2021 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 2021, Alex Mastromanno (32) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Tom Hutton (30) and Aaron Rodriguez (28). 174 punters qualify.

Final 2021 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	32	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	0%	63%	−1.5
2	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	30	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	9%	52%	+6.5
3	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	28	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	9%	40%	−1.0
4	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	28	71	43.6	39.7	22	33%	6%	48%	+4.9
5	Derek Adams	Northwestern	28	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	0%	51%	−13.6
6	Andrew Osteen	UCF	27	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	2%	43%	−6.1
7	Jamieson Sheahan	California	27	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	4%	60%	−2.5
8	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	26	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	8%	55%	−8.2
9	Jordan Stout	Penn State	25	62	46.5	45.0	35	57%	5%	42%	+22.6
10	Avery Atkins	LSU	25	59	42.4	38.7	20	34%	5%	45%	−4.5
11	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	25	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	9%	47%	+1.7
12	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	25	51	44.8	42.6	22	43%	8%	51%	+10.9
13	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	24	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	0%	49%	+21.5
14	Trenton Gill	NC State	24	65	44.4	41.7	36	55%	8%	44%	+7.4
15	Adam Barry	Temple	24	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	2%	44%	−15.6
16	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	24	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	2%	53%	−8.8
17	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	23	68	44.0	42.1	23	35%	2%	43%	+6.3
18	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	23	64	45.0	42.0	26	41%	3%	47%	+10.7
19	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	23	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	11%	48%	−1.4
20	Jordy Sandy	TCU	23	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	7%	61%	+2.0
21	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	23	39	44.2	42.2	17	44%	8%	66%	+2.2
22	Will Hart	San José State	22	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	10%	40%	+7.3
23	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	22	69	41.2	37.8	25	38%	6%	37%	−2.7
24	Will Spiers	Clemson	22	58	42.1	39.4	28	47%	3%	43%	+2.8
25	Laine Wilkins	Houston	22	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	7%	44%	−0.3
26	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	22	53	43.2	39.7	13	24%	6%	44%	−3.6
27	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	22	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	4%	63%	+5.0
28	Jonn Young	East Carolina	22	48	43.0	40.5	19	40%	4%	55%	+3.9
29	Xavier Subotsch	App State	22	48	40.8	39.4	26	55%	2%	48%	+1.6
30	Nick Haberer	Washington State	22	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	7%	50%	−4.3
31	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	22	45	42.7	41.3	17	38%	4%	49%	+8.7
32	Ben Griffiths	USC	22	44	45.0	41.1	17	40%	12%	55%	+5.9
33	Tory Taylor	Iowa	21	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	15%	30%	+13.1
34	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	21	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	4%	40%	−6.4
35	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	21	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	10%	39%	+2.4
36	Ryan Wright	Tulane	21	51	47.5	44.8	16	33%	10%	49%	+15.0
37	Mark Vassett	Louisville	21	47	41.6	39.7	19	41%	2%	50%	+2.9
38	Luke Magliozzi	Troy	20	61	42.5	37.4	17	28%	8%	41%	−8.2
39	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	20	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	4%	43%	+1.9
40	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	20	51	46.6	43.3	23	44%	4%	39%	+15.0
41	Cameron Dicker	Texas	20	47	46.8	44.1	13	27%	6%	44%	+13.4
42	Blake Hayes	Illinois	19	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	3%	33%	+12.8
43	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	19	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	6%	37%	+2.6
44	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	19	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	13%	54%	+15.0
45	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	18	73	42.5	38.6	17	23%	4%	30%	−7.4
46	Bailey Flint	Toledo	18	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	9%	41%	−15.3
47	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	18	54	46.2	44.0	25	47%	6%	38%	+11.4
48	Evan Silva	UNLV	18	52	40.2	37.0	16	33%	4%	46%	−10.1
49	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	18	49	39.0	36.8	17	35%	0%	44%	−3.8
50	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	18	46	44.0	39.8	20	43%	13%	45%	+5.2
51	Brad Robbins	Michigan	18	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	7%	43%	+11.9
52	James Evans	Indiana	17	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	6%	28%	−8.8
53	Joe McFadden	UConn	17	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	2%	33%	−13.2
54	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	17	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	7%	43%	−8.2
55	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	17	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	14%	33%	+3.4
56	Carson King	Fresno State	17	52	41.6	39.3	24	46%	6%	37%	−0.9
57	Josh Smith	Kent State	17	51	36.4	35.0	15	29%	6%	38%	−12.3
58	Lou Hedley	Miami	17	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	2%	38%	+9.0
59	Issac Power	Baylor	17	44	46.2	42.9	18	41%	14%	41%	+15.0
60	James Burnip	Alabama	17	42	39.1	36.8	16	37%	0%	40%	−7.2
61	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	16	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	13%	30%	−14.1
62	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	16	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	4%	41%	−3.5
63	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	16	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	0%	41%	−4.0
64	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	16	40	42.2	40.6	15	38%	5%	48%	+1.8
65	Porter Wilson	Duke	15	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	5%	29%	+3.9
66	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	15	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	7%	27%	−2.6
67	Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	15	55	42.4	39.6	21	38%	2%	38%	−3.6
68	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	15	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	4%	44%	−2.5
69	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	15	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	6%	42%	+6.8
70	Reis Vernon	Kansas	15	49	40.4	35.4	11	22%	4%	38%	−22.4
71	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	15	47	43.7	40.6	17	37%	4%	36%	+2.7
72	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	15	46	45.9	43.6	14	30%	11%	50%	+6.4
73	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	15	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	5%	38%	−11.0
74	Jack Ansell	Purdue	15	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	0%	48%	−11.4
75	Josh Watts	Colorado	14	66	47.8	38.5	20	31%	11%	23%	+0.9
76	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	14	56	42.0	38.4	15	28%	9%	29%	−4.0
77	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	14	49	42.6	40.3	18	38%	4%	37%	+2.5
78	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	14	44	41.6	40.6	21	48%	2%	36%	+6.3
79	Brendan Hall	SMU	14	36	41.7	36.2	10	28%	3%	44%	−6.6
80	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	13	62	44.5	39.6	25	42%	8%	30%	+0.9
81	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	13	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	10%	36%	+4.4
82	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	13	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	8%	33%	−4.9
83	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	13	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	6%	30%	+3.4
84	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	13	38	37.2	36.2	13	34%	5%	42%	−5.1
85	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	13	38	44.0	39.4	15	39%	16%	35%	+6.2
86	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	12	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	14%	22%	+8.5
87	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	12	56	39.0	36.3	18	33%	4%	27%	−20.9
88	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	12	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	4%	32%	−8.3
89	Grant Carlson	Boston College	12	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	8%	26%	+1.5
90	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	12	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	13%	31%	+1.1
91	Lucas Dean	UTSA	12	44	45.4	43.1	21	48%	5%	31%	+7.7
92	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	12	42	43.3	40.1	19	45%	7%	32%	+8.1
93	Joe Doyle	Memphis	12	41	46.0	40.9	18	43%	10%	32%	+7.7
94	Race Porter	Washington	11	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	6%	23%	+9.6
95	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	11	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	5%	33%	−0.5
96	Jake Camarda	Georgia	11	40	47.1	41.4	14	35%	15%	28%	+0.5
97	Luke Akers	UCLA	11	34	43.1	37.1	6	19%	23%	35%	−1.2
98	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	10	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	19%	17%	+26.2
99	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	10	58	49.2	44.0	19	33%	19%	19%	+18.6
100	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	10	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	13%	29%	−8.7
101	Jacob Finn	Virginia	10	41	44.2	40.4	12	29%	7%	29%	+0.4
102	Tom Snee	Oregon	10	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	8%	26%	+3.1
103	James Williams	Syracuse	10	40	38.4	35.1	9	23%	0%	31%	−11.8
104	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	10	39	48.7	42.7	16	41%	15%	26%	+6.4
105	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	10	29	42.3	41.5	17	61%	0%	36%	+5.3
106	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	9	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	10%	26%	−6.7
107	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	9	39	44.3	40.5	19	49%	10%	31%	+4.0
108	Zach Harding	Army	9	35	44.1	40.5	16	46%	11%	31%	+5.9
109	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	9	28	47.7	42.8	14	48%	7%	38%	+3.5
110	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	9	28	42.0	39.0	16	64%	0%	41%	+0.8
111	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	8	75	46.9	39.8	26	38%	18%	16%	+0.1
112	Riley Riethman	Navy	8	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	5%	19%	−8.5
113	Ethan Slike	Akron	8	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	2%	28%	−6.6
114	Julian Diaz	Nevada	8	45	44.3	41.2	11	26%	7%	30%	+1.2
115	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	8	31	46.0	41.3	11	35%	16%	29%	+2.1
116	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	8	28	44.0	37.1	12	41%	18%	30%	+1.9
117	Colton Spangler	Maryland	8	27	45.1	40.9	1	4%	7%	31%	+1.1
118	Charles Bein	Air Force	8	25	39.6	37.9	13	52%	4%	40%	−1.9
119	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	7	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	12%	23%	+5.6
120	William Przystup	Nebraska	7	31	43.4	39.1	6	19%	10%	26%	−6.3
121	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	7	30	48.3	40.4	14	50%	4%	30%	+1.3
122	Ian Hawkins	Syracuse	7	26	37.2	32.6	5	19%	4%	29%	−11.4
123	Cameron Peasley	Utah	7	24	41.1	39.3	7	29%	4%	32%	−3.2
124	Haydn Kerr	UConn	7	19	36.2	34.2	10	53%	5%	47%	−4.5
125	Charlie Mendes	Rice	6	59	42.7	36.9	17	27%	8%	12%	−12.7
126	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	6	64	44.8	41.6	20	38%	2%	14%	0.0
127	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	6	28	39.5	35.7	6	21%	4%	27%	−11.5
128	Max Morgan	Liberty	6	25	42.9	39.7	8	32%	4%	35%	+2.2
129	Archer Trafford	Mississippi State	6	21	42.4	37.8	7	33%	5%	30%	−2.2
130	Aidan Alves	Liberty	6	19	41.7	37.0	9	47%	5%	38%	+1.0
131	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	6	21	41.0	39.1	5	26%	0%	38%	−0.4
132	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	5	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	20%	11%	+5.5
133	Jack Wilson	Ohio	5	19	39.6	39.2	4	18%	0%	36%	−3.6
134	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	5	17	39.7	32.6	2	12%	6%	36%	−14.1
135	Daniel Cerni	Nebraska	5	16	36.9	27.6	4	25%	25%	36%	−9.6
136	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	4	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	9%	−7.8
137	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	4	20	40.6	33.8	8	38%	5%	24%	−5.6
138	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	4	9	40.4	35.4	3	38%	25%	50%	−1.9
139	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	4	5	41.6	41.6	2	40%	0%	80%	+0.1
140	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	4	4	37.0	37.0	2	50%	0%	100%	−0.7
141	Michael Williams	Utah	3	8	44.3	42.5	3	38%	0%	43%	+0.6
142	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	3	7	39.1	39.1	4	57%	0%	60%	+0.5
143	Duke Paane	Navy	3	5	35.8	29.2	1	17%	0%	60%	−4.8
144	Jake Genyk	Northwestern	3	4	34.5	34.5	2	50%	0%	75%	−1.7
145	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	2	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	6%	5%	−9.9
146	Carson Bay	Air Force	2	12	41.0	41.1	5	42%	0%	29%	+1.6
147	Brendan Cropsey	Purdue	2	5	38.4	37.5	3	50%	0%	33%	+0.2
148	Cameron Shook	Iowa State	2	6	36.7	32.7	0	0%	0%	40%	−3.5
149	Kolby Morgan	Tennessee	2	4	38.5	38.5	1	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
150	B.Williams	Georgia State	2	2	56.5	56.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
151	T.Brown	TCU	2	2	58.5	58.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−2.2
152	T.Mattson	Georgia State	2	2	60.5	60.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.5
153	George Georgeopoulos	Massachusetts	1	11	40.5	41.3	2	18%	0%	10%	−2.2
154	Conor Schlichting	Wisconsin	1	6	29.8	24.4	3	60%	20%	33%	−0.3
155	Kyle Romenick	Akron	1	2	50.0	50.0	0	0%	0%	50%	+1.4
156	Zac Collins	Purdue	1	2	38.5	38.0	1	50%	0%	50%	0.0
157	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	1	2	44.0	44.0	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.4
158	B.Raborn	UL Monroe	1	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
159	Beau Robbins	Indiana	1	1	47.0	47.0	0	0%	0%	100%	0.0
160	C.Riccitelli	Texas	1	1	34.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
161	D.Nettles	UNLV	1	1	56.0	56.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.4
162	G.Garcia	New Mexico	1	1	57.0	57.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
163	G.Kell	Oklahoma State	1	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
164	G.Stewart	Northern Illinois	1	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
165	J.Romo	Middle Tennessee	1	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
166	Jared Smolar	Indiana	1	1	38.0	38.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
167	K.Halvorsen	UNLV	1	1	64.0	64.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
168	M.Hayes	Georgia Southern	1	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
169	M.Lawler	Akron	1	1	62.0	62.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6
170	Matias Gasc	Miami	1	1	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
171	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	1	1	43.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
172	N.Null	Middle Tennessee	1	1	63.0	63.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.1
173	N.Snyder	South Alabama	1	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.1
174	S.Harrison	UNLV	1	1	59.0	59.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2

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