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Minnesota's best punters since 2004
Justin Kucek leads with 229 punts in 50 games at Minnesota; Mark Crawford had 227.
Every punter with 5 or more games at Minnesota since 2004, ranked by punts; the lines are each player's punts game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
8 punters with 5+ games at Minnesotapunts
| # | player | seasons | games | punts | punting yards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Kucek | 2005–2008 | 50 | 229 | 9,461 |
| 2 | Mark Crawford | 2020–2024 | 55 | 227 | 9,493 |
| 3 | Peter Mortell | 2012–2015 | 41 | 203 | 8,927 |
| 4 | Dan Orseske | 2009–2011 | 25 | 115 | 4,283 |
| 5 | Jacob Herbers | 2017–2019 | 26 | 94 | 3,721 |
| 6 | Tom Weston | 2025–2026 | 19 | 90 | 3,805 |
| 7 | Christian Eldred | 2012 | 13 | 67 | 2,555 |
| 8 | Blake Haudan | 2009 | 11 | 62 | 2,639 |
Also at Minnesota: quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, kickers. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.