2020 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 2020, Ryan Hanson (16) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Zach Von Rosenberg (15) and Porter Wilson (14). 184 punters qualify.

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	16	41	40.6	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
2	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	15	59	43.9	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
3	Porter Wilson	Duke	14	53	42.9	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
4	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	14	48	42.9	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
5	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	14	44	37.2	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
6	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	13	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
7	Lucas Dean	UTSA	13	55	46.3	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
8	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	13	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
9	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	13	28	44.4	40.7	8	28%	7%	11%	+2.9
10	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	12	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
11	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	12	32	43.8	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
12	Issac Power	Baylor	11	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
13	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	11	53	46.0	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
14	Lou Hedley	Miami	11	46	47.3	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
15	Nash Griffin	Virginia	11	42	42.4	39.7	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
16	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	11	37	40.7	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
17	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	11	22	41.3	38.0	6	27%	5%	9%	−2.5
18	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	10	53	44.5	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
19	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	10	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
20	Will Spiers	Clemson	10	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
21	Grant Carlson	Boston College	10	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
22	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	10	40	44.5	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
23	Laine Wilkins	Houston	10	31	41.2	40.0	15	48%	6%	31%	+0.2
24	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	10	29	38.7	36.1	6	20%	3%	26%	−8.1
25	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	9	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
26	Adam Williams	Memphis	9	41	42.6	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
27	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	9	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
28	Tory Taylor	Iowa	9	40	44.1	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
29	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	9	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
30	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	9	39	43.1	40.3	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
31	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	9	33	40.2	37.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
32	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	9	30	39.3	37.0	5	17%	3%	33%	−6.6
33	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	9	28	40.8	40.2	15	54%	0%	33%	+3.9
34	Ryan Harwell	Louisville	9	19	40.1	39.6	8	42%	0%	42%	+0.9
35	Jordy Sandy	TCU	8	57	41.0	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
36	Ryan Wright	Tulane	8	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
37	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	8	44	42.0	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
38	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	8	43	43.8	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
39	Adam Barry	Temple	8	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
40	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	8	36	42.4	40.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
41	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	8	30	44.6	36.0	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
42	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	8	32	44.4	42.3	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
43	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	8	30	43.7	39.9	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
44	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	8	18	45.2	42.8	10	56%	6%	33%	+6.8
45	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	7	49	43.6	41.8	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
46	Daniel Davies	Navy	7	44	37.1	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
47	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	7	41	46.3	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
48	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	7	39	43.3	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
49	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	7	37	43.0	39.8	11	30%	16%	39%	+5.8
50	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	7	36	38.9	36.4	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
51	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	7	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
52	Andrew Osteen	UCF	7	35	44.3	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
53	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	7	33	43.2	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
54	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	7	30	43.0	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
55	Elijah Fischer	San José State	7	28	40.3	35.0	9	32%	14%	33%	−6.6
56	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	7	28	41.8	39.4	10	36%	4%	22%	+1.9
57	Reed Bowman	Mississippi State	7	27	42.1	40.0	14	52%	4%	46%	+5.3
58	Luke Akers	UCLA	7	24	43.1	39.7	12	48%	0%	38%	−1.2
59	Jack Martin	Troy	7	24	46.1	46.2	14	58%	0%	50%	+10.4
60	Julian Diaz	Nevada	7	21	47.7	45.2	11	52%	5%	14%	+7.9
61	Charlie Mendes	Rice	7	19	42.3	39.6	10	50%	5%	25%	+3.4
62	Bailey Flint	Toledo	7	19	36.4	35.2	7	37%	5%	16%	−6.4
63	Cade Fuller	Fresno State	7	19	39.4	35.4	7	37%	5%	17%	−2.2
64	Colton Spangler	Maryland	7	9	40.0	37.9	7	58%	0%	33%	−0.2
65	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	6	45	48.0	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
66	Blake Hayes	Illinois	6	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
67	Derek Adams	Northwestern	6	40	41.5	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
68	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	6	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
69	Reis Vernon	Kansas	6	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4
70	Max Duffy	Kentucky	6	37	45.8	42.4	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
71	Zach Harding	Army	6	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
72	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	6	33	40.3	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
73	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	6	31	40.3	39.2	14	45%	6%	55%	+6.0
74	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	6	27	44.9	39.1	5	18%	11%	19%	−3.7
75	Josh Watts	Colorado	6	27	40.9	38.0	13	50%	4%	31%	−4.3
76	Jacob Finn	Florida	6	24	46.0	43.9	12	50%	4%	41%	+6.8
77	Kyle Coale	Troy	6	23	37.7	36.8	8	35%	4%	27%	−2.4
78	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	6	19	39.3	35.4	6	32%	11%	5%	−5.9
79	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	6	18	35.2	33.6	2	11%	6%	24%	−8.0
80	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	6	17	37.8	37.4	7	41%	0%	38%	−4.1
81	Trenton Gill	NC State	5	49	44.8	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
82	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	5	41	42.5	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
83	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	5	36	40.9	38.1	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
84	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	5	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
85	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	5	34	43.9	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
86	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	5	34	40.4	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
87	Trent Schneider	South Florida	5	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
88	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	5	29	42.8	39.7	15	52%	10%	29%	+3.7
89	Aidan Alves	Liberty	5	25	42.2	39.0	8	32%	8%	32%	+1.2
90	William Przystup	Nebraska	5	24	41.3	35.2	7	28%	4%	18%	−12.2
91	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	5	23	39.0	37.8	11	52%	0%	30%	−0.2
92	Logan Lupo	Louisville	5	17	38.8	38.0	3	18%	0%	40%	−3.7
93	Brooks Cormier	Purdue	5	15	39.7	36.5	4	27%	7%	14%	−6.0
94	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	5	14	38.9	31.6	6	43%	7%	36%	−6.2
95	Jack Wilson	Ohio	5	13	36.9	36.9	7	54%	0%	55%	−0.3
96	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	4	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
97	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	4	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
98	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	4	43	41.7	37.8	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
99	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	4	36	39.5	39.1	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
100	Jake Camarda	Georgia	4	31	47.9	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
101	James Smith	Cincinnati	4	32	43.8	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
102	Jonn Young	East Carolina	4	28	41.8	39.2	10	38%	4%	48%	+0.9
103	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	4	26	39.9	38.6	9	35%	0%	46%	+0.1
104	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	4	24	39.0	38.3	4	17%	4%	57%	0.0
105	Brad Robbins	Michigan	4	23	45.3	43.0	10	43%	9%	33%	+7.8
106	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	4	23	39.7	37.9	8	36%	9%	50%	+0.4
107	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	4	22	41.0	39.6	8	40%	10%	32%	+2.0
108	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	4	16	42.3	39.1	6	38%	6%	25%	+1.1
109	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	4	16	38.8	37.6	5	31%	6%	20%	−4.8
110	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	4	13	41.2	37.8	3	23%	8%	15%	−1.5
111	Ian Henzi	Kent State	4	9	39.9	40.0	1	11%	0%	22%	−0.6
112	Xavier Subotsch	App State	3	32	42.3	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
113	Chris Naggar	SMU	3	29	39.3	37.1	7	24%	0%	43%	−7.6
114	Kyle Romenick	Akron	3	25	40.5	34.9	8	32%	0%	16%	−9.3
115	Tyler Loop	Arizona	3	24	43.0	39.0	8	33%	8%	18%	−1.3
116	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	3	24	46.4	39.0	6	26%	26%	36%	+2.7
117	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	3	25	43.4	40.0	4	18%	14%	19%	+1.3
118	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	3	19	46.7	41.6	9	47%	16%	5%	+3.8
119	Ben Griffiths	USC	3	18	46.4	40.8	9	50%	11%	44%	+2.9
120	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	3	18	42.6	37.6	6	33%	17%	25%	−2.4
121	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	3	15	42.1	39.3	8	53%	7%	33%	+2.0
122	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	3	14	38.6	33.0	2	14%	7%	29%	−7.2
123	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	3	15	43.9	42.3	7	50%	7%	46%	+2.7
124	Michael Turk	Arizona State	3	14	45.1	38.6	7	50%	29%	14%	+3.7
125	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	3	12	44.8	38.0	5	42%	8%	33%	−2.3
126	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	3	14	42.9	42.7	5	56%	0%	14%	+2.2
127	Zac Collins	Purdue	3	9	37.0	37.2	2	22%	0%	38%	−2.6
128	Matthew Stephenson	Minnesota	3	8	34.9	34.9	2	25%	0%	50%	−3.7
129	Mitchell Crawford	Michigan State	3	9	38.4	36.0	1	13%	13%	25%	−1.5
130	Kenny Scribner	South Florida	3	8	38.4	32.0	2	29%	0%	17%	−4.2
131	Jared March	Utah	3	6	41.0	39.3	2	33%	0%	17%	+0.5
132	Matt Freem	Nevada	3	6	46.3	43.8	1	17%	0%	17%	+0.4
133	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	3	5	49.8	47.0	2	40%	0%	0%	+2.3
134	Will Hart	Michigan	3	4	37.8	30.2	1	20%	0%	0%	−3.5
135	Jordan Stout	Penn State	2	33	41.5	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
136	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	2	26	45.3	34.9	9	33%	4%	19%	−2.4
137	Tanner Kuljian	San Diego State	2	27	43.3	39.1	10	37%	7%	37%	+1.3
138	Jamieson Sheahan	California	2	23	39.9	36.6	3	13%	0%	45%	−8.0
139	Tom Snee	Oregon	2	22	43.1	39.6	10	50%	5%	50%	−0.1
140	Charlie Scott	Alabama	2	17	38.8	35.4	7	41%	12%	65%	−0.9
141	Joseph Carlson	Air Force	2	14	39.6	37.1	3	21%	7%	43%	−0.2
142	Race Porter	Washington	2	10	42.4	34.5	4	36%	20%	30%	−1.1
143	Ben Fee	Navy	2	9	33.4	32.7	1	11%	0%	44%	−1.7
144	Tyler Crawford	Nebraska	2	7	39.1	37.9	2	29%	0%	14%	−1.6
145	Jonathan Garibay	Texas Tech	2	6	47.8	46.0	1	17%	0%	17%	+2.9
146	Casey Glover	Tulane	2	5	44.6	40.8	2	40%	20%	0%	+0.8
147	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	2	4	32.3	32.3	1	25%	0%	0%	−1.4
148	Bo Nix	Auburn	2	3	32.3	32.3	2	67%	0%	0%	0.0
149	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	2	3	32.3	33.0	2	67%	0%	0%	−0.5
150	Zach Hoover	Ohio State	2	3	39.3	39.3	2	67%	0%	33%	+0.6
151	Asher O'Hara	Middle Tennessee	2	2	39.5	39.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.5
152	Carson Strong	Nevada	2	2	33.5	33.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
153	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	2	2	43.0	43.0	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
154	Jack Plummer	Purdue	2	2	30.5	30.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
155	Quintavius Workman	UTEP	2	2	35.5	35.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
156	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	1	37	43.8	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
157	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	1	27	45.1	41.4	17	63%	4%	52%	+6.5
158	Charlton Butt	UNLV	1	22	38.3	38.0	4	18%	0%	62%	−1.4
159	George Caratan	Arkansas	1	17	45.1	34.2	6	38%	13%	27%	−1.3
160	Gavin Wale	Boise State	1	7	39.4	36.1	2	29%	0%	14%	−1.7
161	Isaiah Richardson	San Diego State	1	7	53.9	50.0	2	29%	14%	14%	+1.2
162	Carson King	Fresno State	1	4	41.0	31.0	2	40%	0%	50%	−2.5
163	Matt Fraanje	SMU	1	5	32.4	31.8	2	40%	0%	40%	−1.7
164	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	1	3	26.3	19.8	1	25%	0%	0%	−3.0
165	Gamari Peterson	Akron	1	3	39.0	37.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.4
166	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	1	3	33.0	33.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−2.0
167	Tommy Martin	Florida State	1	3	45.0	45.3	1	33%	0%	0%	+1.1
168	Charles Bein	Air Force	1	2	48.0	48.0	1	50%	0%	50%	+1.3
169	Chevan Cordeiro	Hawai'i	1	2	43.0	33.0	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.1
170	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	1	2	44.0	39.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.7
171	Drew Plitt	Ball State	1	3	36.0	32.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.2
172	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	1	2	36.5	36.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
173	Jake Haener	Fresno State	1	2	36.0	36.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.1
174	Ross Bowers	Northern Illinois	1	2	39.5	29.5	1	50%	50%	0%	−0.2
175	Tanner Morgan	Minnesota	1	2	28.0	28.0	2	100%	0%	0%	0.0
176	Adrian Martinez	Nebraska	1	1	45.0	45.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
177	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	1	1	8.0	8.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.5
178	Bailey Hockman	NC State	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
179	Ben Finley	NC State	1	1	55.0	55.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
180	Chance Nolan	Oregon State	1	1	22.0	22.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
181	Jordan McCloud	South Florida	1	1	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5
182	Kyle Trask	Florida	1	1	32.0	32.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
183	Matias Gasc	Miami	1	1	36.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
184	Tristan Gebbia	Oregon State	1	1	40.0	40.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2

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