2017 College Punts Inside the 10 Leaders

Punts whose final resting spot, after any return, was inside the receiving team's own 10. These are the best results a punt can have short of a turnover.

A count, so it rewards volume and good field position. See the inside-the-20 percentage for efficiency. In 2017, Blake Gillikin (17) led college football punters in punts inside the 10, ahead of Michael Dickson (16) and A.J. Cole III (15). 175 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	In 10	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	17	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
2	Michael Dickson	Texas	16	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
3	A.J. Cole III	NC State	15	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
4	Jonny Linehan	BYU	15	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
5	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	15	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
6	Mike Knoll	Boston College	15	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
7	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	15	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
8	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	15	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
9	JK Scott	Alabama	14	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
10	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	14	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
11	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	14	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
12	Lester Coleman	Virginia	14	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
13	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	14	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
14	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	13	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
15	Jake Bailey	Stanford	13	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
16	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	13	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
17	Will Spiers	Clemson	13	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
18	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	13	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
19	Zach Feagles	Miami	13	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
20	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	13	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
21	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	12	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
22	Corey Fatony	Missouri	12	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
23	Colin Downing	Iowa State	12	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
24	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	12	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
25	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	12	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
26	Nick Gasser	Akron	12	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
27	Reid Budrovich	USC	11	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
28	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	11	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
29	Dane Roy	Houston	11	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
30	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	11	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
31	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	11	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
32	Adam Nunez	TCU	11	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
33	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	11	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
34	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	11	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
35	Derek Adams	Kent State	11	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
36	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	10	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
37	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	10	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
38	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	10	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
39	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	10	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
40	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	10	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
41	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	10	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
42	Matt Panton	Kentucky	10	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
43	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	10	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
44	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	10	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
45	Blake Hayes	Illinois	10	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
46	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	9	24	41.7	40.0	13	57%	4%	39%	+3.8
47	Joel Whitford	Washington	9	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
48	Michael Farkas	Ohio	9	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
49	Jamie Sackville	SMU	9	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
50	Alex Kinney	Colorado	9	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
51	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	9	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
52	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	9	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
53	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	9	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
54	Logan Tyler	Florida State	9	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
55	Johnny Townsend	Florida	9	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
56	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	9	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
57	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	9	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
58	Alan Luna	UTEP	9	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
59	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	9	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
60	Bailey Flint	Toledo	8	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
61	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	8	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
62	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	8	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
63	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	8	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
64	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	8	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
65	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	8	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
66	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	8	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
67	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	8	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
68	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	8	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
69	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	8	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
70	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	8	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
71	Joe Schopper	Purdue	8	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
72	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	8	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
73	Wade Lees	Maryland	8	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
74	Cade Coffey	Idaho	8	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
75	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	8	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
76	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	8	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
77	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	8	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
78	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	8	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
79	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	7	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
80	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	7	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
81	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	7	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
82	Xavier Subotsch	App State	7	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
83	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	7	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
84	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	7	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
85	James Smith	Cincinnati	7	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
86	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	7	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
87	Cole Moos	Kansas	7	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
88	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	6	20	34.5	32.4	6	29%	0%	0%	−9.6
89	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	6	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
90	Mason King	Louisville	6	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
91	Charlie Scott	Air Force	6	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
92	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	6	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
93	Stone Wilson	Florida International	6	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
94	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	6	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
95	Alex Starzyk	Temple	6	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
96	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	6	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
97	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	6	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
98	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	6	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
99	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	5	27	44.4	33.9	7	33%	25%	0%	−5.6
100	Josh Growden	LSU	5	21	36.1	33.8	12	57%	0%	50%	−4.4
101	Ivan Oraha	Eastern Michigan	5	22	33.7	30.8	12	55%	5%	45%	−4.5
102	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	5	29	38.2	34.2	13	52%	4%	13%	−4.3
103	Owen White	Navy	5	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
104	Connor Martin	Baylor	5	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
105	Dylan Klumph	California	5	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
106	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	5	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
107	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	5	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
108	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	5	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
109	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	5	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
110	Brad Robbins	Michigan	5	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
111	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	5	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
112	Spencer Smith	Memphis	4	21	40.8	40.2	9	41%	5%	32%	−1.3
113	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	4	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
114	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	4	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
115	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	4	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
116	Zachary Block	Tulane	4	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
117	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	4	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
118	Adam Stack	Oregon	4	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
119	Jack Fox	Rice	4	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
120	Joel Dixon	UAB	4	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
121	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	4	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
122	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	4	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
123	Jonathan Banks	Tulane	3	3	35.0	35.0	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
124	Brent Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	3	4	41.0	41.0	4	100%	0%	0%	+1.2
125	Brogan Roback	Eastern Michigan	3	10	42.1	43.2	5	56%	0%	0%	+3.2
126	Erik Powell	Washington State	3	19	42.5	39.6	5	26%	5%	6%	−0.9
127	Drew Galitz	Baylor	3	21	45.2	45.7	6	29%	0%	40%	+7.1
128	Riley Erickson	UNLV	3	24	36.6	28.0	6	26%	9%	23%	−12.7
129	Blake Patterson	TCU	3	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
130	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	3	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
131	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	3	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
132	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	3	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
133	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	3	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
134	Austin Parker	Duke	3	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
135	Brett Graham	UConn	3	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
136	Jake Browning	Washington	2	2	41.0	41.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.7
137	Paulie Fricano	Eastern Michigan	2	2	28.0	28.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
138	Ty Gangi	Nevada	2	6	29.0	29.0	3	50%	0%	0%	−1.5
139	Mitchell Cox	Washington State	2	8	28.0	28.0	6	75%	0%	50%	−2.9
140	Josh Pollack	Arizona	2	15	34.6	35.1	6	43%	0%	14%	−4.8
141	Evan Pantels	UNLV	2	22	40.9	34.3	6	26%	17%	27%	−4.8
142	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	2	25	44.9	41.0	8	32%	0%	24%	+3.3
143	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	2	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
144	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	2	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
145	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	2	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
146	Brandon Dawkins	Arizona	1	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
147	Glen Cuiellette	Tulane	1	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
148	Jack Milas	Ball State	1	1	43.0	43.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
149	Kelly Bryant	Clemson	1	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
150	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	1	2	46.0	49.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
151	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	1	1	32.0	32.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
152	Zack Mahoney	Syracuse	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
153	Jack Spicer	Miami	1	2	42.5	32.5	1	50%	50%	0%	0.0
154	John Urzua	Middle Tennessee	1	2	32.5	22.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−1.7
155	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	1	2	27.0	27.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−1.0
156	Kent Myers	Utah State	1	2	32.5	-5.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−3.7
157	Manny Wilkins	Arizona State	1	2	26.0	26.0	2	100%	0%	0%	0.0
158	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	1	2	49.5	49.5	1	50%	0%	50%	+1.1
159	Nate Stanley	Iowa	1	2	39.0	29.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.4
160	Reid Nelson	Vanderbilt	1	2	24.5	24.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.3
161	Trevor Wood	Arizona	1	2	38.0	34.5	1	50%	0%	0%	0.0
162	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	1	2	49.5	49.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+1.4
163	Zach Potter	Army	1	2	34.5	34.5	2	100%	0%	50%	+0.2
164	Connor Allen	Wisconsin	1	4	40.0	37.3	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.6
165	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	1	4	36.8	35.7	1	33%	0%	100%	−0.4
166	Miles Butler	Kentucky	1	3	38.7	38.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
167	Steven Coutts	California	1	5	40.8	35.4	2	40%	0%	40%	−1.3
168	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	1	6	35.5	35.5	4	67%	0%	17%	+0.3
169	Michael Julian	Toledo	1	6	38.5	38.5	1	17%	0%	17%	−0.5
170	Will Hart	Michigan	1	12	37.9	35.8	6	50%	8%	33%	−3.2
171	Ian Shannon	Auburn	1	14	39.8	38.6	5	36%	0%	43%	−4.3
172	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	1	16	38.7	37.6	5	31%	0%	40%	−0.8
173	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	1	18	36.8	35.9	6	33%	0%	39%	−3.1
174	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	1	21	40.1	39.6	2	11%	0%	39%	−2.4
175	Nick Schrage	Army	1	25	42.9	39.6	7	28%	4%	12%	+0.6

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