2011 College Punt Touchbacks Leaders

A touchback punt sails into the end zone and gives the other team the ball at its own 20, wasting most of the distance. Ties go to the punter who punted more often from the opponent's side of the 50, where touchbacks are hardest to avoid.

Fewer is better. In 2011, Kyle Negrete (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Alex Dunnachie (0) and Ryan Neir (0). 115 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

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

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

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