The MAC’s best punters since 2004

Matt Ference has the most punting yards of the 119 punters who played in the MAC since 2004, 12,992 in 58 games. Zach Paul is 2nd with 11,529.

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The MAC’s best punters since 2004
Place	Player	punting yards	punts	yards per punt
1	Matt Ference2017 – 2021 · 58 games	12,992	310	41.9
2	Zach Paul2012 – 2015 · 49 games	11,529	275	41.9
3	Matt Rinehart2008 – 2011 · 47 games	11,023	264	41.8
4	Ben Woods2004 – 2007 · 44 games	10,599	271	39.1
5	Zac Murphy2010 – 2013 · 50 games	10,485	251	41.8
6	Tyler Grassman2012 – 2015 · 48 games	10,370	266	39.0
7	Derek Adams2016 – 2019 · 41 games	10,298	245	42.0
8	Chris Miller2005 – 2008 · 49 games	10,125	226	44.8
9	Nick Mihalic2018 – 2022 · 56 games	9,960	242	41.2
10	Kyle Kramer2016 – 2019 · 45 games	9,824	234	42.0
11	Jake Julien2017 – 2021 · 54 games	9,714	221	44.0
12	J. Schroeder2012 – 2015 · 49 games	9,586	234	41.0
13	Mitchell Tomasek2022 – 2025 · 50 games	9,463	212	44.6
14	Jacob Richardson2005 – 2008 · 47 games	9,304	218	42.7
15	Scott Kovanda2009 – 2012 · 48 games	9,211	225	40.9
16	Josh Smith2021 – 2024 · 45 games	9,115	227	40.2
17	Jack Sheldon2016 – 2018 · 35 games	8,741	211	41.4
18	Kyle Schmidt2013 – 2016 · 48 games	8,687	212	41.0
19	Jeff Wathne2007 – 2010 · 47 games	8,641	222	38.9
20	Bailey Flint2017 – 2021 · 48 games	8,501	211	40.3
21	Andy Dittbenner2005 – 2008 · 46 games	8,337	209	39.9
22	Ben Armer2008 – 2011 · 49 games	8,314	206	40.4
23	Nathan Snyder2017 – 2021 · 47 games	8,128	198	41.1
24	Vince Penza2010 – 2013 · 48 games	8,092	203	39.9
25	John Stec2006 – 2009 · 46 games	8,084	215	37.6

Method

Every punter who played in the MAC since 2004, ranked by punting yards over his games there while his school was a member. Bowl and playoff games count.
The numbers here start in 2004, so a punter who played in the MAC before then isn't here.