2012 College Punts Inside the 10 Leaders

Punts whose final resting spot, after any return, was inside the receiving team's own 10. These are the best results a punt can have short of a turnover.

A count, so it rewards volume and good field position. See the inside-the-20 percentage for efficiency. In 2012, Jeff Locke (21) led college football punters in punts inside the 10, ahead of Mike Sadler (16) and Tom Hornsey (14). 159 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	In 10	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jeff Locke	UCLA	21	71	43.4	41.5	33	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
2	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	16	68	43.3	41.2	26	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
3	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	14	60	43.4	42.3	29	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
4	Kyle Christy	Florida	14	62	46.1	43.5	30	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
5	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	13	54	44.8	43.8	26	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
6	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	13	69	41.6	41.0	27	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
7	Trey Barrow	Missouri	13	68	43.0	41.1	31	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
8	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	12	55	41.1	38.6	18	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
9	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	12	57	41.8	40.4	30	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
10	Brett Maher	Nebraska	12	58	41.7	40.8	19	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
11	Cole Wagner	UConn	12	78	40.5	38.5	29	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
12	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	11	40	40.9	38.9	12	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
13	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	11	45	48.0	45.4	22	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
14	Cody Mandell	Alabama	11	46	43.8	41.7	17	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
15	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	11	53	45.6	43.6	20	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
16	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	11	59	46.5	40.0	19	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
17	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	11	55	42.1	40.9	24	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
18	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	11	55	42.0	39.8	25	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
19	Richie Leone	Houston	11	60	45.5	43.6	18	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
20	Cody Webster	Purdue	11	66	42.5	39.4	28	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
21	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	11	69	42.7	41.3	24	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
22	Cole Way	Tulsa	11	69	39.4	38.0	22	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
23	Tyler Williams	Marshall	10	43	45.2	42.4	17	39%	9%	26%	+4.5
24	Harrison Waid	San José State	10	51	42.4	40.2	16	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
25	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	10	48	43.4	42.8	21	44%	2%	39%	+5.0
26	Tress Way	Oklahoma	10	48	43.6	39.3	18	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
27	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	10	51	37.4	36.6	20	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
28	Zach Paul	Akron	10	65	40.9	39.5	17	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
29	Ian Campbell	UTEP	10	66	42.6	41.4	20	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
30	Jamie Boyle	UCF	10	59	40.7	38.3	26	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
31	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	10	68	40.3	39.5	25	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
32	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	10	95	40.7	40.1	26	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
33	Alex King	Texas	9	38	45.3	44.8	16	42%	3%	50%	+6.9
34	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	9	45	37.8	36.8	19	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
35	Pablo Beltran	Navy	9	40	43.9	40.9	20	50%	15%	46%	+3.7
36	Cason Beatty	Florida State	9	42	38.4	36.6	21	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
37	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	9	50	43.0	41.8	17	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
38	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	9	52	47.1	44.4	22	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
39	Will Scott	Troy	9	54	41.0	40.1	21	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
40	Dalton Botts	Miami	9	54	40.5	39.3	29	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
41	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	9	59	39.6	39.3	19	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
42	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	9	70	44.3	43.2	24	38%	6%	42%	+3.1
43	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	9	66	40.6	39.2	19	29%	6%	35%	+3.5
44	Will Monday	Duke	9	66	44.1	42.3	20	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
45	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	9	73	41.2	39.9	35	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
46	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	9	76	43.5	42.6	28	37%	4%	53%	+3.6
47	Tom Hackett	Utah	8	25	38.9	38.1	15	60%	4%	45%	+3.1
48	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	8	43	40.2	39.7	15	38%	8%	50%	−0.6
49	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	8	68	39.9	36.5	10	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
50	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	8	44	40.2	39.7	25	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
51	Hunter Mullins	UAB	8	50	44.8	42.1	15	30%	14%	39%	−4.1
52	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	8	50	39.2	38.4	19	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
53	Riley Stephenson	BYU	8	51	47.3	45.0	28	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
54	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	8	59	41.0	39.0	17	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
55	Brad Wing	LSU	8	59	44.8	41.4	22	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
56	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	8	60	42.9	40.6	27	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
57	Landon Foster	Kentucky	8	61	42.9	41.5	18	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
58	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	8	62	43.0	41.1	24	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
59	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	8	66	42.5	41.0	27	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
60	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	8	65	41.8	38.3	23	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
61	Will Atterberry	North Texas	8	70	41.3	38.1	26	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
62	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	7	35	41.9	38.6	13	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
63	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	7	36	43.1	42.3	16	46%	3%	39%	−0.7
64	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	7	36	41.7	39.0	14	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
65	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	7	43	42.9	39.6	12	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
66	Grant Venham	Ohio	7	53	39.4	36.8	21	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
67	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	7	54	43.9	41.5	17	33%	12%	33%	+4.9
68	Vince Penza	Toledo	7	52	40.6	39.4	21	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
69	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	7	54	40.6	37.9	19	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
70	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	7	63	40.0	39.1	18	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
71	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	6	8	37.9	35.4	7	88%	13%	0%	+1.7
72	John Wienke	Iowa	6	14	37.8	33.2	9	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
73	Chris Boldt	Army	6	34	38.1	36.4	9	26%	9%	43%	−8.4
74	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	6	37	42.8	42.6	13	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
75	Sean Sellwood	Utah	6	38	46.5	44.5	13	34%	11%	62%	+9.3
76	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	6	47	40.8	40.4	16	40%	3%	30%	−3.2
77	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	6	42	40.2	37.7	14	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
78	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	6	41	45.8	44.8	19	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
79	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	6	48	40.6	39.7	13	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
80	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	6	49	46.2	43.7	16	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
81	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	6	59	42.4	38.7	12	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
82	Brett Baer	Louisiana	6	54	42.0	41.3	20	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
83	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	6	52	40.8	39.7	21	40%	6%	72%	+7.9
84	Brandon McManus	Temple	6	54	45.1	42.5	16	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
85	Collin Barber	Georgia	6	57	41.6	40.5	22	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
86	Scott Garber	South Alabama	6	72	39.6	39.0	19	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
87	Will Johnson	Texas State	5	22	41.0	40.1	10	53%	0%	67%	−0.4
88	Kyle Negrete	USC	5	36	42.4	42.5	16	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
89	Spencer Benton	Clemson	5	42	38.6	38.5	14	34%	2%	48%	−2.2
90	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	5	69	41.2	41.6	13	29%	0%	29%	−4.1
91	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	5	56	40.8	38.1	11	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
92	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	5	66	43.6	41.4	12	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
93	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	5	48	39.5	35.4	18	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
94	Ron Doherty	Kansas	5	56	40.5	38.5	18	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
95	Ethan Perry	TCU	5	56	45.2	41.6	22	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
96	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	5	63	38.5	37.2	22	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
97	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	5	71	37.4	35.3	17	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
98	Wil Baumann	NC State	5	71	39.3	37.3	19	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
99	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	5	73	41.9	41.4	19	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
100	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	5	75	39.7	38.3	17	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
101	Matt Wile	Michigan	4	9	31.9	29.4	6	75%	13%	63%	+0.6
102	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	4	27	40.4	38.2	8	30%	11%	6%	−2.6
103	David Baska	Air Force	4	33	40.5	39.8	9	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
104	Taylor Cook	Rice	4	37	36.4	35.7	10	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
105	Trevor Harman	Boise State	4	38	41.6	38.0	9	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
106	Josh Brisk	Florida International	4	47	40.0	39.4	11	24%	2%	74%	−6.4
107	Travis Coons	Washington	4	51	39.5	36.9	14	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
108	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	4	57	40.5	38.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
109	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	4	58	42.4	40.0	17	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
110	Cole Leininger	California	4	60	40.0	39.8	17	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
111	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	4	65	42.8	41.5	16	25%	3%	46%	+0.3
112	Chase Lansford	UNLV	4	65	41.8	39.8	23	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
113	Steven Clark	Auburn	4	70	39.8	38.6	19	28%	6%	58%	+4.8
114	Zac Dysert	Miami (OH)	3	3	33.3	33.3	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
115	Derek Carr	Fresno State	3	4	29.0	29.0	3	75%	0%	0%	−0.3
116	Joe Southwick	Boise State	3	6	29.3	26.0	4	67%	17%	0%	−0.1
117	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	3	13	39.7	39.7	2	15%	0%	50%	−2.2
118	Chris Boswell	Rice	3	14	40.5	37.6	6	43%	14%	50%	0.0
119	Zach Robinson	Texas State	3	26	46.2	46.5	12	52%	0%	38%	+8.7
120	Will Hagerup	Michigan	3	33	45.0	42.3	5	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
121	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	3	37	42.1	38.3	7	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
122	Erich Toth	Indiana	3	48	39.5	38.7	9	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
123	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	3	54	41.2	39.9	13	27%	4%	55%	−5.1
124	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	3	51	39.4	37.5	15	29%	10%	53%	−6.5
125	Gerald Levano	Boston College	3	57	42.0	40.5	12	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
126	Shaun Rutherford	Texas State	2	3	34.3	34.3	2	67%	0%	0%	0.0
127	Sean Huddleston	Kansas	2	5	40.8	40.8	1	20%	0%	0%	−2.2
128	Adam Erickson	Georgia	2	8	37.0	28.4	4	57%	43%	29%	+0.1
129	Corey Smith	West Virginia	2	10	42.6	41.5	2	18%	0%	0%	−1.7
130	Korey Durkee	Washington	2	15	36.9	33.4	4	29%	14%	45%	−4.1
131	Matt Darr	Tennessee	2	16	39.0	37.8	6	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
132	Josh Ward	UTSA	2	28	33.7	32.6	5	20%	4%	24%	−9.5
133	Sean Kelley	Florida Atlantic	2	28	41.8	41.0	7	25%	4%	8%	−7.6
134	Spencer Roth	Baylor	2	32	44.2	42.3	12	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
135	Mike Loftus	SMU	2	47	42.5	41.2	10	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
136	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	2	80	35.4	34.0	19	26%	4%	41%	−28.4
137	Brett Hundley	UCLA	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
138	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	1	1	33.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
139	Dalton Williams	Akron	1	2	28.0	30.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
140	Nick Lamaison	UTEP	1	1	56.0	56.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.9
141	Ryan Katz	San Diego State	1	1	29.0	29.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
142	Shaun Wick	Wyoming	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
143	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	1	1	27.0	27.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
144	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	1	2	42.0	42.0	1	50%	0%	—	+0.1
145	Chase Rettig	Boston College	1	3	41.3	28.0	1	33%	67%	0%	+0.5
146	Mark Krause	Kansas State	1	4	38.5	37.0	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.3
147	Tyler Bray	Tennessee	1	3	34.0	27.3	2	67%	33%	0%	−0.1
148	Nate Freese	Boston College	1	6	33.0	33.5	4	100%	0%	50%	+0.8
149	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1	4	37.3	37.3	3	75%	0%	33%	+0.1
150	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	1	6	33.7	32.4	4	57%	0%	43%	−2.6
151	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	1	9	39.4	37.6	5	50%	0%	75%	+0.1
152	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	1	15	34.7	33.4	2	13%	7%	14%	−9.3
153	Mitchell Voss	Indiana	1	22	37.2	37.2	10	45%	0%	56%	−1.0
154	Kristian Stern	UTSA	1	23	39.7	37.9	4	17%	9%	64%	−7.4
155	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	1	27	39.4	38.7	6	22%	4%	56%	−0.7
156	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	1	27	38.1	36.0	4	14%	11%	12%	−12.9
157	Jackson Rice	Oregon	1	48	39.6	38.0	13	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
158	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	1	53	37.9	37.3	11	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
159	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	1	58	41.9	40.5	11	20%	7%	32%	+2.7

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