NFL Player Grades

P Grades — 2017

P Grades

32 qualified punters · composite of net average (distance + return prevention) and inside-20 placement rate (data 2016+) (see methodology)

QB RB WR TE OL CB S EDGE iDL LB K P

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						FORMULA		CONTEXT
Rank
1	Johnny Hekker	LA	90.7	100	65	45.6	46.2	47.9	0.00	70	0.0
2	Brett Kern	TEN	87.3	97	75	45.9	37.3	49.7	0.00	74	0.0
3	Marquette King	LV	80.7	94	69	44.4	40.6	47.4	0.00	65	0.0
4	Chris Jones	DAL	80.5	91	66	42.9	51.5	44.1	0.00	62	0.0
5	Drew Kaser	LAC	70.8	88	74	43.8	36.5	48.1	0.00	69	0.0
6	Thomas Morstead	NO	70.7	84	60	42.9	43.3	47.0	0.00	68	0.0
7	Dustin Colquitt	KC	70.3	81	65	42.6	44.6	45.2	0.00	77	0.0
8	Michael Palardy	CAR	67.0	78	71	43.6	35.2	46.0	0.00	63	0.0
9	Rigoberto Sanchez	IND	61.6	75	85	43.3	32.9	44.3	1.18	61	0.0
10	Sam Koch	BAL	57.5	72	85	41.0	47.1	44.3	1.18	67	0.0
11	Ryan Allen	NE	54.0	69	58	41.6	41.4	43.4	0.00	60	0.0
12	Shane Lechler	HOU	53.5	66	92	42.4	34.8	49.0	0.00	68	0.0
13	Bradley Pinion	SF	53.4	63	75	41.5	41.3	43.4	0.00	59	0.0
14	Colton Schmidt	BUF	50.2	59	79	42.0	35.4	44.7	0.00	60	0.0
15	Matt Haack	MIA	49.7	56	83	41.9	36.1	44.5	0.00	64	0.0
16	Matt Bosher	ATL	45.2	53	53	41.5	35.8	44.9	0.00	62	0.0
17	Kevin Huber	CIN	45.0	50	89	41.5	36.0	46.1	1.12	63	0.0
18	Donnie Jones	PHI	44.0	47	68	42.1	30.9	44.6	1.47	62	0.0
19	Lachlan Edwards	NYJ	41.9	44	94	41.4	35.1	46.6	0.00	70	0.0
20	Andy Lee	ARI	40.4	41	88	41.5	33.0	47.3	0.00	63	0.0
21	Jordan Berry	PIT	40.1	38	64	40.4	40.6	43.2	0.00	62	0.0
22	Bryan Anger	TB	39.9	34	66	41.0	36.4	43.3	1.52	62	0.0
23	Tress Way	WAS	39.3	31	83	40.5	39.8	45.7	0.00	64	0.0
24	Justin Vogel	GB	38.1	28	71	42.1	26.8	44.4	0.00	62	0.0
25	Brad Nortman	JAX	34.6	25	88	41.0	33.0	43.6	1.14	65	0.0
26	Pat O'Donnell	CHI	33.0	22	87	41.1	31.0	47.0	0.00	69	1.1
27	Riley Dixon	DEN	31.5	19	75	41.0	30.7	44.4	2.67	60	0.0
28	Britton Colquitt	CLE	31.2	16	81	41.1	29.6	47.0	1.23	67	0.0
29	Sam Martin	DET	30.7	13	41	40.6	31.7	43.4	0.00	64	0.0
30	Ryan Quigley	MIN	27.7	9	71	39.2	40.8	42.2	0.00	56	0.0
31	Jon Ryan	SEA	24.0	6	92	40.1	31.5	45.0	0.00	74	0.0
32	Brad Wing	NYG	6.4	3	97	38.6	19.6	43.2	2.06	69	0.0

Low-volume punters (1)

Fewer than 40 punts. Grades still computed on the same 0-100 scale but treat them as noisy (rookies, mid-season callups, punters who lost their job).

						FORMULA		CONTEXT
Rank
1	Jeff Locke	DET	58.5	72	27	42.2	40.7	45.3	0.00	54	0.0