2020 College Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2020, Jordy Sandy (35) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Tom Hutton (32) and Kirk Christodoulou (28). 168 punters qualify.

Final 2020 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jordy Sandy	TCU	35	57	41.0	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
2	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	32	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
3	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	28	53	44.5	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
4	Lou Hedley	Miami	24	46	47.3	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
5	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	22	59	43.9	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
6	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	22	36	42.4	40.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
7	Issac Power	Baylor	21	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
8	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	20	48	42.9	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
9	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	20	45	48.0	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
10	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	20	44	42.0	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
11	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	20	43	41.7	37.8	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
12	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	20	36	39.5	39.1	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
13	Derek Adams	Northwestern	19	40	41.5	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
14	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	18	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
15	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	18	49	43.6	41.8	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
16	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	17	33	40.3	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
17	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	17	31	40.3	39.2	14	45%	6%	55%	+6.0
18	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	16	41	46.3	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
19	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	16	39	43.1	40.3	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
20	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	16	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
21	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	15	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
22	Trenton Gill	NC State	15	49	44.8	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
23	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	15	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
24	Daniel Davies	Navy	15	44	37.1	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
25	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	15	36	38.9	36.4	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
26	James Smith	Cincinnati	15	32	43.8	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
27	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	14	41	42.5	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
28	Adam Williams	Memphis	14	41	42.6	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
29	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	14	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
30	Jake Camarda	Georgia	14	31	47.9	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
31	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	14	27	45.1	41.4	17	63%	4%	52%	+6.5
32	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	13	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
33	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	13	39	43.3	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
34	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	13	37	43.0	39.8	11	30%	16%	39%	+5.8
35	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	13	37	40.7	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
36	Andrew Osteen	UCF	13	35	44.3	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
37	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	13	24	39.0	38.3	4	17%	4%	57%	0.0
38	Charlton Butt	UNLV	13	22	38.3	38.0	4	18%	0%	62%	−1.4
39	Blake Hayes	Illinois	12	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
40	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	12	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
41	Nash Griffin	Virginia	12	42	42.4	39.7	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
42	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	12	37	43.8	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
43	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	12	34	40.4	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
44	Jordan Stout	Penn State	12	33	41.5	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
45	Chris Naggar	SMU	12	29	39.3	37.1	7	24%	0%	43%	−7.6
46	Reed Bowman	Mississippi State	12	27	42.1	40.0	14	52%	4%	46%	+5.3
47	Jonn Young	East Carolina	12	28	41.8	39.2	10	38%	4%	48%	+0.9
48	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	12	26	39.9	38.6	9	35%	0%	46%	+0.1
49	Jack Martin	Troy	12	24	46.1	46.2	14	58%	0%	50%	+10.4
50	Porter Wilson	Duke	11	53	42.9	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
51	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	11	44	37.2	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
52	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	11	43	43.8	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
53	Will Spiers	Clemson	11	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
54	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	11	41	40.6	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
55	Tory Taylor	Iowa	11	40	44.1	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
56	Reis Vernon	Kansas	11	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4
57	Max Duffy	Kentucky	11	37	45.8	42.4	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
58	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	11	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
59	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	11	36	40.9	38.1	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
60	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	11	40	44.5	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
61	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	11	32	44.4	42.3	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
62	Xavier Subotsch	App State	11	32	42.3	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
63	Charlie Scott	Alabama	11	17	38.8	35.4	7	41%	12%	65%	−0.9
64	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	10	30	43.0	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
65	Tanner Kuljian	San Diego State	10	27	43.3	39.1	10	37%	7%	37%	+1.3
66	Jamieson Sheahan	California	10	23	39.9	36.6	3	13%	0%	45%	−8.0
67	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	10	23	39.7	37.9	8	36%	9%	50%	+0.4
68	Tom Snee	Oregon	10	22	43.1	39.6	10	50%	5%	50%	−0.1
69	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	9	53	46.0	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
70	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	9	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
71	Adam Barry	Temple	9	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
72	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	9	33	40.2	37.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
73	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	9	33	43.2	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
74	Laine Wilkins	Houston	9	31	41.2	40.0	15	48%	6%	31%	+0.2
75	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	9	30	39.3	37.0	5	17%	3%	33%	−6.6
76	Elijah Fischer	San José State	9	28	40.3	35.0	9	32%	14%	33%	−6.6
77	Luke Akers	UCLA	9	24	43.1	39.7	12	48%	0%	38%	−1.2
78	Jacob Finn	Florida	9	24	46.0	43.9	12	50%	4%	41%	+6.8
79	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	8	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
80	Grant Carlson	Boston College	8	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
81	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	8	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
82	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	8	34	43.9	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
83	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	8	30	43.7	39.9	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
84	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	8	29	42.8	39.7	15	52%	10%	29%	+3.7
85	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	8	28	40.8	40.2	15	54%	0%	33%	+3.9
86	Josh Watts	Colorado	8	27	40.9	38.0	13	50%	4%	31%	−4.3
87	Aidan Alves	Liberty	8	25	42.2	39.0	8	32%	8%	32%	+1.2
88	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	8	24	46.4	39.0	6	26%	26%	36%	+2.7
89	Ryan Harwell	Louisville	8	19	40.1	39.6	8	42%	0%	42%	+0.9
90	Ben Griffiths	USC	8	18	46.4	40.8	9	50%	11%	44%	+2.9
91	Lucas Dean	UTSA	7	55	46.3	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
92	Zach Harding	Army	7	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
93	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	7	30	44.6	36.0	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
94	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	7	29	38.7	36.1	6	20%	3%	26%	−8.1
95	Brad Robbins	Michigan	7	23	45.3	43.0	10	43%	9%	33%	+7.8
96	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	6	28	41.8	39.4	10	36%	4%	22%	+1.9
97	Kyle Coale	Troy	6	23	37.7	36.8	8	35%	4%	27%	−2.4
98	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	6	23	39.0	37.8	11	52%	0%	30%	−0.2
99	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	6	22	41.0	39.6	8	40%	10%	32%	+2.0
100	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	6	18	45.2	42.8	10	56%	6%	33%	+6.8
101	Logan Lupo	Louisville	6	17	38.8	38.0	3	18%	0%	40%	−3.7
102	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	6	17	37.8	37.4	7	41%	0%	38%	−4.1
103	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	6	15	43.9	42.3	7	50%	7%	46%	+2.7
104	Joseph Carlson	Air Force	6	14	39.6	37.1	3	21%	7%	43%	−0.2
105	Jack Wilson	Ohio	6	13	36.9	36.9	7	54%	0%	55%	−0.3
106	Ryan Wright	Tulane	5	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
107	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	5	27	44.9	39.1	5	18%	11%	19%	−3.7
108	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	5	26	45.3	34.9	9	33%	4%	19%	−2.4
109	Charlie Mendes	Rice	5	19	42.3	39.6	10	50%	5%	25%	+3.4
110	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	5	15	42.1	39.3	8	53%	7%	33%	+2.0
111	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	5	14	38.9	31.6	6	43%	7%	36%	−6.2
112	Sam Johnson	Alabama	5	10	35.4	33.2	3	30%	10%	50%	−3.3
113	Kyle Romenick	Akron	4	25	40.5	34.9	8	32%	0%	16%	−9.3
114	William Przystup	Nebraska	4	24	41.3	35.2	7	28%	4%	18%	−12.2
115	Tyler Loop	Arizona	4	24	43.0	39.0	8	33%	8%	18%	−1.3
116	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	4	25	43.4	40.0	4	18%	14%	19%	+1.3
117	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	4	18	35.2	33.6	2	11%	6%	24%	−8.0
118	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	4	18	42.6	37.6	6	33%	17%	25%	−2.4
119	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	4	16	42.3	39.1	6	38%	6%	25%	+1.1
120	George Caratan	Arkansas	4	17	45.1	34.2	6	38%	13%	27%	−1.3
121	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	4	14	38.6	33.0	2	14%	7%	29%	−7.2
122	Colton Spangler	Maryland	4	9	40.0	37.9	7	58%	0%	33%	−0.2
123	Ben Fee	Navy	4	9	33.4	32.7	1	11%	0%	44%	−1.7
124	Matthew Stephenson	Minnesota	4	8	34.9	34.9	2	25%	0%	50%	−3.7
125	Cameron Dicker	Texas	4	4	43.0	43.0	1	25%	0%	100%	+1.0
126	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	3	32	43.8	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
127	Trent Schneider	South Florida	3	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
128	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	3	28	44.4	40.7	8	28%	7%	11%	+2.9
129	Julian Diaz	Nevada	3	21	47.7	45.2	11	52%	5%	14%	+7.9
130	Bailey Flint	Toledo	3	19	36.4	35.2	7	37%	5%	16%	−6.4
131	Cade Fuller	Fresno State	3	19	39.4	35.4	7	37%	5%	17%	−2.2
132	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	3	16	38.8	37.6	5	31%	6%	20%	−4.8
133	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	3	12	44.8	38.0	5	42%	8%	33%	−2.3
134	Race Porter	Washington	3	10	42.4	34.5	4	36%	20%	30%	−1.1
135	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	3	10	47.7	36.8	1	10%	20%	30%	−4.5
136	Kolton McGhee	West Virginia	3	9	39.7	37.2	4	44%	0%	43%	−1.0
137	Zac Collins	Purdue	3	9	37.0	37.2	2	22%	0%	38%	−2.6
138	Sam Loy	Arkansas	3	4	34.0	34.0	1	25%	0%	75%	−0.1
139	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	2	22	41.3	38.0	6	27%	5%	9%	−2.5
140	Brooks Cormier	Purdue	2	15	39.7	36.5	4	27%	7%	14%	−6.0
141	Michael Turk	Arizona State	2	14	45.1	38.6	7	50%	29%	14%	+3.7
142	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	2	13	41.2	37.8	3	23%	8%	15%	−1.5
143	Tanner Brown	UNLV	2	12	45.5	36.9	2	15%	8%	17%	−4.0
144	Ian Henzi	Kent State	2	9	39.9	40.0	1	11%	0%	22%	−0.6
145	Mitchell Crawford	Michigan State	2	9	38.4	36.0	1	13%	13%	25%	−1.5
146	Carson King	Fresno State	2	4	41.0	31.0	2	40%	0%	50%	−2.5
147	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	2	5	35.8	30.6	1	20%	20%	40%	−1.4
148	Matt Fraanje	SMU	2	5	32.4	31.8	2	40%	0%	40%	−1.7
149	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	2	3	35.0	28.3	1	33%	33%	67%	−0.1
150	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	1	19	39.3	35.4	6	32%	11%	5%	−5.9
151	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	1	19	46.7	41.6	9	47%	16%	5%	+3.8
152	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	1	14	42.9	42.7	5	56%	0%	14%	+2.2
153	Gavin Wale	Boise State	1	7	39.4	36.1	2	29%	0%	14%	−1.7
154	Isaiah Richardson	San Diego State	1	7	53.9	50.0	2	29%	14%	14%	+1.2
155	Kenny Scribner	South Florida	1	8	38.4	32.0	2	29%	0%	17%	−4.2
156	Tyler Crawford	Nebraska	1	7	39.1	37.9	2	29%	0%	14%	−1.6
157	Jared March	Utah	1	6	41.0	39.3	2	33%	0%	17%	+0.5
158	Jonathan Garibay	Texas Tech	1	6	47.8	46.0	1	17%	0%	17%	+2.9
159	Matt Freem	Nevada	1	6	46.3	43.8	1	17%	0%	17%	+0.4
160	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	1	3	33.0	33.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−2.0
161	Zach Hoover	Ohio State	1	3	39.3	39.3	2	67%	0%	33%	+0.6
162	Charles Bein	Air Force	1	2	48.0	48.0	1	50%	0%	50%	+1.3
163	Daton Montiel	Marshall	1	2	33.0	25.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−1.0
164	Antonio Moultrie	UAB	1	1	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
165	Conor Schlichting	Wisconsin	1	1	34.0	34.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+0.1
166	Dimitri Sakalia	San José State	1	1	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
167	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	1	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
168	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	1	1	41.0	41.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1

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