2017 College Punt Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that sailed into the end zone. A touchback costs 20 yards in net average and hands the other team the ball at its own 20, so punters try to avoid them, especially from midfield.

Lowest comes first. A punter who rarely kicks from the opponent's side of the field has few chances to touch back, so ties go to the punter with more of those punts. In 2017, Mac Loudermilk (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Cody Grace (0.0%) and James Smith (0.0%). 125 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 6.5%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	0.0%	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	54%	+4.7
2	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	0.0%	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	49%	+8.0
3	James Smith	Cincinnati	0.0%	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	45%	+10.1
4	Charlie Scott	Air Force	0.0%	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	24%	−1.8
5	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	0.0%	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	14%	−10.0
6	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	1.7%	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	21%	−10.3
7	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	1.7%	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	25%	−9.8
8	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	2.0%	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	46%	+7.1
9	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	2.0%	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	41%	−0.3
10	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	2.0%	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	27%	+5.3
11	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	2.0%	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	37%	−7.9
12	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	2.1%	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	53%	−12.6
13	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	2.2%	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	42%	+8.0
14	Connor Martin	Baylor	2.6%	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	24%	−2.0
15	Blake Hayes	Illinois	2.6%	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	19%	+8.3
16	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	2.8%	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	34%	−10.6
17	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	3.0%	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	45%	+7.6
18	Brett Graham	UConn	3.2%	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	31%	−2.1
19	Wade Lees	Maryland	3.2%	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	48%	−12.7
20	Jonny Linehan	BYU	3.4%	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	26%	+11.9
21	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	3.4%	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	25%	+16.9
22	Cole Moos	Kansas	3.6%	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	26%	−29.9
23	Alex Kinney	Colorado	3.6%	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	35%	+10.4
24	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	3.6%	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	43%	+0.7
25	Nick Gasser	Akron	3.8%	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	31%	−14.2
26	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	3.9%	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	28%	+2.6
27	Michael Farkas	Ohio	4.1%	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	36%	+2.4
28	Zach Feagles	Miami	4.4%	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	49%	−3.9
29	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	4.5%	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	35%	−5.8
30	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	4.5%	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	36%	+6.4
31	Joe Schopper	Purdue	4.7%	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	49%	+0.4
32	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	4.7%	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	28%	+5.5
33	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	5.0%	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	30%	−0.6
34	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	5.0%	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	26%	+2.6
35	Mason King	Louisville	5.0%	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	24%	+0.6
36	Colin Downing	Iowa State	5.1%	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	38%	+3.8
37	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	5.2%	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	40%	−4.1
38	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	5.3%	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	42%	−12.7
39	Matt Panton	Kentucky	5.3%	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	27%	+4.8
40	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	5.4%	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	32%	−1.0
41	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	5.4%	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	33%	+5.4
42	Mike Knoll	Boston College	5.4%	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	26%	−0.8
43	Joel Whitford	Washington	5.4%	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	27%	+1.4
44	Jamie Sackville	SMU	5.7%	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	16%	+1.1
45	Adam Stack	Oregon	5.7%	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	37%	−10.0
46	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	5.7%	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	40%	+13.0
47	Jake Bailey	Stanford	5.8%	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	35%	+14.4
48	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	5.8%	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	19%	−1.3
49	Owen White	Navy	5.9%	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	24%	+1.1
50	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	6.0%	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	29%	+9.6
51	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	6.0%	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	23%	−12.9
52	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	6.0%	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	34%	+2.4
53	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	6.1%	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	3%	+1.3
54	Reid Budrovich	USC	6.1%	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	31%	−2.6
55	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	6.1%	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	51%	+9.3
56	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	6.2%	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	11%	+5.4
57	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	6.3%	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	27%	−11.5
58	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	6.3%	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	25%	−32.0
59	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	6.3%	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	16%	−9.4
60	Adam Nunez	TCU	6.5%	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	40%	−2.4
61	Logan Tyler	Florida State	6.5%	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	29%	+3.4
62	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	6.5%	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	35%	+11.7
63	Dylan Klumph	California	6.5%	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	20%	−0.2
64	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	6.6%	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	43%	−12.2
65	Will Spiers	Clemson	6.7%	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	38%	−1.6
66	Blake Patterson	TCU	6.7%	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	31%	+0.6
67	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	6.8%	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	40%	+7.6
68	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	6.8%	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	28%	+10.0
69	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	6.9%	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	29%	−1.7
70	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	6.9%	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	32%	+3.9
71	Brad Robbins	Michigan	7.0%	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	35%	−5.6
72	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	7.0%	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	45%	+5.3
73	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	7.0%	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	46%	+8.4
74	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	7.0%	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	23%	+0.3
75	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	7.1%	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	21%	+20.6
76	JK Scott	Alabama	7.1%	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	55%	+12.9
77	A.J. Cole III	NC State	7.5%	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	26%	−5.8
78	Bailey Flint	Toledo	7.7%	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	41%	−1.8
79	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	7.7%	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	20%	−3.4
80	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	7.8%	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	30%	−5.4
81	Johnny Townsend	Florida	7.8%	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	18%	+11.2
82	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	7.9%	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	35%	+7.4
83	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	7.9%	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	43%	+25.4
84	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	7.9%	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	43%	−5.2
85	Corey Fatony	Missouri	8.0%	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	31%	+13.7
86	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	8.3%	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	39%	+8.2
87	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	8.3%	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	14%	−8.9
88	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	8.3%	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	40%	−4.5
89	Joel Dixon	UAB	8.5%	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	25%	−9.7
90	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	8.5%	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	27%	+6.4
91	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	8.5%	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	24%	+7.0
92	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	8.6%	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	26%	−1.0
93	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	8.8%	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	40%	−5.2
94	Zachary Block	Tulane	8.9%	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	29%	−2.3
95	Alan Luna	UTEP	9.0%	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	23%	+3.1
96	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	9.1%	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	35%	−11.8
97	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	9.4%	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	27%	−2.3
98	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	9.4%	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	14%	−15.4
99	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	9.4%	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	41%	−9.6
100	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	9.5%	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	50%	+11.2
101	Dane Roy	Houston	9.6%	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	40%	+2.2
102	Xavier Subotsch	App State	9.6%	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	35%	−6.2
103	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	9.7%	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	7%	+1.7
104	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	10.3%	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	21%	−0.8
105	Cade Coffey	Idaho	10.6%	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	13%	−12.2
106	Michael Dickson	Texas	11.1%	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	39%	+36.8
107	Lester Coleman	Virginia	11.3%	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	20%	−7.8
108	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	11.3%	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	38%	+10.2
109	Derek Adams	Kent State	11.4%	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	29%	+8.8
110	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	11.8%	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	36%	+2.4
111	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	11.9%	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	38%	+2.1
112	Stone Wilson	Florida International	12.0%	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	33%	−2.3
113	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	12.2%	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	29%	+0.8
114	Jack Fox	Rice	12.5%	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	31%	−5.0
115	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	12.7%	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	+0.3
116	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	12.7%	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	35%	+1.0
117	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	13.2%	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	27%	+14.4
118	Alex Starzyk	Temple	13.5%	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	26%	−4.1
119	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	13.6%	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	29%	+6.1
120	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	13.9%	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	39%	0.0
121	Austin Parker	Duke	14.8%	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	26%	−2.9
122	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	15.8%	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	11%	+5.0
123	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	16.4%	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	30%	+7.2
124	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	17.2%	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	29%	−2.9
125	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	17.9%	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	31%	+17.3

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