2024 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 2024, Alec Bevelhimer (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Adam Jacklin (0) and Alex Smith (0). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

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

Rk	Player	Team	TB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	0	55	41.1	40.2	25	47%	0%	53%	+8.6
2	Adam Jacklin	UTEP	0	58	39.4	37.4	13	22%	0%	31%	−13.7
3	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	0	54	42.8	41.9	20	38%	0%	59%	+8.0
4	James Rendell	Notre Dame	0	37	41.9	39.8	16	43%	0%	26%	+3.3
5	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	0	43	42.9	39.3	19	44%	0%	25%	−2.1
6	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	0	49	40.3	39.0	23	48%	0%	55%	−4.9
7	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	0	44	40.4	40.0	20	45%	0%	17%	−1.7
8	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	0	30	39.5	39.3	8	27%	0%	50%	−1.6
9	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	0	44	44.6	41.6	21	48%	0%	35%	+4.3
10	Ethan Duane	Buffalo	0	63	42.2	40.0	20	32%	0%	44%	+0.2
11	John Henderson	Bowling Green	1	48	40.8	40.3	24	50%	2%	53%	+2.3
12	Josh Smith	Kent State	1	83	41.8	37.6	30	39%	1%	45%	−10.9
13	Dante Atton	Temple	1	75	40.5	39.5	27	36%	1%	46%	+1.4
14	Grant Chadwick	Middle Tennessee	1	51	43.6	41.0	22	43%	2%	43%	+1.0
15	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	1	40	48.5	45.8	26	65%	3%	35%	+18.0
16	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	1	50	43.3	41.1	17	35%	2%	29%	−0.4
17	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	1	47	40.4	38.7	19	40%	2%	46%	−2.1
18	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	1	33	42.9	41.0	15	45%	3%	56%	+7.2
19	Jack Wilson	Ohio	1	55	41.0	37.1	19	35%	2%	33%	−12.5
20	Lucas Borrow	Hawai'i	1	48	45.5	41.5	15	32%	2%	18%	+4.1
21	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	1	32	42.3	40.6	12	38%	3%	64%	0.0
22	Caile Hogan	UTSA	1	53	40.8	40.0	21	40%	2%	46%	−2.6
23	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	1	44	41.0	40.3	12	28%	2%	63%	−0.9
24	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	1	41	42.5	40.8	13	33%	3%	55%	+0.8
25	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	1	34	46.2	43.9	17	50%	3%	42%	+10.6
26	Robert Cole	Troy	1	44	36.9	35.3	12	27%	2%	52%	−14.8
27	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	1	45	41.5	37.8	12	28%	2%	44%	−3.4
28	Luke Akers	Northwestern	1	41	43.1	39.7	16	40%	3%	42%	+0.9
29	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	1	48	42.6	41.0	12	27%	2%	47%	−2.3
30	Mark Vassett	Colorado	2	49	43.8	38.0	18	37%	4%	28%	−6.5
31	Avery Book	Akron	2	65	43.4	40.4	24	37%	3%	15%	+1.0
32	Jack Culbreath	Wyoming	2	66	40.4	38.2	27	41%	3%	41%	−1.4
33	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	2	51	40.9	38.6	19	38%	4%	49%	−3.7
34	Joshua Sloan	Memphis	2	45	43.4	41.4	17	38%	4%	50%	+4.2
35	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	2	44	44.7	36.7	17	39%	5%	41%	−5.0
36	Devin Bale	Arkansas	2	37	44.9	42.4	12	32%	5%	26%	+9.6
37	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	2	57	45.2	42.4	24	44%	4%	34%	+13.0
38	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	2	54	42.9	39.4	22	41%	4%	55%	−1.5
39	Caden Noonkester	NC State	2	46	43.3	39.8	17	38%	4%	48%	+3.2
40	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	2	43	42.1	37.6	17	40%	5%	49%	−5.8
41	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	2	52	43.0	41.0	23	44%	4%	45%	+7.8
42	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	2	48	42.1	40.3	18	38%	4%	55%	−0.4
43	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	2	40	44.1	40.7	18	45%	5%	70%	+1.6
44	Jack McCallister	Washington	2	36	44.0	36.5	14	38%	6%	26%	−8.3
45	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	2	33	43.7	41.1	17	52%	6%	26%	+6.8
46	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	2	57	48.6	45.0	22	39%	4%	32%	+22.6
47	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	2	49	42.9	39.6	19	39%	4%	37%	+1.4
48	Riley Thompson	Penn State	2	36	42.9	41.2	15	42%	6%	61%	+3.5
49	Damon Greaves	Kansas	2	33	42.4	38.5	6	19%	6%	32%	−4.4
50	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	2	53	41.5	39.3	19	36%	4%	46%	−0.4
51	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	2	53	43.8	41.2	15	28%	4%	26%	+1.3
52	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	2	44	40.5	39.5	16	36%	5%	51%	−4.3
53	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	2	43	42.0	37.5	16	37%	5%	40%	−8.1
54	Michael Salgado-Medina	Arizona	2	39	43.3	39.1	17	44%	5%	41%	+2.0
55	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	2	38	41.9	39.9	9	24%	5%	37%	−1.5
56	Will Karoll	Tulane	2	37	43.2	39.9	11	30%	5%	48%	+3.3
57	Michael Kern	Texas	2	31	40.5	37.1	7	23%	6%	53%	−3.8
58	Keelan Crimmins	Purdue	2	64	44.9	41.8	19	30%	3%	41%	+2.7
59	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	2	34	45.0	42.1	10	29%	6%	37%	+6.1
60	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	3	46	44.4	40.4	22	48%	7%	33%	+6.0
61	Angus Davies	Tulsa	3	68	43.0	38.1	19	28%	4%	24%	−12.1
62	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	3	47	41.4	39.2	15	33%	7%	22%	+1.1
63	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	3	37	40.8	37.8	19	50%	8%	50%	−5.1
64	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	3	38	38.5	36.7	13	34%	8%	64%	−8.7
65	Emilio Duran	Toledo	3	52	42.0	40.0	23	46%	6%	32%	+8.8
66	Guy Gillespie	Nevada	3	46	40.3	38.2	21	46%	7%	36%	−1.0
67	Patrick Foley	UAB	3	39	43.3	36.6	10	25%	8%	22%	−3.6
68	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	3	41	42.7	36.2	20	51%	8%	17%	+0.2
69	Brody Richter	UCLA	3	40	42.8	38.9	15	38%	8%	37%	−5.0
70	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	3	36	40.6	37.0	12	36%	9%	50%	−1.5
71	George Eberle	New Mexico State	3	62	44.7	39.4	22	36%	5%	28%	−2.7
72	Tommy Doman	Michigan	3	49	42.6	39.2	16	33%	6%	46%	−3.3
73	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	3	46	42.4	38.8	17	40%	7%	56%	−1.6
74	Ethan Craw	TCU	3	39	42.3	38.6	18	46%	8%	54%	−1.3
75	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	3	39	43.8	38.0	17	44%	8%	35%	−3.0
76	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	3	32	45.9	40.2	11	35%	10%	27%	+0.7
77	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	3	61	44.5	41.2	15	25%	5%	38%	+5.9
78	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	3	55	45.3	42.6	18	34%	6%	31%	+8.2
79	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	3	52	45.1	41.9	25	48%	6%	41%	+3.6
80	James Burnip	Alabama	3	48	44.9	43.7	22	47%	6%	43%	+11.9
81	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	3	57	44.6	42.2	18	32%	5%	38%	+14.7
82	David Chapeau	Central Michigan	3	55	41.8	37.4	15	27%	5%	33%	−9.9
83	Josh Green	Oregon State	3	33	47.2	41.8	16	48%	9%	29%	+6.2
84	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	3	32	43.8	41.9	12	38%	9%	31%	+3.0
85	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	3	50	41.2	37.7	13	26%	6%	49%	−9.4
86	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	4	58	39.2	37.0	18	32%	7%	38%	−8.8
87	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	4	55	40.7	37.4	21	38%	7%	53%	−3.8
88	Connor Stutz	UConn	4	58	43.1	39.7	18	33%	7%	19%	+2.2
89	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	4	59	40.9	37.8	20	34%	7%	29%	−5.0
90	Brian Cooey Jr.	Ball State	4	48	41.5	36.2	19	39%	8%	31%	−5.9
91	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	4	62	44.9	42.6	25	40%	6%	22%	+14.5
92	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	4	60	44.7	39.9	25	41%	7%	37%	+3.4
93	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	4	56	45.9	43.2	25	45%	7%	36%	+18.3
94	Riley Riethman	Navy	4	52	45.7	39.5	23	44%	8%	24%	+6.3
95	Luke Bauer	Missouri	4	44	41.5	38.3	14	32%	9%	38%	−0.1
96	Daton Montiel	Florida International	4	57	39.4	36.4	19	33%	7%	38%	−5.9
97	James Allen	Georgia State	4	51	44.5	34.8	13	26%	8%	22%	−16.2
98	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	4	46	43.3	37.2	17	37%	9%	14%	−4.2
99	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	4	45	43.0	38.8	18	39%	9%	23%	+0.8
100	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	4	31	43.1	40.9	12	35%	12%	45%	+3.6
101	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	4	53	43.0	40.1	16	31%	8%	44%	−6.0
102	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	4	47	44.5	40.3	13	27%	9%	27%	+1.3
103	Max Morgan	Liberty	4	37	43.1	39.7	14	38%	11%	48%	+1.5
104	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	4	54	45.1	41.4	20	38%	8%	40%	+8.6
105	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	4	42	42.6	38.0	12	29%	10%	32%	−6.2
106	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	4	43	47.9	40.7	8	19%	10%	15%	−2.1
107	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	5	60	44.2	41.2	30	51%	8%	50%	+9.0
108	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	5	47	48.0	42.8	20	43%	11%	19%	+11.6
109	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	5	56	41.0	37.1	13	24%	9%	20%	−10.6
110	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State	5	75	46.0	39.9	33	44%	7%	27%	+10.0
111	Liam Dougherty	Houston	5	57	41.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+1.5
112	Brett Thorson	Georgia	5	42	47.6	44.0	23	55%	12%	33%	+14.1
113	Palmer Williams	Baylor	5	41	49.6	44.9	17	43%	13%	13%	+16.7
114	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	6	70	43.8	41.1	28	40%	9%	45%	+9.4
115	Tyler White	Texas A&M	6	42	45.1	41.9	24	57%	14%	57%	+10.4
116	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	6	45	47.6	42.6	20	45%	14%	39%	+10.7
117	Isaac Pearson	SMU	6	40	44.1	37.2	11	28%	15%	18%	−10.7
118	Ross James	Oregon	6	33	46.5	41.2	9	27%	18%	35%	+3.7
119	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	7	64	39.4	35.8	23	36%	11%	38%	−9.7
120	Alec Clark	Marshall	7	55	42.4	38.2	20	38%	13%	40%	−1.2
121	Seamus Hall	Old Dominion	7	61	41.6	38.1	21	34%	11%	45%	−2.3
122	Lachlan Wilson	California	7	51	45.0	40.2	18	38%	15%	32%	+3.4
123	Tyler Pastula	San Diego State	8	58	46.1	40.7	20	35%	14%	30%	+4.4
124	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	8	44	44.9	39.5	19	42%	18%	17%	+3.6

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