04-14-2022, 01:10 AM
Punting stats can be confusing.
For many years all people looked at was average yards per punt. But everyone knows it is better to have a 45 yd punt with a lot of hang time than a 50 yard line drive. So then they started subtracting the return yards from the punting yards and coming up with a "net average". I know some punters have better punt coverage teams, but it is clear that there are usually more return yards on line drive punts no matter how good the coverage.
But "net average" ignores "touchbacks" even though each one has the equivalent of a huge 20 yard return (more than twice the length of an average punt return). It seems like an some "statheads" would already be calculating "net average" including touchbacks, but I can't find it anywhere. However I did find "touchback percentage"
Then there is the skill of the "coffin corner" kick or any punt keeping the opponent inside the 20. I swear that I used to see stats on "inside the 10" but now all I can find is "inside the 20". And, of course, you can't just look at the total number of punts inside the 20 but instead the "inside 20 percentage".
So let's look at Huber.
Total punts................10th (66) A lot of people forget that for a big part of the season our offense was terribly inconsistent scoring on big plays but also having a lot of "3-and-outs".
Punting average..........14th (46.4)
Net average................13th (41.0)
Inside 20 percentage...27th (31.7%) League leader is usually around 50%
Touchback percentage..24th (7.3%) Only 5 punters had more touchbacks than Huber.
"Touchbacks" to "inside 20s"...28th (.273) Out of 33 punters with at least 35 punts.
Anyone have any other punting stats? I am much more impressed with "inside the 10" than "inside the 20" and I know I have seen those stats in the past.
For many years all people looked at was average yards per punt. But everyone knows it is better to have a 45 yd punt with a lot of hang time than a 50 yard line drive. So then they started subtracting the return yards from the punting yards and coming up with a "net average". I know some punters have better punt coverage teams, but it is clear that there are usually more return yards on line drive punts no matter how good the coverage.
But "net average" ignores "touchbacks" even though each one has the equivalent of a huge 20 yard return (more than twice the length of an average punt return). It seems like an some "statheads" would already be calculating "net average" including touchbacks, but I can't find it anywhere. However I did find "touchback percentage"
Then there is the skill of the "coffin corner" kick or any punt keeping the opponent inside the 20. I swear that I used to see stats on "inside the 10" but now all I can find is "inside the 20". And, of course, you can't just look at the total number of punts inside the 20 but instead the "inside 20 percentage".
So let's look at Huber.
Total punts................10th (66) A lot of people forget that for a big part of the season our offense was terribly inconsistent scoring on big plays but also having a lot of "3-and-outs".
Punting average..........14th (46.4)
Net average................13th (41.0)
Inside 20 percentage...27th (31.7%) League leader is usually around 50%
Touchback percentage..24th (7.3%) Only 5 punters had more touchbacks than Huber.
"Touchbacks" to "inside 20s"...28th (.273) Out of 33 punters with at least 35 punts.
Anyone have any other punting stats? I am much more impressed with "inside the 10" than "inside the 20" and I know I have seen those stats in the past.
