2016 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 2016, Josh Pollack (27.5%) led college football punters in punts out of bounds percentage, ahead of Corey Fatony (27.4%) and Tristan Vizcaino (26.8%). 122 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 12.8%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Josh Pollack	Arizona	27.5%	48	42.3	36.4	14	34%	5%	8%	−7.4
2	Corey Fatony	Missouri	27.4%	66	43.8	41.0	28	43%	9%	19%	+15.3
3	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	26.8%	43	39.6	33.6	15	35%	12%	15%	−11.9
4	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	26.7%	61	39.8	34.0	17	28%	5%	17%	−19.6
5	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	24.5%	54	43.5	37.3	18	33%	6%	13%	−3.6
6	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	24.4%	43	38.3	35.1	10	24%	5%	10%	−10.3
7	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	24.1%	64	41.8	37.6	20	31%	9%	22%	−0.9
8	Nick Gasser	Akron	24.1%	59	37.7	35.1	23	40%	0%	28%	−11.7
9	Jamie Sackville	SMU	23.9%	71	39.6	35.9	23	32%	7%	21%	−4.6
10	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	22.9%	56	39.1	37.9	11	20%	2%	48%	−10.5
11	Dylan Klumph	California	22.0%	50	44.8	38.5	19	38%	6%	14%	−6.7
12	Joseph Gedeon	Indiana	21.8%	55	40.0	36.9	25	45%	0%	15%	+1.6
13	Jacob Ambrose	Northern Illinois	21.2%	70	39.1	36.4	20	33%	8%	23%	−6.6
14	Chris Tilbey	USC	20.9%	46	37.8	36.4	19	41%	4%	35%	−3.9
15	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	19.7%	65	42.2	34.2	21	32%	3%	16%	−18.5
16	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	19.3%	57	41.3	37.9	21	36%	7%	16%	+4.8
17	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	19.0%	65	39.4	38.1	19	30%	3%	27%	−5.8
18	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	19.0%	61	44.3	39.3	27	44%	10%	26%	+5.9
19	Marshall Long	Georgia	18.8%	49	38.7	35.2	14	29%	6%	27%	−9.4
20	Gerald Shouse	Louisiana Tech	18.8%	32	43.0	37.2	13	41%	13%	16%	+1.5
21	Stone Wilson	Florida International	18.5%	61	37.6	34.2	13	21%	5%	30%	−15.4
22	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	18.1%	74	41.9	39.2	20	27%	8%	39%	+3.3
23	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	18.0%	66	43.2	41.4	25	40%	0%	36%	+10.5
24	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	17.9%	62	37.9	34.1	22	35%	6%	36%	−12.6
25	Joe Schopper	Purdue	17.9%	56	40.7	37.8	25	45%	11%	25%	+4.7
26	Logan Tyler	Florida State	17.0%	49	40.6	34.8	13	28%	4%	30%	−7.6
27	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	16.7%	70	41.4	36.4	26	37%	9%	23%	−4.3
28	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	16.7%	65	41.6	39.8	32	52%	3%	18%	+8.3
29	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	16.4%	70	40.0	37.1	26	41%	3%	39%	+1.1
30	Jake Bailey	Stanford	16.3%	45	42.8	39.3	22	49%	4%	14%	+6.0
31	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	16.2%	77	42.7	38.4	21	31%	4%	25%	−2.5
32	Eric Keena	North Texas	16.1%	69	43.8	39.8	27	40%	3%	18%	+7.7
33	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	16.0%	59	41.2	38.5	26	51%	0%	40%	+3.0
34	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	15.9%	68	39.2	36.6	16	25%	6%	24%	−11.7
35	Zachary Block	Tulane	15.6%	68	40.8	38.8	23	34%	7%	33%	−1.9
36	JK Scott	Alabama	15.6%	46	47.7	40.3	16	36%	16%	24%	+6.7
37	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	15.5%	67	41.9	38.1	15	24%	2%	28%	−1.4
38	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	15.2%	68	41.3	38.4	26	38%	7%	47%	+4.1
39	Alex Boy	Nevada	15.0%	51	43.7	38.0	18	39%	11%	30%	+3.4
40	Jonny Linehan	BYU	15.0%	52	42.7	41.4	22	54%	5%	28%	+10.4
41	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	14.9%	50	44.3	40.9	27	54%	6%	32%	+14.2
42	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	14.8%	64	44.7	40.2	28	44%	11%	41%	+10.6
43	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	14.6%	51	41.4	37.5	15	31%	10%	40%	+1.1
44	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	14.3%	78	38.3	36.9	20	25%	3%	46%	−12.1
45	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	14.3%	49	42.6	38.1	26	58%	5%	31%	+3.2
46	Evan Pantels	UNLV	14.0%	64	41.7	38.3	16	25%	3%	18%	−1.0
47	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	14.0%	58	39.3	34.6	21	40%	6%	24%	−11.9
48	Nick Ellis	Toledo	13.9%	47	43.1	37.9	15	37%	15%	19%	+5.6
49	Spencer Smith	Memphis	13.9%	44	45.2	43.0	11	27%	7%	36%	+13.3
50	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	13.8%	67	42.6	36.9	26	38%	10%	12%	−10.7
51	Matt Haack	Arizona State	13.8%	66	43.9	42.0	21	32%	5%	35%	+14.5
52	Ryan Frain	Illinois	13.7%	53	40.1	35.9	21	40%	8%	20%	−10.2
53	Dayton Balvanz	UL Monroe	13.6%	63	41.0	38.3	25	40%	5%	34%	−0.2
54	Cole Moos	Kansas	13.4%	73	41.4	38.2	13	19%	3%	28%	−2.1
55	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	13.3%	46	42.7	39.2	22	48%	11%	16%	+5.0
56	Justin Martin	Miami (OH)	13.3%	33	38.0	35.2	7	21%	3%	20%	−4.8
57	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	13.2%	56	42.1	38.4	25	45%	9%	28%	+6.7
58	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	13.0%	72	39.8	34.3	22	30%	8%	23%	−15.6
59	Kenny Allen	Michigan	13.0%	46	42.6	37.6	21	46%	11%	17%	+1.1
60	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	12.9%	70	40.6	37.3	27	39%	7%	15%	−3.9
61	Michael Dickson	Texas	12.9%	65	47.4	43.4	30	48%	14%	29%	+23.9
62	Michael Cintron	Rutgers	12.8%	95	37.9	33.2	19	20%	6%	24%	−40.2
63	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	12.8%	51	42.3	38.1	17	33%	4%	28%	−3.2
64	Dane Roy	Houston	12.7%	55	40.7	38.7	19	35%	7%	45%	+0.1
65	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	12.7%	64	41.3	38.9	23	35%	9%	40%	+4.5
66	Alex Starzyk	Temple	12.5%	48	39.7	38.2	22	46%	2%	13%	−2.2
67	Drew Galitz	Baylor	12.0%	52	41.3	40.5	15	30%	4%	46%	+3.4
68	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	11.9%	53	37.7	34.9	23	47%	6%	36%	−5.3
69	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	11.9%	62	41.6	37.4	21	34%	3%	19%	−2.0
70	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	11.8%	36	42.9	38.8	11	32%	12%	18%	+6.8
71	Steven Coutts	Louisiana	11.5%	58	44.4	41.0	24	41%	7%	46%	+7.5
72	Bentlee Critcher	App State	11.4%	50	40.9	37.7	21	45%	7%	43%	−0.8
73	Colin Downing	Iowa State	11.3%	58	41.1	38.8	24	41%	5%	34%	+5.3
74	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	11.3%	64	41.2	37.8	23	36%	10%	21%	−0.9
75	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	11.1%	59	37.8	34.8	22	37%	5%	43%	−10.0
76	Sean Kelly	South Carolina	10.3%	72	42.5	38.5	30	42%	6%	37%	+1.1
77	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	10.3%	43	40.3	37.5	16	38%	12%	15%	−3.2
78	Wade Lees	Maryland	10.2%	65	39.9	38.4	21	32%	2%	41%	−2.5
79	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	10.2%	60	43.7	40.7	33	55%	7%	32%	+17.1
80	Jack Fox	Rice	10.1%	75	40.7	37.7	31	41%	4%	35%	−0.9
81	Josh Growden	LSU	10.0%	51	41.9	39.8	20	40%	6%	50%	+5.5
82	Mike Knoll	Boston College	9.5%	86	38.3	34.9	16	19%	8%	32%	−21.5
83	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	9.4%	55	39.5	36.0	12	21%	9%	19%	−5.6
84	Justin Wain	UConn	9.0%	74	40.8	37.4	24	32%	8%	43%	−3.2
85	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	8.6%	66	40.0	37.6	33	49%	5%	50%	+2.8
86	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	8.5%	48	37.5	33.8	25	53%	2%	26%	−9.0
87	Caleb Houston	UCF	8.2%	64	41.8	39.6	21	38%	4%	39%	+4.9
88	Alan Luna	UTEP	8.0%	62	41.0	37.5	19	34%	2%	12%	−5.8
89	Toby Baker	Arkansas	8.0%	50	44.6	41.3	21	42%	6%	40%	+16.6
90	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	7.8%	54	40.9	38.2	22	41%	6%	27%	+3.5
91	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	7.7%	61	45.8	43.5	24	45%	6%	19%	+26.0
92	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	7.4%	74	44.3	40.5	34	46%	12%	22%	+13.0
93	A.J. Cole III	NC State	7.3%	46	41.6	38.1	13	28%	9%	34%	−3.9
94	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	7.3%	44	44.5	41.4	27	61%	11%	37%	+11.7
95	Austin Kent	UCLA	7.3%	44	38.3	36.5	15	37%	2%	51%	−5.1
96	Tanner Blain	San Diego State	7.1%	56	41.9	38.3	27	57%	6%	29%	+7.0
97	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	7.1%	46	42.4	37.8	15	33%	7%	19%	−4.1
98	Steve Brosy	Air Force	7.0%	46	41.3	39.2	25	57%	2%	40%	+4.5
99	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	6.8%	44	43.4	38.4	15	34%	11%	32%	−2.9
100	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	6.7%	46	42.5	40.2	18	39%	11%	42%	+8.0
101	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	6.4%	48	44.6	41.0	17	33%	10%	17%	+11.9
102	Adam Nunez	TCU	6.3%	69	39.6	37.7	26	38%	3%	36%	−2.6
103	Andy Teasdall	Clemson	6.3%	48	37.7	35.1	18	38%	8%	52%	−6.2
104	Michael Farkas	Ohio	6.0%	69	41.0	38.7	31	46%	4%	40%	+4.5
105	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	5.8%	55	38.4	37.0	16	30%	4%	29%	−7.7
106	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	5.6%	60	48.0	44.5	37	62%	3%	26%	+25.3
107	Ryan Kay	Troy	5.6%	62	40.8	38.9	28	50%	7%	35%	+6.9
108	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	5.3%	68	42.6	39.4	24	38%	10%	32%	+10.0
109	Kevin Phillips	Auburn	5.3%	40	41.4	39.5	14	36%	8%	61%	+4.9
110	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	4.8%	67	44.6	38.9	24	36%	6%	31%	+6.8
111	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	4.4%	45	40.8	39.4	22	49%	0%	64%	+5.6
112	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	4.1%	49	46.2	43.4	23	47%	10%	39%	+18.4
113	Justin Vogel	Miami	3.6%	57	44.2	41.1	25	44%	2%	47%	+7.2
114	Alex Kinney	Colorado	3.3%	66	41.3	35.0	15	24%	6%	33%	−11.0
115	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	3.3%	62	38.8	37.2	31	51%	3%	45%	−2.1
116	Mason King	Louisville	2.1%	47	42.7	39.3	15	32%	2%	51%	+4.8
117	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	2.0%	52	42.4	40.4	35	66%	2%	38%	+13.0
118	Derek Adams	Kent State	2.0%	76	40.3	37.4	25	43%	2%	43%	−5.3
119	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	1.9%	55	42.6	36.2	14	25%	11%	19%	−5.6
120	Johnny Townsend	Florida	1.8%	60	48.0	42.0	24	41%	10%	25%	+13.4
121	Sean Wale	Boise State	0.0%	47	45.2	40.5	19	42%	7%	41%	+7.0
122	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	0.0%	40	39.8	35.0	21	51%	5%	38%	−7.4

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