COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
1997
Punting (MIN 3.6 PUNTS PER GAME) NO AVG 1 Chad Kessler, LSU ------------ 39 50.28 2 John Baker, North Texas ------ 62 47.18 3 Shane Lechler, Texas A&M ----- 56 46.98 4 Brad Hill, Tulane ------------ 42 46.19 5 Chad Shrout, Hawaii ---------- 68 46.07 6 Rodney Williams, Georgia Tech 47 45.64 7 Jeff Walker, Mississippi St. - 45 45.53 8 Aron Langley, Wyoming -------- 79 45.16 9 Brent Bartholomew, Ohio St. -- 65 45.14 10 Jimmy Kibble, Virginia Tech -- 50 45.10 11 Jerry Arguello, Utah St. ----- 53 44.79 12 Kevin Stemke, Wisconsin ------ 49 43.96 13 Jason Davis, Oklahoma St. ---- 50 43.90 14 Marek Butcher, Central Fla. -- 49 43.86 15 Jeff Banks, Washington St. --- 50 43.78 16 Mike Hayes, Akron ------------ 53 43.75 17 James Garcia, Kansas St. ----- 47 43.70 18 Jeff Roberts, Fresno St. ----- 72 43.69 19 Chris Sailer, UCLA ----------- 52 43.65 20 Jason Bloom, New Mexico ------ 48 43.65 21 Marcus Williams, Arizona St. - 68 43.60 22 Dean Royal, Kansas ----------- 79 43.48 23 Andrew Bayes, East Caro. ----- 65 43.35 24 Kevin Miller, Stanford ------- 59 43.32 25 Daniel Pope, Alabama --------- 57 43.11 26 Don Copeland, San Diego St. -- 65 43.03 27 Kyle Atteberry, Baylor ------- 65 42.98 28 Jason Kirkland, Air Force ---- 53 42.98 29 Jaret Holmes, Auburn --------- 62 42.89 30 Jason Chapple, San Jose St. -- 60 42.82 31 Chris Shaw, Southwestern La. - 64 42.77 32 Hunter Smith, Notre Dame ----- 50 42.64 33 Kevin Laird, Clemson --------- 58 42.62 34 Pat Pidgeon, Penn St. -------- 55 42.56 35 Kent McCullough, Miami (Ohio) 41 42.41 36 Mike O'Neal, Idaho ----------- 59 42.36 37 Scot Lord, Army -------------- 49 42.35 38 Jim Wren, Southern Cal ------- 76 42.32 39 Nick Harris, California ------ 77 42.21 40 Alan Sutkowski, Indiana ------ 66 42.18 41 Matt Wait, Arkansas ---------- 70 41.93 42 Josh Boies, Temple ----------- 47 41.91 43 Jared Slovan, Rutgers -------- 69 41.83 44 Matt Groff, Kent ------------- 54 41.80 45 Tripp Moore, Wake Forest ----- 50 41.76 46 Jason McLean, Nevada --------- 44 41.66 47 Carl Gomez, Iowa St. --------- 66 41.62 48 Royce Huffman, Tex. Christian 81 41.58 49 Robby Stevenson, Florida ----- 45 41.44 50 Brian Morton, Duke ----------- 59 41.44
