2026 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 2026, Daniel Hughes (13.3%) led college football punters in punts downed percentage, ahead of Cal Joseph (0.0%) and Ethan Stumpf (0.0%). 130 punters qualify (minimum 15 punts). The median qualified punter had 0.0%. 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	Downed %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Daniel Hughes	Florida State	13.3%	21	44.0	42.6	10	48%	0%	33%	+4.5
2	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	0.0%	45	44.2	39.9	18	40%	9%	55%	+1.8
3	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	0.0%	44	45.5	38.9	13	30%	14%	30%	+1.2
4	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	0.0%	43	43.0	40.6	13	30%	2%	66%	+3.4
5	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	0.0%	39	43.7	38.7	9	23%	10%	29%	+0.7
6	Max Dean	Washington State	0.0%	40	43.4	38.2	12	32%	8%	23%	−5.9
7	Max Tulen	Tulsa	0.0%	36	42.9	39.6	11	30%	6%	42%	−2.1
8	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	0.0%	36	51.1	43.7	16	44%	6%	30%	+0.9
9	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	0.0%	35	42.3	36.0	6	17%	11%	40%	−12.2
10	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	0.0%	36	46.1	40.0	14	39%	6%	25%	+1.1
11	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	0.0%	32	45.1	38.1	12	34%	6%	56%	−1.0
12	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	0.0%	35	43.4	40.3	16	46%	3%	37%	+3.7
13	Jaxson Dunn	App State	0.0%	35	41.9	40.4	12	34%	3%	32%	+3.9
14	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	0.0%	35	42.4	40.2	13	37%	9%	53%	+1.5
15	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	0.0%	35	42.9	36.3	17	49%	9%	38%	−1.4
16	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	34	49.2	38.4	12	35%	18%	21%	−1.3
17	Hamish Adams	Sacramento State	0.0%	35	41.1	40.9	16	47%	0%	78%	+2.0
18	Josh Cupitt	Delaware	0.0%	34	42.0	39.7	17	50%	0%	52%	+1.8
19	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	0.0%	33	40.1	32.7	11	32%	6%	24%	−9.7
20	Brunno Reus	Missouri	0.0%	33	44.8	40.9	14	42%	18%	58%	+6.2
21	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	0.0%	33	43.2	36.7	12	36%	6%	33%	−3.6
22	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	32	44.1	39.7	11	33%	6%	38%	0.0
23	Joseph Castle	Akron	0.0%	32	41.6	35.8	12	36%	3%	44%	−8.3
24	Brady Braun	UTEP	0.0%	32	40.7	35.3	9	28%	6%	15%	−11.7
25	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	0.0%	32	43.9	37.2	11	34%	6%	31%	0.0
26	Hunter Green	Washington	0.0%	33	47.9	42.1	10	31%	6%	33%	+3.9
27	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	0.0%	33	41.4	31.8	7	22%	3%	39%	−23.5
28	Patrick Rea	James Madison	0.0%	32	43.2	40.3	18	56%	6%	30%	+5.3
29	William Hudlow	Tulane	0.0%	32	46.9	43.5	11	34%	16%	43%	+10.2
30	Angus Davies	California	0.0%	32	41.0	37.6	11	35%	3%	44%	−5.5
31	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	0.0%	31	42.1	38.7	15	48%	6%	48%	+4.3
32	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	0.0%	31	41.1	37.4	11	35%	13%	54%	−3.8
33	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	0.0%	30	41.6	36.5	11	37%	0%	44%	−8.4
34	Cam Brown	Michigan	0.0%	30	41.9	39.3	13	43%	7%	54%	+4.5
35	Jack Smith	Clemson	0.0%	30	38.6	37.6	13	43%	0%	70%	−2.2
36	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	0.0%	30	42.8	39.6	12	40%	7%	41%	+0.8
37	Matt Choules	UNLV	0.0%	30	42.3	38.5	15	50%	7%	50%	+0.5
38	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	0.0%	29	42.7	33.8	8	28%	10%	50%	−13.9
39	Damon Greaves	Colorado	0.0%	29	45.3	37.9	13	45%	7%	22%	−3.0
40	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	0.0%	30	44.3	39.8	11	38%	3%	48%	−0.2
41	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	0.0%	29	43.8	38.6	16	55%	21%	50%	+2.1
42	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	0.0%	29	46.9	42.9	11	38%	3%	52%	+4.9
43	Boston Everitt	Iowa	0.0%	27	43.0	41.6	17	61%	7%	59%	+4.5
44	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	0.0%	28	42.9	40.0	10	36%	11%	60%	−0.6
45	Caile Hogan	UTSA	0.0%	27	41.4	37.8	10	36%	4%	33%	−3.3
46	Charlie Durkin	Rice	0.0%	28	45.5	39.9	8	29%	7%	10%	−1.9
47	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	0.0%	29	46.0	39.7	11	39%	7%	33%	+0.8
48	Dusty Zimmer	Southern Miss	0.0%	28	40.0	38.4	9	32%	0%	48%	+2.6
49	Gavin Rush	Arkansas	0.0%	27	40.5	38.2	9	32%	0%	74%	−4.5
50	Harrison Tuck	Memphis	0.0%	30	40.8	39.2	10	36%	0%	44%	−2.0
51	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	0.0%	28	44.8	40.6	14	50%	7%	67%	+2.5
52	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	0.0%	29	41.8	34.4	6	21%	11%	32%	−13.7
53	Mason Golding	Louisiana	0.0%	28	40.1	34.5	14	50%	0%	40%	−10.4
54	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	0.0%	27	48.0	40.9	11	41%	15%	42%	+8.2
55	Brody Richter	New Mexico State	0.0%	26	40.3	38.4	10	37%	0%	60%	−1.9
56	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	0.0%	27	40.3	39.4	14	52%	0%	55%	+2.1
57	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	0.0%	26	45.9	39.7	13	48%	12%	11%	+3.1
58	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	0.0%	27	43.7	40.4	12	44%	7%	36%	+2.7
59	Tom Weston	Minnesota	0.0%	25	41.5	36.9	12	44%	0%	47%	−1.5
60	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	0.0%	27	47.0	39.7	11	41%	8%	15%	−3.2
61	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	0.0%	26	44.2	42.3	10	38%	8%	50%	+2.9
62	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	0.0%	26	46.1	41.0	11	42%	8%	42%	−5.5
63	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	0.0%	26	45.0	39.4	10	38%	4%	50%	−5.9
64	Jackson Waller	NC State	0.0%	26	42.0	40.9	10	38%	4%	69%	+1.9
65	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	0.0%	24	44.0	42.7	9	36%	8%	36%	+4.1
66	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	0.0%	25	43.5	41.5	15	60%	0%	39%	+1.9
67	Niall Hayes	Louisville	0.0%	25	40.0	38.0	7	28%	4%	35%	−5.1
68	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	0.0%	25	42.0	40.5	17	68%	0%	74%	+4.2
69	Sam Crossan	Liberty	0.0%	25	40.9	37.4	11	44%	12%	55%	+1.2
70	Tommy Warner	UConn	0.0%	27	41.3	41.4	10	40%	4%	63%	+5.1
71	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	0.0%	24	45.5	37.9	9	38%	13%	22%	−1.0
72	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	0.0%	24	46.9	46.0	9	38%	4%	53%	+8.0
73	Luke Goater	South Florida	0.0%	24	45.5	42.5	13	54%	8%	40%	+4.9
74	Mac Chiumento	Texas	0.0%	24	43.0	38.9	8	33%	4%	55%	−4.7
75	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	0.0%	23	42.0	32.2	4	17%	13%	59%	−11.3
76	Tyler White	Texas A&M	0.0%	25	49.5	45.8	7	29%	13%	33%	+11.5
77	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	0.0%	23	41.0	31.1	2	9%	17%	24%	−9.2
78	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	0.0%	23	39.2	37.8	10	43%	4%	42%	−1.1
79	Dante Atton	Temple	0.0%	23	42.5	40.8	9	39%	0%	47%	+1.1
80	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	0.0%	24	41.4	35.3	9	39%	9%	29%	−5.8
81	Sean West	Wisconsin	0.0%	23	43.1	39.6	14	61%	9%	38%	+1.3
82	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	0.0%	23	41.2	36.0	7	30%	4%	41%	−3.6
83	Alec Clark	Florida	0.0%	22	47.4	42.1	12	55%	5%	56%	+1.8
84	Alex Asparuhov	Alabama	0.0%	23	43.1	41.3	13	59%	0%	56%	+7.2
85	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	0.0%	21	43.3	37.0	7	32%	5%	39%	−1.3
86	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	0.0%	22	46.3	39.3	7	32%	18%	33%	+1.1
87	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	0.0%	23	45.2	39.6	11	50%	5%	35%	+0.3
88	Grant Chadwick	LSU	0.0%	22	38.7	35.5	10	45%	0%	44%	−1.9
89	Markus Meincke	Toledo	0.0%	22	42.0	40.5	9	41%	0%	58%	+0.4
90	Palmer Williams	Baylor	0.0%	22	51.4	43.5	7	32%	32%	47%	+5.2
91	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	0.0%	21	42.8	36.8	10	48%	0%	24%	−2.2
92	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	0.0%	21	37.9	36.9	8	38%	0%	43%	−2.8
93	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	0.0%	21	45.2	44.0	8	38%	5%	64%	+3.7
94	Jonah DuPont	Iowa State	0.0%	22	44.4	39.2	4	19%	0%	33%	+0.8
95	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	0.0%	21	46.3	44.4	11	52%	10%	63%	+7.3
96	Oliver Straw	UAB	0.0%	21	45.4	41.4	12	57%	0%	28%	+0.7
97	Billy Gowers	Indiana	0.0%	20	38.5	36.9	11	55%	0%	61%	+1.7
98	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	0.0%	20	47.0	43.8	7	35%	5%	40%	+4.1
99	Felix Visser	Florida International	0.0%	20	38.6	36.7	7	35%	5%	56%	−3.7
100	James Wagenseller	Army	0.0%	20	46.5	43.9	9	45%	5%	29%	+5.6
101	Matthew Gill	Kansas	0.0%	20	39.9	37.1	3	15%	5%	44%	−1.2
102	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	0.0%	21	42.9	37.4	5	25%	5%	17%	−3.6
103	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	0.0%	20	50.8	48.5	10	50%	5%	43%	+9.9
104	Drew Miller	Georgia	0.0%	19	46.1	38.7	7	37%	32%	35%	+1.1
105	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	0.0%	19	42.6	39.9	5	26%	5%	71%	+4.3
106	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	0.0%	19	44.4	41.5	4	21%	5%	50%	+2.4
107	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	0.0%	19	43.8	39.5	10	53%	11%	50%	+3.7
108	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	19	44.7	40.0	7	37%	11%	22%	+1.4
109	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	0.0%	19	38.8	35.3	7	37%	5%	50%	−3.9
110	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	0.0%	18	42.7	40.1	8	44%	0%	60%	+4.5
111	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	0.0%	18	41.7	38.9	7	39%	11%	47%	+4.1
112	Fuller Shurtz	BYU	0.0%	18	44.4	44.2	5	28%	0%	92%	+7.9
113	Magnus Haines	Ohio	0.0%	18	43.3	39.1	8	44%	6%	50%	+0.9
114	Mason Love	South Carolina	0.0%	18	42.7	42.1	5	28%	0%	44%	+0.3
115	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	0.0%	18	46.8	43.5	7	39%	6%	44%	+6.0
116	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	0.0%	17	51.0	41.1	7	39%	29%	33%	−0.5
117	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	0.0%	18	46.8	41.1	11	61%	11%	59%	+3.5
118	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	0.0%	17	42.2	39.6	6	35%	6%	67%	−0.3
119	Michael Kern	New Mexico	0.0%	17	40.1	38.5	9	53%	6%	60%	+2.1
120	Thomas O'Hara	Kentucky	0.0%	17	40.7	37.5	4	24%	6%	31%	−2.0
121	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	0.0%	16	47.3	45.9	9	56%	0%	55%	+7.1
122	Dylan Joyce	Miami	0.0%	16	44.6	36.8	5	31%	6%	60%	−0.7
123	Liam Dougherty	Houston	0.0%	16	45.6	39.5	8	50%	13%	17%	+1.7
124	Orion Phillips	Utah	0.0%	16	42.3	42.3	8	50%	0%	31%	+1.5
125	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	0.0%	16	43.8	42.6	6	38%	6%	67%	+3.4
126	Chase Ridley	Arizona	0.0%	15	41.5	38.9	6	40%	13%	75%	+1.1
127	Christian Teeter	Georgia State	0.0%	15	43.5	34.5	6	40%	0%	22%	−7.7
128	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	0.0%	15	45.9	43.2	4	27%	13%	50%	+3.7
129	Wade McSparron	SMU	0.0%	15	44.2	39.5	7	47%	7%	45%	−0.2
130	Will Duncan	Air Force	0.0%	15	46.1	40.7	7	47%	7%	38%	+2.4

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