2026 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 2026, Tom Weston (0.0%) topped college football punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of John Hoyet Chance (0.0%) and Jack Smith (0.0%). 130 punters qualify (minimum 15 punts). The median qualified punter had 5.9%. 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	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Tom Weston	Minnesota	0.0%	25	41.5	36.9	12	44%	47%	−1.5
2	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	0.0%	25	43.5	41.5	15	60%	39%	+1.9
3	Jack Smith	Clemson	0.0%	30	38.6	37.6	13	43%	70%	−2.2
4	Billy Gowers	Indiana	0.0%	20	38.5	36.9	11	55%	61%	+1.7
5	Josh Cupitt	Delaware	0.0%	34	42.0	39.7	17	50%	52%	+1.8
6	Harrison Tuck	Memphis	0.0%	30	40.8	39.2	10	36%	44%	−2.0
7	Brody Richter	New Mexico State	0.0%	26	40.3	38.4	10	37%	60%	−1.9
8	Alex Asparuhov	Alabama	0.0%	23	43.1	41.3	13	59%	56%	+7.2
9	Markus Meincke	Toledo	0.0%	22	42.0	40.5	9	41%	58%	+0.4
10	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	0.0%	27	40.3	39.4	14	52%	55%	+2.1
11	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	0.0%	25	42.0	40.5	17	68%	74%	+4.2
12	Grant Chadwick	LSU	0.0%	22	38.7	35.5	10	45%	44%	−1.9
13	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	0.0%	21	37.9	36.9	8	38%	43%	−2.8
14	Fuller Shurtz	BYU	0.0%	18	44.4	44.2	5	28%	92%	+7.9
15	Hamish Adams	Sacramento State	0.0%	35	41.1	40.9	16	47%	78%	+2.0
16	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	0.0%	30	41.6	36.5	11	37%	44%	−8.4
17	Dusty Zimmer	Southern Miss	0.0%	28	40.0	38.4	9	32%	48%	+2.6
18	Gavin Rush	Arkansas	0.0%	27	40.5	38.2	9	32%	74%	−4.5
19	Mason Golding	Louisiana	0.0%	28	40.1	34.5	14	50%	40%	−10.4
20	Dante Atton	Temple	0.0%	23	42.5	40.8	9	39%	47%	+1.1
21	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	0.0%	21	42.8	36.8	10	48%	24%	−2.2
22	Daniel Hughes	Florida State	0.0%	21	44.0	42.6	10	48%	33%	+4.5
23	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	0.0%	18	42.7	40.1	8	44%	60%	+4.5
24	Orion Phillips	Utah	0.0%	16	42.3	42.3	8	50%	31%	+1.5
25	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	0.0%	16	47.3	45.9	9	56%	55%	+7.1
26	Jonah DuPont	Iowa State	0.0%	22	44.4	39.2	4	19%	33%	+0.8
27	Oliver Straw	UAB	0.0%	21	45.4	41.4	12	57%	28%	+0.7
28	Mason Love	South Carolina	0.0%	18	42.7	42.1	5	28%	44%	+0.3
29	Christian Teeter	Georgia State	0.0%	15	43.5	34.5	6	40%	22%	−7.7
30	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	2.3%	43	43.0	40.6	13	30%	66%	+3.4
31	Jaxson Dunn	App State	2.9%	35	41.9	40.4	12	34%	32%	+3.9
32	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	2.9%	35	43.4	40.3	16	46%	37%	+3.7
33	Joseph Castle	Akron	3.1%	32	41.6	35.8	12	36%	44%	−8.3
34	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	3.1%	33	41.4	31.8	7	22%	39%	−23.5
35	Angus Davies	California	3.2%	32	41.0	37.6	11	35%	44%	−5.5
36	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	3.4%	30	44.3	39.8	11	38%	48%	−0.2
37	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	3.4%	29	46.9	42.9	11	38%	52%	+4.9
38	Caile Hogan	UTSA	3.6%	27	41.4	37.8	10	36%	33%	−3.3
39	Jackson Waller	NC State	3.8%	26	42.0	40.9	10	38%	69%	+1.9
40	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	3.8%	26	45.0	39.4	10	38%	50%	−5.9
41	Niall Hayes	Louisville	4.0%	25	40.0	38.0	7	28%	35%	−5.1
42	Tommy Warner	UConn	4.0%	27	41.3	41.4	10	40%	63%	+5.1
43	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	4.2%	24	46.9	46.0	9	38%	53%	+8.0
44	Mac Chiumento	Texas	4.2%	24	43.0	38.9	8	33%	55%	−4.7
45	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	4.3%	23	39.2	37.8	10	43%	42%	−1.1
46	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	4.3%	23	41.2	36.0	7	30%	41%	−3.6
47	Alec Clark	Florida	4.5%	22	47.4	42.1	12	55%	56%	+1.8
48	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	4.5%	23	45.2	39.6	11	50%	35%	+0.3
49	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	4.8%	21	45.2	44.0	8	38%	64%	+3.7
50	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	4.8%	21	43.3	37.0	7	32%	39%	−1.3
51	Felix Visser	Florida International	5.0%	20	38.6	36.7	7	35%	56%	−3.7
52	James Wagenseller	Army	5.0%	20	46.5	43.9	9	45%	29%	+5.6
53	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	5.0%	20	47.0	43.8	7	35%	40%	+4.1
54	Matthew Gill	Kansas	5.0%	20	39.9	37.1	3	15%	44%	−1.2
55	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	5.0%	20	50.8	48.5	10	50%	43%	+9.9
56	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	5.0%	21	42.9	37.4	5	25%	17%	−3.6
57	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	5.3%	19	42.6	39.9	5	26%	71%	+4.3
58	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	5.3%	19	38.8	35.3	7	37%	50%	−3.9
59	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	5.3%	19	44.4	41.5	4	21%	50%	+2.4
60	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	5.6%	36	46.1	40.0	14	39%	25%	+1.1
61	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	5.6%	36	51.1	43.7	16	44%	30%	+0.9
62	Max Tulen	Tulsa	5.6%	36	42.9	39.6	11	30%	42%	−2.1
63	Magnus Haines	Ohio	5.6%	18	43.3	39.1	8	44%	50%	+0.9
64	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	5.6%	18	46.8	43.5	7	39%	44%	+6.0
65	Michael Kern	New Mexico	5.9%	17	40.1	38.5	9	53%	60%	+2.1
66	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	5.9%	17	42.2	39.6	6	35%	67%	−0.3
67	Thomas O'Hara	Kentucky	5.9%	17	40.7	37.5	4	24%	31%	−2.0
68	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	6.1%	33	40.1	32.7	11	32%	24%	−9.7
69	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	6.1%	33	43.2	36.7	12	36%	33%	−3.6
70	Patrick Rea	James Madison	6.3%	32	43.2	40.3	18	56%	30%	+5.3
71	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	6.3%	32	43.9	37.2	11	34%	31%	0.0
72	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	6.3%	32	45.1	38.1	12	34%	56%	−1.0
73	Hunter Green	Washington	6.3%	33	47.9	42.1	10	31%	33%	+3.9
74	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	6.3%	32	44.1	39.7	11	33%	38%	0.0
75	Brady Braun	UTEP	6.3%	32	40.7	35.3	9	28%	15%	−11.7
76	Dylan Joyce	Miami	6.3%	16	44.6	36.8	5	31%	60%	−0.7
77	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	6.3%	16	43.8	42.6	6	38%	67%	+3.4
78	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	6.5%	31	42.1	38.7	15	48%	48%	+4.3
79	Cam Brown	Michigan	6.7%	30	41.9	39.3	13	43%	54%	+4.5
80	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	6.7%	30	42.8	39.6	12	40%	41%	+0.8
81	Wade McSparron	SMU	6.7%	15	44.2	39.5	7	47%	45%	−0.2
82	Will Duncan	Air Force	6.7%	15	46.1	40.7	7	47%	38%	+2.4
83	Matt Choules	UNLV	6.9%	30	42.3	38.5	15	50%	50%	+0.5
84	Damon Greaves	Colorado	6.9%	29	45.3	37.9	13	45%	22%	−3.0
85	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	7.1%	28	44.8	40.6	14	50%	67%	+2.5
86	Boston Everitt	Iowa	7.1%	27	43.0	41.6	17	61%	59%	+4.5
87	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	7.1%	29	46.0	39.7	11	39%	33%	+0.8
88	Charlie Durkin	Rice	7.1%	28	45.5	39.9	8	29%	10%	−1.9
89	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	7.4%	27	43.7	40.4	12	44%	36%	+2.7
90	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	7.7%	27	47.0	39.7	11	41%	15%	−3.2
91	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	7.7%	26	44.2	42.3	10	38%	50%	+2.9
92	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	7.7%	26	46.1	41.0	11	42%	42%	−5.5
93	Max Dean	Washington State	7.9%	40	43.4	38.2	12	32%	23%	−5.9
94	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	8.0%	24	44.0	42.7	9	36%	36%	+4.1
95	Luke Goater	South Florida	8.3%	24	45.5	42.5	13	54%	40%	+4.9
96	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	8.6%	35	42.9	36.3	17	49%	38%	−1.4
97	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	8.6%	35	42.4	40.2	13	37%	53%	+1.5
98	Sean West	Wisconsin	8.7%	23	43.1	39.6	14	61%	38%	+1.3
99	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	8.7%	24	41.4	35.3	9	39%	29%	−5.8
100	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	8.9%	45	44.2	39.9	18	40%	55%	+1.8
101	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	9.5%	21	46.3	44.4	11	52%	63%	+7.3
102	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	10.3%	39	43.7	38.7	9	23%	29%	+0.7
103	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	10.3%	29	42.7	33.8	8	28%	50%	−13.9
104	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	10.5%	19	43.8	39.5	10	53%	50%	+3.7
105	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	10.5%	19	44.7	40.0	7	37%	22%	+1.4
106	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	10.7%	28	42.9	40.0	10	36%	60%	−0.6
107	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	10.7%	29	41.8	34.4	6	21%	32%	−13.7
108	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	11.1%	18	41.7	38.9	7	39%	47%	+4.1
109	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	11.1%	18	46.8	41.1	11	61%	59%	+3.5
110	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	11.4%	35	42.3	36.0	6	17%	40%	−12.2
111	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	11.5%	26	45.9	39.7	13	48%	11%	+3.1
112	Sam Crossan	Liberty	12.0%	25	40.9	37.4	11	44%	55%	+1.2
113	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	12.5%	24	45.5	37.9	9	38%	22%	−1.0
114	Liam Dougherty	Houston	12.5%	16	45.6	39.5	8	50%	17%	+1.7
115	Tyler White	Texas A&M	12.5%	25	49.5	45.8	7	29%	33%	+11.5
116	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	12.9%	31	41.1	37.4	11	35%	54%	−3.8
117	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	13.0%	23	42.0	32.2	4	17%	59%	−11.3
118	Chase Ridley	Arizona	13.3%	15	41.5	38.9	6	40%	75%	+1.1
119	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	13.3%	15	45.9	43.2	4	27%	50%	+3.7
120	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	13.6%	44	45.5	38.9	13	30%	30%	+1.2
121	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	14.8%	27	48.0	40.9	11	41%	42%	+8.2
122	William Hudlow	Tulane	15.6%	32	46.9	43.5	11	34%	43%	+10.2
123	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	17.4%	23	41.0	31.1	2	9%	24%	−9.2
124	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	17.6%	34	49.2	38.4	12	35%	21%	−1.3
125	Brunno Reus	Missouri	18.2%	33	44.8	40.9	14	42%	58%	+6.2
126	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	18.2%	22	46.3	39.3	7	32%	33%	+1.1
127	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	20.7%	29	43.8	38.6	16	55%	50%	+2.1
128	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	29.4%	17	51.0	41.1	7	39%	33%	−0.5
129	Drew Miller	Georgia	31.6%	19	46.1	38.7	7	37%	35%	+1.1
130	Palmer Williams	Baylor	31.8%	22	51.4	43.5	7	32%	47%	+5.2

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