2021 College Punts Downed Percentage Leaders
The share of punts a member of the kicking team stopped or touched before they could roll into the end zone. It is a control and coverage stat as much as a leg stat.
Downed punts are rare, so one or two change the percentage. In 2021, Mark Crawford (33.3%) led college football punters in punts downed percentage, ahead of Laine Wilkins (32.0%) and Michael Hayes II (30.6%). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 15.9%.
Final 2021 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.
| Rk | Player | Team | Downed % | Punts | Avg | Net | In 20 | In 20 % | TB % | FC % | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Crawford | Minnesota | 33.3% | 44 | 41.6 | 40.6 | 21 | 48% | 2% | 36% | +6.3 |
| 2 | Laine Wilkins | Houston | 32.0% | 55 | 42.3 | 39.9 | 22 | 40% | 7% | 44% | −0.3 |
| 3 | Michael Hayes II | Georgia State | 30.6% | 56 | 42.0 | 38.4 | 15 | 28% | 9% | 29% | −4.0 |
| 4 | George Georgopoulos | Massachusetts | 29.5% | 64 | 44.8 | 41.6 | 20 | 38% | 2% | 14% | 0.0 |
| 5 | Charles Ouverson | Coastal Carolina | 29.0% | 38 | 37.2 | 36.2 | 13 | 34% | 5% | 42% | −5.1 |
| 6 | Andrew Osteen | UCF | 28.6% | 66 | 41.1 | 38.7 | 19 | 29% | 2% | 43% | −6.1 |
| 7 | Nick Mihalic | Western Michigan | 28.6% | 44 | 42.5 | 36.6 | 14 | 33% | 10% | 26% | −6.7 |
| 8 | Carson King | Fresno State | 28.3% | 52 | 41.6 | 39.3 | 24 | 46% | 6% | 37% | −0.9 |
| 9 | James Burnip | Alabama | 26.2% | 42 | 39.1 | 36.8 | 16 | 37% | 0% | 40% | −7.2 |
| 10 | Grant Carlson | Boston College | 26.1% | 52 | 44.2 | 39.3 | 22 | 42% | 8% | 26% | +1.5 |
| 11 | Tyler Sumpter | West Virginia | 25.6% | 45 | 43.6 | 39.8 | 14 | 31% | 13% | 31% | +1.1 |
| 12 | Will Hart | San José State | 25.5% | 67 | 44.4 | 41.6 | 31 | 46% | 10% | 40% | +7.3 |
| 13 | Devyn McCormick | UL Monroe | 25.4% | 69 | 41.2 | 37.8 | 25 | 38% | 6% | 37% | −2.7 |
| 14 | Jordan Stout | Penn State | 25.4% | 62 | 46.5 | 45.0 | 35 | 57% | 5% | 42% | +22.6 |
| 15 | Joe McFadden | UConn | 25.0% | 61 | 39.8 | 38.1 | 13 | 21% | 2% | 33% | −13.2 |
| 16 | Lou Hedley | Miami | 24.4% | 49 | 44.7 | 43.0 | 21 | 44% | 2% | 38% | +9.0 |
| 17 | Xavier Subotsch | App State | 23.9% | 48 | 40.8 | 39.4 | 26 | 55% | 2% | 48% | +1.6 |
| 18 | Riley Riethman | Navy | 23.8% | 44 | 42.7 | 37.7 | 12 | 27% | 5% | 19% | −8.5 |
| 19 | Jay Bramblett | Notre Dame | 23.5% | 51 | 44.1 | 41.3 | 16 | 31% | 6% | 37% | +2.6 |
| 20 | Harrison Smith | Vanderbilt | 23.3% | 73 | 42.5 | 38.6 | 17 | 23% | 4% | 30% | −7.4 |
| 21 | Tory Taylor | Iowa | 23.2% | 76 | 45.9 | 41.6 | 36 | 47% | 15% | 30% | +13.1 |
| 22 | Bernardo Rodriguez | North Texas | 22.7% | 56 | 42.9 | 37.2 | 16 | 30% | 9% | 9% | −7.8 |
| 23 | Jake Camarda | Georgia | 22.5% | 40 | 47.1 | 41.4 | 14 | 35% | 15% | 28% | +0.5 |
| 24 | Bryce Baringer | Michigan State | 22.2% | 56 | 48.6 | 43.8 | 19 | 34% | 14% | 22% | +8.5 |
| 25 | James Williams | Syracuse | 21.9% | 40 | 38.4 | 35.1 | 9 | 23% | 0% | 31% | −11.8 |
| 26 | Brendan Hall | SMU | 21.9% | 36 | 41.7 | 36.2 | 10 | 28% | 3% | 44% | −6.6 |
| 27 | Stephen Kotsanlee | Utah State | 21.1% | 49 | 42.6 | 40.3 | 18 | 38% | 4% | 37% | +2.5 |
| 28 | Ryan Wright | Tulane | 20.9% | 51 | 47.5 | 44.8 | 16 | 33% | 10% | 49% | +15.0 |
| 29 | Mason Hunt | Southern Miss | 20.7% | 71 | 43.6 | 39.7 | 22 | 33% | 6% | 48% | +4.9 |
| 30 | Grant McKinniss | Missouri | 20.5% | 48 | 41.4 | 38.7 | 28 | 62% | 0% | 41% | −4.0 |
| 31 | Peter Moore | Virginia Tech | 20.4% | 59 | 45.1 | 40.3 | 24 | 41% | 10% | 39% | +2.4 |
| 32 | Cameron Dicker | Texas | 20.0% | 47 | 46.8 | 44.1 | 13 | 27% | 6% | 44% | +13.4 |
| 33 | Jonn Young | East Carolina | 20.0% | 48 | 43.0 | 40.5 | 19 | 40% | 4% | 55% | +3.9 |
| 34 | Lachlan Wilson | Tulsa | 19.6% | 59 | 46.0 | 40.0 | 23 | 40% | 14% | 33% | +3.4 |
| 35 | Dom Dzioban | Miami (OH) | 19.5% | 49 | 39.0 | 36.8 | 17 | 35% | 0% | 44% | −3.8 |
| 36 | Jack Ansell | Purdue | 19.4% | 39 | 37.9 | 34.9 | 11 | 28% | 0% | 48% | −11.4 |
| 37 | Kai Kroeger | South Carolina | 19.1% | 57 | 42.8 | 39.8 | 25 | 44% | 4% | 43% | +1.9 |
| 38 | Rhys Byrns | Louisiana | 19.1% | 54 | 46.2 | 44.0 | 25 | 47% | 6% | 38% | +11.4 |
| 39 | Ivan Mora | Wake Forest | 19.0% | 47 | 43.7 | 40.6 | 17 | 37% | 4% | 36% | +2.7 |
| 40 | Mark Vassett | Louisville | 19.0% | 47 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 19 | 41% | 2% | 50% | +2.9 |
| 41 | Brad Robbins | Michigan | 19.0% | 43 | 46.4 | 44.1 | 16 | 38% | 7% | 43% | +11.9 |
| 42 | Ethan Duane | Old Dominion | 18.9% | 54 | 39.6 | 37.0 | 17 | 33% | 4% | 32% | −8.3 |
| 43 | Ryan Hanson | Arkansas State | 18.9% | 68 | 44.0 | 42.1 | 23 | 35% | 2% | 43% | +6.3 |
| 44 | Aaron Rodriguez | New Mexico | 18.6% | 81 | 42.8 | 39.3 | 18 | 23% | 9% | 40% | −1.0 |
| 45 | Eddie Czaplicki | Arizona State | 18.4% | 42 | 43.3 | 40.1 | 19 | 45% | 7% | 32% | +8.1 |
| 46 | Anthony Beck II | Georgia Southern | 18.4% | 64 | 45.0 | 42.0 | 26 | 41% | 3% | 47% | +10.7 |
| 47 | Bailey Rice | Charlotte | 18.2% | 40 | 42.2 | 40.6 | 15 | 38% | 5% | 48% | +1.8 |
| 48 | Cesar Barajas | Louisiana Tech | 17.9% | 54 | 41.5 | 37.9 | 25 | 47% | 4% | 41% | −3.5 |
| 49 | Lucas Dean | UTSA | 17.9% | 44 | 45.4 | 43.1 | 21 | 48% | 5% | 31% | +7.7 |
| 50 | Andrew Stokes | South Florida | 17.8% | 56 | 39.0 | 36.3 | 18 | 33% | 4% | 27% | −20.9 |
| 51 | Ryan Stonehouse | Colorado State | 17.8% | 58 | 50.9 | 41.8 | 25 | 45% | 20% | 11% | +5.5 |
| 52 | Mason Fletcher | Cincinnati | 17.8% | 45 | 42.7 | 41.3 | 17 | 38% | 4% | 49% | +8.7 |
| 53 | Kyle Ostendorp | Arizona | 17.3% | 58 | 49.2 | 44.0 | 19 | 33% | 19% | 19% | +18.6 |
| 54 | Kirk Christodoulou | Pittsburgh | 17.0% | 53 | 41.1 | 38.5 | 24 | 45% | 9% | 47% | +1.7 |
| 55 | Matt Naranjo | Bowling Green | 16.7% | 65 | 41.6 | 38.1 | 21 | 32% | 6% | 5% | −9.9 |
| 56 | David Shanahan | Georgia Tech | 16.7% | 61 | 41.5 | 35.6 | 19 | 31% | 13% | 30% | −14.1 |
| 57 | Joel Velazquez | Boise State | 16.7% | 51 | 43.1 | 39.7 | 19 | 38% | 6% | 42% | +6.8 |
| 58 | James Evans | Indiana | 16.4% | 69 | 41.9 | 38.4 | 15 | 22% | 6% | 28% | −8.8 |
| 59 | Joe Doyle | Memphis | 16.2% | 41 | 46.0 | 40.9 | 18 | 43% | 10% | 32% | +7.7 |
| 60 | Bailey Flint | Toledo | 15.9% | 57 | 40.0 | 36.4 | 20 | 36% | 9% | 41% | −15.3 |
| 61 | Matt Araiza | San Diego State | 15.5% | 76 | 51.4 | 44.6 | 38 | 48% | 19% | 17% | +26.2 |
| 62 | Ralph Fawaz | Wyoming | 15.0% | 55 | 42.4 | 39.6 | 21 | 38% | 2% | 38% | −3.6 |
| 63 | Matthew Shipley | Hawai'i | 14.9% | 55 | 41.5 | 37.5 | 18 | 33% | 8% | 55% | −8.2 |
| 64 | Derek Adams | Northwestern | 14.5% | 58 | 41.5 | 38.0 | 17 | 29% | 0% | 51% | −13.6 |
| 65 | Jacob Finn | Virginia | 14.3% | 41 | 44.2 | 40.4 | 12 | 29% | 7% | 29% | +0.4 |
| 66 | Colin Goodfellow | Kentucky | 14.3% | 31 | 46.0 | 41.3 | 11 | 35% | 16% | 29% | +2.1 |
| 67 | Matthew Hayball | Florida Atlantic | 13.9% | 61 | 45.7 | 42.1 | 31 | 53% | 10% | 36% | +4.4 |
| 68 | Zach Harding | Army | 13.8% | 35 | 44.1 | 40.5 | 16 | 46% | 11% | 31% | +5.9 |
| 69 | Tommy Heatherly | Florida International | 13.7% | 75 | 46.9 | 39.8 | 26 | 38% | 18% | 16% | +0.1 |
| 70 | Will Spiers | Clemson | 13.7% | 58 | 42.1 | 39.4 | 28 | 47% | 3% | 43% | +2.8 |
| 71 | Andy Vujnovich | Wisconsin | 13.6% | 46 | 45.8 | 41.3 | 17 | 36% | 6% | 30% | +3.4 |
| 72 | Seamus O'Kelly | Texas State | 13.3% | 60 | 38.4 | 37.1 | 20 | 33% | 2% | 53% | −8.8 |
| 73 | Jordy Sandy | TCU | 13.2% | 43 | 43.3 | 41.8 | 12 | 28% | 7% | 61% | +2.0 |
| 74 | Ryan Rehkow | BYU | 13.2% | 39 | 48.7 | 42.7 | 16 | 41% | 15% | 26% | +6.4 |
| 75 | Trenton Gill | NC State | 13.0% | 65 | 44.4 | 41.7 | 36 | 55% | 8% | 44% | +7.4 |
| 76 | Luke Akers | UCLA | 12.9% | 34 | 43.1 | 37.1 | 6 | 19% | 23% | 35% | −1.2 |
| 77 | Tom Snee | Oregon | 12.8% | 41 | 42.8 | 38.7 | 17 | 41% | 8% | 26% | +3.1 |
| 78 | Joshua Sloan | UTEP | 12.5% | 60 | 40.2 | 37.2 | 23 | 40% | 7% | 43% | −8.2 |
| 79 | Luke Elzinga | Central Michigan | 12.5% | 50 | 41.1 | 37.7 | 20 | 40% | 8% | 33% | −4.9 |
| 80 | Ben Griffiths | USC | 12.5% | 44 | 45.0 | 41.1 | 17 | 40% | 12% | 55% | +5.9 |
| 81 | Adam Korsak | Rutgers | 12.2% | 70 | 45.9 | 45.3 | 38 | 54% | 0% | 49% | +21.5 |
| 82 | Issac Power | Baylor | 12.2% | 44 | 46.2 | 42.9 | 18 | 41% | 14% | 41% | +15.0 |
| 83 | Nik Constantinou | Texas A&M | 11.8% | 51 | 46.6 | 43.3 | 23 | 44% | 4% | 39% | +15.0 |
| 84 | Kyle Ulbrich | Middle Tennessee | 11.6% | 62 | 44.5 | 39.6 | 25 | 42% | 8% | 30% | +0.9 |
| 85 | Nick Haberer | Washington State | 11.4% | 45 | 42.7 | 38.3 | 15 | 33% | 7% | 50% | −4.3 |
| 86 | Jamieson Sheahan | California | 11.1% | 53 | 43.1 | 41.6 | 14 | 26% | 4% | 60% | −2.5 |
| 87 | William Przystup | Nebraska | 11.1% | 31 | 43.4 | 39.1 | 6 | 19% | 10% | 26% | −6.3 |
| 88 | Avery Atkins | LSU | 10.9% | 59 | 42.4 | 38.7 | 20 | 34% | 5% | 45% | −4.5 |
| 89 | Race Porter | Washington | 10.6% | 53 | 48.5 | 42.8 | 20 | 42% | 6% | 23% | +9.6 |
| 90 | Tom Hutton | Oklahoma State | 10.3% | 66 | 42.2 | 40.4 | 27 | 41% | 9% | 52% | +6.5 |
| 91 | Luke Magliozzi | Troy | 10.2% | 61 | 42.5 | 37.4 | 17 | 28% | 8% | 41% | −8.2 |
| 92 | Oscar Chapman | Auburn | 10.2% | 51 | 44.8 | 42.6 | 22 | 43% | 8% | 51% | +10.9 |
| 93 | Jeremy Crawshaw | Florida | 10.0% | 46 | 44.0 | 39.8 | 20 | 43% | 13% | 45% | +5.2 |
| 94 | Adam Barry | Temple | 9.3% | 63 | 42.0 | 37.2 | 16 | 25% | 2% | 44% | −15.6 |
| 95 | Jack Brooks | South Alabama | 9.1% | 53 | 43.2 | 39.3 | 12 | 29% | 5% | 33% | −0.5 |
| 96 | Ryan Sanborn | Stanford | 8.9% | 60 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 21 | 36% | 7% | 27% | −2.6 |
| 97 | Blake Hayes | Illinois | 8.8% | 68 | 45.1 | 43.3 | 35 | 53% | 3% | 33% | +12.8 |
| 98 | Nathan Snyder | Ball State | 8.6% | 52 | 42.7 | 41.7 | 23 | 45% | 4% | 63% | +5.0 |
| 99 | Evan Silva | UNLV | 7.7% | 52 | 40.2 | 37.0 | 16 | 33% | 4% | 46% | −10.1 |
| 100 | Josh Carlson | New Mexico State | 7.5% | 71 | 41.5 | 38.2 | 20 | 29% | 4% | 40% | −6.4 |
| 101 | Julian Diaz | Nevada | 7.4% | 45 | 44.3 | 41.2 | 11 | 26% | 7% | 30% | +1.2 |
| 102 | Ethan Slike | Akron | 6.9% | 49 | 43.0 | 39.7 | 12 | 28% | 2% | 28% | −6.6 |
| 103 | Jake Julien | Eastern Michigan | 6.7% | 46 | 45.9 | 43.6 | 14 | 30% | 11% | 50% | +6.4 |
| 104 | Michael Turk | Oklahoma | 6.5% | 33 | 51.3 | 44.9 | 14 | 41% | 12% | 23% | +5.6 |
| 105 | Kyle Greenwell | UAB | 6.3% | 57 | 43.0 | 39.1 | 17 | 30% | 11% | 48% | −1.4 |
| 106 | Alex Mastromanno | Florida State | 5.9% | 61 | 42.7 | 40.9 | 18 | 30% | 0% | 63% | −1.5 |
| 107 | Porter Wilson | Duke | 5.9% | 61 | 44.8 | 41.0 | 23 | 38% | 5% | 29% | +3.9 |
| 108 | Robert LeFevre | Marshall | 5.9% | 53 | 40.3 | 38.7 | 18 | 34% | 4% | 44% | −2.5 |
| 109 | Matt Ference | Northern Illinois | 5.7% | 45 | 44.4 | 37.0 | 9 | 20% | 13% | 29% | −8.7 |
| 110 | Paxton Brooks | Tennessee | 5.7% | 39 | 44.2 | 42.2 | 17 | 44% | 8% | 66% | +2.2 |
| 111 | Mac Brown | Ole Miss | 5.4% | 38 | 44.0 | 39.4 | 15 | 39% | 16% | 35% | +6.2 |
| 112 | Reis Vernon | Kansas | 5.0% | 49 | 40.4 | 35.4 | 11 | 22% | 4% | 38% | −22.4 |
| 113 | Ty Zentner | Kansas State | 3.4% | 39 | 44.3 | 40.5 | 19 | 49% | 10% | 31% | +4.0 |
| 114 | Austin McNamara | Texas Tech | 2.9% | 38 | 48.4 | 43.9 | 17 | 45% | 13% | 54% | +15.0 |
| 115 | Ben Kiernan | North Carolina | 2.5% | 40 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 12 | 29% | 5% | 38% | −11.0 |
| 116 | Josh Smith | Kent State | 2.2% | 51 | 36.4 | 35.0 | 15 | 29% | 6% | 38% | −12.3 |
| 117 | Reid Bauer | Arkansas | 2.0% | 53 | 43.2 | 39.7 | 13 | 24% | 6% | 44% | −3.6 |
| 118 | Charlie Mendes | Rice | 2.0% | 59 | 42.7 | 36.9 | 17 | 27% | 8% | 12% | −12.7 |
| 119 | Josh Watts | Colorado | 1.7% | 66 | 47.8 | 38.5 | 20 | 31% | 11% | 23% | +0.9 |
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