2012 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 2012, Ryan Neir (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Kyle Negrete (0) and Peter Picerelli (0). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

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

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

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