2026 College Punts Inside the 10 Leaders

Punts whose final resting spot, after any return, was inside the receiving team's own 10. These are the best results a punt can have short of a turnover.

A count, so it rewards volume and good field position. See the inside-the-20 percentage for efficiency. In 2026, Jackson Ross (11) led college football punters in punts inside the 10, ahead of Tom Weston (10) and Sam Crossan (9). 150 punters qualify. 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 10	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	11	28	44.8	40.6	14	50%	7%	67%	+2.5
2	Tom Weston	Minnesota	10	25	41.5	36.9	12	44%	0%	47%	−1.5
3	Sam Crossan	Liberty	9	25	40.9	37.4	11	44%	12%	55%	+1.2
4	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	9	36	51.1	43.7	16	44%	6%	30%	+0.9
5	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	9	39	43.7	38.7	9	23%	10%	29%	+0.7
6	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	8	25	43.5	41.5	15	60%	0%	39%	+1.9
7	Brody Richter	New Mexico State	8	26	40.3	38.4	10	37%	0%	60%	−1.9
8	Boston Everitt	Iowa	8	27	43.0	41.6	17	61%	7%	59%	+4.5
9	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	8	31	42.1	38.7	15	48%	6%	48%	+4.3
10	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	8	31	41.1	37.4	11	35%	13%	54%	−3.8
11	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	8	33	40.1	32.7	11	32%	6%	24%	−9.7
12	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	8	44	45.5	38.9	13	30%	14%	30%	+1.2
13	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	7	21	45.2	44.0	8	38%	5%	64%	+3.7
14	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	7	24	46.9	46.0	9	38%	4%	53%	+8.0
15	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	7	25	42.0	40.5	17	68%	0%	74%	+4.2
16	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	7	27	43.7	40.4	12	44%	7%	36%	+2.7
17	Matt Choules	UNLV	7	30	42.3	38.5	15	50%	7%	50%	+0.5
18	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	7	45	44.2	39.9	18	40%	9%	55%	+1.8
19	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	6	18	46.8	41.1	11	61%	11%	59%	+3.5
20	James Wagenseller	Army	6	20	46.5	43.9	9	45%	5%	29%	+5.6
21	Alex Asparuhov	Alabama	6	23	43.1	41.3	13	59%	0%	56%	+7.2
22	Luke Goater	South Florida	6	24	45.5	42.5	13	54%	8%	40%	+4.9
23	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	6	26	45.9	39.7	13	48%	12%	11%	+3.1
24	Caile Hogan	UTSA	6	27	41.4	37.8	10	36%	4%	33%	−3.3
25	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	6	30	44.3	39.8	11	38%	3%	48%	−0.2
26	Angus Davies	California	6	32	41.0	37.6	11	35%	3%	44%	−5.5
27	Patrick Rea	James Madison	6	32	43.2	40.3	18	56%	6%	30%	+5.3
28	Brunno Reus	Missouri	6	33	44.8	40.9	14	42%	18%	58%	+6.2
29	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	6	32	44.1	39.7	11	33%	6%	38%	0.0
30	Josh Cupitt	Delaware	6	34	42.0	39.7	17	50%	0%	52%	+1.8
31	Jaxson Dunn	App State	6	35	41.9	40.4	12	34%	3%	32%	+3.9
32	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	6	36	46.1	40.0	14	39%	6%	25%	+1.1
33	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	6	43	43.0	40.6	13	30%	2%	66%	+3.4
34	Wade McSparron	SMU	5	15	44.2	39.5	7	47%	7%	45%	−0.2
35	Orion Phillips	Utah	5	16	42.3	42.3	8	50%	0%	31%	+1.5
36	Michael Kern	New Mexico	5	17	40.1	38.5	9	53%	6%	60%	+2.1
37	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	5	20	50.8	48.5	10	50%	5%	43%	+9.9
38	Oliver Straw	UAB	5	21	45.4	41.4	12	57%	0%	28%	+0.7
39	Alec Clark	Florida	5	22	47.4	42.1	12	55%	5%	56%	+1.8
40	Palmer Williams	Baylor	5	22	51.4	43.5	7	32%	32%	47%	+5.2
41	Sean West	Wisconsin	5	23	43.1	39.6	14	61%	9%	38%	+1.3
42	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	5	24	44.0	42.7	9	36%	8%	36%	+4.1
43	Tommy Warner	UConn	5	27	41.3	41.4	10	40%	4%	63%	+5.1
44	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	5	27	47.0	39.7	11	41%	8%	15%	−3.2
45	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	5	29	46.0	39.7	11	39%	7%	33%	+0.8
46	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	5	29	42.7	33.8	8	28%	10%	50%	−13.9
47	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	5	29	43.8	38.6	16	55%	21%	50%	+2.1
48	Jack Smith	Clemson	5	30	38.6	37.6	13	43%	0%	70%	−2.2
49	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	5	30	42.8	39.6	12	40%	7%	41%	+0.8
50	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	5	32	43.9	37.2	11	34%	6%	31%	0.0
51	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	5	33	43.2	36.7	12	36%	6%	33%	−3.6
52	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	5	32	45.1	38.1	12	34%	6%	56%	−1.0
53	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	5	35	43.4	40.3	16	46%	3%	37%	+3.7
54	Max Dean	Washington State	5	40	43.4	38.2	12	32%	8%	23%	−5.9
55	Lachlan Carrigan	USC	4	12	49.8	44.0	5	42%	17%	22%	+2.9
56	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	4	17	42.2	39.6	6	35%	6%	67%	−0.3
57	Fuller Shurtz	BYU	4	18	44.4	44.2	5	28%	0%	92%	+7.9
58	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	4	17	51.0	41.1	7	39%	29%	33%	−0.5
59	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	4	21	46.3	44.4	11	52%	10%	63%	+7.3
60	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	4	24	41.4	35.3	9	39%	9%	29%	−5.8
61	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	4	24	45.5	37.9	9	38%	13%	22%	−1.0
62	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	4	26	44.2	42.3	10	38%	8%	50%	+2.9
63	Harrison Tuck	Memphis	4	30	40.8	39.2	10	36%	0%	44%	−2.0
64	Damon Greaves	Colorado	4	29	45.3	37.9	13	45%	7%	22%	−3.0
65	Cam Brown	Michigan	4	30	41.9	39.3	13	43%	7%	54%	+4.5
66	Hunter Green	Washington	4	33	47.9	42.1	10	31%	6%	33%	+3.9
67	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	4	34	49.2	38.4	12	35%	18%	21%	−1.3
68	Hamish Adams	Sacramento State	4	35	41.1	40.9	16	47%	0%	78%	+2.0
69	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	4	35	42.4	40.2	13	37%	9%	53%	+1.5
70	Ethan Gurney	Iowa State	3	7	39.7	36.7	5	71%	14%	60%	0.0
71	Grayson Miller	Oklahoma	3	10	45.0	43.5	4	40%	0%	56%	+1.8
72	Lars Rau	Illinois	3	10	42.3	40.2	5	45%	0%	50%	+1.1
73	Chase Ridley	Arizona	3	15	41.5	38.9	6	40%	13%	75%	+1.1
74	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	3	16	47.3	45.9	9	56%	0%	55%	+7.1
75	Liam Dougherty	Houston	3	16	45.6	39.5	8	50%	13%	17%	+1.7
76	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	3	16	43.8	42.6	6	38%	6%	67%	+3.4
77	Thomas O'Hara	Kentucky	3	17	40.7	37.5	4	24%	6%	31%	−2.0
78	Mason Love	South Carolina	3	18	42.7	42.1	5	28%	0%	44%	+0.3
79	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	3	19	43.8	39.5	10	53%	11%	50%	+3.7
80	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	3	19	44.7	40.0	7	37%	11%	22%	+1.4
81	Billy Gowers	Indiana	3	20	38.5	36.9	11	55%	0%	61%	+1.7
82	Felix Visser	Florida International	3	20	38.6	36.7	7	35%	5%	56%	−3.7
83	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	3	21	37.9	36.9	8	38%	0%	43%	−2.8
84	Daniel Hughes	Florida State	3	21	44.0	42.6	10	48%	0%	33%	+4.5
85	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	3	21	43.3	37.0	7	32%	5%	39%	−1.3
86	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	3	23	45.2	39.6	11	50%	5%	35%	+0.3
87	Markus Meincke	Toledo	3	22	42.0	40.5	9	41%	0%	58%	+0.4
88	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	3	26	46.1	41.0	11	42%	8%	42%	−5.5
89	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	3	26	45.0	39.4	10	38%	4%	50%	−5.9
90	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	3	27	48.0	40.9	11	41%	15%	42%	+8.2
91	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	3	27	40.3	39.4	14	52%	0%	55%	+2.1
92	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	3	28	42.9	40.0	10	36%	11%	60%	−0.6
93	Charlie Durkin	Rice	3	28	45.5	39.9	8	29%	7%	10%	−1.9
94	Gavin Rush	Arkansas	3	27	40.5	38.2	9	32%	0%	74%	−4.5
95	Mason Golding	Louisiana	3	28	40.1	34.5	14	50%	0%	40%	−10.4
96	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	3	29	46.9	42.9	11	38%	3%	52%	+4.9
97	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	3	33	41.4	31.8	7	22%	3%	39%	−23.5
98	William Hudlow	Tulane	3	32	46.9	43.5	11	34%	16%	43%	+10.2
99	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	3	35	42.3	36.0	6	17%	11%	40%	−12.2
100	Elliot Huether	East Carolina	2	10	48.2	44.3	4	44%	11%	63%	+1.7
101	Tom Flintoff	Texas State	2	11	35.0	33.7	3	27%	0%	43%	−5.7
102	Jasper Scaife	Notre Dame	2	14	45.2	40.1	5	36%	0%	45%	+0.7
103	Reed Chandley	Florida Atlantic	2	14	40.6	39.9	6	43%	0%	33%	−1.6
104	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	2	15	45.9	43.2	4	27%	13%	50%	+3.7
105	Will Duncan	Air Force	2	15	46.1	40.7	7	47%	7%	38%	+2.4
106	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	2	18	42.7	40.1	8	44%	0%	60%	+4.5
107	Magnus Haines	Ohio	2	18	43.3	39.1	8	44%	6%	50%	+0.9
108	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	2	19	38.8	35.3	7	37%	5%	50%	−3.9
109	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	2	20	47.0	43.8	7	35%	5%	40%	+4.1
110	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	2	21	42.8	36.8	10	48%	0%	24%	−2.2
111	Jonah DuPont	Iowa State	2	22	44.4	39.2	4	19%	0%	33%	+0.8
112	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	2	23	39.2	37.8	10	43%	4%	42%	−1.1
113	Dante Atton	Temple	2	23	42.5	40.8	9	39%	0%	47%	+1.1
114	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	2	23	42.0	32.2	4	17%	13%	59%	−11.3
115	Tyler White	Texas A&M	2	25	49.5	45.8	7	29%	13%	33%	+11.5
116	Jackson Waller	NC State	2	26	42.0	40.9	10	38%	4%	69%	+1.9
117	Dusty Zimmer	Southern Miss	2	28	40.0	38.4	9	32%	0%	48%	+2.6
118	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	2	29	41.8	34.4	6	21%	11%	32%	−13.7
119	Joseph Castle	Akron	2	32	41.6	35.8	12	36%	3%	44%	−8.3
120	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	2	35	42.9	36.3	17	49%	9%	38%	−1.4
121	Max Tulen	Tulsa	2	36	42.9	39.6	11	30%	6%	42%	−2.1
122	Noah Perez	East Carolina	1	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.2
123	Zachary Robbins	Minnesota	1	1	33.0	33.0	1	100%	0%	—	+0.3
124	Badger Hargett	UAB	1	3	48.7	27.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−2.8
125	Ethan Schwartz	UNLV	1	3	51.7	43.3	2	67%	33%	0%	+1.4
126	Jesse Ehrlich	Arkansas	1	3	49.0	42.3	1	33%	33%	50%	+1.0
127	Cavan Craig	Colorado State	1	3	37.0	38.3	1	25%	0%	100%	−0.1
128	Charles Steinkamp	New Mexico	1	5	46.8	34.5	1	25%	25%	75%	−0.7
129	Mikhail Iakovlev	Old Dominion	1	6	45.8	45.7	2	33%	0%	0%	+2.5
130	Lance Gossett	Navy	1	7	49.3	46.4	0	0%	14%	40%	+1.6
131	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	1	8	44.0	37.5	2	25%	13%	50%	−0.8
132	Lachie Pozzobon	Oklahoma State	1	10	42.9	39.9	4	40%	10%	50%	+2.3
133	Jacob Carlson	Navy	1	12	39.6	33.3	3	25%	8%	18%	−5.9
134	Ian Ratliff	North Texas	1	13	41.1	35.2	5	38%	15%	45%	−3.0
135	Christian Teeter	Georgia State	1	15	43.5	34.5	6	40%	0%	22%	−7.7
136	Dylan Joyce	Miami	1	16	44.6	36.8	5	31%	6%	60%	−0.7
137	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	1	18	41.7	38.9	7	39%	11%	47%	+4.1
138	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	1	18	46.8	43.5	7	39%	6%	44%	+6.0
139	Drew Miller	Georgia	1	19	46.1	38.7	7	37%	32%	35%	+1.1
140	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	1	19	42.6	39.9	5	26%	5%	71%	+4.3
141	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	1	19	44.4	41.5	4	21%	5%	50%	+2.4
142	Matthew Gill	Kansas	1	20	39.9	37.1	3	15%	5%	44%	−1.2
143	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	1	21	42.9	37.4	5	25%	5%	17%	−3.6
144	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	1	22	46.3	39.3	7	32%	18%	33%	+1.1
145	Grant Chadwick	LSU	1	22	38.7	35.5	10	45%	0%	44%	−1.9
146	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	1	23	41.0	31.1	2	9%	17%	24%	−9.2
147	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	1	23	41.2	36.0	7	30%	4%	41%	−3.6
148	Mac Chiumento	Texas	1	24	43.0	38.9	8	33%	4%	55%	−4.7
149	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	1	30	41.6	36.5	11	37%	0%	44%	−8.4
150	Brady Braun	UTEP	1	32	40.7	35.3	9	28%	6%	15%	−11.7

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