2021 College Punt Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that sailed into the end zone. A touchback costs 20 yards in net average and hands the other team the ball at its own 20, so punters try to avoid them, especially from midfield.

Lowest comes first. A punter who rarely kicks from the opponent's side of the field has few chances to touch back, so ties go to the punter with more of those punts. In 2021, Alex Mastromanno (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Grant McKinniss (0.0%) and Dom Dzioban (0.0%). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 6.3%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	0.0%	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	63%	−1.5
2	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	0.0%	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	41%	−4.0
3	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	0.0%	49	39.0	36.8	17	35%	44%	−3.8
4	James Burnip	Alabama	0.0%	42	39.1	36.8	16	37%	40%	−7.2
5	Jack Ansell	Purdue	0.0%	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	48%	−11.4
6	James Williams	Syracuse	0.0%	40	38.4	35.1	9	23%	31%	−11.8
7	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	0.0%	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	49%	+21.5
8	Derek Adams	Northwestern	0.0%	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	51%	−13.6
9	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	1.5%	68	44.0	42.1	23	35%	43%	+6.3
10	Andrew Osteen	UCF	1.6%	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	43%	−6.1
11	Adam Barry	Temple	1.6%	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	44%	−15.6
12	Joe McFadden	UConn	1.6%	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	33%	−13.2
13	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	1.7%	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	53%	−8.8
14	Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	1.8%	55	42.4	39.6	21	38%	38%	−3.6
15	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	1.9%	64	44.8	41.6	20	38%	14%	0.0
16	Lou Hedley	Miami	2.1%	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	38%	+9.0
17	Xavier Subotsch	App State	2.1%	48	40.8	39.4	26	55%	48%	+1.6
18	Mark Vassett	Louisville	2.2%	47	41.6	39.7	19	41%	50%	+2.9
19	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	2.3%	44	41.6	40.6	21	48%	36%	+6.3
20	Ethan Slike	Akron	2.3%	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	28%	−6.6
21	Brendan Hall	SMU	2.9%	36	41.7	36.2	10	28%	44%	−6.6
22	Blake Hayes	Illinois	3.0%	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	33%	+12.8
23	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	3.2%	64	45.0	42.0	26	41%	47%	+10.7
24	Will Spiers	Clemson	3.4%	58	42.1	39.4	28	47%	43%	+2.8
25	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	3.5%	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	43%	+1.9
26	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	3.6%	56	39.0	36.3	18	33%	27%	−20.9
27	Jamieson Sheahan	California	3.7%	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	60%	−2.5
28	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	3.8%	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	41%	−3.5
29	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	3.8%	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	44%	−2.5
30	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	3.8%	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	32%	−8.3
31	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	3.9%	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	63%	+5.0
32	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	3.9%	51	46.6	43.3	23	44%	39%	+15.0
33	Evan Silva	UNLV	4.1%	52	40.2	37.0	16	33%	46%	−10.1
34	Reis Vernon	Kansas	4.1%	49	40.4	35.4	11	22%	38%	−22.4
35	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	4.1%	73	42.5	38.6	17	23%	30%	−7.4
36	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	4.2%	49	42.6	40.3	18	38%	37%	+2.5
37	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	4.3%	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	40%	−6.4
38	Jonn Young	East Carolina	4.3%	48	43.0	40.5	19	40%	55%	+3.9
39	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	4.3%	47	43.7	40.6	17	37%	36%	+2.7
40	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	4.4%	45	42.7	41.3	17	38%	49%	+8.7
41	Lucas Dean	UTSA	4.5%	44	45.4	43.1	21	48%	31%	+7.7
42	Riley Riethman	Navy	4.5%	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	19%	−8.5
43	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	4.9%	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	33%	−0.5
44	Jordan Stout	Penn State	4.9%	62	46.5	45.0	35	57%	42%	+22.6
45	Porter Wilson	Duke	4.9%	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	29%	+3.9
46	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	5.0%	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	38%	−11.0
47	Avery Atkins	LSU	5.1%	59	42.4	38.7	20	34%	45%	−4.5
48	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	5.1%	40	42.2	40.6	15	38%	48%	+1.8
49	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	5.3%	38	37.2	36.2	13	34%	42%	−5.1
50	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	5.7%	53	43.2	39.7	13	24%	44%	−3.6
51	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	5.7%	54	46.2	44.0	25	47%	38%	+11.4
52	Josh Smith	Kent State	5.8%	51	36.4	35.0	15	29%	38%	−12.3
53	Carson King	Fresno State	5.8%	52	41.6	39.3	24	46%	37%	−0.9
54	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	5.9%	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	37%	+2.6
55	James Evans	Indiana	5.9%	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	28%	−8.8
56	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	6.0%	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	42%	+6.8
57	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	6.1%	71	43.6	39.7	22	33%	48%	+4.9
58	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	6.2%	69	41.2	37.8	25	38%	37%	−2.7
59	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	6.2%	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	5%	−9.9
60	Race Porter	Washington	6.3%	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	23%	+9.6
61	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	6.4%	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	30%	+3.4
62	Cameron Dicker	Texas	6.4%	47	46.8	44.1	13	27%	44%	+13.4
63	Nick Haberer	Washington State	6.7%	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	50%	−4.3
64	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	6.8%	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	27%	−2.6
65	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	6.9%	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	43%	−8.2
66	Jordy Sandy	TCU	7.0%	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	61%	+2.0
67	Julian Diaz	Nevada	7.0%	45	44.3	41.2	11	26%	30%	+1.2
68	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	7.1%	42	43.3	40.1	19	45%	32%	+8.1
69	Brad Robbins	Michigan	7.1%	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	43%	+11.9
70	Laine Wilkins	Houston	7.3%	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	44%	−0.3
71	Jacob Finn	Virginia	7.3%	41	44.2	40.4	12	29%	29%	+0.4
72	Tom Snee	Oregon	7.5%	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	26%	+3.1
73	Trenton Gill	NC State	7.7%	65	44.4	41.7	36	55%	44%	+7.4
74	Grant Carlson	Boston College	7.7%	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	26%	+1.5
75	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	7.7%	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	55%	−8.2
76	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	7.7%	39	44.2	42.2	17	44%	66%	+2.2
77	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	7.8%	51	44.8	42.6	22	43%	51%	+10.9
78	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	8.2%	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	33%	−4.9
79	Charlie Mendes	Rice	8.3%	59	42.7	36.9	17	27%	12%	−12.7
80	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	8.3%	62	44.5	39.6	25	42%	30%	+0.9
81	Luke Magliozzi	Troy	8.5%	61	42.5	37.4	17	28%	41%	−8.2
82	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	8.9%	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	40%	−1.0
83	Bailey Flint	Toledo	8.9%	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	41%	−15.3
84	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	9.1%	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	52%	+6.5
85	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	9.3%	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	−7.8
86	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	9.4%	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	47%	+1.7
87	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	9.4%	56	42.0	38.4	15	28%	29%	−4.0
88	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	9.5%	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	26%	−6.7
89	William Przystup	Nebraska	9.7%	31	43.4	39.1	6	19%	26%	−6.3
90	Joe Doyle	Memphis	9.8%	41	46.0	40.9	18	43%	32%	+7.7
91	Ryan Wright	Tulane	10.2%	51	47.5	44.8	16	33%	49%	+15.0
92	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	10.3%	39	44.3	40.5	19	49%	31%	+4.0
93	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	10.3%	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	36%	+4.4
94	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	10.3%	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	39%	+2.4
95	Will Hart	San José State	10.4%	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	40%	+7.3
96	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	10.7%	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	48%	−1.4
97	Josh Watts	Colorado	10.8%	66	47.8	38.5	20	31%	23%	+0.9
98	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	10.9%	46	45.9	43.6	14	30%	50%	+6.4
99	Zach Harding	Army	11.4%	35	44.1	40.5	16	46%	31%	+5.9
100	Ben Griffiths	USC	11.6%	44	45.0	41.1	17	40%	55%	+5.9
101	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	12.1%	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	23%	+5.6
102	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	13.0%	46	44.0	39.8	20	43%	45%	+5.2
103	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	13.1%	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	30%	−14.1
104	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	13.2%	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	54%	+15.0
105	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	13.3%	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	31%	+1.1
106	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	13.3%	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	29%	−8.7
107	Issac Power	Baylor	13.6%	44	46.2	42.9	18	41%	41%	+15.0
108	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	14.3%	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	33%	+3.4
109	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	14.3%	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	22%	+8.5
110	Tory Taylor	Iowa	14.7%	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	30%	+13.1
111	Jake Camarda	Georgia	15.0%	40	47.1	41.4	14	35%	28%	+0.5
112	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	15.4%	39	48.7	42.7	16	41%	26%	+6.4
113	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	15.8%	38	44.0	39.4	15	39%	35%	+6.2
114	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	16.1%	31	46.0	41.3	11	35%	29%	+2.1
115	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	17.6%	75	46.9	39.8	26	38%	16%	+0.1
116	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	19.0%	58	49.2	44.0	19	33%	19%	+18.6
117	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	19.2%	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	17%	+26.2
118	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	20.0%	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	11%	+5.5
119	Luke Akers	UCLA	22.6%	34	43.1	37.1	6	19%	35%	−1.2

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