2013 College Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2013, Jaron Bentrude (36) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Anthony Fera (36) and Alexander Kinal (31). 165 punters qualify.

Final 2013 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	36	70	39.5	38.1	31	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
2	Anthony Fera	Texas	36	68	40.6	39.3	28	42%	4%	67%	+3.8
3	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	31	86	39.7	38.3	29	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
4	Ethan Perry	TCU	30	80	40.3	39.3	32	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
5	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	28	85	41.2	39.6	21	25%	8%	44%	−6.5
6	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	28	71	42.1	41.0	26	37%	6%	64%	−4.9
7	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	27	53	39.5	39.4	26	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
8	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	27	51	39.2	37.6	19	37%	8%	66%	−3.6
9	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	26	72	39.4	37.4	26	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
10	Richie Leone	Houston	26	63	43.1	42.3	35	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
11	Kris Albarado	USC	25	75	37.1	36.0	31	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
12	Cole Leininger	California	25	69	42.9	41.7	18	26%	3%	51%	+1.0
13	David Baska	Air Force	24	48	39.5	37.4	14	28%	6%	62%	−7.3
14	Sean Covington	UCLA	24	48	41.8	40.5	18	38%	6%	73%	+6.1
15	Steven Clark	Auburn	23	50	42.5	40.9	20	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
16	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	23	46	40.8	39.5	15	32%	2%	74%	−4.9
17	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	22	78	42.0	39.6	17	21%	11%	38%	−3.4
18	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	22	58	36.0	34.3	17	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
19	Cole Wagner	UConn	21	71	39.8	39.0	21	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
20	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	21	72	42.7	41.3	27	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
21	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	21	44	43.5	42.8	28	65%	5%	58%	+14.4
22	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	20	77	39.7	38.1	23	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
23	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	20	73	44.1	42.7	26	36%	7%	49%	+10.9
24	Nate Freese	Boston College	20	70	42.0	39.4	27	39%	13%	47%	+2.7
25	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	20	45	42.8	41.9	17	38%	4%	56%	+6.5
26	Zach Paul	Akron	19	65	42.9	40.5	17	26%	12%	41%	−4.4
27	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	19	62	40.3	37.4	23	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
28	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	19	59	41.6	40.0	25	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
29	Travis Coons	Washington	19	56	40.7	40.5	21	38%	2%	49%	+6.1
30	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	19	52	39.5	38.7	17	33%	4%	51%	−5.0
31	Chris Ayers	Florida International	19	50	35.4	35.1	7	14%	2%	51%	−19.3
32	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	18	84	41.6	39.7	32	38%	10%	28%	+7.1
33	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	18	71	43.6	42.0	25	35%	6%	50%	+3.0
34	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	18	69	37.3	36.1	17	25%	6%	38%	−21.3
35	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	18	70	42.3	40.3	31	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
36	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	18	49	40.6	38.0	21	42%	10%	50%	−5.2
37	Mark Krause	Kansas State	18	47	41.3	39.6	18	38%	9%	50%	+1.9
38	Tom Hackett	Utah	17	76	43.4	41.8	29	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
39	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	17	66	43.1	39.8	21	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
40	Erich Toth	Indiana	17	52	40.6	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+0.7
41	Spencer Roth	Baylor	17	45	46.1	43.4	14	31%	13%	49%	+12.6
42	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	17	38	40.1	39.1	11	28%	0%	57%	−5.1
43	Cody Webster	Purdue	16	70	43.5	42.9	25	37%	1%	36%	+9.6
44	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	16	68	40.9	38.1	24	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
45	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	16	56	40.0	38.8	16	29%	5%	42%	−4.1
46	Alex Tardieu	Army	16	51	37.3	36.6	11	22%	4%	46%	−13.4
47	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	15	80	45.8	42.6	27	34%	14%	29%	+16.5
48	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	15	73	40.2	38.3	21	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
49	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	15	73	40.8	38.4	24	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
50	Landon Foster	Kentucky	15	68	41.3	39.5	16	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
51	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	15	66	40.5	39.1	28	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
52	Christian Brinser	Missouri	15	61	41.0	39.4	23	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
53	Blake Macek	North Texas	15	60	40.8	38.8	24	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
54	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	15	58	39.9	39.4	27	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
55	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	15	53	38.6	37.5	19	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
56	Kristian Stern	UTSA	15	50	40.4	39.0	13	25%	4%	52%	−6.9
57	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	15	44	47.4	44.2	18	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
58	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	15	50	39.7	37.1	13	31%	14%	45%	−7.8
59	Wil Baumann	NC State	14	67	42.1	40.1	22	33%	10%	33%	−0.7
60	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	14	66	39.5	39.4	18	29%	0%	36%	−20.8
61	Scott Garber	South Alabama	14	51	40.7	39.5	18	35%	6%	45%	−1.9
62	Will Johnson	Texas State	14	41	44.0	41.5	20	50%	13%	45%	+7.3
63	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	13	64	41.9	40.0	17	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
64	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	13	62	45.2	43.3	30	48%	7%	30%	+13.3
65	Paul Layton	Temple	13	61	42.8	41.8	26	43%	5%	38%	+10.1
66	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	13	59	44.5	41.3	24	41%	12%	35%	+3.9
67	Will Scott	Troy	13	56	44.5	43.1	22	39%	7%	32%	+11.1
68	Grant Venham	Ohio	13	50	37.8	36.0	15	30%	8%	34%	−11.8
69	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	13	47	42.1	41.7	19	40%	2%	62%	+3.6
70	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	13	46	41.8	39.2	15	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
71	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	13	43	38.0	37.6	11	26%	2%	41%	−8.2
72	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	13	42	41.3	39.7	7	17%	7%	52%	−2.2
73	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	13	35	44.5	42.8	17	49%	9%	54%	+9.1
74	Andrew Horning	Kent State	13	24	35.8	35.0	11	46%	4%	65%	−2.0
75	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	12	69	44.5	42.2	26	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
76	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	12	75	47.8	46.0	31	45%	9%	32%	+29.6
77	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	12	68	40.1	39.2	28	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
78	James Farrimond	Rice	12	64	42.4	40.0	16	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
79	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	12	56	42.9	40.8	18	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
80	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	12	50	39.1	38.8	17	35%	0%	40%	−14.6
81	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	12	39	41.2	38.6	13	33%	13%	44%	+3.1
82	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	11	84	43.7	42.0	29	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
83	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	11	64	42.0	41.0	20	32%	5%	31%	−4.7
84	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	11	63	38.0	38.0	21	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
85	Matt Wile	Michigan	11	56	40.6	39.9	16	29%	4%	35%	−9.9
86	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	11	47	47.3	43.9	17	36%	17%	34%	+12.4
87	Vince Penza	Toledo	11	44	40.8	40.0	22	51%	5%	33%	−1.1
88	Collin Barber	Georgia	11	29	44.1	43.6	9	31%	3%	50%	+7.0
89	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	10	63	44.5	42.5	35	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
90	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	10	54	40.4	38.9	20	37%	7%	27%	+0.1
91	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	10	47	45.8	44.1	19	40%	9%	37%	+10.2
92	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	10	44	39.4	38.5	8	18%	5%	38%	−11.7
93	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	10	38	38.3	35.7	16	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
94	Cason Beatty	Florida State	10	36	40.8	39.7	14	39%	6%	40%	−5.8
95	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	10	31	39.4	39.4	15	48%	0%	53%	−3.5
96	Kyle Christy	Florida	10	21	39.6	36.8	7	33%	14%	56%	−1.7
97	Scott Arellano	BYU	9	74	41.6	38.5	26	41%	15%	23%	+3.0
98	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	9	62	41.9	39.9	27	44%	10%	26%	−1.8
99	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	9	61	42.9	40.9	22	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
100	Logan Yunker	UNLV	9	59	42.1	39.8	18	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
101	Hunter Mullins	UAB	9	51	43.1	40.0	20	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
102	Tyler Williams	Marshall	9	49	42.5	40.9	11	22%	8%	29%	+3.5
103	Will Monday	Duke	8	69	42.7	40.9	25	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
104	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	8	56	40.2	40.2	22	39%	0%	25%	+6.7
105	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	8	46	44.7	40.5	15	33%	20%	29%	−1.4
106	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	8	39	42.8	41.3	13	33%	8%	32%	−0.8
107	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	8	33	38.4	37.7	14	42%	3%	36%	−1.3
108	Jamie Keehn	LSU	8	33	39.3	38.1	12	36%	6%	36%	−0.7
109	Johnny Townsend	Florida	8	29	42.0	38.5	6	21%	17%	40%	−1.7
110	Trevor Harman	Boise State	8	26	42.6	41.0	10	37%	0%	67%	+5.1
111	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	8	23	41.7	40.0	14	61%	9%	40%	+5.2
112	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	7	79	46.6	43.1	20	26%	13%	21%	+2.3
113	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	7	46	44.3	43.9	22	48%	2%	26%	+5.4
114	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	7	44	39.8	37.6	19	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
115	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	7	42	40.9	39.9	16	38%	5%	23%	−2.1
116	Pablo Beltran	Navy	7	38	42.0	39.4	13	34%	13%	28%	−0.6
117	Cody Mandell	Alabama	7	35	47.5	42.8	15	42%	17%	29%	+12.8
118	Ruben Guzman	Hawai'i	7	26	40.0	39.2	4	15%	4%	41%	−4.8
119	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	7	25	42.5	40.1	8	32%	12%	41%	+0.1
120	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	7	22	44.0	42.4	8	35%	4%	47%	+0.1
121	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	7	18	35.2	35.1	3	18%	0%	44%	−8.7
122	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	6	51	43.9	42.4	20	39%	8%	23%	+7.8
123	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	6	47	44.2	41.7	13	27%	13%	27%	−0.9
124	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	6	42	42.7	39.9	10	26%	16%	27%	−2.4
125	Chase Hover	SMU	6	24	35.4	34.1	5	22%	4%	29%	−7.1
126	Taysom Hill	BYU	6	2	24.0	32.3	4	33%	9%	75%	−4.5
127	Wes Concepcion	Washington State	6	8	33.9	31.4	2	25%	13%	86%	−2.7
128	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	5	51	41.1	40.8	15	31%	2%	17%	−2.1
129	Harrison Waid	San José State	5	48	43.4	40.9	12	25%	13%	19%	−9.2
130	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	5	48	42.9	41.8	15	31%	4%	17%	−3.4
131	Caleb Houston	UCF	5	37	42.4	40.2	13	38%	15%	24%	+5.7
132	John Lloyd	Cincinnati	4	28	43.8	41.7	10	37%	11%	29%	−1.3
133	Matt Haack	Arizona State	4	12	38.7	37.0	2	17%	8%	40%	−4.8
134	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	3	69	42.0	39.3	25	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
135	Zach Robinson	Texas State	3	30	44.6	44.4	11	39%	4%	23%	−0.5
136	Sean Wale	Boise State	3	19	40.3	40.3	7	37%	0%	23%	+0.6
137	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	3	11	37.8	36.0	5	45%	9%	30%	−0.3
138	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	3	8	39.1	39.3	2	25%	0%	60%	−3.5
139	Alex Wulfeck	Notre Dame	3	7	33.7	30.7	6	86%	14%	43%	+0.4
140	Cole Way	Tulsa	3	6	37.5	32.3	0	0%	0%	75%	−5.5
141	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	3	5	40.4	40.4	2	40%	0%	60%	+0.3
142	Jake Medlock	Florida International	2	37	42.5	41.1	11	31%	6%	8%	+2.1
143	Mike Loftus	SMU	2	32	40.2	36.9	5	15%	13%	11%	−16.7
144	Matthew Moseley	Southern Miss	2	18	40.6	40.9	9	50%	0%	20%	+2.5
145	Adam Erickson	Georgia	2	9	41.8	37.3	2	22%	22%	22%	+0.6
146	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	2	6	32.8	34.3	3	43%	14%	40%	−1.5
147	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	2	7	45.7	42.9	2	29%	14%	33%	+0.5
148	Dom Vizzare	Arizona State	2	6	39.2	39.3	3	50%	0%	67%	−0.6
149	Joey Mangili	North Carolina	2	2	41.5	41.5	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.5
150	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	1	14	39.0	36.1	6	43%	14%	11%	−5.9
151	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	1	12	42.0	41.1	3	30%	0%	17%	−1.2
152	Matt Green	Ohio	1	8	41.9	43.0	4	57%	0%	20%	+2.2
153	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	1	6	37.2	26.1	3	43%	33%	17%	−2.2
154	Donald Scott	Eastern Michigan	1	6	39.3	36.0	2	33%	17%	20%	−3.7
155	Ty Long	UAB	1	5	39.2	39.2	1	20%	0%	25%	+0.1
156	Richard Montgomery	Idaho	1	3	47.0	40.3	2	67%	33%	33%	+0.7
157	Ryan Kay	Troy	1	3	37.7	37.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−0.9
158	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	1	2	42.0	42.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.3
159	Joe Southwick	Boise State	1	2	38.0	38.0	1	50%	0%	50%	0.0
160	Josh Ward	UTSA	1	3	29.0	39.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.5
161	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	1	1	32.0	32.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.7
162	Braxton Miller pass incomplete. Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	1	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
163	Joseph Treadwell	UL Monroe	1	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
164	Kenny Allen	Michigan	1	1	51.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
165	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.1

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