2011 College Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2011, Ryan Quigley (37) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Steven Clark (35) and Wil Baumann (29). 149 punters qualify.

Final 2011 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	37	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	3%	64%	−0.4
2	Steven Clark	Auburn	35	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	3%	63%	+8.1
3	Wil Baumann	NC State	29	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	5%	63%	−7.2
4	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	29	59	40.5	38.9	18	30%	7%	66%	−4.2
5	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	27	87	46.5	44.2	19	22%	11%	49%	+21.0
6	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	26	56	39.7	40.3	21	41%	0%	62%	+7.4
7	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	25	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	7%	51%	−4.0
8	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	25	47	35.8	35.8	15	28%	0%	68%	−6.6
9	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	24	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	8%	49%	−2.6
10	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	24	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	3%	60%	+6.1
11	Mickey Groody	Florida Atlantic	23	68	42.0	40.1	18	23%	7%	49%	−5.2
12	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	23	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	7%	50%	+16.3
13	Cole Wagner	UConn	22	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	6%	55%	+3.6
14	Justin Tucker	Texas	22	55	38.5	37.6	17	30%	2%	59%	−13.9
15	Jacob Schum	Buffalo	21	61	39.0	38.4	13	22%	2%	54%	−9.7
16	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	21	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	18%	50%	+12.6
17	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	21	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	11%	57%	+6.3
18	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	20	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	10%	53%	+0.1
19	Kyle Martens	Rice	19	78	43.6	42.2	25	34%	8%	40%	+10.6
20	Adam Pines	Indiana	19	71	38.4	37.9	18	26%	1%	46%	−8.7
21	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	19	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	11%	44%	+5.7
22	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	19	59	42.0	38.6	21	36%	17%	53%	−4.4
23	Dan Orseske	Minnesota	19	57	37.0	35.2	13	23%	9%	40%	−15.5
24	Dalton Botts	Miami	19	48	42.7	41.4	13	28%	6%	63%	+6.7
25	Eric Guthrie	Iowa	19	47	40.8	40.0	21	46%	7%	56%	+4.9
26	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	18	74	39.3	38.9	20	30%	3%	44%	−8.5
27	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	18	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	7%	49%	−8.5
28	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	18	57	39.5	38.4	22	39%	4%	42%	+4.8
29	Paul Hershey	Ohio	18	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	10%	49%	+4.7
30	Will Atterberry	North Texas	17	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	9%	37%	+7.5
31	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	17	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	10%	35%	+8.4
32	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	17	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	5%	40%	+3.4
33	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	17	64	39.4	37.9	22	35%	6%	46%	−16.1
34	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	17	44	42.1	39.9	20	44%	7%	59%	+2.8
35	Tress Way	Oklahoma	16	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	11%	36%	+3.2
36	Joey Scribner-Howard	South Carolina	16	47	38.9	37.5	11	24%	5%	48%	−10.8
37	Josh Bleser	Louisville	16	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	8%	50%	+1.0
38	Cody Mandell	Alabama	16	36	38.9	37.7	11	32%	6%	67%	−1.3
39	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	15	74	42.6	41.7	26	36%	3%	38%	−0.5
40	Ron Doherty	Kansas	15	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	9%	35%	−0.2
41	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	15	57	41.7	39.2	20	36%	11%	41%	+2.8
42	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	15	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	5%	38%	−9.5
43	Trey Ragland	UAB	15	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	9%	38%	−1.2
44	Anthony Fera	Penn State	15	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	20%	37%	+4.5
45	Jackson Rice	Oregon	15	45	45.8	45.2	20	44%	4%	54%	+10.4
46	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	14	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	9%	23%	+10.5
47	Brett Baer	Louisiana	14	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	7%	26%	+2.6
48	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	14	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	11%	29%	−0.9
49	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	14	57	40.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+0.9
50	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	14	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	9%	33%	−2.6
51	Josh Brisk	Florida International	14	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	19%	36%	−2.1
52	Thomas Hibbard	North Carolina	14	47	38.4	37.5	14	30%	4%	41%	−6.4
53	Cole Way	Tulsa	14	34	38.0	36.2	9	25%	3%	58%	−12.4
54	Kase Whitehead	Marshall	13	69	40.0	38.4	19	31%	5%	33%	−11.1
55	Brad Wing	LSU	13	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	8%	36%	+15.5
56	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	13	49	45.2	44.6	18	38%	4%	57%	+5.5
57	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	13	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	9%	39%	−4.6
58	Sean Sellwood	Utah	13	42	44.2	41.3	14	33%	14%	42%	+9.5
59	Pablo Beltran	Navy	13	35	37.5	35.9	11	31%	6%	46%	−2.1
60	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	12	73	39.7	38.8	21	29%	4%	28%	−17.8
61	Zack Campbell	Akron	12	77	38.1	37.5	16	23%	4%	25%	−18.5
62	Jonathan Ginsburgh	Tulane	12	59	41.7	39.6	16	28%	7%	38%	+0.1
63	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	12	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	9%	33%	−2.0
64	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	12	57	43.6	42.4	14	25%	5%	36%	+10.3
65	Anson Kelton	TCU	12	42	39.8	37.1	12	29%	14%	41%	−0.4
66	Kyle Negrete	USC	12	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	0%	41%	+3.9
67	Matt Darr	Tennessee	12	40	38.1	37.3	12	33%	6%	43%	−1.6
68	David Green	Stanford	12	32	41.7	37.9	15	43%	14%	46%	−0.4
69	Kiel Rasp	Washington	12	36	45.1	42.9	9	26%	9%	48%	+1.4
70	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	11	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	8%	29%	+1.2
71	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	11	64	42.7	39.8	21	33%	16%	26%	+2.3
72	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	11	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	8%	25%	−3.7
73	Aaron Munoz	UL Monroe	11	51	37.3	35.4	13	23%	4%	42%	−25.2
74	Drew Butler	Georgia	11	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	8%	38%	+10.8
75	Richie Leone	Houston	11	45	41.1	37.9	12	27%	16%	34%	+0.8
76	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	11	43	39.3	38.0	10	23%	7%	44%	−7.8
77	Kyle Christy	Florida	11	27	41.3	40.4	10	33%	7%	52%	−0.7
78	Chris Philpott	Louisville	11	25	36.9	36.6	10	36%	0%	48%	−3.1
79	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	10	57	45.3	42.4	19	34%	14%	25%	+12.2
80	Ben Armer	Western Michigan	10	39	41.2	39.0	23	56%	12%	33%	+5.1
81	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	9	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	7%	27%	+10.3
82	Daniel Wagner	Washington State	9	55	40.8	38.7	16	29%	4%	26%	−4.4
83	Jeff Locke	UCLA	9	56	44.1	42.9	25	45%	7%	33%	+6.9
84	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	9	55	43.3	42.2	20	38%	8%	25%	+10.4
85	Harrison Waid	San José State	9	52	42.8	40.8	17	34%	10%	28%	+4.3
86	Jake Hurst	Nevada	9	48	41.9	40.3	22	46%	8%	26%	−2.9
87	Cody Webster	Purdue	9	44	43.3	42.5	18	39%	0%	30%	+5.2
88	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	9	44	40.5	35.8	12	29%	17%	26%	+0.4
89	Will Goggans	Troy	8	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	8%	17%	+1.0
90	Trey Barrow	Missouri	8	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	30%	18%	+7.2
91	Brett Maher	Nebraska	8	54	45.0	43.8	26	49%	6%	27%	+8.1
92	Bryan Anger	California	8	46	44.6	42.0	19	41%	9%	29%	+3.2
93	David Bohner	UCF	8	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	15%	29%	+1.1
94	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	8	42	46.6	43.0	15	37%	17%	27%	+7.1
95	Riley Stephenson	BYU	8	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	16%	30%	+1.6
96	Carson Wiggs	Purdue	8	21	34.1	28.6	12	75%	7%	62%	0.0
97	Chase Lansford	UNLV	7	75	41.2	40.7	17	24%	3%	17%	−5.1
98	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	7	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	13%	19%	+11.4
99	Nathaniel Toulson	Middle Tennessee	7	49	40.2	36.9	17	39%	5%	35%	−6.6
100	Will Hagerup	Michigan	7	27	36.8	36.0	7	26%	4%	44%	−6.7
101	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	6	95	42.0	41.0	18	24%	5%	17%	−17.9
102	Alex King	Duke	6	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	8%	20%	+0.7
103	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	6	50	44.0	42.7	22	48%	13%	16%	+12.9
104	Vince Penza	Toledo	6	40	37.9	35.9	10	24%	7%	21%	−12.0
105	Brad Elkin	Boise State	6	41	41.8	40.4	24	59%	7%	21%	+5.6
106	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	6	31	38.7	38.1	5	16%	3%	29%	−4.8
107	Nick Marsh	Utah	6	20	40.5	37.5	9	45%	15%	38%	−0.6
108	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	5	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	13%	−12.7
109	Ian Campbell	UTEP	5	48	46.1	44.4	15	36%	12%	24%	+8.3
110	Matt Stone	SMU	5	51	36.9	35.6	12	29%	5%	25%	−16.1
111	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	5	30	37.2	35.9	11	37%	7%	21%	−1.4
112	Spencer Roth	Baylor	5	27	39.6	37.4	7	26%	11%	38%	−0.1
113	David Lerner	Florida	5	27	38.5	38.3	8	33%	0%	33%	−1.3
114	Scott Demler	Virginia Tech	5	23	33.1	31.4	5	22%	9%	28%	−6.4
115	Shane Raupers	Syracuse	5	21	37.4	37.1	5	25%	0%	38%	−4.8
116	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	4	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	5%	12%	−9.0
117	Shawn Powell	Florida State	4	49	47.0	45.3	23	47%	10%	13%	+17.6
118	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	4	40	46.0	41.0	15	38%	25%	16%	+7.8
119	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	4	38	42.8	40.1	14	36%	13%	15%	+4.9
120	David Baska	Air Force	4	28	42.0	40.6	8	29%	7%	25%	−2.3
121	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	4	23	39.0	37.5	10	38%	4%	31%	−2.1
122	Matt Wile	Michigan	4	12	41.2	41.1	5	36%	0%	80%	−3.4
123	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	4	14	42.8	44.4	6	43%	0%	57%	+4.5
124	Will Mahan	Washington	4	12	41.2	39.4	5	45%	9%	67%	+1.7
125	Danny Hrapmann	Southern Miss	4	10	46.6	44.6	4	40%	10%	50%	+3.8
126	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	3	42	40.0	38.1	13	33%	10%	13%	−4.5
127	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	3	25	36.6	34.2	7	28%	12%	17%	−7.4
128	Peter Fardon	Buffalo	3	9	32.9	30.7	8	89%	11%	33%	+0.9
129	Phil McNaughton	East Carolina	3	9	38.7	38.6	0	0%	0%	60%	−3.6
130	J. Ellis Flint	NC State	3	3	35.3	35.3	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
131	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	2	53	44.2	42.4	19	37%	12%	6%	+3.7
132	Brandon McManus	Temple	2	43	46.2	40.8	15	35%	26%	8%	+3.2
133	Chris Boldt	Army	2	31	39.8	38.6	11	37%	7%	10%	−1.3
134	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	2	12	43.0	41.3	3	25%	0%	20%	+0.6
135	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	2	14	36.8	30.1	0	0%	0%	50%	−9.0
136	C.J. Feagles	North Carolina	2	8	34.9	34.9	1	13%	0%	33%	−3.1
137	DJ Howard	LSU	2	7	38.9	36.0	3	43%	14%	33%	+0.8
138	Chandler Anderson	Georgia Tech	2	4	37.5	37.5	1	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
139	Michael Tart	Maryland	2	3	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−2.9
140	Ryan Lankford	Illinois	1	14	37.1	37.1	3	21%	0%	10%	−5.6
141	Bill Claus	Toledo	1	12	35.4	30.4	4	33%	25%	9%	−1.3
142	Danny Coale	Virginia Tech	1	12	44.1	42.4	3	25%	8%	14%	+1.7
143	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tulsa	1	16	42.2	41.8	2	17%	8%	25%	−0.7
144	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	1	11	37.8	37.2	1	10%	0%	20%	−4.1
145	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	1	8	37.5	35.0	3	38%	13%	14%	−1.1
146	Jack Griffin	Florida International	1	4	34.8	34.3	0	0%	0%	50%	−2.7
147	Ryan Fowler	Vanderbilt	1	3	30.7	30.7	1	33%	0%	50%	−1.7
148	Kyle Selden	Michigan State	1	3	47.3	39.0	1	50%	50%	50%	+0.3
149	John Paul Floyd	Texas	1	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3

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