2020 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 2020, Ryan Hanson (42.1%) led college football punters in punts downed percentage, ahead of Bernardo Rodriguez (40.0%) and Nickolas Null (37.0%). 73 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 20.0%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	42.1%	41	40.6	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
2	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	40.0%	32	43.8	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
3	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	37.0%	29	38.7	36.1	6	20%	3%	26%	−8.1
4	Laine Wilkins	Houston	34.5%	31	41.2	40.0	15	48%	6%	31%	+0.2
5	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	33.3%	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
6	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	32.6%	44	37.2	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
7	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	32.3%	40	44.5	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
8	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	32.1%	33	40.2	37.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
9	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	30.6%	37	40.7	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
10	Porter Wilson	Duke	30.4%	53	42.9	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
11	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	29.8%	48	42.9	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
12	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	29.6%	30	44.6	36.0	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
13	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	29.5%	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
14	Lucas Dean	UTSA	29.5%	55	46.3	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
15	Tory Taylor	Iowa	29.0%	40	44.1	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
16	Nash Griffin	Virginia	28.2%	42	42.4	39.7	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
17	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	27.6%	30	43.7	39.9	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
18	Grant Carlson	Boston College	27.0%	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
19	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	26.3%	59	43.9	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
20	Lou Hedley	Miami	25.0%	46	47.3	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
21	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	25.0%	32	44.4	42.3	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
22	Will Spiers	Clemson	24.4%	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
23	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	24.3%	39	43.1	40.3	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
24	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	23.8%	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
25	Adam Williams	Memphis	23.1%	41	42.6	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
26	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	23.1%	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
27	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	23.1%	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
28	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	22.6%	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
29	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	22.2%	36	42.4	40.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
30	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	21.9%	33	43.2	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
31	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	21.9%	30	43.0	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
32	Issac Power	Baylor	21.6%	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
33	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	21.6%	53	46.0	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
34	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	21.2%	37	43.0	39.8	11	30%	16%	39%	+5.8
35	Andrew Osteen	UCF	20.6%	35	44.3	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
36	Adam Barry	Temple	20.5%	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
37	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	20.0%	36	38.9	36.4	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
38	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	19.6%	53	44.5	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
39	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	19.4%	39	43.3	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
40	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	19.4%	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
41	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	19.4%	31	40.3	39.2	14	45%	6%	55%	+6.0
42	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	19.0%	43	43.8	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
43	Max Duffy	Kentucky	18.8%	37	45.8	42.4	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
44	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	18.6%	44	42.0	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
45	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	18.2%	33	40.3	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
46	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	17.9%	41	46.3	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
47	Trent Schneider	South Florida	17.9%	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
48	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	17.6%	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
49	Zach Harding	Army	17.6%	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
50	Ryan Wright	Tulane	17.4%	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
51	Daniel Davies	Navy	16.7%	44	37.1	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
52	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	16.7%	34	40.4	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
53	Reis Vernon	Kansas	15.8%	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4
54	Derek Adams	Northwestern	15.4%	40	41.5	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
55	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	14.7%	41	42.5	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
56	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	14.7%	34	43.9	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
57	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	14.6%	49	43.6	41.8	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
58	Jordy Sandy	TCU	14.3%	57	41.0	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
59	Blake Hayes	Illinois	14.3%	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
60	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	14.3%	36	40.9	38.1	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
61	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	14.3%	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
62	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	13.6%	45	48.0	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
63	Jake Camarda	Georgia	13.3%	31	47.9	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
64	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	12.9%	36	39.5	39.1	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
65	James Smith	Cincinnati	12.9%	32	43.8	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
66	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	12.9%	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
67	Trenton Gill	NC State	10.4%	49	44.8	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
68	Xavier Subotsch	App State	9.7%	32	42.3	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
69	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	9.5%	43	41.7	37.8	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
70	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	9.1%	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
71	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	7.7%	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
72	Jordan Stout	Penn State	6.5%	33	41.5	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
73	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	2.8%	37	43.8	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8

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