2023 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 2023, Andrew Stokes (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Emilio Duran (0) and Hudson Kaak (0). 123 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

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

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

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