2023 College Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2023, Alex Mastromanno (33) led college football punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Daton Montiel (29) and Caden Noonkester (26). 170 punters qualify.

Final 2023 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	33	61	45.2	43.2	26	43%	5%	57%	+12.4
2	Daton Montiel	Florida International	29	72	39.2	38.0	13	18%	4%	60%	−17.9
3	Caden Noonkester	NC State	26	67	42.7	39.9	28	42%	7%	52%	+6.2
4	Keelan Crimmins	Mississippi State	26	49	40.9	40.7	16	33%	0%	63%	−4.5
5	Tory Taylor	Iowa	25	86	47.9	44.7	33	38%	7%	43%	+25.2
6	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	25	62	43.1	41.4	22	35%	6%	49%	+2.0
7	Riley Riethman	Navy	23	80	44.8	42.1	22	28%	13%	40%	+7.8
8	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	23	60	40.9	39.4	21	35%	2%	48%	−2.7
9	Angus Davies	Tulsa	23	58	42.7	40.3	26	44%	2%	47%	+3.9
10	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	23	58	41.8	40.2	24	41%	7%	53%	−1.1
11	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	23	55	44.1	39.7	17	31%	7%	52%	−1.4
12	Nick Haberer	Washington State	23	47	44.3	42.4	16	35%	7%	62%	+8.2
13	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	22	58	44.9	42.0	21	36%	10%	43%	+8.0
14	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	22	55	43.7	40.4	22	40%	9%	47%	+6.6
15	Jack Browning	San Diego State	22	54	45.4	42.5	27	50%	9%	49%	+14.8
16	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	22	48	46.0	44.2	24	50%	8%	55%	+16.4
17	Lucas Dean	UTSA	22	46	42.0	41.3	18	40%	4%	63%	+6.4
18	Flynn Appleby	Rutgers	21	54	39.6	39.2	19	35%	2%	66%	−6.2
19	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	21	51	42.6	39.9	17	33%	6%	60%	−6.5
20	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	20	61	42.4	41.0	26	43%	7%	53%	+8.7
21	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	20	60	40.4	38.5	15	25%	7%	44%	−9.7
22	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	20	48	42.8	41.2	21	44%	6%	56%	+6.0
23	Jack McCallister	Washington	20	37	41.5	40.8	15	41%	3%	57%	+4.3
24	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	19	57	40.7	38.8	20	34%	3%	42%	−8.8
25	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	19	54	40.7	39.9	32	59%	4%	48%	+5.0
26	Emilio Duran	Toledo	19	48	37.6	36.9	16	34%	0%	58%	−7.4
27	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	19	44	41.5	40.1	16	37%	7%	63%	+1.5
28	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	19	42	43.6	41.4	17	40%	10%	59%	+4.4
29	Brett Thorson	Georgia	19	31	43.7	42.4	15	48%	6%	73%	+8.7
30	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	18	64	42.9	37.2	17	26%	11%	34%	−9.9
31	Dante Jackson	Akron	18	65	37.5	36.0	16	25%	5%	46%	−13.1
32	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	18	61	42.6	42.9	24	39%	2%	50%	+9.8
33	Mitchell Lake	App State	18	51	38.7	37.1	17	33%	4%	43%	−8.8
34	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	18	50	41.5	38.8	16	33%	8%	47%	−2.3
35	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	18	45	43.0	43.0	19	44%	0%	64%	+4.2
36	Reid Bauer	Memphis	18	43	43.2	40.7	14	33%	12%	58%	+1.1
37	Jack Ansell	Purdue	17	60	40.7	38.7	20	33%	10%	47%	−1.0
38	Blake Ochsendorf	Louisiana Tech	17	53	45.7	43.6	18	35%	10%	52%	+5.0
39	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	17	46	41.0	39.9	17	37%	2%	52%	−4.0
40	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	17	48	40.7	39.7	18	39%	4%	52%	−2.4
41	Jack Martin	South Alabama	17	41	40.0	39.6	13	33%	3%	57%	−5.9
42	Will Karoll	Tulane	17	40	43.5	40.5	12	30%	8%	46%	+1.4
43	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	17	35	40.7	40.5	18	51%	0%	61%	+2.8
44	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	16	75	40.9	38.6	23	31%	9%	35%	−2.6
45	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	16	68	48.3	42.2	25	38%	8%	30%	+6.0
46	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	16	59	46.9	42.8	21	36%	5%	36%	+2.9
47	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	16	58	41.6	39.8	20	36%	7%	39%	+0.8
48	Carson King	Fresno State	16	51	41.2	39.8	22	43%	6%	57%	−2.8
49	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	16	50	46.5	43.1	22	44%	12%	44%	+8.9
50	James Burnip	Alabama	16	50	47.2	42.2	21	42%	14%	36%	+13.8
51	Porter Wilson	Duke	16	50	46.8	44.3	25	50%	8%	40%	+18.2
52	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	16	48	45.8	42.7	18	39%	13%	52%	+6.8
53	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	16	46	41.8	41.3	19	43%	2%	55%	0.0
54	Jake Walrath	Central Michigan	15	62	43.2	39.5	16	26%	11%	38%	−2.9
55	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	15	52	46.5	42.5	20	38%	10%	41%	+1.9
56	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	15	49	41.3	41.1	22	46%	0%	44%	+8.0
57	Riley Thompson	Penn State	15	46	45.2	42.4	19	40%	4%	50%	+7.7
58	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	15	45	40.0	38.4	20	45%	9%	52%	−1.3
59	Dylan Joyce	Miami	15	40	43.5	40.6	14	34%	0%	45%	+3.4
60	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	15	34	41.1	36.0	9	26%	9%	56%	−13.8
61	Damon Greaves	Kansas	15	30	39.4	38.1	10	32%	0%	68%	−8.1
62	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	14	61	41.0	39.9	18	30%	5%	42%	−3.6
63	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	14	61	45.3	43.7	26	43%	5%	44%	+10.3
64	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	14	57	42.8	40.5	16	28%	11%	38%	−2.3
65	James Evans	Indiana	14	57	45.8	42.7	18	32%	11%	38%	+8.9
66	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	14	56	46.7	45.7	25	45%	4%	56%	+13.3
67	Will Powers	UCLA	14	44	42.7	41.6	13	30%	5%	48%	+4.0
68	Alex Weir	San José State	14	42	41.6	38.7	17	40%	14%	54%	−0.7
69	Tommy Doman	Michigan	14	42	43.5	42.3	19	46%	7%	54%	+8.8
70	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	13	58	43.2	41.6	22	38%	5%	41%	+6.4
71	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	13	53	45.3	44.1	28	53%	8%	36%	+22.9
72	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	13	52	42.4	39.9	20	39%	2%	41%	−0.4
73	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	13	42	48.9	46.0	16	38%	12%	37%	+12.2
74	Patrick Foley	UAB	13	41	42.8	40.5	14	34%	5%	46%	−3.2
75	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	13	40	42.7	41.2	20	51%	3%	46%	+5.9
76	Jordy Sandy	TCU	13	37	42.2	40.0	9	24%	5%	50%	−7.1
77	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	13	36	41.1	39.6	8	22%	3%	57%	+0.9
78	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	13	33	41.2	38.5	7	21%	6%	52%	−2.9
79	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	13	31	42.0	41.4	10	32%	3%	68%	+2.4
80	Josh Carlson	Arizona State	13	26	38.2	37.2	3	12%	0%	59%	−6.8
81	Ross James	Oregon	13	26	48.7	46.5	11	42%	4%	59%	+8.9
82	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	12	58	44.3	41.2	26	45%	12%	28%	+10.3
83	John McConnell	Marshall	12	55	43.1	37.1	14	26%	6%	32%	−9.4
84	Laine Wilkins	Houston	12	49	42.2	41.1	19	39%	4%	35%	+3.4
85	Lachlan Wilson	California	12	47	45.6	41.3	19	40%	4%	41%	−1.6
86	Cooper Allan	Army	12	44	36.8	35.0	11	26%	2%	34%	−15.5
87	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	12	42	42.4	39.9	12	30%	10%	44%	0.0
88	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	12	33	42.3	42.5	14	45%	3%	63%	+0.5
89	Mark Vassett	Colorado	11	66	44.1	41.4	24	36%	5%	23%	+7.3
90	George Caratan	UConn	11	61	44.2	42.3	22	37%	10%	31%	+2.1
91	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	11	58	41.7	36.7	22	38%	5%	28%	−10.9
92	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	11	51	44.2	41.2	22	44%	6%	37%	+2.0
93	Conor Hunt	Rice	11	48	39.6	37.5	6	13%	2%	37%	−18.0
94	Robert Cole	Troy	11	48	42.1	40.2	11	23%	11%	41%	−1.8
95	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	11	46	39.6	38.1	12	27%	4%	41%	−9.4
96	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	11	43	42.4	39.5	17	39%	0%	31%	+1.4
97	Palmer Williams	Baylor	11	37	43.0	38.6	11	30%	3%	38%	−7.2
98	Carson Bay	Air Force	11	27	39.8	38.0	8	30%	7%	52%	+0.9
99	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	10	58	47.6	44.8	25	44%	7%	27%	+16.5
100	Carson Voss	Western Michigan	10	44	39.3	36.5	11	25%	2%	42%	−19.9
101	Bryce McFerson	Notre Dame	10	37	44.7	40.2	6	17%	6%	34%	−2.5
102	Sam Candotti	Boston College	10	32	38.5	36.3	12	38%	3%	43%	−5.6
103	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	10	29	39.8	39.0	11	38%	0%	45%	−4.6
104	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	10	26	43.6	40.3	9	35%	12%	43%	+2.8
105	Jared Wheatley	Ohio	10	19	36.8	33.8	7	37%	0%	67%	−4.8
106	Matt Freem	Nevada	9	66	41.2	39.2	18	28%	5%	26%	−5.7
107	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	9	64	38.9	37.6	14	22%	5%	29%	−11.8
108	Grant Gonya	Charlotte	9	60	44.5	40.7	17	28%	15%	25%	−11.0
109	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	9	62	42.3	39.3	18	31%	12%	24%	−1.9
110	Josh Smith	Kent State	9	50	41.0	36.8	15	30%	2%	26%	−17.1
111	Dante Atton	Temple	9	43	39.4	38.9	16	38%	0%	33%	−3.9
112	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	9	42	42.6	40.3	18	43%	2%	31%	+2.4
113	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	9	38	40.9	38.6	14	37%	3%	33%	−0.3
114	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	9	37	45.2	42.9	8	22%	8%	36%	−6.7
115	Josh Green	Oregon State	9	32	42.0	38.8	14	44%	9%	50%	−3.2
116	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	9	25	41.2	39.6	7	28%	8%	47%	−0.7
117	Charlie Durkin	Kent State	9	20	34.0	31.2	2	10%	5%	53%	−14.5
118	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	8	58	40.9	38.9	16	29%	5%	26%	−17.5
119	William Przystup	Arkansas State	8	56	43.7	40.3	20	36%	9%	25%	−2.0
120	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	8	53	43.6	41.3	17	33%	4%	30%	−1.6
121	Max Morgan	Liberty	8	30	40.2	38.1	8	27%	10%	42%	−2.1
122	Ian Hershey	Arizona State	8	16	39.6	35.7	3	19%	0%	62%	−5.8
123	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	7	52	43.3	41.9	18	35%	4%	22%	+3.3
124	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	7	34	43.8	40.9	17	52%	9%	30%	+3.9
125	Brady Hodges	Louisville	7	26	43.2	42.1	11	44%	4%	33%	+5.1
126	Luke Bauer	Missouri	7	22	41.9	41.0	9	41%	5%	41%	−0.3
127	Jay Bramblett	LSU	7	21	41.6	40.5	8	38%	5%	39%	+1.3
128	Loren DiLoreto	Boston College	7	18	36.7	36.8	3	17%	0%	50%	−4.9
129	Luke Freer	Air Force	7	10	40.9	39.8	2	20%	0%	78%	−0.3
130	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	6	60	39.5	38.8	10	17%	5%	26%	−13.8
131	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	6	51	41.3	35.8	10	21%	8%	18%	−13.5
132	Zachary Haynes	New Mexico State	6	47	41.2	40.7	19	40%	2%	24%	+2.2
133	Ryan Marks	Utah State	6	33	43.9	40.7	12	36%	13%	26%	+2.1
134	Trey Turk	Middle Tennessee	6	33	42.5	39.5	12	36%	9%	24%	−1.1
135	Jackson Kleather	Bowling Green	6	26	39.0	37.6	10	38%	4%	38%	−4.2
136	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	6	25	43.4	41.4	8	33%	8%	32%	+6.0
137	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Michigan State	6	14	40.1	38.7	4	29%	7%	60%	−3.4
138	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	6	9	41.2	37.1	5	50%	0%	75%	−0.6
139	Andrew Osteen	Mississippi State	6	9	35.1	35.1	6	67%	0%	86%	−1.2
140	Colton Spangler	Maryland	5	33	43.3	42.7	17	52%	3%	31%	+2.0
141	Ryan Sanborn	Texas	5	35	45.5	43.5	14	42%	6%	19%	+8.8
142	Connor Weselman	Stanford	5	21	43.5	39.9	4	20%	15%	31%	−3.7
143	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	5	17	38.4	37.1	5	29%	6%	56%	−4.0
144	Will Reichard	Alabama	5	6	43.5	40.2	3	50%	17%	83%	−1.8
145	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	4	29	42.0	40.7	12	41%	7%	36%	−6.3
146	Jack Wilson	Ohio	4	26	43.2	40.8	13	50%	12%	33%	+0.8
147	Riley Williams	Missouri	4	20	40.0	40.0	12	60%	0%	31%	−1.5
148	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	4	18	39.3	38.5	3	18%	6%	57%	−6.1
149	Josh Plaster	Oklahoma	4	15	40.4	40.3	4	27%	0%	40%	−1.4
150	B.Peskin	Buffalo	4	4	41.5	41.5	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.5
151	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	3	51	49.6	44.8	25	49%	16%	10%	+11.3
152	Cameron Peasley	Western Michigan	3	11	39.8	35.9	3	27%	0%	43%	−2.1
153	Brenden Segovia	Maryland	3	7	37.7	32.3	6	75%	0%	50%	−2.4
154	Riley Moore	Massachusetts	3	3	35.7	21.4	1	20%	0%	100%	−4.6
155	L.Drzewiecki	Utah State	3	3	49.0	49.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.0
156	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	2	22	44.2	41.0	8	36%	9%	15%	−3.3
157	Cam Skattebo	Arizona State	2	8	42.3	41.9	3	38%	0%	50%	+2.2
158	Luke Akers	Northwestern	2	2	42.5	42.5	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.7
159	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	1	10	40.0	37.4	4	40%	0%	20%	−3.2
160	Adam Jacklin	North Texas	1	8	39.6	37.3	0	0%	14%	20%	−0.5
161	Matt Bosset	Marshall	1	6	40.5	40.5	3	50%	0%	50%	−4.0
162	Casey Glover	Tulane	1	5	41.2	40.6	1	20%	0%	25%	+0.2
163	Luke Dunne	Oregon	1	2	38.5	38.5	1	50%	0%	100%	+0.2
164	Tristan Lyon	Georgia State	1	2	38.5	38.5	2	100%	0%	100%	+0.2
165	Alejandro Quintero	Indiana	1	1	59.0	59.0	1	100%	0%	100%	+1.2
166	Alex Hale	Oklahoma State	1	1	54.0	54.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+1.2
167	B.Travelstead	Georgia Tech	1	1	60.0	60.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.2
168	Ben Krimm	Notre Dame	1	1	44.0	44.0	0	0%	0%	100%	+0.3
169	C.Davis	Georgia Tech	1	1	61.0	61.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.9
170	N.Keller	Georgia Tech	1	1	62.0	62.0	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.6

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