2019 College Fair Catch Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that the returner fair caught instead of running back. Public play-by-play does not record hang time, so the fair-catch rate is the best available stand-in: a punt that hangs long enough for the coverage team to arrive leaves the returner no choice but to wave for a fair catch.

Higher usually means better hang time, though a returner who is no threat also calls for more fair catches. College punts whose play text does not say how they ended are left out of the count. In 2019, Ben Griffiths (53.2%) led college football punters in fair catch percentage, ahead of Sam Loy (51.9%) and Reeves Mundschau (51.5%). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 29.0%.

Final 2019 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	Points
1	Ben Griffiths	USC	53.2%	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	+5.4
2	Sam Loy	Arkansas	51.9%	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	−3.0
3	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	51.5%	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	3%	+1.2
4	James Smith	Cincinnati	50.8%	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	2%	+14.0
5	Tommy Martin	Florida State	50.8%	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	2%	−9.5
6	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	50.0%	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	+1.3
7	Wade Lees	UCLA	48.9%	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	2%	+7.1
8	Steven Coutts	California	48.8%	44	38.5	37.0	12	27%	0%	−5.1
9	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	47.6%	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	+18.2
10	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	46.2%	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	9%	−0.6
11	Joel Whitford	Washington	46.2%	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	5%	+10.0
12	Tommy Townsend	Florida	46.2%	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	10%	+7.0
13	Will Spiers	Clemson	45.9%	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	5%	+4.7
14	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	45.9%	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	8%	+5.4
15	Josh Growden	West Virginia	45.5%	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	4%	+4.1
16	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	43.6%	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	4%	−3.0
17	Colton Spangler	Maryland	43.2%	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	4%	−1.8
18	Andrew Osteen	UCF	42.3%	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	10%	+0.2
19	Alex Kinney	Colorado	41.8%	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	7%	+2.6
20	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	41.5%	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	4%	−9.4
21	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	41.3%	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	7%	−8.8
22	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	41.2%	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	11%	−1.2
23	Issac Power	Baylor	40.7%	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	2%	−5.1
24	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	40.7%	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	6%	+1.7
25	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	40.0%	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	−1.7
26	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	40.0%	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	10%	+0.3
27	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	39.4%	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	7%	+18.1
28	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	39.0%	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	2%	−3.0
29	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	38.9%	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	8%	+10.6
30	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	38.9%	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	7%	+4.2
31	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	38.6%	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	5%	−1.7
32	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	38.6%	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	3%	−4.9
33	Michael Farkas	Ohio	37.2%	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	+3.4
34	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	36.8%	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	21%	+9.6
35	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	36.8%	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	+9.1
36	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	36.6%	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	7%	+6.4
37	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	36.1%	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	3%	−1.0
38	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	36.0%	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	+0.4
39	Jordy Sandy	TCU	35.7%	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	−6.5
40	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	35.3%	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	−3.2
41	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	34.9%	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	7%	−5.9
42	Aidan Alves	Liberty	34.8%	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	8%	−2.9
43	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	34.5%	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	8%	−0.7
44	Adam Nunez	Rice	34.4%	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	6%	+2.6
45	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	33.9%	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	7%	−4.1
46	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	33.9%	67	42.2	40.1	23	35%	0%	+2.0
47	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	33.3%	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	12%	+9.2
48	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	32.7%	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	5%	−15.6
49	Nash Griffin	Virginia	32.7%	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	−1.7
50	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	31.7%	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	+11.8
51	Jonn Young	East Carolina	31.6%	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	−3.4
52	Michael Turk	Arizona State	31.6%	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	+16.7
53	Lucas Dean	UTSA	31.5%	65	40.8	38.6	16	25%	0%	−8.7
54	Derek Adams	Kent State	31.5%	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	5%	+9.7
55	Xavier Subotsch	App State	31.1%	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	+4.9
56	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	31.1%	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	8%	+5.6
57	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	31.0%	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	8%	+5.6
58	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	30.4%	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	11%	−5.3
59	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	30.0%	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	+2.9
60	Austin Parker	Duke	29.7%	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	9%	+4.7
61	Jonah Wieland	Akron	29.2%	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	1%	−18.9
62	Trenton Gill	NC State	29.1%	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	13%	+6.0
63	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	28.9%	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	6%	−8.5
64	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	28.6%	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	+3.1
65	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	28.6%	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	2%	−2.7
66	Owen White	Navy	28.6%	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	3%	+7.4
67	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	28.1%	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	11%	−4.1
68	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	27.9%	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	6%	+2.5
69	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	27.4%	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	+5.6
70	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	26.8%	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	−2.4
71	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	26.7%	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	6%	−18.0
72	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	26.5%	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	10%	+1.8
73	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	26.5%	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	−7.4
74	Chris Barnes	Rice	26.5%	34	45.0	44.2	11	32%	0%	+7.5
75	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	25.8%	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	−8.0
76	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	25.8%	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	+10.6
77	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	25.3%	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	+0.2
78	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	25.0%	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	−2.0
79	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	25.0%	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	15%	+6.8
80	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	24.4%	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	7%	−2.7
81	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	24.4%	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	7%	−18.9
82	Tucker McCann	Missouri	24.2%	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	+3.2
83	Zac Collins	Purdue	24.1%	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	3%	−2.3
84	Will Hart	Michigan	23.9%	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	15%	+2.7
85	Mason King	Louisville	23.5%	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	9%	+1.3
86	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	23.0%	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	5%	+6.2
87	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	22.2%	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	+5.7
88	Lou Hedley	Miami	22.2%	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	7%	+9.5
89	Matt Aragon	Arizona	22.2%	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	8%	−9.7
90	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	22.0%	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	2%	−10.0
91	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	21.8%	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	7%	+10.4
92	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	21.6%	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	5%	−8.2
93	Alex Galland	San José State	21.3%	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	−6.6
94	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	21.1%	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	−0.4
95	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	21.0%	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	3%	−2.5
96	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	20.7%	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	2%	−0.5
97	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	19.6%	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	7%	+0.8
98	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	19.2%	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	4%	+0.3
99	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	18.4%	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	5%	−6.4
100	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	18.2%	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	+5.5
101	Blake Maimone	Oregon	18.2%	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	+0.8
102	Grant Carlson	Boston College	17.5%	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	−0.5
103	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	17.4%	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	9%	−6.9
104	Adam Williams	Memphis	17.1%	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	11%	+7.9
105	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	17.1%	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	9%	+3.0
106	Jake Camarda	Georgia	17.0%	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	+12.4
107	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	16.9%	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	4%	−18.7
108	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	16.7%	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	−3.2
109	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	16.7%	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	10%	+12.7
110	Adam Barry	Temple	16.4%	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	3%	−11.6
111	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	16.2%	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	5%	−6.8
112	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	16.0%	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	8%	+5.1
113	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	15.8%	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	10%	+3.6
114	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	15.4%	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	5%	+15.7
115	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	15.1%	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	+3.2
116	Ryan Wright	Tulane	14.6%	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	−5.0
117	Max Duffy	Kentucky	14.0%	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	9%	+22.0
118	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	13.8%	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	8%	−20.5
119	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	12.1%	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	6%	−3.8
120	Dane Roy	Houston	12.0%	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	4%	+12.4
121	Trent Schneider	South Florida	11.4%	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	−2.7
122	Trevor Denbow	SMU	11.1%	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	8%	−6.0
123	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	10.9%	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	5%	−8.2
124	Blake Hayes	Illinois	10.6%	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	3%	+9.1

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