2016 College Inside the 20 Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that end inside the opponent's 20-yard line. It removes volume from the comparison.

Field position matters: punters who punt from midfield have more chances than those punting from their own end. In 2016, Zach Sinor (66.0%) led college football punters in inside the 20 percentage, ahead of Mitch Wishnowsky (61.7%) and Brandon McKee (61.4%). 122 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 38.1%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	In 20 %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	66.0%	52	42.4	40.4	35	2%	38%	+13.0
2	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	61.7%	60	48.0	44.5	37	3%	26%	+25.3
3	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	61.4%	44	44.5	41.4	27	11%	37%	+11.7
4	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	57.8%	49	42.6	38.1	26	5%	31%	+3.2
5	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	57.4%	56	41.9	38.3	27	6%	29%	+7.0
6	Steve Brosy	Air Force	56.8%	46	41.3	39.2	25	2%	40%	+4.5
7	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	55.0%	60	43.7	40.7	33	7%	32%	+17.1
8	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	54.0%	50	44.3	40.9	27	6%	32%	+14.2
9	Jonny Linehan	BYU	53.7%	52	42.7	41.4	22	5%	28%	+10.4
10	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	53.2%	48	37.5	33.8	25	2%	26%	−9.0
11	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	51.6%	65	41.6	39.8	32	3%	18%	+8.3
12	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	51.2%	40	39.8	35.0	21	5%	38%	−7.4
13	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	51.0%	59	41.2	38.5	26	0%	40%	+3.0
14	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	50.8%	62	38.8	37.2	31	3%	45%	−2.1
15	Ryan Kay	Troy	50.0%	62	40.8	38.9	28	7%	35%	+6.9
16	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	49.3%	66	40.0	37.6	33	5%	50%	+2.8
17	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	48.9%	45	40.8	39.4	22	0%	64%	+5.6
18	Jake Bailey	Stanford	48.9%	45	42.8	39.3	22	4%	14%	+6.0
19	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	47.8%	46	42.7	39.2	22	11%	16%	+5.0
20	Michael Dickson	Texas	47.6%	65	47.4	43.4	30	14%	29%	+23.9
21	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	46.9%	53	37.7	34.9	23	6%	36%	−5.3
22	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	46.9%	49	46.2	43.4	23	10%	39%	+18.4
23	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	45.9%	74	44.3	40.5	34	12%	22%	+13.0
24	Alex Starzyk	Temple	45.8%	48	39.7	38.2	22	2%	13%	−2.2
25	Kenny Allen	Michigan	45.7%	46	42.6	37.6	21	11%	17%	+1.1
26	Michael Farkas	Ohio	45.6%	69	41.0	38.7	31	4%	40%	+4.5
27	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	45.3%	61	45.8	43.5	24	6%	19%	+26.0
28	Bentlee Critcher	App State	44.7%	50	40.9	37.7	21	7%	43%	−0.8
29	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	44.6%	56	42.1	38.4	25	9%	28%	+6.7
30	Joe Schopper	Purdue	44.6%	56	40.7	37.8	25	11%	25%	+4.7
31	Joseph Gedeon	Indiana	44.6%	55	40.0	36.9	25	0%	15%	+1.6
32	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	44.4%	64	44.7	40.2	28	11%	41%	+10.6
33	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	44.3%	61	44.3	39.3	27	10%	26%	+5.9
34	Justin Vogel	Miami	43.9%	57	44.2	41.1	25	2%	47%	+7.2
35	Derek Adams	Kent State	43.1%	76	40.3	37.4	25	2%	43%	−5.3
36	Corey Fatony	Missouri	43.1%	66	43.8	41.0	28	9%	19%	+15.3
37	Sean Wale	Boise State	42.2%	47	45.2	40.5	19	7%	41%	+7.0
38	Toby Baker	Arkansas	42.0%	50	44.6	41.3	21	6%	40%	+16.6
39	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	41.7%	72	42.5	38.5	30	6%	37%	+1.1
40	Colin Downing	Iowa State	41.4%	58	41.1	38.8	24	5%	34%	+5.3
41	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	41.4%	58	44.4	41.0	24	7%	46%	+7.5
42	Jack Fox	Rice	41.3%	75	40.7	37.7	31	4%	35%	−0.9
43	Chris Tilbey	USC	41.3%	46	37.8	36.4	19	4%	35%	−3.9
44	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	40.7%	54	40.9	38.2	22	6%	27%	+3.5
45	Johnny Townsend	Florida	40.7%	60	48.0	42.0	24	10%	25%	+13.4
46	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	40.6%	70	40.0	37.1	26	3%	39%	+1.1
47	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	40.6%	32	43.0	37.2	13	13%	16%	+1.5
48	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	40.4%	58	39.3	34.6	21	6%	24%	−11.9
49	Josh Growden	LSU	40.0%	51	41.9	39.8	20	6%	50%	+5.5
50	Eric Keena	North Texas	39.7%	69	43.8	39.8	27	3%	18%	+7.7
51	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	39.7%	63	41.0	38.3	25	5%	34%	−0.2
52	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	39.7%	66	43.2	41.4	25	0%	36%	+10.5
53	Nick Gasser	Akron	39.7%	59	37.7	35.1	23	0%	28%	−11.7
54	Ryan Frain	Illinois	39.6%	53	40.1	35.9	21	8%	20%	−10.2
55	Alex Boy	Nevada	39.1%	51	43.7	38.0	18	11%	30%	+3.4
56	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	39.1%	46	42.5	40.2	18	11%	42%	+8.0
57	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	38.6%	70	40.6	37.3	27	7%	15%	−3.9
58	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	38.2%	67	42.6	36.9	26	10%	12%	−10.7
59	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	38.2%	68	41.3	38.4	26	7%	47%	+4.1
60	Caleb Houston	UCF	38.2%	64	41.8	39.6	21	4%	39%	+4.9
61	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	38.1%	68	42.6	39.4	24	10%	32%	+10.0
62	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	38.1%	43	40.3	37.5	16	12%	15%	−3.2
63	Dylan Klumph	California	38.0%	50	44.8	38.5	19	6%	14%	−6.7
64	Adam Nunez	TCU	37.7%	69	39.6	37.7	26	3%	36%	−2.6
65	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	37.5%	48	37.7	35.1	18	8%	52%	−6.2
66	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	37.3%	59	37.8	34.8	22	5%	43%	−10.0
67	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	36.6%	70	41.4	36.4	26	9%	23%	−4.3
68	Austin Kent	UCLA	36.6%	44	38.3	36.5	15	2%	51%	−5.1
69	Nick Ellis	Toledo	36.6%	47	43.1	37.9	15	15%	19%	+5.6
70	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	36.2%	57	41.3	37.9	21	7%	16%	+4.8
71	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	35.9%	64	41.2	37.8	23	10%	21%	−0.9
72	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	35.9%	40	41.4	39.5	14	8%	61%	+4.9
73	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	35.8%	67	44.6	38.9	24	6%	31%	+6.8
74	JK Scott	Alabama	35.6%	46	47.7	40.3	16	16%	24%	+6.7
75	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	35.4%	64	41.3	38.9	23	9%	40%	+4.5
76	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	34.9%	62	37.9	34.1	22	6%	36%	−12.6
77	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	34.9%	43	39.6	33.6	15	12%	15%	−11.9
78	Dane Roy	Houston	34.5%	55	40.7	38.7	19	7%	45%	+0.1
79	Zachary Block	Tulane	34.3%	68	40.8	38.8	23	7%	33%	−1.9
80	Josh Pollack	Arizona	34.1%	48	42.3	36.4	14	5%	8%	−7.4
81	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	34.1%	44	43.4	38.4	15	11%	32%	−2.9
82	Alan Luna	UTEP	33.9%	62	41.0	37.5	19	2%	12%	−5.8
83	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	33.9%	62	41.6	37.4	21	3%	19%	−2.0
84	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	33.3%	70	39.1	36.4	20	8%	23%	−6.6
85	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	33.3%	54	43.5	37.3	18	6%	13%	−3.6
86	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	33.3%	48	44.6	41.0	17	10%	17%	+11.9
87	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	33.3%	51	42.3	38.1	17	4%	28%	−3.2
88	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	32.6%	46	42.4	37.8	15	7%	19%	−4.1
89	Justin Wain	UConn	32.4%	74	40.8	37.4	24	8%	43%	−3.2
90	Jamie Sackville	SMU	32.4%	71	39.6	35.9	23	7%	21%	−4.6
91	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	32.4%	36	42.9	38.8	11	12%	18%	+6.8
92	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	32.3%	65	42.2	34.2	21	3%	16%	−18.5
93	Wade Lees	Maryland	32.3%	65	39.9	38.4	21	2%	41%	−2.5
94	Mason King	Louisville	31.9%	47	42.7	39.3	15	2%	51%	+4.8
95	Matt Haack	Arizona State	31.8%	66	43.9	42.0	21	5%	35%	+14.5
96	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	31.3%	64	41.8	37.6	20	9%	22%	−0.9
97	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	30.9%	77	42.7	38.4	21	4%	25%	−2.5
98	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	30.6%	51	41.4	37.5	15	10%	40%	+1.1
99	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	30.2%	55	38.4	37.0	16	4%	29%	−7.7
100	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	30.1%	72	39.8	34.3	22	8%	23%	−15.6
101	Drew Galitz	Baylor	30.0%	52	41.3	40.5	15	4%	46%	+3.4
102	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	29.7%	65	39.4	38.1	19	3%	27%	−5.8
103	Marshall Long	Georgia	29.2%	49	38.7	35.2	14	6%	27%	−9.4
104	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	28.3%	61	39.8	34.0	17	5%	17%	−19.6
105	A.J. Cole III	NC State	27.7%	46	41.6	38.1	13	9%	34%	−3.9
106	Logan Tyler	Florida State	27.7%	49	40.6	34.8	13	4%	30%	−7.6
107	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	27.0%	74	41.9	39.2	20	8%	39%	+3.3
108	Spencer Smith	Memphis	26.8%	44	45.2	43.0	11	7%	36%	+13.3
109	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	25.5%	55	42.6	36.2	14	11%	19%	−5.6
110	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	25.4%	68	39.2	36.6	16	6%	24%	−11.7
111	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	25.0%	78	38.3	36.9	20	3%	46%	−12.1
112	Evan Pantels	UNLV	24.6%	64	41.7	38.3	16	3%	18%	−1.0
113	Alex Kinney	Colorado	24.2%	66	41.3	35.0	15	6%	33%	−11.0
114	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	24.2%	67	41.9	38.1	15	2%	28%	−1.4
115	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	23.8%	43	38.3	35.1	10	5%	10%	−10.3
116	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	21.4%	55	39.5	36.0	12	9%	19%	−5.6
117	Stone Wilson	Florida International	21.3%	61	37.6	34.2	13	5%	30%	−15.4
118	Justin Martin	Miami (OH)	20.6%	33	38.0	35.2	7	3%	20%	−4.8
119	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	20.2%	95	37.9	33.2	19	6%	24%	−40.2
120	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	20.0%	56	39.1	37.9	11	2%	48%	−10.5
121	Mike Knoll	Boston College	18.6%	86	38.3	34.9	16	8%	32%	−21.5
122	Cole Moos	Kansas	18.6%	73	41.4	38.2	13	3%	28%	−2.1

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