2014 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 2014, Alexander Kinal (37) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Scott Harding (35) and Logan Yunker (25). 181 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	37	81	43.6	42.7	28	35%	0%	24%	+21.8
2	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	35	86	41.3	40.0	31	42%	3%	18%	+9.5
3	Logan Yunker	UNLV	25	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
4	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	25	67	44.3	40.5	29	43%	4%	24%	+11.4
5	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	23	58	40.0	38.7	20	34%	5%	14%	−0.9
6	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	21	75	42.0	38.7	25	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
7	Jackson Koonce	SMU	21	74	40.8	36.7	13	18%	4%	15%	−8.3
8	Korey Durkee	Washington	21	60	41.9	39.3	16	31%	10%	20%	+2.1
9	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	19	78	40.0	37.9	23	29%	5%	23%	+3.3
10	Ryan Kay	Troy	19	62	40.0	36.1	23	37%	3%	25%	−8.5
11	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	18	70	42.0	38.8	21	30%	7%	30%	−2.9
12	Alex Starzyk	Temple	18	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
13	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	18	66	41.4	37.3	19	30%	8%	27%	+1.9
14	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	18	58	39.8	36.2	14	24%	3%	30%	−7.2
15	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	17	76	42.4	37.5	24	32%	11%	19%	+2.2
16	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	17	78	41.1	36.1	21	28%	11%	29%	−4.6
17	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	17	72	44.4	40.4	21	30%	8%	23%	+10.1
18	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	17	63	41.8	38.8	24	38%	5%	17%	+3.9
19	Cole Leininger	California	17	52	39.8	36.4	20	38%	10%	26%	−9.9
20	Kristian Stern	UTSA	16	83	41.2	39.7	33	40%	1%	49%	+11.9
21	Tom Hackett	Utah	16	77	47.0	42.8	37	49%	13%	28%	+23.6
22	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	16	76	40.5	37.0	26	35%	4%	38%	−5.0
23	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	16	75	42.4	37.4	27	36%	4%	42%	−3.9
24	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	16	62	45.5	39.9	25	40%	18%	24%	+10.5
25	Scott Arellano	BYU	16	60	44.8	40.8	29	49%	3%	31%	+11.5
26	Matt Haack	Arizona State	16	52	43.3	38.9	18	36%	8%	14%	+1.3
27	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	15	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
28	Christian Brinser	Missouri	15	71	41.2	38.5	24	34%	1%	39%	+3.5
29	Zach Paul	Akron	15	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1
30	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	15	65	44.2	39.4	31	48%	5%	21%	+0.9
31	Alex Boy	Nevada	15	54	44.5	38.4	14	27%	10%	10%	−0.3
32	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	15	50	40.7	38.4	18	36%	8%	35%	+3.5
33	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	15	51	43.1	40.3	18	40%	2%	10%	+4.7
34	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	14	71	37.8	35.7	20	28%	6%	29%	−13.5
35	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	14	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
36	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	14	56	44.5	40.9	23	41%	9%	36%	+12.5
37	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	14	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
38	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	14	54	40.1	39.2	29	54%	4%	43%	+14.3
39	Spencer Smith	Memphis	14	53	40.2	39.3	20	38%	2%	40%	+9.3
40	Alex Tardieu	Army	14	44	39.3	38.7	19	43%	2%	44%	+8.3
41	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	13	83	44.3	39.3	28	34%	12%	20%	+4.8
42	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	13	76	42.1	39.8	24	32%	7%	42%	+11.0
43	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	13	69	39.6	37.1	31	45%	1%	33%	−2.4
44	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	13	65	44.4	40.3	27	42%	5%	22%	+9.1
45	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	13	64	41.1	39.4	29	45%	5%	40%	+2.6
46	James Farrimond	Rice	13	60	42.1	35.9	16	27%	12%	12%	−2.1
47	Will Conant	Air Force	13	56	43.8	39.1	23	41%	16%	16%	+6.6
48	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	13	57	37.1	32.5	16	30%	4%	17%	−19.3
49	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	13	54	39.9	35.7	17	32%	9%	19%	+0.6
50	Will Hagerup	Michigan	13	53	42.9	34.5	17	33%	18%	10%	−7.0
51	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	13	50	42.9	40.8	23	50%	4%	24%	+9.9
52	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	13	46	39.0	35.9	13	30%	9%	28%	−5.2
53	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	12	69	46.4	38.8	24	35%	13%	10%	+4.6
54	Colin Downing	Iowa State	12	69	39.4	38.4	19	28%	0%	36%	−1.6
55	Jamie Keehn	LSU	12	68	45.0	41.2	25	37%	4%	37%	+7.6
56	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	12	65	37.9	33.6	20	30%	8%	19%	−19.9
57	Landon Foster	Kentucky	12	66	42.6	39.2	28	44%	6%	32%	+4.7
58	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	12	66	41.7	37.1	24	39%	12%	19%	+1.1
59	Ethan Perry	TCU	12	60	39.0	37.4	27	46%	8%	41%	+5.2
60	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	12	66	39.5	37.2	18	31%	5%	30%	−8.7
61	Jose Laphitzondo	Florida International	12	59	40.7	36.1	10	17%	7%	7%	−12.9
62	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	12	52	42.5	38.2	23	45%	4%	40%	−1.7
63	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	12	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
64	Justin Wain	UConn	11	74	38.8	36.2	23	34%	6%	38%	−10.3
65	Will Johnson	Texas State	11	65	43.8	41.3	24	37%	6%	37%	+14.4
66	Alex Howell	Boston College	11	59	42.9	38.7	23	40%	7%	21%	+6.1
67	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	11	56	42.6	37.8	21	37%	11%	13%	+1.4
68	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	11	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2
69	Hunter Mullins	UAB	11	59	44.1	39.2	24	45%	4%	29%	+1.1
70	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	11	49	41.3	35.6	14	29%	10%	27%	−8.0
71	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	11	49	43.0	39.4	17	36%	11%	32%	+2.6
72	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	11	37	41.6	37.5	12	32%	3%	22%	−2.4
73	Tyler Williams	Marshall	11	39	44.8	39.8	12	32%	11%	20%	+4.7
74	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	10	58	42.5	35.5	15	25%	13%	22%	−8.8
75	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	10	57	40.4	37.1	14	25%	9%	29%	−5.1
76	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	10	57	40.6	35.8	14	25%	9%	32%	−9.9
77	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	10	55	43.3	38.1	26	46%	11%	26%	+5.6
78	Wil Baumann	NC State	10	56	45.3	40.2	25	45%	5%	30%	+12.9
79	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	10	52	42.1	39.9	18	35%	8%	27%	+3.6
80	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	10	52	41.5	39.3	22	42%	8%	39%	+0.9
81	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	10	51	38.1	34.2	17	33%	6%	29%	−10.0
82	Justin Vogel	Miami	10	49	43.7	41.2	22	45%	2%	37%	+11.0
83	JK Scott	Alabama	10	48	47.0	43.3	26	54%	10%	33%	+18.0
84	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	10	48	39.1	35.0	19	40%	10%	23%	−3.8
85	Nick Ellis	Toledo	10	48	36.6	37.0	17	40%	0%	37%	−5.5
86	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	10	41	37.7	35.7	14	34%	5%	27%	−7.8
87	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	10	40	40.5	37.4	13	32%	10%	46%	−0.8
88	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	10	39	39.1	36.5	11	29%	8%	24%	−6.8
89	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	10	35	40.1	37.8	17	50%	6%	47%	−0.4
90	Matt Darr	Tennessee	9	76	42.5	38.8	27	36%	13%	36%	+9.4
91	Erich Toth	Indiana	9	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
92	William Russ	Texas	9	66	42.3	38.2	22	33%	5%	30%	−1.3
93	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	9	66	42.4	39.0	24	37%	11%	16%	+7.5
94	Kyle Christy	Florida	9	56	44.4	39.2	23	41%	13%	25%	+9.5
95	Spencer Roth	Baylor	9	46	43.3	41.2	20	43%	4%	40%	+4.6
96	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	9	42	39.1	34.3	14	33%	2%	38%	−15.2
97	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	9	43	37.1	30.7	8	20%	3%	17%	−22.8
98	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	8	70	42.5	39.8	28	41%	3%	44%	+8.7
99	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	8	57	37.7	34.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−15.8
100	Matt Mengel	UCLA	8	55	39.7	38.1	20	36%	5%	53%	−0.3
101	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	8	54	42.6	39.8	18	34%	9%	42%	+8.7
102	Kris Albarado	USC	8	53	41.6	36.7	19	37%	8%	43%	−3.1
103	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	8	49	41.6	32.9	15	31%	10%	22%	−11.7
104	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	8	38	41.2	37.1	15	39%	8%	32%	+0.6
105	Collin Barber	Georgia	8	32	39.2	37.5	13	41%	3%	34%	−2.5
106	Taylor Heinicke	Old Dominion	8	13	47.7	41.2	8	62%	0%	0%	+4.2
107	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	7	60	40.5	35.4	16	27%	7%	31%	−14.5
108	Sean Wale	Boise State	7	58	41.0	36.9	21	36%	7%	45%	−6.0
109	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	7	47	41.6	37.8	17	36%	15%	41%	+1.0
110	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	7	46	37.7	34.6	11	24%	7%	27%	−11.6
111	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	7	48	39.9	37.0	18	44%	10%	34%	+2.4
112	Jay Mattox	UTEP	7	34	41.7	35.5	9	26%	12%	16%	−7.0
113	Kelly Kingseed	New Mexico State	7	14	34.8	32.1	5	33%	0%	8%	−7.9
114	Taylor Kelly	Arizona State	7	9	36.8	34.6	7	78%	11%	0%	+0.6
115	Caleb Houston	UCF	6	48	38.5	35.3	19	41%	7%	29%	−0.6
116	Cason Beatty	Florida State	6	44	41.6	38.7	15	34%	5%	43%	+5.4
117	Bentlee Critcher	App State	6	41	40.7	33.6	12	29%	5%	20%	−12.8
118	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	6	33	34.9	29.9	6	21%	3%	30%	−15.7
119	Scott Secor	Ball State	6	13	39.8	34.8	4	31%	8%	0%	−0.9
120	Will Monday	Duke	5	56	43.4	40.0	21	39%	13%	33%	+11.3
121	Eric Keena	North Texas	5	43	44.8	39.4	9	21%	2%	29%	−0.2
122	Logan Piper	Houston	5	39	39.3	36.2	11	29%	11%	42%	−1.4
123	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	5	44	47.8	42.9	15	42%	6%	31%	+9.8
124	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	5	46	45.2	40.9	5	14%	3%	24%	+9.9
125	Tim Gleeson	Rutgers	5	32	40.3	35.9	11	34%	6%	19%	−1.8
126	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	5	27	39.2	34.3	4	15%	8%	14%	−6.1
127	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	5	16	36.7	34.4	8	50%	6%	38%	−0.9
128	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	4	44	43.8	38.7	11	26%	7%	10%	+5.7
129	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	4	43	43.5	37.7	15	36%	12%	24%	+3.2
130	Pablo Beltran	Navy	4	34	44.3	39.2	15	44%	15%	19%	+4.6
131	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	4	34	39.1	36.8	6	18%	6%	23%	−2.8
132	Chris Gulla	Penn State	4	28	37.3	35.8	9	32%	4%	39%	−3.5
133	Joseph Roth	Rutgers	4	28	35.4	33.5	4	14%	0%	36%	−8.5
134	Blake Macek	North Texas	4	30	41.0	36.9	11	46%	17%	33%	+1.4
135	Jarrett Cervi	Old Dominion	4	22	40.3	33.9	2	9%	4%	41%	−10.4
136	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	4	21	44.5	34.0	4	19%	0%	14%	−8.1
137	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	4	15	33.5	33.5	12	80%	0%	60%	+0.5
138	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	4	16	35.4	30.8	10	71%	21%	46%	+0.1
139	John Lloyd	Cincinnati	4	11	36.3	36.0	6	55%	0%	18%	+0.4
140	Stephen Hogan	Arkansas State	4	11	45.5	42.1	3	27%	18%	18%	+1.4
141	Bart Houston	Wisconsin	4	7	34.7	33.3	1	14%	0%	0%	−3.2
142	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	3	29	40.8	37.6	13	45%	7%	19%	+3.7
143	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	3	23	46.7	38.2	6	26%	0%	9%	+0.1
144	Sean O'Kane	Middle Tennessee	3	19	38.9	32.7	4	27%	20%	8%	−1.7
145	Michael Davidson	Texas	3	14	42.2	36.5	5	36%	0%	29%	−4.1
146	Chris Ayers	Florida International	3	23	35.3	31.0	5	45%	27%	11%	−0.1
147	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	3	10	41.4	39.2	3	30%	0%	60%	−0.6
148	Adam Erickson	Georgia	3	9	32.7	31.7	5	56%	0%	33%	−2.2
149	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	3	10	45.2	43.4	2	22%	0%	44%	+1.7
150	Jimmy Hutchinson	Auburn	3	9	36.6	35.1	2	22%	0%	22%	−0.7
151	Holden Kramer	Iowa State	3	7	29.9	29.7	6	100%	0%	33%	+0.4
152	Cyler Miles	Washington	3	5	35.4	31.4	4	80%	20%	0%	+0.7
153	Mike Bercovici	Arizona State	3	4	35.0	30.0	2	50%	25%	0%	−0.5
154	Dylan Seibert	Houston	2	12	41.9	39.8	2	17%	0%	17%	+1.1
155	Adam Searl	UCLA	2	11	39.1	38.0	6	60%	10%	60%	+1.4
156	Cody Kessler	USC	2	7	33.0	25.3	3	43%	43%	0%	−0.7
157	Alex Louthan	New Mexico State	2	5	36.2	30.2	2	33%	0%	40%	−4.7
158	Anu Solomon	Arizona	2	4	37.5	32.5	3	75%	25%	0%	+0.1
159	Jared Goff	California	2	3	40.7	34.0	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.5
160	Kevin Ellison	Georgia Southern	2	3	36.3	29.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.2
161	Brian Burrell	Fresno State	2	3	30.3	29.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
162	Stephen Witkowski	New Mexico State	1	34	40.8	34.3	9	26%	9%	21%	−8.6
163	Christian Kock	Miami (OH)	1	8	37.6	36.5	2	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
164	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	1	4	35.8	35.8	1	25%	0%	0%	−2.2
165	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	1	5	36.0	29.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−2.3
166	Jameill Showers	UTEP	1	3	34.3	27.7	2	67%	33%	0%	+0.1
167	O'Kane Sean	Middle Tennessee	1	3	53.3	43.3	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.1
168	Matthew Shiel	Auburn	1	2	31.0	31.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
169	Patrick Fish	South Carolina	1	2	39.0	39.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.2
170	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	1	2	51.0	51.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.5
171	Tyler Mayes	Temple	1	2	33.0	35.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
172	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	1	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
173	Ezayi Youyoute	Georgia Southern	1	1	18.0	18.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.2
174	Garrett Krstich	SMU	1	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
175	Grant Hedrick	Boise State	1	1	40.0	40.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
176	Luke Rubenzer	California	1	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
177	Matt McIntosh	Northern Illinois	1	1	42.0	42.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
178	Michael Julian	Toledo	1	1	65.0	65.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+1.9
179	Stody Bradley	New Mexico State	1	1	49.0	49.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
180	Taylor Lamb	App State	1	1	22.0	22.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.3
181	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	1	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6

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