2015 College Punts Downed Percentage Leaders

The share of punts a member of the kicking team stopped or touched before they could roll into the end zone. It is a control and coverage stat as much as a leg stat.

Downed punts are rare, so one or two change the percentage. In 2015, Tyler Sarrazin (51.3%) led college football punters in punts downed percentage, ahead of J. Schroeder (43.8%) and Kyle Schmidt (41.1%). 126 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 20.8%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	51.3%	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
2	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	43.8%	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	9%	22%	+4.4
3	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	41.1%	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	0%	25%	−4.3
4	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	36.5%	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
5	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	36.4%	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	0%	25%	+1.7
6	Steve Brosy	Air Force	35.7%	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	10%	29%	−6.1
7	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	34.4%	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	2%	11%	−8.1
8	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	34.4%	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	5%	−15.2
9	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	34.0%	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	6%	19%	−3.8
10	Alex Kinney	Colorado	34.0%	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	2%	28%	+2.7
11	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	32.7%	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	7%	25%	+10.3
12	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	32.1%	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
13	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	31.7%	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
14	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	31.6%	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	7%	21%	+8.1
15	Zach Paul	Akron	31.3%	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
16	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	31.1%	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
17	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	30.9%	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	2%	33%	−13.4
18	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	30.8%	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5
19	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	30.4%	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	0%	39%	−6.6
20	Alex Starzyk	Temple	29.6%	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
21	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	29.3%	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	0%	36%	−3.8
22	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	29.3%	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	5%	24%	+11.4
23	Matt Haack	Arizona State	28.4%	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	0%	19%	+7.2
24	Collin Barber	Georgia	28.2%	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
25	Joe Schopper	Purdue	28.1%	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	3%	32%	−4.4
26	Drew Galitz	Baylor	27.5%	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	0%	38%	+4.9
27	Alex Howell	Boston College	26.7%	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
28	Korey Durkee	Washington	26.7%	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	16%	31%	+3.4
29	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	26.7%	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	6%	20%	−20.8
30	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	26.5%	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
31	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	26.5%	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	1%	44%	−4.5
32	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	26.3%	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	2%	26%	+15.3
33	Jonny Linehan	BYU	26.3%	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	5%	28%	−1.4
34	Ethan Perry	TCU	26.2%	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
35	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	26.0%	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
36	Alan Luna	UTEP	25.4%	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	17%	8%	−1.5
37	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	25.0%	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	3%	30%	+8.4
38	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	25.0%	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
39	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	24.5%	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	9%	15%	−3.6
40	Alex Tardieu	Army	24.5%	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	4%	31%	+0.2
41	Matt Mengel	UCLA	24.5%	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	4%	43%	+4.8
42	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	23.8%	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	14%	19%	+13.3
43	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	23.6%	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
44	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	23.6%	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	7%	15%	+3.9
45	Sean Wale	Boise State	23.5%	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
46	Logan Yunker	UNLV	23.4%	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
47	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	23.3%	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	0%	23%	+1.8
48	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	23.1%	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	7%	19%	+5.7
49	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	22.8%	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	6%	32%	−12.3
50	Landon Foster	Kentucky	22.8%	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	3%	25%	−16.6
51	Logan Piper	Houston	22.6%	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
52	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	22.6%	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
53	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	22.6%	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
54	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	22.4%	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	2%	32%	−19.7
55	A.J. Cole III	NC State	22.0%	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
56	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	22.0%	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	5%	37%	−2.6
57	Cole Leininger	California	21.9%	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	3%	53%	+2.4
58	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	21.8%	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
59	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	21.7%	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
60	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	21.5%	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
61	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	21.2%	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	10%	21%	+2.5
62	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	21.1%	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
63	Alex Boy	Nevada	21.1%	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
64	Alex Barta	Navy	20.5%	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
65	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	20.4%	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	2%	8%	−8.1
66	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	20.4%	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
67	Tyler Williams	Marshall	20.3%	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
68	Corey Fatony	Missouri	20.3%	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
69	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	20.0%	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	4%	40%	−7.6
70	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	20.0%	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	10%	44%	−0.9
71	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	20.0%	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	16%	24%	+1.8
72	Stone Wilson	Florida International	20.0%	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	6%	40%	+0.7
73	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	19.7%	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
74	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	19.6%	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	9%	27%	−6.4
75	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	19.6%	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
76	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	19.5%	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
77	Will Monday	Duke	19.3%	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
78	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	19.2%	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
79	Ryan Frain	Illinois	18.8%	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1
80	James Farrimond	Rice	18.4%	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	4%	29%	−4.8
81	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	18.4%	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	2%	33%	+13.2
82	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	18.4%	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	12%	6%	+9.0
83	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	18.1%	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	4%	47%	−12.4
84	Michael Dickson	Texas	18.1%	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
85	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	18.0%	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	6%	16%	−0.7
86	Tom Hackett	Utah	17.6%	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	15%	35%	+20.1
87	Jamie Keehn	LSU	17.6%	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	10%	31%	−7.7
88	Erich Toth	Indiana	17.5%	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
89	Zach Charme	Washington State	17.5%	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	10%	20%	−16.4
90	Colin Downing	Iowa State	17.3%	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	2%	38%	−3.1
91	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	17.3%	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
92	Eric Keena	North Texas	17.2%	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	5%	38%	+4.5
93	Cason Beatty	Florida State	17.0%	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
94	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	17.0%	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	15%	21%	+16.1
95	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	16.9%	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
96	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	16.7%	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	8%	28%	+2.0
97	Josh Williams	SMU	16.7%	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	0%	11%	−8.5
98	Johnny Townsend	Florida	16.5%	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
99	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	16.4%	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
100	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	16.4%	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
101	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	16.3%	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	2%	19%	+2.1
102	Spencer Smith	Memphis	16.2%	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	11%	30%	+11.6
103	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	16.1%	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	13%	37%	−3.8
104	Joey Roth	Rutgers	16.1%	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	10%	36%	−18.6
105	Justin Wain	UConn	15.9%	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
106	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	15.9%	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
107	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	15.4%	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	5%	37%	−4.6
108	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	15.4%	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	15%	49%	0.0
109	Ryan Kay	Troy	15.3%	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	11%	24%	−3.3
110	Kris Albarado	USC	15.3%	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	5%	44%	−5.8
111	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	15.0%	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	3%	35%	−1.6
112	JK Scott	Alabama	14.5%	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	15%	24%	+4.0
113	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	14.3%	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	13%	20%	+3.0
114	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	13.0%	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7
115	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	12.1%	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
116	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	12.0%	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	4%	54%	+10.0
117	Justin Vogel	Miami	11.9%	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	10%	32%	−4.7
118	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	11.6%	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	5%	33%	−13.8
119	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	10.9%	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	7%	26%	+2.5
120	Zachary Block	Tulane	10.9%	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	2%	39%	−25.4
121	Nick Ellis	Toledo	10.0%	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	3%	27%	+2.0
122	Caleb Houston	UCF	9.4%	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	5%	47%	+4.6
123	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	7.9%	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	18%	21%	−11.9
124	Toby Baker	Arkansas	7.3%	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	5%	37%	+4.0
125	Bentlee Critcher	App State	6.5%	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	13%	22%	+1.1
126	Alex Robinson	Stanford	5.9%	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	6%	26%	+4.4

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