2019 College Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank) Leaders

STOP (Saved Touchbacks Over Projection) is FootballKickingStats.com's touchback rating: how many touchbacks a punter avoided. Every punt gets an expected touchback chance: how often that season's punts from the same 5-yard stretch of the field went into the end zone. Add those chances up over a punter's season and subtract his real touchbacks. A punter who kicks often from midfield and keeps the ball out of the end zone climbs; one who punts from deep in his own end has few chances to gain or lose.

Higher is better. A STOP of +2.0 means two fewer touchbacks than an average punter would have had from the same spots. A short punt also avoids a touchback, so read it with net average. Blocked punts are left out. In 2019, Jacob Herbers (+3.2) led college football punters in touchbacks avoided (STOP rank), ahead of James Smith (+3.0) and Adam Korsak (+2.9). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 0.0.

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

Rk	Player	Team	STOP	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	+3.2	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	3%	36%	−1.0
2	James Smith	Cincinnati	+3.0	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	2%	51%	+14.0
3	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	+2.9	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
4	Issac Power	Baylor	+2.8	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	2%	41%	−5.1
5	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	+2.7	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	2%	39%	−3.0
6	Steven Coutts	California	+2.6	44	38.5	37.0	12	27%	0%	49%	−5.1
7	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	+2.6	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
8	Tommy Martin	Florida State	+2.5	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	2%	51%	−9.5
9	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	+2.5	67	42.2	40.1	23	35%	0%	34%	+2.0
10	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	+2.4	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
11	Lucas Dean	UTSA	+2.4	65	40.8	38.6	16	25%	0%	31%	−8.7
12	Jonah Wieland	Akron	+2.4	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	1%	29%	−18.9
13	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	+2.2	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
14	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	+2.1	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
15	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	+2.1	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	2%	29%	−2.7
16	Tucker McCann	Missouri	+1.9	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
17	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	+1.9	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	4%	17%	−18.7
18	Adam Barry	Temple	+1.9	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	3%	16%	−11.6
19	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	+1.8	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
20	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	+1.8	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
21	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	+1.8	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	3%	21%	−2.5
22	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	+1.8	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	2%	22%	−10.0
23	Adam Nunez	Rice	+1.7	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	6%	34%	+2.6
24	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	+1.7	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
25	Dane Roy	Houston	+1.7	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	4%	12%	+12.4
26	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	+1.5	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
27	Owen White	Navy	+1.4	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	3%	29%	+7.4
28	Chris Barnes	Rice	+1.4	34	45.0	44.2	11	32%	0%	26%	+7.5
29	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	+1.3	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	4%	19%	+0.3
30	Wade Lees	UCLA	+1.3	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	2%	49%	+7.1
31	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	+1.2	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	7%	35%	−5.9
32	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	+1.2	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	2%	21%	−0.5
33	Alex Galland	San José State	+1.1	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
34	Blake Hayes	Illinois	+1.1	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	3%	11%	+9.1
35	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	+1.1	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	5%	33%	−15.6
36	Ben Griffiths	USC	+1.1	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4
37	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	+1.1	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
38	Jordy Sandy	TCU	+1.1	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
39	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	+1.0	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	4%	41%	−9.4
40	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	+0.9	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	3%	52%	+1.2
41	Josh Growden	West Virginia	+0.9	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	4%	45%	+4.1
42	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	+0.9	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	4%	44%	−3.0
43	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	+0.8	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	3%	39%	−4.9
44	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	+0.8	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	5%	15%	+15.7
45	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	+0.8	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	8%	46%	+5.4
46	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	+0.6	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	5%	39%	−1.7
47	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	+0.5	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	5%	23%	+6.2
48	Will Spiers	Clemson	+0.5	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	5%	46%	+4.7
49	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	+0.5	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	5%	18%	−6.4
50	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	+0.5	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
51	Colton Spangler	Maryland	+0.5	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	4%	43%	−1.8
52	Nash Griffin	Virginia	+0.5	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
53	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	+0.5	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
54	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	+0.3	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	6%	27%	−18.0
55	Derek Adams	Kent State	+0.3	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	5%	31%	+9.7
56	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	+0.2	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	7%	39%	+4.2
57	Alex Kinney	Colorado	+0.2	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	7%	42%	+2.6
58	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	+0.2	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	7%	22%	+10.4
59	Michael Farkas	Ohio	+0.1	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
60	Joel Whitford	Washington	0.0	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	5%	46%	+10.0
61	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	0.0	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	7%	24%	−2.7
62	Zac Collins	Purdue	0.0	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	3%	24%	−2.3
63	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	−0.1	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	5%	16%	−6.8
64	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	−0.1	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	5%	22%	−8.2
65	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	−0.1	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	7%	20%	+0.8
66	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	−0.1	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	7%	37%	+6.4
67	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	−0.1	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	6%	29%	−8.5
68	Grant Carlson	Boston College	−0.1	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	18%	−0.5
69	Sam Loy	Arkansas	−0.2	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
70	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	−0.3	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	6%	12%	−3.8
71	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	−0.3	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	5%	11%	−8.2
72	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	−0.4	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
73	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	−0.4	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
74	Jonn Young	East Carolina	−0.4	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
75	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	−0.4	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	7%	34%	−4.1
76	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	−0.4	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	10%	40%	+0.3
77	Michael Turk	Arizona State	−0.5	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
78	Lou Hedley	Miami	−0.5	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	7%	22%	+9.5
79	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	−0.5	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
80	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	−0.5	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
81	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	−0.6	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	6%	28%	+2.5
82	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	−0.6	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	7%	39%	+18.1
83	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	−0.6	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	6%	41%	+1.7
84	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	−0.7	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
85	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	−0.7	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	7%	41%	−8.8
86	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	−0.8	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	9%	17%	−6.9
87	Trevor Denbow	SMU	−0.8	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	8%	11%	−6.0
88	Tommy Townsend	Florida	−0.8	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	10%	46%	+7.0
89	Matt Aragon	Arizona	−0.8	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	8%	22%	−9.7
90	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	−0.9	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	8%	16%	+5.1
91	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	−0.9	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	8%	31%	+5.6
92	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	−0.9	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
93	Ryan Wright	Tulane	−0.9	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0
94	Max Duffy	Kentucky	−1.0	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	9%	14%	+22.0
95	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	−1.0	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	9%	17%	+3.0
96	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	−1.0	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	8%	14%	−20.5
97	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	−1.1	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	7%	24%	−18.9
98	Adam Williams	Memphis	−1.1	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	11%	17%	+7.9
99	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	−1.1	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	8%	39%	+10.6
100	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	−1.1	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	8%	34%	−0.7
101	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	−1.3	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	10%	27%	+1.8
102	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	−1.4	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	9%	46%	−0.6
103	Mason King	Louisville	−1.4	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	9%	24%	+1.3
104	Aidan Alves	Liberty	−1.4	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	8%	35%	−2.9
105	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	−1.4	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	8%	31%	+5.6
106	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	−1.5	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
107	Xavier Subotsch	App State	−1.7	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
108	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	−2.0	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	11%	28%	−4.1
109	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	−2.1	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
110	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	−2.2	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	10%	16%	+3.6
111	Blake Maimone	Oregon	−2.2	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
112	Austin Parker	Duke	−2.3	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	9%	30%	+4.7
113	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	−2.4	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	11%	30%	−5.3
114	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	−2.6	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	11%	41%	−1.2
115	Andrew Osteen	UCF	−2.6	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	10%	42%	+0.2
116	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	−2.7	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	10%	17%	+12.7
117	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	−2.9	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	12%	33%	+9.2
118	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	−4.0	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	21%	37%	+9.6
119	Will Hart	Michigan	−4.1	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	15%	24%	+2.7
120	Trenton Gill	NC State	−4.3	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	13%	29%	+6.0
121	Trent Schneider	South Florida	−4.5	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	11%	−2.7
122	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	−4.8	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	15%	25%	+6.8
123	Jake Camarda	Georgia	−5.6	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	17%	+12.4
124	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	−6.1	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5

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