2017 College Punts Inside the 20 Leaders

A punt that ends inside the opponent's 20-yard line pins the offense deep. It rewards accuracy and touch, not just distance.

Count, so volume helps. See the percentage version for efficiency. In 2017, Mike Knoll (36) led college football punters in punts inside the 20, ahead of Michael Dickson (35) and Corey Bojorquez (33). 196 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	In 20	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Mike Knoll	Boston College	36	73	40.2	37.4	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
2	Michael Dickson	Texas	35	73	48.4	44.8	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
3	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	33	67	47.3	42.1	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
4	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	32	65	42.4	39.6	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
5	Adam Nunez	TCU	31	61	39.3	36.5	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
6	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	31	70	47.5	43.3	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
7	Lester Coleman	Virginia	31	71	44.0	38.1	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
8	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	31	73	45.6	41.3	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
9	Blake Hayes	Illinois	31	77	42.0	40.2	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
10	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	31	78	41.2	38.1	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
11	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	29	47	41.6	39.6	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
12	Johnny Townsend	Florida	29	64	47.5	41.5	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
13	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	29	67	42.0	38.3	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
14	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	29	85	40.7	38.0	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
15	Alex Kinney	Colorado	28	56	43.8	41.1	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
16	Jonny Linehan	BYU	28	59	42.9	41.9	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
17	Will Spiers	Clemson	28	60	40.8	36.7	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
18	Joe Schopper	Purdue	28	67	40.2	37.3	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
19	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	28	64	40.5	38.8	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
20	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	28	70	45.2	42.5	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
21	Alan Luna	UTEP	28	79	44.1	39.3	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
22	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	28	81	39.4	37.4	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
23	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	27	50	43.2	40.0	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
24	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	27	60	44.0	42.4	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
25	Colin Downing	Iowa State	27	62	40.3	38.7	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
26	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	27	63	42.5	40.1	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
27	Cade Coffey	Idaho	27	66	44.6	36.7	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
28	Zach Feagles	Miami	27	68	38.1	37.1	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
29	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	27	81	42.4	38.5	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
30	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	26	72	43.6	38.5	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
31	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	26	76	46.1	43.3	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
32	Nick Gasser	Akron	26	78	41.9	36.8	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
33	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	25	44	40.9	40.8	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
34	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	25	51	40.3	37.4	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
35	Jake Bailey	Stanford	25	53	45.1	42.5	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
36	James Smith	Cincinnati	25	64	42.0	41.4	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
37	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	24	41	39.5	38.3	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
38	JK Scott	Alabama	24	42	43.4	40.9	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
39	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	24	53	44.4	40.8	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
40	Brad Robbins	Michigan	24	58	40.9	36.9	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
41	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	24	64	40.7	39.2	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
42	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	24	59	42.1	39.7	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
43	Cole Moos	Kansas	24	83	39.6	35.3	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
44	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	24	85	43.5	39.5	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
45	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	23	49	44.5	41.8	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
46	Corey Fatony	Missouri	23	50	44.5	41.8	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
47	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	23	51	41.5	40.2	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
48	Dane Roy	Houston	23	53	41.6	38.8	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
49	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	23	54	43.7	40.0	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
50	A.J. Cole III	NC State	23	53	43.8	37.9	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
51	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	23	58	41.9	37.4	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
52	Brett Graham	UConn	23	63	38.8	37.3	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
53	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	22	57	43.2	41.4	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
54	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	22	66	40.5	38.0	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
55	Derek Adams	Kent State	22	79	43.6	40.5	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
56	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	21	48	42.8	40.5	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
57	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	21	50	44.1	39.7	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
58	Jamie Sackville	SMU	21	53	40.8	38.6	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
59	Alex Starzyk	Temple	21	52	40.3	34.9	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
60	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	21	56	40.6	37.9	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
61	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	21	60	40.5	38.6	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
62	Logan Tyler	Florida State	21	65	43.2	39.1	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
63	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	21	64	43.9	38.2	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
64	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	21	63	42.9	39.9	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
65	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	21	67	41.7	38.5	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
66	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	21	79	44.4	38.9	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
67	Stone Wilson	Florida International	20	50	41.8	37.9	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
68	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	20	56	43.3	39.9	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
69	Matt Panton	Kentucky	20	57	42.7	40.5	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
70	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	20	57	44.5	38.7	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
71	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	20	58	42.1	38.8	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
72	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	20	61	40.0	35.9	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
73	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	20	64	42.4	37.2	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
74	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	19	38	46.8	41.3	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
75	Reid Budrovich	USC	19	49	42.5	37.5	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
76	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	19	52	39.9	36.8	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
77	Xavier Subotsch	App State	19	52	39.8	35.9	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
78	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	19	57	38.4	34.5	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
79	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	19	65	42.6	34.3	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
80	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	19	66	43.0	38.5	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
81	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	18	36	40.6	38.2	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
82	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	18	44	44.0	41.4	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
83	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	18	46	44.2	42.6	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
84	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	18	52	42.8	38.8	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
85	Adam Stack	Oregon	18	54	38.0	35.7	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
86	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	18	59	38.6	37.6	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
87	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	18	59	39.8	36.3	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
88	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	18	69	41.5	38.5	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
89	Bailey Flint	Toledo	17	39	37.1	35.6	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
90	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	17	50	44.0	39.4	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
91	Michael Farkas	Ohio	17	54	40.4	37.9	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
92	Jack Fox	Rice	17	57	44.2	37.2	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
93	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	17	61	42.3	36.8	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
94	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	17	64	40.2	36.5	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
95	Wade Lees	Maryland	17	64	39.2	37.4	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
96	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	16	46	42.6	41.0	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
97	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	16	53	40.2	36.0	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
98	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	16	59	43.5	37.9	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
99	Joel Whitford	Washington	15	37	41.4	39.2	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
100	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	15	45	45.8	42.5	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
101	Zachary Block	Tulane	15	52	39.6	36.6	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
102	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	15	66	40.2	36.6	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
103	Charlie Scott	Air Force	14	41	42.1	39.1	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
104	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	14	50	37.3	31.6	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
105	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	14	55	42.0	39.6	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
106	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	14	58	43.2	36.9	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
107	Joel Dixon	UAB	14	60	41.3	35.7	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
108	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	13	24	41.7	40.0	57%	4%	39%	+3.8
109	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	13	29	38.2	34.2	52%	4%	13%	−4.3
110	Owen White	Navy	13	39	41.2	38.6	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
111	Josh Growden	LSU	12	21	36.1	33.8	57%	0%	50%	−4.4
112	Ivan Oraha	Eastern Michigan	12	22	33.7	30.8	55%	5%	45%	−4.5
113	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	12	33	43.3	42.1	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
114	Connor Martin	Baylor	12	39	40.3	39.1	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
115	Dylan Klumph	California	12	46	43.0	38.5	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
116	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	12	49	38.5	37.5	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
117	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	12	53	39.2	37.5	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
118	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	11	36	42.6	37.8	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
119	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	11	47	44.3	41.1	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
120	Austin Parker	Duke	11	61	42.0	36.6	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
121	Blake Patterson	TCU	10	30	41.3	39.6	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
122	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	10	49	38.4	37.5	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
123	Spencer Smith	Memphis	9	21	40.8	40.2	41%	5%	32%	−1.3
124	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	9	33	42.3	39.6	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
125	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	9	38	39.4	34.1	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
126	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	9	48	39.6	36.6	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
127	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	8	25	44.9	41.0	32%	0%	24%	+3.3
128	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	8	36	43.0	38.1	22%	14%	39%	0.0
129	Mason King	Louisville	8	39	44.1	39.9	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
130	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	7	27	44.4	33.9	33%	25%	0%	−5.6
131	Nick Schrage	Army	7	25	42.9	39.6	28%	4%	12%	+0.6
132	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	7	36	37.6	35.5	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
133	Mitchell Cox	Washington State	6	8	28.0	28.0	75%	0%	50%	−2.9
134	Will Hart	Michigan	6	12	37.9	35.8	50%	8%	33%	−3.2
135	Josh Pollack	Arizona	6	15	34.6	35.1	43%	0%	14%	−4.8
136	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	6	18	36.8	35.9	33%	0%	39%	−3.1
137	Drew Galitz	Baylor	6	21	45.2	45.7	29%	0%	40%	+7.1
138	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	6	20	34.5	32.4	29%	0%	0%	−9.6
139	Jake Glatting	Arizona	6	22	35.7	29.7	27%	5%	14%	−11.0
140	Evan Pantels	UNLV	6	22	40.9	34.3	26%	17%	27%	−4.8
141	Riley Erickson	UNLV	6	24	36.6	28.0	26%	9%	23%	−12.7
142	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	6	32	38.4	36.6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
143	Brogan Roback	Eastern Michigan	5	10	42.1	43.2	56%	0%	0%	+3.2
144	Ian Shannon	Auburn	5	14	39.8	38.6	36%	0%	43%	−4.3
145	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	5	16	38.7	37.6	31%	0%	40%	−0.8
146	Erik Powell	Washington State	5	19	42.5	39.6	26%	5%	6%	−0.9
147	Brent Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	4	4	41.0	41.0	100%	0%	0%	+1.2
148	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	4	6	35.5	35.5	67%	0%	17%	+0.3
149	Alex Bland	Oregon State	4	11	35.9	35.4	36%	0%	57%	−1.2
150	Jonathan Banks	Tulane	3	3	35.0	35.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
151	Miles Butler	Kentucky	3	3	38.7	38.7	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
152	Ty Gangi	Nevada	3	6	29.0	29.0	50%	0%	0%	−1.5
153	Zach Oakley	Central Michigan	3	7	44.4	39.0	38%	0%	0%	+0.8
154	Bryce Crawford	San José State	3	10	39.7	33.9	30%	10%	11%	−2.7
155	Jake Browning	Washington	2	2	41.0	41.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.7
156	Manny Wilkins	Arizona State	2	2	26.0	26.0	100%	0%	0%	0.0
157	Paulie Fricano	Eastern Michigan	2	2	28.0	28.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
158	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	2	2	49.5	49.5	100%	0%	0%	+1.4
159	Zach Potter	Army	2	2	34.5	34.5	100%	0%	50%	+0.2
160	Connor Allen	Wisconsin	2	4	40.0	37.3	67%	0%	67%	+0.6
161	Andrew David	TCU	2	5	44.6	44.6	40%	0%	33%	+1.7
162	Steven Coutts	California	2	5	40.8	35.4	40%	0%	40%	−1.3
163	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	2	6	31.7	29.5	33%	0%	0%	−2.4
164	Ryan Gersonde	Iowa	2	13	42.5	38.2	15%	8%	18%	−0.2
165	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	2	21	40.1	39.6	11%	0%	39%	−2.4
166	Aston Walter	Rice	1	1	40.0	36.0	100%	0%	0%	0.0
167	Brandon Dawkins	Arizona	1	1	36.0	36.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
168	Corey Edwards	BYU	1	1	39.0	47.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
169	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	1	1	45.0	45.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
170	Glen Cuiellette	Tulane	1	1	31.0	31.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
171	Jack Milas	Ball State	1	1	43.0	43.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
172	John Mackesy	Boise State	1	1	29.0	29.0	100%	0%	0%	0.0
173	Kelly Bryant	Clemson	1	1	45.0	45.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
174	Kristian Cotton	UAB	1	1	34.0	34.0	100%	0%	100%	0.0
175	Marcus McMaryion	Fresno State	1	1	23.0	23.0	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
176	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	1	2	46.0	49.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
177	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	1	1	32.0	32.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
178	Will Grier	West Virginia	1	1	23.0	23.0	100%	0%	0%	−0.1
179	Zack Mahoney	Syracuse	1	1	37.0	37.0	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
180	Jack Spicer	Miami	1	2	42.5	32.5	50%	50%	0%	0.0
181	Jeff Hollingsworth	Georgia State	1	2	31.5	31.5	50%	0%	0%	−0.9
182	John Urzua	Middle Tennessee	1	2	32.5	22.0	50%	0%	0%	−1.7
183	Jonn Young	West Virginia	1	2	36.0	36.0	50%	0%	50%	−0.3
184	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	1	2	27.0	27.0	50%	0%	0%	−1.0
185	Kent Myers	Utah State	1	2	32.5	-5.0	50%	0%	0%	−3.7
186	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	1	2	49.5	49.5	50%	0%	50%	+1.1
187	Nate Stanley	Iowa	1	2	39.0	29.0	50%	50%	0%	+0.4
188	Reid Nelson	Vanderbilt	1	2	24.5	24.5	50%	0%	0%	−0.3
189	Trevor Wood	Arizona	1	2	38.0	34.5	50%	0%	0%	0.0
190	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	1	3	30.0	30.0	33%	0%	33%	−1.8
191	Carson King	Clemson	1	3	39.3	35.7	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
192	George Bollas	Kent State	1	3	27.0	27.0	33%	0%	0%	−1.7
193	Jake Verity	East Carolina	1	3	37.3	34.3	33%	0%	0%	−0.9
194	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	1	4	36.8	35.7	33%	0%	100%	−0.4
195	Ross Bowers	California	1	3	29.0	22.3	33%	33%	0%	−0.6
196	Michael Julian	Toledo	1	6	38.5	38.5	17%	0%	17%	−0.5

All 2017 College punter rankings

Punts Inside the 20 in other seasons: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

More 2017 College punter leaderboards

Other 2017 College rankings

Loading the interactive stats…