2017 College Inside-20 to Touchback Ratio Leaders

Punts inside the 20 divided by touchbacks. It rewards a punter who gets close to the goal line without going through it. Punters with no touchbacks cannot be scored, so they are left out.

Higher is better. A punter with one touchback and ten punts inside the 20 scores 10.0. In 2017, Will Gleeson (23.0) led college football punters in inside-20 to touchback ratio, ahead of Pressley Harvin III (21.0) and Stan Gaudion (20.0). 120 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 5.8.

Final 2017 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	I20:TB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	23.0	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
2	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	21.0	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
3	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	20.0	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
4	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	18.0	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
5	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	18.0	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
6	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	16.0	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
7	Blake Hayes	Illinois	15.5	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
8	Alex Kinney	Colorado	14.0	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
9	Jonny Linehan	BYU	14.0	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
10	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	13.5	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
11	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	12.5	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
12	Connor Martin	Baylor	12.0	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
13	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	12.0	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
14	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	12.0	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
15	Brett Graham	UConn	11.5	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
16	Joe Schopper	Purdue	9.3	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
17	Mike Knoll	Boston College	9.0	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
18	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	9.0	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
19	Colin Downing	Iowa State	9.0	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
20	Zach Feagles	Miami	9.0	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
21	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	9.0	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
22	Nick Gasser	Akron	8.7	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
23	Michael Farkas	Ohio	8.5	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
24	Wade Lees	Maryland	8.5	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
25	Jake Bailey	Stanford	8.3	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
26	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	8.0	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
27	Cole Moos	Kansas	8.0	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
28	JK Scott	Alabama	8.0	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
29	Adam Nunez	TCU	7.8	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
30	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	7.7	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
31	Joel Whitford	Washington	7.5	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
32	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	7.5	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
33	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	7.3	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
34	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	7.3	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
35	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	7.0	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
36	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	7.0	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
37	Will Spiers	Clemson	7.0	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
38	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	7.0	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
39	Jamie Sackville	SMU	7.0	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
40	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	7.0	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
41	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	7.0	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
42	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	7.0	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
43	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	7.0	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
44	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	6.7	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
45	Matt Panton	Kentucky	6.7	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
46	Owen White	Navy	6.5	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
47	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	6.3	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
48	Reid Budrovich	USC	6.3	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
49	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	6.2	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
50	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	6.2	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
51	Brad Robbins	Michigan	6.0	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
52	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	6.0	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
53	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	6.0	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
54	Adam Stack	Oregon	6.0	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
55	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	6.0	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
56	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	6.0	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
57	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	6.0	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
58	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	6.0	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
59	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	5.8	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
60	Johnny Townsend	Florida	5.8	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
61	A.J. Cole III	NC State	5.8	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
62	Corey Fatony	Missouri	5.8	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
63	Bailey Flint	Toledo	5.7	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
64	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	5.6	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
65	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	5.5	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
66	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	5.4	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
67	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	5.3	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
68	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	5.3	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
69	Logan Tyler	Florida State	5.3	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
70	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	5.0	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
71	Blake Patterson	TCU	5.0	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
72	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	4.8	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
73	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	4.7	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
74	Dane Roy	Houston	4.6	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
75	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	4.6	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
76	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	4.5	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
77	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	4.5	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
78	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	4.5	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
79	Michael Dickson	Texas	4.4	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
80	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	4.3	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
81	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	4.3	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
82	Alan Luna	UTEP	4.0	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
83	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	4.0	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
84	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	4.0	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
85	Dylan Klumph	California	4.0	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
86	Mason King	Louisville	4.0	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
87	Lester Coleman	Virginia	3.9	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
88	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	3.9	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
89	Cade Coffey	Idaho	3.9	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
90	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	3.8	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
91	Xavier Subotsch	App State	3.8	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
92	Zachary Block	Tulane	3.8	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
93	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	3.7	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
94	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	3.7	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
95	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	3.5	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
96	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	3.4	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
97	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	3.4	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
98	Stone Wilson	Florida International	3.3	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
99	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	3.2	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
100	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	3.2	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
101	Alex Starzyk	Temple	3.0	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
102	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	3.0	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
103	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	3.0	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
104	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	2.8	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
105	Joel Dixon	UAB	2.8	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
106	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	2.8	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
107	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	2.8	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
108	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	2.6	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
109	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	2.6	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
110	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	2.5	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
111	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	2.5	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
112	Derek Adams	Kent State	2.4	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
113	Jack Fox	Rice	2.4	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
114	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	2.4	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
115	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	2.4	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
116	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	2.1	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
117	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	2.1	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
118	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	1.6	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
119	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	1.4	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
120	Austin Parker	Duke	1.2	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9

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