2019 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 2019, Lucas Dean (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Steven Coutts (0.0%) and Jack Brooks (0.0%). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 6.6%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Lucas Dean	UTSA	0.0%	65	40.8	38.6	16	25%	31%	−8.7
2	Steven Coutts	California	0.0%	44	38.5	37.0	12	27%	49%	−5.1
3	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	0.0%	67	42.2	40.1	23	35%	34%	+2.0
4	Chris Barnes	Rice	0.0%	34	45.0	44.2	11	32%	26%	+7.5
5	Jonah Wieland	Akron	1.3%	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	29%	−18.9
6	James Smith	Cincinnati	1.5%	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	51%	+14.0
7	Tommy Martin	Florida State	1.6%	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	51%	−9.5
8	Issac Power	Baylor	1.6%	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	41%	−5.1
9	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	1.6%	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	21%	−0.5
10	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	1.7%	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	39%	−3.0
11	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	1.9%	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	40%	−1.7
12	Wade Lees	UCLA	2.1%	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	49%	+7.1
13	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	2.4%	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	22%	−10.0
14	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	2.4%	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	29%	−2.7
15	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	2.6%	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	37%	+9.1
16	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	2.7%	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	36%	−1.0
17	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	2.8%	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	50%	+1.3
18	Owen White	Navy	2.8%	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	29%	+7.4
19	Blake Hayes	Illinois	2.8%	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	11%	+9.1
20	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	2.9%	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	48%	+18.2
21	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	3.0%	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	52%	+1.2
22	Zac Collins	Purdue	3.0%	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	24%	−2.3
23	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	3.1%	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	26%	−8.0
24	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	3.2%	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	21%	−2.5
25	Adam Barry	Temple	3.4%	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	16%	−11.6
26	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	3.4%	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	39%	−4.9
27	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	3.6%	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	44%	−3.0
28	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	3.7%	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	19%	+0.3
29	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	3.8%	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	17%	−18.7
30	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	3.8%	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	36%	+0.4
31	Dane Roy	Houston	3.9%	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	12%	+12.4
32	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	4.2%	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	41%	−9.4
33	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	4.3%	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	26%	−7.4
34	Tucker McCann	Missouri	4.4%	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	24%	+3.2
35	Josh Growden	West Virginia	4.4%	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	45%	+4.1
36	Colton Spangler	Maryland	4.4%	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	43%	−1.8
37	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	4.6%	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	23%	+6.2
38	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	4.8%	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	15%	+15.7
39	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	4.9%	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	18%	−6.4
40	Joel Whitford	Washington	4.9%	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	46%	+10.0
41	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	4.9%	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	33%	−15.6
42	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	5.1%	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	15%	+3.2
43	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	5.1%	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	39%	−1.7
44	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	5.2%	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	11%	−8.2
45	Grant Carlson	Boston College	5.3%	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	18%	−0.5
46	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	5.3%	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	22%	−8.2
47	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	5.3%	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	16%	−6.8
48	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	5.3%	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	27%	+5.6
49	Derek Adams	Kent State	5.4%	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	31%	+9.7
50	Will Spiers	Clemson	5.4%	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	46%	+4.7
51	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	5.9%	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	29%	−8.5
52	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	5.9%	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	28%	+2.5
53	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	6.1%	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	12%	−3.8
54	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	6.1%	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	17%	−3.2
55	Ben Griffiths	USC	6.3%	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	53%	+5.4
56	Adam Nunez	Rice	6.3%	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	34%	+2.6
57	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	6.3%	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	27%	−18.0
58	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	6.3%	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	41%	+1.7
59	Alex Galland	San José State	6.4%	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	21%	−6.6
60	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	6.5%	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	20%	+0.8
61	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	6.5%	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	24%	−2.7
62	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	6.5%	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	41%	−8.8
63	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	6.7%	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	34%	−4.1
64	Alex Kinney	Colorado	6.8%	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	42%	+2.6
65	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	6.8%	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	22%	+10.4
66	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	7.0%	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	35%	−5.9
67	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	7.0%	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	22%	+5.7
68	Sam Loy	Arkansas	7.1%	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	52%	−3.0
69	Lou Hedley	Miami	7.3%	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	22%	+9.5
70	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	7.3%	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	37%	+6.4
71	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	7.3%	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	24%	−18.9
72	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	7.4%	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	39%	+18.1
73	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	7.4%	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	39%	+4.2
74	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	7.7%	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	35%	−3.2
75	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	7.7%	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	25%	+0.2
76	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	7.7%	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	14%	−20.5
77	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	7.7%	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	31%	+5.6
78	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	7.7%	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	16%	+5.1
79	Nash Griffin	Virginia	7.8%	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	33%	−1.7
80	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	7.9%	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	29%	+3.1
81	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	7.9%	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	34%	−0.7
82	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	8.1%	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	32%	+11.8
83	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	8.1%	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	46%	+5.4
84	Matt Aragon	Arizona	8.1%	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	22%	−9.7
85	Jordy Sandy	TCU	8.2%	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	36%	−6.5
86	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	8.2%	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	21%	−0.4
87	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	8.2%	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	31%	+5.6
88	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	8.3%	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	27%	−2.4
89	Trevor Denbow	SMU	8.3%	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	11%	−6.0
90	Aidan Alves	Liberty	8.3%	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	35%	−2.9
91	Jonn Young	East Carolina	8.5%	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	32%	−3.4
92	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	8.5%	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	39%	+10.6
93	Michael Farkas	Ohio	8.5%	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	37%	+3.4
94	Max Duffy	Kentucky	8.5%	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	14%	+22.0
95	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	8.7%	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	17%	−6.9
96	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	8.9%	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	17%	+3.0
97	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	9.0%	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	26%	+10.6
98	Austin Parker	Duke	9.2%	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	30%	+4.7
99	Mason King	Louisville	9.3%	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	24%	+1.3
100	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	9.3%	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	46%	−0.6
101	Xavier Subotsch	App State	9.4%	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	31%	+4.9
102	Andrew Osteen	UCF	9.6%	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	42%	+0.2
103	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	10.0%	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	25%	−2.0
104	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	10.0%	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	40%	+0.3
105	Tommy Townsend	Florida	10.0%	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	46%	+7.0
106	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	10.0%	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	27%	+1.8
107	Michael Turk	Arizona State	10.2%	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	32%	+16.7
108	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	10.2%	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	17%	+12.7
109	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	10.3%	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	16%	+3.6
110	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	10.5%	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	28%	−4.1
111	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	10.6%	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	30%	+2.9
112	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	10.6%	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	30%	−5.3
113	Ryan Wright	Tulane	10.9%	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	15%	−5.0
114	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	11.1%	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	41%	−1.2
115	Adam Williams	Memphis	11.1%	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	17%	+7.9
116	Trent Schneider	South Florida	11.3%	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	−2.7
117	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	11.8%	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	33%	+9.2
118	Trenton Gill	NC State	12.5%	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	29%	+6.0
119	Blake Maimone	Oregon	12.7%	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	18%	+0.8
120	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	15.1%	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	25%	+6.8
121	Will Hart	Michigan	15.2%	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	24%	+2.7
122	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	16.4%	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	18%	+5.5
123	Jake Camarda	Georgia	17.0%	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	+12.4
124	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	21.1%	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	37%	+9.6

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