2021 College Punt Touchbacks Leaders

A touchback punt sails into the end zone and gives the other team the ball at its own 20, wasting most of the distance. Ties go to the punter who punted more often from the opponent's side of the 50, where touchbacks are hardest to avoid.

Fewer is better. In 2021, Alex Mastromanno (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Grant McKinniss (0) and Dom Dzioban (0). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	0	61	42.7	40.9	18	30%	0%	63%	−1.5
2	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	0	48	41.4	38.7	28	62%	0%	41%	−4.0
3	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	0	49	39.0	36.8	17	35%	0%	44%	−3.8
4	James Burnip	Alabama	0	42	39.1	36.8	16	37%	0%	40%	−7.2
5	Jack Ansell	Purdue	0	39	37.9	34.9	11	28%	0%	48%	−11.4
6	James Williams	Syracuse	0	40	38.4	35.1	9	23%	0%	31%	−11.8
7	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	0	70	45.9	45.3	38	54%	0%	49%	+21.5
8	Derek Adams	Northwestern	0	58	41.5	38.0	17	29%	0%	51%	−13.6
9	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	1	60	38.4	37.1	20	33%	2%	53%	−8.8
10	Xavier Subotsch	App State	1	48	40.8	39.4	26	55%	2%	48%	+1.6
11	Andrew Osteen	UCF	1	66	41.1	38.7	19	29%	2%	43%	−6.1
12	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	1	44	41.6	40.6	21	48%	2%	36%	+6.3
13	Lou Hedley	Miami	1	49	44.7	43.0	21	44%	2%	38%	+9.0
14	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	1	68	44.0	42.1	23	35%	2%	43%	+6.3
15	Mark Vassett	Louisville	1	47	41.6	39.7	19	41%	2%	50%	+2.9
16	Adam Barry	Temple	1	63	42.0	37.2	16	25%	2%	44%	−15.6
17	Brendan Hall	SMU	1	36	41.7	36.2	10	28%	3%	44%	−6.6
18	Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	1	55	42.4	39.6	21	38%	2%	38%	−3.6
19	Joe McFadden	UConn	1	61	39.8	38.1	13	21%	2%	33%	−13.2
20	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	1	64	44.8	41.6	20	38%	2%	14%	0.0
21	Ethan Slike	Akron	1	49	43.0	39.7	12	28%	2%	28%	−6.6
22	Will Spiers	Clemson	2	58	42.1	39.4	28	47%	3%	43%	+2.8
23	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	2	54	41.5	37.9	25	47%	4%	41%	−3.5
24	Jonn Young	East Carolina	2	48	43.0	40.5	19	40%	4%	55%	+3.9
25	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	2	53	40.3	38.7	18	34%	4%	44%	−2.5
26	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	2	57	42.8	39.8	25	44%	4%	43%	+1.9
27	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	2	56	39.0	36.3	18	33%	4%	27%	−20.9
28	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	2	52	42.7	41.7	23	45%	4%	63%	+5.0
29	Lucas Dean	UTSA	2	44	45.4	43.1	21	48%	5%	31%	+7.7
30	Blake Hayes	Illinois	2	68	45.1	43.3	35	53%	3%	33%	+12.8
31	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	2	54	39.6	37.0	17	33%	4%	32%	−8.3
32	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	2	47	43.7	40.6	17	37%	4%	36%	+2.7
33	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	2	38	37.2	36.2	13	34%	5%	42%	−5.1
34	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	2	49	42.6	40.3	18	38%	4%	37%	+2.5
35	Riley Riethman	Navy	2	44	42.7	37.7	12	27%	5%	19%	−8.5
36	Evan Silva	UNLV	2	52	40.2	37.0	16	33%	4%	46%	−10.1
37	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	2	45	42.7	41.3	17	38%	4%	49%	+8.7
38	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	2	51	46.6	43.3	23	44%	4%	39%	+15.0
39	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	2	40	42.2	40.6	15	38%	5%	48%	+1.8
40	Reis Vernon	Kansas	2	49	40.4	35.4	11	22%	4%	38%	−22.4
41	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	2	64	45.0	42.0	26	41%	3%	47%	+10.7
42	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	2	40	43.3	37.3	12	29%	5%	38%	−11.0
43	Jamieson Sheahan	California	2	53	43.1	41.6	14	26%	4%	60%	−2.5
44	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	2	53	43.2	39.3	12	29%	5%	33%	−0.5
45	Josh Smith	Kent State	3	51	36.4	35.0	15	29%	6%	38%	−12.3
46	Carson King	Fresno State	3	52	41.6	39.3	24	46%	6%	37%	−0.9
47	Jordan Stout	Penn State	3	62	46.5	45.0	35	57%	5%	42%	+22.6
48	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	3	71	41.5	38.2	20	29%	4%	40%	−6.4
49	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	3	42	43.3	40.1	19	45%	7%	32%	+8.1
50	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	3	51	43.1	39.7	19	38%	6%	42%	+6.8
51	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	3	51	44.1	41.3	16	31%	6%	37%	+2.6
52	Race Porter	Washington	3	53	48.5	42.8	20	42%	6%	23%	+9.6
53	Tom Snee	Oregon	3	41	42.8	38.7	17	41%	8%	26%	+3.1
54	Porter Wilson	Duke	3	61	44.8	41.0	23	38%	5%	29%	+3.9
55	Avery Atkins	LSU	3	59	42.4	38.7	20	34%	5%	45%	−4.5
56	Brad Robbins	Michigan	3	43	46.4	44.1	16	38%	7%	43%	+11.9
57	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	3	39	44.2	42.2	17	44%	8%	66%	+2.2
58	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	3	73	42.5	38.6	17	23%	4%	30%	−7.4
59	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	3	46	45.8	41.3	17	36%	6%	30%	+3.4
60	Jordy Sandy	TCU	3	43	43.3	41.8	12	28%	7%	61%	+2.0
61	Jacob Finn	Virginia	3	41	44.2	40.4	12	29%	7%	29%	+0.4
62	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	3	53	43.2	39.7	13	24%	6%	44%	−3.6
63	Nick Haberer	Washington State	3	45	42.7	38.3	15	33%	7%	50%	−4.3
64	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	3	54	46.2	44.0	25	47%	6%	38%	+11.4
65	Cameron Dicker	Texas	3	47	46.8	44.1	13	27%	6%	44%	+13.4
66	William Przystup	Nebraska	3	31	43.4	39.1	6	19%	10%	26%	−6.3
67	Julian Diaz	Nevada	3	45	44.3	41.2	11	26%	7%	30%	+1.2
68	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	4	50	41.1	37.7	20	40%	8%	33%	−4.9
69	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	4	71	43.6	39.7	22	33%	6%	48%	+4.9
70	Zach Harding	Army	4	35	44.1	40.5	16	46%	11%	31%	+5.9
71	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	4	60	40.2	37.2	23	40%	7%	43%	−8.2
72	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	4	60	43.3	37.3	21	36%	7%	27%	−2.6
73	Laine Wilkins	Houston	4	55	42.3	39.9	22	40%	7%	44%	−0.3
74	Grant Carlson	Boston College	4	52	44.2	39.3	22	42%	8%	26%	+1.5
75	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	4	69	41.2	37.8	25	38%	6%	37%	−2.7
76	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	4	51	44.8	42.6	22	43%	8%	51%	+10.9
77	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	4	65	41.6	38.1	21	32%	6%	5%	−9.9
78	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	4	39	44.3	40.5	19	49%	10%	31%	+4.0
79	James Evans	Indiana	4	69	41.9	38.4	15	22%	6%	28%	−8.8
80	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	4	55	41.5	37.5	18	33%	8%	55%	−8.2
81	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	4	44	42.5	36.6	14	33%	10%	26%	−6.7
82	Joe Doyle	Memphis	4	41	46.0	40.9	18	43%	10%	32%	+7.7
83	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	4	33	51.3	44.9	14	41%	12%	23%	+5.6
84	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	5	53	41.1	38.5	24	45%	9%	47%	+1.7
85	Bailey Flint	Toledo	5	57	40.0	36.4	20	36%	9%	41%	−15.3
86	Trenton Gill	NC State	5	65	44.4	41.7	36	55%	8%	44%	+7.4
87	Charlie Mendes	Rice	5	59	42.7	36.9	17	27%	8%	12%	−12.7
88	Luke Magliozzi	Troy	5	61	42.5	37.4	17	28%	8%	41%	−8.2
89	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	5	62	44.5	39.6	25	42%	8%	30%	+0.9
90	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	5	56	42.0	38.4	15	28%	9%	29%	−4.0
91	Ben Griffiths	USC	5	44	45.0	41.1	17	40%	12%	55%	+5.9
92	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	5	56	42.9	37.2	16	30%	9%	9%	−7.8
93	Ryan Wright	Tulane	5	51	47.5	44.8	16	33%	10%	49%	+15.0
94	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	5	46	45.9	43.6	14	30%	11%	50%	+6.4
95	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	5	38	48.4	43.9	17	45%	13%	54%	+15.0
96	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	5	31	46.0	41.3	11	35%	16%	29%	+2.1
97	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	6	66	42.2	40.4	27	41%	9%	52%	+6.5
98	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	6	38	44.0	39.4	15	39%	16%	35%	+6.2
99	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	6	61	45.7	42.1	31	53%	10%	36%	+4.4
100	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	6	59	45.1	40.3	24	41%	10%	39%	+2.4
101	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	6	46	44.0	39.8	20	43%	13%	45%	+5.2
102	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	6	57	43.0	39.1	17	30%	11%	48%	−1.4
103	Issac Power	Baylor	6	44	46.2	42.9	18	41%	14%	41%	+15.0
104	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	6	39	48.7	42.7	16	41%	15%	26%	+6.4
105	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	6	45	43.6	39.8	14	31%	13%	31%	+1.1
106	Jake Camarda	Georgia	6	40	47.1	41.4	14	35%	15%	28%	+0.5
107	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	6	45	44.4	37.0	9	20%	13%	29%	−8.7
108	Will Hart	San José State	7	67	44.4	41.6	31	46%	10%	40%	+7.3
109	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	7	81	42.8	39.3	18	23%	9%	40%	−1.0
110	Josh Watts	Colorado	7	66	47.8	38.5	20	31%	11%	23%	+0.9
111	Luke Akers	UCLA	7	34	43.1	37.1	6	19%	23%	35%	−1.2
112	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	8	59	46.0	40.0	23	40%	14%	33%	+3.4
113	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	8	61	41.5	35.6	19	31%	13%	30%	−14.1
114	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	8	56	48.6	43.8	19	34%	14%	22%	+8.5
115	Tory Taylor	Iowa	11	76	45.9	41.6	36	47%	15%	30%	+13.1
116	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	11	58	50.9	41.8	25	45%	20%	11%	+5.5
117	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	11	58	49.2	44.0	19	33%	19%	19%	+18.6
118	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	12	75	46.9	39.8	26	38%	18%	16%	+0.1
119	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	15	76	51.4	44.6	38	48%	19%	17%	+26.2

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