Whatcom County Special Teams Records

(Special Teams stats are not complete, I’m still collecting old game film to tabulate more statistics)

KICKOFF RETURNING

Kickoff Return Yards in a Season:

  1. Ryan Johnson, 492 – MER – 2019
  2. Marcus Montag, 477 – SEH – 2016
  3. Ben Peterson, 468 – SQU – 2014
  4. Jacob Broselle, 458 – FER – 2019
  5. Daniel Ziegler, 447 – SEH – 2012
  6. Brady Bruland, 427 – MB – 2023
  7. Tyson Cline, 426 – LC – 2016
  8. Shane Thompson, 421 – NV – 1998
  9. Joaquin Ortiz, 419 – SQU – 2023
  10. Caleb Wheeler, 418 – LYN – 2019
  11. Harlon Stuit, 416 – MER – 2016
  12. Evan Neitling, 415 – NV – 2018
  13. Gabe Matheson, 405 – MER – 1993
  14. Ethan Fields, 399 – BEL – 2016
  15. Riley Ihde, 397 – BLA – 2022

Kickoff Return Yards in a Career:

  1. Ben Peterson, 1044 – SQU (2013-2016)
  2. Jacob Broselle, 906 – FER (2016-2019)
  3. Tanner Myhre, 885 – NV (2011-2014)
  4. Ty Harrison, 869 – MER (1989-1992)
  5. Scott McKeever, 840 – MB (1991-1994)
  6. Daniel Ziegler, 831 – SEH (2010-2013)
  7. Brady Bruland, 773 – MB (2021-current)
  8. Evan Neitling, 769 – NV (2015-2018)
  9. Damek Mitchell, 691 – SQU (2013-2016)
  10. Jordan Wittenberg, 683 – LYN (2012-2015)
  11. Ethan Fields, 671 – BEL (2014-2017)
  12. Travis Castaneda, 635 – MER (1996-1996)
  13. Harlon Stuit, 634 – MER (2015-2018)
  14. Austin Roberts, 624 – SEH (2015-2018)
  15. Joshtyn Elmer, 603 – MER (2020-2023)

Kickoff Return Average in a Season:

(Minimum 8 returns)

  1. Austin Roberts, 44.8 – SEH – 2017
  2. Daniel Ziegler, 40.6 – SEH – 2012
  3. Michael Millson, 37.3 – MB – 2005
  4. Noah King, 36.9 – LYN – 2015
  5. Ben Peterson, 36.0 – SQU – 2014
  6. Jesse Alderson, 35.3 – MER – 2001
  7. Steven Owens, 34.9 – SQU – 2019
  8. Joaquin Ortiz, 34.9 – SQU – 2023
  9. Jordan Wittenberg, 33.1 – LYN – 2015
  10. Julian Gonzalez, 32.6 – BLA – 2017
  11. Travis Patterson, 32.1 – MER – 1996
  12. Troy Petz, 31.6 – LYN – 2021
  13. Eric Martin-Mann, 31.3 – LYN – 2017
  14. Joey Akers, 31.1 – FER – 2013
  15. Izaiha Schwinden, 31.1 – MB – 2012

Kickoff Return Average in a Career:

(Minimum 14 returns)

  1. Ben Peterson, 37.3 – SQU (2013-2016)
  2. Daniel Ziegler, 33.2 – SEH (2010-2013)
  3. Jesse Alderson, 33.0 – MER (1999-2002)
  4. Troy Petz, 31.9 – LYN (2019-2022)
  5. Austin Roberts, 31.2 – SEH (2015-2018)
  6. Izaiha Schwinden, 31.0 – MB (2010-2013)
  7. Trent Postma, 30.6 – LYN (2011-2014)
  8. Joaquin Ortiz, 30.0 – SQU (2022-current)
  9. Eric Martin-Mann, 29.7 – LYN (2015-2018)
  10. Michael Millson, 28.9 – MB (2003-2006)
  11. Luke Christianson, 27.6 – LYN (2009-2012)
  12. Nick DeGrasse, 27.1 – NV (2006-2009)
  13. Jared Dotinga, 26.6 – LC (1989-1992)
  14. Mario Gobbato, 25.6 – BLA (2009-2012)
  15. Jordan Wittenberg, 25.3 – LYN (2012-2015)
  16. Junior Castro, 24.9 – MER (2009-2012)

Kickoff Returns for a Touchdown in a Season:

  1. Ben Peterson, 3 – 2016
  2. Multiple players with 2

Kickoff Returns for a Touchdown in a Career:

  1. Ben Peterson, 5 – SQU (2013-2016)
  2. Andy Kammenga, 4 – BEL/SQU (1996-1999)
  3. Nick DeGrasse, 4 – NV (2006-2009)
  4. Daniel Ziegler, 4 – SEH (2010-2013)
  5. Duff McBride, 3 – FER (1981-1984)
  6. Jake Locker, 3 – FER (2002-2005)
  7. Brady Bruland, 3 – MB (2021-current)
  8. Multiple players with 2

PUNT RETURNING

Punt Return Yards in a Season:

  1. Rob Ylinen, 347 – LC – 2000
  2. Ty Harrison, 328 – MER – 1992
  3. Greg Dykstra, 326 – LC – 1997
  4. Eli Slesk, 310 – MER – 1998
  5. Cole Semu, 309 – FER – 2017
  6. Les Powers, 289 – LYN – 1985
  7. Eli Slesk, 286 – MER – 1999
  8. Jackson Apol, 281 – LC – 2020
  9. Ben Peterson, 269 – SQU – 2015
  10. Dominic Chambers, 265 – MER – 1996
  11. Lance Zamzow, 263 – MB – 1994
  12. Greg Dykstra, 258 – LC – 1996
  13. Jake Locker, 246 – FER – 2004
  14. Cole Moorlag, 242 – LC – 2019
  15. Ben Peterson, 240 – SQU – 2014

Punt Return Yards in a Career:

  1. Greg Dykstra, 670 – LC (1994-1997)
  2. Ben Peterson, 647 – SQU (2013-2016)
  3. Eli Slesk, 640 – MER (1997-2000)
  4. Ty Harrison, 491 – MER (1989-1992)
  5. Dominic Chambers, 473 – MER (1994-1997)
  6. Cole Semu, 413 – FER (2014-2017)
  7. Jordan Wittenberg, 387 – LYN (2012-2015)
  8. Rob Ylinen, 373 – LC (1997-2000)
  9. Les Powers, 372 – LYN (1982-1985)
  10. Jesse Weg, 372 – LC (1996-1999)
  11. Greg Terpstra, 368 – LC (1988-1991)
  12. Cole Moorlag, 355 – LC (2017-2020)
  13. Jackson Apol, 351 – LC (2017-2020)
  14. Jackson Bennett, 335 – NV (2020-current)
  15. Clint Bosman, 331 – LC (1998-2001)

Punt Return Average in a Season:

(Minimum 6 returns)

  1. Les Powers, 48.2 – LYN – 1985
  2. Jackson Apol, 35.1 – LC – 2020
  3. Cole Semu, 30.9 – FER – 2017
  4. Daniel Ziegler, 28.9 – SEH – 2013
  5. Hunter Jones, 25.8 – MER – 2022
  6. Tyler Sipma, 23.3 – LC – 2022
  7. Jordan Wittenberg, 22.6 – LYN – 2013
  8. Colin Morris, 22.5 – MER – 2002
  9. Ben Peterson, 21.8 – SQU – 2014
  10. Jesse Alderson, 20.9 – MER – 2001
  11. Kevin Bratt, 20.1 – LC – 1994
  12. Jacob Broselle, 19.7 – FER – 2017
  13. Dawson Bouma, 18.9 – LC – 2023
  14. Cole Moorlag, 18.8 – LC – 2020
  15. Greg Dykstra, 18.4 – LC – 1996
  16. Ty Willemsen, 18.0 – NV – 2002

Punt Return Average in a Career:

(Minimum 10 returns)

  1. Jackson Apol, 35.1 – LC (2017-2020)
  2. Daniel Ziegler, 28.0 – SEH (2010-2013)
  3. Cole Semu, 24.3 – FER (2014-2017)
  4. Tyler Sipma, 18.6 – LC (2019-2022)
  5. Ben Peterson, 18.0 – SQU (2013-2016)
  6. Luke Christianson, 17.4 – LYN (2009-2012)
  7. Ty Willemsen, 17.2 – NV (2000-2003)
  8. Garrett Graham, 16.7 – MB (2001-2004)
  9. Colin Morris, 16.5 – MER (1999-2002)
  10. Rob Ylinen, 16.2 – LC (1997-2000)
  11. Jesse Alderson, 15.9 – MER (1999-2002)
  12. Kevin Bratt, 15.4 – LC (1991-1994)
  13. Jackson Bennett, 15.2 – NV (2020-current)
  14. Lance Zamzow, 14.6 – MB (1991-1994)
  15. Michael O’Bryan, 14.6 – NV (2013-2016)
  16. Jordan Wittenberg, 14.3 – LYN (2012-2015)

Punt Returns for a Touchdown in a Season:

  1. Les Powers, 4 – LYN – 1985
  2. Jake Locker, 4 – FER – 2004
  3. Joe Rushin, 3 – BEL – 1979
  4. Chuck Handy, 3 – NV – 1980
  5. Jesse Alderson, 3 – MER – 2001
  6. Multiple players with 2

Punt Returns for a Touchdown in a Career:

  1. Les Powers, 5 – LYN (1982-1985)
  2. Jake Locker, 4 – FER (2002-2005)
  3. Joe Rushin, 3 – BEL (1976-1979)
  4. Chuck Handy, 3 – NV (1977-1980)
  5. Kyler Randall, 3 – FER (1996-1999)
  6. Jesse Alderson, 3 – MER (1999-2002)
  7. Ty Willemsen, 3 – NV (2000-2003)
  8. Spencer Hannah, 3 – FER (2005-2008)
  9. Ben Peterson, 3 – SQU (2013-2016)
  10. Multiple players with 2

Punting

Punts in a Season:

  1. Blake DeRuyter, 46 – LC – 2018
  2. Chris Millson, 44 – MB – 2004
  3. Dave Zapien, 43 – NV – 1981
  4. Chris Senti, 40 – LC – 1989
  5. Ryder Chance, 40 – MER – 2008
  6. Andrei Lintz, 39 – MER – 2007
  7. Nick Knutson, 39 – BEL – 2015
  8. Blake DeRuyter, 39 – LC – 2016
  9. Mark Zylstra, 38 – LC – 1990
  10. Bryce Kamrath, 37 – BLA – 2018
  11. Ty Harrison, 36 – MER – 1990
  12. Andrei Lintz, 36 – MER – 2006
  13. Nick DeGrasse, 36 – NV – 2009
  14. Desi Luna, 35 – MER – 1984
  15. Ty Harrison, 35 – MER – 1992
  16. Ryan Oppewall, 35 – LC – 1998

Punts in a Career:

  1. Blake DeRuyter, 115 – LC (2015-2018)
  2. Andrei Lintz, 104 – MER (2004-2007)
  3. Ty Harrison, 90 – MER (1989-1992)
  4. Jesse Newell, 86 – BLA (1995-1998)
  5. Edgar Zavala, 84 – MB (2009-2012)
  6. Ben Peterson, 76 – SQU (2013-2016)
  7. Bryan Jones, 70 – NV (1993-1996)
  8. Lance Bosman, 69 – LC (1992-1995)
  9. Mark Stieber, 66 – MER (1978-1981)
  10. Mark Zylstra, 66 – LC (1988-1991)
  11. Melloy Nelson, 60 – SEH (2016-2019)
  12. Nick Knutson, 59 – BEL (2014-2017)
  13. Luke Winter, 58 – NV (2014-2017)
  14. Lance Zamzow, 57 – MB (1991-1994)
  15. Simon Burkett, 56 – MER (2014-2017)

Punting Average in a Season:

(Minimum 9 punts)

  1. Craig Forhan, 43.6 – SEH – 1974
  2. Holden Bates, 43.0 – BEL – 2023
  3. Dak Shagren, 42.9 – LYN – 2011
  4. Kyle Sentkowski, 40.8 – BLA – 2014
  5. Clark Hazlett, 40.7 – SQU – 2013
  6. Kade Eldridge, 40.3 – LC – 2022
  7. Troy Petz, 40.1 – LYN – 2021
  8. Troy Petz, 39.9 – LYN – 2022
  9. Bryan Jones, 39.6 – NV – 1996
  10. Ray Alexander, 39.6 – LYN – 1977
  11. Nolan Wright, 39.6 – SEH – 2022
  12. Spencer Lloyd, 39.6 – SQU – 2018
  13. James Hinson, 39.5 – FER – 2017
  14. Trevor Johnson, 39.5 – BEL – 2020
  15. Jeremy Dahm, 39.3 – MER – 1994

Punting Average in a Career:

(Minimum 15 punts)

  1. Dak Shagren, 42.1 – LYN  (2009-2012)
  2. Spencer Lloyd, 40.9 – SQU (2015-2018)
  3. Troy Petz, 39.4 – LYN (2019-2022)
  4. James Hinson, 38.3 – FER (2014-2017)
  5. Jeremy Dahm, 38.3 – MER (1991-1994)
  6. Kyle Sentkowski, 38.1 – BLA (2013-2016)
  7. Brian Dujmovich, 38.0 – BEL (1979-1982)
  8. Clark Hazlett, 37.9 – SQU/LYN (2011-2014)
  9. Nolan Wright, 37.8 – SEH (2022-current)
  10. Michael Kentner, 37.4 – MB (2015-2018)
  11. Joel DeJong, 37.4 – LYN (1988-1991)
  12. Scooter Hastings, 37.2 – LYN (2011-2014)
  13. Jeremiah Wright, 37.1 – LC (2020-current)
  14. Bryan Jones, 36.9 – NV (1993-1996)
  15. Mark Postma, 36.7 – LC (1996-1999)