2013 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 2013, Michael Palardy (35) led college football punters in punts inside the 20, ahead of Richie Leone (35) and Ethan Perry (32). 190 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	In 20	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	35	63	44.5	42.5	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
2	Richie Leone	Houston	35	63	43.1	42.3	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
3	Ethan Perry	TCU	32	80	40.3	39.3	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
4	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	32	84	41.6	39.7	38%	10%	28%	+7.1
5	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	31	75	47.8	46.0	45%	9%	32%	+29.6
6	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	31	70	42.3	40.3	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
7	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	31	70	39.5	38.1	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
8	Kris Albarado	USC	31	75	37.1	36.0	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
9	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	30	62	45.2	43.3	48%	7%	30%	+13.3
10	Tom Hackett	Utah	29	76	43.4	41.8	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
11	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	29	84	43.7	42.0	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
12	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	29	86	39.7	38.3	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
13	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	28	44	43.5	42.8	65%	5%	58%	+14.4
14	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	28	66	40.5	39.1	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
15	Anthony Fera	Texas	28	68	40.6	39.3	42%	4%	67%	+3.8
16	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	28	68	40.1	39.2	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
17	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	27	58	39.9	39.4	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
18	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	27	62	41.9	39.9	44%	10%	26%	−1.8
19	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	27	72	42.7	41.3	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
20	Nate Freese	Boston College	27	70	42.0	39.4	39%	13%	47%	+2.7
21	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	27	80	45.8	42.6	34%	14%	29%	+16.5
22	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	26	53	39.5	39.4	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
23	Paul Layton	Temple	26	61	42.8	41.8	43%	5%	38%	+10.1
24	Scott Arellano	BYU	26	74	41.6	38.5	41%	15%	23%	+3.0
25	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	26	69	44.5	42.2	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
26	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	26	71	42.1	41.0	37%	6%	64%	−4.9
27	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	26	72	39.4	37.4	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
28	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	26	73	44.1	42.7	36%	7%	49%	+10.9
29	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	25	59	41.6	40.0	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
30	Cody Webster	Purdue	25	70	43.5	42.9	37%	1%	36%	+9.6
31	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	25	69	42.0	39.3	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
32	Will Monday	Duke	25	69	42.7	40.9	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
33	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	25	71	43.6	42.0	35%	6%	50%	+3.0
34	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	24	59	44.5	41.3	41%	12%	35%	+3.9
35	Blake Macek	North Texas	24	60	40.8	38.8	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
36	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	24	68	40.9	38.1	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
37	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	24	73	40.8	38.4	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
38	Christian Brinser	Missouri	23	61	41.0	39.4	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
39	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	23	62	40.3	37.4	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
40	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	23	77	39.7	38.1	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
41	Vince Penza	Toledo	22	44	40.8	40.0	51%	5%	33%	−1.1
42	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	22	46	44.3	43.9	48%	2%	26%	+5.4
43	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	22	56	40.2	40.2	39%	0%	25%	+6.7
44	Will Scott	Troy	22	56	44.5	43.1	39%	7%	32%	+11.1
45	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	22	61	42.9	40.9	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
46	Wil Baumann	NC State	22	67	42.1	40.1	33%	10%	33%	−0.7
47	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	21	49	40.6	38.0	42%	10%	50%	−5.2
48	Travis Coons	Washington	21	56	40.7	40.5	38%	2%	49%	+6.1
49	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	21	63	38.0	38.0	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
50	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	21	66	43.1	39.8	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
51	Cole Wagner	UConn	21	71	39.8	39.0	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
52	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	21	73	40.2	38.3	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
53	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	21	85	41.2	39.6	25%	8%	44%	−6.5
54	Will Johnson	Texas State	20	41	44.0	41.5	50%	13%	45%	+7.3
55	Steven Clark	Auburn	20	50	42.5	40.9	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
56	Hunter Mullins	UAB	20	51	43.1	40.0	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
57	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	20	51	43.9	42.4	39%	8%	23%	+7.8
58	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	20	54	40.4	38.9	37%	7%	27%	+0.1
59	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	20	64	42.0	41.0	32%	5%	31%	−4.7
60	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	20	79	46.6	43.1	26%	13%	21%	+2.3
61	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	19	44	39.8	37.6	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
62	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	19	47	42.1	41.7	40%	2%	62%	+3.6
63	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	19	47	45.8	44.1	40%	9%	37%	+10.2
64	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	19	51	39.2	37.6	37%	8%	66%	−3.6
65	Erich Toth	Indiana	19	52	40.6	39.4	37%	6%	45%	+0.7
66	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	19	53	38.6	37.5	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
67	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	18	44	47.4	44.2	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
68	Mark Krause	Kansas State	18	47	41.3	39.6	38%	9%	50%	+1.9
69	Sean Covington	UCLA	18	48	41.8	40.5	38%	6%	73%	+6.1
70	Scott Garber	South Alabama	18	51	40.7	39.5	35%	6%	45%	−1.9
71	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	18	56	42.9	40.8	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
72	Logan Yunker	UNLV	18	59	42.1	39.8	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
73	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	18	66	39.5	39.4	29%	0%	36%	−20.8
74	Cole Leininger	California	18	69	42.9	41.7	26%	3%	51%	+1.0
75	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	17	35	44.5	42.8	49%	9%	54%	+9.1
76	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	17	45	42.8	41.9	38%	4%	56%	+6.5
77	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	17	47	47.3	43.9	36%	17%	34%	+12.4
78	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	17	50	39.1	38.8	35%	0%	40%	−14.6
79	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	17	52	39.5	38.7	33%	4%	51%	−5.0
80	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	17	58	36.0	34.3	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
81	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	17	64	41.9	40.0	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
82	Zach Paul	Akron	17	65	42.9	40.5	26%	12%	41%	−4.4
83	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	17	69	37.3	36.1	25%	6%	38%	−21.3
84	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	17	78	42.0	39.6	21%	11%	38%	−3.4
85	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	16	38	38.3	35.7	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
86	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	16	42	40.9	39.9	38%	5%	23%	−2.1
87	Matt Wile	Michigan	16	56	40.6	39.9	29%	4%	35%	−9.9
88	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	16	56	40.0	38.8	29%	5%	42%	−4.1
89	James Farrimond	Rice	16	64	42.4	40.0	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
90	Landon Foster	Kentucky	16	68	41.3	39.5	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
91	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	15	31	39.4	39.4	48%	0%	53%	−3.5
92	Cody Mandell	Alabama	15	35	47.5	42.8	42%	17%	29%	+12.8
93	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	15	46	44.7	40.5	33%	20%	29%	−1.4
94	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	15	46	41.8	39.2	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
95	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	15	46	40.8	39.5	32%	2%	74%	−4.9
96	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	15	48	42.9	41.8	31%	4%	17%	−3.4
97	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	15	51	41.1	40.8	31%	2%	17%	−2.1
98	Grant Venham	Ohio	15	50	37.8	36.0	30%	8%	34%	−11.8
99	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	14	23	41.7	40.0	61%	9%	40%	+5.2
100	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	14	33	38.4	37.7	42%	3%	36%	−1.3
101	Cason Beatty	Florida State	14	36	40.8	39.7	39%	6%	40%	−5.8
102	Spencer Roth	Baylor	14	45	46.1	43.4	31%	13%	49%	+12.6
103	David Baska	Air Force	14	48	39.5	37.4	28%	6%	62%	−7.3
104	Caleb Houston	UCF	13	37	42.4	40.2	38%	15%	24%	+5.7
105	Pablo Beltran	Navy	13	38	42.0	39.4	34%	13%	28%	−0.6
106	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	13	39	41.2	38.6	33%	13%	44%	+3.1
107	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	13	39	42.8	41.3	33%	8%	32%	−0.8
108	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	13	50	39.7	37.1	31%	14%	45%	−7.8
109	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	13	47	44.2	41.7	27%	13%	27%	−0.9
110	Kristian Stern	UTSA	13	50	40.4	39.0	25%	4%	52%	−6.9
111	Jamie Keehn	LSU	12	33	39.3	38.1	36%	6%	36%	−0.7
112	Harrison Waid	San José State	12	48	43.4	40.9	25%	13%	19%	−9.2
113	Andrew Horning	Kent State	11	24	35.8	35.0	46%	4%	65%	−2.0
114	Zach Robinson	Texas State	11	30	44.6	44.4	39%	4%	23%	−0.5
115	Jake Medlock	Florida International	11	37	42.5	41.1	31%	6%	8%	+2.1
116	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	11	38	40.1	39.1	28%	0%	57%	−5.1
117	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	11	43	38.0	37.6	26%	2%	41%	−8.2
118	Tyler Williams	Marshall	11	49	42.5	40.9	22%	8%	29%	+3.5
119	Alex Tardieu	Army	11	51	37.3	36.6	22%	4%	46%	−13.4
120	John Lloyd	Cincinnati	10	28	43.8	41.7	37%	11%	29%	−1.3
121	Trevor Harman	Boise State	10	26	42.6	41.0	37%	0%	67%	+5.1
122	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	10	42	42.7	39.9	26%	16%	27%	−2.4
123	Brendon Kay	Cincinnati	9	15	38.6	33.8	56%	25%	0%	0.0
124	Matthew Moseley	Southern Miss	9	18	40.6	40.9	50%	0%	20%	+2.5
125	Collin Barber	Georgia	9	29	44.1	43.6	31%	3%	50%	+7.0
126	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	8	22	44.0	42.4	35%	4%	47%	+0.1
127	Baker Swedenburg	Mississippi State	8	25	42.5	40.1	32%	12%	41%	+0.1
128	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	8	44	39.4	38.5	18%	5%	38%	−11.7
129	Sean Wale	Boise State	7	19	40.3	40.3	37%	0%	23%	+0.6
130	Kyle Christy	Florida	7	21	39.6	36.8	33%	14%	56%	−1.7
131	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	7	42	41.3	39.7	17%	7%	52%	−2.2
132	Chris Ayers	Florida International	7	50	35.4	35.1	14%	2%	51%	−19.3
133	Alex Wulfeck	Notre Dame	6	7	33.7	30.7	86%	14%	43%	+0.4
134	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	6	14	39.0	36.1	43%	14%	11%	−5.9
135	Johnny Townsend	Florida	6	29	42.0	38.5	21%	17%	40%	−1.7
136	Derek Carr	Fresno State	5	6	33.8	33.8	83%	0%	0%	−0.1
137	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	5	11	37.8	36.0	45%	9%	30%	−0.3
138	Chase Hover	SMU	5	24	35.4	34.1	22%	4%	29%	−7.1
139	Mike Loftus	SMU	5	32	40.2	36.9	15%	13%	11%	−16.7
140	Taylor McHargue	Rice	4	4	44.8	44.8	100%	0%	0%	+2.0
141	Luke Turner	Rice	4	6	36.5	32.7	57%	14%	0%	−0.6
142	Matt Green	Ohio	4	8	41.9	43.0	57%	0%	20%	+2.2
143	Taysom Hill	BYU	4	2	24.0	32.3	33%	9%	75%	−4.5
144	Ruben Guzman	Hawai'i	4	26	40.0	39.2	15%	4%	41%	−4.8
145	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	3	3	39.3	39.3	100%	0%	0%	+1.6
146	Dom Vizzare	Arizona State	3	6	39.2	39.3	50%	0%	67%	−0.6
147	Garrett Gilbert	SMU	3	6	39.3	29.3	50%	50%	0%	+0.2
148	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	3	6	32.8	34.3	43%	14%	40%	−1.5
149	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	3	6	37.2	26.1	43%	33%	17%	−2.2
150	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	3	12	42.0	41.1	30%	0%	17%	−1.2
151	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	3	18	35.2	35.1	18%	0%	44%	−8.7
152	Grant Hedrick	Boise State	2	3	28.3	30.5	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
153	Jordan Lynch	Northern Illinois	2	2	26.0	26.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
154	Richard Montgomery	Idaho	2	3	47.0	40.3	67%	33%	33%	+0.7
155	Rob Henry	Purdue	2	3	37.0	30.3	67%	33%	0%	0.0
156	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	2	3	30.0	31.0	50%	0%	0%	−1.6
157	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	2	5	40.4	40.4	40%	0%	60%	+0.3
158	Donald Scott	Eastern Michigan	2	6	39.3	36.0	33%	17%	20%	−3.7
159	Jake Capraro	New Mexico State	2	7	35.3	35.3	29%	0%	0%	−5.7
160	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	2	7	45.7	42.9	29%	14%	33%	+0.5
161	Jonathan Fisher	Syracuse	2	8	39.1	39.3	25%	0%	60%	−3.5
162	Wes Concepcion	Washington State	2	8	33.9	31.4	25%	13%	86%	−2.7
163	Adam Erickson	Georgia	2	9	41.8	37.3	22%	22%	22%	+0.6
164	Matt Haack	Arizona State	2	12	38.7	37.0	17%	8%	40%	−4.8
165	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	1	1	19.0	19.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
166	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	1	1	42.0	42.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
167	B.J. Denker	Arizona	1	1	44.0	44.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
168	Brett Hundley	UCLA	1	1	27.0	27.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
169	Derrius Vick	Ohio	1	1	37.0	37.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
170	Hunter Windmuller	Virginia Tech	1	1	49.0	49.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
171	Jameill Showers	UTEP	1	1	41.0	41.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
172	Keith Wenning	Ball State	1	1	33.0	33.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
173	Sean Galvin	UCF	1	1	45.0	45.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
174	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	1	1	34.0	34.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
175	Tyler Murphy	Florida	1	1	36.0	36.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
176	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1	1	31.0	31.0	100%	0%	100%	+0.1
177	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	1	2	42.0	42.0	50%	0%	100%	+0.3
178	Christian Hackenberg	Penn State	1	2	42.5	32.5	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
179	Joe Southwick	Boise State	1	2	38.0	38.0	50%	0%	50%	0.0
180	Joey Mangili	North Carolina	1	2	41.5	41.5	50%	0%	100%	+0.5
181	Josh Ward	UTSA	1	3	29.0	39.0	50%	0%	100%	+0.5
182	Mack Leftwich	UTEP	1	2	35.5	25.5	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
183	Michael Reichenstein	Oklahoma State	1	2	32.0	32.0	50%	0%	0%	−0.1
184	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	1	4	44.8	44.0	33%	33%	0%	+1.1
185	Drew Kummer	Miami (OH)	1	3	27.3	27.3	33%	0%	0%	−0.8
186	Jared Goff	California	1	3	40.3	27.0	33%	67%	0%	−0.3
187	Nate Carter	BYU	1	3	36.0	36.0	33%	0%	0%	−0.9
188	Thomas Roberson	Tulsa	1	3	40.0	40.0	33%	0%	0%	−0.1
189	Zach Paul	North Texas	1	3	20.0	20.0	33%	0%	0%	−1.1
190	Ty Long	UAB	1	5	39.2	39.2	20%	0%	25%	+0.1

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