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New Mexico State's best punters since 2004
Payton Theisler leads with 291 punts in 49 games at New Mexico State; Jake Capraro had 148.
Every punter with 5 or more games at New Mexico 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.
12 punters with 5+ games at New Mexico Statepunts
| # | player | seasons | games | punts | punting yards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payton Theisler | 2016–2019 | 49 | 291 | 12,064 |
| 2 | Jake Capraro | 2010–2013 | 27 | 148 | 5,636 |
| 3 | Cayle Chapman-Brown | 2012–2013 | 24 | 141 | 6,193 |
| 4 | Josh Carlson | 2021–2022 | 24 | 127 | 5,213 |
| 5 | Jared Kaufman | 2005–2007 | 30 | 93 | 3,854 |
| 6 | Brad Evans | 2004–2005 | 14 | 69 | 2,865 |
| 7 | Anthony Torres | 2015 | 12 | 66 | 2,680 |
| 8 | George Eberle | 2022–2024 | 14 | 65 | 2,869 |
| 9 | Max Dean | 2025 | 11 | 55 | 2,325 |
| 10 | Steven Smith | 2004 | 10 | 51 | 2,040 |
| 11 | Steven Witkowski | 2014 | 9 | 39 | 1,595 |
| 12 | Brody Richter | 2026 | 6 | 21 | 839 |
Also at New Mexico 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.