Power*900020182022Baylor
208Matt Haack*899120132016Arizona State
209Keenyn Crier*898520072010Arizona
210Cole Leininger*895520122015California
211Peter Mortell*892720122015Minnesota
212Ryan Downes892620002003Idaho
213Austin Herbert*892320002003North Carolina State
Logan Tyler*892320162021Arizona State
215Xavier Subotsch*891420172021Appalachian State
216Alan Luna891020152017UTEP
217Ryan Wright*890920182021Tulane
218Britton Colquitt*889720052008Tennessee
219Richard Kent*888220102012Vanderbilt
220Ryan Tydlacka*888020082011Kentucky
221Jeff Wathne*887720072010Temple
222Kody Bliss*886120032006Auburn
223Matt Dilallo*885520062009Colorado
Blake Ferguson*885520002004Oklahoma
225Dustin Upton883320002003Louisiana Tech
226Oscar Chapman*883220202023Auburn
227James Evans882620212023Indiana
228Nick O'Toole*882420132015West Virginia
229Logan Yunker*880620132015UNLV
230Justin Manton*879820112014Louisiana-Monroe
231Aaron Dalton*878820152019Utah State
232Eric Johnson878620002003Stanford
233Cole Chason*878020032006Clemson
234Nick Gasser*876620152018Akron
235Justin Wain*875120122016Connecticut
236Jack Sheldon*874120162018Central Michigan
237Matt Payne871320012004Brigham Young
238Kyle Schmidt*868720132016Ball State
239David Defatta*865220052009Middle Tennessee State
240Hendrix Brakefield*865020102013Western Kentucky
241Alec Vozenilek864020122014Virginia
242Peter Moore*862120202023Virginia Tech
243Jonn Young*861820172021East Carolina
244Robert Billings859920002003Middle Tennessee State
245Riley Stephenson*858120092012Brigham Young
246Sean Kelly*857320132016South Carolina
247Jake Camarda*856120182021Georgia
248Alex Mastromanno*855520202023Florida State
249Ben Kiernan*854620192023North Carolina
250Matt Fodge*854520052008Oklahoma State