2015 College Punt Touchbacks Leaders
A touchback punt sails into the end zone and gives the other team the ball at its own 20, wasting most of the distance. Ties go to the punter who punted more often from the opponent's side of the 50, where touchbacks are hardest to avoid.
Fewer is better. In 2015, Kyle Schmidt (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Matt Haack (0) and Ryan Rodwell (0). 126 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).
Final 2015 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.
| Rk | Player | Team | TB | Punts | Avg | Net | In 20 | In 20 % | TB % | FC % | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Schmidt | Ball State | 0 | 58 | 39.7 | 37.7 | 23 | 40% | 0% | 25% | −4.3 |
| 2 | Matt Haack | Arizona State | 0 | 67 | 43.3 | 40.3 | 33 | 49% | 0% | 19% | +7.2 |
| 3 | Ryan Rodwell | Georgia Tech | 0 | 46 | 39.0 | 37.3 | 17 | 38% | 0% | 25% | +1.7 |
| 4 | Peter Picerelli | Tulane | 0 | 31 | 36.7 | 35.0 | 12 | 40% | 0% | 39% | −6.6 |
| 5 | Andy Teasdall | Clemson | 0 | 58 | 39.0 | 37.5 | 19 | 33% | 0% | 36% | −3.8 |
| 6 | Drew Galitz | Baylor | 0 | 40 | 40.7 | 40.0 | 13 | 33% | 0% | 38% | +4.9 |
| 7 | Josh Williams | SMU | 0 | 38 | 38.7 | 36.8 | 11 | 30% | 0% | 11% | −8.5 |
| 8 | Aleem Sunanon | South Alabama | 0 | 31 | 42.7 | 39.7 | 6 | 19% | 0% | 23% | +1.8 |
| 9 | Nick Porebski | Oregon State | 1 | 72 | 41.1 | 38.5 | 29 | 40% | 1% | 44% | −4.5 |
| 10 | Alex Kinney | Colorado | 1 | 66 | 40.1 | 38.5 | 26 | 47% | 2% | 28% | +2.7 |
| 11 | Nick Ellis | Toledo | 1 | 38 | 38.2 | 37.1 | 13 | 39% | 3% | 27% | +2.0 |
| 12 | Rigoberto Sanchez | Hawai'i | 1 | 74 | 45.1 | 42.0 | 33 | 52% | 2% | 26% | +15.3 |
| 13 | Hayden Hunt | Colorado State | 1 | 50 | 46.3 | 42.5 | 26 | 51% | 2% | 33% | +13.2 |
| 14 | Satchel Ziffer | Old Dominion | 1 | 61 | 40.2 | 37.8 | 18 | 30% | 2% | 11% | −8.1 |
| 15 | Will Gleeson | Ole Miss | 1 | 41 | 40.5 | 38.0 | 14 | 35% | 3% | 35% | −1.6 |
| 16 | Nicolas Pritchard | Maryland | 1 | 55 | 38.2 | 36.3 | 13 | 24% | 2% | 33% | −13.4 |
| 17 | Colin Downing | Iowa State | 1 | 53 | 40.9 | 38.6 | 21 | 39% | 2% | 38% | −3.1 |
| 18 | Cole Leininger | California | 1 | 35 | 41.5 | 39.6 | 12 | 35% | 3% | 53% | +2.4 |
| 19 | Matthew Wyman | Kansas | 1 | 53 | 41.5 | 37.6 | 13 | 24% | 2% | 8% | −8.1 |
| 20 | Austin Barnes | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 45 | 43.6 | 40.6 | 16 | 36% | 2% | 19% | +2.1 |
| 21 | Zachary Block | Tulane | 1 | 47 | 37.9 | 32.5 | 6 | 13% | 2% | 39% | −25.4 |
| 22 | Gerald Shouse | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 48 | 40.7 | 38.1 | 28 | 57% | 4% | 33% | +4.6 |
| 23 | Peter Mortell | Minnesota | 2 | 70 | 43.3 | 39.2 | 29 | 41% | 3% | 22% | +7.4 |
| 24 | Hunter Niswander | Northwestern | 2 | 78 | 38.3 | 37.5 | 23 | 29% | 3% | 37% | −2.6 |
| 25 | Tyler Sarrazin | Southern Miss | 2 | 39 | 40.1 | 35.9 | 20 | 50% | 5% | 3% | +3.0 |
| 26 | Christian Koch | Miami (OH) | 2 | 82 | 38.4 | 36.2 | 19 | 23% | 2% | 32% | −19.7 |
| 27 | Zack Rogers | New Mexico | 2 | 64 | 41.6 | 39.8 | 21 | 33% | 3% | 30% | +8.4 |
| 28 | Toby Baker | Arkansas | 2 | 42 | 41.3 | 38.1 | 21 | 50% | 5% | 37% | +4.0 |
| 29 | Joe Schopper | Purdue | 2 | 58 | 40.2 | 38.3 | 19 | 33% | 3% | 32% | −4.4 |
| 30 | James Farrimond | Rice | 2 | 59 | 43.1 | 36.8 | 17 | 33% | 4% | 29% | −4.8 |
| 31 | Austin Seibert | Oklahoma | 2 | 51 | 42.4 | 41.6 | 22 | 44% | 4% | 54% | +10.0 |
| 32 | Matt Mengel | UCLA | 2 | 50 | 39.9 | 39.0 | 18 | 37% | 4% | 43% | +4.8 |
| 33 | Alex Tardieu | Army | 2 | 50 | 40.2 | 38.0 | 15 | 30% | 4% | 31% | +0.2 |
| 34 | Landon Foster | Kentucky | 2 | 61 | 40.3 | 35.9 | 18 | 30% | 3% | 25% | −16.6 |
| 35 | Ian Wheeler | Oregon | 2 | 44 | 40.1 | 34.2 | 13 | 28% | 5% | 33% | −13.8 |
| 36 | Stone Wilson | Florida International | 2 | 42 | 40.5 | 38.3 | 9 | 25% | 6% | 40% | +0.7 |
| 37 | Trevor Owens | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 31 | 36.2 | 30.9 | 5 | 16% | 6% | 20% | −20.8 |
| 38 | Dalton Schomp | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 45 | 48.0 | 43.8 | 19 | 43% | 5% | 24% | +11.4 |
| 39 | Alex Robinson | Stanford | 2 | 35 | 42.9 | 40.2 | 16 | 47% | 6% | 26% | +4.4 |
| 40 | Tommy Openshaw | Vanderbilt | 3 | 79 | 40.9 | 34.9 | 30 | 38% | 4% | 36% | −10.7 |
| 41 | Chris Qualls | UL Monroe | 3 | 87 | 36.7 | 34.1 | 23 | 27% | 4% | 42% | −25.0 |
| 42 | Aaron Dalton | Utah State | 3 | 66 | 41.0 | 37.7 | 26 | 39% | 5% | 34% | −3.4 |
| 43 | Zach Sinor | Oklahoma State | 3 | 68 | 40.3 | 38.0 | 30 | 45% | 4% | 38% | +5.5 |
| 44 | Corey Fatony | Missouri | 3 | 81 | 42.9 | 40.0 | 27 | 33% | 4% | 33% | +10.0 |
| 45 | Alexander Kinal | Wake Forest | 3 | 75 | 43.8 | 41.2 | 34 | 45% | 4% | 34% | +14.6 |
| 46 | Logan Piper | Houston | 3 | 57 | 40.2 | 38.7 | 24 | 43% | 5% | 32% | +7.5 |
| 47 | Ethan Wood | Wyoming | 3 | 67 | 41.8 | 40.1 | 24 | 37% | 5% | 11% | +8.4 |
| 48 | Cason Beatty | Florida State | 3 | 55 | 44.5 | 40.0 | 22 | 41% | 6% | 34% | +3.9 |
| 49 | Joshua Appleby | Louisville | 3 | 63 | 40.2 | 38.2 | 28 | 44% | 5% | 51% | +1.0 |
| 50 | Jonny Linehan | BYU | 3 | 58 | 43.0 | 38.4 | 17 | 29% | 5% | 28% | −1.4 |
| 51 | Arthur Hart | Charlotte | 3 | 75 | 38.6 | 36.8 | 22 | 29% | 4% | 47% | −12.4 |
| 52 | Daniel Pasquariello | Penn State | 3 | 52 | 40.3 | 36.2 | 14 | 27% | 6% | 16% | −0.7 |
| 53 | Anthony Torres | New Mexico State | 3 | 66 | 40.6 | 35.7 | 23 | 35% | 5% | 5% | −15.2 |
| 54 | Ron Coluzzi | Central Michigan | 3 | 59 | 39.2 | 37.5 | 18 | 33% | 5% | 37% | −4.6 |
| 55 | Steve Brosy | Air Force | 3 | 33 | 37.0 | 33.5 | 12 | 39% | 10% | 29% | −6.1 |
| 56 | Garrett Swanson | Fresno State | 3 | 67 | 42.2 | 37.3 | 21 | 31% | 4% | 40% | −7.6 |
| 57 | Jacob Ambrose | Northern Illinois | 3 | 65 | 37.8 | 37.7 | 21 | 35% | 5% | 37% | −2.6 |
| 58 | Caleb Houston | UCF | 3 | 65 | 44.2 | 40.2 | 30 | 46% | 5% | 47% | +4.6 |
| 59 | Eric Keena | North Texas | 3 | 60 | 44.2 | 41.6 | 20 | 34% | 5% | 38% | +4.5 |
| 60 | Kris Albarado | USC | 3 | 59 | 41.3 | 36.9 | 16 | 27% | 5% | 44% | −5.8 |
| 61 | J. Schroeder | Western Michigan | 3 | 39 | 42.1 | 39.4 | 11 | 33% | 9% | 22% | +4.4 |
| 62 | Austin Rehkow | Idaho | 3 | 49 | 45.7 | 39.6 | 15 | 31% | 7% | 26% | +2.5 |
| 63 | Joseph Davidson | Bowling Green | 3 | 49 | 45.6 | 39.4 | 14 | 30% | 6% | 19% | −3.8 |
| 64 | Johnny Townsend | Florida | 4 | 79 | 44.9 | 42.7 | 34 | 43% | 5% | 33% | +23.6 |
| 65 | Blake O'Neill | Michigan | 4 | 53 | 41.3 | 37.4 | 25 | 49% | 8% | 26% | +4.6 |
| 66 | Ethan Perry | TCU | 4 | 61 | 39.2 | 37.4 | 27 | 44% | 7% | 31% | +1.9 |
| 67 | Mitch Bonnstetter | Ohio | 4 | 62 | 38.8 | 36.9 | 26 | 42% | 6% | 36% | −2.7 |
| 68 | Alex Boy | Nevada | 4 | 63 | 42.3 | 38.2 | 18 | 29% | 6% | 37% | +2.5 |
| 69 | Dillon Kidd | Iowa | 4 | 53 | 40.4 | 37.0 | 24 | 44% | 8% | 37% | +4.4 |
| 70 | Steven Coutts | Louisiana | 4 | 59 | 42.4 | 39.2 | 23 | 38% | 7% | 41% | +5.5 |
| 71 | Sean Kelly | South Carolina | 4 | 55 | 44.3 | 41.3 | 25 | 45% | 7% | 25% | +10.3 |
| 72 | Yannis Routsas | UTSA | 4 | 62 | 39.5 | 36.5 | 19 | 31% | 6% | 32% | −12.3 |
| 73 | Mattias Ciabatti | South Florida | 4 | 57 | 43.2 | 38.9 | 20 | 36% | 7% | 19% | +5.7 |
| 74 | Zach Charme | Washington State | 4 | 41 | 40.0 | 32.8 | 11 | 27% | 10% | 20% | −16.4 |
| 75 | Lumi Kaba | Texas State | 4 | 65 | 44.3 | 40.9 | 18 | 30% | 7% | 21% | +8.1 |
| 76 | Wil Lutz | Georgia State | 4 | 57 | 43.9 | 38.6 | 21 | 36% | 7% | 15% | +3.9 |
| 77 | Spencer Smith | Memphis | 4 | 37 | 47.2 | 43.4 | 9 | 24% | 11% | 30% | +11.6 |
| 78 | Justin Wain | UConn | 5 | 70 | 37.9 | 35.2 | 21 | 30% | 7% | 49% | −7.2 |
| 79 | Sean Wale | Boise State | 5 | 51 | 42.2 | 38.3 | 24 | 46% | 10% | 41% | +7.1 |
| 80 | Dalton Parks | Tulsa | 5 | 63 | 41.0 | 38.4 | 23 | 37% | 8% | 47% | +4.4 |
| 81 | Erich Toth | Indiana | 5 | 58 | 41.7 | 36.7 | 19 | 32% | 9% | 21% | −4.9 |
| 82 | Riley Dixon | Syracuse | 5 | 65 | 43.7 | 40.3 | 30 | 46% | 8% | 33% | +10.2 |
| 83 | Nicholas Conte | Virginia | 5 | 52 | 44.7 | 38.7 | 19 | 36% | 10% | 21% | +2.5 |
| 84 | Logan Laurent | Massachusetts | 5 | 63 | 42.2 | 38.1 | 16 | 26% | 8% | 28% | +2.0 |
| 85 | Jamie Keehn | LSU | 5 | 54 | 40.9 | 36.5 | 17 | 33% | 10% | 31% | −7.7 |
| 86 | Kevin Phillips | Auburn | 5 | 52 | 41.1 | 37.2 | 16 | 31% | 10% | 44% | −0.9 |
| 87 | Tyler Grassman | Buffalo | 5 | 65 | 41.0 | 35.7 | 18 | 31% | 9% | 27% | −6.4 |
| 88 | Sam Foltz | Nebraska | 5 | 53 | 44.4 | 38.6 | 15 | 28% | 9% | 15% | −3.6 |
| 89 | Sam Geraci | Cincinnati | 5 | 38 | 45.9 | 39.8 | 14 | 36% | 13% | 20% | +3.0 |
| 90 | Luke Ferguson | Arkansas State | 6 | 67 | 42.9 | 40.4 | 33 | 49% | 9% | 29% | +12.5 |
| 91 | Worth Gregory | East Carolina | 6 | 60 | 43.0 | 40.1 | 34 | 56% | 10% | 22% | +17.6 |
| 92 | A.J. Cole III | NC State | 6 | 61 | 42.1 | 39.4 | 28 | 46% | 10% | 34% | +9.7 |
| 93 | Anthony Melchiori | Kent State | 6 | 93 | 41.4 | 38.1 | 24 | 30% | 7% | 30% | +3.9 |
| 94 | Collin Barber | Georgia | 6 | 39 | 40.3 | 34.4 | 13 | 33% | 15% | 21% | −3.8 |
| 95 | Michael Dickson | Texas | 6 | 77 | 41.3 | 39.6 | 23 | 31% | 8% | 43% | +5.7 |
| 96 | Alex Howell | Boston College | 6 | 92 | 41.7 | 39.8 | 33 | 36% | 7% | 21% | +14.1 |
| 97 | Drew Riggleman | Arizona | 6 | 49 | 44.8 | 41.1 | 21 | 43% | 12% | 6% | +9.0 |
| 98 | Logan Cooke | Mississippi State | 6 | 40 | 42.5 | 37.3 | 15 | 38% | 15% | 49% | 0.0 |
| 99 | Justin Vogel | Miami | 6 | 60 | 43.0 | 37.2 | 21 | 36% | 10% | 32% | −4.7 |
| 100 | Joey Roth | Rutgers | 6 | 58 | 40.0 | 34.8 | 11 | 19% | 10% | 36% | −18.6 |
| 101 | Bentlee Critcher | App State | 6 | 47 | 44.1 | 39.0 | 15 | 32% | 13% | 22% | +1.1 |
| 102 | Michael Carrizosa | San José State | 6 | 43 | 47.7 | 41.9 | 20 | 47% | 14% | 19% | +13.3 |
| 103 | Ryan Winslow | Pittsburgh | 7 | 61 | 41.2 | 37.8 | 22 | 36% | 11% | 39% | +4.0 |
| 104 | Trevor Daniel | Tennessee | 7 | 55 | 45.4 | 40.5 | 24 | 44% | 13% | 27% | +15.1 |
| 105 | Logan Yunker | UNLV | 7 | 67 | 42.5 | 38.1 | 19 | 29% | 11% | 38% | −4.3 |
| 106 | Tyler Newsome | Notre Dame | 7 | 49 | 44.0 | 38.7 | 22 | 45% | 14% | 14% | +3.7 |
| 107 | Cameron Johnston | Ohio State | 7 | 55 | 44.1 | 40.8 | 22 | 40% | 13% | 36% | +11.6 |
| 108 | Alex Starzyk | Temple | 7 | 58 | 42.2 | 37.7 | 20 | 34% | 12% | 28% | +4.9 |
| 109 | Alex Barta | Navy | 7 | 39 | 42.3 | 34.9 | 11 | 28% | 18% | 18% | −6.6 |
| 110 | Ryan Kay | Troy | 7 | 61 | 41.9 | 37.0 | 23 | 38% | 11% | 24% | −3.3 |
| 111 | Brandon McKee | South Alabama | 7 | 39 | 39.8 | 31.9 | 7 | 18% | 18% | 21% | −11.9 |
| 112 | Jake Hartbarger | Michigan State | 7 | 48 | 42.1 | 37.4 | 22 | 49% | 16% | 24% | +1.8 |
| 113 | Korey Durkee | Washington | 7 | 45 | 43.0 | 38.6 | 17 | 38% | 16% | 31% | +3.4 |
| 114 | Zach Paul | Akron | 8 | 71 | 41.2 | 37.3 | 24 | 35% | 12% | 19% | +2.9 |
| 115 | Drew Meyer | Wisconsin | 8 | 63 | 39.7 | 36.0 | 23 | 37% | 13% | 24% | −4.4 |
| 116 | Tanner Blain | San Diego State | 8 | 73 | 40.6 | 37.0 | 29 | 40% | 11% | 28% | +5.5 |
| 117 | JK Scott | Alabama | 8 | 57 | 44.2 | 38.4 | 21 | 38% | 15% | 24% | +4.0 |
| 118 | Drew Kaser | Texas A&M | 8 | 53 | 48.0 | 41.3 | 21 | 40% | 15% | 21% | +16.1 |
| 119 | Nick Walsh | Kansas State | 8 | 63 | 41.5 | 37.0 | 16 | 25% | 13% | 37% | −3.8 |
| 120 | Tom Hackett | Utah | 8 | 55 | 47.8 | 43.6 | 25 | 46% | 15% | 35% | +20.1 |
| 121 | Tyler Williams | Marshall | 9 | 68 | 44.3 | 40.0 | 32 | 47% | 13% | 22% | +14.3 |
| 122 | Ryan Frain | Illinois | 9 | 70 | 40.2 | 33.4 | 12 | 17% | 13% | 20% | −22.1 |
| 123 | A.J. Hughes | Virginia Tech | 9 | 66 | 43.0 | 39.7 | 22 | 33% | 14% | 27% | +6.1 |
| 124 | Alan Luna | UTEP | 10 | 65 | 44.4 | 37.6 | 16 | 27% | 17% | 8% | −1.5 |
| 125 | Will Monday | Duke | 13 | 60 | 43.6 | 38.6 | 29 | 48% | 22% | 25% | +9.3 |
| 126 | Nick O'Toole | West Virginia | 14 | 65 | 45.7 | 40.8 | 28 | 43% | 22% | 27% | +17.6 |
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