2025 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 2025, Angus Davies (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Ethan Pulliam (0.0%) and Dante Atton (1.7%). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 6.3%.
Final 2025 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.
| Rk | Player | Team | TB % | Punts | Avg | Net | In 20 | In 20 % | FC % | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angus Davies | Tulsa | 0.0% | 46 | 43.3 | 41.6 | 21 | 43% | 42% | +0.3 |
| 2 | Ethan Pulliam | Mississippi State | 0.0% | 40 | 46.7 | 45.9 | 10 | 26% | 48% | +14.0 |
| 3 | Dante Atton | Temple | 1.7% | 62 | 42.2 | 41.4 | 26 | 43% | 80% | +5.7 |
| 4 | Aidan Flintoft | Stanford | 1.8% | 58 | 43.3 | 39.1 | 15 | 27% | 30% | −2.1 |
| 5 | Tom Maginness | North Carolina | 1.8% | 56 | 42.7 | 39.8 | 21 | 38% | 47% | +2.8 |
| 6 | Ian Ratliff | App State | 1.9% | 54 | 43.9 | 41.1 | 11 | 20% | 52% | +6.0 |
| 7 | Shamus Florio | Boston College | 2.0% | 49 | 39.7 | 38.3 | 16 | 31% | 27% | +0.8 |
| 8 | Hudson Kaak | Auburn | 2.0% | 49 | 42.0 | 40.7 | 13 | 27% | 63% | +4.2 |
| 9 | Ryan Eckley | Michigan State | 2.0% | 49 | 48.5 | 40.8 | 21 | 42% | 27% | −8.0 |
| 10 | Nick Verdugo | Fresno State | 2.1% | 47 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 16 | 33% | 74% | +7.7 |
| 11 | Brenden Lach | Delaware | 2.4% | 42 | 39.5 | 35.6 | 15 | 35% | 47% | −7.4 |
| 12 | Blake Doud | Alabama | 2.4% | 41 | 42.9 | 38.8 | 15 | 36% | 49% | −0.4 |
| 13 | Finn Lappin | Kansas | 2.6% | 39 | 45.3 | 41.2 | 13 | 33% | 44% | +1.7 |
| 14 | Sam Vander Haar | BYU | 2.7% | 38 | 42.5 | 38.8 | 16 | 43% | 61% | +0.4 |
| 15 | Keegan Andrews | Massachusetts | 2.9% | 69 | 46.5 | 41.7 | 32 | 45% | 39% | +5.0 |
| 16 | Max Fletcher | Cincinnati | 2.9% | 35 | 45.8 | 42.0 | 17 | 49% | 45% | −3.4 |
| 17 | Jakob Anderson | Rutgers | 3.0% | 33 | 44.2 | 41.8 | 12 | 36% | 62% | +4.6 |
| 18 | Reed Harradine | Southern Miss | 3.0% | 34 | 40.8 | 38.7 | 6 | 18% | 39% | −3.5 |
| 19 | Archie Wilson | Nebraska | 3.1% | 32 | 38.9 | 37.6 | 14 | 44% | 48% | −1.8 |
| 20 | Chase Leon | South Florida | 3.1% | 32 | 43.0 | 39.2 | 15 | 47% | 44% | −2.9 |
| 21 | Oscar Bird | Ole Miss | 3.1% | 32 | 45.9 | 43.8 | 10 | 31% | 29% | +11.0 |
| 22 | Curtis Gerrand | Sam Houston | 3.2% | 64 | 43.0 | 40.4 | 23 | 37% | 56% | +2.5 |
| 23 | Jake Ference | Northern Illinois | 3.3% | 30 | 43.7 | 39.9 | 7 | 23% | 48% | +0.3 |
| 24 | Pierse Stainton | Miami (OH) | 3.4% | 59 | 41.9 | 40.0 | 25 | 43% | 60% | +11.1 |
| 25 | Joshua Huiet | Kennesaw State | 3.5% | 57 | 41.3 | 39.7 | 25 | 43% | 52% | +1.0 |
| 26 | Cal Joseph | Wake Forest | 3.6% | 57 | 38.1 | 35.1 | 20 | 35% | 60% | −13.9 |
| 27 | Jackson Waller | Arkansas State | 3.7% | 54 | 41.4 | 40.3 | 24 | 44% | 35% | +0.9 |
| 28 | Reed Chandley | Georgia State | 3.8% | 54 | 45.8 | 39.5 | 23 | 43% | 21% | −2.4 |
| 29 | Jack McCallister | Purdue | 4.0% | 50 | 43.2 | 40.8 | 24 | 48% | 44% | +6.5 |
| 30 | Trey Wilhoit | Florida International | 4.0% | 50 | 43.5 | 38.6 | 14 | 28% | 52% | −3.1 |
| 31 | Nathan Torney | Louisiana | 4.1% | 50 | 42.1 | 39.4 | 10 | 20% | 37% | −6.7 |
| 32 | Adam Saul | Ball State | 4.3% | 70 | 40.7 | 37.4 | 17 | 24% | 44% | −12.8 |
| 33 | Conor Donaghy | Jacksonville State | 4.3% | 47 | 39.6 | 37.1 | 17 | 37% | 53% | −3.0 |
| 34 | Bailey Ettridge | Nevada | 4.3% | 45 | 45.1 | 41.5 | 18 | 39% | 58% | +7.7 |
| 35 | Charlie Durkin | Kent State | 4.3% | 48 | 41.1 | 37.3 | 13 | 28% | 29% | −11.3 |
| 36 | Billy Gowers | Hawai'i | 4.3% | 46 | 46.4 | 41.4 | 24 | 52% | 37% | +2.6 |
| 37 | Jack Smith | Clemson | 4.4% | 45 | 42.1 | 41.1 | 22 | 49% | 56% | +8.3 |
| 38 | Will Karoll | UCLA | 4.5% | 44 | 43.5 | 39.2 | 12 | 27% | 39% | −0.5 |
| 39 | Oliver Straw | West Virginia | 4.5% | 66 | 42.5 | 38.9 | 17 | 26% | 22% | −7.0 |
| 40 | Tyler White | Texas A&M | 4.7% | 44 | 44.4 | 40.9 | 18 | 41% | 42% | +4.0 |
| 41 | Tyler Perkins | Iowa State | 4.8% | 42 | 42.4 | 40.9 | 19 | 45% | 57% | +5.5 |
| 42 | Patrick Rea | James Madison | 4.8% | 43 | 40.7 | 38.9 | 17 | 40% | 62% | +0.1 |
| 43 | Makenzie Ryan | UL Monroe | 5.0% | 60 | 38.9 | 35.5 | 14 | 23% | 45% | −21.5 |
| 44 | Jack Burgess | Texas Tech | 5.0% | 40 | 43.4 | 41.0 | 19 | 48% | 53% | +7.9 |
| 45 | Kade Reynoldson | Duke | 5.1% | 39 | 44.5 | 41.1 | 18 | 45% | 55% | +6.9 |
| 46 | Tom Weston | Minnesota | 5.2% | 59 | 42.8 | 39.5 | 19 | 33% | 31% | +1.4 |
| 47 | Daniel Hughes | New Mexico | 5.3% | 35 | 45.5 | 42.1 | 11 | 29% | 41% | +7.9 |
| 48 | Max Dean | New Mexico State | 5.4% | 55 | 42.3 | 39.7 | 20 | 36% | 42% | −0.8 |
| 49 | Atticus Bertrams | Wisconsin | 5.4% | 35 | 41.8 | 35.9 | 17 | 44% | 14% | −5.6 |
| 50 | David Nunez | Texas State | 5.4% | 36 | 40.4 | 38.2 | 12 | 32% | 58% | +0.4 |
| 51 | Jackson Ross | Tennessee | 5.4% | 37 | 44.3 | 42.2 | 19 | 51% | 56% | +6.9 |
| 52 | Magnus Haines | Ohio | 5.4% | 38 | 42.2 | 39.9 | 16 | 43% | 46% | +1.7 |
| 53 | Alex Smith | Georgia Southern | 5.6% | 54 | 42.6 | 39.6 | 15 | 28% | 49% | −2.3 |
| 54 | Kanyon Floyd | Arizona State | 5.6% | 36 | 41.4 | 34.5 | 8 | 22% | 36% | −13.7 |
| 55 | Ryan Harris | Washington State | 5.9% | 51 | 40.9 | 38.3 | 18 | 35% | 58% | +0.1 |
| 56 | Caden Noonkester | NC State | 5.9% | 52 | 43.6 | 39.0 | 23 | 45% | 48% | −1.5 |
| 57 | Bronson Long | Charlotte | 5.9% | 70 | 42.7 | 38.4 | 19 | 28% | 48% | −5.4 |
| 58 | Declan Duley | Central Michigan | 6.1% | 50 | 40.9 | 36.7 | 18 | 37% | 59% | −6.2 |
| 59 | Aleksi Pulkkinen | South Alabama | 6.1% | 49 | 40.4 | 36.2 | 11 | 22% | 24% | −10.1 |
| 60 | Evan Crenshaw | Troy | 6.3% | 65 | 45.8 | 41.7 | 32 | 49% | 30% | +5.8 |
| 61 | James Wagenseller | Army | 6.3% | 32 | 43.1 | 40.8 | 15 | 47% | 48% | +5.6 |
| 62 | Isaac Lovison | Arizona | 6.3% | 32 | 42.6 | 39.8 | 12 | 38% | 56% | −1.6 |
| 63 | Wes Pahl | Oklahoma State | 6.3% | 64 | 46.5 | 42.6 | 21 | 32% | 36% | +1.5 |
| 64 | Caile Hogan | UTSA | 6.4% | 50 | 44.9 | 39.8 | 15 | 32% | 35% | −3.4 |
| 65 | Emile Sebafundi | Coastal Carolina | 6.6% | 62 | 42.5 | 37.1 | 17 | 27% | 31% | −11.2 |
| 66 | Landon Rehkow | Utah State | 6.7% | 61 | 42.7 | 38.5 | 19 | 31% | 32% | −6.8 |
| 67 | Noah Botsford | UTEP | 6.8% | 59 | 45.6 | 41.2 | 19 | 32% | 4% | +5.1 |
| 68 | Cam Brown | UNLV | 7.0% | 43 | 44.0 | 41.1 | 15 | 35% | 36% | −0.1 |
| 69 | Ian Brandt | Old Dominion | 7.1% | 41 | 41.0 | 35.4 | 18 | 41% | 53% | −9.3 |
| 70 | Connor Weselman | Missouri | 7.3% | 41 | 41.8 | 39.0 | 14 | 34% | 55% | −0.6 |
| 71 | Mason Love | South Carolina | 7.5% | 53 | 45.1 | 41.4 | 18 | 33% | 39% | +6.9 |
| 72 | Damon Greaves | Colorado | 7.8% | 64 | 43.7 | 38.3 | 16 | 25% | 35% | −2.6 |
| 73 | Dylan Drennan | Buffalo | 7.8% | 64 | 44.8 | 41.6 | 26 | 41% | 21% | +7.8 |
| 74 | Wade McSparron | SMU | 7.8% | 52 | 42.4 | 39.1 | 16 | 31% | 45% | +2.1 |
| 75 | Rhys Dakin | Iowa | 7.9% | 39 | 43.2 | 40.1 | 17 | 45% | 60% | +5.3 |
| 76 | Hudson Hollenbeck | Michigan | 7.9% | 38 | 43.0 | 37.8 | 11 | 28% | 32% | −2.1 |
| 77 | Michael Kern | California | 7.9% | 38 | 41.6 | 38.7 | 9 | 24% | 42% | −3.7 |
| 78 | Aidan Laros | Kentucky | 8.0% | 50 | 44.5 | 38.6 | 20 | 39% | 51% | +2.1 |
| 79 | Alex Bacchetta | Rice | 8.1% | 60 | 44.6 | 39.5 | 20 | 32% | 42% | +3.3 |
| 80 | David Chapeau | Louisville | 8.1% | 38 | 39.7 | 37.8 | 18 | 49% | 59% | +1.2 |
| 81 | AJ Winsor | Oregon State | 8.2% | 62 | 44.7 | 34.5 | 15 | 24% | 16% | −22.1 |
| 82 | Anthony Venneri | UCF | 8.3% | 48 | 40.7 | 35.6 | 19 | 40% | 36% | −9.3 |
| 83 | Tommy Doman | Florida | 8.3% | 50 | 44.0 | 41.1 | 18 | 38% | 45% | +3.0 |
| 84 | Grant Chadwick | LSU | 8.5% | 59 | 45.3 | 38.2 | 21 | 36% | 35% | −4.8 |
| 85 | Simon McClannan | Kansas State | 8.5% | 48 | 42.5 | 39.5 | 19 | 40% | 39% | +2.4 |
| 86 | Nick Veltsistas | Virginia Tech | 8.5% | 47 | 45.4 | 37.3 | 18 | 38% | 36% | −7.3 |
| 87 | John Hoyet Chance | Louisiana Tech | 8.6% | 58 | 47.0 | 42.9 | 27 | 47% | 33% | +11.3 |
| 88 | Bryan Hansen | Colorado State | 8.8% | 57 | 47.9 | 44.1 | 15 | 26% | 19% | +17.4 |
| 89 | Orion Phillips | Utah | 8.8% | 35 | 42.9 | 40.4 | 13 | 38% | 44% | +6.2 |
| 90 | Max Morgan | Liberty | 8.9% | 46 | 41.2 | 38.8 | 14 | 31% | 53% | −4.4 |
| 91 | Alec Clark | Tulane | 8.9% | 45 | 46.8 | 43.4 | 17 | 38% | 38% | +13.1 |
| 92 | Gabriel Nwosu | Penn State | 9.1% | 35 | 46.1 | 42.9 | 14 | 42% | 46% | +9.5 |
| 93 | Lachlan Carrigan | Memphis | 9.3% | 42 | 43.4 | 41.2 | 20 | 47% | 67% | +7.4 |
| 94 | Ryan Millmore | Western Michigan | 9.6% | 53 | 42.1 | 38.4 | 22 | 42% | 49% | +4.1 |
| 95 | Oscar Doyle | Boise State | 9.6% | 52 | 43.7 | 40.4 | 18 | 35% | 60% | +5.2 |
| 96 | Marshall Nichols | Georgia Tech | 9.7% | 31 | 47.3 | 42.0 | 13 | 42% | 29% | +7.7 |
| 97 | Brett Thorson | Georgia | 9.8% | 42 | 45.2 | 42.7 | 20 | 49% | 62% | +10.1 |
| 98 | Cole Maynard | Western Kentucky | 9.8% | 51 | 48.7 | 42.4 | 14 | 27% | 33% | +3.7 |
| 99 | Emilio Duran | Toledo | 10.0% | 60 | 40.6 | 37.3 | 23 | 38% | 47% | −5.4 |
| 100 | Ethan Craw | TCU | 10.0% | 41 | 41.5 | 38.7 | 14 | 35% | 39% | +0.8 |
| 101 | Patrick Foley | UAB | 10.0% | 30 | 41.6 | 34.2 | 6 | 19% | 33% | −17.6 |
| 102 | John Henderson | Bowling Green | 10.2% | 59 | 40.5 | 35.4 | 20 | 34% | 43% | −18.4 |
| 103 | Jack Stonehouse | Syracuse | 10.3% | 60 | 46.5 | 41.6 | 15 | 26% | 52% | +8.9 |
| 104 | Joseph Castle | Akron | 10.4% | 48 | 42.8 | 36.6 | 17 | 35% | 35% | −5.5 |
| 105 | Caleb Junko | Pittsburgh | 10.4% | 48 | 44.5 | 40.7 | 12 | 25% | 41% | +0.3 |
| 106 | Ashton Logan | Middle Tennessee | 10.6% | 66 | 44.6 | 41.1 | 33 | 50% | 41% | +9.2 |
| 107 | Daniel Sparks | Virginia | 11.4% | 35 | 47.5 | 37.9 | 14 | 40% | 19% | −0.4 |
| 108 | Grayson Miller | Oklahoma | 11.5% | 54 | 46.2 | 40.3 | 30 | 58% | 26% | +3.5 |
| 109 | Devin Bale | Arkansas | 11.8% | 34 | 45.6 | 39.0 | 14 | 40% | 35% | −0.3 |
| 110 | Jacob Carlson | Navy | 12.5% | 32 | 44.6 | 40.3 | 14 | 44% | 29% | +3.9 |
| 111 | Luke Akers | Northwestern | 12.9% | 32 | 45.4 | 40.7 | 10 | 32% | 39% | +6.8 |
| 112 | Trent Carrizosa | San José State | 13.2% | 39 | 45.6 | 40.1 | 12 | 32% | 44% | −6.1 |
| 113 | Connor Stutz | UConn | 13.3% | 44 | 45.5 | 41.0 | 23 | 51% | 45% | +7.8 |
| 114 | Dylan Joyce | Miami | 13.5% | 37 | 44.4 | 40.5 | 19 | 51% | 43% | +4.6 |
| 115 | Liam Dougherty | Houston | 13.7% | 50 | 44.3 | 37.0 | 18 | 35% | 36% | −9.2 |
| 116 | Mitchell Tomasek | Eastern Michigan | 13.7% | 48 | 45.1 | 40.8 | 10 | 20% | 26% | +0.1 |
| 117 | Luke Dunne | Washington | 13.8% | 28 | 40.2 | 33.6 | 7 | 23% | 26% | −8.5 |
| 118 | Jack Bouwmeester | Texas | 14.5% | 55 | 44.7 | 38.4 | 24 | 43% | 43% | +1.5 |
| 119 | Bryce McFerson | Maryland | 14.5% | 56 | 44.2 | 40.4 | 20 | 36% | 47% | +0.5 |
| 120 | Stewart McDonald | Missouri State | 15.0% | 42 | 42.7 | 36.1 | 13 | 32% | 29% | −11.2 |
| 121 | Bart Edmiston | Wyoming | 16.7% | 65 | 46.1 | 38.6 | 25 | 37% | 20% | +3.1 |
| 122 | Keelan Crimmins | Illinois | 16.7% | 35 | 44.0 | 38.5 | 9 | 25% | 56% | −0.8 |
| 123 | Hunter Green | San Diego State | 16.9% | 59 | 46.6 | 41.2 | 29 | 49% | 41% | +10.2 |
| 124 | Nathan Totten | Marshall | 17.5% | 55 | 44.9 | 40.4 | 26 | 45% | 47% | +10.4 |
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