2024 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 2024, Alec Bevelhimer (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Adam Jacklin (0.0%) and Alex Smith (0.0%). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 5.8%.

Final 2024 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	0.0%	55	41.1	40.2	25	47%	53%	+8.6
2	Adam Jacklin	UTEP	0.0%	58	39.4	37.4	13	22%	31%	−13.7
3	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	0.0%	54	42.8	41.9	20	38%	59%	+8.0
4	James Rendell	Notre Dame	0.0%	37	41.9	39.8	16	43%	26%	+3.3
5	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	0.0%	43	42.9	39.3	19	44%	25%	−2.1
6	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	0.0%	49	40.3	39.0	23	48%	55%	−4.9
7	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	0.0%	44	40.4	40.0	20	45%	17%	−1.7
8	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	0.0%	30	39.5	39.3	8	27%	50%	−1.6
9	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	0.0%	44	44.6	41.6	21	48%	35%	+4.3
10	Ethan Duane	Buffalo	0.0%	63	42.2	40.0	20	32%	44%	+0.2
11	Josh Smith	Kent State	1.3%	83	41.8	37.6	30	39%	45%	−10.9
12	Dante Atton	Temple	1.3%	75	40.5	39.5	27	36%	46%	+1.4
13	Jack Wilson	Ohio	1.8%	55	41.0	37.1	19	35%	33%	−12.5
14	Caile Hogan	UTSA	1.9%	53	40.8	40.0	21	40%	46%	−2.6
15	Grant Chadwick	Middle Tennessee	2.0%	51	43.6	41.0	22	43%	43%	+1.0
16	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	2.0%	50	43.3	41.1	17	35%	29%	−0.4
17	John Henderson	Bowling Green	2.1%	48	40.8	40.3	24	50%	53%	+2.3
18	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	2.1%	47	40.4	38.7	19	40%	46%	−2.1
19	Lucas Borrow	Hawai'i	2.1%	48	45.5	41.5	15	32%	18%	+4.1
20	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	2.2%	48	42.6	41.0	12	27%	47%	−2.3
21	Robert Cole	Troy	2.3%	44	36.9	35.3	12	27%	52%	−14.8
22	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	2.3%	44	41.0	40.3	12	28%	63%	−0.9
23	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	2.3%	45	41.5	37.8	12	28%	44%	−3.4
24	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	2.5%	40	48.5	45.8	26	65%	35%	+18.0
25	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	2.5%	41	42.5	40.8	13	33%	55%	+0.8
26	Luke Akers	Northwestern	2.5%	41	43.1	39.7	16	40%	42%	+0.9
27	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	2.9%	34	46.2	43.9	17	50%	42%	+10.6
28	Jack Culbreath	Wyoming	3.0%	66	40.4	38.2	27	41%	41%	−1.4
29	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	3.0%	33	42.9	41.0	15	45%	56%	+7.2
30	Avery Book	Akron	3.1%	65	43.4	40.4	24	37%	15%	+1.0
31	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	3.1%	32	42.3	40.6	12	38%	64%	0.0
32	Keelan Crimmins	Purdue	3.2%	64	44.9	41.8	19	30%	41%	+2.7
33	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	3.5%	57	48.6	45.0	22	39%	32%	+22.6
34	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	3.6%	57	45.2	42.4	24	44%	34%	+13.0
35	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	3.7%	54	42.9	39.4	22	41%	55%	−1.5
36	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	3.8%	53	41.5	39.3	19	36%	46%	−0.4
37	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	3.8%	53	43.8	41.2	15	28%	26%	+1.3
38	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	3.8%	52	43.0	41.0	23	44%	45%	+7.8
39	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	4.0%	51	40.9	38.6	19	38%	49%	−3.7
40	Mark Vassett	Colorado	4.1%	49	43.8	38.0	18	37%	28%	−6.5
41	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	4.1%	49	42.9	39.6	19	39%	37%	+1.4
42	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	4.2%	48	42.1	40.3	18	38%	55%	−0.4
43	Joshua Sloan	Memphis	4.4%	45	43.4	41.4	17	38%	50%	+4.2
44	Caden Noonkester	NC State	4.4%	46	43.3	39.8	17	38%	48%	+3.2
45	Angus Davies	Tulsa	4.5%	68	43.0	38.1	19	28%	24%	−12.1
46	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	4.5%	44	40.5	39.5	16	36%	51%	−4.3
47	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	4.7%	44	44.7	36.7	17	39%	41%	−5.0
48	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	4.7%	43	42.1	37.6	17	40%	49%	−5.8
49	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	4.7%	43	42.0	37.5	16	37%	40%	−8.1
50	George Eberle	New Mexico State	4.9%	62	44.7	39.4	22	36%	28%	−2.7
51	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	5.0%	61	44.5	41.2	15	25%	38%	+5.9
52	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	5.0%	40	44.1	40.7	18	45%	70%	+1.6
53	Michael Salgado-Medina	Arizona	5.1%	39	43.3	39.1	17	44%	41%	+2.0
54	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	5.3%	57	44.6	42.2	18	32%	38%	+14.7
55	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	5.3%	38	41.9	39.9	9	24%	37%	−1.5
56	Devin Bale	Arkansas	5.4%	37	44.9	42.4	12	32%	26%	+9.6
57	Will Karoll	Tulane	5.4%	37	43.2	39.9	11	30%	48%	+3.3
58	David Chapeau	Central Michigan	5.5%	55	41.8	37.4	15	27%	33%	−9.9
59	Jack McCallister	Washington	5.6%	36	44.0	36.5	14	38%	26%	−8.3
60	Riley Thompson	Penn State	5.6%	36	42.9	41.2	15	42%	61%	+3.5
61	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	5.7%	55	45.3	42.6	18	34%	31%	+8.2
62	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	5.8%	52	45.1	41.9	25	48%	41%	+3.6
63	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	5.9%	34	45.0	42.1	10	29%	37%	+6.1
64	Emilio Duran	Toledo	6.0%	52	42.0	40.0	23	46%	32%	+8.8
65	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	6.0%	50	41.2	37.7	13	26%	49%	−9.4
66	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	6.1%	33	43.7	41.1	17	52%	26%	+6.8
67	Tommy Doman	Michigan	6.3%	49	42.6	39.2	16	33%	46%	−3.3
68	Damon Greaves	Kansas	6.3%	33	42.4	38.5	6	19%	32%	−4.4
69	James Burnip	Alabama	6.4%	48	44.9	43.7	22	47%	43%	+11.9
70	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	6.5%	62	44.9	42.6	25	40%	22%	+14.5
71	Michael Kern	Texas	6.5%	31	40.5	37.1	7	23%	53%	−3.8
72	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	6.5%	46	44.4	40.4	22	48%	33%	+6.0
73	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	6.5%	47	41.4	39.2	15	33%	22%	+1.1
74	Guy Gillespie	Nevada	6.5%	46	40.3	38.2	21	46%	36%	−1.0
75	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	6.7%	60	44.7	39.9	25	41%	37%	+3.4
76	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State	6.7%	75	46.0	39.9	33	44%	27%	+10.0
77	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	6.9%	59	40.9	37.8	20	34%	29%	−5.0
78	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	7.0%	46	42.4	38.8	17	40%	56%	−1.6
79	Daton Montiel	Florida International	7.0%	57	39.4	36.4	19	33%	38%	−5.9
80	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	7.1%	58	39.2	37.0	18	32%	38%	−8.8
81	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	7.1%	56	45.9	43.2	25	45%	36%	+18.3
82	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	7.3%	55	40.7	37.4	21	38%	53%	−3.8
83	Connor Stutz	UConn	7.3%	58	43.1	39.7	18	33%	19%	+2.2
84	Patrick Foley	UAB	7.5%	39	43.3	36.6	10	25%	22%	−3.6
85	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	7.5%	54	45.1	41.4	20	38%	40%	+8.6
86	Riley Riethman	Navy	7.7%	52	45.7	39.5	23	44%	24%	+6.3
87	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	7.7%	41	42.7	36.2	20	51%	17%	+0.2
88	Brody Richter	UCLA	7.7%	40	42.8	38.9	15	38%	37%	−5.0
89	Ethan Craw	TCU	7.7%	39	42.3	38.6	18	46%	54%	−1.3
90	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	7.7%	39	43.8	38.0	17	44%	35%	−3.0
91	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	7.7%	53	43.0	40.1	16	31%	44%	−6.0
92	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	7.9%	37	40.8	37.8	19	50%	50%	−5.1
93	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	7.9%	38	38.5	36.7	13	34%	64%	−8.7
94	James Allen	Georgia State	8.2%	51	44.5	34.8	13	26%	22%	−16.2
95	Brian Cooey Jr.	Ball State	8.3%	48	41.5	36.2	19	39%	31%	−5.9
96	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	8.5%	60	44.2	41.2	30	51%	50%	+9.0
97	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	8.5%	47	44.5	40.3	13	27%	27%	+1.3
98	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	8.6%	70	43.8	41.1	28	40%	45%	+9.4
99	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	8.7%	46	43.3	37.2	17	37%	14%	−4.2
100	Liam Dougherty	Houston	8.8%	57	41.9	39.1	20	35%	39%	+1.5
101	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	8.9%	45	43.0	38.8	18	39%	23%	+0.8
102	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	9.1%	56	41.0	37.1	13	24%	20%	−10.6
103	Luke Bauer	Missouri	9.1%	44	41.5	38.3	14	32%	38%	−0.1
104	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	9.1%	36	40.6	37.0	12	36%	50%	−1.5
105	Josh Green	Oregon State	9.1%	33	47.2	41.8	16	48%	29%	+6.2
106	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	9.4%	32	43.8	41.9	12	38%	31%	+3.0
107	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	9.5%	42	42.6	38.0	12	29%	32%	−6.2
108	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	9.5%	43	47.9	40.7	8	19%	15%	−2.1
109	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	10.0%	32	45.9	40.2	11	35%	27%	+0.7
110	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	10.6%	47	48.0	42.8	20	43%	19%	+11.6
111	Max Morgan	Liberty	10.8%	37	43.1	39.7	14	38%	48%	+1.5
112	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	10.9%	64	39.4	35.8	23	36%	38%	−9.7
113	Seamus Hall	Old Dominion	11.5%	61	41.6	38.1	21	34%	45%	−2.3
114	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	11.8%	31	43.1	40.9	12	35%	45%	+3.6
115	Brett Thorson	Georgia	11.9%	42	47.6	44.0	23	55%	33%	+14.1
116	Palmer Williams	Baylor	12.5%	41	49.6	44.9	17	43%	13%	+16.7
117	Alec Clark	Marshall	13.2%	55	42.4	38.2	20	38%	40%	−1.2
118	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	14.0%	45	47.6	42.6	20	45%	39%	+10.7
119	Tyler Pastula	San Diego State	14.3%	58	46.1	40.7	20	35%	30%	+4.4
120	Tyler White	Texas A&M	14.3%	42	45.1	41.9	24	57%	57%	+10.4
121	Lachlan Wilson	California	14.6%	51	45.0	40.2	18	38%	32%	+3.4
122	Isaac Pearson	SMU	15.0%	40	44.1	37.2	11	28%	18%	−10.7
123	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	18.2%	44	44.9	39.5	19	42%	17%	+3.6
124	Ross James	Oregon	18.2%	33	46.5	41.2	9	27%	35%	+3.7

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