2022 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 2022, Paddy Turner (38.6%) led college football punters in punts downed percentage, ahead of Luke Akers (36.8%) and George Georgopoulos (36.7%). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 16.3%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Downed %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	38.6%	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
2	Luke Akers	Northwestern	36.8%	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
3	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	36.7%	31	40.1	37.9	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
4	Lou Hedley	Miami	36.4%	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
5	Laine Wilkins	Houston	34.3%	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
6	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	33.3%	75	44.0	43.4	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
7	Carson King	Fresno State	33.3%	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
8	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	32.6%	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
9	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	31.1%	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
10	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	31.0%	30	39.0	38.3	11	37%	3%	45%	0.0
11	John McConnell	Marshall	30.8%	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
12	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	30.8%	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
13	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	30.0%	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
14	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	29.3%	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
15	Aidan Alves	Liberty	28.9%	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
16	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	28.8%	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
17	Barney Amor	Penn State	28.3%	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
18	Colton Spangler	Maryland	28.0%	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
19	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	27.9%	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
20	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	26.8%	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
21	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	26.7%	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
22	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	26.1%	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
23	Jack Wilson	Ohio	25.7%	38	37.1	35.0	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
24	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	25.5%	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
25	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	25.0%	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
26	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	25.0%	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
27	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	25.0%	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
28	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	24.5%	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
29	Daniel Trejo	Texas	24.4%	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
30	Tory Taylor	Iowa	24.2%	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
31	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	23.7%	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
32	Brad Robbins	Michigan	23.7%	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
33	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	23.5%	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
34	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	23.4%	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
35	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	23.4%	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
36	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	23.1%	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
37	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	22.7%	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
38	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	22.6%	32	37.6	32.9	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2
39	Sam Clark	James Madison	21.4%	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
40	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	20.9%	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
41	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	20.7%	30	40.3	37.8	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
42	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	20.6%	44	40.4	37.5	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
43	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	20.3%	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
44	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	20.0%	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
45	Travis Benham	San José State	20.0%	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
46	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	19.6%	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
47	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	19.4%	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
48	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	19.4%	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
49	James Evans	Indiana	19.1%	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
50	Mike Rivers	Troy	18.8%	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
51	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	18.8%	34	40.6	37.0	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7
52	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	18.4%	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
53	Brett Thorson	Georgia	18.2%	33	44.9	41.0	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
54	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	18.0%	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
55	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	17.8%	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
56	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	17.5%	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
57	Nick Haberer	Washington State	17.4%	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
58	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	17.2%	33	40.8	36.9	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
59	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	17.2%	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
60	Jack Ansell	Purdue	17.1%	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
61	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	16.7%	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
62	Jack Browning	San Diego State	16.7%	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
63	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	16.7%	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
64	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	16.3%	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
65	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	16.3%	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
66	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	16.1%	36	44.8	41.3	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
67	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	16.0%	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
68	Danny Longman	Boston College	15.9%	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
69	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	15.9%	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
70	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	15.9%	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
71	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	15.2%	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
72	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	15.0%	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
73	Jordy Sandy	TCU	14.9%	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
74	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	14.8%	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
75	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	14.6%	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
76	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	14.6%	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
77	Matt Freem	Nevada	14.3%	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
78	Riley Riethman	Navy	14.3%	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
79	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	14.0%	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
80	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	14.0%	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
81	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	13.8%	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
82	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	13.6%	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
83	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	13.5%	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
84	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	13.3%	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
85	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	13.2%	47	38.7	36.2	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
86	Casey Glover	Tulane	13.2%	44	41.6	38.5	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
87	Mark Vassett	Louisville	13.0%	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
88	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	12.8%	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
89	Clayton Howell	App State	12.8%	43	38.8	36.4	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
90	Jay Bramblett	LSU	12.8%	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
91	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	12.5%	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
92	Reis Vernon	Kansas	12.5%	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
93	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	12.0%	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
94	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	11.9%	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
95	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	11.9%	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
96	George Caratan	UConn	11.5%	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
97	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	11.4%	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
98	Jamieson Sheahan	California	10.9%	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
99	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	10.9%	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
100	James Burnip	Alabama	10.5%	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
101	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	10.4%	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
102	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	10.3%	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
103	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	10.3%	33	42.6	39.1	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
104	Daton Montiel	Florida International	10.2%	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
105	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	10.2%	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
106	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	9.1%	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
107	Conor Hunt	Rice	7.9%	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
108	Josh Smith	Kent State	7.7%	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
109	Shane McDonough	NC State	7.7%	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
110	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	7.1%	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
111	Joe Doyle	Memphis	7.1%	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
112	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	7.0%	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
113	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	6.9%	34	38.9	38.0	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
114	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	6.8%	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
115	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	6.7%	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
116	Noah Gettman	Akron	6.5%	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
117	Porter Wilson	Duke	6.5%	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
118	Issac Power	Baylor	5.9%	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
119	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	5.2%	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
120	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	5.0%	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
121	Carson Bay	Air Force	4.8%	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
122	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	4.1%	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
123	Billy Boehlke	Army	3.6%	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
124	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	3.2%	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
125	Lucas Dean	UTSA	3.2%	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
126	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	2.9%	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
127	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	0.0%	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7

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