2014 College Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2014, Kristian Stern (41) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Jaron Bentrude (33) and Kaleb Smith (32). 163 punters qualify.

Final 2014 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Kristian Stern	UTSA	41	83	41.2	39.7	33	40%	1%	49%	+11.9
2	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	33	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
3	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	32	76	42.1	39.8	24	32%	7%	42%	+11.0
4	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	30	75	42.4	37.4	27	36%	4%	42%	−3.9
5	Erich Toth	Indiana	30	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
6	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	30	70	42.5	39.8	28	41%	3%	44%	+8.7
7	Matt Mengel	UCLA	29	55	39.7	38.1	20	36%	5%	53%	−0.3
8	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	28	76	40.5	37.0	26	35%	4%	38%	−5.0
9	Matt Darr	Tennessee	27	76	42.5	38.8	27	36%	13%	36%	+9.4
10	Christian Brinser	Missouri	27	71	41.2	38.5	24	34%	1%	39%	+3.5
11	Logan Yunker	UNLV	26	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
12	Sean Wale	Boise State	26	58	41.0	36.9	21	36%	7%	45%	−6.0
13	Justin Wain	UConn	25	74	38.8	36.2	23	34%	6%	38%	−10.3
14	Jamie Keehn	LSU	25	68	45.0	41.2	25	37%	4%	37%	+7.6
15	Alex Starzyk	Temple	24	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
16	Ethan Perry	TCU	24	60	39.0	37.4	27	46%	8%	41%	+5.2
17	Will Johnson	Texas State	23	65	43.8	41.3	24	37%	6%	37%	+14.4
18	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	23	64	41.1	39.4	29	45%	5%	40%	+2.6
19	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	23	54	40.1	39.2	29	54%	4%	43%	+14.3
20	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	22	75	42.0	38.7	25	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
21	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	22	69	39.6	37.1	31	45%	1%	33%	−2.4
22	Colin Downing	Iowa State	22	69	39.4	38.4	19	28%	0%	36%	−1.6
23	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	22	54	42.6	39.8	18	34%	9%	42%	+8.7
24	Kris Albarado	USC	22	53	41.6	36.7	19	37%	8%	43%	−3.1
25	Tom Hackett	Utah	21	77	47.0	42.8	37	49%	13%	28%	+23.6
26	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	21	78	41.1	36.1	21	28%	11%	29%	−4.6
27	Spencer Smith	Memphis	21	53	40.2	39.3	20	38%	2%	40%	+9.3
28	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	20	71	37.8	35.7	20	28%	6%	29%	−13.5
29	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	20	70	42.0	38.8	21	30%	7%	30%	−2.9
30	Landon Foster	Kentucky	20	66	42.6	39.2	28	44%	6%	32%	+4.7
31	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	20	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
32	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	20	56	44.5	40.9	23	41%	9%	36%	+12.5
33	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	20	52	42.5	38.2	23	45%	4%	40%	−1.7
34	William Russ	Texas	19	66	42.3	38.2	22	33%	5%	30%	−1.3
35	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	19	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
36	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	19	52	41.5	39.3	22	42%	8%	39%	+0.9
37	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	19	47	41.6	37.8	17	36%	15%	41%	+1.0
38	Cason Beatty	Florida State	19	44	41.6	38.7	15	34%	5%	43%	+5.4
39	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	19	40	40.5	37.4	13	32%	10%	46%	−0.8
40	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	18	81	43.6	42.7	28	35%	0%	24%	+21.8
41	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	18	60	40.5	35.4	16	27%	7%	31%	−14.5
42	Scott Arellano	BYU	18	60	44.8	40.8	29	49%	3%	31%	+11.5
43	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	18	57	40.6	35.8	14	25%	9%	32%	−9.9
44	Justin Vogel	Miami	18	49	43.7	41.2	22	45%	2%	37%	+11.0
45	Spencer Roth	Baylor	18	46	43.3	41.2	20	43%	4%	40%	+4.6
46	Alex Tardieu	Army	18	44	39.3	38.7	19	43%	2%	44%	+8.3
47	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	17	78	40.0	37.9	23	29%	5%	23%	+3.3
48	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	17	66	41.4	37.3	19	30%	8%	27%	+1.9
49	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	17	66	39.5	37.2	18	31%	5%	30%	−8.7
50	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	17	58	39.8	36.2	14	24%	3%	30%	−7.2
51	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	17	57	37.7	34.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−15.8
52	Wil Baumann	NC State	17	56	45.3	40.2	25	45%	5%	30%	+12.9
53	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	17	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2
54	Will Monday	Duke	17	56	43.4	40.0	21	39%	13%	33%	+11.3
55	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	16	83	44.3	39.3	28	34%	12%	20%	+4.8
56	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	16	72	44.4	40.4	21	30%	8%	23%	+10.1
57	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	16	57	40.4	37.1	14	25%	9%	29%	−5.1
58	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	16	50	40.7	38.4	18	36%	8%	35%	+3.5
59	JK Scott	Alabama	16	48	47.0	43.3	26	54%	10%	33%	+18.0
60	Logan Piper	Houston	16	39	39.3	36.2	11	29%	11%	42%	−1.4
61	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	16	35	40.1	37.8	17	50%	6%	47%	−0.4
62	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	15	67	44.3	40.5	29	43%	4%	24%	+11.4
63	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	15	62	45.5	39.9	25	40%	18%	24%	+10.5
64	Ryan Kay	Troy	15	62	40.0	36.1	23	37%	3%	25%	−8.5
65	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	15	51	38.1	34.2	17	33%	6%	29%	−10.0
66	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	15	49	43.0	39.4	17	36%	11%	32%	+2.6
67	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	15	42	39.1	34.3	14	33%	2%	38%	−15.2
68	Nick Ellis	Toledo	15	48	36.6	37.0	17	40%	0%	37%	−5.5
69	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	14	76	42.4	37.5	24	32%	11%	19%	+2.2
70	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	14	65	44.4	40.3	27	42%	5%	22%	+9.1
71	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	14	55	43.3	38.1	26	46%	11%	26%	+5.6
72	Kyle Christy	Florida	14	56	44.4	39.2	23	41%	13%	25%	+9.5
73	Hunter Mullins	UAB	14	59	44.1	39.2	24	45%	4%	29%	+1.1
74	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	14	52	42.1	39.9	18	35%	8%	27%	+3.6
75	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	14	48	39.9	37.0	18	44%	10%	34%	+2.4
76	Zach Paul	Akron	13	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1
77	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	13	65	44.2	39.4	31	48%	5%	21%	+0.9
78	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	13	58	42.5	35.5	15	25%	13%	22%	−8.8
79	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	13	49	41.3	35.6	14	29%	10%	27%	−8.0
80	Caleb Houston	UCF	13	48	38.5	35.3	19	41%	7%	29%	−0.6
81	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	12	86	41.3	40.0	31	42%	3%	18%	+9.5
82	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	12	65	37.9	33.6	20	30%	8%	19%	−19.9
83	Alex Howell	Boston College	12	59	42.9	38.7	23	40%	7%	21%	+6.1
84	Cole Leininger	California	12	52	39.8	36.4	20	38%	10%	26%	−9.9
85	Eric Keena	North Texas	12	43	44.8	39.4	9	21%	2%	29%	−0.2
86	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	12	46	39.0	35.9	13	30%	9%	28%	−5.2
87	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	12	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
88	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	12	38	41.2	37.1	15	39%	8%	32%	+0.6
89	Jackson Koonce	SMU	11	74	40.8	36.7	13	18%	4%	15%	−8.3
90	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	11	66	41.7	37.1	24	39%	12%	19%	+1.1
91	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	11	49	41.6	32.9	15	31%	10%	22%	−11.7
92	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	11	48	39.1	35.0	19	40%	10%	23%	−3.8
93	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	11	46	37.7	34.6	11	24%	7%	27%	−11.6
94	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	11	50	42.9	40.8	23	50%	4%	24%	+9.9
95	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	11	41	37.7	35.7	14	34%	5%	27%	−7.8
96	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	11	44	47.8	42.9	15	42%	6%	31%	+9.8
97	Collin Barber	Georgia	11	32	39.2	37.5	13	41%	3%	34%	−2.5
98	Chris Gulla	Penn State	11	28	37.3	35.8	9	32%	4%	39%	−3.5
99	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	10	66	42.4	39.0	24	37%	11%	16%	+7.5
100	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	10	63	41.8	38.8	24	38%	5%	17%	+3.9
101	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	10	54	39.9	35.7	17	32%	9%	19%	+0.6
102	Korey Durkee	Washington	10	60	41.9	39.3	16	31%	10%	20%	+2.1
103	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	10	43	43.5	37.7	15	36%	12%	24%	+3.2
104	Joseph Roth	Rutgers	10	28	35.4	33.5	4	14%	0%	36%	−8.5
105	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	9	57	37.1	32.5	16	30%	4%	17%	−19.3
106	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	9	39	39.1	36.5	11	29%	8%	24%	−6.8
107	Jarrett Cervi	Old Dominion	9	22	40.3	33.9	2	9%	4%	41%	−10.4
108	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	9	15	33.5	33.5	12	80%	0%	60%	+0.5
109	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	8	58	40.0	38.7	20	34%	5%	14%	−0.9
110	Will Conant	Air Force	8	56	43.8	39.1	23	41%	16%	16%	+6.6
111	Bentlee Critcher	App State	8	41	40.7	33.6	12	29%	5%	20%	−12.8
112	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	8	37	41.6	37.5	12	32%	3%	22%	−2.4
113	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	8	46	45.2	40.9	5	14%	3%	24%	+9.9
114	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	8	33	34.9	29.9	6	21%	3%	30%	−15.7
115	Blake Macek	North Texas	8	30	41.0	36.9	11	46%	17%	33%	+1.4
116	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	7	69	46.4	38.8	24	35%	13%	10%	+4.6
117	James Farrimond	Rice	7	60	42.1	35.9	16	27%	12%	12%	−2.1
118	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	7	56	42.6	37.8	21	37%	11%	13%	+1.4
119	Matt Haack	Arizona State	7	52	43.3	38.9	18	36%	8%	14%	+1.3
120	Tyler Williams	Marshall	7	39	44.8	39.8	12	32%	11%	20%	+4.7
121	Stephen Witkowski	New Mexico State	7	34	40.8	34.3	9	26%	9%	21%	−8.6
122	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	7	34	39.1	36.8	6	18%	6%	23%	−2.8
123	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	6	43	37.1	30.7	8	20%	3%	17%	−22.8
124	Pablo Beltran	Navy	6	34	44.3	39.2	15	44%	15%	19%	+4.6
125	Tim Gleeson	Rutgers	6	32	40.3	35.9	11	34%	6%	19%	−1.8
126	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	6	16	36.7	34.4	8	50%	6%	38%	−0.9
127	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	6	16	35.4	30.8	10	71%	21%	46%	+0.1
128	Adam Searl	UCLA	6	11	39.1	38.0	6	60%	10%	60%	+1.4
129	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	6	10	41.4	39.2	3	30%	0%	60%	−0.6
130	Alex Boy	Nevada	5	54	44.5	38.4	14	27%	10%	10%	−0.3
131	Will Hagerup	Michigan	5	53	42.9	34.5	17	33%	18%	10%	−7.0
132	Jay Mattox	UTEP	5	34	41.7	35.5	9	26%	12%	16%	−7.0
133	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	5	29	40.8	37.6	13	45%	7%	19%	+3.7
134	Jose Laphitzondo	Florida International	4	59	40.7	36.1	10	17%	7%	7%	−12.9
135	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	4	51	43.1	40.3	18	40%	2%	10%	+4.7
136	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	4	44	43.8	38.7	11	26%	7%	10%	+5.7
137	Michael Davidson	Texas	4	14	42.2	36.5	5	36%	0%	29%	−4.1
138	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	4	10	45.2	43.4	2	22%	0%	44%	+1.7
139	Christian Kock	Miami (OH)	4	8	37.6	36.5	2	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
140	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	4	6	42.3	38.8	1	17%	17%	67%	+0.7
141	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	3	27	39.2	34.3	4	15%	8%	14%	−6.1
142	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	3	21	44.5	34.0	4	19%	0%	14%	−8.1
143	Adam Erickson	Georgia	3	9	32.7	31.7	5	56%	0%	33%	−2.2
144	Bobby Puyol	UConn	3	6	35.0	34.3	1	17%	0%	50%	−3.4
145	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	2	23	46.7	38.2	6	26%	0%	9%	+0.1
146	Dylan Seibert	Houston	2	12	41.9	39.8	2	17%	0%	17%	+1.1
147	John Lloyd	Cincinnati	2	11	36.3	36.0	6	55%	0%	18%	+0.4
148	Stephen Hogan	Arkansas State	2	11	45.5	42.1	3	27%	18%	18%	+1.4
149	Jimmy Hutchinson	Auburn	2	9	36.6	35.1	2	22%	0%	22%	−0.7
150	Alex Louthan	New Mexico State	2	5	36.2	30.2	2	33%	0%	40%	−4.7
151	Holden Kramer	Iowa State	2	7	29.9	29.7	6	100%	0%	33%	+0.4
152	Hassan Dixon	Temple	2	3	36.7	35.3	0	0%	0%	67%	−0.7
153	Kelly Kingseed	New Mexico State	1	14	34.8	32.1	5	33%	0%	8%	−7.9
154	Sean O'Kane	Middle Tennessee	1	19	38.9	32.7	4	27%	20%	8%	−1.7
155	Chris Ayers	Florida International	1	23	35.3	31.0	5	45%	27%	11%	−0.1
156	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	1	5	36.0	29.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−2.3
157	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	1	2	38.0	-2.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−9.0
158	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	1	3	44.7	38.7	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.2
159	O'Kane Sean	Middle Tennessee	1	3	53.3	43.3	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.1
160	Patrick Fish	South Carolina	1	2	39.0	39.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.2
161	Jalen Warfield	New Mexico State	1	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.4
162	Joseph Pulisic	Old Dominion	1	1	25.0	25.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.3
163	Ryan Frain	Illinois	1	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.3

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