2022 College Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank) Leaders

STOP (Saved Touchbacks Over Projection) is FootballKickingStats.com's touchback rating: how many touchbacks a punter avoided. Every punt gets an expected touchback chance: how often that season's punts from the same 5-yard stretch of the field went into the end zone. Add those chances up over a punter's season and subtract his real touchbacks. A punter who kicks often from midfield and keeps the ball out of the end zone climbs; one who punts from deep in his own end has few chances to gain or lose.

Higher is better. A STOP of +2.0 means two fewer touchbacks than an average punter would have had from the same spots. A short punt also avoids a touchback, so read it with net average. Blocked punts are left out. In 2022, Nik Constantinou (+3.2) led college football punters in touchbacks avoided (STOP rank), ahead of Lachlan Wilson (+3.2) and Adam Korsak (+2.9). 127 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +0.1.

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

Rk	Player	Team	STOP	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	+3.2	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
2	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	+3.2	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
3	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	+2.9	75	44.0	43.4	35	50%	3%	49%	+17.8
4	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	+2.9	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
5	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	+2.8	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
6	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	+2.7	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
7	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	+2.6	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
8	Brad Robbins	Michigan	+2.5	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
9	Nick Haberer	Washington State	+2.5	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
10	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	+2.4	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
11	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	+2.3	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
12	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	+2.2	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
13	George Caratan	UConn	+2.2	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
14	Jack Wilson	Ohio	+2.1	38	37.1	35.0	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
15	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	+2.1	30	40.3	37.8	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
16	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	+2.0	32	37.6	32.9	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2
17	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	+1.9	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
18	Brett Thorson	Georgia	+1.9	33	44.9	41.0	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
19	James Evans	Indiana	+1.9	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
20	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	+1.9	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
21	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	+1.9	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
22	Danny Longman	Boston College	+1.8	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
23	Aidan Alves	Liberty	+1.7	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
24	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	+1.6	34	38.9	38.0	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
25	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	+1.6	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
26	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	+1.6	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
27	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	+1.6	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
28	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	+1.5	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
29	Matt Freem	Nevada	+1.5	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
30	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	+1.5	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
31	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	+1.5	30	39.0	38.3	11	37%	3%	45%	0.0
32	Mike Rivers	Troy	+1.4	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
33	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	+1.4	31	40.1	37.9	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
34	James Burnip	Alabama	+1.3	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
35	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	+1.0	33	42.6	39.1	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
36	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	+1.0	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
37	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	+0.9	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
38	Josh Smith	Kent State	+0.9	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
39	Shane McDonough	NC State	+0.9	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
40	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	+0.9	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
41	Porter Wilson	Duke	+0.9	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
42	Lou Hedley	Miami	+0.8	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
43	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	+0.8	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
44	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	+0.8	47	38.7	36.2	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
45	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	+0.7	33	40.8	36.9	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
46	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	+0.7	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
47	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	+0.6	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
48	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	+0.6	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
49	Jack Browning	San Diego State	+0.6	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
50	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	+0.5	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
51	Jordy Sandy	TCU	+0.5	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
52	Barney Amor	Penn State	+0.5	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
53	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	+0.5	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
54	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	+0.4	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
55	Daniel Trejo	Texas	+0.3	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
56	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	+0.3	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
57	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	+0.3	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
58	Daton Montiel	Florida International	+0.3	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
59	Conor Hunt	Rice	+0.3	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
60	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	+0.2	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
61	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	+0.2	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
62	Luke Akers	Northwestern	+0.2	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
63	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	+0.1	34	40.6	37.0	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7
64	John McConnell	Marshall	+0.1	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
65	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	+0.1	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
66	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	0.0	44	40.4	37.5	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
67	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	−0.1	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
68	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	−0.1	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
69	Jay Bramblett	LSU	−0.2	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
70	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	−0.2	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
71	Colton Spangler	Maryland	−0.3	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
72	Laine Wilkins	Houston	−0.3	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
73	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	−0.3	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
74	Carson Bay	Air Force	−0.4	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
75	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	−0.5	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
76	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	−0.5	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
77	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	−0.5	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
78	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	−0.6	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
79	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	−0.6	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
80	Sam Clark	James Madison	−0.7	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
81	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	−0.7	36	44.8	41.3	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
82	Riley Riethman	Navy	−0.8	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
83	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	−0.8	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
84	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	−0.8	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
85	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	−0.8	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
86	Lucas Dean	UTSA	−0.9	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
87	Mark Vassett	Louisville	−0.9	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
88	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	−0.9	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
89	Carson King	Fresno State	−0.9	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
90	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	−1.0	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
91	Issac Power	Baylor	−1.0	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
92	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	−1.1	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
93	Clayton Howell	App State	−1.1	43	38.8	36.4	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
94	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	−1.1	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
95	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	−1.1	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
96	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	−1.2	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
97	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	−1.2	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
98	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	−1.2	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
99	Jamieson Sheahan	California	−1.3	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
100	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	−1.3	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
101	Noah Gettman	Akron	−1.3	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
102	Reis Vernon	Kansas	−1.3	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
103	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	−1.5	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
104	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	−1.5	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
105	Jack Ansell	Purdue	−1.6	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
106	Billy Boehlke	Army	−1.6	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
107	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	−1.6	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
108	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	−1.8	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
109	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	−2.0	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
110	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	−2.0	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
111	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	−2.0	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
112	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	−2.3	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
113	Travis Benham	San José State	−2.4	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
114	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	−2.5	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
115	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	−2.5	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
116	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	−2.5	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
117	Casey Glover	Tulane	−2.8	44	41.6	38.5	17	39%	16%	53%	+3.8
118	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	−2.9	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
119	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	−2.9	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
120	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	−3.1	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
121	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	−3.3	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
122	Joe Doyle	Memphis	−3.3	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
123	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	−3.9	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
124	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	−4.0	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
125	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	−4.4	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
126	Tory Taylor	Iowa	−4.6	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
127	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	−5.7	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1

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