2018 College Punt Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that sailed into the end zone. A touchback costs 20 yards in net average and hands the other team the ball at its own 20, so punters try to avoid them, especially from midfield.

Lowest comes first. A punter who rarely kicks from the opponent's side of the field has few chances to touch back, so ties go to the punter with more of those punts. In 2018, Owen White (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Jacob Herbers (0.0%) and Davis Price (0.0%). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 6.0%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Owen White	Navy	0.0%	53	41.6	38.5	20	38%	15%	+1.0
2	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	0.0%	51	41.2	41.0	20	39%	51%	+7.4
3	Davis Price	Colorado	0.0%	48	38.4	37.2	22	47%	48%	−3.5
4	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	0.0%	55	41.9	39.9	12	22%	51%	+2.6
5	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	0.0%	50	39.9	39.1	17	34%	27%	+3.3
6	Sebastian Riella	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	38	38.1	34.8	5	14%	31%	−14.2
7	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	0.0%	41	38.2	37.0	14	34%	44%	−6.5
8	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	0.0%	42	40.6	38.9	12	29%	18%	−5.1
9	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	0.0%	39	39.1	36.2	7	18%	18%	−10.0
10	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	0.0%	35	37.0	36.8	6	17%	14%	−4.4
11	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	1.6%	63	42.1	39.6	28	44%	30%	+10.2
12	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	1.7%	58	40.3	40.0	22	38%	52%	+4.2
13	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	1.8%	58	40.2	37.4	18	32%	28%	−5.5
14	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	1.8%	56	38.9	36.9	13	23%	39%	−6.7
15	Dane Roy	Houston	1.8%	55	42.3	40.4	24	44%	42%	+5.2
16	James Smith	Cincinnati	1.9%	54	47.0	45.1	26	48%	35%	+26.0
17	Rhett Almond	BYU	1.9%	54	40.3	39.4	20	38%	24%	+2.2
18	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	2.0%	53	43.3	42.6	27	53%	41%	+12.3
19	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	2.0%	50	40.0	37.9	20	40%	25%	−0.9
20	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	2.0%	50	45.6	44.0	17	35%	49%	+11.1
21	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	2.2%	46	40.1	37.0	19	40%	43%	−7.0
22	Clayton Howell	App State	2.2%	46	43.2	41.5	14	30%	42%	+4.1
23	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	2.9%	35	38.7	35.6	13	37%	35%	−10.5
24	Jonn Young	East Carolina	2.9%	71	40.1	36.9	16	23%	35%	−9.0
25	Mason King	Louisville	2.9%	64	40.6	36.5	22	32%	36%	−9.4
26	Wade Lees	Maryland	3.0%	67	40.9	39.2	29	43%	41%	+5.6
27	Grant Carlson	Boston College	3.1%	68	40.0	37.0	27	41%	25%	−0.3
28	Steven Coutts	California	3.2%	63	41.8	39.1	32	51%	29%	+7.7
29	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	3.2%	63	42.9	39.3	26	41%	29%	+5.6
30	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	3.2%	31	41.2	40.3	9	29%	13%	+2.3
31	Derek Adams	Kent State	3.2%	31	40.2	33.9	9	29%	13%	−17.5
32	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	3.4%	89	40.4	35.5	20	22%	17%	−23.5
33	Reid Budrovich	USC	3.5%	58	39.4	35.5	18	32%	33%	−10.2
34	Bailey Flint	Toledo	3.6%	56	40.5	38.5	25	44%	35%	−1.1
35	Joe Schopper	Purdue	3.6%	56	43.1	40.7	24	44%	46%	+9.1
36	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	3.8%	78	42.7	40.5	24	31%	19%	+7.2
37	Magill Bauerle	Georgia Southern	3.8%	44	38.9	37.5	16	30%	40%	+0.3
38	Max Duffy	Kentucky	3.9%	51	44.8	40.2	26	51%	25%	+5.1
39	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	4.1%	55	41.0	34.8	8	16%	17%	−19.4
40	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	4.2%	72	39.8	37.3	20	28%	31%	−2.4
41	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	4.2%	71	41.4	38.8	26	37%	39%	−0.6
42	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	4.3%	46	39.6	36.5	20	43%	9%	−7.0
43	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	4.4%	68	41.6	37.8	20	29%	17%	−6.4
44	Jamie Sackville	SMU	4.5%	67	39.7	37.9	22	33%	30%	+0.2
45	Dylan Klumph	Arizona	4.5%	44	42.2	39.1	16	36%	32%	+2.0
46	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	4.6%	65	43.8	39.1	20	30%	17%	+1.6
47	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	4.7%	43	44.8	41.8	16	36%	44%	+9.9
48	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	4.8%	67	41.7	38.1	16	25%	40%	−4.8
49	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	5.1%	39	39.7	37.5	12	31%	25%	−1.3
50	Taylor Hintze	Utah State	5.1%	40	39.6	38.5	9	23%	30%	+0.6
51	Nick Gasser	Akron	5.4%	75	39.4	36.9	20	27%	14%	−13.0
52	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	5.4%	75	43.0	39.9	30	39%	22%	+5.7
53	Tyler Hunt	Michigan State	5.6%	36	40.1	37.0	15	42%	28%	−1.1
54	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	5.6%	36	41.1	38.1	13	36%	36%	+0.8
55	Jake Collins	Northwestern	5.6%	72	40.7	38.0	28	39%	36%	+5.8
56	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	5.7%	53	43.2	41.1	17	32%	15%	+2.6
57	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	5.8%	69	37.9	34.4	23	33%	22%	−6.1
58	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	5.9%	51	40.0	37.0	19	37%	40%	+0.4
59	Drew Galitz	Baylor	5.9%	50	42.5	39.4	19	37%	45%	+4.8
60	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	6.0%	63	38.2	35.2	25	37%	45%	−13.5
61	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	6.0%	52	41.5	38.8	23	46%	40%	+2.9
62	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	6.0%	50	42.6	37.1	12	24%	36%	−7.1
63	Aidan Alves	Liberty	6.1%	66	37.0	33.7	25	37%	35%	−11.9
64	Tommy Townsend	Florida	6.1%	50	45.1	42.0	23	47%	45%	+12.7
65	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	6.2%	65	42.2	39.2	23	35%	44%	+5.8
66	Austin Parker	Duke	6.2%	65	41.4	37.7	25	38%	39%	−5.2
67	Logan Tyler	Florida State	6.3%	82	43.2	38.3	17	21%	28%	0.0
68	Corey Fatony	Missouri	6.4%	47	44.0	40.5	24	51%	14%	+3.7
69	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	6.5%	62	42.1	40.5	32	52%	29%	+11.7
70	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	6.5%	31	44.3	40.8	12	39%	17%	+5.4
71	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	6.6%	61	43.3	39.3	28	46%	36%	+4.7
72	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	6.8%	59	40.8	37.6	24	41%	26%	+3.0
73	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	6.9%	58	41.1	38.2	22	38%	33%	−2.3
74	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	7.1%	56	40.3	37.7	17	30%	43%	−1.0
75	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	7.3%	47	44.1	42.2	20	36%	42%	+14.3
76	Michael Farkas	Ohio	7.3%	42	43.1	40.0	16	39%	43%	−0.2
77	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	7.4%	54	45.1	41.3	21	38%	39%	+10.8
78	Will Spiers	Clemson	7.4%	55	39.6	36.9	15	28%	39%	−7.5
79	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	7.5%	41	42.6	37.9	15	38%	21%	+0.2
80	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	7.5%	33	38.8	37.3	14	35%	22%	−0.1
81	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	7.7%	52	42.1	40.1	23	44%	34%	+9.8
82	Blake Maimone	Oregon	7.7%	39	42.7	40.5	17	44%	39%	+6.6
83	Stone Wilson	Florida International	7.7%	37	43.9	38.6	15	38%	44%	+1.9
84	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	7.8%	51	44.8	41.9	15	29%	30%	+14.1
85	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	8.0%	50	42.1	37.4	13	25%	26%	−3.9
86	Blake Hayes	Illinois	8.1%	62	43.6	36.6	25	39%	13%	−4.6
87	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	8.1%	74	44.3	40.2	24	32%	13%	+11.7
88	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	8.2%	49	43.2	40.3	13	27%	36%	+3.6
89	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	8.2%	51	48.2	42.7	22	45%	4%	+9.5
90	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	8.3%	36	38.8	36.4	12	33%	20%	−0.1
91	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	8.3%	48	41.3	37.0	15	31%	36%	−3.0
92	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	8.4%	83	40.1	37.6	35	42%	23%	+3.5
93	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	9.1%	66	43.6	38.1	23	35%	16%	+4.1
94	Joe Doyle	Tennessee	9.1%	66	41.0	39.1	25	38%	38%	+7.1
95	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	9.2%	65	41.9	38.5	36	55%	32%	+4.0
96	Bryce Crawford	San José State	9.2%	65	44.2	40.0	20	31%	15%	−1.0
97	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	9.3%	53	40.2	37.7	19	35%	43%	+2.5
98	A.J. Cole III	NC State	9.3%	40	41.3	38.8	20	47%	34%	−0.3
99	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	9.4%	32	43.6	39.9	9	27%	23%	+3.9
100	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	9.6%	74	40.5	34.3	18	24%	21%	−20.3
101	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	10.0%	50	42.4	38.5	22	43%	41%	+0.4
102	Adam Williams	Memphis	10.0%	50	42.9	37.3	19	37%	30%	−3.0
103	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	10.0%	50	37.9	34.3	11	22%	33%	−16.4
104	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	10.1%	69	43.3	39.4	26	37%	17%	+5.2
105	Lester Coleman	Virginia	10.6%	47	42.1	39.7	20	43%	24%	+7.9
106	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	10.7%	56	45.8	37.9	17	30%	29%	−1.8
107	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	11.3%	53	43.7	37.5	20	38%	31%	−0.9
108	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	11.3%	53	46.6	40.0	13	25%	12%	−5.7
109	Adam Nunez	TCU	11.4%	35	38.6	35.9	16	46%	23%	+0.3
110	Connor Bowler	Temple	11.5%	52	42.4	36.9	20	38%	23%	−3.9
111	Parker Thome	Vanderbilt	12.2%	49	45.1	40.0	19	39%	28%	+10.7
112	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	12.5%	65	48.3	38.3	16	25%	11%	+1.0
113	Ryan Wright	Tulane	13.2%	43	44.1	39.4	12	32%	43%	+0.3
114	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	13.3%	45	39.0	32.9	20	43%	36%	−6.8
115	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	13.5%	40	46.0	41.3	12	32%	25%	+3.6
116	Trent Schneider	South Florida	14.3%	68	42.6	37.5	15	24%	24%	−0.8
117	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	15.3%	60	43.1	37.7	20	33%	21%	+5.1
118	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	15.6%	45	44.4	38.6	16	36%	24%	−1.8
119	Jack Fox	Rice	16.3%	80	45.5	40.6	30	37%	23%	+11.1
120	Jake Bailey	Stanford	16.9%	59	44.0	39.9	26	44%	30%	+17.1
121	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	19.1%	47	51.1	44.9	21	45%	22%	+26.2
122	Jake Camarda	Georgia	21.6%	38	43.2	37.4	11	30%	35%	−0.5
123	Will Hart	Michigan	23.1%	39	47.6	39.9	17	44%	8%	+7.5

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