2026 College Punts Inside the 20 Leaders

A punt that ends inside the opponent's 20-yard line pins the offense deep. It rewards accuracy and touch, not just distance.

Count, so volume helps. See the percentage version for efficiency. In 2026, Patrick Rea (18) led college football punters in punts inside the 20, ahead of Cal Joseph (18) and Nick Verdugo (17). 155 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 20	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Patrick Rea	James Madison	18	32	43.2	40.3	56%	6%	30%	+5.3
2	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	18	45	44.2	39.9	40%	9%	55%	+1.8
3	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	17	25	42.0	40.5	68%	0%	74%	+4.2
4	Boston Everitt	Iowa	17	27	43.0	41.6	61%	7%	59%	+4.5
5	Josh Cupitt	Delaware	17	34	42.0	39.7	50%	0%	52%	+1.8
6	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	17	35	42.9	36.3	49%	9%	38%	−1.4
7	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	16	29	43.8	38.6	55%	21%	50%	+2.1
8	Hamish Adams	Sacramento State	16	35	41.1	40.9	47%	0%	78%	+2.0
9	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	16	35	43.4	40.3	46%	3%	37%	+3.7
10	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	16	36	51.1	43.7	44%	6%	30%	+0.9
11	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	15	25	43.5	41.5	60%	0%	39%	+1.9
12	Matt Choules	UNLV	15	30	42.3	38.5	50%	7%	50%	+0.5
13	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	15	31	42.1	38.7	48%	6%	48%	+4.3
14	Sean West	Wisconsin	14	23	43.1	39.6	61%	9%	38%	+1.3
15	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	14	27	40.3	39.4	52%	0%	55%	+2.1
16	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	14	28	44.8	40.6	50%	7%	67%	+2.5
17	Mason Golding	Louisiana	14	28	40.1	34.5	50%	0%	40%	−10.4
18	Brunno Reus	Missouri	14	33	44.8	40.9	42%	18%	58%	+6.2
19	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	14	36	46.1	40.0	39%	6%	25%	+1.1
20	Alex Asparuhov	Alabama	13	23	43.1	41.3	59%	0%	56%	+7.2
21	Luke Goater	South Florida	13	24	45.5	42.5	54%	8%	40%	+4.9
22	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	13	26	45.9	39.7	48%	12%	11%	+3.1
23	Damon Greaves	Colorado	13	29	45.3	37.9	45%	7%	22%	−3.0
24	Cam Brown	Michigan	13	30	41.9	39.3	43%	7%	54%	+4.5
25	Jack Smith	Clemson	13	30	38.6	37.6	43%	0%	70%	−2.2
26	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	13	35	42.4	40.2	37%	9%	53%	+1.5
27	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	13	43	43.0	40.6	30%	2%	66%	+3.4
28	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	13	44	45.5	38.9	30%	14%	30%	+1.2
29	Oliver Straw	UAB	12	21	45.4	41.4	57%	0%	28%	+0.7
30	Alec Clark	Florida	12	22	47.4	42.1	55%	5%	56%	+1.8
31	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	12	27	43.7	40.4	44%	7%	36%	+2.7
32	Tom Weston	Minnesota	12	25	41.5	36.9	44%	0%	47%	−1.5
33	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	12	30	42.8	39.6	40%	7%	41%	+0.8
34	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	12	33	43.2	36.7	36%	6%	33%	−3.6
35	Joseph Castle	Akron	12	32	41.6	35.8	36%	3%	44%	−8.3
36	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	12	34	49.2	38.4	35%	18%	21%	−1.3
37	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	12	32	45.1	38.1	34%	6%	56%	−1.0
38	Jaxson Dunn	App State	12	35	41.9	40.4	34%	3%	32%	+3.9
39	Max Dean	Washington State	12	40	43.4	38.2	32%	8%	23%	−5.9
40	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	11	18	46.8	41.1	61%	11%	59%	+3.5
41	Billy Gowers	Indiana	11	20	38.5	36.9	55%	0%	61%	+1.7
42	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	11	21	46.3	44.4	52%	10%	63%	+7.3
43	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	11	23	45.2	39.6	50%	5%	35%	+0.3
44	Sam Crossan	Liberty	11	25	40.9	37.4	44%	12%	55%	+1.2
45	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	11	26	46.1	41.0	42%	8%	42%	−5.5
46	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	11	27	48.0	40.9	41%	15%	42%	+8.2
47	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	11	27	47.0	39.7	41%	8%	15%	−3.2
48	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	11	29	46.0	39.7	39%	7%	33%	+0.8
49	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	11	30	44.3	39.8	38%	3%	48%	−0.2
50	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	11	29	46.9	42.9	38%	3%	52%	+4.9
51	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	11	30	41.6	36.5	37%	0%	44%	−8.4
52	Angus Davies	California	11	32	41.0	37.6	35%	3%	44%	−5.5
53	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	11	31	41.1	37.4	35%	13%	54%	−3.8
54	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	11	32	43.9	37.2	34%	6%	31%	0.0
55	William Hudlow	Tulane	11	32	46.9	43.5	34%	16%	43%	+10.2
56	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	11	32	44.1	39.7	33%	6%	38%	0.0
57	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	11	33	40.1	32.7	32%	6%	24%	−9.7
58	Max Tulen	Tulsa	11	36	42.9	39.6	30%	6%	42%	−2.1
59	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	10	19	43.8	39.5	53%	11%	50%	+3.7
60	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	10	20	50.8	48.5	50%	5%	43%	+9.9
61	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	10	21	42.8	36.8	48%	0%	24%	−2.2
62	Daniel Hughes	Florida State	10	21	44.0	42.6	48%	0%	33%	+4.5
63	Grant Chadwick	LSU	10	22	38.7	35.5	45%	0%	44%	−1.9
64	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	10	23	39.2	37.8	43%	4%	42%	−1.1
65	Tommy Warner	UConn	10	27	41.3	41.4	40%	4%	63%	+5.1
66	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	10	26	44.2	42.3	38%	8%	50%	+2.9
67	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	10	26	45.0	39.4	38%	4%	50%	−5.9
68	Jackson Waller	NC State	10	26	42.0	40.9	38%	4%	69%	+1.9
69	Brody Richter	New Mexico State	10	26	40.3	38.4	37%	0%	60%	−1.9
70	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	10	28	42.9	40.0	36%	11%	60%	−0.6
71	Caile Hogan	UTSA	10	27	41.4	37.8	36%	4%	33%	−3.3
72	Harrison Tuck	Memphis	10	30	40.8	39.2	36%	0%	44%	−2.0
73	Hunter Green	Washington	10	33	47.9	42.1	31%	6%	33%	+3.9
74	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	9	16	47.3	45.9	56%	0%	55%	+7.1
75	Michael Kern	New Mexico	9	17	40.1	38.5	53%	6%	60%	+2.1
76	James Wagenseller	Army	9	20	46.5	43.9	45%	5%	29%	+5.6
77	Markus Meincke	Toledo	9	22	42.0	40.5	41%	0%	58%	+0.4
78	Dante Atton	Temple	9	23	42.5	40.8	39%	0%	47%	+1.1
79	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	9	24	41.4	35.3	39%	9%	29%	−5.8
80	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	9	24	45.5	37.9	38%	13%	22%	−1.0
81	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	9	24	46.9	46.0	38%	4%	53%	+8.0
82	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	9	24	44.0	42.7	36%	8%	36%	+4.1
83	Dusty Zimmer	Southern Miss	9	28	40.0	38.4	32%	0%	48%	+2.6
84	Gavin Rush	Arkansas	9	27	40.5	38.2	32%	0%	74%	−4.5
85	Brady Braun	UTEP	9	32	40.7	35.3	28%	6%	15%	−11.7
86	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	9	39	43.7	38.7	23%	10%	29%	+0.7
87	Liam Dougherty	Houston	8	16	45.6	39.5	50%	13%	17%	+1.7
88	Orion Phillips	Utah	8	16	42.3	42.3	50%	0%	31%	+1.5
89	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	8	18	42.7	40.1	44%	0%	60%	+4.5
90	Magnus Haines	Ohio	8	18	43.3	39.1	44%	6%	50%	+0.9
91	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	8	21	37.9	36.9	38%	0%	43%	−2.8
92	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	8	21	45.2	44.0	38%	5%	64%	+3.7
93	Mac Chiumento	Texas	8	24	43.0	38.9	33%	4%	55%	−4.7
94	Charlie Durkin	Rice	8	28	45.5	39.9	29%	7%	10%	−1.9
95	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	8	29	42.7	33.8	28%	10%	50%	−13.9
96	Wade McSparron	SMU	7	15	44.2	39.5	47%	7%	45%	−0.2
97	Will Duncan	Air Force	7	15	46.1	40.7	47%	7%	38%	+2.4
98	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	7	18	41.7	38.9	39%	11%	47%	+4.1
99	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	7	18	46.8	43.5	39%	6%	44%	+6.0
100	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	7	17	51.0	41.1	39%	29%	33%	−0.5
101	Drew Miller	Georgia	7	19	46.1	38.7	37%	32%	35%	+1.1
102	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	7	19	44.7	40.0	37%	11%	22%	+1.4
103	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	7	19	38.8	35.3	37%	5%	50%	−3.9
104	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	7	20	47.0	43.8	35%	5%	40%	+4.1
105	Felix Visser	Florida International	7	20	38.6	36.7	35%	5%	56%	−3.7
106	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	7	21	43.3	37.0	32%	5%	39%	−1.3
107	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	7	22	46.3	39.3	32%	18%	33%	+1.1
108	Palmer Williams	Baylor	7	22	51.4	43.5	32%	32%	47%	+5.2
109	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	7	23	41.2	36.0	30%	4%	41%	−3.6
110	Tyler White	Texas A&M	7	25	49.5	45.8	29%	13%	33%	+11.5
111	Niall Hayes	Louisville	7	25	40.0	38.0	28%	4%	35%	−5.1
112	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	7	33	41.4	31.8	22%	3%	39%	−23.5
113	Reed Chandley	Florida Atlantic	6	14	40.6	39.9	43%	0%	33%	−1.6
114	Chase Ridley	Arizona	6	15	41.5	38.9	40%	13%	75%	+1.1
115	Christian Teeter	Georgia State	6	15	43.5	34.5	40%	0%	22%	−7.7
116	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	6	16	43.8	42.6	38%	6%	67%	+3.4
117	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	6	17	42.2	39.6	35%	6%	67%	−0.3
118	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	6	29	41.8	34.4	21%	11%	32%	−13.7
119	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	6	35	42.3	36.0	17%	11%	40%	−12.2
120	Ethan Gurney	Iowa State	5	7	39.7	36.7	71%	14%	60%	0.0
121	Lars Rau	Illinois	5	10	42.3	40.2	45%	0%	50%	+1.1
122	Lachlan Carrigan	USC	5	12	49.8	44.0	42%	17%	22%	+2.9
123	Ian Ratliff	North Texas	5	13	41.1	35.2	38%	15%	45%	−3.0
124	Jasper Scaife	Notre Dame	5	14	45.2	40.1	36%	0%	45%	+0.7
125	Dylan Joyce	Miami	5	16	44.6	36.8	31%	6%	60%	−0.7
126	Fuller Shurtz	BYU	5	18	44.4	44.2	28%	0%	92%	+7.9
127	Mason Love	South Carolina	5	18	42.7	42.1	28%	0%	44%	+0.3
128	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	5	19	42.6	39.9	26%	5%	71%	+4.3
129	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	5	21	42.9	37.4	25%	5%	17%	−3.6
130	Elliot Huether	East Carolina	4	10	48.2	44.3	44%	11%	63%	+1.7
131	Grayson Miller	Oklahoma	4	10	45.0	43.5	40%	0%	56%	+1.8
132	Lachie Pozzobon	Oklahoma State	4	10	42.9	39.9	40%	10%	50%	+2.3
133	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	4	15	45.9	43.2	27%	13%	50%	+3.7
134	Thomas O'Hara	Kentucky	4	17	40.7	37.5	24%	6%	31%	−2.0
135	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	4	19	44.4	41.5	21%	5%	50%	+2.4
136	Jonah DuPont	Iowa State	4	22	44.4	39.2	19%	0%	33%	+0.8
137	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	4	23	42.0	32.2	17%	13%	59%	−11.3
138	Tom Flintoff	Texas State	3	11	35.0	33.7	27%	0%	43%	−5.7
139	Jacob Carlson	Navy	3	12	39.6	33.3	25%	8%	18%	−5.9
140	Matthew Gill	Kansas	3	20	39.9	37.1	15%	5%	44%	−1.2
141	Ethan Schwartz	UNLV	2	3	51.7	43.3	67%	33%	0%	+1.4
142	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	2	4	40.5	35.3	50%	0%	25%	−0.5
143	Landon Vargas	Georgia State	2	4	46.5	41.5	50%	25%	50%	+0.7
144	Mikhail Iakovlev	Old Dominion	2	6	45.8	45.7	33%	0%	0%	+2.5
145	Bronson Long	Charlotte	2	7	41.7	38.9	29%	14%	60%	−0.6
146	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	2	8	44.0	37.5	25%	13%	50%	−0.8
147	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	2	23	41.0	31.1	9%	17%	24%	−9.2
148	Noah Perez	East Carolina	1	1	33.0	33.0	100%	0%	—	+0.2
149	Zachary Robbins	Minnesota	1	1	33.0	33.0	100%	0%	—	+0.3
150	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	1	2	45.5	36.5	50%	0%	0%	−0.5
151	Badger Hargett	UAB	1	3	48.7	27.0	33%	0%	0%	−2.8
152	Jesse Ehrlich	Arkansas	1	3	49.0	42.3	33%	33%	50%	+1.0
153	Cavan Craig	Colorado State	1	3	37.0	38.3	25%	0%	100%	−0.1
154	Charles Steinkamp	New Mexico	1	5	46.8	34.5	25%	25%	75%	−0.7
155	Ethan Post	Florida State	1	4	43.3	38.3	25%	25%	67%	+0.1

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