2022 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 2022, Lachlan Wilson (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Ryan Sanborn (0) and Josh Carlson (0). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	0	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
2	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	0	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
3	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	0	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
4	Brad Robbins	Michigan	0	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
5	Danny Longman	Boston College	0	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
6	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	0	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
7	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	0	30	40.3	37.8	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
8	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	0	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
9	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	0	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
10	Josh Smith	Kent State	0	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
11	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	1	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
12	George Caratan	UConn	1	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
13	Nick Haberer	Washington State	1	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
14	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	1	32	37.6	32.9	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2
15	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	1	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
16	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	1	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
17	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	1	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
18	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	1	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
19	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	1	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
20	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	1	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
21	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	1	33	42.6	39.1	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
22	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	1	34	38.9	38.0	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
23	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	1	30	39.0	38.3	11	37%	3%	45%	0.0
24	Matt Freem	Nevada	1	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
25	Brett Thorson	Georgia	1	33	44.9	41.0	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
26	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	1	31	40.1	37.9	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
27	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	1	47	38.7	36.2	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
28	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	1	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
29	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	1	33	40.8	36.9	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
30	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	1	34	40.6	37.0	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7
31	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	1	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
32	James Evans	Indiana	2	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
33	Aidan Alves	Liberty	2	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
34	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	2	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
35	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	2	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
36	Jack Wilson	Ohio	2	38	37.1	35.0	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
37	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	2	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
38	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	2	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
39	James Burnip	Alabama	2	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
40	Porter Wilson	Duke	2	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
41	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	2	75	44.0	43.4	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
42	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	2	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
43	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	2	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
44	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	2	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
45	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	2	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
46	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	2	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
47	Shane McDonough	NC State	2	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
48	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	2	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
49	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	2	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
50	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	2	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
51	Conor Hunt	Rice	2	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
52	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	2	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
53	Daniel Trejo	Texas	2	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
54	Laine Wilkins	Houston	2	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
55	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	3	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
56	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	3	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
57	Jordy Sandy	TCU	3	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
58	Mike Rivers	Troy	3	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
59	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	3	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
60	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	3	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
61	Carson Bay	Air Force	3	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
62	Barney Amor	Penn State	3	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
63	Lou Hedley	Miami	3	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
64	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	3	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
65	Daton Montiel	Florida International	3	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
66	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	3	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
67	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	3	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
68	Billy Boehlke	Army	3	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
69	Luke Akers	Northwestern	3	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
70	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	3	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
71	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	3	36	44.8	41.3	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
72	Reis Vernon	Kansas	3	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
73	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	3	44	40.4	37.5	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
74	Lucas Dean	UTSA	3	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
75	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	3	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
76	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	3	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
77	Colton Spangler	Maryland	3	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
78	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	3	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
79	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	3	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
80	Carson King	Fresno State	3	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
81	Riley Riethman	Navy	3	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
82	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	3	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
83	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	3	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
84	Jack Browning	San Diego State	4	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
85	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	4	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
86	Jay Bramblett	LSU	4	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
87	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	4	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
88	Sam Clark	James Madison	4	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
89	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	4	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
90	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	4	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
91	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	4	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
92	Issac Power	Baylor	4	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
93	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	4	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
94	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	4	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
95	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	4	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
96	Mark Vassett	Louisville	4	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
97	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	4	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
98	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	5	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
99	Noah Gettman	Akron	5	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
100	Jamieson Sheahan	California	5	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
101	Jack Ansell	Purdue	5	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
102	Clayton Howell	App State	5	43	38.8	36.4	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
103	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	5	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
104	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	5	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
105	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	5	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
106	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	5	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
107	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	5	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
108	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	5	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
109	John McConnell	Marshall	6	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
110	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	6	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
111	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	6	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
112	Travis Benham	San José State	6	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
113	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	6	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
114	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	6	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
115	Joe Doyle	Memphis	6	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
116	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	6	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
117	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	6	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
118	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	6	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
119	Casey Glover	Tulane	7	44	41.6	38.5	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
120	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	7	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
121	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	7	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
122	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	7	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
123	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	8	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
124	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	8	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
125	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	9	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
126	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	9	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
127	Tory Taylor	Iowa	11	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2

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