2018 College Punt Touchbacks Leaders
A touchback punt sails into the end zone and gives the other team the ball at its own 20, wasting most of the distance. Ties go to the punter who punted more often from the opponent's side of the 50, where touchbacks are hardest to avoid.
Fewer is better. In 2018, Owen White (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Jacob Herbers (0) and Davis Price (0). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).
Final 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.
| Rk | Player | Team | TB | Punts | Avg | Net | In 20 | In 20 % | TB % | FC % | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen White | Navy | 0 | 53 | 41.6 | 38.5 | 20 | 38% | 0% | 15% | +1.0 |
| 2 | Jacob Herbers | Minnesota | 0 | 51 | 41.2 | 41.0 | 20 | 39% | 0% | 51% | +7.4 |
| 3 | Davis Price | Colorado | 0 | 48 | 38.4 | 37.2 | 22 | 47% | 0% | 48% | −3.5 |
| 4 | Daniel Rodriguez | Oregon State | 0 | 55 | 41.9 | 39.9 | 12 | 22% | 0% | 51% | +2.6 |
| 5 | Hunter Lent | North Carolina | 0 | 50 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 17 | 34% | 0% | 27% | +3.3 |
| 6 | Sebastian Riella | Florida Atlantic | 0 | 38 | 38.1 | 34.8 | 5 | 14% | 0% | 31% | −14.2 |
| 7 | Tucker Day | Mississippi State | 0 | 41 | 38.2 | 37.0 | 14 | 34% | 0% | 44% | −6.5 |
| 8 | Stan Gaudion | Hawai'i | 0 | 42 | 40.6 | 38.9 | 12 | 29% | 0% | 18% | −5.1 |
| 9 | George Georgopoulos | Massachusetts | 0 | 39 | 39.1 | 36.2 | 7 | 18% | 0% | 18% | −10.0 |
| 10 | Grant Tinnerman | Bowling Green | 0 | 35 | 37.0 | 36.8 | 6 | 17% | 0% | 14% | −4.4 |
| 11 | Brandon Heicklen | San Diego State | 1 | 63 | 42.1 | 39.6 | 28 | 44% | 2% | 30% | +10.2 |
| 12 | Cody Grace | Arkansas State | 1 | 58 | 40.3 | 40.0 | 22 | 38% | 2% | 52% | +4.2 |
| 13 | Drue Chrisman | Ohio State | 1 | 53 | 43.3 | 42.6 | 27 | 53% | 2% | 41% | +12.3 |
| 14 | Corey Dunn | Iowa State | 1 | 50 | 40.0 | 37.9 | 20 | 40% | 2% | 25% | −0.9 |
| 15 | Rhys Byrns | Louisiana | 1 | 46 | 40.1 | 37.0 | 19 | 40% | 2% | 43% | −7.0 |
| 16 | Matthew Trickett | Kent State | 1 | 35 | 38.7 | 35.6 | 13 | 37% | 3% | 35% | −10.5 |
| 17 | Ryan Bujcevski | Texas | 1 | 58 | 40.2 | 37.4 | 18 | 32% | 2% | 28% | −5.5 |
| 18 | Reid Bauer | Arkansas | 1 | 56 | 38.9 | 36.9 | 13 | 23% | 2% | 39% | −6.7 |
| 19 | Dane Roy | Houston | 1 | 55 | 42.3 | 40.4 | 24 | 44% | 2% | 42% | +5.2 |
| 20 | James Smith | Cincinnati | 1 | 54 | 47.0 | 45.1 | 26 | 48% | 2% | 35% | +26.0 |
| 21 | Rhett Almond | BYU | 1 | 54 | 40.3 | 39.4 | 20 | 38% | 2% | 24% | +2.2 |
| 22 | Matt Naranjo | Bowling Green | 1 | 31 | 41.2 | 40.3 | 9 | 29% | 3% | 13% | +2.3 |
| 23 | Zach Von Rosenberg | LSU | 1 | 50 | 45.6 | 44.0 | 17 | 35% | 2% | 49% | +11.1 |
| 24 | Derek Adams | Kent State | 1 | 31 | 40.2 | 33.9 | 9 | 29% | 3% | 13% | −17.5 |
| 25 | Clayton Howell | App State | 1 | 46 | 43.2 | 41.5 | 14 | 30% | 2% | 42% | +4.1 |
| 26 | Wade Lees | Maryland | 2 | 67 | 40.9 | 39.2 | 29 | 43% | 3% | 41% | +5.6 |
| 27 | Steven Coutts | California | 2 | 63 | 41.8 | 39.1 | 32 | 51% | 3% | 29% | +7.7 |
| 28 | Mason King | Louisville | 2 | 64 | 40.6 | 36.5 | 22 | 32% | 3% | 36% | −9.4 |
| 29 | Reid Budrovich | USC | 2 | 58 | 39.4 | 35.5 | 18 | 32% | 4% | 33% | −10.2 |
| 30 | Grant Carlson | Boston College | 2 | 68 | 40.0 | 37.0 | 27 | 41% | 3% | 25% | −0.3 |
| 31 | Bailey Flint | Toledo | 2 | 56 | 40.5 | 38.5 | 25 | 44% | 4% | 35% | −1.1 |
| 32 | Joe Schopper | Purdue | 2 | 56 | 43.1 | 40.7 | 24 | 44% | 4% | 46% | +9.1 |
| 33 | Magill Bauerle | Georgia Southern | 2 | 44 | 38.9 | 37.5 | 16 | 30% | 4% | 40% | +0.3 |
| 34 | Colten Rastetter | Iowa | 2 | 46 | 39.6 | 36.5 | 20 | 43% | 4% | 9% | −7.0 |
| 35 | Patrick LeCorre | Ball State | 2 | 39 | 39.7 | 37.5 | 12 | 31% | 5% | 25% | −1.3 |
| 36 | Tyler Hunt | Michigan State | 2 | 36 | 40.1 | 37.0 | 15 | 42% | 6% | 28% | −1.1 |
| 37 | Luke Magliozzi | UConn | 2 | 63 | 42.9 | 39.3 | 26 | 41% | 3% | 29% | +5.6 |
| 38 | Max Duffy | Kentucky | 2 | 51 | 44.8 | 40.2 | 26 | 51% | 4% | 25% | +5.1 |
| 39 | Taylor Hintze | Utah State | 2 | 40 | 39.6 | 38.5 | 9 | 23% | 5% | 30% | +0.6 |
| 40 | Jonn Young | East Carolina | 2 | 71 | 40.1 | 36.9 | 16 | 23% | 3% | 35% | −9.0 |
| 41 | Billy Kinney | West Virginia | 2 | 36 | 41.1 | 38.1 | 13 | 36% | 6% | 36% | +0.8 |
| 42 | Pressley Harvin III | Georgia Tech | 2 | 31 | 44.3 | 40.8 | 12 | 39% | 6% | 17% | +5.4 |
| 43 | Kyle Corbett | Charlotte | 2 | 55 | 41.0 | 34.8 | 8 | 16% | 4% | 17% | −19.4 |
| 44 | Joseph Charlton | South Carolina | 2 | 43 | 44.8 | 41.8 | 16 | 36% | 5% | 44% | +9.9 |
| 45 | Dylan Klumph | Arizona | 2 | 44 | 42.2 | 39.1 | 16 | 36% | 5% | 32% | +2.0 |
| 46 | Haydon Whitehead | Indiana | 3 | 51 | 40.0 | 37.0 | 19 | 37% | 6% | 40% | +0.4 |
| 47 | Hayes Hicken | UNLV | 3 | 65 | 43.8 | 39.1 | 20 | 30% | 5% | 17% | +1.6 |
| 48 | Matt Bonadies | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 52 | 41.5 | 38.8 | 23 | 46% | 6% | 40% | +2.9 |
| 49 | Adam Korsak | Rutgers | 3 | 78 | 42.7 | 40.5 | 24 | 31% | 4% | 19% | +7.2 |
| 50 | Jamie Sackville | SMU | 3 | 67 | 39.7 | 37.9 | 22 | 33% | 5% | 30% | +0.2 |
| 51 | Tommy Townsend | Florida | 3 | 50 | 45.1 | 42.0 | 23 | 47% | 6% | 45% | +12.7 |
| 52 | Mac Loudermilk | UCF | 3 | 41 | 42.6 | 37.9 | 15 | 38% | 8% | 21% | +0.2 |
| 53 | Tim Zaleski | Wyoming | 3 | 36 | 38.8 | 36.4 | 12 | 33% | 8% | 20% | −0.1 |
| 54 | Jack Sheldon | Central Michigan | 3 | 89 | 40.4 | 35.5 | 20 | 22% | 3% | 17% | −23.5 |
| 55 | Mitchell Crawford | UTEP | 3 | 72 | 39.8 | 37.3 | 20 | 28% | 4% | 31% | −2.4 |
| 56 | Corey Fatony | Missouri | 3 | 47 | 44.0 | 40.5 | 24 | 51% | 6% | 14% | +3.7 |
| 57 | Dom Maggio | Wake Forest | 3 | 71 | 41.4 | 38.8 | 26 | 37% | 4% | 39% | −0.6 |
| 58 | Blake Maimone | Oregon | 3 | 39 | 42.7 | 40.5 | 17 | 44% | 8% | 39% | +6.6 |
| 59 | Kirk Christodoulou | Pittsburgh | 3 | 68 | 41.6 | 37.8 | 20 | 29% | 4% | 17% | −6.4 |
| 60 | Drew Galitz | Baylor | 3 | 50 | 42.5 | 39.4 | 19 | 37% | 6% | 45% | +4.8 |
| 61 | Corliss Waitman | South Alabama | 3 | 67 | 41.7 | 38.1 | 16 | 25% | 5% | 40% | −4.8 |
| 62 | Zac Everett | Southern Miss | 3 | 33 | 38.8 | 37.3 | 14 | 35% | 8% | 22% | −0.1 |
| 63 | Jared Porter | UL Monroe | 3 | 50 | 42.6 | 37.1 | 12 | 24% | 6% | 36% | −7.1 |
| 64 | Stone Wilson | Florida International | 3 | 37 | 43.9 | 38.6 | 15 | 38% | 8% | 44% | +1.9 |
| 65 | Michael Farkas | Ohio | 3 | 42 | 43.1 | 40.0 | 16 | 39% | 7% | 43% | −0.2 |
| 66 | Quinton Conaway | Nevada | 3 | 53 | 43.2 | 41.1 | 17 | 32% | 6% | 15% | +2.6 |
| 67 | Isaac Armstrong | Nebraska | 3 | 32 | 43.6 | 39.9 | 9 | 27% | 9% | 23% | +3.9 |
| 68 | Jake Collins | Northwestern | 4 | 72 | 40.7 | 38.0 | 28 | 39% | 6% | 36% | +5.8 |
| 69 | Clayton Stewart | Texas State | 4 | 69 | 37.9 | 34.4 | 23 | 33% | 6% | 22% | −6.1 |
| 70 | Aidan Alves | Liberty | 4 | 66 | 37.0 | 33.7 | 25 | 37% | 6% | 35% | −11.9 |
| 71 | Blake Cusick | Fresno State | 4 | 62 | 42.1 | 40.5 | 32 | 52% | 6% | 29% | +11.7 |
| 72 | Davan Dyer | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 58 | 41.1 | 38.2 | 22 | 38% | 7% | 33% | −2.3 |
| 73 | Alex Rinella | Western Kentucky | 4 | 63 | 38.2 | 35.2 | 25 | 37% | 6% | 45% | −13.5 |
| 74 | Dominic Panazzolo | Texas Tech | 4 | 52 | 42.1 | 40.1 | 23 | 44% | 8% | 34% | +9.8 |
| 75 | Robert LeFevre | Marshall | 4 | 59 | 40.8 | 37.6 | 24 | 41% | 7% | 26% | +3.0 |
| 76 | Oscar Bradburn | Virginia Tech | 4 | 65 | 42.2 | 39.2 | 23 | 35% | 6% | 44% | +5.8 |
| 77 | Adam Nunez | TCU | 4 | 35 | 38.6 | 35.9 | 16 | 46% | 11% | 23% | +0.3 |
| 78 | Austin Parker | Duke | 4 | 65 | 41.4 | 37.7 | 25 | 38% | 6% | 39% | −5.2 |
| 79 | Nick Gasser | Akron | 4 | 75 | 39.4 | 36.9 | 20 | 27% | 5% | 14% | −13.0 |
| 80 | Sterling Hofrichter | Syracuse | 4 | 61 | 43.3 | 39.3 | 28 | 46% | 7% | 36% | +4.7 |
| 81 | Arryn Siposs | Auburn | 4 | 47 | 44.1 | 42.2 | 20 | 36% | 7% | 42% | +14.3 |
| 82 | Mac Brown | Ole Miss | 4 | 48 | 41.3 | 37.0 | 15 | 31% | 8% | 36% | −3.0 |
| 83 | A.J. Cole III | NC State | 4 | 40 | 41.3 | 38.8 | 20 | 47% | 9% | 34% | −0.3 |
| 84 | Yannis Routsas | UTSA | 4 | 75 | 43.0 | 39.9 | 30 | 39% | 5% | 22% | +5.7 |
| 85 | Mitch Wishnowsky | Utah | 4 | 54 | 45.1 | 41.3 | 21 | 38% | 7% | 39% | +10.8 |
| 86 | Will Spiers | Clemson | 4 | 55 | 39.6 | 36.9 | 15 | 28% | 7% | 39% | −7.5 |
| 87 | Kyle Greenwell | UAB | 4 | 56 | 40.3 | 37.7 | 17 | 30% | 7% | 43% | −1.0 |
| 88 | Charles Ouverson | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 49 | 43.2 | 40.3 | 13 | 27% | 8% | 36% | +3.6 |
| 89 | Tyler Sumpter | Troy | 4 | 51 | 44.8 | 41.9 | 15 | 29% | 8% | 30% | +14.1 |
| 90 | Brandon Wright | Georgia State | 4 | 51 | 48.2 | 42.7 | 22 | 45% | 8% | 4% | +9.5 |
| 91 | Evan Finegan | Buffalo | 4 | 50 | 42.1 | 37.4 | 13 | 25% | 8% | 26% | −3.9 |
| 92 | Alvin Kenworthy | North Texas | 5 | 50 | 42.4 | 38.5 | 22 | 43% | 10% | 41% | +0.4 |
| 93 | Bailey Cate | Old Dominion | 5 | 53 | 40.2 | 37.7 | 19 | 35% | 9% | 43% | +2.5 |
| 94 | Adam Williams | Memphis | 5 | 50 | 42.9 | 37.3 | 19 | 37% | 10% | 30% | −3.0 |
| 95 | Lester Coleman | Virginia | 5 | 47 | 42.1 | 39.7 | 20 | 43% | 11% | 24% | +7.9 |
| 96 | Blake Hayes | Illinois | 5 | 62 | 43.6 | 36.6 | 25 | 39% | 8% | 13% | −4.6 |
| 97 | Nick Mihalic | Western Michigan | 5 | 50 | 37.9 | 34.3 | 11 | 22% | 10% | 33% | −16.4 |
| 98 | Logan Tyler | Florida State | 5 | 82 | 43.2 | 38.3 | 17 | 21% | 6% | 28% | 0.0 |
| 99 | Oscar Draguicevich III | Washington State | 5 | 40 | 46.0 | 41.3 | 12 | 32% | 14% | 25% | +3.6 |
| 100 | Ryan Wright | Tulane | 5 | 43 | 44.1 | 39.4 | 12 | 32% | 13% | 43% | +0.3 |
| 101 | Quinn Skillin | Boise State | 6 | 45 | 39.0 | 32.9 | 20 | 43% | 13% | 36% | −6.8 |
| 102 | Kyle Kramer | Miami (OH) | 6 | 65 | 41.9 | 38.5 | 36 | 55% | 9% | 32% | +4.0 |
| 103 | Jake Julien | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 66 | 43.6 | 38.1 | 23 | 35% | 9% | 16% | +4.1 |
| 104 | Joe Doyle | Tennessee | 6 | 66 | 41.0 | 39.1 | 25 | 38% | 9% | 38% | +7.1 |
| 105 | Connor Bowler | Temple | 6 | 52 | 42.4 | 36.9 | 20 | 38% | 12% | 23% | −3.9 |
| 106 | Tyson Dyer | New Mexico | 6 | 74 | 44.3 | 40.2 | 24 | 32% | 8% | 13% | +11.7 |
| 107 | Michael Sleep-Dalton | Arizona State | 6 | 53 | 43.7 | 37.5 | 20 | 38% | 11% | 31% | −0.9 |
| 108 | Stefan Flintoft | UCLA | 6 | 56 | 45.8 | 37.9 | 17 | 30% | 11% | 29% | −1.8 |
| 109 | Parker Thome | Vanderbilt | 6 | 49 | 45.1 | 40.0 | 19 | 39% | 12% | 28% | +10.7 |
| 110 | Bryce Crawford | San José State | 6 | 65 | 44.2 | 40.0 | 20 | 31% | 9% | 15% | −1.0 |
| 111 | Thomas Bennett | Tulsa | 6 | 53 | 46.6 | 40.0 | 13 | 25% | 11% | 12% | −5.7 |
| 112 | Matt Ference | Northern Illinois | 7 | 83 | 40.1 | 37.6 | 35 | 42% | 8% | 23% | +3.5 |
| 113 | Payton Theisler | New Mexico State | 7 | 74 | 40.5 | 34.3 | 18 | 24% | 10% | 21% | −20.3 |
| 114 | Kyle Thompson | Kansas | 7 | 69 | 43.3 | 39.4 | 26 | 37% | 10% | 17% | +5.2 |
| 115 | Tyler Newsome | Notre Dame | 7 | 45 | 44.4 | 38.6 | 16 | 36% | 16% | 24% | −1.8 |
| 116 | Ryan Stonehouse | Colorado State | 8 | 65 | 48.3 | 38.3 | 16 | 25% | 13% | 11% | +1.0 |
| 117 | Jake Camarda | Georgia | 8 | 38 | 43.2 | 37.4 | 11 | 30% | 22% | 35% | −0.5 |
| 118 | Blake Gillikin | Penn State | 9 | 60 | 43.1 | 37.7 | 20 | 33% | 15% | 21% | +5.1 |
| 119 | Trent Schneider | South Florida | 9 | 68 | 42.6 | 37.5 | 15 | 24% | 14% | 24% | −0.8 |
| 120 | Will Hart | Michigan | 9 | 39 | 47.6 | 39.9 | 17 | 44% | 23% | 8% | +7.5 |
| 121 | Braden Mann | Texas A&M | 9 | 47 | 51.1 | 44.9 | 21 | 45% | 19% | 22% | +26.2 |
| 122 | Jake Bailey | Stanford | 10 | 59 | 44.0 | 39.9 | 26 | 44% | 17% | 30% | +17.1 |
| 123 | Jack Fox | Rice | 13 | 80 | 45.5 | 40.6 | 30 | 37% | 16% | 23% | +11.1 |
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