2017 College Punts Downed Leaders

A downed punt is one a member of the kicking team stops or touches to keep it from rolling into the end zone.

It is a coverage and control stat as much as a leg stat. In 2017, Jack Sheldon (26) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Colten Rastetter (22) and Jamie Sackville (20). 185 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	26	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
2	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	22	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
3	Jamie Sackville	SMU	20	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
4	Corey Fatony	Missouri	19	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
5	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	18	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
6	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	18	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
7	Logan Tyler	Florida State	18	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
8	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	18	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
9	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	17	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
10	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	17	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
11	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	17	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
12	Adam Nunez	TCU	17	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
13	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	17	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
14	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	16	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
15	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	16	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
16	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	16	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
17	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	16	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
18	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	16	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
19	Alex Starzyk	Temple	16	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
20	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	16	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
21	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	16	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
22	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	16	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
23	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	16	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
24	Cole Moos	Kansas	15	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
25	Nick Gasser	Akron	15	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
26	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	15	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
27	Mike Knoll	Boston College	15	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
28	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	15	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
29	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	15	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
30	Jonny Linehan	BYU	15	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
31	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	15	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
32	Charlie Scott	Air Force	15	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
33	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	14	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
34	Derek Adams	Kent State	14	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
35	Michael Dickson	Texas	14	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
36	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	14	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
37	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	14	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
38	Will Spiers	Clemson	14	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
39	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	13	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
40	Lester Coleman	Virginia	13	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
41	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	13	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
42	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	13	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
43	Cade Coffey	Idaho	13	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
44	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	13	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
45	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	13	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
46	Matt Panton	Kentucky	13	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
47	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	13	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
48	Zachary Block	Tulane	13	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
49	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	13	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
50	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	12	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
51	Alan Luna	UTEP	12	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
52	Zach Feagles	Miami	12	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
53	James Smith	Cincinnati	12	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
54	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	12	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
55	Colin Downing	Iowa State	12	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
56	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	12	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
57	Alex Kinney	Colorado	12	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
58	A.J. Cole III	NC State	12	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
59	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	12	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
60	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	12	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
61	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	12	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
62	Michael Farkas	Ohio	12	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
63	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	12	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
64	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	12	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
65	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	12	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
66	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	12	20	34.5	32.4	6	29%	0%	0%	−9.6
67	Wade Lees	Maryland	11	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
68	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	11	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
69	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	11	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
70	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	11	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
71	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	11	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
72	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	11	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
73	Joel Whitford	Washington	11	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
74	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	11	29	38.2	34.2	13	52%	4%	13%	−4.3
75	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	10	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
76	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	10	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
77	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	10	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
78	Joe Schopper	Purdue	10	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
79	Austin Parker	Duke	10	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
80	Brad Robbins	Michigan	10	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
81	Stone Wilson	Florida International	10	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
82	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	10	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
83	Blake Patterson	TCU	10	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
84	Brett Graham	UConn	9	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
85	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	9	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
86	Dane Roy	Houston	9	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
87	Jake Bailey	Stanford	9	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
88	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	9	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
89	Dylan Klumph	California	9	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
90	Bailey Flint	Toledo	9	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
91	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	9	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
92	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	9	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
93	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	9	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
94	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	9	24	41.7	40.0	13	57%	4%	39%	+3.8
95	Spencer Smith	Memphis	9	21	40.8	40.2	9	41%	5%	32%	−1.3
96	Blake Hayes	Illinois	8	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
97	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	8	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
98	Johnny Townsend	Florida	8	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
99	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	8	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
100	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	8	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
101	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	8	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
102	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	8	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
103	Xavier Subotsch	App State	8	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
104	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	8	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
105	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	8	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
106	Connor Martin	Baylor	8	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
107	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	7	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
108	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	7	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
109	Joel Dixon	UAB	7	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
110	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	7	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
111	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	7	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
112	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	7	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
113	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	7	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
114	Reid Budrovich	USC	7	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
115	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	7	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
116	Owen White	Navy	7	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
117	Riley Erickson	UNLV	7	24	36.6	28.0	6	26%	9%	23%	−12.7
118	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	7	27	44.4	33.9	7	33%	25%	0%	−5.6
119	Drew Galitz	Baylor	7	21	45.2	45.7	6	29%	0%	40%	+7.1
120	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	7	18	36.8	35.9	6	33%	0%	39%	−3.1
121	Brogan Roback	Eastern Michigan	7	10	42.1	43.2	5	56%	0%	0%	+3.2
122	Jack Fox	Rice	6	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
123	Adam Stack	Oregon	6	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
124	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	6	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
125	JK Scott	Alabama	6	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
126	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	6	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
127	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	6	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
128	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	6	25	44.9	41.0	8	32%	0%	24%	+3.3
129	Erik Powell	Washington State	6	19	42.5	39.6	5	26%	5%	6%	−0.9
130	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	5	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
131	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	5	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
132	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	5	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
133	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	5	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
134	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	5	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
135	Josh Growden	LSU	5	21	36.1	33.8	12	57%	0%	50%	−4.4
136	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	5	21	40.1	39.6	2	11%	0%	39%	−2.4
137	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	5	6	35.5	35.5	4	67%	0%	17%	+0.3
138	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	4	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
139	Mason King	Louisville	4	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
140	Nick Schrage	Army	4	25	42.9	39.6	7	28%	4%	12%	+0.6
141	Ivan Oraha	Eastern Michigan	4	22	33.7	30.8	12	55%	5%	45%	−4.5
142	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	4	16	38.7	37.6	5	31%	0%	40%	−0.8
143	Josh Pollack	Arizona	4	15	34.6	35.1	6	43%	0%	14%	−4.8
144	Ryan Gersonde	Iowa	4	13	42.5	38.2	2	15%	8%	18%	−0.2
145	Ty Gangi	Nevada	4	6	29.0	29.0	3	50%	0%	0%	−1.5
146	Brent Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	4	4	41.0	41.0	4	100%	0%	0%	+1.2
147	Evan Pantels	UNLV	3	22	40.9	34.3	6	26%	17%	27%	−4.8
148	Ian Shannon	Auburn	3	14	39.8	38.6	5	36%	0%	43%	−4.3
149	Bryce Crawford	San José State	3	10	39.7	33.9	3	30%	10%	11%	−2.7
150	Mitchell Cox	Washington State	3	8	28.0	28.0	6	75%	0%	50%	−2.9
151	Zach Oakley	Central Michigan	3	7	44.4	39.0	3	38%	0%	0%	+0.8
152	George Bollas	Kent State	3	3	27.0	27.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−1.7
153	Jonathan Banks	Tulane	3	3	35.0	35.0	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
154	Jake Glatting	Arizona	2	22	35.7	29.7	6	27%	5%	14%	−11.0
155	Michael Julian	Toledo	2	6	38.5	38.5	1	17%	0%	17%	−0.5
156	Andrew David	TCU	2	5	44.6	44.6	2	40%	0%	33%	+1.7
157	Ross Bowers	California	2	3	29.0	22.3	1	33%	33%	0%	−0.6
158	Jake Browning	Washington	2	2	41.0	41.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.7
159	Manny Wilkins	Arizona State	2	2	26.0	26.0	2	100%	0%	0%	0.0
160	Paulie Fricano	Eastern Michigan	2	2	28.0	28.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
161	Reid Nelson	Vanderbilt	2	2	24.5	24.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.3
162	Will Hart	Michigan	1	12	37.9	35.8	6	50%	8%	33%	−3.2
163	Alex Bland	Oregon State	1	11	35.9	35.4	4	36%	0%	57%	−1.2
164	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	1	6	31.7	29.5	2	33%	0%	0%	−2.4
165	Carson King	Clemson	1	3	39.3	35.7	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
166	Miles Butler	Kentucky	1	3	38.7	38.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
167	Jack Spicer	Miami	1	2	42.5	32.5	1	50%	50%	0%	0.0
168	Jonn Young	West Virginia	1	2	36.0	36.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.3
169	Kent Myers	Utah State	1	2	32.5	-5.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−3.7
170	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	1	2	49.5	49.5	1	50%	0%	50%	+1.1
171	Nate Stanley	Iowa	1	2	39.0	29.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.4
172	Trevor Wood	Arizona	1	2	38.0	34.5	1	50%	0%	0%	0.0
173	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	1	2	49.5	49.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+1.4
174	Blake Maimone	Oregon	1	1	46.0	46.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.1
175	Brandon Dawkins	Arizona	1	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
176	DJ Moore	Maryland	1	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
177	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	1	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
178	Glen Cuiellette	Tulane	1	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
179	Kelly Bryant	Clemson	1	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
180	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	1	1	28.0	28.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.8
181	Marcus McMaryion	Fresno State	1	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
182	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	1	2	46.0	49.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
183	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	1	1	32.0	32.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
184	Will Grier	West Virginia	1	1	23.0	23.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
185	Zack Mahoney	Syracuse	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3

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