It’s pretty incredible what CFL punters are accomplishing this season.

All across the league, big legs are rocketing moonshots on a scale we’ve not seen before, now within range of a standard that would have been thought of as impossible not that long ago.

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In each of the past four seasons, new standards have been set and, collectively, CFL punters are flirting with an average of 50 yards per boot in 2026.

“It's really impressive,” said Edmonton Elks’ punter Jake Julien, who leads the league with an average of 50.6 yards. “It just goes to (show) how talented the guys are up here right now. And we have a lot of guys who really care about their craft and are doing it at the highest level.”

“It's just incredible to see,” said Toronto special teams coach Mickey Donovan of the league-wide punting prowess on display. “I’ve been enjoying it.”

Collectively, the league's punters are sitting at an average of 49.3 yards right now. Take away a punt each by non-experts, BC quarterback Nathan Rourke and Montreal receiver Cole Spieker, and that rises to 49.4.

Six punters who’ve met the criterion to qualify for the CFL leaderboard (minimum of 40 punts) are averaging at least 49 yards per. There’s Julien, Hamilton’s Mitch McCarthy (49.8), Winnipeg’s Jamieson Sheahan (49.7), Calgary’s Mark Vassett (49.4), Ottawa’s Noah Gettman (49.2) and BC’s Carl Meyer (49.0).

That’s not the full extent of it, though.

When Donovan said he was “enjoying it,” he was referring not just to the nationwide punting........

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