Punter, California, 2012–⁠15

Cole Leininger

Number: No. 16
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Fruit Cove, FL

Cole Leininger played punter at California (2012–⁠15).

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,399

2,958

2,072

1,526

3–⁠91–⁠115–⁠78–⁠5

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2012	California	60	2,399	40.0	61	0
2013	California	69	2,958	42.9	70	0
2014	California	52	2,072	39.8	59	17
2015	California	37	1,526	41.2	60	0
Career		218	8,955	41.1	70	17

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2012	California	16	P
2013	California	16	P
2014	California	16	P
2015	California	16	P	6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2015 California 12 games, 37 punts, 41.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	vs.Grambling	W 73–⁠14	3	126	54
Sep 12	vs.San Diego State	W 35–⁠7	6	239	46
Sep 26	atWashington	W 30–⁠24	3	114	44
Oct 3	vs.Washington State	W 34–⁠28	3	141	60
Oct 10	atUtah	L 24–⁠30	2	86	51
Oct 22	atUCLA	L 24–⁠40	4	172	49
Oct 31	vs.USC	L 21–⁠27	3	146	59
Nov 7	atOregon	L 28–⁠44	5	213	53
Nov 14	vs.Oregon State	W 54–⁠24	1	38	38
Nov 21	atStanford	L 22–⁠35	2	78	42
Nov 28	vs.Arizona State	W 48–⁠46	3	100	49
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Air Force	W 55–⁠36	2	73	39

2014 California 12 games, 52 punts, 39.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 30	atNorthwestern	W 31–⁠24	4	143	42	1
Sep 6	vs.Sacramento State	W 55–⁠14	2	92	52	2
Sep 20	atArizona	L 45–⁠49	5	211	53	1
Sep 27	vs.Colorado	W 59–⁠56	4	168	49	0
Oct 4	atWashington State	W 60–⁠59	4	161	50	2
Oct 11	vs.Washington	L 7–⁠31	6	268	59	3
Oct 18	vs.UCLA	L 34–⁠36	8	352	54	5
Oct 24	vs.Oregon	L 41–⁠59	4	164	48	1
Nov 1	atOregon State	W 45–⁠31	3	115	53	0
Nov 13	atUSC	L 30–⁠38	4	137	37	1
Nov 22	vs.Stanford	L 17–⁠38	4	131	40	0
Nov 29	vs.BYU	L 35–⁠42	4	130	34	1

2013 California 12 games, 69 punts, 42.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 31	vs.Northwestern	L 30–⁠44	6	261	70
Sep 7	vs.Portland State	W 37–⁠30	4	158	50
Sep 14	vs.Ohio State	L 34–⁠52	4	196	60
Sep 28	atOregon	L 16–⁠55	8	310	45
Oct 5	vs.Washington State	L 22–⁠44	5	220	55
Oct 12	atUCLA	L 10–⁠37	7	304	53
Oct 19	vs.Oregon State	L 17–⁠49	3	126	49
Oct 26	atWashington	L 17–⁠41	10	428	53
Nov 2	vs.Arizona	L 28–⁠33	7	306	52
Nov 9	vs.USC	L 28–⁠62	4	183	53
Nov 16	atColorado	L 24–⁠41	4	217	58
Nov 23	atStanford	L 13–⁠63	7	249	43

2012 California 12 games, 60 punts, 40.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Nevada	L 24–⁠31	7	270	50
Sep 8	vs.Southern Utah	W 50–⁠31	3	92	33
Sep 15	atOhio State	L 28–⁠35	3	141	55
Sep 22	atUSC	L 9–⁠27	4	172	49
Sep 29	vs.Arizona State	L 17–⁠27	9	376	54
Oct 6	vs.UCLA	W 43–⁠17	3	126	47
Oct 13	atWashington State	W 31–⁠17	4	182	61
Oct 20	vs.Stanford	L 3–⁠21	8	320	56
Oct 27	atUtah	L 27–⁠49	3	140	59
Nov 2	vs.Washington	L 13–⁠21	4	134	40
Nov 10	vs.Oregon	L 17–⁠59	5	183	43
Nov 17	atOregon State	L 14–⁠62	7	263	43

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.