2019 College Punts Downed Leaders

A downed punt is one a member of the kicking team stops or touches to keep it from rolling into the end zone.

It is a coverage and control stat as much as a leg stat. In 2019, George Georgopoulos (37) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Mitchell Crawford (28) and Matt Naranjo (23). 183 punters qualify.

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	37	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	4%	17%	−18.7
2	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	28	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	3%	21%	−2.5
3	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	23	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
4	Blake Hayes	Illinois	20	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	3%	11%	+9.1
5	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	20	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
6	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	19	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
7	Lucas Dean	UTSA	18	65	40.8	38.6	16	25%	0%	31%	−8.7
8	Adam Barry	Temple	18	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	3%	16%	−11.6
9	Austin Parker	Duke	17	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	9%	30%	+4.7
10	Issac Power	Baylor	17	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	2%	41%	−5.1
11	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	17	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
12	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	16	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
13	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	16	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	2%	39%	−3.0
14	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	16	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	7%	22%	+10.4
15	Derek Adams	Kent State	16	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	5%	31%	+9.7
16	Dane Roy	Houston	16	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	4%	12%	+12.4
17	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	16	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	3%	36%	−1.0
18	Jonah Wieland	Akron	15	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	1%	29%	−18.9
19	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	15	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	7%	39%	+18.1
20	Xavier Subotsch	App State	15	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
21	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	15	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	6%	41%	+1.7
22	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	15	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
23	Lou Hedley	Miami	15	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	7%	22%	+9.5
24	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	15	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	8%	31%	+5.6
25	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	15	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	6%	28%	+2.5
26	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	15	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
27	Max Duffy	Kentucky	15	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	9%	14%	+22.0
28	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	15	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	9%	17%	+3.0
29	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	14	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
30	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	14	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
31	Jordy Sandy	TCU	14	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
32	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	14	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	5%	11%	−8.2
33	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	14	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
34	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	14	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	8%	39%	+10.6
35	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	14	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
36	Andrew Osteen	UCF	14	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	10%	42%	+0.2
37	Nash Griffin	Virginia	14	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
38	Will Spiers	Clemson	14	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	5%	46%	+4.7
39	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	13	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
40	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	13	67	42.2	40.1	23	35%	0%	34%	+2.0
41	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	13	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	5%	23%	+6.2
42	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	13	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	2%	21%	−0.5
43	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	13	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	8%	31%	+5.6
44	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	13	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	5%	33%	−15.6
45	Sam Loy	Arkansas	13	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
46	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	12	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
47	James Smith	Cincinnati	12	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	2%	51%	+14.0
48	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	12	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	10%	16%	+3.6
49	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	12	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	4%	19%	+0.3
50	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	12	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
51	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	12	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	7%	37%	+6.4
52	Chris Barnes	Rice	12	34	45.0	44.2	11	32%	0%	26%	+7.5
53	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	11	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
54	Josh Growden	West Virginia	11	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	4%	45%	+4.1
55	Tucker McCann	Missouri	11	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
56	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	11	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	7%	34%	−4.1
57	Jonn Young	East Carolina	11	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
58	Michael Turk	Arizona State	11	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
59	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	11	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	7%	39%	+4.2
60	Jake Camarda	Georgia	11	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	17%	+12.4
61	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	11	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
62	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	11	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	8%	16%	+5.1
63	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	11	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	12%	33%	+9.2
64	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	11	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	10%	27%	+1.8
65	Alex Galland	San José State	11	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
66	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	11	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	11%	30%	−5.3
67	Ryan Wright	Tulane	11	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0
68	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	11	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	2%	22%	−10.0
69	Trevor Denbow	SMU	11	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	8%	11%	−6.0
70	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	11	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	6%	12%	−3.8
71	Zac Collins	Purdue	11	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	3%	24%	−2.3
72	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	10	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5
73	Tommy Martin	Florida State	10	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	2%	51%	−9.5
74	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	10	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	5%	39%	−1.7
75	Grant Carlson	Boston College	10	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	18%	−0.5
76	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	10	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	7%	20%	+0.8
77	Will Hart	Michigan	10	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	15%	24%	+2.7
78	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	10	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	7%	24%	−2.7
79	Colton Spangler	Maryland	10	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	4%	43%	−1.8
80	Steven Coutts	California	10	44	38.5	37.0	12	27%	0%	49%	−5.1
81	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	10	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	2%	29%	−2.7
82	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	10	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	5%	18%	−6.4
83	Joel Whitford	Washington	10	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	5%	46%	+10.0
84	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	10	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	5%	22%	−8.2
85	Brooks Cormier	Purdue	10	28	40.3	38.0	6	21%	0%	20%	−6.2
86	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	9	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
87	Alex Kinney	Colorado	9	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	7%	42%	+2.6
88	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	9	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	11%	28%	−4.1
89	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	9	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	10%	17%	+12.7
90	Tommy Townsend	Florida	9	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	10%	46%	+7.0
91	Adam Williams	Memphis	9	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	11%	17%	+7.9
92	Carson Strong	Nevada	9	10	36.9	34.9	7	70%	10%	0%	+0.5
93	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	8	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	8%	34%	−0.7
94	Trenton Gill	NC State	8	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	13%	29%	+6.0
95	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	8	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	4%	44%	−3.0
96	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	8	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	11%	41%	−1.2
97	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	8	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	15%	25%	+6.8
98	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	8	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
99	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	8	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	6%	29%	−8.5
100	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	8	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	5%	15%	+15.7
101	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	8	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
102	Owen White	Navy	8	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	3%	29%	+7.4
103	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	8	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	3%	52%	+1.2
104	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	8	30	40.7	38.4	9	36%	4%	44%	−2.6
105	Blake Maimone	Oregon	7	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
106	Mason King	Louisville	7	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	9%	24%	+1.3
107	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	7	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	7%	35%	−5.9
108	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	7	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	9%	46%	−0.6
109	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	7	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	5%	16%	−6.8
110	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	7	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	21%	37%	+9.6
111	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	7	25	42.6	38.3	12	46%	8%	13%	−1.0
112	Chris Naggar	Texas	7	25	39.3	39.3	12	48%	0%	56%	+0.8
113	Bailey Flint	Toledo	7	20	47.3	43.2	11	55%	10%	22%	+4.9
114	Trent Schneider	South Florida	6	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	11%	−2.7
115	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	6	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	8%	14%	−20.5
116	Aidan Alves	Liberty	6	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	8%	35%	−2.9
117	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	6	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	4%	41%	−9.4
118	Wade Lees	UCLA	6	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	2%	49%	+7.1
119	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	6	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	7%	24%	−18.9
120	Matt Aragon	Arizona	6	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	8%	22%	−9.7
121	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	6	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	10%	40%	+0.3
122	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	6	27	36.6	32.3	8	30%	19%	15%	−3.5
123	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	6	21	39.7	34.5	6	29%	10%	24%	−5.6
124	Zach Potter	Army	6	16	40.5	36.9	7	44%	13%	6%	+1.4
125	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	5	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	6%	27%	−18.0
126	Michael Farkas	Ohio	5	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
127	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	5	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	9%	17%	−6.9
128	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	5	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	8%	46%	+5.4
129	Charlie Scott	Air Force	5	28	40.7	39.1	13	46%	7%	40%	+2.1
130	Zach Harding	Army	5	20	48.6	46.9	8	40%	5%	15%	+9.5
131	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	4	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	3%	39%	−4.9
132	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	4	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
133	Adam Nunez	Rice	4	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	6%	34%	+2.6
134	Andrew David	Northwestern	4	29	36.4	35.6	5	17%	3%	63%	−10.3
135	Kyle Vantrease	Buffalo	4	16	34.6	29.7	1	6%	0%	31%	−14.8
136	Ty Perine	Alabama	4	13	44.7	36.4	2	15%	8%	15%	−3.4
137	Shane Buechele	SMU	4	7	38.9	33.1	4	57%	29%	0%	+1.0
138	Ross Bowers	Northern Illinois	4	4	39.3	39.3	4	100%	0%	0%	+1.0
139	Ben Griffiths	USC	3	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4
140	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	3	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	7%	41%	−8.8
141	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	3	29	45.0	40.3	13	45%	3%	48%	+1.4
142	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	3	20	39.0	37.0	5	25%	5%	42%	−5.1
143	Pierce Callister	Utah State	3	18	38.2	33.6	9	47%	6%	47%	−5.4
144	Danny Jones	BYU	3	11	36.0	36.0	7	64%	0%	50%	+0.1
145	Warren Scott	SMU	3	8	40.9	40.8	2	25%	0%	25%	−0.2
146	Ben Scruton	Hawai'i	2	16	44.4	40.0	6	38%	13%	31%	+1.2
147	Matthew Stephenson	Middle Tennessee	2	11	35.7	32.2	6	55%	18%	55%	+0.3
148	Skyler DeLong	Alabama	2	10	33.0	32.5	3	27%	0%	45%	−3.9
149	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	2	6	35.3	35.3	3	50%	0%	50%	−0.5
150	Steven Sawicki	Clemson	2	5	45.4	37.6	1	20%	0%	0%	−0.5
151	Alex Gracey	Stanford	2	3	38.3	38.3	2	67%	0%	33%	+0.8
152	Danny Carollo	Purdue	2	5	28.6	22.7	2	67%	0%	33%	−1.0
153	Asher O'Hara	Middle Tennessee	2	2	39.0	39.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
154	Ethan Albertson	New Mexico State	2	2	40.5	40.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
155	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	2	2	29.5	29.5	2	100%	0%	0%	0.0
156	Reed Bowman	Mississippi State	2	2	41.0	41.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.5
157	Dario Longhetto	California	1	18	40.9	34.1	5	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
158	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	1	9	43.2	39.3	5	56%	0%	11%	−0.6
159	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	1	8	44.3	38.8	2	25%	13%	13%	+0.1
160	Logan Tyler	Florida State	1	7	44.0	41.6	1	14%	14%	43%	+1.7
161	Jake Verity	East Carolina	1	5	43.0	39.0	2	40%	20%	25%	+1.7
162	Brad Robbins	Michigan	1	4	42.8	42.8	2	50%	0%	25%	+1.5
163	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	1	4	50.8	44.0	2	50%	25%	25%	+1.2
164	Jacob LaFree	Temple	1	3	41.7	41.7	1	33%	0%	0%	+0.1
165	Race Porter	Washington	1	3	44.0	44.0	1	33%	0%	0%	+1.0
166	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	1	3	36.7	36.7	0	0%	0%	33%	−1.0
167	Will Reichard	Alabama	1	4	38.0	36.7	1	33%	0%	33%	−1.0
168	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	1	2	29.0	29.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.4
169	Bo Nix	Auburn	1	2	36.5	26.5	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.3
170	Brett Kean	Charlotte	1	2	16.5	16.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−1.8
171	Craig Walker	UL Monroe	1	2	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−0.8
172	Danny Corollo	Purdue	1	2	37.5	27.5	1	50%	50%	0%	0.0
173	Jacob Eason	Washington	1	2	37.0	27.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
174	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	1	1	36.0	18.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−3.4
175	Adam Stack	Oregon	1	1	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
176	Dustin Crum	Kent State	1	1	32.0	32.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
177	Evan Legassey	Troy	1	2	39.5	35.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
178	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	1	1	56.0	56.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+1.1
179	Isaiah Green	Marshall	1	1	26.0	26.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
180	Jack Abraham	Southern Miss	1	1	17.0	17.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.8
181	Jake Luton	Oregon State	1	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
182	John Mayers	Baylor	1	1	23.0	23.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
183	Josh Adkins	New Mexico State	1	1	41.0	41.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3

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