2012 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 2012, Steven Clark (35) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Wil Baumann (34) and Jeff Locke (29). 155 punters qualify.

Final 2012 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Steven Clark	Auburn	35	70	39.8	38.6	19	28%	6%	58%	+4.8
2	Wil Baumann	NC State	34	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
3	Jeff Locke	UCLA	29	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
4	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	28	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
5	Collin Barber	Georgia	28	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
6	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	28	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
7	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	27	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4
8	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	26	52	40.8	39.7	21	40%	6%	72%	+7.9
9	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	25	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
10	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	25	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
11	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	24	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
12	Cole Leininger	California	24	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
13	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	23	76	43.5	42.6	28	37%	4%	53%	+3.6
14	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	23	51	39.4	37.5	15	29%	10%	53%	−6.5
15	Josh Brisk	Florida International	23	47	40.0	39.4	11	24%	2%	74%	−6.4
16	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	22	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
17	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	22	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
18	Cole Way	Tulsa	21	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
19	Will Atterberry	North Texas	21	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
20	Kyle Christy	Florida	21	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
21	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	21	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
22	Richie Leone	Houston	21	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
23	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	21	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
24	Travis Coons	Washington	21	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
25	Cason Beatty	Florida State	20	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
26	Taylor Cook	Rice	20	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
27	Trey Barrow	Missouri	19	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
28	Cody Webster	Purdue	19	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
29	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	19	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
30	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	19	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
31	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	19	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
32	Jackson Rice	Oregon	19	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
33	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	18	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
34	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	18	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
35	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	18	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
36	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	18	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
37	Cole Wagner	UConn	17	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
38	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	17	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
39	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	17	65	42.8	41.5	16	25%	3%	46%	+0.3
40	Brad Wing	LSU	17	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
41	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	17	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
42	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	17	54	41.2	39.9	13	27%	4%	55%	−5.1
43	Erich Toth	Indiana	17	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
44	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	16	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
45	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	16	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
46	Ron Doherty	Kansas	16	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
47	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	16	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
48	Brett Baer	Louisiana	16	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
49	Sean Sellwood	Utah	16	38	46.5	44.5	13	34%	11%	62%	+9.3
50	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	16	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
51	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	15	66	40.6	39.2	19	29%	6%	35%	+3.5
52	Dalton Botts	Miami	15	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
53	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	15	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
54	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	15	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
55	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	15	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
56	Jamie Boyle	UCF	14	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
57	Ethan Perry	TCU	14	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
58	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	14	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
59	Grant Venham	Ohio	14	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
60	Spencer Benton	Clemson	14	42	38.6	38.5	14	34%	2%	48%	−2.2
61	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	13	70	44.3	43.2	24	38%	6%	42%	+3.1
62	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	13	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
63	Brandon McManus	Temple	13	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
64	Cody Mandell	Alabama	13	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
65	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	13	43	40.2	39.7	15	38%	8%	50%	−0.6
66	Pablo Beltran	Navy	13	40	43.9	40.9	20	50%	15%	46%	+3.7
67	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	12	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
68	Scott Garber	South Alabama	12	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
69	Chase Lansford	UNLV	12	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
70	Landon Foster	Kentucky	12	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
71	Ian Campbell	UTEP	12	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
72	Hunter Mullins	UAB	12	50	44.8	42.1	15	30%	14%	39%	−4.1
73	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	12	48	43.4	42.8	21	44%	2%	39%	+5.0
74	Tress Way	Oklahoma	12	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
75	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	12	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
76	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	12	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
77	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	12	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
78	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	12	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
79	Will Monday	Duke	11	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
80	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	11	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
81	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	11	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
82	Alex King	Texas	11	38	45.3	44.8	16	42%	3%	50%	+6.9
83	Kyle Negrete	USC	11	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
84	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	10	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
85	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	10	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	7%	32%	+2.7
86	Zach Paul	Akron	10	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
87	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	10	54	43.9	41.5	17	33%	12%	33%	+4.9
88	Vince Penza	Toledo	10	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
89	Riley Stephenson	BYU	10	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
90	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	10	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
91	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	10	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
92	Chris Boldt	Army	10	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	9%	43%	−8.4
93	Tom Hackett	Utah	10	25	38.9	38.1	15	60%	4%	45%	+3.1
94	Will Johnson	Texas State	10	22	41.0	40.1	10	53%	0%	67%	−0.4
95	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	9	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
96	Brett Maher	Nebraska	9	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
97	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	9	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
98	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	9	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
99	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	9	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
100	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	9	36	43.1	42.3	16	46%	3%	39%	−0.7
101	David Baska	Air Force	9	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
102	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	9	27	39.4	38.7	6	22%	4%	56%	−0.7
103	Mitchell Voss	Indiana	9	22	37.2	37.2	10	45%	0%	56%	−1.0
104	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	8	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
105	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	8	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
106	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	8	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
107	Will Scott	Troy	8	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
108	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	8	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
109	Spencer Roth	Baylor	8	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
110	Gerald Levano	Boston College	7	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
111	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	7	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
112	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	7	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
113	Harrison Waid	San José State	7	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
114	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	7	69	41.2	41.6	13	29%	0%	29%	−4.1
115	Tyler Williams	Marshall	7	43	45.2	42.4	17	39%	9%	26%	+4.5
116	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	7	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
117	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	7	47	40.8	40.4	16	40%	3%	30%	−3.2
118	Trevor Harman	Boise State	7	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
119	Kristian Stern	UTSA	7	23	39.7	37.9	4	17%	9%	64%	−7.4
120	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	6	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
121	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	6	9	39.4	37.6	5	50%	0%	75%	+0.1
122	Mike Loftus	SMU	5	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
123	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	5	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
124	Zach Robinson	Texas State	5	26	46.2	46.5	12	52%	0%	38%	+8.7
125	Chris Boswell	Rice	5	14	40.5	37.6	6	43%	14%	50%	0.0
126	Korey Durkee	Washington	5	15	36.9	33.4	4	29%	14%	45%	−4.1
127	Matt Wile	Michigan	5	9	31.9	29.4	6	75%	13%	63%	+0.6
128	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	4	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
129	Will Hagerup	Michigan	4	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
130	Josh Ward	UTSA	4	28	33.7	32.6	5	20%	4%	24%	−9.5
131	Matt Darr	Tennessee	4	16	39.0	37.8	6	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
132	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	4	12	38.0	33.5	1	8%	9%	57%	−6.8
133	Chase Hover	SMU	3	18	39.4	38.3	3	17%	6%	38%	−4.7
134	Jack Griffin	Florida International	3	18	40.0	39.3	4	27%	0%	43%	−6.7
135	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	3	13	39.7	39.7	2	15%	0%	50%	−2.2
136	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	3	6	33.7	32.4	4	57%	0%	43%	−2.6
137	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	2	27	38.1	36.0	4	14%	11%	12%	−12.9
138	John Wienke	Iowa	2	14	37.8	33.2	9	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
139	Jeff Strait	Massachusetts	2	9	42.0	41.8	0	0%	0%	29%	−3.0
140	Adam Erickson	Georgia	2	8	37.0	28.4	4	57%	43%	29%	+0.1
141	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	2	6	43.5	43.5	2	33%	0%	50%	+1.6
142	Nate Freese	Boston College	2	6	33.0	33.5	4	100%	0%	50%	+0.8
143	Mark Krause	Kansas State	2	4	38.5	37.0	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.3
144	Sean Kelley	Florida Atlantic	1	28	41.8	41.0	7	25%	4%	8%	−7.6
145	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	1	27	40.4	38.2	8	30%	11%	6%	−2.6
146	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	1	15	34.7	33.4	2	13%	7%	14%	−9.3
147	David Schwerman	Minnesota	1	2	31.0	30.8	1	25%	25%	33%	−2.1
148	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1	4	37.3	37.3	3	75%	0%	33%	+0.1
149	Cale Patterson	TCU	1	3	34.3	27.7	1	33%	33%	33%	−0.2
150	Jamie Keehn	LSU	1	3	41.0	41.0	1	33%	0%	33%	+0.2
151	Bryson Rose	Ole Miss	1	2	46.0	46.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
152	David Fales	San José State	1	2	38.0	38.0	1	50%	0%	100%	−0.3
153	Mike Hardy	Iowa	1	2	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.4
154	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	1	2	41.0	41.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+1.0
155	Dante Alexander	Arizona State	1	1	53.0	53.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.9

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