2021 College Punts Out of Bounds Percentage Leaders
The share of punts that crossed a sideline. A punt out of bounds cannot be returned and stops the clock, and it is what a punter wants when he is aiming for the corner.
Some are chosen and some are mistakes, and the record cannot tell which. In 2021, Josh Smith (35.6%) led college football punters in punts out of bounds percentage, ahead of Charlie Mendes (33.3%) and Andrew Stokes (31.1%). 119 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 9.1%.
Final 2021 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.
| Rk | Player | Team | OOB % | Punts | Avg | Net | In 20 | In 20 % | TB % | FC % | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Smith | Kent State | 35.6% | 51 | 36.4 | 35.0 | 15 | 29% | 6% | 38% | −12.3 |
| 2 | Charlie Mendes | Rice | 33.3% | 59 | 42.7 | 36.9 | 17 | 27% | 8% | 12% | −12.7 |
| 3 | Andrew Stokes | South Florida | 31.1% | 56 | 39.0 | 36.3 | 18 | 33% | 4% | 27% | −20.9 |
| 4 | Ty Zentner | Kansas State | 31.0% | 39 | 44.3 | 40.5 | 19 | 49% | 10% | 31% | +4.0 |
| 5 | Reis Vernon | Kansas | 30.0% | 49 | 40.4 | 35.4 | 11 | 22% | 4% | 38% | −22.4 |
| 6 | Luke Elzinga | Central Michigan | 27.5% | 50 | 41.1 | 37.7 | 20 | 40% | 8% | 33% | −4.9 |
| 7 | Matt Naranjo | Bowling Green | 23.8% | 65 | 41.6 | 38.1 | 21 | 32% | 6% | 5% | −9.9 |
| 8 | Ryan Sanborn | Stanford | 23.2% | 60 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 21 | 36% | 7% | 27% | −2.6 |
| 9 | Blake Hayes | Illinois | 22.8% | 68 | 45.1 | 43.3 | 35 | 53% | 3% | 33% | +12.8 |
| 10 | Michael Turk | Oklahoma | 22.6% | 33 | 51.3 | 44.9 | 14 | 41% | 12% | 23% | +5.6 |
| 11 | Julian Diaz | Nevada | 22.2% | 45 | 44.3 | 41.2 | 11 | 26% | 7% | 30% | +1.2 |
| 12 | Tom Snee | Oregon | 20.5% | 41 | 42.8 | 38.7 | 17 | 41% | 8% | 26% | +3.1 |
| 13 | Reid Bauer | Arkansas | 20.0% | 53 | 43.2 | 39.7 | 13 | 24% | 6% | 44% | −3.6 |
| 14 | Charles Ouverson | Coastal Carolina | 19.4% | 38 | 37.2 | 36.2 | 13 | 34% | 5% | 42% | −5.1 |
| 15 | Josh Carlson | New Mexico State | 18.9% | 71 | 41.5 | 38.2 | 20 | 29% | 4% | 40% | −6.4 |
| 16 | Lucas Dean | UTSA | 17.9% | 44 | 45.4 | 43.1 | 21 | 48% | 5% | 31% | +7.7 |
| 17 | Ben Kiernan | North Carolina | 17.5% | 40 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 12 | 29% | 5% | 38% | −11.0 |
| 18 | Zach Harding | Army | 17.2% | 35 | 44.1 | 40.5 | 16 | 46% | 11% | 31% | +5.9 |
| 19 | Harrison Smith | Vanderbilt | 16.7% | 73 | 42.5 | 38.6 | 17 | 23% | 4% | 30% | −7.4 |
| 20 | Ivan Mora | Wake Forest | 16.7% | 47 | 43.7 | 40.6 | 17 | 37% | 4% | 36% | +2.7 |
| 21 | Jake Julien | Eastern Michigan | 16.7% | 46 | 45.9 | 43.6 | 14 | 30% | 11% | 50% | +6.4 |
| 22 | James Evans | Indiana | 16.4% | 69 | 41.9 | 38.4 | 15 | 22% | 6% | 28% | −8.8 |
| 23 | Adam Korsak | Rutgers | 16.3% | 70 | 45.9 | 45.3 | 38 | 54% | 0% | 49% | +21.5 |
| 24 | Oscar Chapman | Auburn | 16.3% | 51 | 44.8 | 42.6 | 22 | 43% | 8% | 51% | +10.9 |
| 25 | Ethan Duane | Old Dominion | 16.2% | 54 | 39.6 | 37.0 | 17 | 33% | 4% | 32% | −8.3 |
| 26 | Jack Brooks | South Alabama | 15.2% | 53 | 43.2 | 39.3 | 12 | 29% | 5% | 33% | −0.5 |
| 27 | Jeremy Crawshaw | Florida | 15.0% | 46 | 44.0 | 39.8 | 20 | 43% | 13% | 45% | +5.2 |
| 28 | Austin McNamara | Texas Tech | 14.3% | 38 | 48.4 | 43.9 | 17 | 45% | 13% | 54% | +15.0 |
| 29 | Kyle Ulbrich | Middle Tennessee | 14.0% | 62 | 44.5 | 39.6 | 25 | 42% | 8% | 30% | +0.9 |
| 30 | Bailey Flint | Toledo | 13.6% | 57 | 40.0 | 36.4 | 20 | 36% | 9% | 41% | −15.3 |
| 31 | George Georgopoulos | Massachusetts | 13.6% | 64 | 44.8 | 41.6 | 20 | 38% | 2% | 14% | 0.0 |
| 32 | Eddie Czaplicki | Arizona State | 13.2% | 42 | 43.3 | 40.1 | 19 | 45% | 7% | 32% | +8.1 |
| 33 | Carson King | Fresno State | 13.0% | 52 | 41.6 | 39.3 | 24 | 46% | 6% | 37% | −0.9 |
| 34 | Grant McKinniss | Missouri | 12.8% | 48 | 41.4 | 38.7 | 28 | 62% | 0% | 41% | −4.0 |
| 35 | Race Porter | Washington | 12.8% | 53 | 48.5 | 42.8 | 20 | 42% | 6% | 23% | +9.6 |
| 36 | Dom Dzioban | Miami (OH) | 12.2% | 49 | 39.0 | 36.8 | 17 | 35% | 0% | 44% | −3.8 |
| 37 | Issac Power | Baylor | 12.2% | 44 | 46.2 | 42.9 | 18 | 41% | 14% | 41% | +15.0 |
| 38 | Matt Araiza | San Diego State | 12.1% | 76 | 51.4 | 44.6 | 38 | 48% | 19% | 17% | +26.2 |
| 39 | Porter Wilson | Duke | 11.8% | 61 | 44.8 | 41.0 | 23 | 38% | 5% | 29% | +3.9 |
| 40 | Lachlan Wilson | Tulsa | 11.8% | 59 | 46.0 | 40.0 | 23 | 40% | 14% | 33% | +3.4 |
| 41 | Jacob Finn | Virginia | 11.4% | 41 | 44.2 | 40.4 | 12 | 29% | 7% | 29% | +0.4 |
| 42 | Paxton Brooks | Tennessee | 11.4% | 39 | 44.2 | 42.2 | 17 | 44% | 8% | 66% | +2.2 |
| 43 | Ryan Hanson | Arkansas State | 11.3% | 68 | 44.0 | 42.1 | 23 | 35% | 2% | 43% | +6.3 |
| 44 | Bryce Baringer | Michigan State | 11.1% | 56 | 48.6 | 43.8 | 19 | 34% | 14% | 22% | +8.5 |
| 45 | William Przystup | Nebraska | 11.1% | 31 | 43.4 | 39.1 | 6 | 19% | 10% | 26% | −6.3 |
| 46 | Joe Doyle | Memphis | 10.8% | 41 | 46.0 | 40.9 | 18 | 43% | 10% | 32% | +7.7 |
| 47 | Colin Goodfellow | Kentucky | 10.7% | 31 | 46.0 | 41.3 | 11 | 35% | 16% | 29% | +2.1 |
| 48 | Kai Kroeger | South Carolina | 10.6% | 57 | 42.8 | 39.8 | 25 | 44% | 4% | 43% | +1.9 |
| 49 | Kyle Greenwell | UAB | 10.4% | 57 | 43.0 | 39.1 | 17 | 30% | 11% | 48% | −1.4 |
| 50 | Cesar Barajas | Louisiana Tech | 10.3% | 54 | 41.5 | 37.9 | 25 | 47% | 4% | 41% | −3.5 |
| 51 | Jake Camarda | Georgia | 10.0% | 40 | 47.1 | 41.4 | 14 | 35% | 15% | 28% | +0.5 |
| 52 | Nik Constantinou | Texas A&M | 9.8% | 51 | 46.6 | 43.3 | 23 | 44% | 4% | 39% | +15.0 |
| 53 | Kyle Ostendorp | Arizona | 9.6% | 58 | 49.2 | 44.0 | 19 | 33% | 19% | 19% | +18.6 |
| 54 | Riley Riethman | Navy | 9.5% | 44 | 42.7 | 37.7 | 12 | 27% | 5% | 19% | −8.5 |
| 55 | Brad Robbins | Michigan | 9.5% | 43 | 46.4 | 44.1 | 16 | 38% | 7% | 43% | +11.9 |
| 56 | Kirk Christodoulou | Pittsburgh | 9.4% | 53 | 41.1 | 38.5 | 24 | 45% | 9% | 47% | +1.7 |
| 57 | Trenton Gill | NC State | 9.3% | 65 | 44.4 | 41.7 | 36 | 55% | 8% | 44% | +7.4 |
| 58 | David Shanahan | Georgia Tech | 9.3% | 61 | 41.5 | 35.6 | 19 | 31% | 13% | 30% | −14.1 |
| 59 | Avery Atkins | LSU | 9.1% | 59 | 42.4 | 38.7 | 20 | 34% | 5% | 45% | −4.5 |
| 60 | Andy Vujnovich | Wisconsin | 9.1% | 46 | 45.8 | 41.3 | 17 | 36% | 6% | 30% | +3.4 |
| 61 | Jamieson Sheahan | California | 8.9% | 53 | 43.1 | 41.6 | 14 | 26% | 4% | 60% | −2.5 |
| 62 | Robert LeFevre | Marshall | 8.8% | 53 | 40.3 | 38.7 | 18 | 34% | 4% | 44% | −2.5 |
| 63 | Tom Hutton | Oklahoma State | 8.6% | 66 | 42.2 | 40.4 | 27 | 41% | 9% | 52% | +6.5 |
| 64 | Nathan Snyder | Ball State | 8.6% | 52 | 42.7 | 41.7 | 23 | 45% | 4% | 63% | +5.0 |
| 65 | Matt Ference | Northern Illinois | 8.6% | 45 | 44.4 | 37.0 | 9 | 20% | 13% | 29% | −8.7 |
| 66 | Michael Hayes II | Georgia State | 8.2% | 56 | 42.0 | 38.4 | 15 | 28% | 9% | 29% | −4.0 |
| 67 | Ryan Rehkow | BYU | 7.9% | 39 | 48.7 | 42.7 | 16 | 41% | 15% | 26% | +6.4 |
| 68 | Evan Silva | UNLV | 7.7% | 52 | 40.2 | 37.0 | 16 | 33% | 4% | 46% | −10.1 |
| 69 | Joshua Sloan | UTEP | 7.5% | 60 | 40.2 | 37.2 | 23 | 40% | 7% | 43% | −8.2 |
| 70 | James Burnip | Alabama | 7.1% | 42 | 39.1 | 36.8 | 16 | 37% | 0% | 40% | −7.2 |
| 71 | Ryan Wright | Tulane | 7.0% | 51 | 47.5 | 44.8 | 16 | 33% | 10% | 49% | +15.0 |
| 72 | Ethan Slike | Akron | 6.9% | 49 | 43.0 | 39.7 | 12 | 28% | 2% | 28% | −6.6 |
| 73 | Bernardo Rodriguez | North Texas | 6.8% | 56 | 42.9 | 37.2 | 16 | 30% | 9% | 9% | −7.8 |
| 74 | Seamus O'Kelly | Texas State | 6.7% | 60 | 38.4 | 37.1 | 20 | 33% | 2% | 53% | −8.8 |
| 75 | Ryan Stonehouse | Colorado State | 6.7% | 58 | 50.9 | 41.8 | 25 | 45% | 20% | 11% | +5.5 |
| 76 | Matthew Shipley | Hawai'i | 6.4% | 55 | 41.5 | 37.5 | 18 | 33% | 8% | 55% | −8.2 |
| 77 | James Williams | Syracuse | 6.3% | 40 | 38.4 | 35.1 | 9 | 23% | 0% | 31% | −11.8 |
| 78 | Alex Mastromanno | Florida State | 5.9% | 61 | 42.7 | 40.9 | 18 | 30% | 0% | 63% | −1.5 |
| 79 | Jay Bramblett | Notre Dame | 5.9% | 51 | 44.1 | 41.3 | 16 | 31% | 6% | 37% | +2.6 |
| 80 | Joe McFadden | UConn | 5.8% | 61 | 39.8 | 38.1 | 13 | 21% | 2% | 33% | −13.2 |
| 81 | Will Hart | San José State | 5.5% | 67 | 44.4 | 41.6 | 31 | 46% | 10% | 40% | +7.3 |
| 82 | Mac Brown | Ole Miss | 5.4% | 38 | 44.0 | 39.4 | 15 | 39% | 16% | 35% | +6.2 |
| 83 | Jordy Sandy | TCU | 5.3% | 43 | 43.3 | 41.8 | 12 | 28% | 7% | 61% | +2.0 |
| 84 | Mason Hunt | Southern Miss | 5.2% | 71 | 43.6 | 39.7 | 22 | 33% | 6% | 48% | +4.9 |
| 85 | Mark Crawford | Minnesota | 5.1% | 44 | 41.6 | 40.6 | 21 | 48% | 2% | 36% | +6.3 |
| 86 | Jordan Stout | Penn State | 5.1% | 62 | 46.5 | 45.0 | 35 | 57% | 5% | 42% | +22.6 |
| 87 | Ralph Fawaz | Wyoming | 5.0% | 55 | 42.4 | 39.6 | 21 | 38% | 2% | 38% | −3.6 |
| 88 | Jonn Young | East Carolina | 5.0% | 48 | 43.0 | 40.5 | 19 | 40% | 4% | 55% | +3.9 |
| 89 | Mark Vassett | Louisville | 4.8% | 47 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 19 | 41% | 2% | 50% | +2.9 |
| 90 | Nick Haberer | Washington State | 4.5% | 45 | 42.7 | 38.3 | 15 | 33% | 7% | 50% | −4.3 |
| 91 | Tory Taylor | Iowa | 4.3% | 76 | 45.9 | 41.6 | 36 | 47% | 15% | 30% | +13.1 |
| 92 | Aaron Rodriguez | New Mexico | 4.3% | 81 | 42.8 | 39.3 | 18 | 23% | 9% | 40% | −1.0 |
| 93 | Tommy Heatherly | Florida International | 3.9% | 75 | 46.9 | 39.8 | 26 | 38% | 18% | 16% | +0.1 |
| 94 | Adam Barry | Temple | 3.7% | 63 | 42.0 | 37.2 | 16 | 25% | 2% | 44% | −15.6 |
| 95 | Peter Moore | Virginia Tech | 3.7% | 59 | 45.1 | 40.3 | 24 | 41% | 10% | 39% | +2.4 |
| 96 | Derek Adams | Northwestern | 3.6% | 58 | 41.5 | 38.0 | 17 | 29% | 0% | 51% | −13.6 |
| 97 | Devyn McCormick | UL Monroe | 3.4% | 69 | 41.2 | 37.8 | 25 | 38% | 6% | 37% | −2.7 |
| 98 | Jack Ansell | Purdue | 3.2% | 39 | 37.9 | 34.9 | 11 | 28% | 0% | 48% | −11.4 |
| 99 | Luke Akers | UCLA | 3.2% | 34 | 43.1 | 37.1 | 6 | 19% | 23% | 35% | −1.2 |
| 100 | Andrew Osteen | UCF | 3.2% | 66 | 41.1 | 38.7 | 19 | 29% | 2% | 43% | −6.1 |
| 101 | Brendan Hall | SMU | 3.1% | 36 | 41.7 | 36.2 | 10 | 28% | 3% | 44% | −6.6 |
| 102 | Bailey Rice | Charlotte | 3.0% | 40 | 42.2 | 40.6 | 15 | 38% | 5% | 48% | +1.8 |
| 103 | Matthew Hayball | Florida Atlantic | 2.8% | 61 | 45.7 | 42.1 | 31 | 53% | 10% | 36% | +4.4 |
| 104 | Tyler Sumpter | West Virginia | 2.6% | 45 | 43.6 | 39.8 | 14 | 31% | 13% | 31% | +1.1 |
| 105 | Ben Griffiths | USC | 2.5% | 44 | 45.0 | 41.1 | 17 | 40% | 12% | 55% | +5.9 |
| 106 | Cameron Dicker | Texas | 2.2% | 47 | 46.8 | 44.1 | 13 | 27% | 6% | 44% | +13.4 |
| 107 | Lou Hedley | Miami | 2.2% | 49 | 44.7 | 43.0 | 21 | 44% | 2% | 38% | +9.0 |
| 108 | Grant Carlson | Boston College | 2.2% | 52 | 44.2 | 39.3 | 22 | 42% | 8% | 26% | +1.5 |
| 109 | Xavier Subotsch | App State | 2.2% | 48 | 40.8 | 39.4 | 26 | 55% | 2% | 48% | +1.6 |
| 110 | Rhys Byrns | Louisiana | 2.1% | 54 | 46.2 | 44.0 | 25 | 47% | 6% | 38% | +11.4 |
| 111 | Anthony Beck II | Georgia Southern | 2.0% | 64 | 45.0 | 42.0 | 26 | 41% | 3% | 47% | +10.7 |
| 112 | Laine Wilkins | Houston | 2.0% | 55 | 42.3 | 39.9 | 22 | 40% | 7% | 44% | −0.3 |
| 113 | Will Spiers | Clemson | 2.0% | 58 | 42.1 | 39.4 | 28 | 47% | 3% | 43% | +2.8 |
| 114 | Josh Watts | Colorado | 0.0% | 66 | 47.8 | 38.5 | 20 | 31% | 11% | 23% | +0.9 |
| 115 | Luke Magliozzi | Troy | 0.0% | 61 | 42.5 | 37.4 | 17 | 28% | 8% | 41% | −8.2 |
| 116 | Joel Velazquez | Boise State | 0.0% | 51 | 43.1 | 39.7 | 19 | 38% | 6% | 42% | +6.8 |
| 117 | Stephen Kotsanlee | Utah State | 0.0% | 49 | 42.6 | 40.3 | 18 | 38% | 4% | 37% | +2.5 |
| 118 | Mason Fletcher | Cincinnati | 0.0% | 45 | 42.7 | 41.3 | 17 | 38% | 4% | 49% | +8.7 |
| 119 | Nick Mihalic | Western Michigan | 0.0% | 44 | 42.5 | 36.6 | 14 | 33% | 10% | 26% | −6.7 |
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