As I do every off-season, I look at every punt and determine how the punter did (and the punt coverage team) on each of them. The job of the punter is to maximize field position, but how do we determine how well each punter does that. Just looking at gross or net punt yardage misses most of the context. Using punt percentage (PP) score keeps that context.
This analysis is based on two premises
- For long-field punts (inside your own 35), the optimal result is a 65 net yard punt. So if the LOS is your own 20, then the other team takes over at their own 15.