2016 College Punts Inside the 20 Leaders

A punt that ends inside the opponent's 20-yard line pins the offense deep. It rewards accuracy and touch, not just distance.

Count, so volume helps. See the percentage version for efficiency. In 2016, Mitch Wishnowsky (37) led college football punters in punts inside the 20, ahead of Zach Sinor (35) and Nicholas Conte (34). 186 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	In 20	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	37	60	48.0	44.5	62%	3%	26%	+25.3
2	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	35	52	42.4	40.4	66%	2%	38%	+13.0
3	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	34	74	44.3	40.5	46%	12%	22%	+13.0
4	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	33	60	43.7	40.7	55%	7%	32%	+17.1
5	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	33	66	40.0	37.6	49%	5%	50%	+2.8
6	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	32	65	41.6	39.8	52%	3%	18%	+8.3
7	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	31	62	38.8	37.2	51%	3%	45%	−2.1
8	Michael Farkas	Ohio	31	69	41.0	38.7	46%	4%	40%	+4.5
9	Jack Fox	Rice	31	75	40.7	37.7	41%	4%	35%	−0.9
10	Michael Dickson	Texas	30	65	47.4	43.4	48%	14%	29%	+23.9
11	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	30	72	42.5	38.5	42%	6%	37%	+1.1
12	Ryan Kay	Troy	28	62	40.8	38.9	50%	7%	35%	+6.9
13	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	28	64	44.7	40.2	44%	11%	41%	+10.6
14	Corey Fatony	Missouri	28	66	43.8	41.0	43%	9%	19%	+15.3
15	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	27	44	44.5	41.4	61%	11%	37%	+11.7
16	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	27	56	41.9	38.3	57%	6%	29%	+7.0
17	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	27	50	44.3	40.9	54%	6%	32%	+14.2
18	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	27	61	44.3	39.3	44%	10%	26%	+5.9
19	Eric Keena	North Texas	27	69	43.8	39.8	40%	3%	18%	+7.7
20	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	27	70	40.6	37.3	39%	7%	15%	−3.9
21	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	26	49	42.6	38.1	58%	5%	31%	+3.2
22	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	26	59	41.2	38.5	51%	0%	40%	+3.0
23	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	26	70	40.0	37.1	41%	3%	39%	+1.1
24	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	26	67	42.6	36.9	38%	10%	12%	−10.7
25	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	26	68	41.3	38.4	38%	7%	47%	+4.1
26	Adam Nunez	TCU	26	69	39.6	37.7	38%	3%	36%	−2.6
27	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	26	70	41.4	36.4	37%	9%	23%	−4.3
28	Steve Brosy	Air Force	25	46	41.3	39.2	57%	2%	40%	+4.5
29	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	25	48	37.5	33.8	53%	2%	26%	−9.0
30	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	25	56	42.1	38.4	45%	9%	28%	+6.7
31	Joe Schopper	Purdue	25	56	40.7	37.8	45%	11%	25%	+4.7
32	Joseph Gedeon	Indiana	25	55	40.0	36.9	45%	0%	15%	+1.6
33	Justin Vogel	Miami	25	57	44.2	41.1	44%	2%	47%	+7.2
34	Derek Adams	Kent State	25	76	40.3	37.4	43%	2%	43%	−5.3
35	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	25	63	41.0	38.3	40%	5%	34%	−0.2
36	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	25	66	43.2	41.4	40%	0%	36%	+10.5
37	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	24	61	45.8	43.5	45%	6%	19%	+26.0
38	Colin Downing	Iowa State	24	58	41.1	38.8	41%	5%	34%	+5.3
39	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	24	58	44.4	41.0	41%	7%	46%	+7.5
40	Johnny Townsend	Florida	24	60	48.0	42.0	41%	10%	25%	+13.4
41	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	24	68	42.6	39.4	38%	10%	32%	+10.0
42	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	24	67	44.6	38.9	36%	6%	31%	+6.8
43	Justin Wain	UConn	24	74	40.8	37.4	32%	8%	43%	−3.2
44	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	23	53	37.7	34.9	47%	6%	36%	−5.3
45	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	23	49	46.2	43.4	47%	10%	39%	+18.4
46	Nick Gasser	Akron	23	59	37.7	35.1	40%	0%	28%	−11.7
47	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	23	64	41.2	37.8	36%	10%	21%	−0.9
48	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	23	64	41.3	38.9	35%	9%	40%	+4.5
49	Zachary Block	Tulane	23	68	40.8	38.8	34%	7%	33%	−1.9
50	Jamie Sackville	SMU	23	71	39.6	35.9	32%	7%	21%	−4.6
51	Jonny Linehan	BYU	22	52	42.7	41.4	54%	5%	28%	+10.4
52	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	22	45	40.8	39.4	49%	0%	64%	+5.6
53	Jake Bailey	Stanford	22	45	42.8	39.3	49%	4%	14%	+6.0
54	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	22	46	42.7	39.2	48%	11%	16%	+5.0
55	Alex Starzyk	Temple	22	48	39.7	38.2	46%	2%	13%	−2.2
56	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	22	54	40.9	38.2	41%	6%	27%	+3.5
57	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	22	59	37.8	34.8	37%	5%	43%	−10.0
58	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	22	62	37.9	34.1	35%	6%	36%	−12.6
59	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	22	72	39.8	34.3	30%	8%	23%	−15.6
60	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	21	40	39.8	35.0	51%	5%	38%	−7.4
61	Kenny Allen	Michigan	21	46	42.6	37.6	46%	11%	17%	+1.1
62	Bentlee Critcher	App State	21	50	40.9	37.7	45%	7%	43%	−0.8
63	Toby Baker	Arkansas	21	50	44.6	41.3	42%	6%	40%	+16.6
64	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	21	58	39.3	34.6	40%	6%	24%	−11.9
65	Ryan Frain	Illinois	21	53	40.1	35.9	40%	8%	20%	−10.2
66	Caleb Houston	UCF	21	64	41.8	39.6	38%	4%	39%	+4.9
67	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	21	57	41.3	37.9	36%	7%	16%	+4.8
68	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	21	62	41.6	37.4	34%	3%	19%	−2.0
69	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	21	65	42.2	34.2	32%	3%	16%	−18.5
70	Wade Lees	Maryland	21	65	39.9	38.4	32%	2%	41%	−2.5
71	Matt Haack	Arizona State	21	66	43.9	42.0	32%	5%	35%	+14.5
72	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	21	77	42.7	38.4	31%	4%	25%	−2.5
73	Josh Growden	LSU	20	51	41.9	39.8	40%	6%	50%	+5.5
74	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	20	70	39.1	36.4	33%	8%	23%	−6.6
75	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	20	64	41.8	37.6	31%	9%	22%	−0.9
76	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	20	74	41.9	39.2	27%	8%	39%	+3.3
77	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	20	78	38.3	36.9	25%	3%	46%	−12.1
78	Sean Wale	Boise State	19	47	45.2	40.5	42%	7%	41%	+7.0
79	Chris Tilbey	USC	19	46	37.8	36.4	41%	4%	35%	−3.9
80	Dylan Klumph	California	19	50	44.8	38.5	38%	6%	14%	−6.7
81	Dane Roy	Houston	19	55	40.7	38.7	35%	7%	45%	+0.1
82	Alan Luna	UTEP	19	62	41.0	37.5	34%	2%	12%	−5.8
83	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	19	65	39.4	38.1	30%	3%	27%	−5.8
84	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	19	95	37.9	33.2	20%	6%	24%	−40.2
85	Alex Boy	Nevada	18	51	43.7	38.0	39%	11%	30%	+3.4
86	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	18	46	42.5	40.2	39%	11%	42%	+8.0
87	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	18	48	37.7	35.1	38%	8%	52%	−6.2
88	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	18	54	43.5	37.3	33%	6%	13%	−3.6
89	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	17	48	44.6	41.0	33%	10%	17%	+11.9
90	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	17	51	42.3	38.1	33%	4%	28%	−3.2
91	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	17	61	39.8	34.0	28%	5%	17%	−19.6
92	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	16	43	40.3	37.5	38%	12%	15%	−3.2
93	JK Scott	Alabama	16	46	47.7	40.3	36%	16%	24%	+6.7
94	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	16	55	38.4	37.0	30%	4%	29%	−7.7
95	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	16	68	39.2	36.6	25%	6%	24%	−11.7
96	Evan Pantels	UNLV	16	64	41.7	38.3	25%	3%	18%	−1.0
97	Mike Knoll	Boston College	16	86	38.3	34.9	19%	8%	32%	−21.5
98	Austin Kent	UCLA	15	44	38.3	36.5	37%	2%	51%	−5.1
99	Nick Ellis	Toledo	15	47	43.1	37.9	37%	15%	19%	+5.6
100	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	15	43	39.6	33.6	35%	12%	15%	−11.9
101	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	15	44	43.4	38.4	34%	11%	32%	−2.9
102	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	15	46	42.4	37.8	33%	7%	19%	−4.1
103	Mason King	Louisville	15	47	42.7	39.3	32%	2%	51%	+4.8
104	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	15	51	41.4	37.5	31%	10%	40%	+1.1
105	Drew Galitz	Baylor	15	52	41.3	40.5	30%	4%	46%	+3.4
106	Alex Kinney	Colorado	15	66	41.3	35.0	24%	6%	33%	−11.0
107	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	15	67	41.9	38.1	24%	2%	28%	−1.4
108	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	14	40	41.4	39.5	36%	8%	61%	+4.9
109	Josh Pollack	Arizona	14	48	42.3	36.4	34%	5%	8%	−7.4
110	Marshall Long	Georgia	14	49	38.7	35.2	29%	6%	27%	−9.4
111	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	14	55	42.6	36.2	25%	11%	19%	−5.6
112	Austin Parker	Duke	13	29	42.1	38.3	45%	7%	39%	+2.4
113	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	13	32	43.0	37.2	41%	13%	16%	+1.5
114	A.J. Cole III	NC State	13	46	41.6	38.1	28%	9%	34%	−3.9
115	Logan Tyler	Florida State	13	49	40.6	34.8	28%	4%	30%	−7.6
116	Stone Wilson	Florida International	13	61	37.6	34.2	21%	5%	30%	−15.4
117	Cole Moos	Kansas	13	73	41.4	38.2	19%	3%	28%	−2.1
118	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	12	28	41.9	38.7	46%	8%	17%	+0.1
119	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	12	55	39.5	36.0	21%	9%	19%	−5.6
120	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	11	28	44.1	38.1	41%	4%	41%	−1.1
121	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	11	36	42.9	38.8	32%	12%	18%	+6.8
122	Spencer Smith	Memphis	11	44	45.2	43.0	27%	7%	36%	+13.3
123	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	11	56	39.1	37.9	20%	2%	48%	−10.5
124	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	10	31	38.7	38.6	34%	0%	18%	−2.0
125	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	10	43	38.3	35.1	24%	5%	10%	−10.3
126	James Coleman	Western Michigan	9	25	40.2	39.2	39%	4%	55%	+2.9
127	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	8	11	38.5	37.5	62%	8%	69%	+1.8
128	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	8	20	41.0	35.8	36%	0%	29%	−0.7
129	Erik Harris	Navy	7	10	45.1	44.5	70%	0%	44%	+6.0
130	Alex Barta	Navy	7	20	42.0	38.2	35%	5%	25%	−1.2
131	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	7	23	40.3	36.9	32%	5%	27%	−3.8
132	Danny Stirt	Duke	7	25	36.5	31.7	28%	8%	48%	−9.5
133	Justin Martin	Miami (OH)	7	33	38.0	35.2	21%	3%	20%	−4.8
134	Zach Charme	Washington State	5	7	38.7	31.9	71%	29%	33%	−0.3
135	Brice Ramsey	Georgia	5	15	34.6	34.5	33%	0%	53%	−2.2
136	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	5	16	38.3	38.4	31%	0%	47%	+1.3
137	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	5	16	40.9	41.3	31%	0%	6%	−0.4
138	David Reisner	Illinois	5	23	40.6	37.2	22%	4%	22%	−8.0
139	Alex Robinson	Stanford	4	4	37.0	36.0	100%	0%	75%	+0.4
140	Glen Cuiellette	Tulane	4	4	29.0	33.0	80%	0%	20%	+1.6
141	Davis Webb	California	4	7	39.3	33.6	57%	29%	0%	−1.3
142	Nick Schrage	Army	4	8	33.9	33.9	50%	0%	14%	−2.5
143	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	4	10	41.2	37.5	40%	0%	30%	+1.8
144	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	4	18	36.9	34.6	22%	6%	59%	−4.1
145	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	4	21	43.7	39.3	19%	5%	42%	+0.2
146	Manny Wilkins	Arizona State	3	3	43.0	43.0	100%	0%	0%	+1.0
147	Hayden Pezzoni	Charlotte	3	8	32.4	31.4	43%	0%	29%	−5.3
148	Jake Glatting	Arizona	3	10	39.4	37.0	43%	0%	20%	−1.5
149	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	3	15	36.7	35.5	20%	0%	33%	−1.5
150	C.J. Beathard	Iowa	2	2	35.0	35.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
151	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	2	2	37.5	37.5	100%	0%	50%	+0.3
152	Jake Browning	Washington	2	2	36.0	36.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
153	Ian Shannon	Auburn	2	3	30.7	30.7	67%	0%	67%	−0.3
154	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	2	3	46.7	26.0	67%	0%	0%	−0.1
155	Adam Searl	UCLA	2	6	41.0	31.4	40%	0%	40%	−2.0
156	J.D. Mote	Army	2	13	36.5	32.4	15%	15%	23%	−3.6
157	Adaryan Jones	Texas Tech	1	1	46.0	46.0	100%	0%	100%	+0.6
158	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	1	1	36.0	36.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
159	Brad Earnest	Miami (OH)	1	1	39.0	39.0	100%	0%	100%	+0.2
160	Brent Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	1	1	27.0	27.0	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
161	Carson King	Clemson	1	1	37.0	35.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
162	Eric Dungey	Syracuse	1	1	33.0	33.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
163	Haden Tobola	Rice	1	1	38.0	38.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
164	Nate Holley	Kent State	1	1	18.0	18.0	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
165	Preston Heard	Baylor	1	1	35.0	35.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
166	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	1	1	41.0	41.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
167	Taylor Lamb	App State	1	1	19.0	19.0	100%	0%	0%	−0.3
168	Tyler Rogers	New Mexico State	1	1	21.0	21.0	100%	0%	0%	−0.2
169	Tyler Stehling	Rice	1	1	41.0	41.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
170	Zach Smith	Baylor	1	1	36.0	36.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
171	Zack Mahoney	Syracuse	1	1	34.0	34.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
172	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	1	2	47.0	47.0	50%	0%	100%	+1.1
173	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	1	2	47.0	44.5	50%	0%	50%	+0.6
174	Daniel Jones	Duke	1	2	35.5	35.5	50%	0%	0%	+0.6
175	Greg Stroman	Virginia Tech	1	2	40.0	40.0	50%	0%	0%	0.0
176	JJ Molson	UCLA	1	2	44.0	46.0	50%	0%	0%	+1.6
177	Parker Boehme	Duke	1	2	50.0	50.0	50%	0%	0%	+1.0
178	Chad Kelly	Ole Miss	1	3	43.7	30.3	33%	67%	0%	−0.1
179	Matt Aragon	Arizona	1	3	38.7	34.0	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
180	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	1	4	36.0	37.0	33%	0%	0%	−1.0
181	Cam Echols-Luper	Arkansas State	1	4	34.8	33.3	25%	0%	0%	−2.6
182	Caleb Lighbourn	Nebraska	1	5	38.6	30.6	20%	40%	0%	−1.0
183	Jermaine Adams	Army	1	6	34.8	35.8	17%	0%	0%	−5.2
184	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	1	6	35.0	35.0	17%	0%	0%	−2.3
185	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	1	6	37.5	31.3	17%	17%	0%	−1.9
186	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	1	8	38.4	32.1	13%	0%	0%	−3.9

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