2015 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 2015, Hunter Niswander (25) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Alex Howell (23) and Alexander Kinal (23). 189 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	25	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
2	Alex Howell	Boston College	23	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
3	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	23	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
4	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	23	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
5	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	23	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	0%	25%	−4.3
6	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	22	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	5%	−15.2
7	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	21	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	2%	11%	−8.1
8	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	20	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5
9	Zach Paul	Akron	20	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
10	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	20	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
11	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	20	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
12	Matt Haack	Arizona State	19	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	0%	19%	+7.2
13	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	18	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	1%	44%	−4.5
14	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	18	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	7%	21%	+8.1
15	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	17	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	2%	32%	−19.7
16	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	17	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	0%	36%	−3.8
17	Alex Kinney	Colorado	17	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	2%	28%	+2.7
18	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	17	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	2%	33%	−13.4
19	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	17	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	7%	25%	+10.3
20	Corey Fatony	Missouri	16	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
21	Ethan Perry	TCU	16	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
22	Alex Starzyk	Temple	16	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
23	Joe Schopper	Purdue	16	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	3%	32%	−4.4
24	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	16	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	6%	19%	−3.8
25	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	16	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	0%	25%	+1.7
26	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	15	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
27	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	15	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
28	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	15	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
29	Logan Yunker	UNLV	15	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
30	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	15	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	2%	26%	+15.3
31	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	15	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	3%	30%	+8.4
32	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	15	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
33	Alan Luna	UTEP	15	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	17%	8%	−1.5
34	Jonny Linehan	BYU	15	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	5%	28%	−1.4
35	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	14	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
36	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	14	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
37	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	14	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
38	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	14	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	9%	22%	+4.4
39	Johnny Townsend	Florida	13	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
40	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	13	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	4%	47%	−12.4
41	Michael Dickson	Texas	13	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
42	Ryan Frain	Illinois	13	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1
43	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	13	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	4%	40%	−7.6
44	Tyler Williams	Marshall	13	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
45	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	13	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
46	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	13	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
47	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	13	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	6%	32%	−12.3
48	A.J. Cole III	NC State	13	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
49	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	13	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	5%	37%	−2.6
50	Landon Foster	Kentucky	13	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	3%	25%	−16.6
51	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	13	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	7%	15%	+3.9
52	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	13	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	9%	15%	−3.6
53	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	13	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
54	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	13	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
55	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	12	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
56	Alex Boy	Nevada	12	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
57	Logan Piper	Houston	12	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
58	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	12	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
59	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	12	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	7%	19%	+5.7
60	Sean Wale	Boise State	12	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
61	Alex Tardieu	Army	12	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	4%	31%	+0.2
62	Matt Mengel	UCLA	12	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	4%	43%	+4.8
63	Korey Durkee	Washington	12	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	16%	31%	+3.4
64	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	12	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	5%	24%	+11.4
65	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	11	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
66	Will Monday	Duke	11	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
67	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	11	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	9%	27%	−6.4
68	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	11	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	10%	21%	+2.5
69	Drew Galitz	Baylor	11	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	0%	38%	+4.9
70	Collin Barber	Georgia	11	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
71	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	10	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7
72	Justin Wain	UConn	10	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
73	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	10	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
74	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	10	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	13%	37%	−3.8
75	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	10	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	8%	28%	+2.0
76	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	10	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
77	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	10	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
78	Eric Keena	North Texas	10	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	5%	38%	+4.5
79	Erich Toth	Indiana	10	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
80	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	10	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	2%	8%	−8.1
81	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	10	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	10%	44%	−0.9
82	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	10	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	14%	19%	+13.3
83	Steve Brosy	Air Force	10	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	10%	29%	−6.1
84	Ryan Kay	Troy	9	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	11%	24%	−3.3
85	Joey Roth	Rutgers	9	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	10%	36%	−18.6
86	Kris Albarado	USC	9	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	5%	44%	−5.8
87	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	9	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
88	Cason Beatty	Florida State	9	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
89	Colin Downing	Iowa State	9	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	2%	38%	−3.1
90	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	9	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
91	Tom Hackett	Utah	9	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	15%	35%	+20.1
92	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	9	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	15%	21%	+16.1
93	James Farrimond	Rice	9	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	4%	29%	−4.8
94	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	9	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	6%	16%	−0.7
95	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	9	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	2%	33%	+13.2
96	Jamie Keehn	LSU	9	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	10%	31%	−7.7
97	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	9	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	12%	6%	+9.0
98	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	9	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
99	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	9	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	16%	24%	+1.8
100	JK Scott	Alabama	8	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	15%	24%	+4.0
101	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	8	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	5%	37%	−4.6
102	Alex Barta	Navy	8	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
103	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	8	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	6%	20%	−20.8
104	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	8	31	41.6	39.4	12	43%	4%	15%	−1.9
105	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	8	20	42.4	41.0	6	30%	0%	30%	−1.7
106	Joey Mangili	North Carolina	8	21	40.7	38.0	5	25%	10%	30%	+2.1
107	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	7	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
108	Justin Vogel	Miami	7	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	10%	32%	−4.7
109	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	7	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	2%	19%	+2.1
110	Zach Charme	Washington State	7	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	10%	20%	−16.4
111	Stone Wilson	Florida International	7	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	6%	40%	+0.7
112	Cole Leininger	California	7	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	3%	53%	+2.4
113	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	7	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	0%	23%	+1.8
114	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	7	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	0%	39%	−6.6
115	Caleb Houston	UCF	6	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	5%	47%	+4.6
116	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	6	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	4%	54%	+10.0
117	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	6	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	3%	35%	−1.6
118	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	6	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	15%	49%	0.0
119	Josh Williams	SMU	6	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	0%	11%	−8.5
120	Spencer Smith	Memphis	6	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	11%	30%	+11.6
121	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	6	26	40.6	36.2	8	31%	8%	8%	−10.2
122	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	5	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	7%	26%	+2.5
123	Zachary Block	Tulane	5	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	2%	39%	−25.4
124	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	5	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	5%	33%	−13.8
125	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	5	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	13%	20%	+3.0
126	Corbin Daly	North Carolina	5	14	36.8	35.4	4	29%	7%	29%	−2.9
127	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	5	14	36.0	31.7	11	79%	21%	43%	+1.2
128	Brett Dunn	Air Force	4	13	41.5	41.2	3	23%	0%	54%	+1.1
129	Brad Craddock	Maryland	4	9	36.4	34.2	6	67%	11%	11%	+1.0
130	Luke Strebel	Air Force	4	9	41.8	41.8	1	11%	0%	22%	+1.1
131	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	4	8	41.0	38.5	1	13%	13%	0%	+0.7
132	Jake Bailey	Stanford	4	10	34.7	29.6	6	86%	14%	0%	+0.4
133	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	4	6	37.5	37.5	2	33%	0%	17%	+1.4
134	Bentlee Critcher	App State	3	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	13%	22%	+1.1
135	Toby Baker	Arkansas	3	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	5%	37%	+4.0
136	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	3	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	18%	21%	−11.9
137	Nick Ellis	Toledo	3	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	3%	27%	+2.0
138	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	3	29	40.7	38.9	16	55%	7%	38%	−0.2
139	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	3	25	44.7	37.3	10	40%	12%	16%	+2.8
140	Chris Gulla	Penn State	3	23	37.7	34.7	9	41%	9%	24%	−1.6
141	Alex Egan	Ball State	3	8	39.0	39.0	2	25%	0%	14%	−0.9
142	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	3	8	40.9	40.4	3	38%	0%	0%	−0.3
143	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	3	7	46.7	41.3	5	71%	0%	14%	+0.4
144	Jake Browning	Washington	3	6	30.0	28.7	6	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
145	Jared Goff	California	3	6	34.8	31.5	3	50%	17%	0%	−0.7
146	Adam Searl	UCLA	3	5	39.0	39.8	2	40%	0%	40%	+0.5
147	Mike Bercovici	Arizona State	3	3	35.7	35.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
148	Alex Robinson	Stanford	2	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	6%	26%	+4.4
149	Eric Kahn	Kansas	2	29	34.0	32.2	8	29%	7%	33%	−12.5
150	Jackson Koonce	SMU	2	27	39.6	30.7	3	12%	8%	20%	−13.2
151	Chris Ayers	Florida International	2	21	39.4	32.5	4	19%	14%	40%	−9.3
152	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	2	15	37.9	29.3	4	27%	7%	13%	−9.5
153	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	2	16	44.8	40.6	4	27%	7%	27%	+2.6
154	Blake Macek	North Texas	2	14	35.9	27.9	6	43%	36%	36%	−2.4
155	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	2	8	33.4	33.4	4	50%	0%	38%	−3.3
156	Tyler O'Connor	Michigan State	2	5	38.4	28.0	2	40%	20%	0%	−2.1
157	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	2	4	40.8	37.5	2	50%	0%	0%	−1.0
158	Mack Leftwich	UTEP	2	4	29.5	28.0	2	67%	0%	0%	+0.1
159	DeShone Kizer	Notre Dame	2	2	40.5	40.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
160	Gunner Kiel	Cincinnati	2	2	48.0	48.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
161	Jahlani Tavai	Hawai'i	2	2	54.0	54.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+2.1
162	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	1	10	35.2	35.5	9	82%	9%	44%	+1.6
163	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	1	9	50.4	48.0	4	44%	11%	22%	+6.9
164	Holden Kramer	Iowa State	1	7	31.7	28.9	6	86%	14%	57%	+0.6
165	Aaron Novoa	Hawai'i	1	5	37.6	34.2	2	40%	20%	25%	+2.4
166	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	1	5	32.4	31.8	3	60%	0%	0%	+0.9
167	Lee Shrader	Maryland	1	5	33.2	33.2	0	0%	0%	40%	−2.8
168	Tyson Broekemeier	Nebraska	1	5	37.0	32.8	3	60%	20%	40%	+1.0
169	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	1	4	40.0	15.5	1	25%	0%	0%	−4.1
170	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	1	4	33.3	31.3	1	25%	0%	0%	−0.9
171	Ryan Graham	Northern Illinois	1	4	34.0	24.0	1	25%	50%	0%	−1.1
172	Harry Adolphus	California	1	3	49.3	42.7	1	33%	33%	33%	+0.9
173	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	1	3	51.0	48.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.6
174	Anu Solomon	Arizona	1	2	16.0	16.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
175	Gavin Jernigan	Navy	1	2	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
176	Jarrett Stidham	Baylor	1	2	28.5	28.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.6
177	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	1	2	44.0	34.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
178	Tyler Rogers	New Mexico State	1	2	27.5	17.5	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.2
179	Andrew DiRocco	Tulane	1	1	42.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.1
180	Davis Plowman	East Carolina	1	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
181	Deshaun Watson	Clemson	1	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
182	Greg Huegel	Clemson	1	1	29.0	29.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
183	James Coleman	Virginia	1	1	31.0	31.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
184	Jonathan Hernandez	Florida State	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
185	Josh Rosen	UCLA	1	1	25.0	25.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
186	Kevin Ellison	Georgia Southern	1	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
187	Kyle Bambard	NC State	1	1	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.7
188	Logan Hilton	Tulane	1	1	52.0	52.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
189	Luke Rubenzer	California	1	1	21.0	21.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0

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