2025 College Punts Downed Percentage Leaders

The share of punts a member of the kicking team stopped or touched before they could roll into the end zone. It is a control and coverage stat as much as a leg stat.

Downed punts are rare, so one or two change the percentage. In 2025, Blake Doud (12.8%) led college football punters in punts downed percentage, ahead of Oscar Bird (10.7%) and Grayson Miller (10.6%). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 0.0%.

Final 2025 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Downed %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Blake Doud	Alabama	12.8%	41	42.9	38.8	15	36%	2%	49%	−0.4
2	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	10.7%	32	45.9	43.8	10	31%	3%	29%	+11.0
3	Grayson Miller	Oklahoma	10.6%	54	46.2	40.3	30	58%	12%	26%	+3.5
4	Patrick Rea	James Madison	10.3%	43	40.7	38.9	17	40%	5%	62%	+0.1
5	Michael Kern	California	9.7%	38	41.6	38.7	9	24%	8%	42%	−3.7
6	Devin Bale	Arkansas	9.7%	34	45.6	39.0	14	40%	12%	35%	−0.3
7	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	9.4%	37	44.3	42.2	19	51%	5%	56%	+6.9
8	Angus Davies	Tulsa	9.1%	46	43.3	41.6	21	43%	0%	42%	+0.3
9	Dylan Joyce	Miami	8.6%	37	44.4	40.5	19	51%	14%	43%	+4.6
10	Tommy Doman	Florida	7.9%	50	44.0	41.1	18	38%	8%	45%	+3.0
11	Tyler White	Texas A&M	7.7%	44	44.4	40.9	18	41%	5%	42%	+4.0
12	Caden Noonkester	NC State	7.1%	52	43.6	39.0	23	45%	6%	48%	−1.5
13	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	7.1%	35	46.1	42.9	14	42%	9%	46%	+9.5
14	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	6.9%	40	46.7	45.9	10	26%	0%	48%	+14.0
15	James Wagenseller	Army	6.9%	32	43.1	40.8	15	47%	6%	48%	+5.6
16	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	6.5%	38	42.5	38.8	16	43%	3%	61%	+0.4
17	Bronson Long	Charlotte	5.0%	70	42.7	38.4	19	28%	6%	48%	−5.4
18	Trey Wilhoit	Florida International	4.8%	50	43.5	38.6	14	28%	4%	52%	−3.1
19	Orion Phillips	Utah	4.0%	35	42.9	40.4	13	38%	9%	44%	+6.2
20	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	3.7%	39	45.6	40.1	12	32%	13%	44%	−6.1
21	Chase Leon	South Florida	3.7%	32	43.0	39.2	15	47%	3%	44%	−2.9
22	Grant Chadwick	LSU	3.6%	59	45.3	38.2	21	36%	8%	35%	−4.8
23	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	3.6%	35	41.8	35.9	17	44%	5%	14%	−5.6
24	David Chapeau	Louisville	3.4%	38	39.7	37.8	18	49%	8%	59%	+1.2
25	Hudson Hollenbeck	Michigan	3.2%	38	43.0	37.8	11	28%	8%	32%	−2.1
26	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	3.0%	39	44.5	41.1	18	45%	5%	55%	+6.9
27	Brett Thorson	Georgia	2.9%	42	45.2	42.7	20	49%	10%	62%	+10.1
28	Keelan Crimmins	Illinois	2.9%	35	44.0	38.5	9	25%	17%	56%	−0.8
29	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	2.8%	48	42.5	39.5	19	40%	9%	39%	+2.4
30	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	2.7%	53	42.1	38.4	22	42%	10%	49%	+4.1
31	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	2.4%	61	42.7	38.5	19	31%	7%	32%	−6.8
32	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	2.1%	56	42.7	39.8	21	38%	2%	47%	+2.8
33	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	2.1%	50	44.5	38.6	20	39%	8%	51%	+2.1
34	Curtis Gerrand	Sam Houston	2.1%	64	43.0	40.4	23	37%	3%	56%	+2.5
35	John Hoyet Chance	Louisiana Tech	2.1%	58	47.0	42.9	27	47%	9%	33%	+11.3
36	Mason Love	South Carolina	2.0%	53	45.1	41.4	18	33%	8%	39%	+6.9
37	Adam Saul	Ball State	0.0%	70	40.7	37.4	17	24%	4%	44%	−12.8
38	Keegan Andrews	Massachusetts	0.0%	69	46.5	41.7	32	45%	3%	39%	+5.0
39	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	0.0%	65	46.1	38.6	25	37%	17%	20%	+3.1
40	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	66	44.6	41.1	33	50%	11%	41%	+9.2
41	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	0.0%	66	42.5	38.9	17	26%	5%	22%	−7.0
42	Damon Greaves	Colorado	0.0%	64	43.7	38.3	16	25%	8%	35%	−2.6
43	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	0.0%	65	45.8	41.7	32	49%	6%	30%	+5.8
44	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	0.0%	64	46.5	42.6	21	32%	6%	36%	+1.5
45	Dylan Drennan	Buffalo	0.0%	64	44.8	41.6	26	41%	8%	21%	+7.8
46	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	0.0%	60	44.6	39.5	20	32%	8%	42%	+3.3
47	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	0.0%	62	44.7	34.5	15	24%	8%	16%	−22.1
48	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	0.0%	62	42.5	37.1	17	27%	7%	31%	−11.2
49	Dante Atton	Temple	0.0%	62	42.2	41.4	26	43%	2%	80%	+5.7
50	Emilio Duran	Toledo	0.0%	60	40.6	37.3	23	38%	10%	47%	−5.4
51	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	0.0%	60	38.9	35.5	14	23%	5%	45%	−21.5
52	Hunter Green	San Diego State	0.0%	59	46.6	41.2	29	49%	17%	41%	+10.2
53	John Henderson	Bowling Green	0.0%	59	40.5	35.4	20	34%	10%	43%	−18.4
54	Noah Botsford	UTEP	0.0%	59	45.6	41.2	19	32%	7%	4%	+5.1
55	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	0.0%	60	46.5	41.6	15	26%	10%	52%	+8.9
56	Joshua Huiet	Kennesaw State	0.0%	57	41.3	39.7	25	43%	4%	52%	+1.0
57	Nathan Totten	Marshall	0.0%	55	44.9	40.4	26	45%	18%	47%	+10.4
58	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	0.0%	59	41.9	40.0	25	43%	3%	60%	+11.1
59	Tom Weston	Minnesota	0.0%	59	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	31%	+1.4
60	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	0.0%	57	47.9	44.1	15	26%	9%	19%	+17.4
61	Cal Joseph	Wake Forest	0.0%	57	38.1	35.1	20	35%	4%	60%	−13.9
62	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	0.0%	58	43.3	39.1	15	27%	2%	30%	−2.1
63	Jack Bouwmeester	Texas	0.0%	55	44.7	38.4	24	43%	15%	43%	+1.5
64	Max Dean	New Mexico State	0.0%	55	42.3	39.7	20	36%	5%	42%	−0.8
65	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	0.0%	56	44.2	40.4	20	36%	15%	47%	+0.5
66	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	0.0%	54	42.6	39.6	15	28%	6%	49%	−2.3
67	Ian Ratliff	App State	0.0%	54	43.9	41.1	11	20%	2%	52%	+6.0
68	Jackson Waller	Arkansas State	0.0%	54	41.4	40.3	24	44%	4%	35%	+0.9
69	Reed Chandley	Georgia State	0.0%	54	45.8	39.5	23	43%	4%	21%	−2.4
70	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	0.0%	52	43.7	40.4	18	35%	10%	60%	+5.2
71	Ryan Harris	Washington State	0.0%	51	40.9	38.3	18	35%	6%	58%	+0.1
72	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	0.0%	51	48.7	42.4	14	27%	10%	33%	+3.7
73	Liam Dougherty	Houston	0.0%	50	44.3	37.0	18	35%	14%	36%	−9.2
74	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	48	45.1	40.8	10	20%	14%	26%	+0.1
75	Shamus Florio	Boston College	0.0%	49	39.7	38.3	16	31%	2%	27%	+0.8
76	Wade McSparron	SMU	0.0%	52	42.4	39.1	16	31%	8%	45%	+2.1
77	Jack McCallister	Purdue	0.0%	50	43.2	40.8	24	48%	4%	44%	+6.5
78	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	0.0%	49	48.5	40.8	21	42%	2%	27%	−8.0
79	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	0.0%	49	40.4	36.2	11	22%	6%	24%	−10.1
80	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	0.0%	50	40.9	36.7	18	37%	6%	59%	−6.2
81	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	0.0%	49	42.0	40.7	13	27%	2%	63%	+4.2
82	Joseph Castle	Akron	0.0%	48	42.8	36.6	17	35%	10%	35%	−5.5
83	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	0.0%	50	42.1	39.4	10	20%	4%	37%	−6.7
84	Anthony Venneri	UCF	0.0%	48	40.7	35.6	19	40%	8%	36%	−9.3
85	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	0.0%	48	44.5	40.7	12	25%	10%	41%	+0.3
86	Nick Veltsistas	Virginia Tech	0.0%	47	45.4	37.3	18	38%	9%	36%	−7.3
87	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	0.0%	47	40.6	39.6	16	33%	2%	74%	+7.7
88	Caile Hogan	UTSA	0.0%	50	44.9	39.8	15	32%	6%	35%	−3.4
89	Charlie Durkin	Kent State	0.0%	48	41.1	37.3	13	28%	4%	29%	−11.3
90	Bailey Ettridge	Nevada	0.0%	45	45.1	41.5	18	39%	4%	58%	+7.7
91	Billy Gowers	Hawai'i	0.0%	46	46.4	41.4	24	52%	4%	37%	+2.6
92	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	0.0%	47	39.6	37.1	17	37%	4%	53%	−3.0
93	Alec Clark	Tulane	0.0%	45	46.8	43.4	17	38%	9%	38%	+13.1
94	Connor Stutz	UConn	0.0%	44	45.5	41.0	23	51%	13%	45%	+7.8
95	Jack Smith	Clemson	0.0%	45	42.1	41.1	22	49%	4%	56%	+8.3
96	Max Morgan	Liberty	0.0%	46	41.2	38.8	14	31%	9%	53%	−4.4
97	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	0.0%	41	41.0	35.4	18	41%	7%	53%	−9.3
98	Will Karoll	UCLA	0.0%	44	43.5	39.2	12	27%	5%	39%	−0.5
99	Brenden Lach	Delaware	0.0%	42	39.5	35.6	15	35%	2%	47%	−7.4
100	Cam Brown	UNLV	0.0%	43	44.0	41.1	15	35%	7%	36%	−0.1
101	Lachlan Carrigan	Memphis	0.0%	42	43.4	41.2	20	47%	9%	67%	+7.4
102	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	0.0%	42	42.4	40.9	19	45%	5%	57%	+5.5
103	Connor Weselman	Missouri	0.0%	41	41.8	39.0	14	34%	7%	55%	−0.6
104	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	0.0%	42	42.7	36.1	13	32%	15%	29%	−11.2
105	Ethan Craw	TCU	0.0%	41	41.5	38.7	14	35%	10%	39%	+0.8
106	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	0.0%	40	43.4	41.0	19	48%	5%	53%	+7.9
107	Finn Lappin	Kansas	0.0%	39	45.3	41.2	13	33%	3%	44%	+1.7
108	Daniel Hughes	New Mexico	0.0%	35	45.5	42.1	11	29%	5%	41%	+7.9
109	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	0.0%	39	43.2	40.1	17	45%	8%	60%	+5.3
110	David Nunez	Texas State	0.0%	36	40.4	38.2	12	32%	5%	58%	+0.4
111	Magnus Haines	Ohio	0.0%	38	42.2	39.9	16	43%	5%	46%	+1.7
112	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	0.0%	36	41.4	34.5	8	22%	6%	36%	−13.7
113	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	0.0%	35	47.5	37.9	14	40%	11%	19%	−0.4
114	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	0.0%	35	45.8	42.0	17	49%	3%	45%	−3.4
115	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	0.0%	33	44.2	41.8	12	36%	3%	62%	+4.6
116	Reed Harradine	Southern Miss	0.0%	34	40.8	38.7	6	18%	3%	39%	−3.5
117	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	0.0%	32	38.9	37.6	14	44%	3%	48%	−1.8
118	Isaac Lovison	Arizona	0.0%	32	42.6	39.8	12	38%	6%	56%	−1.6
119	Jacob Carlson	Navy	0.0%	32	44.6	40.3	14	44%	13%	29%	+3.9
120	Luke Akers	Northwestern	0.0%	32	45.4	40.7	10	32%	13%	39%	+6.8
121	Marshall Nichols	Georgia Tech	0.0%	31	47.3	42.0	13	42%	10%	29%	+7.7
122	Patrick Foley	UAB	0.0%	30	41.6	34.2	6	19%	10%	33%	−17.6
123	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	0.0%	30	43.7	39.9	7	23%	3%	48%	+0.3
124	Luke Dunne	Washington	0.0%	28	40.2	33.6	7	23%	14%	26%	−8.5

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