2026 College Inside the 20 Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that end inside the opponent's 20-yard line. It removes volume from the comparison.

Field position matters: punters who punt from midfield have more chances than those punting from their own end. In 2026, Nick Verdugo (68.0%) led college football punters in inside the 20 percentage, ahead of Simon McClannan (61.1%) and Sean West (60.9%). 130 punters qualify (minimum 15 punts). The median qualified punter had 38.5%. This season is in progress (through Week 7), so the numbers change each week.

Data through Week 7 of the 2026 season, updated October 24, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	In 20 %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	68.0%	25	42.0	40.5	17	0%	74%	+4.2
2	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	61.1%	18	46.8	41.1	11	11%	59%	+3.5
3	Sean West	Wisconsin	60.9%	23	43.1	39.6	14	9%	38%	+1.3
4	Boston Everitt	Iowa	60.7%	27	43.0	41.6	17	7%	59%	+4.5
5	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	60.0%	25	43.5	41.5	15	0%	39%	+1.9
6	Alex Asparuhov	Alabama	59.1%	23	43.1	41.3	13	0%	56%	+7.2
7	Oliver Straw	UAB	57.1%	21	45.4	41.4	12	0%	28%	+0.7
8	Patrick Rea	James Madison	56.3%	32	43.2	40.3	18	6%	30%	+5.3
9	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	56.3%	16	47.3	45.9	9	0%	55%	+7.1
10	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	55.2%	29	43.8	38.6	16	21%	50%	+2.1
11	Billy Gowers	Indiana	55.0%	20	38.5	36.9	11	0%	61%	+1.7
12	Alec Clark	Florida	54.5%	22	47.4	42.1	12	5%	56%	+1.8
13	Luke Goater	South Florida	54.2%	24	45.5	42.5	13	8%	40%	+4.9
14	Michael Kern	New Mexico	52.9%	17	40.1	38.5	9	6%	60%	+2.1
15	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	52.6%	19	43.8	39.5	10	11%	50%	+3.7
16	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	52.4%	21	46.3	44.4	11	10%	63%	+7.3
17	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	51.9%	27	40.3	39.4	14	0%	55%	+2.1
18	Josh Cupitt	Delaware	50.0%	34	42.0	39.7	17	0%	52%	+1.8
19	Matt Choules	UNLV	50.0%	30	42.3	38.5	15	7%	50%	+0.5
20	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	50.0%	28	44.8	40.6	14	7%	67%	+2.5
21	Mason Golding	Louisiana	50.0%	28	40.1	34.5	14	0%	40%	−10.4
22	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	50.0%	23	45.2	39.6	11	5%	35%	+0.3
23	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	50.0%	20	50.8	48.5	10	5%	43%	+9.9
24	Liam Dougherty	Houston	50.0%	16	45.6	39.5	8	13%	17%	+1.7
25	Orion Phillips	Utah	50.0%	16	42.3	42.3	8	0%	31%	+1.5
26	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	48.6%	35	42.9	36.3	17	9%	38%	−1.4
27	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	48.4%	31	42.1	38.7	15	6%	48%	+4.3
28	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	48.1%	26	45.9	39.7	13	12%	11%	+3.1
29	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	47.6%	21	42.8	36.8	10	0%	24%	−2.2
30	Daniel Hughes	Florida State	47.6%	21	44.0	42.6	10	0%	33%	+4.5
31	Hamish Adams	Sacramento State	47.1%	35	41.1	40.9	16	0%	78%	+2.0
32	Wade McSparron	SMU	46.7%	15	44.2	39.5	7	7%	45%	−0.2
33	Will Duncan	Air Force	46.7%	15	46.1	40.7	7	7%	38%	+2.4
34	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	45.7%	35	43.4	40.3	16	3%	37%	+3.7
35	Grant Chadwick	LSU	45.5%	22	38.7	35.5	10	0%	44%	−1.9
36	James Wagenseller	Army	45.0%	20	46.5	43.9	9	5%	29%	+5.6
37	Damon Greaves	Colorado	44.8%	29	45.3	37.9	13	7%	22%	−3.0
38	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	44.4%	36	51.1	43.7	16	6%	30%	+0.9
39	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	44.4%	27	43.7	40.4	12	7%	36%	+2.7
40	Tom Weston	Minnesota	44.4%	25	41.5	36.9	12	0%	47%	−1.5
41	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	44.4%	18	42.7	40.1	8	0%	60%	+4.5
42	Magnus Haines	Ohio	44.4%	18	43.3	39.1	8	6%	50%	+0.9
43	Sam Crossan	Liberty	44.0%	25	40.9	37.4	11	12%	55%	+1.2
44	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	43.5%	23	39.2	37.8	10	4%	42%	−1.1
45	Cam Brown	Michigan	43.3%	30	41.9	39.3	13	7%	54%	+4.5
46	Jack Smith	Clemson	43.3%	30	38.6	37.6	13	0%	70%	−2.2
47	Brunno Reus	Missouri	42.4%	33	44.8	40.9	14	18%	58%	+6.2
48	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	42.3%	26	46.1	41.0	11	8%	42%	−5.5
49	Markus Meincke	Toledo	40.9%	22	42.0	40.5	9	0%	58%	+0.4
50	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	40.7%	27	48.0	40.9	11	15%	42%	+8.2
51	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	40.7%	27	47.0	39.7	11	8%	15%	−3.2
52	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	40.0%	45	44.2	39.9	18	9%	55%	+1.8
53	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	40.0%	30	42.8	39.6	12	7%	41%	+0.8
54	Tommy Warner	UConn	40.0%	27	41.3	41.4	10	4%	63%	+5.1
55	Chase Ridley	Arizona	40.0%	15	41.5	38.9	6	13%	75%	+1.1
56	Christian Teeter	Georgia State	40.0%	15	43.5	34.5	6	0%	22%	−7.7
57	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	39.3%	29	46.0	39.7	11	7%	33%	+0.8
58	Dante Atton	Temple	39.1%	23	42.5	40.8	9	0%	47%	+1.1
59	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	39.1%	24	41.4	35.3	9	9%	29%	−5.8
60	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	38.9%	36	46.1	40.0	14	6%	25%	+1.1
61	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	38.9%	18	41.7	38.9	7	11%	47%	+4.1
62	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	38.9%	18	46.8	43.5	7	6%	44%	+6.0
63	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	38.9%	17	51.0	41.1	7	29%	33%	−0.5
64	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	38.5%	26	44.2	42.3	10	8%	50%	+2.9
65	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	38.5%	26	45.0	39.4	10	4%	50%	−5.9
66	Jackson Waller	NC State	38.5%	26	42.0	40.9	10	4%	69%	+1.9
67	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	38.1%	21	37.9	36.9	8	0%	43%	−2.8
68	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	38.1%	21	45.2	44.0	8	5%	64%	+3.7
69	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	37.9%	30	44.3	39.8	11	3%	48%	−0.2
70	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	37.9%	29	46.9	42.9	11	3%	52%	+4.9
71	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	37.5%	24	45.5	37.9	9	13%	22%	−1.0
72	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	37.5%	24	46.9	46.0	9	4%	53%	+8.0
73	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	37.5%	16	43.8	42.6	6	6%	67%	+3.4
74	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	37.1%	35	42.4	40.2	13	9%	53%	+1.5
75	Brody Richter	New Mexico State	37.0%	26	40.3	38.4	10	0%	60%	−1.9
76	Drew Miller	Georgia	36.8%	19	46.1	38.7	7	32%	35%	+1.1
77	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	36.8%	19	44.7	40.0	7	11%	22%	+1.4
78	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	36.8%	19	38.8	35.3	7	5%	50%	−3.9
79	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	36.7%	30	41.6	36.5	11	0%	44%	−8.4
80	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	36.4%	33	43.2	36.7	12	6%	33%	−3.6
81	Joseph Castle	Akron	36.4%	32	41.6	35.8	12	3%	44%	−8.3
82	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	36.0%	24	44.0	42.7	9	8%	36%	+4.1
83	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	35.7%	28	42.9	40.0	10	11%	60%	−0.6
84	Caile Hogan	UTSA	35.7%	27	41.4	37.8	10	4%	33%	−3.3
85	Harrison Tuck	Memphis	35.7%	30	40.8	39.2	10	0%	44%	−2.0
86	Angus Davies	California	35.5%	32	41.0	37.6	11	3%	44%	−5.5
87	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	35.5%	31	41.1	37.4	11	13%	54%	−3.8
88	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	35.3%	34	49.2	38.4	12	18%	21%	−1.3
89	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	35.3%	17	42.2	39.6	6	6%	67%	−0.3
90	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	35.0%	20	47.0	43.8	7	5%	40%	+4.1
91	Felix Visser	Florida International	35.0%	20	38.6	36.7	7	5%	56%	−3.7
92	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	34.4%	32	43.9	37.2	11	6%	31%	0.0
93	William Hudlow	Tulane	34.4%	32	46.9	43.5	11	16%	43%	+10.2
94	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	34.3%	32	45.1	38.1	12	6%	56%	−1.0
95	Jaxson Dunn	App State	34.3%	35	41.9	40.4	12	3%	32%	+3.9
96	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	33.3%	32	44.1	39.7	11	6%	38%	0.0
97	Mac Chiumento	Texas	33.3%	24	43.0	38.9	8	4%	55%	−4.7
98	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	32.4%	33	40.1	32.7	11	6%	24%	−9.7
99	Dusty Zimmer	Southern Miss	32.1%	28	40.0	38.4	9	0%	48%	+2.6
100	Gavin Rush	Arkansas	32.1%	27	40.5	38.2	9	0%	74%	−4.5
101	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	31.8%	21	43.3	37.0	7	5%	39%	−1.3
102	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	31.8%	22	46.3	39.3	7	18%	33%	+1.1
103	Palmer Williams	Baylor	31.8%	22	51.4	43.5	7	32%	47%	+5.2
104	Max Dean	Washington State	31.6%	40	43.4	38.2	12	8%	23%	−5.9
105	Hunter Green	Washington	31.3%	33	47.9	42.1	10	6%	33%	+3.9
106	Dylan Joyce	Miami	31.3%	16	44.6	36.8	5	6%	60%	−0.7
107	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	30.4%	23	41.2	36.0	7	4%	41%	−3.6
108	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	30.2%	43	43.0	40.6	13	2%	66%	+3.4
109	Max Tulen	Tulsa	29.7%	36	42.9	39.6	11	6%	42%	−2.1
110	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	29.5%	44	45.5	38.9	13	14%	30%	+1.2
111	Tyler White	Texas A&M	29.2%	25	49.5	45.8	7	13%	33%	+11.5
112	Charlie Durkin	Rice	28.6%	28	45.5	39.9	8	7%	10%	−1.9
113	Brady Braun	UTEP	28.1%	32	40.7	35.3	9	6%	15%	−11.7
114	Niall Hayes	Louisville	28.0%	25	40.0	38.0	7	4%	35%	−5.1
115	Fuller Shurtz	BYU	27.8%	18	44.4	44.2	5	0%	92%	+7.9
116	Mason Love	South Carolina	27.8%	18	42.7	42.1	5	0%	44%	+0.3
117	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	27.6%	29	42.7	33.8	8	10%	50%	−13.9
118	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	26.7%	15	45.9	43.2	4	13%	50%	+3.7
119	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	26.3%	19	42.6	39.9	5	5%	71%	+4.3
120	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	25.0%	21	42.9	37.4	5	5%	17%	−3.6
121	Thomas O'Hara	Kentucky	23.5%	17	40.7	37.5	4	6%	31%	−2.0
122	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	23.1%	39	43.7	38.7	9	10%	29%	+0.7
123	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	21.9%	33	41.4	31.8	7	3%	39%	−23.5
124	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	21.4%	29	41.8	34.4	6	11%	32%	−13.7
125	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	21.1%	19	44.4	41.5	4	5%	50%	+2.4
126	Jonah DuPont	Iowa State	19.0%	22	44.4	39.2	4	0%	33%	+0.8
127	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	16.7%	35	42.3	36.0	6	11%	40%	−12.2
128	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	16.7%	23	42.0	32.2	4	13%	59%	−11.3
129	Matthew Gill	Kansas	15.0%	20	39.9	37.1	3	5%	44%	−1.2
130	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	8.7%	23	41.0	31.1	2	17%	24%	−9.2

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