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NC State's best punters since 2004
Wil Baumann leads with 266 punts in 50 games at NC State; AJ Cole had 220.
Every punter with 5 or more games at NC State 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 NC Statepunts
| # | player | seasons | games | punts | punting yards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wil Baumann | 2011–2014 | 50 | 266 | 10,868 |
| 2 | AJ Cole | 2015–2018 | 52 | 220 | 9,288 |
| 3 | Caden Noonkester | 2022–2025 | 43 | 204 | 8,794 |
| 4 | Trenton Gill | 2019–2021 | 36 | 173 | 7,884 |
| 5 | Bradley Pierson | 2007–2008 | 24 | 123 | 4,676 |
| 6 | Jeff Ruiz | 2009–2010 | 19 | 77 | 2,886 |
| 7 | Andy Leffler | 2010 | 9 | 31 | 1,199 |
| 8 | Jackson Waller | 2026 | 6 | 21 | 886 |
Also at NC State: 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.