2011 College Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank) Leaders

STOP (Saved Touchbacks Over Projection) is FootballKickingStats.com's touchback rating: how many touchbacks a punter avoided. Every punt gets an expected touchback chance: how often that season's punts from the same 5-yard stretch of the field went into the end zone. Add those chances up over a punter's season and subtract his real touchbacks. A punter who kicks often from midfield and keeps the ball out of the end zone climbs; one who punts from deep in his own end has few chances to gain or lose.

Higher is better. A STOP of +2.0 means two fewer touchbacks than an average punter would have had from the same spots. A short punt also avoids a touchback, so read it with net average. Blocked punts are left out. In 2011, Ryan Quigley (+5.9) led college football punters in touchbacks avoided (STOP rank), ahead of Ryan Neir (+4.9) and Steven Clark (+4.9). 115 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +0.2.

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

Rk	Player	Team	STOP	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	+5.9	69	38.5	37.9	30	43%	3%	64%	−0.4
2	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	+4.9	47	35.8	35.8	15	28%	0%	68%	−6.6
3	Steven Clark	Auburn	+4.9	69	40.5	39.8	32	48%	3%	63%	+8.1
4	Kyle Negrete	USC	+4.4	39	40.1	40.3	22	58%	0%	41%	+3.9
5	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	+4.1	56	39.7	40.3	21	41%	0%	62%	+7.4
6	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	+3.0	65	40.8	40.2	27	42%	3%	60%	+6.1
7	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	+2.9	57	39.5	38.4	22	39%	4%	42%	+4.8
8	Adam Pines	Indiana	+2.8	71	38.4	37.9	18	26%	1%	46%	−8.7
9	Cody Webster	Purdue	+2.8	44	43.3	42.5	18	39%	0%	30%	+5.2
10	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	+2.7	58	38.8	38.0	30	47%	5%	40%	+3.4
11	Wil Baumann	NC State	+2.6	64	37.4	36.6	21	33%	5%	63%	−7.2
12	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	+2.6	74	39.3	38.9	20	30%	3%	44%	−8.5
13	Justin Tucker	Texas	+2.5	55	38.5	37.6	17	30%	2%	59%	−13.9
14	Daniel Wagner	Washington State	+2.4	55	40.8	38.7	16	29%	4%	26%	−4.4
15	Jacob Schum	Buffalo	+2.4	61	39.0	38.4	13	22%	2%	54%	−9.7
16	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	+2.3	62	36.3	35.3	23	38%	7%	51%	−4.0
17	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	+2.2	53	38.3	37.3	18	33%	5%	38%	−9.5
18	Chase Lansford	UNLV	+2.1	75	41.2	40.7	17	24%	3%	17%	−5.1
19	Brett Baer	Louisiana	+1.9	75	40.5	38.6	28	38%	7%	26%	+2.6
20	Thomas Hibbard	North Carolina	+1.8	47	38.4	37.5	14	30%	4%	41%	−6.4
21	Aaron Munoz	UL Monroe	+1.7	51	37.3	35.4	13	23%	4%	42%	−25.2
22	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	+1.7	78	46.3	44.5	39	53%	7%	50%	+16.3
23	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	+1.5	73	39.7	38.8	21	29%	4%	28%	−17.8
24	Cole Way	Tulsa	+1.5	34	38.0	36.2	9	25%	3%	58%	−12.4
25	Josh Bleser	Louisville	+1.5	42	38.5	35.9	18	46%	8%	50%	+1.0
26	Matt Darr	Tennessee	+1.5	40	38.1	37.3	12	33%	6%	43%	−1.6
27	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	+1.4	74	42.6	41.7	26	36%	3%	38%	−0.5
28	Eric Guthrie	Iowa	+1.4	47	40.8	40.0	21	46%	7%	56%	+4.9
29	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	+1.4	53	39.8	37.4	25	45%	9%	33%	−2.6
30	Joey Scribner-Howard	South Carolina	+1.3	47	38.9	37.5	11	24%	5%	48%	−10.8
31	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	+1.3	30	37.2	35.9	11	37%	7%	21%	−1.4
32	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	+1.1	31	38.7	38.1	5	16%	3%	29%	−4.8
33	Kase Whitehead	Marshall	+1.1	69	40.0	38.4	19	31%	5%	33%	−11.1
34	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	+1.1	66	39.7	38.2	23	35%	8%	49%	−2.6
35	Brad Elkin	Boise State	+1.1	41	41.8	40.4	24	59%	7%	21%	+5.6
36	Brad Wing	LSU	+1.0	50	43.9	41.6	26	51%	8%	36%	+15.5
37	Pablo Beltran	Navy	+0.9	35	37.5	35.9	11	31%	6%	46%	−2.1
38	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	+0.9	64	39.4	37.9	22	35%	6%	46%	−16.1
39	Zack Campbell	Akron	+0.9	77	38.1	37.5	16	23%	4%	25%	−18.5
40	Nathaniel Toulson	Middle Tennessee	+0.8	49	40.2	36.9	17	39%	5%	35%	−6.6
41	Cole Wagner	UConn	+0.8	80	41.1	39.9	27	34%	6%	55%	+3.6
42	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	+0.8	56	39.1	36.8	17	30%	5%	12%	−9.0
43	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	+0.7	59	40.5	38.9	18	30%	7%	66%	−4.2
44	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	+0.7	57	43.6	41.5	23	39%	7%	27%	+10.3
45	Cody Mandell	Alabama	+0.7	36	38.9	37.7	11	32%	6%	67%	−1.3
46	Jackson Rice	Oregon	+0.6	45	45.8	45.2	20	44%	4%	54%	+10.4
47	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	+0.6	46	40.2	38.5	15	33%	9%	39%	−4.6
48	Paul Hershey	Ohio	+0.5	48	39.5	36.7	24	49%	10%	49%	+4.7
49	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	+0.5	48	40.9	38.9	20	42%	10%	53%	+0.1
50	Jimmy Howell	Virginia	+0.5	61	39.4	37.8	23	38%	8%	25%	−3.7
51	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	+0.4	64	41.6	40.0	28	44%	8%	29%	+1.2
52	Brad Nortman	Wisconsin	+0.4	44	42.1	39.9	20	44%	7%	59%	+2.8
53	Will Goggans	Troy	+0.4	63	41.2	38.7	21	33%	8%	17%	+1.0
54	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	+0.3	49	45.2	44.6	18	38%	4%	57%	+5.5
55	Brett Maher	Nebraska	+0.3	54	45.0	43.8	26	49%	6%	27%	+8.1
56	Tress Way	Oklahoma	+0.3	57	41.2	39.1	33	58%	11%	36%	+3.2
57	Alex King	Duke	+0.2	50	42.1	39.7	18	35%	8%	20%	+0.7
58	Vince Penza	Toledo	+0.2	40	37.9	35.9	10	24%	7%	21%	−12.0
59	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	+0.2	43	39.3	38.0	10	23%	7%	44%	−7.8
60	Drew Butler	Georgia	+0.2	51	44.3	42.7	20	39%	8%	38%	+10.8
61	Ben Armer	Western Michigan	+0.2	39	41.2	39.0	23	56%	12%	33%	+5.1
62	Dalton Botts	Miami	+0.1	48	42.7	41.4	13	28%	6%	63%	+6.7
63	Kyle Christy	Florida	+0.1	27	41.3	40.4	10	33%	7%	52%	−0.7
64	Matt Stone	SMU	+0.1	51	36.9	35.6	12	29%	5%	25%	−16.1
65	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	0.0	57	43.6	42.4	14	25%	5%	36%	+10.3
66	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	0.0	42	40.0	38.1	13	33%	10%	13%	−4.5
67	Trey Ragland	UAB	0.0	55	40.6	38.7	21	38%	9%	38%	−1.2
68	Jake Hurst	Nevada	0.0	48	41.9	40.3	22	46%	8%	26%	−2.9
69	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	−0.1	58	39.3	38.0	22	39%	9%	33%	−2.0
70	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	−0.2	95	42.0	41.0	18	24%	5%	17%	−17.9
71	Jeff Locke	UCLA	−0.2	56	44.1	42.9	25	45%	7%	33%	+6.9
72	Alex Wulfeck	Wake Forest	−0.3	62	39.7	38.4	15	25%	7%	49%	−8.5
73	Chris Boldt	Army	−0.4	31	39.8	38.6	11	37%	7%	10%	−1.3
74	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	−0.4	72	43.6	41.5	28	39%	10%	35%	+8.4
75	Mickey Groody	Florida Atlantic	−0.5	68	42.0	40.1	18	23%	7%	49%	−5.2
76	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	−0.6	55	43.3	42.2	20	38%	8%	25%	+10.4
77	Dan Orseske	Minnesota	−0.6	57	37.0	35.2	13	23%	9%	40%	−15.5
78	Shawn Powell	Florida State	−0.6	49	47.0	45.3	23	47%	10%	13%	+17.6
79	Will Atterberry	North Texas	−0.8	74	43.5	41.6	29	39%	9%	37%	+7.5
80	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	−0.8	57	41.7	39.2	20	36%	11%	41%	+2.8
81	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	−0.9	56	41.8	39.1	22	40%	11%	57%	+6.3
82	Kyle Martens	Rice	−1.0	78	43.6	42.2	25	34%	8%	40%	+10.6
83	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	−1.0	38	42.8	40.1	14	36%	13%	15%	+4.9
84	David Green	Stanford	−1.0	32	41.7	37.9	15	43%	14%	46%	−0.4
85	Harrison Waid	San José State	−1.1	52	42.8	40.8	17	34%	10%	28%	+4.3
86	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	−1.1	57	40.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+0.9
87	Jonathan Ginsburgh	Tulane	−1.2	59	41.7	39.6	16	28%	7%	38%	+0.1
88	Bryan Anger	California	−1.2	46	44.6	42.0	19	41%	9%	29%	+3.2
89	Kiel Rasp	Washington	−1.3	36	45.1	42.9	9	26%	9%	48%	+1.4
90	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	−1.5	66	41.9	40.1	22	33%	11%	44%	+5.7
91	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	−1.6	56	43.9	41.0	25	46%	13%	19%	+11.4
92	David Bohner	UCF	−1.6	42	41.2	38.5	17	41%	15%	29%	+1.1
93	Riley Stephenson	BYU	−1.7	38	42.8	39.5	15	39%	16%	30%	+1.6
94	Johnny Hekker	Oregon State	−1.7	50	44.0	42.7	22	48%	13%	16%	+12.9
95	Ian Campbell	UTEP	−1.8	48	46.1	44.4	15	36%	12%	24%	+8.3
96	Anson Kelton	TCU	−1.8	42	39.8	37.1	12	29%	14%	41%	−0.4
97	Ryan Tydlacka	Kentucky	−1.9	79	43.6	42.0	19	25%	9%	23%	+10.5
98	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	−2.1	53	44.2	42.4	19	37%	12%	6%	+3.7
99	Ron Doherty	Kansas	−2.2	64	42.8	40.9	17	27%	9%	35%	−0.2
100	Sean Sellwood	Utah	−2.3	42	44.2	41.3	14	33%	14%	42%	+9.5
101	Austin McCoy	Wyoming	−2.3	72	40.3	38.1	22	31%	11%	29%	−0.9
102	Richie Leone	Houston	−2.4	45	41.1	37.9	12	27%	16%	34%	+0.8
103	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	−2.8	57	45.3	42.4	19	34%	14%	25%	+12.2
104	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	−3.2	44	40.5	35.8	12	29%	17%	26%	+0.4
105	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	−3.8	42	46.6	43.0	15	37%	17%	27%	+7.1
106	Brian Stahovich	San Diego State	−4.0	57	43.4	39.8	20	36%	18%	50%	+12.6
107	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	−4.1	64	42.7	39.8	21	33%	16%	26%	+2.3
108	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	−4.1	59	42.0	38.6	21	36%	17%	53%	−4.4
109	Anthony Fera	Penn State	−4.2	55	42.0	37.9	21	39%	20%	37%	+4.5
110	Josh Brisk	Florida International	−4.8	49	42.2	38.5	14	26%	19%	36%	−2.1
111	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	−4.9	87	46.5	44.2	19	22%	11%	49%	+21.0
112	Matt Rinehart	Kent State	−5.5	78	42.8	39.6	23	28%	13%	13%	−12.7
113	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	−6.5	40	46.0	41.0	15	38%	25%	16%	+7.8
114	Brandon McManus	Temple	−7.0	43	46.2	40.8	15	35%	26%	8%	+3.2
115	Trey Barrow	Missouri	−12.1	60	45.0	38.8	12	20%	30%	18%	+7.2

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