2017 College Punt Touchbacks Leaders

A touchback punt sails into the end zone and gives the other team the ball at its own 20, wasting most of the distance. Ties go to the punter who punted more often from the opponent's side of the 50, where touchbacks are hardest to avoid.

Fewer is better. In 2017, Mac Loudermilk (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Cody Grace (0) and James Smith (0). 125 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	0	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
2	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	0	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
3	James Smith	Cincinnati	0	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
4	Charlie Scott	Air Force	0	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
5	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	0	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
6	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	1	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
7	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	1	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
8	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	1	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
9	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	1	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
10	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	1	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
11	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	1	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
12	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	1	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
13	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	1	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
14	Connor Martin	Baylor	1	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
15	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	1	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
16	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	1	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
17	Blake Hayes	Illinois	2	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
18	Brett Graham	UConn	2	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
19	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	2	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
20	Jonny Linehan	BYU	2	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
21	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	2	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
22	Alex Kinney	Colorado	2	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
23	Michael Farkas	Ohio	2	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
24	Joel Whitford	Washington	2	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
25	Wade Lees	Maryland	2	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
26	Owen White	Navy	2	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
27	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	2	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
28	Blake Patterson	TCU	2	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
29	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	2	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
30	Mason King	Louisville	2	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
31	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	2	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
32	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	2	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
33	Joe Schopper	Purdue	3	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
34	Zach Feagles	Miami	3	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
35	Colin Downing	Iowa State	3	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
36	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	3	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
37	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	3	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
38	Bailey Flint	Toledo	3	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
39	Reid Budrovich	USC	3	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
40	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	3	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
41	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	3	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
42	Nick Gasser	Akron	3	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
43	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	3	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
44	Jamie Sackville	SMU	3	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
45	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	3	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
46	Cole Moos	Kansas	3	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
47	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	3	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
48	Matt Panton	Kentucky	3	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
49	Jake Bailey	Stanford	3	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
50	JK Scott	Alabama	3	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
51	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	3	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
52	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	3	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
53	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	3	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
54	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	3	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
55	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	3	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
56	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	3	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
57	Adam Stack	Oregon	3	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
58	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	3	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
59	Dylan Klumph	California	3	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
60	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	3	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
61	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	3	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
62	Adam Nunez	TCU	4	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
63	Mike Knoll	Boston College	4	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
64	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	4	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
65	Will Spiers	Clemson	4	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
66	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	4	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
67	Logan Tyler	Florida State	4	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
68	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	4	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
69	A.J. Cole III	NC State	4	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
70	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	4	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
71	Brad Robbins	Michigan	4	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
72	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	4	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
73	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	4	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
74	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	4	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
75	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	4	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
76	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	4	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
77	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	4	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
78	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	4	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
79	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	4	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
80	Corey Fatony	Missouri	4	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
81	Zachary Block	Tulane	4	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
82	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	4	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
83	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	4	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
84	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	5	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
85	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	5	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
86	Dane Roy	Houston	5	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
87	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	5	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
88	Xavier Subotsch	App State	5	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
89	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	5	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
90	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	5	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
91	Johnny Townsend	Florida	5	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
92	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	5	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
93	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	5	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
94	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	5	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
95	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	5	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
96	Joel Dixon	UAB	5	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
97	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	5	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
98	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	6	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
99	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	6	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
100	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	6	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
101	Stone Wilson	Florida International	6	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
102	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	6	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
103	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	6	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
104	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	6	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
105	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	6	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
106	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	6	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
107	Alex Starzyk	Temple	7	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
108	Jack Fox	Rice	7	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
109	Alan Luna	UTEP	7	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
110	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	7	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
111	Cade Coffey	Idaho	7	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
112	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	7	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
113	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	8	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
114	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	8	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
115	Lester Coleman	Virginia	8	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
116	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	8	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
117	Michael Dickson	Texas	8	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
118	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	9	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
119	Austin Parker	Duke	9	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
120	Derek Adams	Kent State	9	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
121	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	10	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
122	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	10	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
123	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	10	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
124	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	11	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
125	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	12	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3

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