2013 College Punts Downed Leaders

A downed punt is one a member of the kicking team stops or touches to keep it from rolling into the end zone.

It is a coverage and control stat as much as a leg stat. In 2013, Mike Sadler (24) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Kirby Van Der Kamp (22) and Trevor Pardula (22). 186 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	24	70	42.3	40.3	31	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
2	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	22	84	41.6	39.7	32	38%	10%	28%	+7.1
3	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	22	84	43.7	42.0	29	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
4	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	22	68	40.1	39.2	28	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
5	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	22	66	40.5	39.1	28	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
6	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	22	63	38.0	38.0	21	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
7	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	21	85	41.2	39.6	21	25%	8%	44%	−6.5
8	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	21	69	42.0	39.3	25	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
9	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	21	64	41.9	40.0	17	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
10	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	21	56	40.2	40.2	22	39%	0%	25%	+6.7
11	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	20	80	45.8	42.6	27	34%	14%	29%	+16.5
12	Christian Brinser	Missouri	20	61	41.0	39.4	23	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
13	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	20	58	39.9	39.4	27	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
14	Will Scott	Troy	20	56	44.5	43.1	22	39%	7%	32%	+11.1
15	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	19	86	39.7	38.3	29	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
16	Kris Albarado	USC	19	75	37.1	36.0	31	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
17	Cody Webster	Purdue	18	70	43.5	42.9	25	37%	1%	36%	+9.6
18	Tom Hackett	Utah	17	76	43.4	41.8	29	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
19	Cole Leininger	California	17	69	42.9	41.7	18	26%	3%	51%	+1.0
20	Richie Leone	Houston	17	63	43.1	42.3	35	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
21	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	17	61	42.9	40.9	22	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
22	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	16	69	37.3	36.1	17	25%	6%	38%	−21.3
23	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	16	68	40.9	38.1	24	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
24	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	16	59	41.6	40.0	25	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
25	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	16	53	38.6	37.5	19	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
26	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	16	50	39.1	38.8	17	35%	0%	40%	−14.6
27	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	16	46	44.3	43.9	22	48%	2%	26%	+5.4
28	Ethan Perry	TCU	15	80	40.3	39.3	32	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
29	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	15	77	39.7	38.1	23	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
30	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	15	72	39.4	37.4	26	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
31	Cole Wagner	UConn	15	71	39.8	39.0	21	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
32	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	15	73	40.2	38.3	21	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
33	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	15	63	44.5	42.5	35	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
34	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	15	62	45.2	43.3	30	48%	7%	30%	+13.3
35	Matt Wile	Michigan	15	56	40.6	39.9	16	29%	4%	35%	−9.9
36	Steven Clark	Auburn	15	50	42.5	40.9	20	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
37	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	15	51	41.1	40.8	15	31%	2%	17%	−2.1
38	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	14	73	44.1	42.7	26	36%	7%	49%	+10.9
39	Travis Coons	Washington	14	56	40.7	40.5	21	38%	2%	49%	+6.1
40	Chris Ayers	Florida International	14	50	35.4	35.1	7	14%	2%	51%	−19.3
41	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	13	70	39.5	38.1	31	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
42	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	13	58	36.0	34.3	17	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
43	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	13	54	40.4	38.9	20	37%	7%	27%	+0.1
44	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	13	51	43.9	42.4	20	39%	8%	23%	+7.8
45	Grant Venham	Ohio	13	50	37.8	36.0	15	30%	8%	34%	−11.8
46	Vince Penza	Toledo	13	44	40.8	40.0	22	51%	5%	33%	−1.1
47	Nate Freese	Boston College	12	70	42.0	39.4	27	39%	13%	47%	+2.7
48	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	12	75	47.8	46.0	31	45%	9%	32%	+29.6
49	Will Monday	Duke	12	69	42.7	40.9	25	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
50	Wil Baumann	NC State	12	67	42.1	40.1	22	33%	10%	33%	−0.7
51	Zach Paul	Akron	12	65	42.9	40.5	17	26%	12%	41%	−4.4
52	Blake Macek	North Texas	12	60	40.8	38.8	24	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
53	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	12	56	42.9	40.8	18	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
54	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	12	56	40.0	38.8	16	29%	5%	42%	−4.1
55	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	12	44	39.8	37.6	19	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
56	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	12	39	42.8	41.3	13	33%	8%	32%	−0.8
57	Landon Foster	Kentucky	11	68	41.3	39.5	16	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
58	Scott Arellano	BYU	11	74	41.6	38.5	26	41%	15%	23%	+3.0
59	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	11	62	40.3	37.4	23	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
60	Paul Layton	Temple	11	61	42.8	41.8	26	43%	5%	38%	+10.1
61	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	11	59	44.5	41.3	24	41%	12%	35%	+3.9
62	Tyler Williams	Marshall	11	49	42.5	40.9	11	22%	8%	29%	+3.5
63	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	11	46	41.8	39.2	15	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
64	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	11	44	43.5	42.8	28	65%	5%	58%	+14.4
65	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	11	43	38.0	37.6	11	26%	2%	41%	−8.2
66	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	11	42	40.9	39.9	16	38%	5%	23%	−2.1
67	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	10	79	46.6	43.1	20	26%	13%	21%	+2.3
68	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	10	71	43.6	42.0	25	35%	6%	50%	+3.0
69	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	10	69	44.5	42.2	26	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
70	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	10	66	43.1	39.8	21	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
71	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	10	66	39.5	39.4	18	29%	0%	36%	−20.8
72	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	10	53	39.5	39.4	26	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
73	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	10	51	39.2	37.6	19	37%	8%	66%	−3.6
74	Harrison Waid	San José State	10	48	43.4	40.9	12	25%	13%	19%	−9.2
75	Mark Krause	Kansas State	10	47	41.3	39.6	18	38%	9%	50%	+1.9
76	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	10	45	42.8	41.9	17	38%	4%	56%	+6.5
77	Will Johnson	Texas State	10	41	44.0	41.5	20	50%	13%	45%	+7.3
78	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	10	38	40.1	39.1	11	28%	0%	57%	−5.1
79	Pablo Beltran	Navy	10	38	42.0	39.4	13	34%	13%	28%	−0.6
80	Jake Medlock	Florida International	10	37	42.5	41.1	11	31%	6%	8%	+2.1
81	Collin Barber	Georgia	10	29	44.1	43.6	9	31%	3%	50%	+7.0
82	Chase Hover	SMU	10	24	35.4	34.1	5	22%	4%	29%	−7.1
83	James Farrimond	Rice	9	64	42.4	40.0	16	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
84	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	9	62	41.9	39.9	27	44%	10%	26%	−1.8
85	Erich Toth	Indiana	9	52	40.6	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+0.7
86	Alex Tardieu	Army	9	51	37.3	36.6	11	22%	4%	46%	−13.4
87	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	9	50	39.7	37.1	13	31%	14%	45%	−7.8
88	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	9	39	41.2	38.6	13	33%	13%	44%	+3.1
89	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	9	38	38.3	35.7	16	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
90	Cason Beatty	Florida State	9	36	40.8	39.7	14	39%	6%	40%	−5.8
91	Cody Mandell	Alabama	9	35	47.5	42.8	15	42%	17%	29%	+12.8
92	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	9	33	38.4	37.7	14	42%	3%	36%	−1.3
93	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	9	31	39.4	39.4	15	48%	0%	53%	−3.5
94	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	9	23	41.7	40.0	14	61%	9%	40%	+5.2
95	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	8	73	40.8	38.4	24	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
96	Kristian Stern	UTSA	8	50	40.4	39.0	13	25%	4%	52%	−6.9
97	Scott Garber	South Alabama	8	51	40.7	39.5	18	35%	6%	45%	−1.9
98	David Baska	Air Force	8	48	39.5	37.4	14	28%	6%	62%	−7.3
99	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	8	49	40.6	38.0	21	42%	10%	50%	−5.2
100	Spencer Roth	Baylor	8	45	46.1	43.4	14	31%	13%	49%	+12.6
101	Caleb Houston	UCF	8	37	42.4	40.2	13	38%	15%	24%	+5.7
102	Ruben Guzman	Hawai'i	8	26	40.0	39.2	4	15%	4%	41%	−4.8
103	Sean Wale	Boise State	8	19	40.3	40.3	7	37%	0%	23%	+0.6
104	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	7	71	42.1	41.0	26	37%	6%	64%	−4.9
105	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	7	64	42.0	41.0	20	32%	5%	31%	−4.7
106	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	7	52	39.5	38.7	17	33%	4%	51%	−5.0
107	Hunter Mullins	UAB	7	51	43.1	40.0	20	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
108	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	7	47	44.2	41.7	13	27%	13%	27%	−0.9
109	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	7	44	39.4	38.5	8	18%	5%	38%	−11.7
110	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	7	35	44.5	42.8	17	49%	9%	54%	+9.1
111	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	7	25	42.5	40.1	8	32%	12%	41%	+0.1
112	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	7	18	35.2	35.1	3	18%	0%	44%	−8.7
113	Brendon Kay	Cincinnati	7	15	38.6	33.8	9	56%	25%	0%	0.0
114	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	6	78	42.0	39.6	17	21%	11%	38%	−3.4
115	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	6	72	42.7	41.3	27	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
116	Anthony Fera	Texas	6	68	40.6	39.3	28	42%	4%	67%	+3.8
117	Logan Yunker	UNLV	6	59	42.1	39.8	18	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
118	Sean Covington	UCLA	6	48	41.8	40.5	18	38%	6%	73%	+6.1
119	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	6	47	45.8	44.1	19	40%	9%	37%	+10.2
120	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	6	46	44.7	40.5	15	33%	20%	29%	−1.4
121	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	6	42	42.7	39.9	10	26%	16%	27%	−2.4
122	John Lloyd	Cincinnati	6	28	43.8	41.7	10	37%	11%	29%	−1.3
123	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	6	14	39.0	36.1	6	43%	14%	11%	−5.9
124	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	5	48	42.9	41.8	15	31%	4%	17%	−3.4
125	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	5	47	42.1	41.7	19	40%	2%	62%	+3.6
126	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	5	47	47.3	43.9	17	36%	17%	34%	+12.4
127	Johnny Townsend	Florida	5	29	42.0	38.5	6	21%	17%	40%	−1.7
128	Andrew Horning	Kent State	5	24	35.8	35.0	11	46%	4%	65%	−2.0
129	Matt Haack	Arizona State	5	12	38.7	37.0	2	17%	8%	40%	−4.8
130	Adam Erickson	Georgia	5	9	41.8	37.3	2	22%	22%	22%	+0.6
131	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	4	46	40.8	39.5	15	32%	2%	74%	−4.9
132	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	4	42	41.3	39.7	7	17%	7%	52%	−2.2
133	Jamie Keehn	LSU	4	33	39.3	38.1	12	36%	6%	36%	−0.7
134	Mike Loftus	SMU	4	32	40.2	36.9	5	15%	13%	11%	−16.7
135	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	4	22	44.0	42.4	8	35%	4%	47%	+0.1
136	Matthew Moseley	Southern Miss	4	18	40.6	40.9	9	50%	0%	20%	+2.5
137	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	4	11	37.8	36.0	5	45%	9%	30%	−0.3
138	Matt Green	Ohio	4	8	41.9	43.0	4	57%	0%	20%	+2.2
139	Derek Carr	Fresno State	4	6	33.8	33.8	5	83%	0%	0%	−0.1
140	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	3	44	47.4	44.2	18	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
141	Zach Robinson	Texas State	3	30	44.6	44.4	11	39%	4%	23%	−0.5
142	Trevor Harman	Boise State	3	26	42.6	41.0	10	37%	0%	67%	+5.1
143	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	3	6	37.2	26.1	3	43%	33%	17%	−2.2
144	Garrett Gilbert	SMU	3	6	39.3	29.3	3	50%	50%	0%	+0.2
145	Drew Kummer	Miami (OH)	3	3	27.3	27.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.8
146	Kyle Christy	Florida	2	21	39.6	36.8	7	33%	14%	56%	−1.7
147	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	2	12	42.0	41.1	3	30%	0%	17%	−1.2
148	Alex Wulfeck	Notre Dame	2	7	33.7	30.7	6	86%	14%	43%	+0.4
149	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	2	6	32.8	34.3	3	43%	14%	40%	−1.5
150	Luke Turner	Rice	2	6	36.5	32.7	4	57%	14%	0%	−0.6
151	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	2	7	45.7	42.9	2	29%	14%	33%	+0.5
152	Donald Scott	Eastern Michigan	2	6	39.3	36.0	2	33%	17%	20%	−3.7
153	Brandon Moss	UTEP	2	6	39.7	38.6	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
154	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	2	5	40.4	40.4	2	40%	0%	60%	+0.3
155	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	2	3	30.0	31.0	2	50%	0%	0%	−1.6
156	Taylor McHargue	Rice	2	4	44.8	44.8	4	100%	0%	0%	+2.0
157	Ryan Kay	Troy	2	3	37.7	37.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−0.9
158	Thomas Roberson	Tulsa	2	3	40.0	40.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.1
159	Zach Paul	North Texas	2	3	20.0	20.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−1.1
160	Grant Hedrick	Boise State	2	3	28.3	30.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
161	Jordan Lynch	Northern Illinois	2	2	26.0	26.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
162	Taysom Hill	BYU	1	2	24.0	32.3	4	33%	9%	75%	−4.5
163	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	1	8	39.1	39.3	2	25%	0%	60%	−3.5
164	Cole Way	Tulsa	1	6	37.5	32.3	0	0%	0%	75%	−5.5
165	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	1	7	35.3	35.3	2	29%	0%	0%	−5.7
166	Dom Vizzare	Arizona State	1	6	39.2	39.3	3	50%	0%	67%	−0.6
167	Ty Long	UAB	1	5	39.2	39.2	1	20%	0%	25%	+0.1
168	Nate Carter	BYU	1	3	36.0	36.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.9
169	Richard Montgomery	Idaho	1	3	47.0	40.3	2	67%	33%	33%	+0.7
170	Rob Henry	Purdue	1	3	37.0	30.3	2	67%	33%	0%	0.0
171	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	1	3	39.3	39.3	3	100%	0%	0%	+1.6
172	Christian Hackenberg	Penn State	1	2	42.5	32.5	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
173	Joe Southwick	Boise State	1	2	38.0	38.0	1	50%	0%	50%	0.0
174	Michael Reichenstein	Oklahoma State	1	2	32.0	32.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.1
175	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	1	1	42.0	42.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
176	B.J. Denker	Arizona	1	1	44.0	44.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
177	Brett Hundley	UCLA	1	1	27.0	27.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
178	Derrius Vick	Ohio	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
179	Hunter Windmuller	Virginia Tech	1	1	49.0	49.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
180	Jameill Showers	UTEP	1	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
181	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	1	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.2
182	Keith Wenning	Ball State	1	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
183	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	1	1	9.0	9.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.0
184	Patton Robinette	Vanderbilt	1	1	5.0	5.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.5
185	Sean Galvin	UCF	1	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
186	Tyler Murphy	Florida	1	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3

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