Cole Maynard is a punter at Western Kentucky who has not played in Western Kentucky's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
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Maynard has a leg that can flip the field on one swing. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. All-America (Consensus) in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list.
Play style
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
48.4 gross, but 15 of 57 inside the 20 (26.3%) — a flipper. flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-24vs Sam Houston | 5 | 250 | 50.0 | 71 | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 55-6vs North Alabama | 3 | 161 | 53.7 | 55 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-45@ Toledo | 5 | 260 | 52.0 | 61 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-16vs Nevada | 4 | 192 | 48.0 | 52 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-22@ Missouri State | 5 | 255 | 51.0 | 56 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24@ Delaware | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 52 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-25vs Florida International | 5 | 242 | 48.4 | 51 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-27@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-16vs New Mexico State | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 50 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-26vs Middle Tennessee | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 51 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-13@ LSU | 7 | 351 | 50.1 | 60 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 34-37@ Jacksonville State | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 56 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-16vs Southern Miss | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 56 | 3 | |
| Total | 57 | 2756 | 48.4 | 71 | 15 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
26%15 of 57Touchback rate
9%5 of 57Yards / punt
48.457 puntsLong
71yards48.4 yards/punt on 57 punts · 26% placed inside the 20 · 5 touchbacks.
Player standing · 2025
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Selector Grid · 2025
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2025)
3 first-team selectors
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mack Brown and Tyson Helton.
