Punter Watch List - 2020

 

Punters to Watch in 2020


By Evan Jaffe, September 3, 2020


The 2020 Punter Top 29 Watch List unveils the cream of the crop of college punters.  Punters, though often overlooked, play a critical role in one of the gridiron game’s most important components, field position. In our evaluation, we believe past performance is a good indicator of future performance. Therefore, in creating our "Best of the Best" list, we decided to follow the math formulas unbiased view of who were statistically the best punters from 2019.

Players are listed in alphabetical order, although their previous rankings are noted. Rest assured, if a player is included in this listing we believe they have significant potential to elevate the status of their team in the 2020 season.

 

Derek Adams (GR) – Northwestern – Hometown: Manheim, Pennsylvania
2018 FAU Ranking: #134 (at Kent St)
2019 FAU Ranking: #20 (at Kent St)

Anthony Beck (SO-R) - Georgia Southern - Hometown: Guyton, Georgia
2019 FAU Ranking: #41

Oscar Bradburn (SR) - Virginia Tech - Hometown: Sydney, Australia
2018 FAU Ranking: #49
2019 FAU Ranking: #16

Rhys Byrns (JR) - LA Lafayette - Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
2018 FAU Ranking: #73
2019 FAU Ranking: #23

Jake Camarda (JR) - Georgia – Hometown: Norcross, Georgia
2018 FAU Ranking: #64
2019 FAU Ranking: #17

Drue Chrisman (GR) – Ohio State – Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
2017 FAU Ranking: #13
2018 FAU Ranking: #2
2019 FAU Ranking: #26

Oscar Draguicevich III (SR-R) – Washington State – Hometown: Hutto, Texas
2018 FAU Ranking: #25
2019 FAU Ranking: #21

Max Duffy (SR) – Kentucky – Hometown: Perth, Australia
2018 FAU Ranking: #15
2019 FAU Ranking: #1

Tyson Dyer (SR) – New Mexico – Hometown: Queensland, Australia
2018 FAU Ranking: #51
2019 FAU Ranking: #11

Bailey Flint (JR) – Toledo – Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
2018 FAU Ranking: #38
2019 FAU Ranking: NR (was ranked #5 in the nation before injury after 20 punts)

Trenton Gill (JR-R) – North Carolina State – Hometown: Hillsborough, North Carolina
2019 FAU Ranking: #25

Ben Griffiths (SO-R) - USC - Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
2019 FAU Ranking: #47

John Haggerty (SR) - Western Kentucky - Hometown: Sydney, Australia
2019 FAU Ranking: #7

Matthew Hayball (SO-R) - FAU - Hometown: West Adelaide, Australia
2019 FAU Ranking: #49

Blake Hayes (SR) – Illinois – Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
2018 FAU Ranking: #94
2019 FAU Ranking: #29

Tommy Heatherly (SR) - FIU - Hometown: Grove, Oklahoma
2019 FAU Ranking: #36

Louis Hedley (JR-R) - Miami, FL - Mandurah, Australia
2019 FAU Ranking: #31

Jake Julien (SR) – Eastern Michigan – Barrie, Ontario, Canada
2018 FAU Ranking: #37
2019 FAU Ranking: #40

Adam Korsak (SR-R) – Rutgers – Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
2018 FAU Ranking: #54
2019 FAU Ranking: #18

Austin McNamara (SO) - Texas Tech - Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona
2019 FAU Ranking: #4

Reeves Mundschau (JR-R) – Oklahoma – Hometown:  New Braunfels, Texas
2019 FAU Ranking: #43

Harrison Smith (JR) – Vanderbilt – Hometown: Franklin, Tennessee
2019 FAU Ranking: #37

James Smith (SR) – Cincinnati – Hometown: Wangaratta, Australia
2018 FAU Ranking: #3
2019 FAU Ranking: #15

Ryan Stonehouse (SR) - Colorado State - Hometown: La Verne, California
2018 FAU Ranking: #47
2019 FAU Ranking: #19

Xavier Subotsch (SR) - Appalachian State - Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
2019 FAU Ranking: #48

Kyle Thompson (SR) - Kansas - Hometown: El Cajon, California
2018 FAU Ranking: #53
2019 FAU Ranking: #39

Michael Turk (JR-R) - Arizona State - Hometown: Dallas, Texas
2019 FAU Ranking: #8

Zach Von Rosenberg (SR) – LSU – Hometown: Zachary, Louisiana
2018 FAU Ranking: #6
2019 FAU Ranking: #22

Adam Williams (JR-R) – Memphis – Hometown: Lebanon, Tennessee
2018 FAU Ranking: #35
2019 FAU Ranking: #34

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