2015 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 2015, Kyle Schmidt (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Matt Haack (0.0%) and Ryan Rodwell (0.0%). 126 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 6.5%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	0.0%	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	25%	−4.3
2	Matt Haack	Arizona State	0.0%	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	19%	+7.2
3	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	0.0%	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	25%	+1.7
4	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	0.0%	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	39%	−6.6
5	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	0.0%	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	36%	−3.8
6	Drew Galitz	Baylor	0.0%	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	38%	+4.9
7	Josh Williams	SMU	0.0%	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	11%	−8.5
8	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	0.0%	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	23%	+1.8
9	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	1.4%	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	44%	−4.5
10	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	1.6%	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	26%	+15.3
11	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	1.6%	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	11%	−8.1
12	Alex Kinney	Colorado	1.8%	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	28%	+2.7
13	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	1.8%	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	33%	−13.4
14	Colin Downing	Iowa State	1.9%	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	38%	−3.1
15	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	1.9%	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	8%	−8.1
16	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	2.0%	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	33%	+13.2
17	Zachary Block	Tulane	2.2%	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	39%	−25.4
18	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	2.3%	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	19%	+2.1
19	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	2.4%	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	32%	−19.7
20	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	2.5%	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	35%	−1.6
21	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	2.6%	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	37%	−2.6
22	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	2.9%	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	22%	+7.4
23	Cole Leininger	California	2.9%	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	53%	+2.4
24	Nick Ellis	Toledo	3.0%	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	27%	+2.0
25	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	3.1%	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	30%	+8.4
26	Landon Foster	Kentucky	3.3%	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	25%	−16.6
27	Joe Schopper	Purdue	3.4%	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	32%	−4.4
28	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	3.5%	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	42%	−25.0
29	Corey Fatony	Missouri	3.7%	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	33%	+10.0
30	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	3.8%	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	36%	−10.7
31	James Farrimond	Rice	3.8%	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	29%	−4.8
32	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	4.0%	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	34%	+14.6
33	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	4.0%	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	47%	−12.4
34	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	4.0%	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	54%	+10.0
35	Alex Tardieu	Army	4.0%	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	31%	+0.2
36	Matt Mengel	UCLA	4.1%	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	43%	+4.8
37	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	4.2%	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	33%	+4.6
38	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	4.5%	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	38%	+5.5
39	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	4.5%	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	40%	−7.6
40	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	4.5%	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	34%	−3.4
41	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	4.5%	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	−15.2
42	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	4.5%	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	33%	−13.8
43	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	4.6%	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	11%	+8.4
44	Caleb Houston	UCF	4.6%	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	47%	+4.6
45	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	4.7%	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	24%	+11.4
46	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	4.8%	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	51%	+1.0
47	Toby Baker	Arkansas	4.8%	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	37%	+4.0
48	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	5.0%	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	37%	−2.6
49	Johnny Townsend	Florida	5.1%	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	33%	+23.6
50	Eric Keena	North Texas	5.1%	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	38%	+4.5
51	Kris Albarado	USC	5.1%	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	44%	−5.8
52	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	5.1%	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	3%	+3.0
53	Jonny Linehan	BYU	5.3%	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	28%	−1.4
54	Logan Piper	Houston	5.4%	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	32%	+7.5
55	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	5.5%	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	37%	−4.6
56	Cason Beatty	Florida State	5.6%	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	34%	+3.9
57	Stone Wilson	Florida International	5.6%	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	40%	+0.7
58	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	5.9%	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	16%	−0.7
59	Alex Robinson	Stanford	5.9%	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	26%	+4.4
60	Alex Boy	Nevada	6.3%	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	37%	+2.5
61	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	6.4%	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	19%	−3.8
62	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	6.5%	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	36%	−2.7
63	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	6.5%	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	32%	−12.3
64	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	6.5%	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	20%	−20.8
65	Alex Howell	Boston College	6.5%	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	21%	+14.1
66	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	6.5%	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	26%	+2.5
67	Ethan Perry	TCU	6.6%	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	31%	+1.9
68	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	6.7%	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	21%	+8.1
69	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	6.8%	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	41%	+5.5
70	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	7.0%	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	15%	+3.9
71	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	7.3%	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	25%	+10.3
72	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	7.3%	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	19%	+5.7
73	Justin Wain	UConn	7.4%	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	49%	−7.2
74	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	7.4%	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	30%	+3.9
75	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	7.5%	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	37%	+4.4
76	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	7.7%	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	33%	+10.2
77	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	7.8%	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	26%	+4.6
78	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	7.9%	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	47%	+4.4
79	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	8.1%	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	28%	+2.0
80	Michael Dickson	Texas	8.1%	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	43%	+5.7
81	Erich Toth	Indiana	8.6%	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	21%	−4.9
82	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	8.8%	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	27%	−6.4
83	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	9.0%	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	29%	+12.5
84	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	9.1%	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	22%	+4.4
85	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	9.4%	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	15%	−3.6
86	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	9.6%	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	21%	+2.5
87	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	9.6%	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	44%	−0.9
88	Steve Brosy	Air Force	9.7%	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	29%	−6.1
89	Sean Wale	Boise State	9.8%	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	41%	+7.1
90	Jamie Keehn	LSU	9.8%	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	31%	−7.7
91	A.J. Cole III	NC State	9.8%	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	34%	+9.7
92	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	10.0%	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	22%	+17.6
93	Zach Charme	Washington State	10.0%	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	20%	−16.4
94	Justin Vogel	Miami	10.2%	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	32%	−4.7
95	Joey Roth	Rutgers	10.3%	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	36%	−18.6
96	Logan Yunker	UNLV	10.6%	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	38%	−4.3
97	Spencer Smith	Memphis	10.8%	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	30%	+11.6
98	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	11.0%	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	28%	+5.5
99	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	11.5%	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	39%	+4.0
100	Ryan Kay	Troy	11.5%	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	24%	−3.3
101	Zach Paul	Akron	11.8%	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	19%	+2.9
102	Alex Starzyk	Temple	12.1%	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	28%	+4.9
103	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	12.2%	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	6%	+9.0
104	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	12.7%	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	24%	−4.4
105	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	12.7%	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	37%	−3.8
106	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	12.7%	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	27%	+15.1
107	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	12.7%	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	36%	+11.6
108	Bentlee Critcher	App State	12.8%	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	22%	+1.1
109	Ryan Frain	Illinois	12.9%	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	20%	−22.1
110	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	13.2%	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	20%	+3.0
111	Tyler Williams	Marshall	13.2%	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	22%	+14.3
112	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	13.6%	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	27%	+6.1
113	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	14.0%	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	19%	+13.3
114	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	14.3%	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	+3.7
115	JK Scott	Alabama	14.5%	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	24%	+4.0
116	Tom Hackett	Utah	14.8%	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	35%	+20.1
117	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	15.1%	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	21%	+16.1
118	Collin Barber	Georgia	15.4%	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	21%	−3.8
119	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	15.4%	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	49%	0.0
120	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	15.6%	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	24%	+1.8
121	Korey Durkee	Washington	15.6%	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	31%	+3.4
122	Alan Luna	UTEP	16.9%	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	8%	−1.5
123	Alex Barta	Navy	17.9%	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	−6.6
124	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	17.9%	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	21%	−11.9
125	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	21.5%	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	27%	+17.6
126	Will Monday	Duke	21.7%	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	25%	+9.3

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