2016 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 2016, Nicholas Conte (24) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Sam Loy (23) and Ethan Wood (22). 177 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	24	74	44.3	40.5	34	46%	12%	22%	+13.0
2	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	23	64	41.2	37.8	23	36%	10%	21%	−0.9
3	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	22	65	41.6	39.8	32	52%	3%	18%	+8.3
4	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	20	65	39.4	38.1	19	30%	3%	27%	−5.8
5	Alex Starzyk	Temple	20	48	39.7	38.2	22	46%	2%	13%	−2.2
6	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	19	57	41.3	37.9	21	36%	7%	16%	+4.8
7	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	18	72	39.8	34.3	22	30%	8%	23%	−15.6
8	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	18	67	42.6	36.9	26	38%	10%	12%	−10.7
9	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	18	55	38.4	37.0	16	30%	4%	29%	−7.7
10	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	17	95	37.9	33.2	19	20%	6%	24%	−40.2
11	Jack Fox	Rice	17	75	40.7	37.7	31	41%	4%	35%	−0.9
12	Evan Pantels	UNLV	17	64	41.7	38.3	16	25%	3%	18%	−1.0
13	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	17	62	38.8	37.2	31	51%	3%	45%	−2.1
14	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	17	60	48.0	44.5	37	62%	3%	26%	+25.3
15	Alan Luna	UTEP	17	62	41.0	37.5	19	34%	2%	12%	−5.8
16	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	17	61	45.8	43.5	24	45%	6%	19%	+26.0
17	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	17	48	44.6	41.0	17	33%	10%	17%	+11.9
18	Jamie Sackville	SMU	16	71	39.6	35.9	23	32%	7%	21%	−4.6
19	Michael Farkas	Ohio	16	69	41.0	38.7	31	46%	4%	40%	+4.5
20	Zachary Block	Tulane	16	68	40.8	38.8	23	34%	7%	33%	−1.9
21	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	16	68	39.2	36.6	16	25%	6%	24%	−11.7
22	Mike Knoll	Boston College	15	86	38.3	34.9	16	19%	8%	32%	−21.5
23	Adam Nunez	TCU	15	69	39.6	37.7	26	38%	3%	36%	−2.6
24	Eric Keena	North Texas	15	69	43.8	39.8	27	40%	3%	18%	+7.7
25	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	15	60	43.7	40.7	33	55%	7%	32%	+17.1
26	Ryan Kay	Troy	15	62	40.8	38.9	28	50%	7%	35%	+6.9
27	Caleb Houston	UCF	15	64	41.8	39.6	21	38%	4%	39%	+4.9
28	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	15	54	43.5	37.3	18	33%	6%	13%	−3.6
29	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	15	52	42.4	40.4	35	66%	2%	38%	+13.0
30	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	15	43	40.3	37.5	16	38%	12%	15%	−3.2
31	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	15	43	38.3	35.1	10	24%	5%	10%	−10.3
32	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	14	70	41.4	36.4	26	37%	9%	23%	−4.3
33	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	14	77	42.7	38.4	21	31%	4%	25%	−2.5
34	Wade Lees	Maryland	14	65	39.9	38.4	21	32%	2%	41%	−2.5
35	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	14	68	42.6	39.4	24	38%	10%	32%	+10.0
36	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	14	54	40.9	38.2	22	41%	6%	27%	+3.5
37	Ryan Frain	Illinois	14	53	40.1	35.9	21	40%	8%	20%	−10.2
38	A.J. Cole III	NC State	14	46	41.6	38.1	13	28%	9%	34%	−3.9
39	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	14	40	39.8	35.0	21	51%	5%	38%	−7.4
40	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	13	78	38.3	36.9	20	25%	3%	46%	−12.1
41	Cole Moos	Kansas	13	73	41.4	38.2	13	19%	3%	28%	−2.1
42	Corey Fatony	Missouri	13	66	43.8	41.0	28	43%	9%	19%	+15.3
43	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	13	62	37.9	34.1	22	35%	6%	36%	−12.6
44	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	13	58	44.4	41.0	24	41%	7%	46%	+7.5
45	Joe Schopper	Purdue	13	56	40.7	37.8	25	45%	11%	25%	+4.7
46	Drew Galitz	Baylor	13	52	41.3	40.5	15	30%	4%	46%	+3.4
47	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	13	53	37.7	34.9	23	47%	6%	36%	−5.3
48	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	13	48	37.5	33.8	25	53%	2%	26%	−9.0
49	Justin Wain	UConn	12	74	40.8	37.4	24	32%	8%	43%	−3.2
50	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	12	70	40.6	37.3	27	39%	7%	15%	−3.9
51	Matt Haack	Arizona State	12	66	43.9	42.0	21	32%	5%	35%	+14.5
52	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	12	63	41.0	38.3	25	40%	5%	34%	−0.2
53	Colin Downing	Iowa State	12	58	41.1	38.8	24	41%	5%	34%	+5.3
54	Derek Adams	Kent State	12	76	40.3	37.4	25	43%	2%	43%	−5.3
55	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	12	55	39.5	36.0	12	21%	9%	19%	−5.6
56	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	12	58	39.3	34.6	21	40%	6%	24%	−11.9
57	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	12	51	42.3	38.1	17	33%	4%	28%	−3.2
58	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	12	49	46.2	43.4	23	47%	10%	39%	+18.4
59	Logan Tyler	Florida State	12	49	40.6	34.8	13	28%	4%	30%	−7.6
60	Jake Bailey	Stanford	12	45	42.8	39.3	22	49%	4%	14%	+6.0
61	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	12	36	42.9	38.8	11	32%	12%	18%	+6.8
62	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	11	66	40.0	37.6	33	49%	5%	50%	+2.8
63	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	11	65	42.2	34.2	21	32%	3%	16%	−18.5
64	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	11	70	40.0	37.1	26	41%	3%	39%	+1.1
65	Stone Wilson	Florida International	11	61	37.6	34.2	13	21%	5%	30%	−15.4
66	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	11	56	42.1	38.4	25	45%	9%	28%	+6.7
67	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	11	59	41.2	38.5	26	51%	0%	40%	+3.0
68	Jonny Linehan	BYU	11	52	42.7	41.4	22	54%	5%	28%	+10.4
69	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	11	16	40.9	41.3	5	31%	0%	6%	−0.4
70	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	10	74	41.9	39.2	20	27%	8%	39%	+3.3
71	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	10	72	42.5	38.5	30	42%	6%	37%	+1.1
72	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	10	68	41.3	38.4	26	38%	7%	47%	+4.1
73	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	10	66	43.2	41.4	25	40%	0%	36%	+10.5
74	Joseph Gedeon	Indiana	10	55	40.0	36.9	25	45%	0%	15%	+1.6
75	Dane Roy	Houston	10	55	40.7	38.7	19	35%	7%	45%	+0.1
76	Chris Tilbey	USC	10	46	37.8	36.4	19	41%	4%	35%	−3.9
77	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	10	46	42.5	40.2	18	39%	11%	42%	+8.0
78	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	10	49	42.6	38.1	26	58%	5%	31%	+3.2
79	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	10	44	44.5	41.4	27	61%	11%	37%	+11.7
80	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	10	44	43.4	38.4	15	34%	11%	32%	−2.9
81	Spencer Smith	Memphis	10	44	45.2	43.0	11	27%	7%	36%	+13.3
82	Michael Dickson	Texas	9	65	47.4	43.4	30	48%	14%	29%	+23.9
83	Alex Kinney	Colorado	9	66	41.3	35.0	15	24%	6%	33%	−11.0
84	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	9	62	41.6	37.4	21	34%	3%	19%	−2.0
85	Nick Gasser	Akron	9	59	37.7	35.1	23	40%	0%	28%	−11.7
86	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	9	55	42.6	36.2	14	25%	11%	19%	−5.6
87	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	9	48	37.7	35.1	18	38%	8%	52%	−6.2
88	Bentlee Critcher	App State	9	50	40.9	37.7	21	45%	7%	43%	−0.8
89	Kenny Allen	Michigan	9	46	42.6	37.6	21	46%	11%	17%	+1.1
90	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	9	46	42.7	39.2	22	48%	11%	16%	+5.0
91	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	9	43	39.6	33.6	15	35%	12%	15%	−11.9
92	Austin Kent	UCLA	9	44	38.3	36.5	15	37%	2%	51%	−5.1
93	Josh Pollack	Arizona	9	48	42.3	36.4	14	34%	5%	8%	−7.4
94	Justin Martin	Miami (OH)	9	33	38.0	35.2	7	21%	3%	20%	−4.8
95	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	9	32	43.0	37.2	13	41%	13%	16%	+1.5
96	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	9	31	38.7	38.6	10	34%	0%	18%	−2.0
97	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	8	67	44.6	38.9	24	36%	6%	31%	+6.8
98	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	8	64	41.8	37.6	20	31%	9%	22%	−0.9
99	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	8	64	44.7	40.2	28	44%	11%	41%	+10.6
100	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	8	61	44.3	39.3	27	44%	10%	26%	+5.9
101	Johnny Townsend	Florida	8	60	48.0	42.0	24	41%	10%	25%	+13.4
102	Josh Growden	LSU	8	51	41.9	39.8	20	40%	6%	50%	+5.5
103	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	7	64	41.3	38.9	23	35%	9%	40%	+4.5
104	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	7	56	39.1	37.9	11	20%	2%	48%	−10.5
105	Marshall Long	Georgia	7	49	38.7	35.2	14	29%	6%	27%	−9.4
106	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	7	56	41.9	38.3	27	57%	6%	29%	+7.0
107	Nick Ellis	Toledo	7	47	43.1	37.9	15	37%	15%	19%	+5.6
108	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	6	67	41.9	38.1	15	24%	2%	28%	−1.4
109	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	6	59	37.8	34.8	22	37%	5%	43%	−10.0
110	Justin Vogel	Miami	6	57	44.2	41.1	25	44%	2%	47%	+7.2
111	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	6	50	44.3	40.9	27	54%	6%	32%	+14.2
112	Toby Baker	Arkansas	6	50	44.6	41.3	21	42%	6%	40%	+16.6
113	Mason King	Louisville	6	47	42.7	39.3	15	32%	2%	51%	+4.8
114	Alex Boy	Nevada	6	51	43.7	38.0	18	39%	11%	30%	+3.4
115	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	6	46	42.4	37.8	15	33%	7%	19%	−4.1
116	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	6	45	40.8	39.4	22	49%	0%	64%	+5.6
117	Sean Wale	Boise State	6	47	45.2	40.5	19	42%	7%	41%	+7.0
118	Steve Brosy	Air Force	6	46	41.3	39.2	25	57%	2%	40%	+4.5
119	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	6	40	41.4	39.5	14	36%	8%	61%	+4.9
120	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	5	61	39.8	34.0	17	28%	5%	17%	−19.6
121	Dylan Klumph	California	5	50	44.8	38.5	19	38%	6%	14%	−6.7
122	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	5	28	44.1	38.1	11	41%	4%	41%	−1.1
123	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	5	28	41.9	38.7	12	46%	8%	17%	+0.1
124	David Reisner	Illinois	5	23	40.6	37.2	5	22%	4%	22%	−8.0
125	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	5	20	41.0	35.8	8	36%	0%	29%	−0.7
126	Nick Schrage	Army	5	8	33.9	33.9	4	50%	0%	14%	−2.5
127	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	4	70	39.1	36.4	20	33%	8%	23%	−6.6
128	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	4	51	41.4	37.5	15	31%	10%	40%	+1.1
129	Austin Parker	Duke	4	29	42.1	38.3	13	45%	7%	39%	+2.4
130	James Coleman	Western Michigan	4	25	40.2	39.2	9	39%	4%	55%	+2.9
131	Alex Barta	Navy	4	20	42.0	38.2	7	35%	5%	25%	−1.2
132	J.D. Mote	Army	4	13	36.5	32.4	2	15%	15%	23%	−3.6
133	Davis Webb	California	4	7	39.3	33.6	4	57%	29%	0%	−1.3
134	JK Scott	Alabama	3	46	47.7	40.3	16	36%	16%	24%	+6.7
135	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	3	23	40.3	36.9	7	32%	5%	27%	−3.8
136	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	3	16	38.3	38.4	5	31%	0%	47%	+1.3
137	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	3	15	34.6	34.5	5	33%	0%	53%	−2.2
138	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	3	15	36.7	35.5	3	20%	0%	33%	−1.5
139	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	3	11	38.5	37.5	8	62%	8%	69%	+1.8
140	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	3	10	41.2	37.5	4	40%	0%	30%	+1.8
141	Hayden Pezzoni	Charlotte	3	8	32.4	31.4	3	43%	0%	29%	−5.3
142	Jermaine Adams	Army	3	6	34.8	35.8	1	17%	0%	0%	−5.2
143	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	3	6	37.5	31.3	1	17%	17%	0%	−1.9
144	Manny Wilkins	Arizona State	3	3	43.0	43.0	3	100%	0%	0%	+1.0
145	Danny Stirt	Duke	2	25	36.5	31.7	7	28%	8%	48%	−9.5
146	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	2	21	43.7	39.3	4	19%	5%	42%	+0.2
147	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	2	18	36.9	34.6	4	22%	6%	59%	−4.1
148	Erik Harris	Navy	2	10	45.1	44.5	7	70%	0%	44%	+6.0
149	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	2	8	38.4	32.1	1	13%	0%	0%	−3.9
150	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	2	5	34.0	28.3	0	0%	0%	40%	−8.1
151	Glen Cuiellette	Tulane	2	4	29.0	33.0	4	80%	0%	20%	+1.6
152	C.J. Beathard	Iowa	2	2	35.0	35.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
153	Daniel Jones	Duke	2	2	35.5	35.5	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.6
154	Greg Stroman	Virginia Tech	2	2	40.0	40.0	1	50%	0%	0%	0.0
155	Jake Browning	Washington	2	2	36.0	36.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
156	Parker Boehme	Duke	2	2	50.0	50.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+1.0
157	Zach Charme	Washington State	1	7	38.7	31.9	5	71%	29%	33%	−0.3
158	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	1	6	35.0	35.0	1	17%	0%	0%	−2.3
159	Sam Gentry	New Mexico	1	5	34.4	27.0	0	0%	20%	20%	−4.0
160	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	1	4	48.3	44.8	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.8
161	Chad Kelly	Ole Miss	1	3	43.7	30.3	1	33%	67%	0%	−0.1
162	Erik Baughman	Texas Tech	1	3	38.0	31.3	0	0%	33%	33%	−0.7
163	James Sherman	Texas State	1	3	37.7	35.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−0.8
164	Matt Aragon	Arizona	1	3	38.7	34.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
165	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	1	3	46.7	26.0	2	67%	0%	0%	−0.1
166	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	1	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
167	Eric Dungey	Syracuse	1	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
168	Grant Aasen	Georgia Tech	1	1	42.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.2
169	Haden Tobola	Rice	1	1	38.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
170	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	1	1	29.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0
171	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	1	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
172	Ryan Graham	Northern Illinois	1	1	14.0	14.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.9
173	Taylor Lamb	App State	1	1	19.0	19.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.3
174	Tyler Rogers	New Mexico State	1	1	21.0	21.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.2
175	Tyler Stehling	Rice	1	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
176	Zach Smith	Baylor	1	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
177	Zack Mahoney	Syracuse	1	1	34.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3

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