2018 College Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2018, Alex Rinella (29) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Cody Grace (29) and Dom Maggio (27). 180 punters qualify.

Final 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	29	63	38.2	35.2	25	37%	6%	45%	−13.5
2	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	29	58	40.3	40.0	22	38%	2%	52%	+4.2
3	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	27	71	41.4	38.8	26	37%	4%	39%	−0.6
4	Wade Lees	Maryland	27	67	40.9	39.2	29	43%	3%	41%	+5.6
5	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	27	65	42.2	39.2	23	35%	6%	44%	+5.8
6	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	27	55	41.9	39.9	12	22%	0%	51%	+2.6
7	Austin Parker	Duke	25	65	41.4	37.7	25	38%	6%	39%	−5.2
8	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	25	67	41.7	38.1	16	25%	5%	40%	−4.8
9	Jake Collins	Northwestern	24	72	40.7	38.0	28	39%	6%	36%	+5.8
10	Mason King	Louisville	24	64	40.6	36.5	22	32%	3%	36%	−9.4
11	Joe Schopper	Purdue	24	56	43.1	40.7	24	44%	4%	46%	+9.1
12	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	24	50	45.6	44.0	17	35%	2%	49%	+11.1
13	Jonn Young	East Carolina	23	71	40.1	36.9	16	23%	3%	35%	−9.0
14	Joe Doyle	Tennessee	23	66	41.0	39.1	25	38%	9%	38%	+7.1
15	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	23	47	44.1	42.2	20	36%	7%	42%	+14.3
16	Dane Roy	Houston	23	55	42.3	40.4	24	44%	2%	42%	+5.2
17	Logan Tyler	Florida State	22	82	43.2	38.3	17	21%	6%	28%	0.0
18	Aidan Alves	Liberty	22	66	37.0	33.7	25	37%	6%	35%	−11.9
19	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	22	51	41.2	41.0	20	39%	0%	51%	+7.4
20	Davis Price	Colorado	22	48	38.4	37.2	22	47%	0%	48%	−3.5
21	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	21	61	43.3	39.3	28	46%	7%	36%	+4.7
22	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	21	56	38.9	36.9	13	23%	2%	39%	−6.7
23	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	21	53	40.2	37.7	19	35%	9%	43%	+2.5
24	Will Spiers	Clemson	21	55	39.6	36.9	15	28%	7%	39%	−7.5
25	Magill Bauerle	Georgia Southern	21	44	38.9	37.5	16	30%	4%	40%	+0.3
26	Drew Galitz	Baylor	21	50	42.5	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+4.8
27	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	21	53	43.3	42.6	27	53%	2%	41%	+12.3
28	Tommy Townsend	Florida	21	50	45.1	42.0	23	47%	6%	45%	+12.7
29	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	20	72	39.8	37.3	20	28%	4%	31%	−2.4
30	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	20	65	41.9	38.5	36	55%	9%	32%	+4.0
31	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	20	56	40.3	37.7	17	30%	7%	43%	−1.0
32	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	20	54	45.1	41.3	21	38%	7%	39%	+10.8
33	Jamie Sackville	SMU	19	67	39.7	37.9	22	33%	5%	30%	+0.2
34	James Smith	Cincinnati	19	54	47.0	45.1	26	48%	2%	35%	+26.0
35	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	19	51	40.0	37.0	19	37%	6%	40%	+0.4
36	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	19	50	42.4	38.5	22	43%	10%	41%	+0.4
37	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	19	46	40.1	37.0	19	40%	2%	43%	−7.0
38	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	18	83	40.1	37.6	35	42%	8%	23%	+3.5
39	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	18	63	42.1	39.6	28	44%	2%	30%	+10.2
40	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	18	63	42.9	39.3	26	41%	3%	29%	+5.6
41	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	18	58	41.1	38.2	22	38%	7%	33%	−2.3
42	Reid Budrovich	USC	18	58	39.4	35.5	18	32%	4%	33%	−10.2
43	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	18	52	41.5	38.8	23	46%	6%	40%	+2.9
44	Clayton Howell	App State	18	46	43.2	41.5	14	30%	2%	42%	+4.1
45	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	18	41	38.2	37.0	14	34%	0%	44%	−6.5
46	Steven Coutts	California	17	63	41.8	39.1	32	51%	3%	29%	+7.7
47	Jake Bailey	Stanford	17	59	44.0	39.9	26	44%	17%	30%	+17.1
48	Bailey Flint	Toledo	17	56	40.5	38.5	25	44%	4%	35%	−1.1
49	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	17	52	42.1	40.1	23	44%	8%	34%	+9.8
50	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	17	49	43.2	40.3	13	27%	8%	36%	+3.6
51	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	17	48	41.3	37.0	15	31%	8%	36%	−3.0
52	Michael Farkas	Ohio	17	42	43.1	40.0	16	39%	7%	43%	−0.2
53	Jack Fox	Rice	16	80	45.5	40.6	30	37%	16%	23%	+11.1
54	Grant Carlson	Boston College	16	68	40.0	37.0	27	41%	3%	25%	−0.3
55	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	16	56	45.8	37.9	17	30%	11%	29%	−1.8
56	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	16	53	43.7	37.5	20	38%	11%	31%	−0.9
57	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	16	50	42.6	37.1	12	24%	6%	36%	−7.1
58	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	16	50	37.9	34.3	11	22%	10%	33%	−16.4
59	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	16	45	39.0	32.9	20	43%	13%	36%	−6.8
60	Ryan Wright	Tulane	16	43	44.1	39.4	12	32%	13%	43%	+0.3
61	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	15	89	40.4	35.5	20	22%	3%	17%	−23.5
62	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	15	75	43.0	39.9	30	39%	5%	22%	+5.7
63	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	15	74	40.5	34.3	18	24%	10%	21%	−20.3
64	Trent Schneider	South Florida	15	68	42.6	37.5	15	24%	14%	24%	−0.8
65	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	15	62	42.1	40.5	32	52%	6%	29%	+11.7
66	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	15	59	40.8	37.6	24	41%	7%	26%	+3.0
67	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	15	58	40.2	37.4	18	32%	2%	28%	−5.5
68	Adam Williams	Memphis	15	50	42.9	37.3	19	37%	10%	30%	−3.0
69	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	15	43	44.8	41.8	16	36%	5%	44%	+9.9
70	Stone Wilson	Florida International	15	37	43.9	38.6	15	38%	8%	44%	+1.9
71	Blake Maimone	Oregon	15	39	42.7	40.5	17	44%	8%	39%	+6.6
72	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	14	69	37.9	34.4	23	33%	6%	22%	−6.1
73	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	14	51	44.8	41.9	15	29%	8%	30%	+14.1
74	Dylan Klumph	Arizona	14	44	42.2	39.1	16	36%	5%	32%	+2.0
75	A.J. Cole III	NC State	14	40	41.3	38.8	20	47%	9%	34%	−0.3
76	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	13	78	42.7	40.5	24	31%	4%	19%	+7.2
77	Max Duffy	Kentucky	13	51	44.8	40.2	26	51%	4%	25%	+5.1
78	Parker Thome	Vanderbilt	13	49	45.1	40.0	19	39%	12%	28%	+10.7
79	Jake Camarda	Georgia	13	38	43.2	37.4	11	30%	22%	35%	−0.5
80	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	13	36	41.1	38.1	13	36%	6%	36%	+0.8
81	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	12	60	43.1	37.7	20	33%	15%	21%	+5.1
82	Connor Bowler	Temple	12	52	42.4	36.9	20	38%	12%	23%	−3.9
83	Rhett Almond	BYU	12	54	40.3	39.4	20	38%	2%	24%	+2.2
84	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	12	50	42.1	37.4	13	25%	8%	26%	−3.9
85	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	12	50	40.0	37.9	20	40%	2%	25%	−0.9
86	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	12	50	39.9	39.1	17	34%	0%	27%	+3.3
87	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	12	35	38.7	35.6	13	37%	3%	35%	−10.5
88	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	12	22	42.5	39.7	8	36%	9%	55%	+3.1
89	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	11	69	43.3	39.4	26	37%	10%	17%	+5.2
90	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	11	68	41.6	37.8	20	29%	4%	17%	−6.4
91	Lester Coleman	Virginia	11	47	42.1	39.7	20	43%	11%	24%	+7.9
92	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	11	45	44.4	38.6	16	36%	16%	24%	−1.8
93	Taylor Hintze	Utah State	11	40	39.6	38.5	9	23%	5%	30%	+0.6
94	Sebastian Riella	Florida Atlantic	11	38	38.1	34.8	5	14%	0%	31%	−14.2
95	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	11	29	41.1	39.0	8	28%	7%	38%	−1.1
96	Nick Gasser	Akron	10	75	39.4	36.9	20	27%	5%	14%	−13.0
97	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	10	65	43.8	39.1	20	30%	5%	17%	+1.6
98	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	10	66	43.6	38.1	23	35%	9%	16%	+4.1
99	Bryce Crawford	San José State	10	65	44.2	40.0	20	31%	9%	15%	−1.0
100	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	10	47	51.1	44.9	21	45%	19%	22%	+26.2
101	Tyler Hunt	Michigan State	10	36	40.1	37.0	15	42%	6%	28%	−1.1
102	Andrew David	TCU	10	29	37.0	34.5	6	21%	7%	34%	−8.5
103	Charlie Scott	Air Force	10	25	39.0	33.9	8	30%	12%	40%	−3.9
104	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	9	74	44.3	40.2	24	32%	8%	13%	+11.7
105	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	9	39	39.7	37.5	12	31%	5%	25%	−1.3
106	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	9	40	46.0	41.3	12	32%	14%	25%	+3.6
107	Connor Allen	Wisconsin	9	22	37.5	32.9	7	32%	5%	43%	−8.8
108	Andrew Hicks	Kansas State	9	17	44.0	36.5	4	20%	5%	50%	−4.7
109	Tom Snee	Oregon	9	17	35.2	31.3	7	39%	0%	56%	−5.3
110	Blake Hayes	Illinois	8	62	43.6	36.6	25	39%	8%	13%	−4.6
111	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	8	53	43.2	41.1	17	32%	6%	15%	+2.6
112	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	8	55	41.0	34.8	8	16%	4%	17%	−19.4
113	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	8	41	42.6	37.9	15	38%	8%	21%	+0.2
114	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	8	33	38.8	37.3	14	35%	8%	22%	−0.1
115	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	8	28	39.1	34.0	12	43%	14%	29%	−5.1
116	Joel Whitford	Washington	8	28	41.6	36.6	10	36%	7%	29%	−1.7
117	Mike Bernier	Alabama	8	21	37.9	35.5	5	26%	5%	42%	−3.4
118	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	7	65	48.3	38.3	16	25%	13%	11%	+1.0
119	Owen White	Navy	7	53	41.6	38.5	20	38%	0%	15%	+1.0
120	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	7	42	40.6	38.9	12	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
121	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	7	39	39.1	36.2	7	18%	0%	18%	−10.0
122	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	7	36	38.8	36.4	12	33%	8%	20%	−0.1
123	Adam Nunez	TCU	7	35	38.6	35.9	16	46%	11%	23%	+0.3
124	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	7	32	43.6	39.9	9	27%	9%	23%	+3.9
125	Jack Spicer	Miami	7	29	37.1	33.9	10	36%	0%	25%	−7.3
126	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	7	27	43.6	39.9	10	37%	11%	26%	+6.8
127	Zachary Block	Tulane	7	29	38.4	34.0	13	48%	15%	27%	+4.0
128	Dontae Crow	Wyoming	7	24	42.8	38.1	5	21%	8%	33%	−2.7
129	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	6	53	46.6	40.0	13	25%	11%	12%	−5.7
130	Corey Fatony	Missouri	6	47	44.0	40.5	24	51%	6%	14%	+3.7
131	Zach Feagles	Miami	6	30	38.9	36.5	13	45%	3%	21%	−2.1
132	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	6	26	45.5	40.5	7	27%	8%	23%	+2.4
133	Nick Schrage	Army	6	22	41.9	39.5	4	18%	0%	29%	−1.7
134	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	6	17	41.6	37.7	4	24%	12%	40%	+1.6
135	Skyler DeLong	Alabama	6	16	34.4	34.4	5	31%	0%	38%	−6.0
136	Travis Reynolds	Massachusetts	6	15	37.8	34.4	5	33%	13%	43%	−2.3
137	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	5	35	37.0	36.8	6	17%	0%	14%	−4.4
138	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	5	31	44.3	40.8	12	39%	6%	17%	+5.4
139	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	5	16	41.2	32.0	2	13%	6%	31%	−6.2
140	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	5	15	32.4	30.5	5	33%	7%	33%	−5.9
141	Josh Growden	LSU	5	14	35.6	32.2	9	75%	8%	42%	+0.4
142	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	4	46	39.6	36.5	20	43%	4%	9%	−7.0
143	Derek Adams	Kent State	4	31	40.2	33.9	9	29%	3%	13%	−17.5
144	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	4	31	41.2	40.3	9	29%	3%	13%	+2.3
145	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	4	24	41.6	33.3	2	8%	4%	17%	−16.7
146	Brian Papazian	San José State	4	15	38.1	32.7	11	73%	27%	29%	+1.5
147	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	4	9	36.1	35.1	1	11%	0%	44%	−1.7
148	Ben Scruton	Hawai'i	4	7	37.9	36.6	0	0%	0%	67%	−1.7
149	Chris Tilbey	USC	4	7	34.6	33.4	2	29%	0%	57%	−2.3
150	Will Hart	Michigan	3	39	47.6	39.9	17	44%	23%	8%	+7.5
151	William Przystup	Michigan State	3	20	39.7	36.6	7	35%	10%	15%	−4.7
152	Alex Kinney	Colorado	3	16	41.9	40.9	8	50%	0%	21%	+3.2
153	Zach Potter	Army	3	10	30.5	30.5	9	90%	0%	38%	+0.1
154	Tyler Flathau	Southern Miss	3	9	35.8	35.8	0	0%	0%	33%	−2.5
155	Zach Lee	Utah State	3	9	32.7	30.4	3	33%	11%	38%	−3.8
156	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	2	51	48.2	42.7	22	45%	8%	4%	+9.5
157	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	2	13	37.9	31.8	7	54%	15%	18%	−2.2
158	Bernardo Rodriguez	Kansas State	2	5	36.4	31.6	2	25%	25%	25%	−1.4
159	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	2	7	30.4	17.1	3	43%	0%	29%	−7.0
160	Danny Jones	BYU	2	7	37.6	37.6	2	29%	0%	29%	−2.3
161	Xavier Subotsch	App State	2	5	33.8	33.6	3	60%	0%	40%	0.0
162	Luke Shiflett	Middle Tennessee	2	4	35.5	33.3	3	75%	0%	50%	−1.0
163	Matthew Phillips	Arkansas	2	4	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−0.9
164	Matthew Stephenson	Middle Tennessee	2	4	38.5	38.5	3	75%	0%	50%	+0.5
165	Andrew Strauch	UCLA	2	3	36.3	29.0	0	0%	0%	67%	−2.5
166	Race Porter	Washington	1	17	42.3	31.6	6	33%	18%	6%	−5.5
167	Jake Verity	East Carolina	1	13	36.3	34.9	6	46%	0%	9%	−1.5
168	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	1	6	48.8	44.3	2	33%	0%	17%	+1.6
169	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	1	5	35.8	35.8	2	40%	0%	20%	−1.2
170	Aaron Peart	Liberty	1	4	29.8	24.8	1	25%	25%	25%	−2.0
171	Isaiah Green	Marshall	1	4	26.8	21.8	3	75%	25%	25%	−0.2
172	Jackson Vansickle	Charlotte	1	4	36.8	31.8	0	0%	25%	25%	−1.4
173	Mark Deaves	UL Monroe	1	4	34.5	34.5	2	50%	0%	50%	−0.3
174	Ty Gangi	Nevada	1	4	39.0	39.0	4	100%	0%	33%	+1.1
175	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	1	2	35.0	22.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−4.1
176	Donovan Gagen	Kansas	1	2	32.5	32.5	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.6
177	Jake Glatting	Arizona	1	2	37.5	37.5	2	100%	0%	50%	+0.1
178	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	1	1	30.0	30.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
179	Carson King	Clemson	1	1	48.0	48.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
180	Evan Legassey	Troy	1	1	36.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.1

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