2020 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 2020, Adam Korsak (+3.1) led college football punters in touchbacks avoided (STOP rank), ahead of Tyson Dyer (+2.5) and Stephen Kotsanlee (+2.5). 73 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +0.3.

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

Rk	Player	Team	STOP	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	+3.1	48	42.9	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
2	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	+2.5	34	40.4	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
3	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	+2.5	37	40.7	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
4	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	+2.2	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
5	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	+2.0	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
6	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	+2.0	30	43.7	39.9	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
7	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	+2.0	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
8	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	+1.7	33	40.2	37.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
9	Tory Taylor	Iowa	+1.7	40	44.1	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
10	James Smith	Cincinnati	+1.6	32	43.8	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
11	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	+1.5	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
12	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	+1.5	59	43.9	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
13	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	+1.4	53	44.5	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
14	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	+1.4	36	39.5	39.1	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
15	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	+1.3	36	38.9	36.4	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
16	Blake Hayes	Illinois	+1.3	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
17	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	+1.2	41	40.6	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
18	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	+1.1	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
19	Jordy Sandy	TCU	+1.0	57	41.0	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
20	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	+1.0	37	43.8	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
21	Lucas Dean	UTSA	+1.0	55	46.3	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
22	Max Duffy	Kentucky	+0.9	37	45.8	42.4	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
23	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	+0.8	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
24	Xavier Subotsch	App State	+0.8	32	42.3	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
25	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	+0.8	41	42.5	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
26	Lou Hedley	Miami	+0.8	46	47.3	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
27	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	+0.6	29	38.7	36.1	6	20%	3%	26%	−8.1
28	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	+0.6	44	37.2	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
29	Porter Wilson	Duke	+0.5	53	42.9	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
30	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	+0.5	33	40.3	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
31	Adam Barry	Temple	+0.5	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
32	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	+0.4	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
33	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	+0.4	40	44.5	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
34	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	+0.3	33	43.2	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
35	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	+0.3	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
36	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	+0.3	31	40.3	39.2	14	45%	6%	55%	+6.0
37	Reis Vernon	Kansas	+0.3	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4
38	Daniel Davies	Navy	+0.2	44	37.1	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
39	Jordan Stout	Penn State	+0.1	33	41.5	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
40	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	+0.1	43	41.7	37.8	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
41	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	0.0	34	43.9	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
42	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	0.0	30	43.0	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
43	Zach Harding	Army	−0.1	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
44	Laine Wilkins	Houston	−0.2	31	41.2	40.0	15	48%	6%	31%	+0.2
45	Andrew Osteen	UCF	−0.4	35	44.3	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
46	Will Spiers	Clemson	−0.5	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
47	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	−0.5	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
48	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	−0.5	39	43.1	40.3	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
49	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	−0.7	39	43.3	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
50	Trent Schneider	South Florida	−0.8	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
51	Adam Williams	Memphis	−0.9	41	42.6	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
52	Ryan Wright	Tulane	−1.0	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
53	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	−1.2	49	43.6	41.8	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
54	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	−1.2	36	42.4	40.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
55	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	−1.2	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
56	Nash Griffin	Virginia	−1.2	42	42.4	39.7	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
57	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	−1.3	45	48.0	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
58	Grant Carlson	Boston College	−1.3	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
59	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	−1.3	32	44.4	42.3	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
60	Issac Power	Baylor	−1.4	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
61	Derek Adams	Northwestern	−1.4	40	41.5	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
62	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	−1.4	30	44.6	36.0	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
63	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	−1.5	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
64	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	−1.7	36	40.9	38.1	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
65	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	−1.7	53	46.0	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
66	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	−1.8	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
67	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	−2.0	44	42.0	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
68	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	−2.2	32	43.8	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
69	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	−2.5	41	46.3	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
70	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	−2.5	43	43.8	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
71	Trenton Gill	NC State	−2.6	49	44.8	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
72	Jake Camarda	Georgia	−3.0	31	47.9	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
73	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	−3.6	37	43.0	39.8	11	30%	16%	39%	+5.8

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