48 players from across the nation have been selected to the 2022 Ray Guy Punter of the Year Award Watchlist. While having the best punter seems dubious on the surface (one doesn’t want the player to get many opportunities) it is a weapon that can help a team, particularly defenses, and make life difficult on opponents. Here are the guys who will be good at pinning their opponents deep in 2022.
Bryce Baringer, Michigan State
Jacob Barnes, Louisiana Tech
Reid Bauer, Arkansas
Anthony Beck II, Georgia Southern
Jay Bramblett, LSU
Jack Brooks, South Alabama
Paxton Brooks, Tennessee
Brian Buschini, Nebraska
Rhys Byrns, Lousiana
Nik Constantinou, Texas A&M
Lucas Dean , UTSA
Joe Doyle, Memphis
Ethan Duane, Old Dominion
Dom Dzioban, Miami (Ohio)
Luke Elzinga, Central Michigan
Colin Goodfellow, Kentucky
Kyle Greenwell, UAB
Brendan Hall, SMU
Ryan Hanson, Arkansas State
Matthew Hayball, Vanderbilt
Lou Hedley, Miami
Mason Hunt, Southern Miss
Tom Hutton, Oklahoma State
Ben Kiernan, North Carolina
Adam Korsak, Rutgers
Stephen Kotsanlee, Utah State
Kai Kroeger, South Carolina
Alex Mastromanno, Florida State
Austin McNamara, Texas Tech
Nick Mihalic, Western Michigan
Ivan Mora, Wake Forest
Andrew Osteen, UCF
Kyle Ostendorp , Arizona
Issac Power, Baylor
Ryan Rehkow, BYU
Brad Robbins, Michigan
Bernardo Rodriguez, North Texas
Ryan Sanborn, Stanford
Jordy Sandy, TCU
Jamieson Sheahan, Cal
Tory Taylor, Iowa
Michael Turk, Oklahoma
Kyle Ulbrich, Middle Tennessee
Andy Vujnovich, Wisconsin
Laine Wilkins, Houston
Lachlan Wilson, Tulsa
Porter Wilson, Duke
Ty Zentner, Kansas State
TEN MOST RECENT WINNERS
2012 – Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech
2013 – Tom Hornsey, Memphis
2014 – Tom Hackett, Utah
2015 – Tom Hackett, Utah
2016 – Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah
2017 – Michael Dickson, Texas
2018 – Brandon Mann, Texas A&M
2019 – Max Duffy, Kentucky
2020 – Pressly Harvin III, Georgia Tech
2021 – Matt Araiza, San Diego State
MY PAST TEN WINNERS
The past ten winners I would have chosen for this award after the bowl games (a flaw of college football) and thus taken the entire season into account. I also account for how their overall performance effected their team in a season.
2012 – Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech
2013 – Austin Rehkow, Idaho
2014 – Cameron Johnston, Ohio State
2015 – Tom Hackett, Utah
2016 – Cameron Johnston, Ohio State
2017 – Daniel Carlson, Auburn
2018 – Brandon Mann, Texas A&M
2019 – Drue Chrisman, Ohio State
2020 – Drue Chrisman, Ohio State
2021 – Matt Araiza, San Diego State
MY TOP TEN FOR 2022
- Ryan Rehkow, BYU
- Dom Dzioban, Miami (Ohio)
- Paxton Brooks, Tennessee
- Brad Robbins, TTUN
- Colin Goodfellow, Kentucky
- Andy Vujnovich, Wisconsin
- Ty Zentner, Kansas State
- Porter Wilson, Duke
- Michael Turk, Oklahoma
- Tory Taylor, Iowa