2023 NFL Draft – Punter Rankings

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You are currently viewing the best punters in the 2023 NFL Draft. Our top punter prospects are selected after thousands of hours carefully scouting the best special teamers in college football. Even though no more than 3 will get selected in the draft, several will be signed as free agents, and many more will receive a training camp invite. Find who is worthy of a draft pick, and who is likely nothing more than a training camp body. Find draft sleepers, draft stars, who will be a bust, and who is being undervalued.

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(Last Updated: April 25, 2023)

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Bryce Baringer has one of the biggest legs in college football. Baringer led the nation this year in both gross and net punt average. Despite only forcing fair catches on 20% of his punts, he didn’t give returners anything to do with it. His 49.0 punting average stands out, and so too does has solid 22-to-4 ratio of inside 20’s and touchbacks. Baringer is capable of consistently putting of 50/5.0, meaning 50+ yards of distance and over 5.0 seconds of hangtime. He’s a little less experienced than some of the other punters, but not to a significant degree. He earned 1st team All-America honors this season for a reason, and has a chance to be the 1st punter drafted following a strong performance at the Senior Bowl.

2022 Stats

49.0 yards per punt, 22 inside the 20, 4 touchbacks, 20% fair catch forced, long of 72

Adam Korsak genuinely has some of the best control I’ve ever seen from a punter. Korsak’s gross punting average of 44.0 yards may not wow you, but every other aspect of his punting will. He has been top 5 in net average each of the past two seasons, and is an absolute weapon at downing the ball inside the 20 yard line. In 2021, Korsak had 38 of such punts, with ZERO touchbacks. That’s the most ever recorded for a player without any touchbacks in college football. Korsak gets great hangtime on his punts and forces a ton of fair catches, with a 40+% forced fair catch rate each of the past two seasons. While he’ll need to adjust to a set style of punting in the NFL, he had the opportunity to show his adjusted style at the Senior Bowl, and will again have the opportunity at the Combine.

2022 Stats

44.0 yards per punt, 32 inside the 20, 2 touchbacks, 46.7% fair catch forced, long of 77

Michael Turk is quietly one of the more interesting players in the draft. For one, he’s the only player in NFL history who went through the entire draft process before being granted additional eligibility. That was way back in 2020. He’s seriously had 3 years of college football experience since he attended the combine and went undrafted in 2020. At that combine he opened some eyes, putting up 25 reps at his 6’0" 230 pound frame. As a punter, Turk also has impressive leg strength. He’s averaged 46+ yards per punt each of the last 4 seasons, including an insane 51.2 yards in 2021. His accuracy needs plenty of work, as he’s still kicking too many touchbacks and outkicking coverages. But he’s improved throughout his career, and has the wide experience coveted by NFL teams.

2022 Stats

46.8 yards per punt, 22 inside the 20, 10 touchbacks, 38.1% fair catch forced, long of 77

Ethan Evans is a big time athlete who just happens to play punter. At 6’4" 230+ pounds, Evans has eyepopping athletic measurables such as a 700 pound squat, 855 deadlift, and 39" vertical. On the field, Evans has shown impressive leg strength which translated into both distance and hang time. He is also capable as a kick off specialist, and served as his team’s field goal kicker this past year. Evans averaged a solid 45.7 yards per punt this past season, which could have easily been more if he wasn’t always having to control his punts inside the 20 yard line. He’ll need to continue working on his placement near the goal line, and prove to teams that he’s able to be a holder on field goals.

2022 Stats

45.7 yards per punt, 39 inside the 20, 13 touchbacks, 24.7% fair catch forced, long of 67, 66% kickoff touchback rate

Robbins didn’t need to punt very much for Michigan this year, and when he did it was usually from good field position. As a result, his 42.3 punting average doesn’t really stand out. But watching film will show you a punter who really gets under it and is able to consistently generate NFL-level hang time. Robbins barely allowed any returns this year, and forced fair catches on 48.8% of his punts, one of the higher rates in the nation. He also managed to completely avoid any touchbacks with year, while having 16 punts downed inside the 20. The 6th year senior looked good at the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, and earned a combine invite alongside it.

2022 Stats

42.3 yards per punt, 16 inside the 20, 0 touchbacks, 48.8% fair catch forced, long of 64

Complete 2023 P draft rankings

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The 2023 punter draft class is slightly below average, with no punters who I’d consider a lock to be drafted. Still, there’s plenty of experience among the group and a wide variety of skill sets. Adam Korsak at the top is the king of accuracy and pinning the ball deep, while guys like Baringer and Turk have extremely strong legs and can really drive it deep. There’s also an oddly large number of strong punters in the class, such as Ethan Evans and Andy Vujnovich, who look like they could be playing linebacker. The strength of the punter class is often determined by depth rather than top level talent, as most NFL specialists were undrafted free agents. In that regard I’d call this class fairly average.