2023 College Punts Downed Leaders

A downed punt is one a member of the kicking team stops or touches to keep it from rolling into the end zone.

It is a coverage and control stat as much as a leg stat. In 2023, Paddy Turner (17) led college football punters in punts downed, ahead of Clayton Stewart (15) and Tory Taylor (14). 162 punters qualify.

Final 2023 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	17	52	43.3	41.9	18	35%	4%	22%	+3.3
2	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	15	57	42.8	40.5	16	28%	11%	38%	−2.3
3	Tory Taylor	Iowa	14	86	47.9	44.7	33	38%	7%	43%	+25.2
4	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	14	64	38.9	37.6	14	22%	5%	29%	−11.8
5	Kade Loggins	Georgia State	14	58	40.9	38.9	16	29%	5%	26%	−17.5
6	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	14	54	40.7	39.9	32	59%	4%	48%	+5.0
7	Laine Wilkins	Houston	14	49	42.2	41.1	19	39%	4%	35%	+3.4
8	Zachary Haynes	New Mexico State	14	47	41.2	40.7	19	40%	2%	24%	+2.2
9	Riley Riethman	Navy	13	80	44.8	42.1	22	28%	13%	40%	+7.8
10	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	13	60	40.4	38.5	15	25%	7%	44%	−9.7
11	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	13	60	40.9	39.4	21	35%	2%	48%	−2.7
12	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	13	58	44.3	41.2	26	45%	12%	28%	+10.3
13	Dante Atton	Temple	13	43	39.4	38.9	16	38%	0%	33%	−3.9
14	Mark Vassett	Colorado	11	66	44.1	41.4	24	36%	5%	23%	+7.3
15	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	11	61	42.6	42.9	24	39%	2%	50%	+9.8
16	Jack Ansell	Purdue	11	60	40.7	38.7	20	33%	10%	47%	−1.0
17	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	11	58	44.9	42.0	21	36%	10%	43%	+8.0
18	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	11	58	43.2	41.6	22	38%	5%	41%	+6.4
19	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	11	58	47.6	44.8	25	44%	7%	27%	+16.5
20	Keelan Crimmins	Mississippi State	10	49	40.9	40.7	16	33%	0%	63%	−4.5
21	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	10	49	41.3	41.1	22	46%	0%	44%	+8.0
22	Jack Blumer	Kansas State	10	46	41.8	41.3	19	43%	2%	55%	0.0
23	Trey Turk	Middle Tennessee	10	33	42.5	39.5	12	36%	9%	24%	−1.1
24	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	9	61	41.0	39.9	18	30%	5%	42%	−3.6
25	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	9	62	42.3	39.3	18	31%	12%	24%	−1.9
26	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	9	60	39.5	38.8	10	17%	5%	26%	−13.8
27	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	9	58	41.8	40.2	24	41%	7%	53%	−1.1
28	Mitchell Lake	App State	9	51	38.7	37.1	17	33%	4%	43%	−8.8
29	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	9	50	41.5	38.8	16	33%	8%	47%	−2.3
30	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	9	45	40.0	38.4	20	45%	9%	52%	−1.3
31	Ryan Marks	Utah State	9	33	43.9	40.7	12	36%	13%	26%	+2.1
32	Ryan Sanborn	Texas	9	35	45.5	43.5	14	42%	6%	19%	+8.8
33	Brady Hodges	Louisville	9	26	43.2	42.1	11	44%	4%	33%	+5.1
34	Riley Williams	Missouri	9	20	40.0	40.0	12	60%	0%	31%	−1.5
35	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	8	75	40.9	38.6	23	31%	9%	35%	−2.6
36	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	8	61	42.4	41.0	26	43%	7%	53%	+8.7
37	George Caratan	UConn	8	61	44.2	42.3	22	37%	10%	31%	+2.1
38	Grant Gonya	Charlotte	8	60	44.5	40.7	17	28%	15%	25%	−11.0
39	William Przystup	Arkansas State	8	56	43.7	40.3	20	36%	9%	25%	−2.0
40	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	8	58	41.6	39.8	20	36%	7%	39%	+0.8
41	Flynn Appleby	Rutgers	8	54	39.6	39.2	19	35%	2%	66%	−6.2
42	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	8	51	49.6	44.8	25	49%	16%	10%	+11.3
43	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	8	51	44.2	41.2	22	44%	6%	37%	+2.0
44	Robert Cole	Troy	8	48	42.1	40.2	11	23%	11%	41%	−1.8
45	Will Powers	UCLA	8	44	42.7	41.6	13	30%	5%	48%	+4.0
46	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	8	42	42.6	40.3	18	43%	2%	31%	+2.4
47	Dylan Joyce	Miami	8	40	43.5	40.6	14	34%	0%	45%	+3.4
48	Miles Tillman	Middle Tennessee	8	34	43.8	40.9	17	52%	9%	30%	+3.9
49	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	8	25	41.2	39.6	7	28%	8%	47%	−0.7
50	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	8	25	43.4	41.4	8	33%	8%	32%	+6.0
51	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	7	62	43.1	41.4	22	35%	6%	49%	+2.0
52	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	7	52	46.5	42.5	20	38%	10%	41%	+1.9
53	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	7	50	46.5	43.1	22	44%	12%	44%	+8.9
54	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	7	51	41.3	35.8	10	21%	8%	18%	−13.5
55	Emilio Duran	Toledo	7	48	37.6	36.9	16	34%	0%	58%	−7.4
56	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	7	46	41.0	39.9	17	37%	2%	52%	−4.0
57	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	7	35	40.7	40.5	18	51%	0%	61%	+2.8
58	Colton Spangler	Maryland	7	33	43.3	42.7	17	52%	3%	31%	+2.0
59	Daton Montiel	Florida International	6	72	39.2	38.0	13	18%	4%	60%	−17.9
60	Matt Freem	Nevada	6	66	41.2	39.2	18	28%	5%	26%	−5.7
61	John McConnell	Marshall	6	55	43.1	37.1	14	26%	6%	32%	−9.4
62	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	6	52	42.4	39.9	20	39%	2%	41%	−0.4
63	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	6	46	39.6	38.1	12	27%	4%	41%	−9.4
64	Cooper Allan	Army	6	44	36.8	35.0	11	26%	2%	34%	−15.5
65	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	6	45	43.0	43.0	19	44%	0%	64%	+4.2
66	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	6	42	48.9	46.0	16	38%	12%	37%	+12.2
67	Tommy Doman	Michigan	6	42	43.5	42.3	19	46%	7%	54%	+8.8
68	Max Morgan	Liberty	6	30	40.2	38.1	8	27%	10%	42%	−2.1
69	Luke Bauer	Missouri	6	22	41.9	41.0	9	41%	5%	41%	−0.3
70	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	5	68	48.3	42.2	25	38%	8%	30%	+6.0
71	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	5	61	45.2	43.2	26	43%	5%	57%	+12.4
72	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	5	59	46.9	42.8	21	36%	5%	36%	+2.9
73	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	5	56	46.7	45.7	25	45%	4%	56%	+13.3
74	James Burnip	Alabama	5	50	47.2	42.2	21	42%	14%	36%	+13.8
75	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	5	48	46.0	44.2	24	50%	8%	55%	+16.4
76	Nick Haberer	Washington State	5	47	44.3	42.4	16	35%	7%	62%	+8.2
77	Lucas Dean	UTSA	5	46	42.0	41.3	18	40%	4%	63%	+6.4
78	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	5	43	42.4	39.5	17	39%	0%	31%	+1.4
79	Reid Bauer	Memphis	5	43	43.2	40.7	14	33%	12%	58%	+1.1
80	Alex Weir	San José State	5	42	41.6	38.7	17	40%	14%	54%	−0.7
81	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	5	42	43.6	41.4	17	40%	10%	59%	+4.4
82	Jack Martin	South Alabama	5	41	40.0	39.6	13	33%	3%	57%	−5.9
83	Will Karoll	Tulane	5	40	43.5	40.5	12	30%	8%	46%	+1.4
84	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	5	40	42.7	41.2	20	51%	3%	46%	+5.9
85	Sam Candotti	Boston College	5	32	38.5	36.3	12	38%	3%	43%	−5.6
86	Damon Greaves	Kansas	5	30	39.4	38.1	10	32%	0%	68%	−8.1
87	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	5	33	42.3	42.5	14	45%	3%	63%	+0.5
88	Jay Bramblett	LSU	5	21	41.6	40.5	8	38%	5%	39%	+1.3
89	Loren DiLoreto	Boston College	5	18	36.7	36.8	3	17%	0%	50%	−4.9
90	Caden Noonkester	NC State	4	67	42.7	39.9	28	42%	7%	52%	+6.2
91	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	4	64	42.9	37.2	17	26%	11%	34%	−9.9
92	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	4	61	45.3	43.7	26	43%	5%	44%	+10.3
93	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	4	57	40.7	38.8	20	34%	3%	42%	−8.8
94	Jack Browning	San Diego State	4	54	45.4	42.5	27	50%	9%	49%	+14.8
95	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	4	53	45.3	44.1	28	53%	8%	36%	+22.9
96	Blake Ochsendorf	Louisiana Tech	4	53	45.7	43.6	18	35%	10%	52%	+5.0
97	Carson King	Fresno State	4	51	41.2	39.8	22	43%	6%	57%	−2.8
98	Porter Wilson	Duke	4	50	46.8	44.3	25	50%	8%	40%	+18.2
99	Lachlan Wilson	California	4	47	45.6	41.3	19	40%	4%	41%	−1.6
100	Patrick Foley	UAB	4	41	42.8	40.5	14	34%	5%	46%	−3.2
101	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	4	42	42.4	39.9	12	30%	10%	44%	0.0
102	Jack McCallister	Washington	4	37	41.5	40.8	15	41%	3%	57%	+4.3
103	Palmer Williams	Baylor	4	37	43.0	38.6	11	30%	3%	38%	−7.2
104	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	4	37	45.2	42.9	8	22%	8%	36%	−6.7
105	Carson Bay	Air Force	4	27	39.8	38.0	8	30%	7%	52%	+0.9
106	Jack Wilson	Ohio	4	26	43.2	40.8	13	50%	12%	33%	+0.8
107	Charlie Durkin	Kent State	4	20	34.0	31.2	2	10%	5%	53%	−14.5
108	Jake Walrath	Central Michigan	3	62	43.2	39.5	16	26%	11%	38%	−2.9
109	Angus Davies	Tulsa	3	58	42.7	40.3	26	44%	2%	47%	+3.9
110	James Evans	Indiana	3	57	45.8	42.7	18	32%	11%	38%	+8.9
111	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	3	55	43.7	40.4	22	40%	9%	47%	+6.6
112	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	3	53	43.6	41.3	17	33%	4%	30%	−1.6
113	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	3	51	42.6	39.9	17	33%	6%	60%	−6.5
114	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	3	48	45.8	42.7	18	39%	13%	52%	+6.8
115	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	3	48	40.7	39.7	18	39%	4%	52%	−2.4
116	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	3	38	40.9	38.6	14	37%	3%	33%	−0.3
117	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	3	36	41.1	39.6	8	22%	3%	57%	+0.9
118	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	3	33	41.2	38.5	7	21%	6%	52%	−2.9
119	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	3	31	42.0	41.4	10	32%	3%	68%	+2.4
120	Brett Thorson	Georgia	3	31	43.7	42.4	15	48%	6%	73%	+8.7
121	Jared Wheatley	Ohio	3	19	36.8	33.8	7	37%	0%	67%	−4.8
122	Josh Plaster	Oklahoma	3	15	40.4	40.3	4	27%	0%	40%	−1.4
123	Adam Jacklin	North Texas	3	8	39.6	37.3	0	0%	14%	20%	−0.5
124	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	2	48	42.8	41.2	21	44%	6%	56%	+6.0
125	Riley Thompson	Penn State	2	46	45.2	42.4	19	40%	4%	50%	+7.7
126	Carson Voss	Western Michigan	2	44	39.3	36.5	11	25%	2%	42%	−19.9
127	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	2	44	41.5	40.1	16	37%	7%	63%	+1.5
128	Jordy Sandy	TCU	2	37	42.2	40.0	9	24%	5%	50%	−7.1
129	Bryce McFerson	Notre Dame	2	37	44.7	40.2	6	17%	6%	34%	−2.5
130	Josh Green	Oregon State	2	32	42.0	38.8	14	44%	9%	50%	−3.2
131	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	2	29	39.8	39.0	11	38%	0%	45%	−4.6
132	Ross James	Oregon	2	26	48.7	46.5	11	42%	4%	59%	+8.9
133	Connor Weselman	Stanford	2	21	43.5	39.9	4	20%	15%	31%	−3.7
134	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Michigan State	2	14	40.1	38.7	4	29%	7%	60%	−3.4
135	Brenden Segovia	Maryland	2	7	37.7	32.3	6	75%	0%	50%	−2.4
136	Logan Smothers	Jacksonville State	2	3	32.7	32.7	2	67%	0%	0%	−1.4
137	Dante Jackson	Akron	1	65	37.5	36.0	16	25%	5%	46%	−13.1
138	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	1	58	41.7	36.7	22	38%	5%	28%	−10.9
139	Conor Hunt	Rice	1	48	39.6	37.5	6	13%	2%	37%	−18.0
140	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	1	29	42.0	40.7	12	41%	7%	36%	−6.3
141	Josh Carlson	Arizona State	1	26	38.2	37.2	3	12%	0%	59%	−6.8
142	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	1	26	43.6	40.3	9	35%	12%	43%	+2.8
143	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	1	22	44.2	41.0	8	36%	9%	15%	−3.3
144	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	1	17	38.4	37.1	5	29%	6%	56%	−4.0
145	Luke Freer	Air Force	1	10	40.9	39.8	2	20%	0%	78%	−0.3
146	Andrew Osteen	Mississippi State	1	9	35.1	35.1	6	67%	0%	86%	−1.2
147	Cam Skattebo	Arizona State	1	8	42.3	41.9	3	38%	0%	50%	+2.2
148	Archer Trafford	East Carolina	1	7	45.3	42.6	3	43%	0%	0%	+1.5
149	Matt Bosset	Marshall	1	6	40.5	40.5	3	50%	0%	50%	−4.0
150	Brendan Cropsey	Purdue	1	2	37.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.0
151	Noah Fifita	Arizona	1	2	45.0	35.0	1	50%	50%	0%	+0.1
152	Austin Reed	Western Kentucky	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
153	Bo Nix	Oregon	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
154	Brady Denaburg	Syracuse	1	1	54.0	54.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.9
155	Cade Klubnik	Clemson	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
156	DJ Uiagalelei	Oregon State	1	2	35.0	35.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
157	Dillon Gabriel	Oklahoma	1	1	37.0	37.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
158	Jack Salopek	Western Michigan	1	1	43.0	43.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3
159	Jayden de Laura	Arizona	1	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.1
160	Joshua Taylor	Georgia Tech	1	1	40.0	40.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.1
161	Leighton Bechdel	West Virginia	1	1	26.0	26.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
162	Riley Leonard	Duke	1	1	28.0	28.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.1

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