2015 College Punts Out of Bounds Percentage Leaders

The share of punts that crossed a sideline. A punt out of bounds cannot be returned and stops the clock, and it is what a punter wants when he is aiming for the corner.

Some are chosen and some are mistakes, and the record cannot tell which. In 2015, Josh Williams (41.7%) led college football punters in punts out of bounds percentage, ahead of Nick Ellis (36.7%) and Alex Robinson (35.3%). 126 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 12.7%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Josh Williams	SMU	41.7%	38	38.7	36.8	11	30%	0%	11%	−8.5
2	Nick Ellis	Toledo	36.7%	38	38.2	37.1	13	39%	3%	27%	+2.0
3	Alex Robinson	Stanford	35.3%	35	42.9	40.2	16	47%	6%	26%	+4.4
4	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	30.2%	45	43.6	40.6	16	36%	2%	19%	+2.1
5	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	28.6%	53	41.5	37.6	13	24%	2%	8%	−8.1
6	Zach Charme	Washington State	27.5%	41	40.0	32.8	11	27%	10%	20%	−16.4
7	Matt Haack	Arizona State	25.4%	67	43.3	40.3	33	49%	0%	19%	+7.2
8	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	23.8%	67	41.8	40.1	24	37%	5%	11%	+8.4
9	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	23.6%	57	43.9	38.6	21	36%	7%	15%	+3.9
10	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	23.3%	60	43.0	40.1	34	56%	10%	22%	+17.6
11	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	23.3%	44	40.1	34.2	13	28%	5%	33%	−13.8
12	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	22.9%	38	45.9	39.8	14	36%	13%	20%	+3.0
13	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	22.4%	49	44.8	41.1	21	43%	12%	6%	+9.0
14	Ryan Kay	Troy	22.0%	61	41.9	37.0	23	38%	11%	24%	−3.3
15	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	21.7%	48	40.7	38.1	28	57%	4%	33%	+4.6
16	Jamie Keehn	LSU	21.6%	54	40.9	36.5	17	33%	10%	31%	−7.7
17	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	19.2%	53	40.4	37.0	24	44%	8%	37%	+4.4
18	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	18.9%	53	44.4	38.6	15	28%	9%	15%	−3.6
19	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	18.6%	65	37.8	37.7	21	35%	5%	37%	−2.6
20	Justin Vogel	Miami	18.6%	60	43.0	37.2	21	36%	10%	32%	−4.7
21	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	18.0%	61	40.2	37.8	18	30%	2%	11%	−8.1
22	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	18.0%	52	40.3	36.2	14	27%	6%	16%	−0.7
23	Alex Barta	Navy	17.9%	39	42.3	34.9	11	28%	18%	18%	−6.6
24	Joe Schopper	Purdue	17.5%	58	40.2	38.3	19	33%	3%	32%	−4.4
25	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	17.5%	41	40.5	38.0	14	35%	3%	35%	−1.6
26	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	17.5%	65	45.7	40.8	28	43%	22%	27%	+17.6
27	Ryan Frain	Illinois	17.4%	70	40.2	33.4	12	17%	13%	20%	−22.1
28	Bentlee Critcher	App State	17.4%	47	44.1	39.0	15	32%	13%	22%	+1.1
29	Zach Paul	Akron	17.2%	71	41.2	37.3	24	35%	12%	19%	+2.9
30	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	16.9%	62	38.8	36.9	26	42%	6%	36%	−2.7
31	Ethan Perry	TCU	16.4%	61	39.2	37.4	27	44%	7%	31%	+1.9
32	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	16.3%	50	46.3	42.5	26	51%	2%	33%	+13.2
33	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	15.8%	39	39.8	31.9	7	18%	18%	21%	−11.9
34	Anthony Torres	New Mexico State	15.6%	66	40.6	35.7	23	35%	5%	5%	−15.2
35	Eric Keena	North Texas	15.5%	60	44.2	41.6	20	34%	5%	38%	+4.5
36	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	15.4%	55	44.3	41.3	25	45%	7%	25%	+10.3
37	Colin Downing	Iowa State	15.4%	53	40.9	38.6	21	39%	2%	38%	−3.1
38	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	15.2%	49	45.7	39.6	15	31%	7%	26%	+2.5
39	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	15.2%	66	43.0	39.7	22	33%	14%	27%	+6.1
40	Drew Galitz	Baylor	15.0%	40	40.7	40.0	13	33%	0%	38%	+4.9
41	Toby Baker	Arkansas	14.6%	42	41.3	38.1	21	50%	5%	37%	+4.0
42	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	14.5%	55	45.4	40.5	24	44%	13%	27%	+15.1
43	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	14.5%	63	39.7	36.0	23	37%	13%	24%	−4.4
44	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	14.5%	82	38.4	36.2	19	23%	2%	32%	−19.7
45	Joey Roth	Rutgers	14.3%	58	40.0	34.8	11	19%	10%	36%	−18.6
46	Alex Tardieu	Army	14.3%	50	40.2	38.0	15	30%	4%	31%	+0.2
47	Matt Mengel	UCLA	14.3%	50	39.9	39.0	18	37%	4%	43%	+4.8
48	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	14.0%	52	41.1	37.2	16	31%	10%	44%	−0.9
49	Blake O'Neill	Michigan	14.0%	53	41.3	37.4	25	49%	8%	26%	+4.6
50	Corey Fatony	Missouri	13.9%	81	42.9	40.0	27	33%	4%	33%	+10.0
51	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	13.9%	75	38.6	36.8	22	29%	4%	47%	−12.4
52	Tom Hackett	Utah	13.7%	55	47.8	43.6	25	46%	15%	35%	+20.1
53	Spencer Smith	Memphis	13.5%	37	47.2	43.4	9	24%	11%	30%	+11.6
54	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	13.3%	63	42.2	38.1	16	26%	8%	28%	+2.0
55	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	13.3%	48	42.1	37.4	22	49%	16%	24%	+1.8
56	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	13.3%	31	36.2	30.9	5	16%	6%	20%	−20.8
57	Logan Piper	Houston	13.2%	57	40.2	38.7	24	43%	5%	32%	+7.5
58	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	13.0%	70	43.3	39.2	29	41%	3%	22%	+7.4
59	Zachary Block	Tulane	13.0%	47	37.9	32.5	6	13%	2%	39%	−25.4
60	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	13.0%	31	36.7	35.0	12	40%	0%	39%	−6.6
61	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	12.9%	66	41.0	37.7	26	39%	5%	34%	−3.4
62	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	12.8%	49	45.6	39.4	14	30%	6%	19%	−3.8
63	JK Scott	Alabama	12.7%	57	44.2	38.4	21	38%	15%	24%	+4.0
64	Nicolas Pritchard	Maryland	12.7%	55	38.2	36.3	13	24%	2%	33%	−13.4
65	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	12.7%	67	42.9	40.4	33	49%	9%	29%	+12.5
66	Michael Dickson	Texas	12.5%	77	41.3	39.6	23	31%	8%	43%	+5.7
67	Tyler Williams	Marshall	12.5%	68	44.3	40.0	32	47%	13%	22%	+14.3
68	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	12.5%	58	39.7	37.7	23	40%	0%	25%	−4.3
69	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	12.5%	65	41.0	35.7	18	31%	9%	27%	−6.4
70	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	12.5%	39	42.1	39.4	11	33%	9%	22%	+4.4
71	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	12.3%	74	45.1	42.0	33	52%	2%	26%	+15.3
72	Erich Toth	Indiana	12.3%	58	41.7	36.7	19	32%	9%	21%	−4.9
73	James Farrimond	Rice	12.2%	59	43.1	36.8	17	33%	4%	29%	−4.8
74	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	11.7%	79	40.9	34.9	30	38%	4%	36%	−10.7
75	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	11.5%	57	43.2	38.9	20	36%	7%	19%	+5.7
76	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	11.5%	59	39.2	37.5	18	33%	5%	37%	−4.6
77	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	11.3%	53	48.0	41.3	21	40%	15%	21%	+16.1
78	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	10.8%	67	42.2	37.3	21	31%	4%	40%	−7.6
79	Landon Foster	Kentucky	10.5%	61	40.3	35.9	18	30%	3%	25%	−16.6
80	Will Monday	Duke	10.5%	60	43.6	38.6	29	48%	22%	25%	+9.3
81	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	10.3%	63	41.0	38.4	23	37%	8%	47%	+4.4
82	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	10.3%	39	40.1	35.9	20	50%	5%	3%	+3.0
83	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	10.0%	64	41.6	39.8	21	33%	3%	30%	+8.4
84	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	10.0%	51	42.4	41.6	22	44%	4%	54%	+10.0
85	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	10.0%	31	42.7	39.7	6	19%	0%	23%	+1.8
86	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	9.8%	45	48.0	43.8	19	43%	5%	24%	+11.4
87	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	9.6%	52	44.7	38.7	19	36%	10%	21%	+2.5
88	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	9.5%	43	47.7	41.9	20	47%	14%	19%	+13.3
89	Cason Beatty	Florida State	9.4%	55	44.5	40.0	22	41%	6%	34%	+3.9
90	Logan Yunker	UNLV	9.4%	67	42.5	38.1	19	29%	11%	38%	−4.3
91	Alex Howell	Boston College	9.3%	92	41.7	39.8	33	36%	7%	21%	+14.1
92	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	9.3%	59	42.4	39.2	23	38%	7%	41%	+5.5
93	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	9.1%	93	41.4	38.1	24	30%	7%	30%	+3.9
94	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	9.1%	65	43.7	40.3	30	46%	8%	33%	+10.2
95	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	9.1%	46	39.0	37.3	17	38%	0%	25%	+1.7
96	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	9.0%	78	38.3	37.5	23	29%	3%	37%	−2.6
97	Alex Boy	Nevada	8.8%	63	42.3	38.2	18	29%	6%	37%	+2.5
98	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	8.8%	62	39.5	36.5	19	31%	6%	32%	−12.3
99	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	8.8%	65	44.3	40.9	18	30%	7%	21%	+8.1
100	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	8.6%	58	39.0	37.5	19	33%	0%	36%	−3.8
101	Alan Luna	UTEP	8.5%	65	44.4	37.6	16	27%	17%	8%	−1.5
102	Kris Albarado	USC	8.5%	59	41.3	36.9	16	27%	5%	44%	−5.8
103	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	8.2%	49	44.0	38.7	22	45%	14%	14%	+3.7
104	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	8.1%	63	41.5	37.0	16	25%	13%	37%	−3.8
105	Alex Kinney	Colorado	8.0%	66	40.1	38.5	26	47%	2%	28%	+2.7
106	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	7.7%	68	40.3	38.0	30	45%	4%	38%	+5.5
107	Collin Barber	Georgia	7.7%	39	40.3	34.4	13	33%	15%	21%	−3.8
108	Johnny Townsend	Florida	7.6%	79	44.9	42.7	34	43%	5%	33%	+23.6
109	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	7.3%	55	44.1	40.8	22	40%	13%	36%	+11.6
110	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	6.8%	75	43.8	41.2	34	45%	4%	34%	+14.6
111	Korey Durkee	Washington	6.7%	45	43.0	38.6	17	38%	16%	31%	+3.4
112	Caleb Houston	UCF	6.3%	65	44.2	40.2	30	46%	5%	47%	+4.6
113	Cole Leininger	California	6.3%	35	41.5	39.6	12	35%	3%	53%	+2.4
114	Stone Wilson	Florida International	5.7%	42	40.5	38.3	9	25%	6%	40%	+0.7
115	Jonny Linehan	BYU	5.3%	58	43.0	38.4	17	29%	5%	28%	−1.4
116	Chris Qualls	UL Monroe	5.1%	87	36.7	34.1	23	27%	4%	42%	−25.0
117	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	5.1%	40	42.5	37.3	15	38%	15%	49%	0.0
118	A.J. Cole III	NC State	5.1%	61	42.1	39.4	28	46%	10%	34%	+9.7
119	Justin Wain	UConn	4.8%	70	37.9	35.2	21	30%	7%	49%	−7.2
120	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	4.4%	72	41.1	38.5	29	40%	1%	44%	−4.5
121	Sean Wale	Boise State	3.9%	51	42.2	38.3	24	46%	10%	41%	+7.1
122	Steve Brosy	Air Force	3.6%	33	37.0	33.5	12	39%	10%	29%	−6.1
123	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	3.5%	63	40.2	38.2	28	44%	5%	51%	+1.0
124	Alex Starzyk	Temple	1.9%	58	42.2	37.7	20	34%	12%	28%	+4.9
125	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	1.6%	61	41.2	37.8	22	36%	11%	39%	+4.0
126	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	1.5%	73	40.6	37.0	29	40%	11%	28%	+5.5

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