2013 College Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank) Leaders

STOP (Saved Touchbacks Over Projection) is FootballKickingStats.com's touchback rating: how many touchbacks a punter avoided. Every punt gets an expected touchback chance: how often that season's punts from the same 5-yard stretch of the field went into the end zone. Add those chances up over a punter's season and subtract his real touchbacks. A punter who kicks often from midfield and keeps the ball out of the end zone climbs; one who punts from deep in his own end has few chances to gain or lose.

Higher is better. A STOP of +2.0 means two fewer touchbacks than an average punter would have had from the same spots. A short punt also avoids a touchback, so read it with net average. Blocked punts are left out. In 2013, Bradley Pinion (+5.1) led college football punters in touchbacks avoided (STOP rank), ahead of Logan McPherson (+4.8) and Kris Albarado (+3.7). 121 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +0.2.

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

Rk	Player	Team	STOP	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	+5.1	53	39.5	39.4	26	49%	0%	71%	+0.3
2	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	+4.8	63	38.0	38.0	21	33%	0%	25%	−6.1
3	Kris Albarado	USC	+3.7	75	37.1	36.0	31	41%	5%	43%	−9.5
4	Travis Coons	Washington	+3.7	56	40.7	40.5	21	38%	2%	49%	+6.1
5	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	+3.6	50	39.1	38.8	17	35%	0%	40%	−14.6
6	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	+3.5	56	40.2	40.2	22	39%	0%	25%	+6.7
7	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	+3.4	66	39.5	39.4	18	29%	0%	36%	−20.8
8	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	+3.4	58	39.9	39.4	27	47%	3%	38%	+1.3
9	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	+3.4	44	43.5	42.8	28	65%	5%	58%	+14.4
10	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	+3.3	31	39.4	39.4	15	48%	0%	53%	−3.5
11	Richie Leone	Houston	+3.2	63	43.1	42.3	35	56%	5%	57%	+18.0
12	Ethan Perry	TCU	+2.9	80	40.3	39.3	32	40%	5%	49%	+4.5
13	Cody Webster	Purdue	+2.8	70	43.5	42.9	25	37%	1%	36%	+9.6
14	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	+2.7	53	38.6	37.5	19	36%	6%	38%	−8.1
15	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	+2.7	38	40.1	39.1	11	28%	0%	57%	−5.1
16	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	+2.7	68	40.1	39.2	28	41%	4%	28%	−0.4
17	Anthony Fera	Texas	+2.5	68	40.6	39.3	28	42%	4%	67%	+3.8
18	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	+2.4	47	42.1	41.7	19	40%	2%	62%	+3.6
19	Vince Penza	Toledo	+2.4	44	40.8	40.0	22	51%	5%	33%	−1.1
20	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	+2.0	70	39.5	38.1	31	44%	7%	63%	+2.4
21	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	+2.0	43	38.0	37.6	11	26%	2%	41%	−8.2
22	Alex Tardieu	Army	+1.9	51	37.3	36.6	11	22%	4%	46%	−13.4
23	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	+1.9	66	40.5	39.1	28	42%	6%	33%	−1.2
24	Sam Irwin-Hill	Arkansas	+1.9	46	44.3	43.9	22	48%	2%	26%	+5.4
25	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	+1.7	46	40.8	39.5	15	32%	2%	74%	−4.9
26	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	+1.7	52	39.5	38.7	17	33%	4%	51%	−5.0
27	Cole Wagner	UConn	+1.7	71	39.8	39.0	21	30%	4%	49%	−10.1
28	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	+1.6	42	40.9	39.9	16	38%	5%	23%	−2.1
29	Matt Wile	Michigan	+1.5	56	40.6	39.9	16	29%	4%	35%	−9.9
30	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	+1.4	33	38.4	37.7	14	42%	3%	36%	−1.3
31	Cole Leininger	California	+1.4	69	42.9	41.7	18	26%	3%	51%	+1.0
32	Cason Beatty	Florida State	+1.4	36	40.8	39.7	14	39%	6%	40%	−5.8
33	Kristian Stern	UTSA	+1.3	50	40.4	39.0	13	25%	4%	52%	−6.9
34	Christian Brinser	Missouri	+1.2	61	41.0	39.4	23	38%	8%	35%	+2.5
35	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	+1.2	51	41.1	40.8	15	31%	2%	17%	−2.1
36	Paul Layton	Temple	+1.2	61	42.8	41.8	26	43%	5%	38%	+10.1
37	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	+1.1	70	42.3	40.3	31	45%	10%	34%	+4.2
38	Erich Toth	Indiana	+1.1	52	40.6	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+0.7
39	Steven Clark	Auburn	+1.1	50	42.5	40.9	20	40%	8%	51%	+8.2
40	Chris Ayers	Florida International	+1.0	50	35.4	35.1	7	14%	2%	51%	−19.3
41	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	+1.0	51	39.2	37.6	19	37%	8%	66%	−3.6
42	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	+1.0	86	39.7	38.3	29	34%	7%	49%	−10.3
43	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	+0.9	71	42.1	41.0	26	37%	6%	64%	−4.9
44	Jamie Keehn	LSU	+0.8	33	39.3	38.1	12	36%	6%	36%	−0.7
45	Scott Garber	South Alabama	+0.7	51	40.7	39.5	18	35%	6%	45%	−1.9
46	Blake Macek	North Texas	+0.7	60	40.8	38.8	24	40%	10%	38%	+1.9
47	Brandon Williams	Northwestern	+0.7	58	36.0	34.3	17	29%	9%	49%	−14.1
48	Sean Covington	UCLA	+0.6	48	41.8	40.5	18	38%	6%	73%	+6.1
49	Tom Hornsey	Memphis	+0.6	62	45.2	43.3	30	48%	7%	30%	+13.3
50	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	+0.5	59	41.6	40.0	25	42%	8%	45%	+1.9
51	Sean Kelly	Florida Atlantic	+0.5	72	42.7	41.3	27	39%	7%	50%	+11.1
52	David Baska	Air Force	+0.5	48	39.5	37.4	14	28%	6%	62%	−7.3
53	Will Scott	Troy	+0.5	56	44.5	43.1	22	39%	7%	32%	+11.1
54	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	+0.4	45	42.8	41.9	17	38%	4%	56%	+6.5
55	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	+0.4	77	39.7	38.1	23	30%	8%	41%	−6.6
56	Jake Medlock	Florida International	+0.4	37	42.5	41.1	11	31%	6%	8%	+2.1
57	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	+0.3	63	44.5	42.5	35	56%	10%	24%	+16.0
58	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	+0.3	61	42.9	40.9	22	36%	10%	21%	+9.4
59	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	+0.2	64	42.0	41.0	20	32%	5%	31%	−4.7
60	Taylor Hudson	Vanderbilt	+0.2	48	42.9	41.8	15	31%	4%	17%	−3.4
61	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	+0.2	44	39.4	38.5	8	18%	5%	38%	−11.7
62	Tom Hackett	Utah	+0.2	76	43.4	41.8	29	38%	8%	31%	+16.2
63	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	+0.1	56	40.0	38.8	16	29%	5%	42%	−4.1
64	Will Johnson	Texas State	0.0	41	44.0	41.5	20	50%	13%	45%	+7.3
65	Colter Johnson	Massachusetts	−0.1	69	37.3	36.1	17	25%	6%	38%	−21.3
66	Mark Krause	Kansas State	−0.1	47	41.3	39.6	18	38%	9%	50%	+1.9
67	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	−0.1	49	40.6	38.0	21	42%	10%	50%	−5.2
68	Grant Venham	Ohio	−0.1	50	37.8	36.0	15	30%	8%	34%	−11.8
69	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	−0.1	73	40.8	38.4	24	34%	7%	41%	−1.4
70	Brian Schmiedebusch	Bowling Green	−0.2	44	39.8	37.6	19	43%	11%	22%	+2.0
71	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	−0.3	35	44.5	42.8	17	49%	9%	54%	+9.1
72	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	−0.3	54	40.4	38.9	20	37%	7%	27%	+0.1
73	Cayle Chapman-Brown	New Mexico State	−0.3	71	43.6	42.0	25	35%	6%	50%	+3.0
74	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	−0.3	64	41.9	40.0	17	27%	9%	26%	−1.4
75	Paul Jones	Arkansas State	−0.4	38	38.3	35.7	16	42%	13%	37%	−2.8
76	Sean Poole	Georgia Tech	−0.5	39	42.8	41.3	13	33%	8%	32%	−0.8
77	Ben Skaer	New Mexico	−0.5	47	45.8	44.1	19	40%	9%	37%	+10.2
78	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	−0.5	72	39.4	37.4	26	36%	10%	48%	−4.8
79	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	−0.7	42	41.3	39.7	7	17%	7%	52%	−2.2
80	Will Monday	Duke	−0.8	69	42.7	40.9	25	36%	9%	18%	+9.4
81	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	−0.8	85	41.2	39.6	21	25%	8%	44%	−6.5
82	Tyler Williams	Marshall	−0.9	49	42.5	40.9	11	22%	8%	29%	+3.5
83	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	−1.0	73	44.1	42.7	26	36%	7%	49%	+10.9
84	Richie Hogan	Central Michigan	−1.0	51	43.9	42.4	20	39%	8%	23%	+7.8
85	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	−1.1	56	42.9	40.8	18	32%	11%	35%	−1.5
86	Josh Davis	Middle Tennessee	−1.2	62	41.9	39.9	27	44%	10%	26%	−1.8
87	Landon Foster	Kentucky	−1.3	68	41.3	39.5	16	24%	9%	36%	−6.5
88	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	−1.5	46	41.8	39.2	15	33%	13%	34%	+1.9
89	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	−1.6	73	40.2	38.3	21	30%	9%	37%	−9.0
90	Wil Baumann	NC State	−1.6	67	42.1	40.1	22	33%	10%	33%	−0.7
91	Kirby Van Der Kamp	Iowa State	−1.7	84	41.6	39.7	32	38%	10%	28%	+7.1
92	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	−1.8	75	47.8	46.0	31	45%	9%	32%	+29.6
93	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	−1.8	39	41.2	38.6	13	33%	13%	44%	+3.1
94	Caleb Houston	UCF	−1.8	37	42.4	40.2	13	38%	15%	24%	+5.7
95	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	−1.8	84	43.7	42.0	29	35%	8%	22%	+6.3
96	Scott Arellano	BYU	−2.0	74	41.6	38.5	26	41%	15%	23%	+3.0
97	Chase Tenpenny	Nevada	−2.1	59	44.5	41.3	24	41%	12%	35%	+3.9
98	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	−2.1	62	40.3	37.4	23	37%	15%	40%	−4.5
99	Spencer Roth	Baylor	−2.3	45	46.1	43.4	14	31%	13%	49%	+12.6
100	Mike Loftus	SMU	−2.4	32	40.2	36.9	5	15%	13%	11%	−16.7
101	Pablo Beltran	Navy	−2.4	38	42.0	39.4	13	34%	13%	28%	−0.6
102	Logan Yunker	UNLV	−2.4	59	42.1	39.8	18	31%	12%	26%	−6.7
103	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	−2.7	50	39.7	37.1	13	31%	14%	45%	−7.8
104	Ryan Erxleben	Texas Tech	−2.7	47	44.2	41.7	13	27%	13%	27%	−0.9
105	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	−2.8	69	42.0	39.3	25	37%	12%	8%	−1.8
106	Trent Tignor	East Carolina	−2.9	42	42.7	39.9	10	26%	16%	27%	−2.4
107	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	−2.9	44	47.4	44.2	18	41%	16%	52%	+10.1
108	Cody Mandell	Alabama	−2.9	35	47.5	42.8	15	42%	17%	29%	+12.8
109	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	−3.3	69	44.5	42.2	26	38%	12%	31%	+9.6
110	James Farrimond	Rice	−3.4	64	42.4	40.0	16	25%	13%	34%	−0.4
111	Harrison Waid	San José State	−3.6	48	43.4	40.9	12	25%	13%	19%	−9.2
112	Matt Yoklic	Pittsburgh	−3.6	66	43.1	39.8	21	31%	14%	41%	−1.0
113	Zach Paul	Akron	−3.6	65	42.9	40.5	17	26%	12%	41%	−4.4
114	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	−3.8	68	40.9	38.1	24	35%	13%	37%	−2.4
115	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	−3.8	78	42.0	39.6	17	21%	11%	38%	−3.4
116	Hunter Mullins	UAB	−3.8	51	43.1	40.0	20	39%	16%	32%	+10.9
117	Nate Freese	Boston College	−4.0	70	42.0	39.4	27	39%	13%	47%	+2.7
118	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	−4.2	47	47.3	43.9	17	36%	17%	34%	+12.4
119	Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	−5.1	46	44.7	40.5	15	33%	20%	29%	−1.4
120	Zac Murphy	Miami (OH)	−6.2	79	46.6	43.1	20	26%	13%	21%	+2.3
121	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	−6.3	80	45.8	42.6	27	34%	14%	29%	+16.5

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