2016 College Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2016, Ron Coluzzi (31) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Justin Wain (29) and Sam Geraci (29). 166 punters qualify.

Final 2016 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	31	68	41.3	38.4	26	38%	7%	47%	+4.1
2	Justin Wain	UConn	29	74	40.8	37.4	24	32%	8%	43%	−3.2
3	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	29	66	40.0	37.6	33	49%	5%	50%	+2.8
4	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	29	45	40.8	39.4	22	49%	0%	64%	+5.6
5	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	28	74	41.9	39.2	20	27%	8%	39%	+3.3
6	Mike Knoll	Boston College	27	86	38.3	34.9	16	19%	8%	32%	−21.5
7	Michael Farkas	Ohio	27	69	41.0	38.7	31	46%	4%	40%	+4.5
8	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	27	62	38.8	37.2	31	51%	3%	45%	−2.1
9	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	26	78	38.3	36.9	20	25%	3%	46%	−12.1
10	Justin Vogel	Miami	26	57	44.2	41.1	25	44%	2%	47%	+7.2
11	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	25	72	42.5	38.5	30	42%	6%	37%	+1.1
12	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	25	64	41.3	38.9	23	35%	9%	40%	+4.5
13	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	25	64	44.7	40.2	28	44%	11%	41%	+10.6
14	Dane Roy	Houston	25	55	40.7	38.7	19	35%	7%	45%	+0.1
15	Josh Growden	LSU	25	51	41.9	39.8	20	40%	6%	50%	+5.5
16	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	25	48	37.7	35.1	18	38%	8%	52%	−6.2
17	Jack Fox	Rice	24	75	40.7	37.7	31	41%	4%	35%	−0.9
18	Wade Lees	Maryland	24	65	39.9	38.4	21	32%	2%	41%	−2.5
19	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	24	70	40.0	37.1	26	41%	3%	39%	+1.1
20	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	24	58	44.4	41.0	24	41%	7%	46%	+7.5
21	Mason King	Louisville	24	47	42.7	39.3	15	32%	2%	51%	+4.8
22	Adam Nunez	TCU	23	69	39.6	37.7	26	38%	3%	36%	−2.6
23	Matt Haack	Arizona State	23	66	43.9	42.0	21	32%	5%	35%	+14.5
24	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	23	59	37.8	34.8	22	37%	5%	43%	−10.0
25	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	23	56	39.1	37.9	11	20%	2%	48%	−10.5
26	Drew Galitz	Baylor	23	52	41.3	40.5	15	30%	4%	46%	+3.4
27	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	23	40	41.4	39.5	14	36%	8%	61%	+4.9
28	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	22	66	43.2	41.4	25	40%	0%	36%	+10.5
29	Derek Adams	Kent State	22	76	40.3	37.4	25	43%	2%	43%	−5.3
30	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	21	95	37.9	33.2	19	20%	6%	24%	−40.2
31	Zachary Block	Tulane	21	68	40.8	38.8	23	34%	7%	33%	−1.9
32	Austin Kent	UCLA	21	44	38.3	36.5	15	37%	2%	51%	−5.1
33	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	20	62	37.9	34.1	22	35%	6%	36%	−12.6
34	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	20	63	41.0	38.3	25	40%	5%	34%	−0.2
35	Alex Kinney	Colorado	20	66	41.3	35.0	15	24%	6%	33%	−11.0
36	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	20	59	41.2	38.5	26	51%	0%	40%	+3.0
37	Toby Baker	Arkansas	20	50	44.6	41.3	21	42%	6%	40%	+16.6
38	Cole Moos	Kansas	19	73	41.4	38.2	13	19%	3%	28%	−2.1
39	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	19	67	44.6	38.9	24	36%	6%	31%	+6.8
40	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	19	60	43.7	40.7	33	55%	7%	32%	+17.1
41	Ryan Kay	Troy	19	62	40.8	38.9	28	50%	7%	35%	+6.9
42	Caleb Houston	UCF	19	64	41.8	39.6	21	38%	4%	39%	+4.9
43	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	19	52	42.4	40.4	35	66%	2%	38%	+13.0
44	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	19	51	41.4	37.5	15	31%	10%	40%	+1.1
45	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	19	49	46.2	43.4	23	47%	10%	39%	+18.4
46	Bentlee Critcher	App State	19	50	40.9	37.7	21	45%	7%	43%	−0.8
47	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	19	46	42.5	40.2	18	39%	11%	42%	+8.0
48	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	18	68	42.6	39.4	24	38%	10%	32%	+10.0
49	Michael Dickson	Texas	18	65	47.4	43.4	30	48%	14%	29%	+23.9
50	Colin Downing	Iowa State	18	58	41.1	38.8	24	41%	5%	34%	+5.3
51	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	17	77	42.7	38.4	21	31%	4%	25%	−2.5
52	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	17	65	39.4	38.1	19	30%	3%	27%	−5.8
53	Steve Brosy	Air Force	17	46	41.3	39.2	25	57%	2%	40%	+4.5
54	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	16	72	39.8	34.3	22	30%	8%	23%	−15.6
55	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	16	67	41.9	38.1	15	24%	2%	28%	−1.4
56	Stone Wilson	Florida International	16	61	37.6	34.2	13	21%	5%	30%	−15.4
57	Nick Gasser	Akron	16	59	37.7	35.1	23	40%	0%	28%	−11.7
58	Sean Wale	Boise State	16	47	45.2	40.5	19	42%	7%	41%	+7.0
59	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	15	74	44.3	40.5	34	46%	12%	22%	+13.0
60	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	15	70	41.4	36.4	26	37%	9%	23%	−4.3
61	Jamie Sackville	SMU	15	71	39.6	35.9	23	32%	7%	21%	−4.6
62	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	15	68	39.2	36.6	16	25%	6%	24%	−11.7
63	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	15	61	44.3	39.3	27	44%	10%	26%	+5.9
64	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	15	56	42.1	38.4	25	45%	9%	28%	+6.7
65	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	15	55	38.4	37.0	16	30%	4%	29%	−7.7
66	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	15	50	44.3	40.9	27	54%	6%	32%	+14.2
67	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	15	53	37.7	34.9	23	47%	6%	36%	−5.3
68	Chris Tilbey	USC	15	46	37.8	36.4	19	41%	4%	35%	−3.9
69	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	15	44	44.5	41.4	27	61%	11%	37%	+11.7
70	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	15	40	39.8	35.0	21	51%	5%	38%	−7.4
71	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	14	60	48.0	44.5	37	62%	3%	26%	+25.3
72	Johnny Townsend	Florida	14	60	48.0	42.0	24	41%	10%	25%	+13.4
73	Joe Schopper	Purdue	14	56	40.7	37.8	25	45%	11%	25%	+4.7
74	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	14	54	40.9	38.2	22	41%	6%	27%	+3.5
75	A.J. Cole III	NC State	14	46	41.6	38.1	13	28%	9%	34%	−3.9
76	Logan Tyler	Florida State	14	49	40.6	34.8	13	28%	4%	30%	−7.6
77	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	14	44	43.4	38.4	15	34%	11%	32%	−2.9
78	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	13	64	41.8	37.6	20	31%	9%	22%	−0.9
79	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	13	64	41.2	37.8	23	36%	10%	21%	−0.9
80	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	13	51	42.3	38.1	17	33%	4%	28%	−3.2
81	Marshall Long	Georgia	13	49	38.7	35.2	14	29%	6%	27%	−9.4
82	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	13	49	42.6	38.1	26	58%	5%	31%	+3.2
83	Spencer Smith	Memphis	13	44	45.2	43.0	11	27%	7%	36%	+13.3
84	Corey Fatony	Missouri	12	66	43.8	41.0	28	43%	9%	19%	+15.3
85	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	12	70	39.1	36.4	20	33%	8%	23%	−6.6
86	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	12	58	39.3	34.6	21	40%	6%	24%	−11.9
87	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	12	48	37.5	33.8	25	53%	2%	26%	−9.0
88	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	12	56	41.9	38.3	27	57%	6%	29%	+7.0
89	Alex Boy	Nevada	12	51	43.7	38.0	18	39%	11%	30%	+3.4
90	Danny Stirt	Duke	12	25	36.5	31.7	7	28%	8%	48%	−9.5
91	Eric Keena	North Texas	11	69	43.8	39.8	27	40%	3%	18%	+7.7
92	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	11	65	41.6	39.8	32	52%	3%	18%	+8.3
93	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	11	62	41.6	37.4	21	34%	3%	19%	−2.0
94	JK Scott	Alabama	11	46	47.7	40.3	16	36%	16%	24%	+6.7
95	Jonny Linehan	BYU	11	52	42.7	41.4	22	54%	5%	28%	+10.4
96	Austin Parker	Duke	11	29	42.1	38.3	13	45%	7%	39%	+2.4
97	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	11	28	44.1	38.1	11	41%	4%	41%	−1.1
98	James Coleman	Western Michigan	11	25	40.2	39.2	9	39%	4%	55%	+2.9
99	Evan Pantels	UNLV	10	64	41.7	38.3	16	25%	3%	18%	−1.0
100	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	10	65	42.2	34.2	21	32%	3%	16%	−18.5
101	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	10	61	39.8	34.0	17	28%	5%	17%	−19.6
102	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	10	55	39.5	36.0	12	21%	9%	19%	−5.6
103	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	10	55	42.6	36.2	14	25%	11%	19%	−5.6
104	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	10	61	45.8	43.5	24	45%	6%	19%	+26.0
105	Ryan Frain	Illinois	10	53	40.1	35.9	21	40%	8%	20%	−10.2
106	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	10	18	36.9	34.6	4	22%	6%	59%	−4.1
107	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	9	70	40.6	37.3	27	39%	7%	15%	−3.9
108	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	9	57	41.3	37.9	21	36%	7%	16%	+4.8
109	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	9	11	38.5	37.5	8	62%	8%	69%	+1.8
110	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	8	67	42.6	36.9	26	38%	10%	12%	−10.7
111	Joseph Gedeon	Indiana	8	55	40.0	36.9	25	45%	0%	15%	+1.6
112	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	8	48	44.6	41.0	17	33%	10%	17%	+11.9
113	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	8	46	42.4	37.8	15	33%	7%	19%	−4.1
114	Kenny Allen	Michigan	8	46	42.6	37.6	21	46%	11%	17%	+1.1
115	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	8	21	43.7	39.3	4	19%	5%	42%	+0.2
116	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	8	15	34.6	34.5	5	33%	0%	53%	−2.2
117	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	7	54	43.5	37.3	18	33%	6%	13%	−3.6
118	Dylan Klumph	California	7	50	44.8	38.5	19	38%	6%	14%	−6.7
119	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	7	46	42.7	39.2	22	48%	11%	16%	+5.0
120	Nick Ellis	Toledo	7	47	43.1	37.9	15	37%	15%	19%	+5.6
121	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	7	16	38.3	38.4	5	31%	0%	47%	+1.3
122	Alan Luna	UTEP	6	62	41.0	37.5	19	34%	2%	12%	−5.8
123	Alex Starzyk	Temple	6	48	39.7	38.2	22	46%	2%	13%	−2.2
124	Jake Bailey	Stanford	6	45	42.8	39.3	22	49%	4%	14%	+6.0
125	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	6	43	39.6	33.6	15	35%	12%	15%	−11.9
126	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	6	43	40.3	37.5	16	38%	12%	15%	−3.2
127	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	6	36	42.9	38.8	11	32%	12%	18%	+6.8
128	Justin Martin	Miami (OH)	6	33	38.0	35.2	7	21%	3%	20%	−4.8
129	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	6	20	41.0	35.8	8	36%	0%	29%	−0.7
130	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	6	23	40.3	36.9	7	32%	5%	27%	−3.8
131	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	5	32	43.0	37.2	13	41%	13%	16%	+1.5
132	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	5	31	38.7	38.6	10	34%	0%	18%	−2.0
133	David Reisner	Illinois	5	23	40.6	37.2	5	22%	4%	22%	−8.0
134	Alex Barta	Navy	5	20	42.0	38.2	7	35%	5%	25%	−1.2
135	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	5	15	36.7	35.5	3	20%	0%	33%	−1.5
136	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	4	43	38.3	35.1	10	24%	5%	10%	−10.3
137	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	4	28	41.9	38.7	12	46%	8%	17%	+0.1
138	Erik Harris	Navy	4	10	45.1	44.5	7	70%	0%	44%	+6.0
139	Josh Pollack	Arizona	3	48	42.3	36.4	14	34%	5%	8%	−7.4
140	J.D. Mote	Army	3	13	36.5	32.4	2	15%	15%	23%	−3.6
141	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	3	10	41.2	37.5	4	40%	0%	30%	+1.8
142	Alex Robinson	Stanford	3	4	37.0	36.0	4	100%	0%	75%	+0.4
143	Hayden Pezzoni	Charlotte	2	8	32.4	31.4	3	43%	0%	29%	−5.3
144	Zach Charme	Washington State	2	7	38.7	31.9	5	71%	29%	33%	−0.3
145	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	2	5	34.0	28.3	0	0%	0%	40%	−8.1
146	Adam Searl	UCLA	2	6	41.0	31.4	2	40%	0%	40%	−2.0
147	Jaleel Scott	New Mexico State	2	4	37.5	37.3	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.3
148	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	2	4	48.3	44.8	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.8
149	Ian Shannon	Auburn	2	3	30.7	30.7	2	67%	0%	67%	−0.3
150	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	2	2	47.0	47.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+1.1
151	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	1	16	40.9	41.3	5	31%	0%	6%	−0.4
152	Nick Schrage	Army	1	8	33.9	33.9	4	50%	0%	14%	−2.5
153	Jake Glatting	Arizona	1	10	39.4	37.0	3	43%	0%	20%	−1.5
154	Glen Cuiellette	Tulane	1	4	29.0	33.0	4	80%	0%	20%	+1.6
155	Sam Gentry	New Mexico	1	5	34.4	27.0	0	0%	20%	20%	−4.0
156	Erik Baughman	Texas Tech	1	3	38.0	31.3	0	0%	33%	33%	−0.7
157	James Sherman	Texas State	1	3	37.7	35.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−0.8
158	Matt Aragon	Arizona	1	3	38.7	34.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
159	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	1	2	47.0	44.5	1	50%	0%	50%	+0.6
160	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	1	2	37.5	37.5	2	100%	0%	50%	+0.3
161	Adaryan Jones	Texas Tech	1	1	46.0	46.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.6
162	Brad Earnest	Miami (OH)	1	1	39.0	39.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.2
163	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	1	1	42.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
164	Jack Steed	Florida State	1	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
165	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	1	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
166	Michael Batson	Clemson	1	1	46.0	46.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.6

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