2017 College Punts Out of Bounds Leaders

A punt out of bounds cannot be returned and stops the clock. Punters aim for the sideline near the opponent's end zone.

Some are chosen, some are mistakes. In 2017, Blake Hayes (28) led college football punters in punts out of bounds, ahead of Cole Moos (22) and Lester Coleman (17). 165 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	OOB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Blake Hayes	Illinois	28	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
2	Cole Moos	Kansas	22	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
3	Lester Coleman	Virginia	17	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
4	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	16	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
5	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	16	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
6	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	15	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
7	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	15	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
8	Brett Graham	UConn	15	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
9	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	15	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
10	Nick Gasser	Akron	14	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
11	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	14	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
12	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	14	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
13	Alan Luna	UTEP	13	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
14	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	13	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
15	Cade Coffey	Idaho	13	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
16	Johnny Townsend	Florida	13	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
17	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	13	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
18	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	12	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
19	Jamie Sackville	SMU	12	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
20	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	11	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
21	Wade Lees	Maryland	11	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
22	Zach Feagles	Miami	10	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
23	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	10	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
24	Joel Dixon	UAB	10	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
25	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	10	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
26	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	10	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
27	Nick Schrage	Army	10	25	42.9	39.6	7	28%	4%	12%	+0.6
28	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	9	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
29	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	9	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
30	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	9	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
31	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	9	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
32	Adam Stack	Oregon	9	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
33	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	9	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
34	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	8	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
35	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	8	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
36	Mike Knoll	Boston College	8	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
37	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	8	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
38	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	8	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
39	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	8	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
40	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	8	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
41	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	8	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
42	Alex Kinney	Colorado	8	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
43	Reid Budrovich	USC	8	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
44	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	8	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
45	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	8	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
46	Bailey Flint	Toledo	8	39	37.1	35.6	17	44%	8%	41%	−1.8
47	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	8	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
48	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	8	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
49	Derek Adams	Kent State	7	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
50	Michael Dickson	Texas	7	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
51	James Smith	Cincinnati	7	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
52	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	7	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
53	Adam Nunez	TCU	7	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
54	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	7	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
55	Colin Downing	Iowa State	7	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
56	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	7	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
57	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	7	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
58	A.J. Cole III	NC State	7	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
59	Dane Roy	Houston	7	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
60	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	7	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
61	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	7	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
62	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	7	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
63	JK Scott	Alabama	7	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9
64	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	7	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
65	Jake Glatting	Arizona	7	22	35.7	29.7	6	27%	5%	14%	−11.0
66	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	6	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
67	Joe Schopper	Purdue	6	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
68	Logan Tyler	Florida State	6	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
69	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	6	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
70	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	6	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
71	Brad Robbins	Michigan	6	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
72	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	6	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
73	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	6	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
74	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	6	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
75	Xavier Subotsch	App State	6	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
76	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	6	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
77	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	6	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
78	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	6	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
79	Dylan Klumph	California	6	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
80	Zachary Block	Tulane	6	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
81	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	6	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
82	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	6	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
83	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	6	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
84	Mason King	Louisville	6	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
85	Connor Martin	Baylor	6	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
86	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	6	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
87	Joel Whitford	Washington	6	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
88	Owen White	Navy	6	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
89	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	6	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
90	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	6	25	44.9	41.0	8	32%	0%	24%	+3.3
91	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	5	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
92	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	5	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
93	Jonny Linehan	BYU	5	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
94	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	5	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
95	Matt Panton	Kentucky	5	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
96	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	5	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
97	Jake Bailey	Stanford	5	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
98	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	5	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
99	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	5	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
100	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	5	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
101	Charlie Scott	Air Force	5	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
102	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	5	20	34.5	32.4	6	29%	0%	0%	−9.6
103	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	4	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
104	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	4	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
105	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	4	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
106	Alex Starzyk	Temple	4	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
107	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	4	53	39.2	37.5	12	23%	9%	41%	−9.6
108	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	4	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
109	Stone Wilson	Florida International	4	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
110	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	4	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
111	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	4	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
112	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	3	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
113	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	3	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
114	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	3	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
115	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	3	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
116	Jack Fox	Rice	3	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
117	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	3	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
118	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	3	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
119	Corey Fatony	Missouri	3	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
120	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	3	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
121	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	3	24	41.7	40.0	13	57%	4%	39%	+3.8
122	Spencer Smith	Memphis	3	21	40.8	40.2	9	41%	5%	32%	−1.3
123	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	3	18	36.8	35.9	6	33%	0%	39%	−3.1
124	Josh Pollack	Arizona	3	15	34.6	35.1	6	43%	0%	14%	−4.8
125	Will Hart	Michigan	3	12	37.9	35.8	6	50%	8%	33%	−3.2
126	Bryce Crawford	San José State	3	10	39.7	33.9	3	30%	10%	11%	−2.7
127	Michael Julian	Toledo	3	6	38.5	38.5	1	17%	0%	17%	−0.5
128	Austin Parker	Duke	2	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
129	Will Spiers	Clemson	2	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
130	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	2	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
131	Michael Farkas	Ohio	2	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
132	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	2	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
133	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	2	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
134	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	2	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
135	Blake Patterson	TCU	2	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
136	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	2	29	38.2	34.2	13	52%	4%	13%	−4.3
137	Evan Pantels	UNLV	2	22	40.9	34.3	6	26%	17%	27%	−4.8
138	Ivan Oraha	Eastern Michigan	2	22	33.7	30.8	12	55%	5%	45%	−4.5
139	Josh Growden	LSU	2	21	36.1	33.8	12	57%	0%	50%	−4.4
140	Erik Powell	Washington State	2	19	42.5	39.6	5	26%	5%	6%	−0.9
141	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	2	21	40.1	39.6	2	11%	0%	39%	−2.4
142	Brogan Roback	Eastern Michigan	2	10	42.1	43.2	5	56%	0%	0%	+3.2
143	Zach Oakley	Central Michigan	2	7	44.4	39.0	3	38%	0%	0%	+0.8
144	Ty Gangi	Nevada	2	6	29.0	29.0	3	50%	0%	0%	−1.5
145	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	2	3	30.0	30.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−1.8
146	Miles Butler	Kentucky	2	3	38.7	38.7	3	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
147	Jeff Hollingsworth	Georgia State	2	2	31.5	31.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.9
148	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	2	2	27.0	27.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−1.0
149	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	1	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
150	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	1	16	38.7	37.6	5	31%	0%	40%	−0.8
151	Ian Shannon	Auburn	1	14	39.8	38.6	5	36%	0%	43%	−4.3
152	Alex Bland	Oregon State	1	11	35.9	35.4	4	36%	0%	57%	−1.2
153	Steven Coutts	California	1	5	40.8	35.4	2	40%	0%	40%	−1.3
154	Connor Allen	Wisconsin	1	4	40.0	37.3	2	67%	0%	67%	+0.6
155	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	1	2	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−1.1
156	John Urzua	Middle Tennessee	1	2	32.5	22.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−1.7
157	Rylee Critcher	App State	1	2	24.5	21.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.6
158	Zach Potter	Army	1	2	34.5	34.5	2	100%	0%	50%	+0.2
159	A.J. Erdely	UAB	1	1	8.0	8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.8
160	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	1	2	45.5	39.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
161	Jack Milas	Ball State	1	1	43.0	43.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.4
162	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	1	1	11.0	11.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.5
163	James Fonseca	Akron	1	1	15.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.0
164	Jeff Riney	Notre Dame	1	1	20.0	20.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.9
165	John Mackesy	Boise State	1	1	29.0	29.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0

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