2014 College Punt Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that sailed into the end zone. A touchback costs 20 yards in net average and hands the other team the ball at its own 20, so punters try to avoid them, especially from midfield.

Lowest comes first. A punter who rarely kicks from the opponent's side of the field has few chances to touch back, so ties go to the punter with more of those punts. In 2014, Tyler Wedel (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Colin Downing (0.0%) and Nick Ellis (0.0%). 125 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 6.6%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	0.0%	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	34%	+11.5
2	Colin Downing	Iowa State	0.0%	69	39.4	38.4	19	28%	36%	−1.6
3	Nick Ellis	Toledo	0.0%	48	36.6	37.0	17	40%	37%	−5.5
4	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	0.0%	81	43.6	42.7	28	35%	24%	+21.8
5	Kristian Stern	UTSA	1.2%	83	41.2	39.7	33	40%	49%	+11.9
6	Christian Brinser	Missouri	1.4%	71	41.2	38.5	24	34%	39%	+3.5
7	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	1.4%	69	39.6	37.1	31	45%	33%	−2.4
8	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	1.8%	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	32%	−5.2
9	Spencer Smith	Memphis	1.9%	53	40.2	39.3	20	38%	40%	+9.3
10	Justin Vogel	Miami	2.0%	49	43.7	41.2	22	45%	37%	+11.0
11	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	2.2%	51	43.1	40.3	18	40%	10%	+4.7
12	Alex Tardieu	Army	2.3%	44	39.3	38.7	19	43%	44%	+8.3
13	Eric Keena	North Texas	2.3%	43	44.8	39.4	9	21%	29%	−0.2
14	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	2.4%	42	39.1	34.3	14	33%	38%	−15.2
15	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	2.5%	43	37.1	30.7	8	20%	17%	−22.8
16	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	2.7%	86	41.3	40.0	31	42%	18%	+9.5
17	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	2.7%	37	41.6	37.5	12	32%	22%	−2.4
18	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	2.9%	46	45.2	40.9	5	14%	24%	+9.9
19	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	2.9%	70	42.5	39.8	28	41%	44%	+8.7
20	Collin Barber	Georgia	3.1%	32	39.2	37.5	13	41%	34%	−2.5
21	Ryan Kay	Troy	3.2%	62	40.0	36.1	23	37%	25%	−8.5
22	Scott Arellano	BYU	3.4%	60	44.8	40.8	29	49%	31%	+11.5
23	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	3.4%	58	39.8	36.2	14	24%	30%	−7.2
24	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	3.7%	54	40.1	39.2	29	54%	43%	+14.3
25	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	3.7%	57	37.1	32.5	16	30%	17%	−19.3
26	Hunter Mullins	UAB	3.8%	59	44.1	39.2	24	45%	29%	+1.1
27	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	3.9%	52	42.5	38.2	23	45%	40%	−1.7
28	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	4.0%	76	40.5	37.0	26	35%	38%	−5.0
29	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	4.0%	75	42.0	38.7	25	33%	30%	+8.1
30	Jackson Koonce	SMU	4.1%	74	40.8	36.7	13	18%	15%	−8.3
31	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	4.1%	75	42.4	37.4	27	36%	42%	−3.9
32	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	4.3%	50	42.9	40.8	23	50%	24%	+9.9
33	Spencer Roth	Baylor	4.3%	46	43.3	41.2	20	43%	40%	+4.6
34	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	4.5%	67	44.3	40.5	29	43%	24%	+11.4
35	Jamie Keehn	LSU	4.5%	68	45.0	41.2	25	37%	37%	+7.6
36	William Russ	Texas	4.5%	66	42.3	38.2	22	33%	30%	−1.3
37	Cason Beatty	Florida State	4.5%	44	41.6	38.7	15	34%	43%	+5.4
38	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	4.6%	65	44.2	39.4	31	48%	21%	+0.9
39	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	4.7%	64	41.1	39.4	29	45%	40%	+2.6
40	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	4.7%	65	44.4	40.3	27	42%	22%	+9.1
41	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	4.8%	63	41.8	38.8	24	38%	17%	+3.9
42	Logan Yunker	UNLV	4.9%	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	32%	+1.7
43	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	4.9%	41	37.7	35.7	14	34%	27%	−7.8
44	Bentlee Critcher	App State	4.9%	41	40.7	33.6	12	29%	20%	−12.8
45	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	5.1%	66	39.5	37.2	18	31%	30%	−8.7
46	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	5.1%	78	40.0	37.9	23	29%	23%	+3.3
47	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	5.2%	58	40.0	38.7	20	34%	14%	−0.9
48	Wil Baumann	NC State	5.4%	56	45.3	40.2	25	45%	30%	+12.9
49	Matt Mengel	UCLA	5.5%	55	39.7	38.1	20	36%	53%	−0.3
50	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	5.6%	44	47.8	42.9	15	42%	31%	+9.8
51	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	5.6%	71	37.8	35.7	20	28%	29%	−13.5
52	Justin Wain	UConn	5.9%	74	38.8	36.2	23	34%	38%	−10.3
53	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	5.9%	51	38.1	34.2	17	33%	29%	−10.0
54	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	5.9%	35	40.1	37.8	17	50%	47%	−0.4
55	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	5.9%	34	39.1	36.8	6	18%	23%	−2.8
56	Alex Starzyk	Temple	6.1%	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	36%	−3.4
57	Will Johnson	Texas State	6.2%	65	43.8	41.3	24	37%	37%	+14.4
58	Landon Foster	Kentucky	6.3%	66	42.6	39.2	28	44%	32%	+4.7
59	Tim Gleeson	Rutgers	6.3%	32	40.3	35.9	11	34%	19%	−1.8
60	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	6.4%	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	43%	+11.1
61	Caleb Houston	UCF	6.5%	48	38.5	35.3	19	41%	29%	−0.6
62	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	6.5%	46	37.7	34.6	11	24%	27%	−11.6
63	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	6.6%	76	42.1	39.8	24	32%	42%	+11.0
64	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	6.7%	60	40.5	35.4	16	27%	31%	−14.5
65	Alex Howell	Boston College	6.9%	59	42.9	38.7	23	40%	21%	+6.1
66	Sean Wale	Boise State	6.9%	58	41.0	36.9	21	36%	45%	−6.0
67	Jose Laphitzondo	Florida International	6.9%	59	40.7	36.1	10	17%	7%	−12.9
68	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	7.1%	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	34%	+4.8
69	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	7.1%	70	42.0	38.8	21	30%	30%	−2.9
70	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	7.1%	44	43.8	38.7	11	26%	10%	+5.7
71	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	7.7%	65	37.9	33.6	20	30%	19%	−19.9
72	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	7.7%	52	41.5	39.3	22	42%	39%	+0.9
73	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	7.7%	52	42.1	39.9	18	35%	27%	+3.6
74	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	7.8%	66	41.4	37.3	19	30%	27%	+1.9
75	Kris Albarado	USC	7.8%	53	41.6	36.7	19	37%	43%	−3.1
76	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	7.9%	38	41.2	37.1	15	39%	32%	+0.6
77	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	7.9%	39	39.1	36.5	11	29%	24%	−6.8
78	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	8.0%	50	40.7	38.4	18	36%	35%	+3.5
79	Matt Haack	Arizona State	8.0%	52	43.3	38.9	18	36%	14%	+1.3
80	Erich Toth	Indiana	8.2%	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	43%	−8.3
81	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	8.5%	72	44.4	40.4	21	30%	23%	+10.1
82	Ethan Perry	TCU	8.5%	60	39.0	37.4	27	46%	41%	+5.2
83	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	8.8%	57	40.6	35.8	14	25%	32%	−9.9
84	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	8.8%	57	40.4	37.1	14	25%	29%	−5.1
85	Stephen Witkowski	New Mexico State	8.8%	34	40.8	34.3	9	26%	21%	−8.6
86	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	8.9%	56	44.5	40.9	23	41%	36%	+12.5
87	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	9.3%	46	39.0	35.9	13	30%	28%	−5.2
88	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	9.4%	54	39.9	35.7	17	32%	19%	+0.6
89	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	9.4%	54	42.6	39.8	18	34%	42%	+8.7
90	Cole Leininger	California	9.6%	52	39.8	36.4	20	38%	26%	−9.9
91	Korey Durkee	Washington	9.6%	60	41.9	39.3	16	31%	20%	+2.1
92	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	9.8%	48	39.9	37.0	18	44%	34%	+2.4
93	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	9.8%	40	40.5	37.4	13	32%	46%	−0.8
94	Alex Boy	Nevada	9.8%	54	44.5	38.4	14	27%	10%	−0.3
95	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	10.2%	49	41.6	32.9	15	31%	22%	−11.7
96	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	10.2%	49	41.3	35.6	14	29%	27%	−8.0
97	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	10.4%	48	39.1	35.0	19	40%	23%	−3.8
98	JK Scott	Alabama	10.4%	48	47.0	43.3	26	54%	33%	+18.0
99	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	10.5%	76	42.4	37.5	24	32%	19%	+2.2
100	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	10.5%	57	37.7	34.5	12	21%	31%	−15.8
101	Logan Piper	Houston	10.5%	39	39.3	36.2	11	29%	42%	−1.4
102	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	10.6%	49	43.0	39.4	17	36%	32%	+2.6
103	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	10.7%	56	42.6	37.8	21	37%	13%	+1.4
104	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	10.8%	66	42.4	39.0	24	37%	16%	+7.5
105	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	10.8%	78	41.1	36.1	21	28%	29%	−4.6
106	Tyler Williams	Marshall	10.8%	39	44.8	39.8	12	32%	20%	+4.7
107	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	10.9%	55	43.3	38.1	26	46%	26%	+5.6
108	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	11.7%	66	41.7	37.1	24	39%	19%	+1.1
109	James Farrimond	Rice	11.7%	60	42.1	35.9	16	27%	12%	−2.1
110	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	11.9%	43	43.5	37.7	15	36%	24%	+3.2
111	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	12.0%	83	44.3	39.3	28	34%	20%	+4.8
112	Jay Mattox	UTEP	12.1%	34	41.7	35.5	9	26%	16%	−7.0
113	Kyle Christy	Florida	12.7%	56	44.4	39.2	23	41%	25%	+9.5
114	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	12.8%	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	31%	+7.8
115	Will Monday	Duke	13.0%	56	43.4	40.0	21	39%	33%	+11.3
116	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	13.0%	69	46.4	38.8	24	35%	10%	+4.6
117	Tom Hackett	Utah	13.2%	77	47.0	42.8	37	49%	28%	+23.6
118	Matt Darr	Tennessee	13.3%	76	42.5	38.8	27	36%	36%	+9.4
119	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	13.3%	58	42.5	35.5	15	25%	22%	−8.8
120	Pablo Beltran	Navy	14.7%	34	44.3	39.2	15	44%	19%	+4.6
121	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	14.9%	47	41.6	37.8	17	36%	41%	+1.0
122	Will Conant	Air Force	16.1%	56	43.8	39.1	23	41%	16%	+6.6
123	Will Hagerup	Michigan	17.6%	53	42.9	34.5	17	33%	10%	−7.0
124	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	17.7%	62	45.5	39.9	25	40%	24%	+10.5
125	Zach Paul	Akron	21.2%	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	−5.1

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