1. Abstract
An analysis of the objective measures of punting in U Sports football,. This work looks at gross, net, and EP values of punts by yardline and compares them to one another. All measures are shown to have cubic fits. Punt spread is also examined as the difference between gross and net punting. Punts are heavily compressed with decreasing yardline below 50 yards, and conversely increase significantly in value with increasing yardline above 90 yards. While the first of these is expected, the second is unexpected. Further research is necessary, with the preliminary hypothesis that it stems from a selection bias of only teams that punt well choosing to punt from those situations.
