2019 College Punts Downed Percentage Leaders

The share of punts a member of the kicking team stopped or touched before they could roll into the end zone. It is a control and coverage stat as much as a leg stat.

Downed punts are rare, so one or two change the percentage. In 2019, George Georgopoulos (48.1%) led college football punters in punts downed percentage, ahead of Mitchell Crawford (45.2%) and Jacob Herbers (44.4%). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 22.4%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	48.1%	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	4%	17%	−18.7
2	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	45.2%	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	3%	21%	−2.5
3	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	44.4%	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	3%	36%	−1.0
4	Zac Collins	Purdue	37.9%	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	3%	24%	−2.3
5	Will Spiers	Clemson	37.8%	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	5%	46%	+4.7
6	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	36.6%	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	9%	17%	+3.0
7	Chris Barnes	Rice	35.3%	34	45.0	44.2	11	32%	0%	26%	+7.5
8	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	34.9%	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	6%	28%	+2.5
9	Max Duffy	Kentucky	34.9%	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	9%	14%	+22.0
10	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	33.8%	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
11	Lucas Dean	UTSA	33.3%	65	40.8	38.6	16	25%	0%	31%	−8.7
12	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	33.3%	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	8%	31%	+5.6
13	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	33.3%	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	6%	12%	−3.8
14	Adam Barry	Temple	32.7%	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	3%	16%	−11.6
15	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	32.3%	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
16	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	32.1%	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
17	Dane Roy	Houston	32.0%	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	4%	12%	+12.4
18	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	31.3%	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
19	Trevor Denbow	SMU	30.6%	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	8%	11%	−6.0
20	Blake Hayes	Illinois	30.3%	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	3%	11%	+9.1
21	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	30.0%	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
22	Derek Adams	Kent State	29.6%	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	5%	31%	+9.7
23	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	29.3%	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	7%	37%	+6.4
24	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	29.1%	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	7%	22%	+10.4
25	Issac Power	Baylor	28.8%	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	2%	41%	−5.1
26	Nash Griffin	Virginia	28.6%	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
27	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	27.9%	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
28	Lou Hedley	Miami	27.8%	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	7%	22%	+9.5
29	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	27.1%	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	2%	39%	−3.0
30	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	27.0%	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	5%	22%	−8.2
31	Andrew Osteen	UCF	26.9%	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	10%	42%	+0.2
32	Ryan Wright	Tulane	26.8%	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0
33	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	26.8%	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	2%	22%	−10.0
34	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	26.7%	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
35	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	26.7%	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
36	Austin Parker	Duke	26.6%	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	9%	30%	+4.7
37	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	26.3%	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
38	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	26.3%	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	5%	18%	−6.4
39	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	25.9%	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	8%	39%	+10.6
40	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	25.9%	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
41	Adam Williams	Memphis	25.7%	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	11%	17%	+7.9
42	Joel Whitford	Washington	25.6%	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	5%	46%	+10.0
43	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	25.5%	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	5%	11%	−8.2
44	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	25.4%	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	6%	41%	+1.7
45	Jordy Sandy	TCU	25.0%	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
46	Sam Loy	Arkansas	25.0%	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
47	Xavier Subotsch	App State	24.6%	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
48	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	24.4%	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	12%	33%	+9.2
49	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	24.4%	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	7%	24%	−2.7
50	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	24.2%	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	3%	52%	+1.2
51	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	23.9%	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	11%	30%	−5.3
52	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	23.8%	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	2%	29%	−2.7
53	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	23.6%	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	5%	33%	−15.6
54	Alex Galland	San José State	23.4%	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
55	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	23.3%	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
56	Steven Coutts	California	23.3%	44	38.5	37.0	12	27%	0%	49%	−5.1
57	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	23.1%	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	4%	19%	+0.3
58	Tommy Townsend	Florida	23.1%	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	10%	46%	+7.0
59	Owen White	Navy	22.9%	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	3%	29%	+7.4
60	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	22.7%	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	7%	39%	+18.1
61	Colton Spangler	Maryland	22.7%	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	4%	43%	−1.8
62	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	22.4%	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	10%	27%	+1.8
63	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	22.4%	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	2%	21%	−0.5
64	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	22.4%	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	8%	31%	+5.6
65	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	22.0%	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
66	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	22.0%	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	8%	16%	+5.1
67	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	21.7%	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	7%	20%	+0.8
68	Will Hart	Michigan	21.7%	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	15%	24%	+2.7
69	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	21.3%	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	5%	23%	+6.2
70	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	21.1%	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	10%	16%	+3.6
71	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	21.0%	67	42.2	40.1	23	35%	0%	34%	+2.0
72	Jonah Wieland	Akron	20.8%	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	1%	29%	−18.9
73	Jake Camarda	Georgia	20.8%	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	17%	+12.4
74	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	20.5%	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	5%	15%	+15.7
75	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	20.4%	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	7%	39%	+4.2
76	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	20.0%	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	10%	40%	+0.3
77	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	19.7%	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
78	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	19.7%	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
79	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	19.6%	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	7%	34%	−4.1
80	Jonn Young	East Carolina	19.3%	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
81	Michael Turk	Arizona State	19.3%	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
82	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	19.0%	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
83	James Smith	Cincinnati	19.0%	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	2%	51%	+14.0
84	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	18.9%	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	5%	16%	−6.8
85	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	18.8%	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	10%	17%	+12.7
86	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	18.7%	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
87	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	18.4%	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	21%	37%	+9.6
88	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	17.9%	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	9%	46%	−0.6
89	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	17.8%	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
90	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	17.8%	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	6%	29%	−8.5
91	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	17.5%	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	5%	39%	−1.7
92	Grant Carlson	Boston College	17.5%	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	18%	−0.5
93	Josh Growden	West Virginia	16.7%	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	4%	45%	+4.1
94	Tucker McCann	Missouri	16.7%	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
95	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	16.7%	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	15%	25%	+6.8
96	Matt Aragon	Arizona	16.7%	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	8%	22%	−9.7
97	Alex Kinney	Colorado	16.4%	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	7%	42%	+2.6
98	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	16.3%	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	7%	35%	−5.9
99	Tommy Martin	Florida State	15.9%	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	2%	51%	−9.5
100	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	15.8%	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	11%	28%	−4.1
101	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	15.7%	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	11%	41%	−1.2
102	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	15.2%	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5
103	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	15.1%	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
104	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	14.6%	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	4%	41%	−9.4
105	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	14.6%	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	7%	24%	−18.9
106	Trenton Gill	NC State	14.5%	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	13%	29%	+6.0
107	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	14.5%	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	4%	44%	−3.0
108	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	14.3%	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
109	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	13.8%	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	8%	34%	−0.7
110	Mason King	Louisville	13.7%	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	9%	24%	+1.3
111	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	13.5%	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	8%	46%	+5.4
112	Wade Lees	UCLA	13.3%	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	2%	49%	+7.1
113	Aidan Alves	Liberty	13.0%	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	8%	35%	−2.9
114	Blake Maimone	Oregon	12.7%	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
115	Adam Nunez	Rice	12.5%	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	6%	34%	+2.6
116	Michael Farkas	Ohio	11.6%	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
117	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	11.1%	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	6%	27%	−18.0
118	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	10.9%	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	9%	17%	−6.9
119	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	9.2%	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	8%	14%	−20.5
120	Trent Schneider	South Florida	8.6%	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	11%	−2.7
121	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	7.8%	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
122	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	7.0%	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	3%	39%	−4.9
123	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	6.5%	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	7%	41%	−8.8
124	Ben Griffiths	USC	6.4%	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4

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