2026 College Inside-20 to Touchback Ratio Leaders

Punts inside the 20 divided by touchbacks. It rewards a punter who gets close to the goal line without going through it. Punters with no touchbacks cannot be scored, so they are left out.

Higher is better. A punter with one touchback and ten punts inside the 20 scores 10.0. In 2026, Gehrig Heil (16.0) led college football punters in inside-20 to touchback ratio, ahead of Aidan Flintoft (13.0) and Alec Clark (12.0). 101 punters qualify (minimum 15 punts). The median qualified punter had 5.5. 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	I20:TB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	16.0	35	43.4	40.3	16	46%	3%	37%	+3.7
2	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	13.0	43	43.0	40.6	13	30%	2%	66%	+3.4
3	Alec Clark	Florida	12.0	22	47.4	42.1	12	55%	5%	56%	+1.8
4	Jaxson Dunn	App State	12.0	35	41.9	40.4	12	34%	3%	32%	+3.9
5	Joseph Castle	Akron	12.0	32	41.6	35.8	12	36%	3%	44%	−8.3
6	Angus Davies	California	11.0	32	41.0	37.6	11	35%	3%	44%	−5.5
7	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	11.0	23	45.2	39.6	11	50%	5%	35%	+0.3
8	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	11.0	30	44.3	39.8	11	38%	3%	48%	−0.2
9	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	11.0	29	46.9	42.9	11	38%	3%	52%	+4.9
10	Caile Hogan	UTSA	10.0	27	41.4	37.8	10	36%	4%	33%	−3.3
11	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	10.0	23	39.2	37.8	10	43%	4%	42%	−1.1
12	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	10.0	26	45.0	39.4	10	38%	4%	50%	−5.9
13	Jackson Waller	NC State	10.0	26	42.0	40.9	10	38%	4%	69%	+1.9
14	Tommy Warner	UConn	10.0	27	41.3	41.4	10	40%	4%	63%	+5.1
15	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	10.0	20	50.8	48.5	10	50%	5%	43%	+9.9
16	Patrick Rea	James Madison	9.0	32	43.2	40.3	18	56%	6%	30%	+5.3
17	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	9.0	24	46.9	46.0	9	38%	4%	53%	+8.0
18	James Wagenseller	Army	9.0	20	46.5	43.9	9	45%	5%	29%	+5.6
19	Michael Kern	New Mexico	9.0	17	40.1	38.5	9	53%	6%	60%	+2.1
20	Boston Everitt	Iowa	8.5	27	43.0	41.6	17	61%	7%	59%	+4.5
21	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	8.0	36	51.1	43.7	16	44%	6%	30%	+0.9
22	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	8.0	21	45.2	44.0	8	38%	5%	64%	+3.7
23	Mac Chiumento	Texas	8.0	24	43.0	38.9	8	33%	4%	55%	−4.7
24	Magnus Haines	Ohio	8.0	18	43.3	39.1	8	44%	6%	50%	+0.9
25	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	7.5	31	42.1	38.7	15	48%	6%	48%	+4.3
26	Matt Choules	UNLV	7.5	30	42.3	38.5	15	50%	7%	50%	+0.5
27	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	7.0	28	44.8	40.6	14	50%	7%	67%	+2.5
28	Sean West	Wisconsin	7.0	23	43.1	39.6	14	61%	9%	38%	+1.3
29	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	7.0	36	46.1	40.0	14	39%	6%	25%	+1.1
30	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	7.0	21	43.3	37.0	7	32%	5%	39%	−1.3
31	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	7.0	20	47.0	43.8	7	35%	5%	40%	+4.1
32	Felix Visser	Florida International	7.0	20	38.6	36.7	7	35%	5%	56%	−3.7
33	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	7.0	33	41.4	31.8	7	22%	3%	39%	−23.5
34	Niall Hayes	Louisville	7.0	25	40.0	38.0	7	28%	4%	35%	−5.1
35	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	7.0	19	38.8	35.3	7	37%	5%	50%	−3.9
36	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	7.0	18	46.8	43.5	7	39%	6%	44%	+6.0
37	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	7.0	23	41.2	36.0	7	30%	4%	41%	−3.6
38	Wade McSparron	SMU	7.0	15	44.2	39.5	7	47%	7%	45%	−0.2
39	Will Duncan	Air Force	7.0	15	46.1	40.7	7	47%	7%	38%	+2.4
40	Cam Brown	Michigan	6.5	30	41.9	39.3	13	43%	7%	54%	+4.5
41	Damon Greaves	Colorado	6.5	29	45.3	37.9	13	45%	7%	22%	−3.0
42	Luke Goater	South Florida	6.5	24	45.5	42.5	13	54%	8%	40%	+4.9
43	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	6.0	33	43.2	36.7	12	36%	6%	33%	−3.6
44	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	6.0	32	45.1	38.1	12	34%	6%	56%	−1.0
45	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	6.0	30	42.8	39.6	12	40%	7%	41%	+0.8
46	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	6.0	27	43.7	40.4	12	44%	7%	36%	+2.7
47	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	6.0	17	42.2	39.6	6	35%	6%	67%	−0.3
48	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	6.0	16	43.8	42.6	6	38%	6%	67%	+3.4
49	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	5.7	35	42.9	36.3	17	49%	9%	38%	−1.4
50	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	5.5	29	46.0	39.7	11	39%	7%	33%	+0.8
51	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	5.5	32	44.1	39.7	11	33%	6%	38%	0.0
52	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	5.5	32	43.9	37.2	11	34%	6%	31%	0.0
53	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	5.5	26	46.1	41.0	11	42%	8%	42%	−5.5
54	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	5.5	21	46.3	44.4	11	52%	10%	63%	+7.3
55	Max Tulen	Tulsa	5.5	36	42.9	39.6	11	30%	6%	42%	−2.1
56	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	5.5	33	40.1	32.7	11	32%	6%	24%	−9.7
57	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	5.5	18	46.8	41.1	11	61%	11%	59%	+3.5
58	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	5.5	27	47.0	39.7	11	41%	8%	15%	−3.2
59	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	5.0	26	44.2	42.3	10	38%	8%	50%	+2.9
60	Hunter Green	Washington	5.0	33	47.9	42.1	10	31%	6%	33%	+3.9
61	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	5.0	19	43.8	39.5	10	53%	11%	50%	+3.7
62	Dylan Joyce	Miami	5.0	16	44.6	36.8	5	31%	6%	60%	−0.7
63	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	5.0	19	42.6	39.9	5	26%	5%	71%	+4.3
64	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	5.0	21	42.9	37.4	5	25%	5%	17%	−3.6
65	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	4.5	45	44.2	39.9	18	40%	9%	55%	+1.8
66	Brady Braun	UTEP	4.5	32	40.7	35.3	9	28%	6%	15%	−11.7
67	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	4.5	24	44.0	42.7	9	36%	8%	36%	+4.1
68	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	4.5	24	41.4	35.3	9	39%	9%	29%	−5.8
69	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	4.3	26	45.9	39.7	13	48%	12%	11%	+3.1
70	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	4.3	35	42.4	40.2	13	37%	9%	53%	+1.5
71	Max Dean	Washington State	4.0	40	43.4	38.2	12	32%	8%	23%	−5.9
72	Charlie Durkin	Rice	4.0	28	45.5	39.9	8	29%	7%	10%	−1.9
73	Liam Dougherty	Houston	4.0	16	45.6	39.5	8	50%	13%	17%	+1.7
74	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	4.0	19	44.4	41.5	4	21%	5%	50%	+2.4
75	Thomas O'Hara	Kentucky	4.0	17	40.7	37.5	4	24%	6%	31%	−2.0
76	Sam Crossan	Liberty	3.7	25	40.9	37.4	11	44%	12%	55%	+1.2
77	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	3.5	18	41.7	38.9	7	39%	11%	47%	+4.1
78	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	3.5	19	44.7	40.0	7	37%	11%	22%	+1.4
79	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	3.3	28	42.9	40.0	10	36%	11%	60%	−0.6
80	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	3.0	24	45.5	37.9	9	38%	13%	22%	−1.0
81	Chase Ridley	Arizona	3.0	15	41.5	38.9	6	40%	13%	75%	+1.1
82	Matthew Gill	Kansas	3.0	20	39.9	37.1	3	15%	5%	44%	−1.2
83	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	2.8	27	48.0	40.9	11	41%	15%	42%	+8.2
84	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	2.8	31	41.1	37.4	11	35%	13%	54%	−3.8
85	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	2.7	29	43.8	38.6	16	55%	21%	50%	+2.1
86	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	2.7	29	42.7	33.8	8	28%	10%	50%	−13.9
87	Brunno Reus	Missouri	2.3	33	44.8	40.9	14	42%	18%	58%	+6.2
88	Tyler White	Texas A&M	2.3	25	49.5	45.8	7	29%	13%	33%	+11.5
89	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	2.3	39	43.7	38.7	9	23%	10%	29%	+0.7
90	William Hudlow	Tulane	2.2	32	46.9	43.5	11	34%	16%	43%	+10.2
91	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	2.2	44	45.5	38.9	13	30%	14%	30%	+1.2
92	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	2.0	34	49.2	38.4	12	35%	18%	21%	−1.3
93	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	2.0	29	41.8	34.4	6	21%	11%	32%	−13.7
94	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	2.0	15	45.9	43.2	4	27%	13%	50%	+3.7
95	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	1.8	22	46.3	39.3	7	32%	18%	33%	+1.1
96	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	1.5	35	42.3	36.0	6	17%	11%	40%	−12.2
97	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	1.4	17	51.0	41.1	7	39%	29%	33%	−0.5
98	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	1.3	23	42.0	32.2	4	17%	13%	59%	−11.3
99	Drew Miller	Georgia	1.2	19	46.1	38.7	7	37%	32%	35%	+1.1
100	Palmer Williams	Baylor	1.0	22	51.4	43.5	7	32%	32%	47%	+5.2
101	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	0.5	23	41.0	31.1	2	9%	17%	24%	−9.2

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