2012 College Punts Inside the 20 Leaders

A punt that ends inside the opponent's 20-yard line pins the offense deep. It rewards accuracy and touch, not just distance.

Count, so volume helps. See the percentage version for efficiency. In 2012, Drew Meyer (35) led college football punters in punts inside the 20, ahead of Jeff Locke (33) and Trey Barrow (31). 181 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	In 20	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	35	73	41.2	39.9	48%	7%	60%	+12.2
2	Jeff Locke	UCLA	33	71	43.4	41.5	47%	10%	56%	+7.6
3	Trey Barrow	Missouri	31	68	43.0	41.1	44%	4%	49%	+1.1
4	Tyler Bennett	Utah State	30	57	41.8	40.4	54%	5%	46%	+6.2
5	Kyle Christy	Florida	30	62	46.1	43.5	48%	10%	49%	+16.7
6	Dalton Botts	Miami	29	54	40.5	39.3	54%	6%	39%	+11.3
7	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	29	60	43.4	42.3	47%	3%	23%	+6.3
8	Cole Wagner	UConn	29	78	40.5	38.5	37%	10%	37%	+6.0
9	Riley Stephenson	BYU	28	51	47.3	45.0	55%	10%	33%	+25.4
10	Cody Webster	Purdue	28	66	42.5	39.4	43%	11%	43%	+3.9
11	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	28	76	43.5	42.6	37%	4%	53%	+3.6
12	Daniel Zychlinski	Stanford	27	60	42.9	40.6	45%	12%	42%	+8.6
13	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	27	66	42.5	41.0	42%	8%	52%	+16.5
14	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	27	69	41.6	41.0	40%	3%	46%	+10.3
15	Richard Kent	Vanderbilt	26	54	44.8	43.8	48%	6%	44%	+14.6
16	Jamie Boyle	UCF	26	59	40.7	38.3	44%	12%	33%	+6.5
17	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	26	68	43.3	41.2	38%	7%	38%	−1.6
18	Will Atterberry	North Texas	26	70	41.3	38.1	37%	16%	38%	+2.4
19	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	26	95	40.7	40.1	30%	6%	49%	−4.2
20	Scott Kovanda	Ball State	25	44	40.2	39.7	57%	2%	43%	+4.3
21	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	25	55	42.0	39.8	45%	11%	23%	+3.1
22	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	25	68	40.3	39.5	36%	3%	41%	−1.7
23	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	24	55	42.1	40.9	44%	5%	51%	+9.7
24	Tim Gleeson	Wyoming	24	62	43.0	41.1	39%	10%	30%	−8.2
25	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	24	70	44.3	43.2	38%	6%	42%	+3.1
26	Jay Karutz	Eastern Michigan	24	69	42.7	41.3	34%	4%	45%	−0.2
27	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	23	65	41.8	38.3	35%	18%	18%	+0.8
28	Chase Lansford	UNLV	23	65	41.8	39.8	35%	12%	29%	+3.3
29	Ryan Allen	Louisiana Tech	22	45	48.0	45.4	49%	13%	23%	+15.2
30	Josh Hubner	Arizona State	22	52	47.1	44.4	43%	14%	43%	+15.6
31	Ethan Perry	TCU	22	56	45.2	41.6	39%	18%	38%	+6.7
32	Collin Barber	Georgia	22	57	41.6	40.5	38%	5%	64%	+6.8
33	Brad Wing	LSU	22	59	44.8	41.4	37%	17%	39%	+12.7
34	Christian Eldred	Minnesota	22	63	38.5	37.2	37%	7%	50%	−3.5
35	Cole Way	Tulsa	22	69	39.4	38.0	31%	1%	42%	−8.0
36	Cason Beatty	Florida State	21	42	38.4	36.6	49%	5%	56%	+1.1
37	Grant Venham	Ohio	21	53	39.4	36.8	47%	9%	41%	−3.6
38	Kyle Dugandzic	Arizona	21	48	43.4	42.8	44%	2%	39%	+5.0
39	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	21	52	40.8	39.7	40%	6%	72%	+7.9
40	Vince Penza	Toledo	21	52	40.6	39.4	40%	6%	26%	+1.4
41	Will Scott	Troy	21	54	41.0	40.1	40%	4%	22%	+0.1
42	Pablo Beltran	Navy	20	40	43.9	40.9	50%	15%	46%	+3.7
43	Brett Baer	Louisiana	20	54	42.0	41.3	40%	4%	47%	+1.1
44	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	20	51	37.4	36.6	39%	4%	48%	−7.0
45	Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	20	53	45.6	43.6	37%	6%	38%	+13.0
46	Ian Campbell	UTEP	20	66	42.6	41.4	34%	7%	31%	+8.0
47	Will Monday	Duke	20	66	44.1	42.3	30%	9%	27%	+4.4
48	Ryan Neir	Northern Illinois	19	45	37.8	36.8	49%	0%	55%	−0.8
49	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	19	41	45.8	44.8	46%	5%	48%	+7.9
50	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	19	50	39.2	38.4	38%	4%	45%	+0.1
51	Pete Kontodiakos	Colorado State	19	59	46.5	40.0	35%	26%	26%	+1.1
52	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South Florida	19	54	40.6	37.9	35%	9%	65%	+3.9
53	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	19	59	39.6	39.3	33%	2%	47%	−1.7
54	Brett Maher	Nebraska	19	58	41.7	40.8	33%	5%	24%	−4.0
55	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	19	66	40.6	39.2	29%	6%	35%	+3.5
56	Scott Garber	South Alabama	19	72	39.6	39.0	28%	3%	38%	−12.2
57	Steven Clark	Auburn	19	70	39.8	38.6	28%	6%	58%	+4.8
58	Wil Baumann	NC State	19	71	39.3	37.3	27%	7%	62%	−11.1
59	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	19	73	41.9	41.4	26%	3%	34%	−1.3
60	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	19	80	35.4	34.0	26%	4%	41%	−28.4
61	Tress Way	Oklahoma	18	48	43.6	39.3	38%	17%	31%	+7.3
62	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	18	48	39.5	35.4	36%	13%	45%	−13.1
63	Ron Doherty	Kansas	18	56	40.5	38.5	33%	7%	42%	−4.9
64	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	18	55	41.1	38.6	33%	9%	24%	−6.4
65	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	18	63	40.0	39.1	32%	5%	35%	−8.7
66	Richie Leone	Houston	18	60	45.5	43.6	31%	10%	57%	+7.2
67	Landon Foster	Kentucky	18	61	42.9	41.5	30%	7%	35%	+3.8
68	Tyler Williams	Marshall	17	43	45.2	42.4	39%	9%	26%	+4.5
69	Cody Mandell	Alabama	17	46	43.8	41.7	37%	11%	43%	+7.5
70	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	17	50	43.0	41.8	34%	6%	31%	+0.6
71	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	17	54	43.9	41.5	33%	12%	33%	+4.9
72	Zach Paul	Akron	17	65	40.9	39.5	30%	5%	34%	−3.4
73	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	17	58	42.4	40.0	29%	12%	22%	+2.9
74	Ben Buchanan	Ohio State	17	59	41.0	39.0	29%	7%	60%	+3.4
75	Cole Leininger	California	17	60	40.0	39.8	29%	2%	59%	−7.1
76	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	17	71	37.4	35.3	24%	10%	30%	−25.5
77	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	17	75	39.7	38.3	23%	7%	47%	−17.1
78	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	16	36	43.1	42.3	46%	3%	39%	−0.7
79	Kyle Negrete	USC	16	36	42.4	42.5	44%	0%	46%	+2.0
80	Alex King	Texas	16	38	45.3	44.8	42%	3%	50%	+6.9
81	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	16	47	40.8	40.4	40%	3%	30%	−3.2
82	Harrison Waid	San José State	16	51	42.4	40.2	34%	11%	23%	−0.3
83	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i	16	49	46.2	43.7	33%	12%	42%	+11.1
84	Brandon McManus	Temple	16	54	45.1	42.5	29%	9%	43%	+6.5
85	Bobby Cowan	Idaho	16	65	42.8	41.5	25%	3%	46%	+0.3
86	Tom Hackett	Utah	15	25	38.9	38.1	60%	4%	45%	+3.1
87	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	15	43	40.2	39.7	38%	8%	50%	−0.6
88	Hunter Mullins	UAB	15	50	44.8	42.1	30%	14%	39%	−4.1
89	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	15	51	39.4	37.5	29%	10%	53%	−6.5
90	Ryan Doerr	Kansas State	14	36	41.7	39.0	38%	14%	52%	+3.7
91	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	14	42	40.2	37.7	34%	8%	41%	−6.1
92	Spencer Benton	Clemson	14	42	38.6	38.5	34%	2%	48%	−2.2
93	Travis Coons	Washington	14	51	39.5	36.9	27%	10%	58%	−3.1
94	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	13	35	41.9	38.6	38%	18%	21%	+1.2
95	Ryan Epperson	Texas A&M	13	37	42.8	42.6	37%	3%	46%	+8.7
96	Sean Sellwood	Utah	13	38	46.5	44.5	34%	11%	62%	+9.3
97	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	13	69	41.2	41.6	29%	0%	29%	−4.1
98	Ben Turk	Notre Dame	13	48	40.6	39.7	27%	4%	50%	+1.8
99	Jackson Rice	Oregon	13	48	39.6	38.0	27%	8%	58%	−0.8
100	Jim Broadway	Ole Miss	13	54	41.2	39.9	27%	4%	55%	−5.1
101	Zach Robinson	Texas State	12	26	46.2	46.5	52%	0%	38%	+8.7
102	Spencer Roth	Baylor	12	32	44.2	42.3	38%	9%	35%	+5.1
103	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	12	40	40.9	38.9	30%	10%	27%	+2.7
104	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	12	43	42.9	39.6	28%	16%	20%	+1.6
105	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	12	66	43.6	41.4	24%	8%	23%	−0.2
106	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	12	59	42.4	38.7	24%	18%	23%	−4.0
107	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	12	57	40.5	38.5	21%	11%	31%	−7.9
108	Gerald Levano	Boston College	12	57	42.0	40.5	20%	5%	20%	−8.0
109	Josh Brisk	Florida International	11	47	40.0	39.4	24%	2%	74%	−6.4
110	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	11	56	40.8	38.1	23%	13%	40%	−12.5
111	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	11	53	37.9	37.3	22%	2%	45%	−9.2
112	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	11	58	41.9	40.5	20%	7%	32%	+2.7
113	Will Johnson	Texas State	10	22	41.0	40.1	53%	0%	67%	−0.4
114	Mitchell Voss	Indiana	10	22	37.2	37.2	45%	0%	56%	−1.0
115	Taylor Cook	Rice	10	37	36.4	35.7	28%	3%	69%	−9.5
116	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	10	68	39.9	36.5	25%	10%	21%	−12.7
117	Mike Loftus	SMU	10	47	42.5	41.2	23%	5%	22%	+2.3
118	John Wienke	Iowa	9	14	37.8	33.2	69%	23%	22%	+1.1
119	David Baska	Air Force	9	33	40.5	39.8	27%	3%	39%	−3.9
120	Chris Boldt	Army	9	34	38.1	36.4	26%	9%	43%	−8.4
121	Trevor Harman	Boise State	9	38	41.6	38.0	24%	18%	25%	−2.6
122	Erich Toth	Indiana	9	48	39.5	38.7	19%	4%	47%	−4.2
123	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	8	27	40.4	38.2	30%	11%	6%	−2.6
124	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	7	8	37.9	35.4	88%	13%	0%	+1.7
125	Sean Kelley	Florida Atlantic	7	28	41.8	41.0	25%	4%	8%	−7.6
126	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	7	37	42.1	38.3	19%	6%	46%	−7.1
127	Matt Wile	Michigan	6	9	31.9	29.4	75%	13%	63%	+0.6
128	Chris Boswell	Rice	6	14	40.5	37.6	43%	14%	50%	0.0
129	Matt Darr	Tennessee	6	16	39.0	37.8	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
130	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	6	27	39.4	38.7	22%	4%	56%	−0.7
131	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	5	9	39.4	37.6	50%	0%	75%	+0.1
132	Josh Ward	UTSA	5	28	33.7	32.6	20%	4%	24%	−9.5
133	Will Hagerup	Michigan	5	33	45.0	42.3	15%	12%	29%	−5.3
134	Nate Freese	Boston College	4	6	33.0	33.5	100%	0%	50%	+0.8
135	Joe Southwick	Boise State	4	6	29.3	26.0	67%	17%	0%	−0.1
136	Adam Erickson	Georgia	4	8	37.0	28.4	57%	43%	29%	+0.1
137	Conner Fryoux	UL Monroe	4	6	33.7	32.4	57%	0%	43%	−2.6
138	Korey Durkee	Washington	4	15	36.9	33.4	29%	14%	45%	−4.1
139	Jack Griffin	Florida International	4	18	40.0	39.3	27%	0%	43%	−6.7
140	Kristian Stern	UTSA	4	23	39.7	37.9	17%	9%	64%	−7.4
141	Neely Sullivent	Arkansas State	4	27	38.1	36.0	14%	11%	12%	−12.9
142	Zac Dysert	Miami (OH)	3	3	33.3	33.3	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
143	Derek Carr	Fresno State	3	4	29.0	29.0	75%	0%	0%	−0.3
144	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	3	4	39.3	39.3	75%	0%	0%	+1.0
145	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	3	4	37.3	37.3	75%	0%	33%	+0.1
146	Chase Hover	SMU	3	18	39.4	38.3	17%	6%	38%	−4.7
147	Mark Krause	Kansas State	2	4	38.5	37.0	67%	0%	67%	+0.3
148	Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State	2	3	26.7	20.0	67%	33%	0%	−0.4
149	Shaun Rutherford	Texas State	2	3	34.3	34.3	67%	0%	0%	0.0
150	Tyler Bray	Tennessee	2	3	34.0	27.3	67%	33%	0%	−0.1
151	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	2	6	43.5	43.5	33%	0%	50%	+1.6
152	Curtis Huge	Central Michigan	2	7	39.0	36.3	29%	14%	0%	−3.0
153	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	2	9	41.1	36.7	22%	22%	0%	−1.8
154	Andre Gautreaux	Rice	2	11	37.1	37.1	18%	0%	0%	−1.5
155	Corey Smith	West Virginia	2	10	42.6	41.5	18%	0%	0%	−1.7
156	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	2	13	39.7	39.7	15%	0%	50%	−2.2
157	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	2	15	34.7	33.4	13%	7%	14%	−9.3
158	Brad Craddock	Maryland	1	1	23.0	23.0	100%	0%	—	−0.2
159	Brett Hundley	UCLA	1	1	37.0	37.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
160	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	1	1	33.0	34.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
161	Chance Roberts	New Mexico State	1	1	55.0	55.0	100%	0%	—	+0.7
162	Chris Campbell	Southern Miss	1	1	24.0	24.0	100%	0%	0%	0.0
163	Dalton Williams	Akron	1	2	28.0	30.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
164	Dante Alexander	Arizona State	1	1	53.0	53.0	100%	0%	100%	+0.9
165	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	1	1	40.0	40.0	100%	0%	—	+0.2
166	Nick Lamaison	UTEP	1	1	56.0	56.0	100%	0%	—	+0.9
167	Ryan Katz	San Diego State	1	1	29.0	29.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
168	Shaun Wick	Wyoming	1	1	37.0	37.0	100%	0%	—	+0.2
169	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	1	1	27.0	27.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
170	Terrance Broadway	Louisiana	1	1	19.0	19.0	100%	0%	0%	0.0
171	David Fales	San José State	1	2	38.0	38.0	50%	0%	100%	−0.3
172	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	1	2	42.0	42.0	50%	0%	—	+0.1
173	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	1	2	41.0	41.0	50%	0%	100%	+1.0
174	Allan Bridgford	California	1	3	33.7	33.7	33%	0%	0%	−0.8
175	Cale Patterson	TCU	1	3	34.3	27.7	33%	33%	33%	−0.2
176	Chase Rettig	Boston College	1	3	41.3	28.0	33%	67%	0%	+0.5
177	Jamie Keehn	LSU	1	3	41.0	41.0	33%	0%	33%	+0.2
178	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	1	3	36.3	23.0	33%	67%	0%	−0.6
179	David Schwerman	Minnesota	1	2	31.0	30.8	25%	25%	33%	−2.1
180	Sean Huddleston	Kansas	1	5	40.8	40.8	20%	0%	0%	−2.2
181	Ryan Wilbourn	Arkansas State	1	12	38.0	33.5	8%	9%	57%	−6.8

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