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. Murry Park, 407 – MB – 1974
  14. Gabe Matheson, 405 – MER – 1993
  15. Ethan Fields, 399 – BEL – 2016

Kickoff Return Yards in a Career:

  1. Ben Peterson, 1044 – SQU (2013-2016)
  2. Andre Watson, 917 – SEH (2021-2024)
  3. Brady Bruland, 913 – MB (2021-2024)
  4. Jacob Broselle, 906 – FER (2016-2019)
  5. Tanner Myhre, 885 – NV (2011-2014)
  6. Ty Harrison, 869 – MER (1989-1992)
  7. Scott McKeever, 840 – MB (1991-1994)
  8. Daniel Ziegler, 831 – SEH (2010-2013)
  9. Joaquin Ortiz, 820 – SQU – (2022-2024)
  10. Evan Neitling, 769 – NV (2015-2018)
  11. Damek Mitchell, 691 – SQU (2013-2016)
  12. Jordan Wittenberg, 683 – LYN (2012-2015)
  13. Ethan Fields, 671 – BEL (2014-2017)
  14. Evan Bravo, 663 – NV (2021-2024)
  15. Travis Castaneda, 635 – MER (1996-1996)

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. Eric Martin-Mann, 29.7 – LYN (2015-2018)
  9. Michael Millson, 28.9 – MB (2003-2006)
  10. Luke Christianson, 27.6 – LYN (2009-2012)
  11. Joaquin Ortiz, 27.3 – SQU (2022-2024)
  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. Murry Park, 3 – MB – 1974
  2. Ben Peterson, 3 – SQU – 2016
  3. 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. Brady Bruland, 4 – MB (2021-2024)
  6. Murry Park, 3 – MB (1971-1974)
  7. Duff McBride, 3 – FER (1981-1984)
  8. Jake Locker, 3 – FER (2002-2005)
  9. Multiple players with 2

PUNT RETURNING

Punt Return Yards in a Season:

  1. Chuck Handy, 400 – NV – 1980
  2. Rob Ylinen, 347 – LC – 2000
  3. Ty Harrison, 328 – MER – 1992
  4. Greg Dykstra, 326 – LC – 1997
  5. Eli Slesk, 310 – MER – 1998
  6. Cole Semu, 309 – FER – 2017
  7. Les Powers, 289 – LYN – 1985
  8. Mark Olson, 286 – NV – 1973
  9. Eli Slesk, 286 – MER – 1999
  10. Jackson Apol, 281 – LC – 2020
  11. Ben Peterson, 269 – SQU – 2015
  12. Dominic Chambers, 265 – MER – 1996
  13. Lance Zamzow, 263 – MB – 1994
  14. Greg Dykstra, 258 – LC – 1996
  15. Jake Locker, 246 – FER – 2004

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. Les Powers, 482 – LYN (1982-1985)
  6. Dominic Chambers, 473 – MER (1994-1997)
  7. Cole Semu, 413 – FER (2014-2017)
  8. Chuck Handy, 400 – NV (1977-1980)
  9. Jordan Wittenberg, 387 – LYN (2012-2015)
  10. Rob Ylinen, 373 – LC (1997-2000)
  11. Jesse Weg, 372 – LC (1996-1999)
  12. Greg Terpstra, 368 – LC (1988-1991)
  13. Cole Moorlag, 355 – LC (2017-2020)
  14. Jackson Apol, 351 – LC (2017-2020)
  15. Jackson Bennett, 335 – NV (2020-2023)

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. Mark Olson, 22.0 – NV – 1973
  10. Ben Peterson, 21.8 – SQU – 2014
  11. Jesse Alderson, 20.9 – MER – 2001
  12. Kevin Bratt, 20.1 – LC – 1994
  13. Jacob Broselle, 19.7 – FER – 2017
  14. Boyce Robertson, 19.7 – LC – 2024
  15. Dawson Bouma, 18.9 – LC – 2023

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. Mark Olson, 22.0 – NV (1970-1973)
  5. Joaquin Ortiz, 19.2 – SQU (2022-2024)
  6. Tyler Sipma, 18.6 – LC (2019-2022)
  7. Ben Peterson, 18.0 – SQU (2013-2016)
  8. Luke Christianson, 17.4 – LYN (2009-2012)
  9. Ty Willemsen, 17.2 – NV (2000-2003)
  10. Garrett Graham, 16.7 – MB (2001-2004)
  11. Colin Morris, 16.5 – MER (1999-2002)
  12. Rob Ylinen, 16.2 – LC (1997-2000)
  13. Jesse Alderson, 15.9 – MER (1999-2002)
  14. Kevin Bratt, 15.4 – LC (1991-1994)
  15. Chuck Handy, 15.4 – NV (1977-1980)
  16. Jackson Bennett, 15.2 – NV (2020-2023)

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. Sheldon Miller, 44 – NV – 1972
  3. Mike Lambert, 44 – NV – 1983
  4. Chris Millson, 44 – MB – 2004
  5. Dave Zapien, 43 – NV – 1981
  6. Chris Senti, 40 – LC – 1989
  7. Ryder Chance, 40 – MER – 2008
  8. Sheldon Miller, 39 – NV – 1973
  9. Troy Slayton, 39 – NV – 1988
  10. Andrei Lintz, 39 – MER – 2007
  11. Nick Knutson, 39 – BEL – 2015
  12. Blake DeRuyter, 39 – LC – 2016
  13. Mark Zylstra, 38 – LC – 1990
  14. Bryce Kamrath, 37 – BLA – 2018
  15. Ty Harrison, 36 – MER – 1990
  16. Andrei Lintz, 36 – MER – 2006
  17. Nick DeGrasse, 36 – NV – 2009

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. Sheldon Miller, 83 – NV (1970-1973)
  7. Ben Peterson, 76 – SQU (2013-2016)
  8. Troy Slayton, 70 – NV (1988-1991)
  9. Bryan Jones, 70 – NV (1993-1996)
  10. Lance Bosman, 69 – LC (1992-1995)
  11. Mark Stieber, 66 – MER (1978-1981)
  12. Mark Zylstra, 66 – LC (1988-1991)
  13. Dave Zapien, 63 – NV (1979-1982)
  14. Melloy Nelson, 60 – SEH (2016-2019)
  15. Nick Knutson, 59 – BEL (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. Joey Brown, 38.4 – NV (2021-2023)
  5. James Hinson, 38.3 – FER (2014-2017)
  6. Jeremy Dahm, 38.3 – MER (1991-1994)
  7. Kyle Sentkowski, 38.1 – BLA (2013-2016)
  8. Brian Dujmovich, 38.0 – BEL (1979-1982)
  9. Clark Hazlett, 37.9 – SQU/LYN (2011-2014)
  10. Nolan Wright, 37.7 – SEH (2022-current)
  11. Michael Kentner, 37.4 – MB (2015-2018)
  12. Joel DeJong, 37.4 – LYN (1988-1991)
  13. Scooter Hastings, 37.2 – LYN (2011-2014)
  14. Jeremiah Wright, 37.1 – LC (2020-2023)
  15. Malachi Koenen, 37.0 – LYN (2023-current)
  16. Bryan Jones, 36.9 – NV (1993-1996)
  17. Mark Postma, 36.7 – LC (1996-1999)