2015 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 2015, Arthur Hart (34) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Chris Qualls (33) and Michael Dickson (31). 167 punters qualify.

Final 2015 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	34	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	4%	47%	−12.4
2	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	33	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
3	Michael Dickson	Texas	31	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
4	Justin Wain	UConn	31	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
5	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	30	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	1%	44%	−4.5
6	Caleb Houston	UCF	30	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	5%	47%	+4.6
7	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	29	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
8	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	29	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
9	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	28	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7
10	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	27	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
11	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	27	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	4%	54%	+10.0
12	Corey Fatony	Missouri	26	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
13	Johnny Townsend	Florida	26	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
14	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	26	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	4%	40%	−7.6
15	Kris Albarado	USC	26	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	5%	44%	−5.8
16	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	25	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
17	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	25	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
18	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	24	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	2%	32%	−19.7
19	Logan Yunker	UNLV	24	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
20	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	24	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
21	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	23	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
22	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	23	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	13%	37%	−3.8
23	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	22	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	5%	37%	−2.6
24	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	22	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
25	Eric Keena	North Texas	22	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	5%	38%	+4.5
26	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	22	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	10%	44%	−0.9
27	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	21	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
28	Alex Boy	Nevada	21	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
29	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	21	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
30	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	21	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	0%	36%	−3.8
31	Sean Wale	Boise State	21	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
32	Matt Mengel	UCLA	21	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	4%	43%	+4.8
33	A.J. Cole III	NC State	20	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
34	Joey Roth	Rutgers	20	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	10%	36%	−18.6
35	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	20	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
36	Colin Downing	Iowa State	20	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	2%	38%	−3.1
37	Ethan Perry	TCU	19	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
38	Justin Vogel	Miami	19	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	10%	32%	−4.7
39	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	19	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	5%	37%	−4.6
40	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	19	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
41	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	19	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	15%	49%	0.0
42	Alex Howell	Boston College	18	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
43	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	18	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5
44	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	18	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
45	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	18	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
46	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	18	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
47	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	18	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	3%	30%	+8.4
48	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	18	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	6%	32%	−12.3
49	Joe Schopper	Purdue	18	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	3%	32%	−4.4
50	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	18	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	2%	33%	−13.4
51	Cason Beatty	Florida State	18	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
52	Tom Hackett	Utah	18	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	15%	35%	+20.1
53	Zachary Block	Tulane	18	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	2%	39%	−25.4
54	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	17	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
55	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	17	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	8%	28%	+2.0
56	Logan Piper	Houston	17	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
57	Cole Leininger	California	17	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	3%	53%	+2.4
58	Jonny Linehan	BYU	16	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	5%	28%	−1.4
59	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	16	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	2%	33%	+13.2
60	Jamie Keehn	LSU	16	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	10%	31%	−7.7
61	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	15	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
62	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	15	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	2%	26%	+15.3
63	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	15	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
64	Alex Starzyk	Temple	15	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
65	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	15	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	9%	27%	−6.4
66	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	15	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
67	Alex Tardieu	Army	15	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	4%	31%	+0.2
68	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	15	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
69	Toby Baker	Arkansas	15	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	5%	37%	+4.0
70	Drew Galitz	Baylor	15	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	0%	38%	+4.9
71	Ryan Frain	Illinois	14	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1
72	Tyler Williams	Marshall	14	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
73	Ryan Kay	Troy	14	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	11%	24%	−3.3
74	Landon Foster	Kentucky	14	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	3%	25%	−16.6
75	Will Monday	Duke	14	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
76	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	14	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	0%	25%	−4.3
77	Alex Kinney	Colorado	14	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	2%	28%	+2.7
78	James Farrimond	Rice	14	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	4%	29%	−4.8
79	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	14	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	5%	33%	−13.8
80	Korey Durkee	Washington	14	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	16%	31%	+3.4
81	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	14	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	3%	35%	−1.6
82	Stone Wilson	Florida International	14	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	6%	40%	+0.7
83	Matt Haack	Arizona State	13	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	0%	19%	+7.2
84	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	13	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
85	JK Scott	Alabama	13	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	15%	24%	+4.0
86	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	13	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	7%	25%	+10.3
87	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	13	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
88	Zach Paul	Akron	12	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
89	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	12	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	7%	21%	+8.1
90	Erich Toth	Indiana	12	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
91	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	12	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	7%	26%	+2.5
92	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	11	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	15%	21%	+16.1
93	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	11	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	10%	21%	+2.5
94	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	11	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	16%	24%	+1.8
95	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	11	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	0%	25%	+1.7
96	Spencer Smith	Memphis	11	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	11%	30%	+11.6
97	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	11	29	40.7	38.9	16	55%	7%	38%	−0.2
98	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	10	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	7%	19%	+5.7
99	Bentlee Critcher	App State	10	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	13%	22%	+1.1
100	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	10	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	5%	24%	+11.4
101	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	9	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	6%	19%	−3.8
102	Alex Robinson	Stanford	9	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	6%	26%	+4.4
103	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	9	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	0%	39%	−6.6
104	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	8	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	7%	15%	+3.9
105	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	8	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	9%	15%	−3.6
106	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	8	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	6%	16%	−0.7
107	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	8	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	2%	19%	+2.1
108	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	8	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	14%	19%	+13.3
109	Zach Charme	Washington State	8	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	10%	20%	−16.4
110	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	8	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	18%	21%	−11.9
111	Collin Barber	Georgia	8	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
112	Nick Ellis	Toledo	8	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	3%	27%	+2.0
113	Steve Brosy	Air Force	8	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	10%	29%	−6.1
114	Eric Kahn	Kansas	8	29	34.0	32.2	8	29%	7%	33%	−12.5
115	Chris Ayers	Florida International	8	21	39.4	32.5	4	19%	14%	40%	−9.3
116	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	7	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
117	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	7	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	2%	11%	−8.1
118	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	7	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
119	Alex Barta	Navy	7	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
120	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	7	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	13%	20%	+3.0
121	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	7	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	9%	22%	+4.4
122	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	7	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	0%	23%	+1.8
123	Brett Dunn	Air Force	7	13	41.5	41.2	3	23%	0%	54%	+1.1
124	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	6	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	6%	20%	−20.8
125	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	6	20	42.4	41.0	6	30%	0%	30%	−1.7
126	Joey Mangili	North Carolina	6	21	40.7	38.0	5	25%	10%	30%	+2.1
127	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	6	14	36.0	31.7	11	79%	21%	43%	+1.2
128	Alan Luna	UTEP	5	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	17%	8%	−1.5
129	Jackson Koonce	SMU	5	27	39.6	30.7	3	12%	8%	20%	−13.2
130	Chris Gulla	Penn State	5	23	37.7	34.7	9	41%	9%	24%	−1.6
131	Blake Macek	North Texas	5	14	35.9	27.9	6	43%	36%	36%	−2.4
132	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	4	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	2%	8%	−8.1
133	Josh Williams	SMU	4	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	0%	11%	−8.5
134	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	4	31	41.6	39.4	12	43%	4%	15%	−1.9
135	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	4	25	44.7	37.3	10	40%	12%	16%	+2.8
136	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	4	16	44.8	40.6	4	27%	7%	27%	+2.6
137	Corbin Daly	North Carolina	4	14	36.8	35.4	4	29%	7%	29%	−2.9
138	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	4	10	35.2	35.5	9	82%	9%	44%	+1.6
139	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	4	9	41.1	35.6	2	22%	11%	44%	−1.6
140	Holden Kramer	Iowa State	4	7	31.7	28.9	6	86%	14%	57%	+0.6
141	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	3	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	5%	−15.2
142	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	3	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	12%	6%	+9.0
143	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	3	8	33.4	33.4	4	50%	0%	38%	−3.3
144	Matthew Moseley	Southern Miss	3	4	31.5	31.5	2	50%	0%	75%	−1.7
145	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	2	26	40.6	36.2	8	31%	8%	8%	−10.2
146	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	2	15	37.9	29.3	4	27%	7%	13%	−9.5
147	Luke Strebel	Air Force	2	9	41.8	41.8	1	11%	0%	22%	+1.1
148	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	2	9	50.4	48.0	4	44%	11%	22%	+6.9
149	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	2	8	39.1	32.5	1	13%	13%	29%	−5.9
150	Adam Searl	UCLA	2	5	39.0	39.8	2	40%	0%	40%	+0.5
151	Lee Shrader	Maryland	2	5	33.2	33.2	0	0%	0%	40%	−2.8
152	Tyson Broekemeier	Nebraska	2	5	37.0	32.8	3	60%	20%	40%	+1.0
153	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	2	4	44.5	39.5	2	50%	25%	50%	+1.0
154	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	2	3	34.0	28.7	1	33%	0%	67%	−1.8
155	Kenneth Walker III	UCLA	2	2	36.5	36.5	1	50%	0%	100%	0.0
156	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	1	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
157	Brad Craddock	Maryland	1	9	36.4	34.2	6	67%	11%	11%	+1.0
158	Alex Egan	Ball State	1	8	39.0	39.0	2	25%	0%	14%	−0.9
159	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	1	7	46.7	41.3	5	71%	0%	14%	+0.4
160	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	1	6	37.5	37.5	2	33%	0%	17%	+1.4
161	Aaron Novoa	Hawai'i	1	5	37.6	34.2	2	40%	20%	25%	+2.4
162	Jarrett Cervi	Old Dominion	1	3	34.3	20.8	1	25%	33%	50%	−3.8
163	David Reisner	Illinois	1	3	45.3	45.7	1	33%	0%	33%	+1.5
164	Greg Hutchins	New Mexico State	1	3	35.7	35.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−1.9
165	Harry Adolphus	California	1	3	49.3	42.7	1	33%	33%	33%	+0.9
166	Nate Renfro	Tennessee	1	2	42.5	36.5	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.3
167	Cecil Moskowitz	Air Force	1	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.5

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