2023 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 2023, Andrew Stokes (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Emilio Duran (0.0%) and Hudson Kaak (0.0%). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 5.7%.

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	0.0%	49	41.3	41.1	22	46%	44%	+8.0
2	Emilio Duran	Toledo	0.0%	48	37.6	36.9	16	34%	58%	−7.4
3	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	0.0%	35	40.7	40.5	18	51%	61%	+2.8
4	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	0.0%	45	43.0	43.0	19	44%	64%	+4.2
5	Dante Atton	Temple	0.0%	43	39.4	38.9	16	38%	33%	−3.9
6	Damon Greaves	Kansas	0.0%	30	39.4	38.1	10	32%	68%	−8.1
7	Dylan Joyce	Miami	0.0%	40	43.5	40.6	14	34%	45%	+3.4
8	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	0.0%	43	42.4	39.5	17	39%	31%	+1.4
9	Keelan Crimmins	Mississippi State	0.0%	49	40.9	40.7	16	33%	63%	−4.5
10	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	1.6%	61	42.6	42.9	24	39%	50%	+9.8
11	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	1.7%	60	40.9	39.4	21	35%	48%	−2.7
12	Angus Davies	Tulsa	1.7%	58	42.7	40.3	26	44%	47%	+3.9
13	Flynn Appleby	Rutgers	1.9%	54	39.6	39.2	19	35%	66%	−6.2
14	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	2.0%	52	42.4	39.9	20	39%	41%	−0.4
15	Josh Smith	Kent State	2.0%	50	41.0	36.8	15	30%	26%	−17.1
16	Zachary Haynes	New Mexico State	2.1%	47	41.2	40.7	19	40%	24%	+2.2
17	Conor Hunt	Rice	2.1%	48	39.6	37.5	6	13%	37%	−18.0
18	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	2.2%	46	41.0	39.9	17	37%	52%	−4.0
19	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	2.3%	46	41.8	41.3	19	43%	55%	0.0
20	Carson Voss	Western Michigan	2.3%	44	39.3	36.5	11	25%	42%	−19.9
21	Cooper Allan	Army	2.3%	44	36.8	35.0	11	26%	34%	−15.5
22	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	2.4%	42	42.6	40.3	18	43%	31%	+2.4
23	Jack Martin	South Alabama	2.5%	41	40.0	39.6	13	33%	57%	−5.9
24	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	2.6%	38	40.9	38.6	14	37%	33%	−0.3
25	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	2.6%	40	42.7	41.2	20	51%	46%	+5.9
26	Jack McCallister	Washington	2.7%	37	41.5	40.8	15	41%	57%	+4.3
27	Palmer Williams	Baylor	2.7%	37	43.0	38.6	11	30%	38%	−7.2
28	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	2.8%	36	41.1	39.6	8	22%	57%	+0.9
29	Colton Spangler	Maryland	3.0%	33	43.3	42.7	17	52%	31%	+2.0
30	Sam Candotti	Boston College	3.1%	32	38.5	36.3	12	38%	43%	−5.6
31	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	3.2%	31	42.0	41.4	10	32%	68%	+2.4
32	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	3.2%	33	42.3	42.5	14	45%	63%	+0.5
33	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	3.4%	57	40.7	38.8	20	34%	42%	−8.8
34	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	3.6%	56	46.7	45.7	25	45%	56%	+13.3
35	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	3.7%	54	40.7	39.9	32	59%	48%	+5.0
36	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	3.8%	53	43.6	41.3	17	33%	30%	−1.6
37	Mitchell Lake	App State	3.9%	51	38.7	37.1	17	33%	43%	−8.8
38	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	3.9%	52	43.3	41.9	18	35%	22%	+3.3
39	Laine Wilkins	Houston	4.1%	49	42.2	41.1	19	39%	35%	+3.4
40	Daton Montiel	Florida International	4.1%	72	39.2	38.0	13	18%	60%	−17.9
41	Lachlan Wilson	California	4.3%	47	45.6	41.3	19	40%	41%	−1.6
42	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	4.3%	48	40.7	39.7	18	39%	52%	−2.4
43	Riley Thompson	Penn State	4.3%	46	45.2	42.4	19	40%	50%	+7.7
44	Lucas Dean	UTSA	4.4%	46	42.0	41.3	18	40%	63%	+6.4
45	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	4.4%	46	39.6	38.1	12	27%	41%	−9.4
46	Mark Vassett	Colorado	4.5%	66	44.1	41.4	24	36%	23%	+7.3
47	Will Powers	UCLA	4.5%	44	42.7	41.6	13	30%	48%	+4.0
48	Dante Jackson	Akron	4.6%	65	37.5	36.0	16	25%	46%	−13.1
49	Matt Freem	Nevada	4.6%	66	41.2	39.2	18	28%	26%	−5.7
50	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	4.8%	64	38.9	37.6	14	22%	29%	−11.8
51	Patrick Foley	UAB	4.9%	41	42.8	40.5	14	34%	46%	−3.2
52	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	4.9%	61	45.3	43.7	26	43%	44%	+10.3
53	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	4.9%	61	41.0	39.9	18	30%	42%	−3.6
54	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	4.9%	61	45.2	43.2	26	43%	57%	+12.4
55	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	5.1%	60	39.5	38.8	10	17%	26%	−13.8
56	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	5.2%	58	41.7	36.7	22	38%	28%	−10.9
57	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	5.2%	59	46.9	42.8	21	36%	36%	+2.9
58	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	5.2%	58	43.2	41.6	22	38%	41%	+6.4
59	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	5.4%	58	40.9	38.9	16	29%	26%	−17.5
60	Jordy Sandy	TCU	5.4%	37	42.2	40.0	9	24%	50%	−7.1
61	Bryce McFerson	Notre Dame	5.6%	37	44.7	40.2	6	17%	34%	−2.5
62	John McConnell	Marshall	5.7%	55	43.1	37.1	14	26%	32%	−9.4
63	Carson King	Fresno State	5.9%	51	41.2	39.8	22	43%	57%	−2.8
64	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	5.9%	51	42.6	39.9	17	33%	60%	−6.5
65	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	6.0%	51	44.2	41.2	22	44%	37%	+2.0
66	Ryan Sanborn	Texas	6.1%	35	45.5	43.5	14	42%	19%	+8.8
67	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	6.1%	33	41.2	38.5	7	21%	52%	−2.9
68	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	6.3%	48	42.8	41.2	21	44%	56%	+6.0
69	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	6.5%	62	43.1	41.4	22	35%	49%	+2.0
70	Brett Thorson	Georgia	6.5%	31	43.7	42.4	15	48%	73%	+8.7
71	Nick Haberer	Washington State	6.5%	47	44.3	42.4	16	35%	62%	+8.2
72	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	6.6%	61	42.4	41.0	26	43%	53%	+8.7
73	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	6.7%	60	40.4	38.5	15	25%	44%	−9.7
74	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	6.9%	58	41.8	40.2	24	41%	53%	−1.1
75	Tory Taylor	Iowa	7.0%	86	47.9	44.7	33	38%	43%	+25.2
76	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	7.0%	44	41.5	40.1	16	37%	63%	+1.5
77	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	7.0%	58	47.6	44.8	25	44%	27%	+16.5
78	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	7.3%	58	41.6	39.8	20	36%	39%	+0.8
79	Tommy Doman	Michigan	7.3%	42	43.5	42.3	19	46%	54%	+8.8
80	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	7.4%	55	44.1	39.7	17	31%	52%	−1.4
81	Caden Noonkester	NC State	7.5%	67	42.7	39.9	28	42%	52%	+6.2
82	Will Karoll	Tulane	7.5%	40	43.5	40.5	12	30%	46%	+1.4
83	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	7.5%	53	45.3	44.1	28	53%	36%	+22.9
84	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	7.6%	68	48.3	42.2	25	38%	30%	+6.0
85	Porter Wilson	Duke	8.0%	50	46.8	44.3	25	50%	40%	+18.2
86	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	8.3%	51	41.3	35.8	10	21%	18%	−13.5
87	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	8.3%	50	41.5	38.8	16	33%	47%	−2.3
88	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	8.3%	48	46.0	44.2	24	50%	55%	+16.4
89	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	8.3%	37	45.2	42.9	8	22%	36%	−6.7
90	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	8.8%	34	41.1	36.0	9	26%	56%	−13.8
91	William Przystup	Arkansas State	8.9%	56	43.7	40.3	20	36%	25%	−2.0
92	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	9.1%	55	43.7	40.4	22	40%	47%	+6.6
93	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	9.1%	45	40.0	38.4	20	45%	52%	−1.3
94	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	9.1%	34	43.8	40.9	17	52%	30%	+3.9
95	Trey Turk	Middle Tennessee	9.1%	33	42.5	39.5	12	36%	24%	−1.1
96	Jack Browning	San Diego State	9.3%	54	45.4	42.5	27	50%	49%	+14.8
97	Josh Green	Oregon State	9.4%	32	42.0	38.8	14	44%	50%	−3.2
98	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	9.5%	75	40.9	38.6	23	31%	35%	−2.6
99	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	9.5%	42	43.6	41.4	17	40%	59%	+4.4
100	Blake Ochsendorf	Louisiana Tech	9.6%	53	45.7	43.6	18	35%	52%	+5.0
101	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	9.6%	52	46.5	42.5	20	38%	41%	+1.9
102	Jack Ansell	Purdue	10.0%	60	40.7	38.7	20	33%	47%	−1.0
103	George Caratan	UConn	10.0%	61	44.2	42.3	22	37%	31%	+2.1
104	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	10.0%	42	42.4	39.9	12	30%	44%	0.0
105	Max Morgan	Liberty	10.0%	30	40.2	38.1	8	27%	42%	−2.1
106	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	10.3%	58	44.9	42.0	21	36%	43%	+8.0
107	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	10.5%	57	42.8	40.5	16	28%	38%	−2.3
108	Robert Cole	Troy	10.6%	48	42.1	40.2	11	23%	41%	−1.8
109	James Evans	Indiana	10.7%	57	45.8	42.7	18	32%	38%	+8.9
110	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	10.9%	64	42.9	37.2	17	26%	34%	−9.9
111	Jake Walrath	Central Michigan	11.3%	62	43.2	39.5	16	26%	38%	−2.9
112	Reid Bauer	Memphis	11.6%	43	43.2	40.7	14	33%	58%	+1.1
113	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	11.9%	62	42.3	39.3	18	31%	24%	−1.9
114	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	11.9%	42	48.9	46.0	16	38%	37%	+12.2
115	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	12.0%	50	46.5	43.1	22	44%	44%	+8.9
116	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	12.1%	58	44.3	41.2	26	45%	28%	+10.3
117	Riley Riethman	Navy	12.5%	80	44.8	42.1	22	28%	40%	+7.8
118	Ryan Marks	Utah State	12.5%	33	43.9	40.7	12	36%	26%	+2.1
119	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	13.0%	48	45.8	42.7	18	39%	52%	+6.8
120	James Burnip	Alabama	14.0%	50	47.2	42.2	21	42%	36%	+13.8
121	Alex Weir	San José State	14.3%	42	41.6	38.7	17	40%	54%	−0.7
122	Grant Gonya	Charlotte	15.0%	60	44.5	40.7	17	28%	25%	−11.0
123	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	15.7%	51	49.6	44.8	25	49%	10%	+11.3

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