2012 College Punts Downed Leaders

A downed punt is one a member of the kicking team stops or touches to keep it from rolling into the end zone.

It is a coverage and control stat as much as a leg stat. In 2012, Tyler Grassman (24) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Cole Way (21) and Will Scott (21). 170 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	24	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4
2	Cole Way	Tulsa	21	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
3	Will Scott	Troy	21	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
4	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	18	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
5	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	17	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
6	Vince Penza	Toledo	17	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
7	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	16	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
8	Cole Wagner	UConn	16	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
9	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	16	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
10	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	16	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
11	Wil Baumann	NC State	16	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
12	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	16	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
13	Steven Clark	Auburn	16	70	39.8	38.6	19	28%	6%	58%	+4.8
14	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	16	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
15	Harrison Waid	San José State	16	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
16	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	16	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
17	Jeff Locke	UCLA	15	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
18	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	15	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
19	Scott Garber	South Alabama	15	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
20	Landon Foster	Kentucky	15	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
21	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	15	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
22	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	15	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
23	Dalton Botts	Miami	15	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
24	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	15	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
25	Will Atterberry	North Texas	14	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
26	Cody Webster	Purdue	14	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
27	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	14	70	44.3	43.2	24	38%	6%	42%	+3.1
28	Ian Campbell	UTEP	14	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
29	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	14	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
30	Tress Way	Oklahoma	14	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
31	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	14	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
32	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	13	76	43.5	42.6	28	37%	4%	53%	+3.6
33	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	13	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
34	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	13	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
35	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	13	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
36	Gerald Levano	Boston College	13	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
37	Jamie Boyle	UCF	13	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
38	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	13	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
39	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	13	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
40	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	13	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
41	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	13	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
42	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	12	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
43	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	12	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
44	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	12	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
45	Zach Paul	Akron	12	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
46	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	12	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
47	Brett Baer	Louisiana	12	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
48	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	12	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
49	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	12	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
50	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	12	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
51	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	12	69	41.2	41.6	13	29%	0%	29%	−4.1
52	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	12	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
53	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	12	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
54	Kyle Negrete	USC	12	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
55	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	12	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
56	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	11	66	40.6	39.2	19	29%	6%	35%	+3.5
57	Kyle Christy	Florida	11	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
58	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	11	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
59	Brad Wing	LSU	11	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
60	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	11	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	7%	32%	+2.7
61	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	11	48	43.4	42.8	21	44%	2%	39%	+5.0
62	Spencer Benton	Clemson	11	42	38.6	38.5	14	34%	2%	48%	−2.2
63	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	11	47	40.8	40.4	16	40%	3%	30%	−3.2
64	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	11	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
65	David Baska	Air Force	11	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
66	Spencer Roth	Baylor	11	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
67	Trey Barrow	Missouri	10	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
68	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	10	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
69	Cole Leininger	California	10	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
70	Brett Maher	Nebraska	10	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
71	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	10	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
72	Brandon McManus	Temple	10	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
73	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	10	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
74	Travis Coons	Washington	10	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
75	Grant Venham	Ohio	10	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
76	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	10	43	40.2	39.7	15	38%	8%	50%	−0.6
77	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	10	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
78	Tom Hackett	Utah	10	25	38.9	38.1	15	60%	4%	45%	+3.1
79	Tyler Williams	Marshall	9	43	45.2	42.4	17	39%	9%	26%	+4.5
80	Mike Loftus	SMU	9	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
81	Chase Lansford	UNLV	8	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
82	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	8	65	42.8	41.5	16	25%	3%	46%	+0.3
83	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	8	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
84	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	8	51	39.4	37.5	15	29%	10%	53%	−6.5
85	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	8	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
86	Cody Mandell	Alabama	8	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
87	Cason Beatty	Florida State	8	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
88	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	8	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
89	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	8	27	40.4	38.2	8	30%	11%	6%	−2.6
90	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	7	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
91	Collin Barber	Georgia	7	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
92	Ethan Perry	TCU	7	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
93	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	7	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
94	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	7	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
95	Ron Doherty	Kansas	7	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
96	Hunter Mullins	UAB	7	50	44.8	42.1	15	30%	14%	39%	−4.1
97	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	7	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
98	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	7	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
99	Erich Toth	Indiana	7	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
100	Alex King	Texas	7	38	45.3	44.8	16	42%	3%	50%	+6.9
101	Sean Kelley	Florida Atlantic	7	28	41.8	41.0	7	25%	4%	8%	−7.6
102	Josh Ward	UTSA	7	28	33.7	32.6	5	20%	4%	24%	−9.5
103	Zach Robinson	Texas State	7	26	46.2	46.5	12	52%	0%	38%	+8.7
104	Richie Leone	Houston	6	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
105	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	6	54	43.9	41.5	17	33%	12%	33%	+4.9
106	Jackson Rice	Oregon	6	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
107	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	6	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
108	Josh Brisk	Florida International	6	47	40.0	39.4	11	24%	2%	74%	−6.4
109	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	6	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
110	Pablo Beltran	Navy	6	40	43.9	40.9	20	50%	15%	46%	+3.7
111	Trevor Harman	Boise State	6	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
112	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	6	36	43.1	42.3	16	46%	3%	39%	−0.7
113	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	6	8	37.9	35.4	7	88%	13%	0%	+1.7
114	Will Monday	Duke	5	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
115	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	5	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
116	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	5	52	40.8	39.7	21	40%	6%	72%	+7.9
117	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	5	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
118	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	5	54	41.2	39.9	13	27%	4%	55%	−5.1
119	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	5	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
120	Taylor Cook	Rice	5	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
121	Chris Boldt	Army	5	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	9%	43%	−8.4
122	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	5	27	39.4	38.7	6	22%	4%	56%	−0.7
123	Will Johnson	Texas State	5	22	41.0	40.1	10	53%	0%	67%	−0.4
124	Riley Stephenson	BYU	4	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
125	Sean Sellwood	Utah	4	38	46.5	44.5	13	34%	11%	62%	+9.3
126	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	4	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
127	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	4	27	38.1	36.0	4	14%	11%	12%	−12.9
128	Mitchell Voss	Indiana	4	22	37.2	37.2	10	45%	0%	56%	−1.0
129	Matt Darr	Tennessee	4	16	39.0	37.8	6	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
130	John Wienke	Iowa	4	14	37.8	33.2	9	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
131	Andre Gautreaux	Rice	4	11	37.1	37.1	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.5
132	Joe Southwick	Boise State	4	6	29.3	26.0	4	67%	17%	0%	−0.1
133	Derek Carr	Fresno State	4	4	29.0	29.0	3	75%	0%	0%	−0.3
134	Chase Hover	SMU	3	18	39.4	38.3	3	17%	6%	38%	−4.7
135	Chris Boswell	Rice	3	14	40.5	37.6	6	43%	14%	50%	0.0
136	Jeff Strait	Massachusetts	3	9	42.0	41.8	0	0%	0%	29%	−3.0
137	Sean Huddleston	Kansas	3	5	40.8	40.8	1	20%	0%	0%	−2.2
138	Shaun Rutherford	Texas State	3	3	34.3	34.3	2	67%	0%	0%	0.0
139	Will Hagerup	Michigan	2	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
140	Jack Griffin	Florida International	2	18	40.0	39.3	4	27%	0%	43%	−6.7
141	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	2	15	34.7	33.4	2	13%	7%	14%	−9.3
142	Korey Durkee	Washington	2	15	36.9	33.4	4	29%	14%	45%	−4.1
143	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	2	13	39.7	39.7	2	15%	0%	50%	−2.2
144	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	2	12	38.0	33.5	1	8%	9%	57%	−6.8
145	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	2	9	39.4	37.6	5	50%	0%	75%	+0.1
146	Matt Wile	Michigan	2	9	31.9	29.4	6	75%	13%	63%	+0.6
147	Adam Erickson	Georgia	2	8	37.0	28.4	4	57%	43%	29%	+0.1
148	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	2	6	33.7	32.4	4	57%	0%	43%	−2.6
149	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	2	6	43.5	43.5	2	33%	0%	50%	+1.6
150	Jamie Keehn	LSU	2	3	41.0	41.0	1	33%	0%	33%	+0.2
151	Tyler Bray	Tennessee	2	3	34.0	27.3	2	67%	33%	0%	−0.1
152	Zac Dysert	Miami (OH)	2	3	33.3	33.3	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
153	Wes Concepcion	Washington State	2	2	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.6
154	Kristian Stern	UTSA	1	23	39.7	37.9	4	17%	9%	64%	−7.4
155	Corey Smith	West Virginia	1	10	42.6	41.5	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.7
156	Curtis Huge	Central Michigan	1	7	39.0	36.3	2	29%	14%	0%	−3.0
157	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	1	4	39.3	39.3	3	75%	0%	0%	+1.0
158	Nate Freese	Boston College	1	6	33.0	33.5	4	100%	0%	50%	+0.8
159	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1	4	37.3	37.3	3	75%	0%	33%	+0.1
160	Cale Patterson	TCU	1	3	34.3	27.7	1	33%	33%	33%	−0.2
161	Mark Krause	Kansas State	1	4	38.5	37.0	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.3
162	Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State	1	3	26.7	20.0	2	67%	33%	0%	−0.4
163	Brett Hundley	UCLA	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
164	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	1	1	33.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
165	Carlos Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1	1	29.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
166	Dalton Williams	Akron	1	2	28.0	30.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
167	Le'Marcus Gibson	Louisiana	1	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
168	Niklas Sade	NC State	1	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.9
169	Ryan Katz	San Diego State	1	1	29.0	29.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
170	Terrance Broadway	Louisiana	1	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0

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