[CTcard]

We will be fine this season if every punt is fielded as a fair catch.  Exceptional punt return average for a season is 10 yards while the average is closer to 5 yards. 

Well, that's already off the table as we have already returned 3 of 7 punts, almost half.

The median (by team) average punt return last year was 7.85 yards.
But, it looks as if somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of all punts are returned at all, making the median average return per punt something on the order of 2+ yards.
[median edited to average as pointed out by murky - and yeah, mixing medians and averages like this is dodgy, but its the data that is easily available and its probably good enough for the very rough point being made. ]

Last year Stanford averaged one punt return per game, and 6.8 yards per game in punt returns. Overall, it just doesn't matter enough to get to the top of my worry list.

[CTcard]

We will be fine this season if every punt is fielded as a fair catch.  Exceptional punt return average for a season is 10 yards while the average is closer to 5 yards. 

Well, that's already off the table as we have already returned 3 of 7 punts, almost half.

The median (by team) average punt return last year was 7.85 yards.
But, it looks as if somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of all punts are returned at all, making the median average return per punt something on the order of 2+ yards.
[median edited to average as pointed out by murky - and yeah, mixing medians and averages like this is dodgy, but its the data that is easily available and its probably good enough for the very rough point being made. ]

Last year Stanford averaged one punt return per game, and 6.8 yards per game in punt returns. Overall, it just doesn't matter enough to get to the top of my worry list.