2011 College Punt Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that sailed into the end zone. A touchback costs 20 yards in net average and hands the other team the ball at its own 20, so punters try to avoid them, especially from midfield.

Lowest comes first. A punter who rarely kicks from the opponent's side of the field has few chances to touch back, so ties go to the punter with more of those punts. In 2011, Kyle Negrete (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Alex Dunnachie (0.0%) and Ryan Neir (0.0%). 115 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 7.6%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Kyle Negrete	USC	0.0%	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	41%	+3.9
2	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	0.0%	56	39.7	40.3	21	41%	62%	+7.4
3	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	0.0%	47	35.8	35.8	15	28%	68%	−6.6
4	Cody Webster	Purdue	0.0%	44	43.3	42.5	18	39%	30%	+5.2
5	Adam Pines	Indiana	1.4%	71	38.4	37.9	18	26%	46%	−8.7
6	Jacob Schum	Buffalo	1.7%	61	39.0	38.4	13	22%	54%	−9.7
7	Justin Tucker	Texas	1.8%	55	38.5	37.6	17	30%	59%	−13.9
8	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	2.8%	74	42.6	41.7	26	36%	38%	−0.5
9	Chase Lansford	UNLV	2.8%	75	41.2	40.7	17	24%	17%	−5.1
10	Cole Way	Tulsa	2.9%	34	38.0	36.2	9	25%	58%	−12.4
11	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	2.9%	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	64%	−0.4
12	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	3.0%	74	39.3	38.9	20	30%	44%	−8.5
13	Steven Clark	Auburn	3.0%	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	63%	+8.1
14	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	3.1%	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	60%	+6.1
15	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	3.2%	31	38.7	38.1	5	16%	29%	−4.8
16	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	3.5%	57	39.5	38.4	22	39%	42%	+4.8
17	Aaron Munoz	UL Monroe	3.6%	51	37.3	35.4	13	23%	42%	−25.2
18	Daniel Wagner	Washington State	3.7%	55	40.8	38.7	16	29%	26%	−4.4
19	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	4.1%	73	39.7	38.8	21	29%	28%	−17.8
20	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	4.2%	49	45.2	44.6	18	38%	57%	+5.5
21	Thomas Hibbard	North Carolina	4.3%	47	38.4	37.5	14	30%	41%	−6.4
22	Zack Campbell	Akron	4.3%	77	38.1	37.5	16	23%	25%	−18.5
23	Jackson Rice	Oregon	4.4%	45	45.8	45.2	20	44%	54%	+10.4
24	Joey Scribner-Howard	South Carolina	4.5%	47	38.9	37.5	11	24%	48%	−10.8
25	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	4.7%	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	40%	+3.4
26	Wil Baumann	NC State	4.7%	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	63%	−7.2
27	Nathaniel Toulson	Middle Tennessee	4.8%	49	40.2	36.9	17	39%	35%	−6.6
28	Matt Stone	SMU	4.8%	51	36.9	35.6	12	29%	25%	−16.1
29	Kase Whitehead	Marshall	4.9%	69	40.0	38.4	19	31%	33%	−11.1
30	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	5.4%	57	43.6	42.4	14	25%	36%	+10.3
31	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	5.5%	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	38%	−9.5
32	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	5.5%	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	12%	−9.0
33	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	5.5%	95	42.0	41.0	18	24%	17%	−17.9
34	Matt Darr	Tennessee	5.6%	40	38.1	37.3	12	33%	43%	−1.6
35	Brett Maher	Nebraska	5.7%	54	45.0	43.8	26	49%	27%	+8.1
36	Pablo Beltran	Navy	5.7%	35	37.5	35.9	11	31%	46%	−2.1
37	Cody Mandell	Alabama	5.9%	36	38.9	37.7	11	32%	67%	−1.3
38	Cole Wagner	UConn	6.3%	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	55%	+3.6
39	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	6.3%	64	39.4	37.9	22	35%	46%	−16.1
40	Dalton Botts	Miami	6.4%	48	42.7	41.4	13	28%	63%	+6.7
41	Eric Guthrie	Iowa	6.5%	47	40.8	40.0	21	46%	56%	+4.9
42	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	6.6%	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	49%	−8.5
43	Mickey Groody	Florida Atlantic	6.6%	68	42.0	40.1	18	23%	49%	−5.2
44	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	6.7%	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	51%	−4.0
45	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	6.7%	59	40.5	38.9	18	30%	66%	−4.2
46	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	6.7%	30	37.2	35.9	11	37%	21%	−1.4
47	Chris Boldt	Army	6.7%	31	39.8	38.6	11	37%	10%	−1.3
48	Kyle Christy	Florida	6.7%	27	41.3	40.4	10	33%	52%	−0.7
49	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	6.8%	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	27%	+10.3
50	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	6.8%	44	42.1	39.9	20	44%	59%	+2.8
51	Brett Baer	Louisiana	6.8%	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	26%	+2.6
52	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	6.8%	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	50%	+16.3
53	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	7.0%	43	39.3	38.0	10	23%	44%	−7.8
54	Jeff Locke	UCLA	7.1%	56	44.1	42.9	25	45%	33%	+6.9
55	Vince Penza	Toledo	7.1%	40	37.9	35.9	10	24%	21%	−12.0
56	Jonathan Ginsburgh	Tulane	7.1%	59	41.7	39.6	16	28%	38%	+0.1
57	Brad Elkin	Boise State	7.3%	41	41.8	40.4	24	59%	21%	+5.6
58	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	7.6%	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	49%	−2.6
59	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	7.7%	55	43.3	42.2	20	38%	25%	+10.4
60	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	7.8%	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	29%	+1.2
61	Drew Butler	Georgia	7.8%	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	38%	+10.8
62	Josh Bleser	Louisville	7.9%	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	50%	+1.0
63	Brad Wing	LSU	8.0%	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	36%	+15.5
64	Alex King	Duke	8.0%	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	20%	+0.7
65	Will Goggans	Troy	8.1%	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	17%	+1.0
66	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	8.2%	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	25%	−3.7
67	Kyle Martens	Rice	8.2%	78	43.6	42.2	25	34%	40%	+10.6
68	Jake Hurst	Nevada	8.3%	48	41.9	40.3	22	46%	26%	−2.9
69	Kiel Rasp	Washington	8.6%	36	45.1	42.9	9	26%	48%	+1.4
70	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	8.7%	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	39%	−4.6
71	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	8.8%	57	40.9	39.1	20	35%	39%	+0.9
72	Bryan Anger	California	8.9%	46	44.6	42.0	19	41%	29%	+3.2
73	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	8.9%	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	33%	−2.0
74	Dan Orseske	Minnesota	8.9%	57	37.0	35.2	13	23%	40%	−15.5
75	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	9.1%	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	23%	+10.5
76	Trey Ragland	UAB	9.1%	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	38%	−1.2
77	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	9.3%	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	33%	−2.6
78	Ron Doherty	Kansas	9.4%	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	35%	−0.2
79	Will Atterberry	North Texas	9.5%	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	37%	+7.5
80	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	9.7%	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	35%	+8.4
81	Harrison Waid	San José State	10.0%	52	42.8	40.8	17	34%	28%	+4.3
82	Shawn Powell	Florida State	10.2%	49	47.0	45.3	23	47%	13%	+17.6
83	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	10.3%	42	40.0	38.1	13	33%	13%	−4.5
84	Paul Hershey	Ohio	10.4%	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	49%	+4.7
85	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	10.4%	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	53%	+0.1
86	Tress Way	Oklahoma	10.5%	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	36%	+3.2
87	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	10.6%	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	44%	+5.7
88	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	10.7%	57	41.7	39.2	20	36%	41%	+2.8
89	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	10.9%	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	57%	+6.3
90	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	11.4%	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	29%	−0.9
91	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	11.5%	87	46.5	44.2	19	22%	49%	+21.0
92	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	11.5%	53	44.2	42.4	19	37%	6%	+3.7
93	Ian Campbell	UTEP	11.9%	48	46.1	44.4	15	36%	24%	+8.3
94	Ben Armer	Western Michigan	12.2%	39	41.2	39.0	23	56%	33%	+5.1
95	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	12.8%	38	42.8	40.1	14	36%	15%	+4.9
96	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	13.0%	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	19%	+11.4
97	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	13.0%	50	44.0	42.7	22	48%	16%	+12.9
98	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	13.4%	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	−12.7
99	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	14.3%	57	45.3	42.4	19	34%	25%	+12.2
100	Anson Kelton	TCU	14.3%	42	39.8	37.1	12	29%	41%	−0.4
101	David Green	Stanford	14.3%	32	41.7	37.9	15	43%	46%	−0.4
102	Sean Sellwood	Utah	14.3%	42	44.2	41.3	14	33%	42%	+9.5
103	David Bohner	UCF	14.6%	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	29%	+1.1
104	Richie Leone	Houston	15.6%	45	41.1	37.9	12	27%	34%	+0.8
105	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	15.6%	64	42.7	39.8	21	33%	26%	+2.3
106	Riley Stephenson	BYU	15.8%	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	30%	+1.6
107	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	16.9%	59	42.0	38.6	21	36%	53%	−4.4
108	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	17.1%	44	40.5	35.8	12	29%	26%	+0.4
109	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	17.1%	42	46.6	43.0	15	37%	27%	+7.1
110	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	17.9%	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	50%	+12.6
111	Josh Brisk	Florida International	18.5%	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	36%	−2.1
112	Anthony Fera	Penn State	20.4%	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	37%	+4.5
113	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	25.0%	40	46.0	41.0	15	38%	16%	+7.8
114	Brandon McManus	Temple	25.6%	43	46.2	40.8	15	35%	8%	+3.2
115	Trey Barrow	Missouri	30.0%	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	18%	+7.2

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