2013 College Punt Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that sailed into the end zone. A touchback costs 20 yards in net average and hands the other team the ball at its own 20, so punters try to avoid them, especially from midfield.

Lowest comes first. A punter who rarely kicks from the opponent's side of the field has few chances to touch back, so ties go to the punter with more of those punts. In 2013, Logan McPherson (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Bradley Pinion (0.0%) and Scott Harding (0.0%). 121 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 7.8%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	63	38.0	38.0	21	33%	25%	−6.1
2	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	0.0%	53	39.5	39.4	26	49%	71%	+0.3
3	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	0.0%	56	40.2	40.2	22	39%	25%	+6.7
4	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	0.0%	50	39.1	38.8	17	35%	40%	−14.6
5	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	0.0%	31	39.4	39.4	15	48%	53%	−3.5
6	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	0.0%	38	40.1	39.1	11	28%	57%	−5.1
7	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	0.0%	66	39.5	39.4	18	29%	36%	−20.8
8	Cody Webster	Purdue	1.5%	70	43.5	42.9	25	37%	36%	+9.6
9	Travis Coons	Washington	1.8%	56	40.7	40.5	21	38%	49%	+6.1
10	Chris Ayers	Florida International	2.0%	50	35.4	35.1	7	14%	51%	−19.3
11	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	2.0%	51	41.1	40.8	15	31%	17%	−2.1
12	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	2.1%	47	42.1	41.7	19	40%	62%	+3.6
13	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	2.2%	46	44.3	43.9	22	48%	26%	+5.4
14	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	2.2%	46	40.8	39.5	15	32%	74%	−4.9
15	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	2.3%	43	38.0	37.6	11	26%	41%	−8.2
16	Cole Leininger	California	2.9%	69	42.9	41.7	18	26%	51%	+1.0
17	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	3.0%	33	38.4	37.7	14	42%	36%	−1.3
18	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	3.4%	58	39.9	39.4	27	47%	38%	+1.3
19	Matt Wile	Michigan	3.6%	56	40.6	39.9	16	29%	35%	−9.9
20	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	3.8%	52	39.5	38.7	17	33%	51%	−5.0
21	Alex Tardieu	Army	3.9%	51	37.3	36.6	11	22%	46%	−13.4
22	Kristian Stern	UTSA	3.9%	50	40.4	39.0	13	25%	52%	−6.9
23	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	4.2%	48	42.9	41.8	15	31%	17%	−3.4
24	Cole Wagner	UConn	4.3%	71	39.8	39.0	21	30%	49%	−10.1
25	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	4.4%	68	40.1	39.2	28	41%	28%	−0.4
26	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	4.4%	45	42.8	41.9	17	38%	56%	+6.5
27	Anthony Fera	Texas	4.5%	68	40.6	39.3	28	42%	67%	+3.8
28	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	4.5%	44	39.4	38.5	8	18%	38%	−11.7
29	Vince Penza	Toledo	4.7%	44	40.8	40.0	22	51%	33%	−1.1
30	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	4.7%	44	43.5	42.8	28	65%	58%	+14.4
31	Richie Leone	Houston	4.8%	63	43.1	42.3	35	56%	57%	+18.0
32	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	4.8%	42	40.9	39.9	16	38%	23%	−2.1
33	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	4.8%	64	42.0	41.0	20	32%	31%	−4.7
34	Ethan Perry	TCU	5.0%	80	40.3	39.3	32	40%	49%	+4.5
35	Paul Layton	Temple	5.0%	61	42.8	41.8	26	43%	38%	+10.1
36	Kris Albarado	USC	5.3%	75	37.1	36.0	31	41%	43%	−9.5
37	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	5.5%	56	40.0	38.8	16	29%	42%	−4.1
38	Cason Beatty	Florida State	5.6%	36	40.8	39.7	14	39%	40%	−5.8
39	Jake Medlock	Florida International	5.6%	37	42.5	41.1	11	31%	8%	+2.1
40	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	5.6%	71	42.1	41.0	26	37%	64%	−4.9
41	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	5.6%	71	43.6	42.0	25	35%	50%	+3.0
42	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	5.7%	53	38.6	37.5	19	36%	38%	−8.1
43	Erich Toth	Indiana	5.8%	52	40.6	39.4	19	37%	45%	+0.7
44	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	5.8%	69	37.3	36.1	17	25%	38%	−21.3
45	Scott Garber	South Alabama	5.9%	51	40.7	39.5	18	35%	45%	−1.9
46	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	6.1%	66	40.5	39.1	28	42%	33%	−1.2
47	Jamie Keehn	LSU	6.1%	33	39.3	38.1	12	36%	36%	−0.7
48	David Baska	Air Force	6.1%	48	39.5	37.4	14	28%	62%	−7.3
49	Sean Covington	UCLA	6.3%	48	41.8	40.5	18	38%	73%	+6.1
50	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	6.6%	62	45.2	43.3	30	48%	30%	+13.3
51	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	6.8%	73	44.1	42.7	26	36%	49%	+10.9
52	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	7.0%	86	39.7	38.3	29	34%	49%	−10.3
53	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	7.1%	70	39.5	38.1	31	44%	63%	+2.4
54	Will Scott	Troy	7.1%	56	44.5	43.1	22	39%	32%	+11.1
55	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	7.1%	42	41.3	39.7	7	17%	52%	−2.2
56	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	7.2%	72	42.7	41.3	27	39%	50%	+11.1
57	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	7.2%	73	40.8	38.4	24	34%	41%	−1.4
58	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	7.4%	54	40.4	38.9	20	37%	27%	+0.1
59	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	7.7%	39	42.8	41.3	13	33%	32%	−0.8
60	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	7.8%	77	39.7	38.1	23	30%	41%	−6.6
61	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	7.8%	51	39.2	37.6	19	37%	66%	−3.6
62	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	7.8%	51	43.9	42.4	20	39%	23%	+7.8
63	Tom Hackett	Utah	7.9%	76	43.4	41.8	29	38%	31%	+16.2
64	Steven Clark	Auburn	8.0%	50	42.5	40.9	20	40%	51%	+8.2
65	Grant Venham	Ohio	8.0%	50	37.8	36.0	15	30%	34%	−11.8
66	Tyler Williams	Marshall	8.2%	49	42.5	40.9	11	22%	29%	+3.5
67	Christian Brinser	Missouri	8.2%	61	41.0	39.4	23	38%	35%	+2.5
68	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	8.2%	85	41.2	39.6	21	25%	44%	−6.5
69	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	8.3%	84	43.7	42.0	29	35%	22%	+6.3
70	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	8.5%	59	41.6	40.0	25	42%	45%	+1.9
71	Mark Krause	Kansas State	8.5%	47	41.3	39.6	18	38%	50%	+1.9
72	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	8.5%	47	45.8	44.1	19	40%	37%	+10.2
73	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	8.6%	73	40.2	38.3	21	30%	37%	−9.0
74	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	8.6%	35	44.5	42.8	17	49%	54%	+9.1
75	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	8.6%	58	36.0	34.3	17	29%	49%	−14.1
76	Will Monday	Duke	8.7%	69	42.7	40.9	25	36%	18%	+9.4
77	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	8.7%	75	47.8	46.0	31	45%	32%	+29.6
78	Landon Foster	Kentucky	9.0%	68	41.3	39.5	16	24%	36%	−6.5
79	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	9.4%	64	41.9	40.0	17	27%	26%	−1.4
80	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	9.5%	63	44.5	42.5	35	56%	24%	+16.0
81	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	9.5%	84	41.6	39.7	32	38%	28%	+7.1
82	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	9.7%	62	41.9	39.9	27	44%	26%	−1.8
83	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	9.7%	72	39.4	37.4	26	36%	48%	−4.8
84	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	9.8%	61	42.9	40.9	22	36%	21%	+9.4
85	Blake Macek	North Texas	10.0%	60	40.8	38.8	24	40%	38%	+1.9
86	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	10.0%	49	40.6	38.0	21	42%	50%	−5.2
87	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	10.1%	70	42.3	40.3	31	45%	34%	+4.2
88	Wil Baumann	NC State	10.4%	67	42.1	40.1	22	33%	33%	−0.7
89	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	10.5%	56	42.9	40.8	18	32%	35%	−1.5
90	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	11.4%	44	39.8	37.6	19	43%	22%	+2.0
91	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	11.4%	78	42.0	39.6	17	21%	38%	−3.4
92	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	11.6%	69	44.5	42.2	26	38%	31%	+9.6
93	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	11.8%	69	42.0	39.3	25	37%	8%	−1.8
94	Logan Yunker	UNLV	11.9%	59	42.1	39.8	18	31%	26%	−6.7
95	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	12.1%	59	44.5	41.3	24	41%	35%	+3.9
96	Zach Paul	Akron	12.3%	65	42.9	40.5	17	26%	41%	−4.4
97	Will Johnson	Texas State	12.5%	41	44.0	41.5	20	50%	45%	+7.3
98	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	12.5%	47	44.2	41.7	13	27%	27%	−0.9
99	Harrison Waid	San José State	12.5%	48	43.4	40.9	12	25%	19%	−9.2
100	Mike Loftus	SMU	12.5%	32	40.2	36.9	5	15%	11%	−16.7
101	James Farrimond	Rice	12.7%	64	42.4	40.0	16	25%	34%	−0.4
102	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	12.8%	39	41.2	38.6	13	33%	44%	+3.1
103	Nate Freese	Boston College	12.9%	70	42.0	39.4	27	39%	47%	+2.7
104	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	13.0%	79	46.6	43.1	20	26%	21%	+2.3
105	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	13.0%	46	41.8	39.2	15	33%	34%	+1.9
106	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	13.2%	38	38.3	35.7	16	42%	37%	−2.8
107	Pablo Beltran	Navy	13.2%	38	42.0	39.4	13	34%	28%	−0.6
108	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	13.2%	68	40.9	38.1	24	35%	37%	−2.4
109	Spencer Roth	Baylor	13.3%	45	46.1	43.4	14	31%	49%	+12.6
110	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	13.6%	66	43.1	39.8	21	31%	41%	−1.0
111	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	13.9%	80	45.8	42.6	27	34%	29%	+16.5
112	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	14.3%	50	39.7	37.1	13	31%	45%	−7.8
113	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	14.5%	62	40.3	37.4	23	37%	40%	−4.5
114	Scott Arellano	BYU	14.5%	74	41.6	38.5	26	41%	23%	+3.0
115	Caleb Houston	UCF	14.7%	37	42.4	40.2	13	38%	24%	+5.7
116	Hunter Mullins	UAB	15.7%	51	43.1	40.0	20	39%	32%	+10.9
117	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	15.8%	42	42.7	39.9	10	26%	27%	−2.4
118	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	15.9%	44	47.4	44.2	18	41%	52%	+10.1
119	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	17.0%	47	47.3	43.9	17	36%	34%	+12.4
120	Cody Mandell	Alabama	17.1%	35	47.5	42.8	15	42%	29%	+12.8
121	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	20.0%	46	44.7	40.5	15	33%	29%	−1.4

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