2019 College Inside-20 to Touchback Ratio Leaders

Punts inside the 20 divided by touchbacks. It rewards a punter who gets close to the goal line without going through it. Punters with no touchbacks cannot be scored, so they are left out.

Higher is better. A punter with one touchback and ten punts inside the 20 scores 10.0. In 2019, James Smith (27.0) led college football punters in inside-20 to touchback ratio, ahead of Wade Lees (23.0) and Tom Hutton (22.0). 120 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 5.7.

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

Rk	Player	Team	I20:TB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	James Smith	Cincinnati	27.0	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	2%	51%	+14.0
2	Wade Lees	UCLA	23.0	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	2%	49%	+7.1
3	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	22.0	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
4	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	21.0	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	2%	39%	−3.0
5	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	20.0	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	3%	36%	−1.0
6	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	18.0	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
7	Issac Power	Baylor	18.0	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	2%	41%	−5.1
8	Jonah Wieland	Akron	18.0	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	1%	29%	−18.9
9	Owen White	Navy	18.0	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	3%	29%	+7.4
10	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	18.0	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	2%	21%	−0.5
11	Tommy Martin	Florida State	18.0	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	2%	51%	−9.5
12	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	16.5	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
13	Dane Roy	Houston	15.5	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	4%	12%	+12.4
14	Blake Hayes	Illinois	15.0	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	3%	11%	+9.1
15	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	15.0	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
16	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	15.0	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	2%	29%	−2.7
17	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	13.0	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	2%	22%	−10.0
18	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	12.0	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	3%	52%	+1.2
19	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	11.5	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
20	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	11.5	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
21	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	9.5	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	4%	44%	−3.0
22	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	9.5	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	4%	19%	+0.3
23	Tucker McCann	Missouri	9.0	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
24	Adam Nunez	Rice	9.0	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	6%	34%	+2.6
25	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	9.0	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	3%	39%	−4.9
26	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	9.0	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	5%	15%	+15.7
27	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	8.8	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	7%	22%	+10.4
28	Adam Barry	Temple	8.5	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	3%	16%	−11.6
29	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	8.3	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
30	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	8.0	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
31	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	8.0	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
32	Joel Whitford	Washington	8.0	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	5%	46%	+10.0
33	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	8.0	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	3%	21%	−2.5
34	Ben Griffiths	USC	7.7	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4
35	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	7.7	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
36	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	7.7	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	5%	23%	+6.2
37	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	7.5	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	5%	18%	−6.4
38	Alex Kinney	Colorado	7.3	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	7%	42%	+2.6
39	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	7.0	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
40	Max Duffy	Kentucky	7.0	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	9%	14%	+22.0
41	Derek Adams	Kent State	7.0	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	5%	31%	+9.7
42	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	7.0	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	4%	17%	−18.7
43	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	7.0	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	4%	41%	−9.4
44	Zac Collins	Purdue	7.0	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	3%	24%	−2.3
45	Alex Galland	San José State	6.7	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
46	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	6.5	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	7%	39%	+4.2
47	Colton Spangler	Maryland	6.5	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	4%	43%	−1.8
48	Grant Carlson	Boston College	6.3	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	18%	−0.5
49	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	6.3	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	6%	27%	−18.0
50	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	6.0	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	7%	39%	+18.1
51	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	6.0	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	8%	16%	+5.1
52	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	6.0	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	5%	39%	−1.7
53	Josh Growden	West Virginia	6.0	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	4%	45%	+4.1
54	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	6.0	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	6%	28%	+2.5
55	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	6.0	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	8%	46%	+5.4
56	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	6.0	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	5%	16%	−6.8
57	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	6.0	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	5%	22%	−8.2
58	Nash Griffin	Virginia	5.8	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
59	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	5.7	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	7%	35%	−5.9
60	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	5.7	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	5%	33%	−15.6
61	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	5.7	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	7%	24%	−2.7
62	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	5.5	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
63	Michael Turk	Arizona State	5.5	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
64	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	5.5	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	6%	41%	+1.7
65	Michael Farkas	Ohio	5.5	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
66	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	5.3	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
67	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	5.2	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
68	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	5.2	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
69	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	5.0	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	8%	31%	+5.6
70	Sam Loy	Arkansas	5.0	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
71	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	5.0	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	6%	29%	−8.5
72	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	5.0	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	5%	11%	−8.2
73	Jordy Sandy	TCU	4.8	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
74	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	4.8	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
75	Lou Hedley	Miami	4.8	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	7%	22%	+9.5
76	Tommy Townsend	Florida	4.8	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	10%	46%	+7.0
77	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	4.7	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	7%	37%	+6.4
78	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	4.6	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	10%	27%	+1.8
79	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	4.6	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
80	Xavier Subotsch	App State	4.5	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
81	Will Spiers	Clemson	4.5	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	5%	46%	+4.7
82	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	4.4	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
83	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	4.4	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	8%	34%	−0.7
84	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	4.3	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	7%	20%	+0.8
85	Austin Parker	Duke	4.2	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	9%	30%	+4.7
86	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	4.0	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	8%	39%	+10.6
87	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	4.0	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	9%	17%	+3.0
88	Mason King	Louisville	3.8	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	9%	24%	+1.3
89	Adam Williams	Memphis	3.8	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	11%	17%	+7.9
90	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	3.8	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	9%	46%	−0.6
91	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	3.7	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
92	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	3.7	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	7%	41%	−8.8
93	Jonn Young	East Carolina	3.6	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
94	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	3.5	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	11%	41%	−1.2
95	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	3.5	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	12%	33%	+9.2
96	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	3.5	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
97	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	3.5	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	6%	12%	−3.8
98	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	3.3	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	7%	24%	−18.9
99	Matt Aragon	Arizona	3.3	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	8%	22%	−9.7
100	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	3.3	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	10%	40%	+0.3
101	Aidan Alves	Liberty	3.3	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	8%	35%	−2.9
102	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	3.3	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	7%	34%	−4.1
103	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	3.3	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	9%	17%	−6.9
104	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	3.2	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	8%	31%	+5.6
105	Ryan Wright	Tulane	3.2	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0
106	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	3.2	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	10%	16%	+3.6
107	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	3.0	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	11%	28%	−4.1
108	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	3.0	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	8%	14%	−20.5
109	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	3.0	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	10%	17%	+12.7
110	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	2.7	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5
111	Blake Maimone	Oregon	2.7	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
112	Jake Camarda	Georgia	2.7	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	17%	+12.4
113	Trevor Denbow	SMU	2.7	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	8%	11%	−6.0
114	Trent Schneider	South Florida	2.5	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	11%	−2.7
115	Trenton Gill	NC State	2.4	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	13%	29%	+6.0
116	Andrew Osteen	UCF	2.2	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	10%	42%	+0.2
117	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	2.1	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	21%	37%	+9.6
118	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	1.9	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	15%	25%	+6.8
119	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	1.6	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	11%	30%	−5.3
120	Will Hart	Michigan	1.6	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	15%	24%	+2.7

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