2022 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 2022, Lachlan Wilson (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Ryan Sanborn (0.0%) and Josh Carlson (0.0%). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 5.9%.

Final 2022 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	0.0%	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	32%	−4.7
2	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	0.0%	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	41%	+2.6
3	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	0.0%	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	60%	+3.7
4	Brad Robbins	Michigan	0.0%	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	50%	+9.9
5	Danny Longman	Boston College	0.0%	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	55%	+1.3
6	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	0.0%	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	60%	−0.6
7	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	0.0%	30	40.3	37.8	10	33%	48%	−2.2
8	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	0.0%	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	35%	+1.3
9	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	0.0%	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	28%	−12.2
10	Josh Smith	Kent State	0.0%	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	38%	−3.0
11	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	1.5%	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	25%	−8.3
12	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	1.6%	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	43%	+9.1
13	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	1.7%	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	24%	−8.2
14	George Caratan	UConn	1.7%	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	48%	−5.1
15	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	1.8%	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	35%	−3.8
16	Nick Haberer	Washington State	1.9%	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	50%	+5.0
17	Matt Freem	Nevada	1.9%	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	41%	+3.5
18	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	2.1%	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	54%	−11.3
19	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	2.2%	47	38.7	36.2	9	20%	45%	−11.9
20	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	2.3%	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	28%	−6.0
21	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	2.4%	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	40%	+1.3
22	James Evans	Indiana	2.7%	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	28%	+1.5
23	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	2.9%	75	44.0	43.4	35	50%	49%	+17.8
24	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	2.9%	34	40.6	37.0	6	17%	47%	−11.7
25	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	3.0%	33	42.6	39.1	13	38%	52%	+2.5
26	Brett Thorson	Georgia	3.0%	33	44.9	41.0	18	55%	52%	+3.7
27	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	3.0%	33	40.8	36.9	11	32%	52%	−1.9
28	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	3.1%	32	37.6	32.9	13	41%	32%	−11.2
29	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	3.1%	34	38.9	38.0	13	41%	69%	+0.1
30	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	3.2%	31	40.1	37.9	12	39%	23%	−2.9
31	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	3.2%	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	38%	+3.4
32	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	3.3%	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	40%	−13.5
33	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	3.3%	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	31%	−3.7
34	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	3.3%	30	39.0	38.3	11	37%	45%	0.0
35	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	3.4%	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	20%	−6.1
36	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	3.6%	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	53%	+13.6
37	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	3.6%	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	41%	+21.2
38	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	3.6%	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	32%	−3.1
39	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	3.8%	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	30%	+2.2
40	Aidan Alves	Liberty	3.8%	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	42%	+0.1
41	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	4.0%	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	41%	+7.6
42	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	4.1%	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	55%	+4.1
43	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	4.2%	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	24%	+1.3
44	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	4.3%	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	23%	+4.2
45	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	4.4%	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	34%	+15.6
46	Daton Montiel	Florida International	4.4%	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	65%	−1.5
47	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	4.4%	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	59%	+9.2
48	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	4.5%	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	32%	+7.9
49	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	4.5%	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	49%	−15.7
50	Daniel Trejo	Texas	4.8%	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	34%	−0.8
51	Shane McDonough	NC State	5.0%	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	46%	−0.4
52	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	5.0%	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	31%	−0.3
53	Conor Hunt	Rice	5.0%	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	32%	−5.6
54	James Burnip	Alabama	5.1%	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	39%	+5.1
55	Jack Wilson	Ohio	5.3%	38	37.1	35.0	18	47%	37%	−0.7
56	Porter Wilson	Duke	5.3%	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	42%	+5.4
57	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	5.3%	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	27%	+3.2
58	Laine Wilkins	Houston	5.4%	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	17%	+2.5
59	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	5.5%	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	54%	+5.5
60	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	5.6%	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	38%	+0.1
61	Jordy Sandy	TCU	5.8%	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	64%	+0.1
62	Mike Rivers	Troy	5.8%	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	33%	−1.9
63	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	5.9%	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	26%	−6.3
64	Colton Spangler	Maryland	5.9%	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	26%	+11.1
65	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	6.1%	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	36%	+5.7
66	Barney Amor	Penn State	6.1%	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	28%	+5.0
67	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	6.1%	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	46%	−0.4
68	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	6.3%	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	31%	−26.5
69	Lou Hedley	Miami	6.4%	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	20%	+12.8
70	Carson King	Fresno State	6.4%	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	33%	−3.5
71	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	6.5%	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	28%	−11.5
72	Jack Browning	San Diego State	6.7%	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	33%	+18.1
73	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	6.7%	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	18%	−3.6
74	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	6.7%	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	48%	−0.4
75	Riley Riethman	Navy	6.7%	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	26%	+0.7
76	Billy Boehlke	Army	7.0%	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	46%	−9.5
77	Luke Akers	Northwestern	7.0%	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	29%	−8.6
78	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	7.0%	44	40.4	37.5	17	39%	59%	−1.3
79	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	7.0%	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	24%	−17.3
80	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	7.0%	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	52%	−7.1
81	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	7.3%	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	45%	−8.8
82	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	7.3%	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	45%	+2.7
83	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	7.4%	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	23%	+0.4
84	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	7.5%	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	43%	+12.6
85	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	7.5%	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	42%	+3.7
86	Jamieson Sheahan	California	7.7%	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	35%	+5.4
87	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	7.8%	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	24%	+22.0
88	Sam Clark	James Madison	8.0%	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	36%	+3.6
89	Mark Vassett	Louisville	8.0%	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	20%	+5.8
90	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	8.2%	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	25%	+4.3
91	Noah Gettman	Akron	8.2%	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	41%	−12.2
92	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	8.3%	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	13%	−31.8
93	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	8.3%	36	44.8	41.3	14	39%	32%	+6.4
94	Lucas Dean	UTSA	8.3%	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	29%	+10.7
95	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	8.3%	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	50%	+4.1
96	Jay Bramblett	LSU	8.5%	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	36%	+4.5
97	Reis Vernon	Kansas	8.6%	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	21%	−9.5
98	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	8.7%	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	40%	+2.1
99	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	8.8%	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	35%	+5.0
100	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	8.8%	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	10%	−3.9
101	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	9.1%	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	22%	+5.6
102	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	9.3%	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	44%	+10.1
103	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	9.3%	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	37%	−1.7
104	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	9.4%	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	43%	−5.1
105	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	9.6%	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	17%	+16.0
106	John McConnell	Marshall	9.7%	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	37%	−7.8
107	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	9.7%	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	31%	−6.5
108	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	10.0%	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	43%	−0.4
109	Jack Ansell	Purdue	10.2%	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	27%	+7.6
110	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	10.2%	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	27%	−2.1
111	Carson Bay	Air Force	10.3%	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	19%	−7.5
112	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	10.6%	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	19%	+0.9
113	Issac Power	Baylor	10.8%	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	29%	−1.2
114	Clayton Howell	App State	11.6%	43	38.8	36.4	12	28%	51%	−4.4
115	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	11.7%	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	22%	+12.0
116	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	12.1%	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	46%	+5.9
117	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	12.9%	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	25%	+9.4
118	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	13.2%	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	30%	−4.0
119	Joe Doyle	Memphis	13.3%	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	48%	+1.4
120	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	14.0%	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	24%	+0.6
121	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	14.3%	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	18%	−4.4
122	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	14.6%	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	13%	+3.4
123	Tory Taylor	Iowa	14.9%	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	32%	+19.2
124	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	15.0%	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	30%	+9.1
125	Casey Glover	Tulane	15.9%	44	41.6	38.5	17	39%	53%	+3.8
126	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	15.9%	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	37%	+7.2
127	Travis Benham	San José State	16.7%	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	40%	+2.1

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