2012 College Inside the 20 Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that end inside the opponent's 20-yard line. It removes volume from the comparison.

Field position matters: punters who punt from midfield have more chances than those punting from their own end. In 2012, Scott Kovanda (56.8%) led college football punters in inside the 20 percentage, ahead of Riley Stephenson (54.9%) and Dalton Botts (53.7%). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 34.5%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	In 20 %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	56.8%	44	40.2	39.7	25	2%	43%	+4.3
2	Riley Stephenson	BYU	54.9%	51	47.3	45.0	28	10%	33%	+25.4
3	Dalton Botts	Miami	53.7%	54	40.5	39.3	29	6%	39%	+11.3
4	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	53.6%	57	41.8	40.4	30	5%	46%	+6.2
5	Pablo Beltran	Navy	50.0%	40	43.9	40.9	20	15%	46%	+3.7
6	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	48.9%	45	48.0	45.4	22	13%	23%	+15.2
7	Cason Beatty	Florida State	48.8%	42	38.4	36.6	21	5%	56%	+1.1
8	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	48.7%	45	37.8	36.8	19	0%	55%	−0.8
9	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	48.1%	54	44.8	43.8	26	6%	44%	+14.6
10	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	47.9%	73	41.2	39.9	35	7%	60%	+12.2
11	Kyle Christy	Florida	47.6%	62	46.1	43.5	30	10%	49%	+16.7
12	Jeff Locke	UCLA	47.1%	71	43.4	41.5	33	10%	56%	+7.6
13	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	46.8%	60	43.4	42.3	29	3%	23%	+6.3
14	Grant Venham	Ohio	46.7%	53	39.4	36.8	21	9%	41%	−3.6
15	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	46.3%	41	45.8	44.8	19	5%	48%	+7.9
16	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	45.7%	36	43.1	42.3	16	3%	39%	−0.7
17	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	45.5%	55	42.0	39.8	25	11%	23%	+3.1
18	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	45.0%	60	42.9	40.6	27	12%	42%	+8.6
19	Kyle Negrete	USC	44.4%	36	42.4	42.5	16	0%	46%	+2.0
20	Trey Barrow	Missouri	44.3%	68	43.0	41.1	31	4%	49%	+1.1
21	Jamie Boyle	UCF	44.1%	59	40.7	38.3	26	12%	33%	+6.5
22	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	43.8%	48	43.4	42.8	21	2%	39%	+5.0
23	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	43.6%	55	42.1	40.9	24	5%	51%	+9.7
24	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	43.1%	52	47.1	44.4	22	14%	43%	+15.6
25	Cody Webster	Purdue	43.1%	66	42.5	39.4	28	11%	43%	+3.9
26	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	42.2%	66	42.5	41.0	27	8%	52%	+16.5
27	Alex King	Texas	42.1%	38	45.3	44.8	16	3%	50%	+6.9
28	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	40.4%	52	40.8	39.7	21	6%	72%	+7.9
29	Vince Penza	Toledo	40.4%	52	40.6	39.4	21	6%	26%	+1.4
30	Will Scott	Troy	40.4%	54	41.0	40.1	21	4%	22%	+0.1
31	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	40.3%	69	41.6	41.0	27	3%	46%	+10.3
32	Brett Baer	Louisiana	40.0%	54	42.0	41.3	20	4%	47%	+1.1
33	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	40.0%	47	40.8	40.4	16	3%	30%	−3.2
34	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	39.3%	62	43.0	41.1	24	10%	30%	−8.2
35	Ethan Perry	TCU	39.3%	56	45.2	41.6	22	18%	38%	+6.7
36	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	39.2%	51	37.4	36.6	20	4%	48%	−7.0
37	Tyler Williams	Marshall	38.6%	43	45.2	42.4	17	9%	26%	+4.5
38	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	38.2%	35	41.9	38.6	13	18%	21%	+1.2
39	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	38.0%	50	39.2	38.4	19	4%	45%	+0.1
40	Collin Barber	Georgia	37.9%	57	41.6	40.5	22	5%	64%	+6.8
41	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	37.8%	36	41.7	39.0	14	14%	52%	+3.7
42	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	37.7%	68	43.3	41.2	26	7%	38%	−1.6
43	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	37.5%	70	44.3	43.2	24	6%	42%	+3.1
44	Tress Way	Oklahoma	37.5%	48	43.6	39.3	18	17%	31%	+7.3
45	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	37.5%	43	40.2	39.7	15	8%	50%	−0.6
46	Spencer Roth	Baylor	37.5%	32	44.2	42.3	12	9%	35%	+5.1
47	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	37.3%	76	43.5	42.6	28	4%	53%	+3.6
48	Brad Wing	LSU	37.3%	59	44.8	41.4	22	17%	39%	+12.7
49	Cole Wagner	UConn	37.2%	78	40.5	38.5	29	10%	37%	+6.0
50	Will Atterberry	North Texas	37.1%	70	41.3	38.1	26	16%	38%	+2.4
51	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	37.1%	37	42.8	42.6	13	3%	46%	+8.7
52	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	37.0%	53	45.6	43.6	20	6%	38%	+13.0
53	Cody Mandell	Alabama	37.0%	46	43.8	41.7	17	11%	43%	+7.5
54	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	36.7%	63	38.5	37.2	22	7%	50%	−3.5
55	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	36.2%	68	40.3	39.5	25	3%	41%	−1.7
56	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	36.0%	48	39.5	35.4	18	13%	45%	−13.1
57	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	35.4%	65	41.8	38.3	23	18%	18%	+0.8
58	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	35.2%	59	46.5	40.0	19	26%	26%	+1.1
59	Chase Lansford	UNLV	34.8%	65	41.8	39.8	23	12%	29%	+3.3
60	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	34.5%	54	40.6	37.9	19	9%	65%	+3.9
61	Ian Campbell	UTEP	34.5%	66	42.6	41.4	20	7%	31%	+8.0
62	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	34.3%	69	42.7	41.3	24	4%	45%	−0.2
63	Sean Sellwood	Utah	34.2%	38	46.5	44.5	13	11%	62%	+9.3
64	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	34.1%	42	40.2	37.7	14	8%	41%	−6.1
65	Spencer Benton	Clemson	34.1%	42	38.6	38.5	14	2%	48%	−2.2
66	Harrison Waid	San José State	34.0%	51	42.4	40.2	16	11%	23%	−0.3
67	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	34.0%	50	43.0	41.8	17	6%	31%	+0.6
68	Ron Doherty	Kansas	33.3%	56	40.5	38.5	18	7%	42%	−4.9
69	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	32.8%	59	39.6	39.3	19	2%	47%	−1.7
70	Brett Maher	Nebraska	32.8%	58	41.7	40.8	19	5%	24%	−4.0
71	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	32.7%	55	41.1	38.6	18	9%	24%	−6.4
72	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	32.7%	54	43.9	41.5	17	12%	33%	+4.9
73	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	32.7%	49	46.2	43.7	16	12%	42%	+11.1
74	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	32.1%	63	40.0	39.1	18	5%	35%	−8.7
75	Cole Way	Tulsa	31.0%	69	39.4	38.0	22	1%	42%	−8.0
76	Richie Leone	Houston	30.5%	60	45.5	43.6	18	10%	57%	+7.2
77	Zach Paul	Akron	30.4%	65	40.9	39.5	17	5%	34%	−3.4
78	Will Monday	Duke	30.3%	66	44.1	42.3	20	9%	27%	+4.4
79	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	30.2%	95	40.7	40.1	26	6%	49%	−4.2
80	Landon Foster	Kentucky	30.0%	61	42.9	41.5	18	7%	35%	+3.8
81	Hunter Mullins	UAB	30.0%	50	44.8	42.1	15	14%	39%	−4.1
82	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	30.0%	40	40.9	38.9	12	10%	27%	+2.7
83	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	29.3%	58	42.4	40.0	17	12%	22%	+2.9
84	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	29.3%	59	41.0	39.0	17	7%	60%	+3.4
85	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	29.2%	66	40.6	39.2	19	6%	35%	+3.5
86	Brandon McManus	Temple	29.1%	54	45.1	42.5	16	9%	43%	+6.5
87	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	28.9%	69	41.2	41.6	13	0%	29%	−4.1
88	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	28.8%	51	39.4	37.5	15	10%	53%	−6.5
89	Cole Leininger	California	28.8%	60	40.0	39.8	17	2%	59%	−7.1
90	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	27.9%	43	42.9	39.6	12	16%	20%	+1.6
91	Taylor Cook	Rice	27.8%	37	36.4	35.7	10	3%	69%	−9.5
92	Scott Garber	South Alabama	27.5%	72	39.6	39.0	19	3%	38%	−12.2
93	Steven Clark	Auburn	27.5%	70	39.8	38.6	19	6%	58%	+4.8
94	Travis Coons	Washington	27.5%	51	39.5	36.9	14	10%	58%	−3.1
95	David Baska	Air Force	27.3%	33	40.5	39.8	9	3%	39%	−3.9
96	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	27.1%	48	40.6	39.7	13	4%	50%	+1.8
97	Jackson Rice	Oregon	27.1%	48	39.6	38.0	13	8%	58%	−0.8
98	Wil Baumann	NC State	26.8%	71	39.3	37.3	19	7%	62%	−11.1
99	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	26.5%	54	41.2	39.9	13	4%	55%	−5.1
100	Chris Boldt	Army	26.5%	34	38.1	36.4	9	9%	43%	−8.4
101	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	26.0%	73	41.9	41.4	19	3%	34%	−1.3
102	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	25.7%	80	35.4	34.0	19	4%	41%	−28.4
103	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	25.0%	68	39.9	36.5	10	10%	21%	−12.7
104	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	24.6%	65	42.8	41.5	16	3%	46%	+0.3
105	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	24.5%	66	43.6	41.4	12	8%	23%	−0.2
106	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	24.5%	59	42.4	38.7	12	18%	23%	−4.0
107	Josh Brisk	Florida International	24.4%	47	40.0	39.4	11	2%	74%	−6.4
108	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	23.9%	71	37.4	35.3	17	10%	30%	−25.5
109	Trevor Harman	Boise State	23.7%	38	41.6	38.0	9	18%	25%	−2.6
110	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	23.4%	56	40.8	38.1	11	13%	40%	−12.5
111	Mike Loftus	SMU	23.3%	47	42.5	41.2	10	5%	22%	+2.3
112	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	23.0%	75	39.7	38.3	17	7%	47%	−17.1
113	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	21.6%	53	37.9	37.3	11	2%	45%	−9.2
114	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	21.1%	57	40.5	38.5	12	11%	31%	−7.9
115	Gerald Levano	Boston College	20.3%	57	42.0	40.5	12	5%	20%	−8.0
116	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	19.6%	58	41.9	40.5	11	7%	32%	+2.7
117	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	18.9%	37	42.1	38.3	7	6%	46%	−7.1
118	Erich Toth	Indiana	18.8%	48	39.5	38.7	9	4%	47%	−4.2
119	Will Hagerup	Michigan	14.7%	33	45.0	42.3	5	12%	29%	−5.3

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