2012 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 2012, Ryan Neir (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Kyle Negrete (0.0%) and Peter Picerelli (0.0%). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 6.9%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	0.0%	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	55%	−0.8
2	Kyle Negrete	USC	0.0%	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	46%	+2.0
3	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	0.0%	69	41.2	41.6	13	29%	29%	−4.1
4	Cole Way	Tulsa	1.4%	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	42%	−8.0
5	Cole Leininger	California	1.7%	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	59%	−7.1
6	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	1.7%	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	47%	−1.7
7	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	2.0%	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	45%	−9.2
8	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	2.1%	48	43.4	42.8	21	44%	39%	+5.0
9	Josh Brisk	Florida International	2.2%	47	40.0	39.4	11	24%	74%	−6.4
10	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	2.3%	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	43%	+4.3
11	Spencer Benton	Clemson	2.4%	42	38.6	38.5	14	34%	48%	−2.2
12	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	2.5%	47	40.8	40.4	16	40%	30%	−3.2
13	Alex King	Texas	2.6%	38	45.3	44.8	16	42%	50%	+6.9
14	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	2.7%	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	34%	−1.3
15	Taylor Cook	Rice	2.8%	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	69%	−9.5
16	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	2.9%	36	43.1	42.3	16	46%	39%	−0.7
17	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	2.9%	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	46%	+8.7
18	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	2.9%	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	41%	−1.7
19	Scott Garber	South Alabama	2.9%	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	38%	−12.2
20	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	3.0%	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	46%	+10.3
21	David Baska	Air Force	3.0%	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	39%	−3.9
22	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	3.1%	65	42.8	41.5	16	25%	46%	+0.3
23	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	3.3%	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	23%	+6.3
24	Will Scott	Troy	3.8%	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	22%	+0.1
25	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	3.9%	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	48%	−7.0
26	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	4.0%	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	45%	+0.1
27	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	4.0%	76	43.5	42.6	28	37%	53%	+3.6
28	Brett Baer	Louisiana	4.0%	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	47%	+1.1
29	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	4.1%	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	41%	−28.4
30	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	4.1%	54	41.2	39.9	13	27%	55%	−5.1
31	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	4.2%	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	50%	+1.8
32	Erich Toth	Indiana	4.2%	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	47%	−4.2
33	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	4.3%	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	45%	−0.2
34	Trey Barrow	Missouri	4.3%	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	49%	+1.1
35	Mike Loftus	SMU	4.7%	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	22%	+2.3
36	Cason Beatty	Florida State	4.8%	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	56%	+1.1
37	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	4.9%	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	48%	+7.9
38	Gerald Levano	Boston College	5.1%	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	20%	−8.0
39	Collin Barber	Georgia	5.2%	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	64%	+6.8
40	Brett Maher	Nebraska	5.2%	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	24%	−4.0
41	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	5.4%	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	46%	+6.2
42	Zach Paul	Akron	5.4%	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	34%	−3.4
43	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	5.4%	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	35%	−8.7
44	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	5.5%	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	51%	+9.7
45	Dalton Botts	Miami	5.6%	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	39%	+11.3
46	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	5.6%	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	44%	+14.6
47	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	5.7%	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	38%	+13.0
48	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	5.7%	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	46%	−7.1
49	Vince Penza	Toledo	5.8%	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	26%	+1.4
50	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	5.8%	52	40.8	39.7	21	40%	72%	+7.9
51	Steven Clark	Auburn	5.8%	70	39.8	38.6	19	28%	58%	+4.8
52	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	5.8%	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	49%	−4.2
53	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	6.0%	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	31%	+0.6
54	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	6.2%	66	40.6	39.2	19	29%	35%	+3.5
55	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	6.3%	70	44.3	43.2	24	38%	42%	+3.1
56	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	6.7%	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	50%	−3.5
57	Landon Foster	Kentucky	6.7%	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	35%	+3.8
58	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	6.8%	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	47%	−17.1
59	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	6.8%	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	60%	+12.2
60	Ian Campbell	UTEP	6.9%	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	31%	+8.0
61	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	7.0%	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	60%	+3.4
62	Wil Baumann	NC State	7.0%	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	62%	−11.1
63	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	7.1%	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	32%	+2.7
64	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	7.4%	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	38%	−1.6
65	Ron Doherty	Kansas	7.4%	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	42%	−4.9
66	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	7.5%	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	41%	−6.1
67	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	7.5%	43	40.2	39.7	15	38%	50%	−0.6
68	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	7.8%	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	52%	+16.5
69	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	8.2%	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	23%	−0.2
70	Jackson Rice	Oregon	8.3%	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	58%	−0.8
71	Chris Boldt	Army	8.8%	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	43%	−8.4
72	Grant Venham	Ohio	8.9%	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	41%	−3.6
73	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	9.1%	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	24%	−6.4
74	Will Monday	Duke	9.1%	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	27%	+4.4
75	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	9.3%	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	65%	+3.9
76	Brandon McManus	Temple	9.3%	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	43%	+6.5
77	Tyler Williams	Marshall	9.3%	43	45.2	42.4	17	39%	26%	+4.5
78	Spencer Roth	Baylor	9.4%	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	35%	+5.1
79	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	9.6%	51	39.4	37.5	15	29%	53%	−6.5
80	Kyle Christy	Florida	9.7%	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	49%	+16.7
81	Riley Stephenson	BYU	9.8%	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	33%	+25.4
82	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	9.8%	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	30%	−8.2
83	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	9.9%	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	30%	−25.5
84	Jeff Locke	UCLA	10.0%	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	56%	+7.6
85	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	10.0%	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	27%	+2.7
86	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	10.0%	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	21%	−12.7
87	Travis Coons	Washington	10.0%	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	58%	−3.1
88	Richie Leone	Houston	10.2%	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	57%	+7.2
89	Cole Wagner	UConn	10.3%	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	37%	+6.0
90	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	10.5%	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	31%	−7.9
91	Sean Sellwood	Utah	10.5%	38	46.5	44.5	13	34%	62%	+9.3
92	Harrison Waid	San José State	10.6%	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	23%	−0.3
93	Cody Mandell	Alabama	10.9%	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	43%	+7.5
94	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	10.9%	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	23%	+3.1
95	Cody Webster	Purdue	10.9%	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	43%	+3.9
96	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	11.5%	54	43.9	41.5	17	33%	33%	+4.9
97	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	11.7%	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	42%	+8.6
98	Will Hagerup	Michigan	11.8%	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	29%	−5.3
99	Jamie Boyle	UCF	11.9%	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	33%	+6.5
100	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	12.1%	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	22%	+2.9
101	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	12.2%	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	42%	+11.1
102	Chase Lansford	UNLV	12.3%	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	29%	+3.3
103	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	12.5%	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	45%	−13.1
104	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	12.8%	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	40%	−12.5
105	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	13.3%	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	23%	+15.2
106	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	13.5%	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	52%	+3.7
107	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	13.7%	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	43%	+15.6
108	Hunter Mullins	UAB	14.0%	50	44.8	42.1	15	30%	39%	−4.1
109	Pablo Beltran	Navy	15.0%	40	43.9	40.9	20	50%	46%	+3.7
110	Will Atterberry	North Texas	15.7%	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	38%	+2.4
111	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	16.3%	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	20%	+1.6
112	Brad Wing	LSU	16.9%	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	39%	+12.7
113	Tress Way	Oklahoma	17.0%	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	31%	+7.3
114	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	17.6%	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	21%	+1.2
115	Ethan Perry	TCU	17.9%	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	38%	+6.7
116	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	18.4%	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	23%	−4.0
117	Trevor Harman	Boise State	18.4%	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	25%	−2.6
118	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	18.5%	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	+0.8
119	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	26.4%	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	+1.1

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