2026 College Punts Out of Bounds Percentage Leaders

The share of punts that crossed a sideline. A punt out of bounds cannot be returned and stops the clock, and it is what a punter wants when he is aiming for the corner.

Some are chosen and some are mistakes, and the record cannot tell which. In 2026, Christian Teeter (44.4%) led college football punters in punts out of bounds percentage, ahead of Jaxson Dunn (42.9%) and Brady Braun (40.7%). 130 punters qualify (minimum 15 punts). The median qualified punter had 13.5%. 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	OOB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Christian Teeter	Georgia State	44.4%	15	43.5	34.5	6	40%	0%	22%	−7.7
2	Jaxson Dunn	App State	42.9%	35	41.9	40.4	12	34%	3%	32%	+3.9
3	Brady Braun	UTEP	40.7%	32	40.7	35.3	9	28%	6%	15%	−11.7
4	Orion Phillips	Utah	38.5%	16	42.3	42.3	8	50%	0%	31%	+1.5
5	Mason Love	South Carolina	37.5%	18	42.7	42.1	5	28%	0%	44%	+0.3
6	Niall Hayes	Louisville	30.0%	25	40.0	38.0	7	28%	4%	35%	−5.1
7	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	30.0%	15	45.9	43.2	4	27%	13%	50%	+3.7
8	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	29.4%	18	41.7	38.9	7	39%	11%	47%	+4.1
9	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	28.6%	21	37.9	36.9	8	38%	0%	43%	−2.8
10	Will Karoll	Texas Tech	28.6%	20	50.8	48.5	10	50%	5%	43%	+9.9
11	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	27.8%	25	43.5	41.5	15	60%	0%	39%	+1.9
12	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	27.3%	27	43.7	40.4	12	44%	7%	36%	+2.7
13	Daniel Hull	Eastern Michigan	26.9%	32	44.1	39.7	11	33%	6%	38%	0.0
14	Sean West	Wisconsin	25.0%	23	43.1	39.6	14	61%	9%	38%	+1.3
15	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	25.0%	19	38.8	35.3	7	37%	5%	50%	−3.9
16	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	25.0%	18	46.8	43.5	7	39%	6%	44%	+6.0
17	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	24.0%	29	41.8	34.4	6	21%	11%	32%	−13.7
18	Nathan Totten	Virginia Tech	23.5%	24	41.4	35.3	9	39%	9%	29%	−5.8
19	Roland Podesta	Coastal Carolina	23.3%	35	42.4	40.2	13	37%	9%	53%	+1.5
20	Gabe Russo	Pittsburgh	22.7%	24	44.0	42.7	9	36%	8%	36%	+4.1
21	Caile Hogan	UTSA	22.2%	27	41.4	37.8	10	36%	4%	33%	−3.3
22	Alex Bacchetta	Georgia Tech	22.2%	21	43.3	37.0	7	32%	5%	39%	−1.3
23	Oliver Straw	UAB	22.2%	21	45.4	41.4	12	57%	0%	28%	+0.7
24	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	21.4%	33	41.4	31.8	7	22%	3%	39%	−23.5
25	James Wagenseller	Army	21.4%	20	46.5	43.9	9	45%	5%	29%	+5.6
26	Nathan Tiyce	Penn State	20.8%	31	41.1	37.4	11	35%	13%	54%	−3.8
27	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	20.7%	32	43.9	37.2	11	34%	6%	31%	0.0
28	Joseph Castle	Akron	20.0%	32	41.6	35.8	12	36%	3%	44%	−8.3
29	Bryan Hansen	West Virginia	20.0%	28	42.9	40.0	10	36%	11%	60%	−0.6
30	Dusty Zimmer	Southern Miss	20.0%	28	40.0	38.4	9	32%	0%	48%	+2.6
31	Tyler Ebel	Vanderbilt	20.0%	27	47.0	39.7	11	41%	8%	15%	−3.2
32	Max Tulen	Tulsa	19.4%	36	42.9	39.6	11	30%	6%	42%	−2.1
33	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	19.0%	21	42.8	36.8	10	48%	0%	24%	−2.2
34	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	18.8%	36	46.1	40.0	14	39%	6%	25%	+1.1
35	Matthew Gill	Kansas	18.8%	20	39.9	37.1	3	15%	5%	44%	−1.2
36	Cole Stumbaugh	Ball State	18.5%	33	43.2	36.7	12	36%	6%	33%	−3.6
37	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	18.2%	27	40.3	39.4	14	52%	0%	55%	+2.1
38	Matt Choules	UNLV	17.9%	30	42.3	38.5	15	50%	7%	50%	+0.5
39	Tom Weston	Minnesota	17.6%	25	41.5	36.9	12	44%	0%	47%	−1.5
40	Dante Atton	Temple	17.6%	23	42.5	40.8	9	39%	0%	47%	+1.1
41	Matt McKenzie	Kennesaw State	17.4%	30	44.3	39.8	11	38%	3%	48%	−0.2
42	Max Dean	Washington State	16.7%	40	43.4	38.2	12	32%	8%	23%	−5.9
43	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	16.7%	35	42.3	36.0	6	17%	11%	40%	−12.2
44	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	16.7%	26	45.9	39.7	13	48%	12%	11%	+3.1
45	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	16.7%	26	44.2	42.3	10	38%	8%	50%	+2.9
46	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	16.7%	26	46.1	41.0	11	42%	8%	42%	−5.5
47	Alec Clark	Florida	16.7%	22	47.4	42.1	12	55%	5%	56%	+1.8
48	Billy Gowers	Indiana	16.7%	20	38.5	36.9	11	55%	0%	61%	+1.7
49	Liam Dougherty	Houston	16.7%	16	45.6	39.5	8	50%	13%	17%	+1.7
50	Jackson Smith	Western Kentucky	16.1%	39	43.7	38.7	9	23%	10%	29%	+0.7
51	Ryan Kingston	Bowling Green	16.0%	33	40.1	32.7	11	32%	6%	24%	−9.7
52	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	16.0%	31	42.1	38.7	15	48%	6%	48%	+4.3
53	Harrison Tuck	Memphis	16.0%	30	40.8	39.2	10	36%	0%	44%	−2.0
54	Brody Richter	New Mexico State	16.0%	26	40.3	38.4	10	37%	0%	60%	−1.9
55	Daniel Vuckovic	Arkansas State	15.8%	23	39.2	37.8	10	43%	4%	42%	−1.1
56	Markus Meincke	Toledo	15.8%	22	42.0	40.5	9	41%	0%	58%	+0.4
57	Brunno Reus	Missouri	15.4%	33	44.8	40.9	14	42%	18%	58%	+6.2
58	Jackson Waller	NC State	15.4%	26	42.0	40.9	10	38%	4%	69%	+1.9
59	Thomas O'Hara	Kentucky	15.4%	17	40.7	37.5	4	24%	6%	31%	−2.0
60	Luke Goater	South Florida	15.0%	24	45.5	42.5	13	54%	8%	40%	+4.9
61	Gehrig Heil	Hawai'i	14.8%	35	43.4	40.3	16	46%	3%	37%	+3.7
62	Angus Davies	California	14.8%	32	41.0	37.6	11	35%	3%	44%	−5.5
63	Damon Greaves	Colorado	14.8%	29	45.3	37.9	13	45%	7%	22%	−3.0
64	Atticus Bertrams	UCF	14.3%	22	46.3	39.3	7	32%	18%	33%	+1.1
65	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	13.6%	23	41.2	36.0	7	30%	4%	41%	−3.6
66	Daniel Hughes	Florida State	13.3%	21	44.0	42.6	10	48%	0%	33%	+4.5
67	Rhys Dakin	Michigan State	13.3%	17	51.0	41.1	7	39%	29%	33%	−0.5
68	Michael Kern	New Mexico	13.3%	17	40.1	38.5	9	53%	6%	60%	+2.1
69	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	13.3%	16	43.8	42.6	6	38%	6%	67%	+3.4
70	Cooper Heimbach	Marshall	12.5%	29	46.0	39.7	11	39%	7%	33%	+0.8
71	Tommy Warner	UConn	12.5%	27	41.3	41.4	10	40%	4%	63%	+5.1
72	Mason Golding	Louisiana	12.0%	28	40.1	34.5	14	50%	0%	40%	−10.4
73	Drew Miller	Georgia	11.8%	19	46.1	38.7	7	37%	32%	35%	+1.1
74	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	11.5%	29	43.8	38.6	16	55%	21%	50%	+2.1
75	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	11.1%	36	51.1	43.7	16	44%	6%	30%	+0.9
76	Josh Cupitt	Delaware	11.1%	34	42.0	39.7	17	50%	0%	52%	+1.8
77	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	11.1%	30	42.8	39.6	12	40%	7%	41%	+0.8
78	Aaron Bickerton	North Dakota State	11.1%	24	45.5	37.9	9	38%	13%	22%	−1.0
79	Jonah DuPont	Iowa State	11.1%	22	44.4	39.2	4	19%	0%	33%	+0.8
80	Lexington Matthews	Louisiana Tech	11.1%	19	44.7	40.0	7	37%	11%	22%	+1.4
81	Bailey Ettridge	Oregon	10.5%	24	46.9	46.0	9	38%	4%	53%	+8.0
82	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	10.3%	34	49.2	38.4	12	35%	18%	21%	−1.3
83	Hunter Green	Washington	10.0%	33	47.9	42.1	10	31%	6%	33%	+3.9
84	Sam Crossan	Liberty	10.0%	25	40.9	37.4	11	44%	12%	55%	+1.2
85	Mac Chiumento	Texas	10.0%	24	43.0	38.9	8	33%	4%	55%	−4.7
86	Bryce LaFollette	Boston College	9.5%	23	41.0	31.1	2	9%	17%	24%	−9.2
87	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	9.4%	35	42.9	36.3	17	49%	9%	38%	−1.4
88	Wade McSparron	SMU	9.1%	15	44.2	39.5	7	47%	7%	45%	−0.2
89	Patrick Rea	James Madison	8.7%	32	43.2	40.3	18	56%	6%	30%	+5.3
90	Jack Smith	Clemson	8.7%	30	38.6	37.6	13	43%	0%	70%	−2.2
91	Gavin Rush	Arkansas	8.7%	27	40.5	38.2	9	32%	0%	74%	−4.5
92	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	8.6%	43	43.0	40.6	13	30%	2%	66%	+3.4
93	Chase Ridley	Arizona	8.3%	15	41.5	38.9	6	40%	13%	75%	+1.1
94	Ethan Stumpf	Buffalo	8.1%	44	45.5	38.9	13	30%	14%	30%	+1.2
95	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	8.0%	30	41.6	36.5	11	37%	0%	44%	−8.4
96	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	7.7%	29	42.7	33.8	8	28%	10%	50%	−13.9
97	Edward Phillipson	Massachusetts	7.4%	32	45.1	38.1	12	34%	6%	56%	−1.0
98	Hamish Adams	Sacramento State	7.4%	35	41.1	40.9	16	47%	0%	78%	+2.0
99	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	7.4%	29	46.9	42.9	11	38%	3%	52%	+4.9
100	William Hudlow	Tulane	7.1%	32	46.9	43.5	11	34%	16%	43%	+10.2
101	Ethan Hyams	Wake Forest	7.1%	21	45.2	44.0	8	38%	5%	64%	+3.7
102	Dylan Drennan	Purdue	6.7%	20	47.0	43.8	7	35%	5%	40%	+4.1
103	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	6.7%	18	42.7	40.1	8	44%	0%	60%	+4.5
104	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	6.3%	21	46.3	44.4	11	52%	10%	63%	+7.3
105	Felix Visser	Florida International	6.3%	20	38.6	36.7	7	35%	5%	56%	−3.7
106	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	6.3%	19	43.8	39.5	10	53%	11%	50%	+3.7
107	Boston Everitt	Iowa	5.9%	27	43.0	41.6	17	61%	7%	59%	+4.5
108	Ewan Baulch	Nevada	5.9%	19	42.6	39.9	5	26%	5%	71%	+4.3
109	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	5.9%	18	46.8	41.1	11	61%	11%	59%	+3.5
110	Tyler White	Texas A&M	5.6%	25	49.5	45.8	7	29%	13%	33%	+11.5
111	Alex Asparuhov	Alabama	5.6%	23	43.1	41.3	13	59%	0%	56%	+7.2
112	Grant Chadwick	LSU	5.6%	22	38.7	35.5	10	45%	0%	44%	−1.9
113	Nathan Sutcliffe	Colorado State	5.6%	21	42.9	37.4	5	25%	5%	17%	−3.6
114	Charlie Durkin	Rice	4.8%	28	45.5	39.9	8	29%	7%	10%	−1.9
115	Nick McLarty	Arizona State	4.5%	23	42.0	32.2	4	17%	13%	59%	−11.3
116	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	4.2%	28	44.8	40.6	14	50%	7%	67%	+2.5
117	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	4.2%	27	48.0	40.9	11	41%	15%	42%	+8.2
118	Cal Joseph	Sam Houston	2.6%	45	44.2	39.9	18	40%	9%	55%	+1.8
119	Cam Brown	Michigan	0.0%	30	41.9	39.3	13	43%	7%	54%	+4.5
120	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	0.0%	26	45.0	39.4	10	38%	4%	50%	−5.9
121	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	0.0%	25	42.0	40.5	17	68%	0%	74%	+4.2
122	Curtis Gerrand	UCLA	0.0%	23	45.2	39.6	11	50%	5%	35%	+0.3
123	Palmer Williams	Baylor	0.0%	22	51.4	43.5	7	32%	32%	47%	+5.2
124	Jacob Ulrich	Oklahoma	0.0%	19	44.4	41.5	4	21%	5%	50%	+2.4
125	Fuller Shurtz	BYU	0.0%	18	44.4	44.2	5	28%	0%	92%	+7.9
126	Magnus Haines	Ohio	0.0%	18	43.3	39.1	8	44%	6%	50%	+0.9
127	Jimmy Gregg	Syracuse	0.0%	17	42.2	39.6	6	35%	6%	67%	−0.3
128	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	0.0%	16	47.3	45.9	9	56%	0%	55%	+7.1
129	Dylan Joyce	Miami	0.0%	16	44.6	36.8	5	31%	6%	60%	−0.7
130	Will Duncan	Air Force	0.0%	15	46.1	40.7	7	47%	7%	38%	+2.4

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