2019 NFL Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2019, Kevin Huber (30) led NFL punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Pat O'Donnell (26) and Corey Bojorquez (26). 36 punters qualify.

Final 2019 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	30	75	45.3	42.1	30	40%	7%	40%	+12.2
2	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	26	81	44.8	40.7	26	32%	3%	33%	−5.5
3	Corey Bojorquez	Buffalo Bills	26	80	41.9	37.7	34	43%	9%	33%	−13.6
4	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	26	75	46.8	44.5	25	33%	3%	35%	+16.3
5	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	25	77	44.0	39.9	29	38%	5%	32%	−6.7
6	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	24	74	45.5	40.9	24	32%	5%	32%	−3.1
7	Britton Colquitt	Minnesota Vikings	24	62	45.2	42.6	24	39%	0%	39%	−10.6
8	Sam Martin	Detroit Lions	22	76	45.3	41.8	31	41%	9%	29%	−1.0
9	Colby Wadman	Denver Broncos	21	78	44.4	39.4	29	37%	5%	27%	−8.2
10	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	21	60	46.2	43.1	29	48%	2%	35%	−0.6
11	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	20	69	45.0	41.1	23	33%	3%	29%	+4.9
12	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	20	67	46.0	39.4	33	49%	9%	30%	−5.7
13	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	19	79	49.6	44.1	30	38%	5%	24%	+8.2
14	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	19	78	47.1	43.1	37	47%	3%	24%	+8.4
15	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	19	71	46.4	42.3	28	39%	6%	27%	+5.6
16	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	18	81	44.9	41.3	36	44%	7%	22%	+11.4
17	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	18	74	45.1	40.9	34	46%	7%	24%	+9.1
18	Jamie Gillan	Cleveland Browns	18	64	46.2	41.3	28	44%	10%	29%	+0.6
19	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	18	57	43.2	38.3	19	33%	5%	32%	−7.3
20	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	18	51	41.6	37.0	18	35%	4%	36%	−20.6
21	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	17	71	46.1	42.3	29	41%	3%	25%	+0.2
22	Michael Palardy	Carolina Panthers	16	75	46.0	38.7	25	33%	4%	21%	−7.9
23	Bryan Anger	Houston Texans	16	45	46.5	44.5	24	53%	4%	36%	+5.6
24	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	15	62	47.8	41.2	21	34%	7%	25%	−7.1
25	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	15	59	44.4	41.2	22	37%	2%	25%	+1.8
26	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	14	67	47.4	42.4	22	33%	8%	21%	+8.4
27	Dustin Colquitt	Kansas City Chiefs	14	49	44.3	40.3	21	43%	6%	29%	−6.0
28	Lac Edwards	New York Jets	13	87	45.9	41.6	28	32%	3%	15%	+12.9
29	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	13	52	44.9	41.6	23	44%	4%	25%	+11.4
30	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	10	41	46.4	39.8	21	51%	10%	25%	−7.9
31	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	8	48	47.0	40.9	17	35%	4%	17%	+0.4
32	Ryan Allen	Atlanta Falcons	8	28	41.9	37.5	14	50%	11%	29%	+0.4
33	Matt Bosher	Atlanta Falcons	7	10	41.9	36.7	2	20%	0%	78%	−5.4
34	Trevor Daniel	Houston Texans	3	11	43.5	40.9	2	18%	0%	27%	−3.0
35	Kasey Redfern	Atlanta Falcons	3	9	41.2	36.9	3	33%	0%	33%	−3.1
36	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona Cardinals	1	2	42.0	42.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−0.9

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