2013 College Punt Touchbacks Leaders

A touchback punt sails into the end zone and gives the other team the ball at its own 20, wasting most of the distance. Ties go to the punter who punted more often from the opponent's side of the 50, where touchbacks are hardest to avoid.

Fewer is better. In 2013, Logan McPherson (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Bradley Pinion (0) and Scott Harding (0). 121 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

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

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

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