2011 College Kickoff Specialist Rankings

Every college football kickoff specialist with enough work in the 2011 regular season (at least 30), ranked by kickoff points added. Each kickoff's expected-points result compared with the league-average kickoff, added up over the season. Onside kicks are left out. It credits the kicker and the coverage team together.

College rule in 2011: kickoffs were from the 30 and a touchback started the receiving team at its 20. Kickoff Points Added accounts for the rule, so it is the fair way to compare kickoff specialists across leagues and seasons.

Final 2011 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2011 College Leaders

Kickoff Touchback Percentage

Cody Parkey (Auburn): 63% 31 of 49
Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): 49% 48 of 97
Justin Myer (Virginia Tech): 42% 27 of 64
Zach Hocker (Arkansas): 42% 34 of 81
John Potter (Western Michigan): 38% 28 of 73

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Average Kickoff Return Allowed

Jeremiah Detmer (Toledo): 0.0 70 returns
Danny Hrapmann (Southern Miss): 0.0 67 returns
Trevor Harman (Boise State): 0.0 66 returns
Cade Foster (Alabama): 0.0 62 returns
Tyler Wedel (Northern Illinois): 0.0 61 returns

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Kickoff Points Added

Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): +30.3 97 kickoffs
Trevor Harman (Boise State): +29.7 80 kickoffs
Dustin Hopkins (Florida State): +26.8 68 kickoffs
John Potter (Western Michigan): +26.7 73 kickoffs
Brandon McManus (Temple): +21.9 53 kickoffs

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Average Kickoff Distance

Cody Parkey (Auburn): 69.0 49 kickoffs
Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): 68.4 97 kickoffs
Zach Hocker (Arkansas): 68.0 81 kickoffs
Abelardo Perez (San Diego State): 68.0 62 kickoffs
Andrew Ritter (Ole Miss): 67.7 40 kickoffs

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Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage

Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): 0.0% 0 of 97
Cade Foster (Alabama): 0.0% 0 of 66
James Hairston (LSU): 0.0% 0 of 63
Jay Wooten (South Carolina): 0.0% 0 of 63
Abelardo Perez (San Diego State): 0.0% 0 of 62

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30+ Yard Return Percentage Allowed

Jeremiah Detmer (Toledo): 0.0% 0 of 70
Danny Hrapmann (Southern Miss): 0.0% 0 of 67
Trevor Harman (Boise State): 0.0% 0 of 66
Cade Foster (Alabama): 0.0% 0 of 62
Tyler Wedel (Northern Illinois): 0.0% 0 of 61

Full 30+ Yard Return Percentage Allowed leaderboard

All 2011 College Kickoff Specialist Leaderboards

Kickoffs by Points Added

115 kickoff specialists qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	97	68.4	49%	49	+30.3
2	Trevor Harman	Boise State	80	65.8	16%	66	+29.7
3	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	68	67.2	35%	42	+26.8
4	John Potter	Western Michigan	73	66.6	38%	44	+26.7
5	Brandon McManus	Temple	53	66.7	28%	33	+21.9
6	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	81	68.0	42%	46	+20.8
7	Jake Wieclaw	Miami	57	65.1	7%	52	+20.4
8	Cody Parkey	Auburn	49	69.0	63%	18	+19.4
9	Justin Myer	Virginia Tech	64	66.6	42%	36	+18.2
10	Patrick O'Hara	Oklahoma	71	65.0	24%	52	+18.1
11	Nick Marsh	Utah	52	66.1	15%	44	+17.9
12	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	49	64.4	12%	41	+16.4
13	Justin Sorensen	BYU	55	65.9	24%	39	+15.2
14	Abelardo Perez	San Diego State	62	68.0	37%	39	+14.6
15	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	54	64.1	2%	53	+13.5
16	Joe Mansour	Kentucky	36	65.2	36%	21	+13.3
17	Drew Basil	Ohio State	57	63.5	23%	43	+12.7
18	Blair Walsh	Georgia	54	65.1	28%	38	+11.9
19	Nick Cattoi	UCF	52	61.5	12%	45	+11.7
20	Carson Wiggs	Purdue	62	66.3	34%	34	+11.5
21	Spencer Benton	Clemson	44	64.7	23%	32	+10.7
22	Brian Egan	Mississippi State	47	62.2	6%	41	+9.5
23	Jordan Mannisto	Houston	84	64.4	31%	56	+9.4
24	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	55	63.6	11%	47	+8.6
25	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	81	64.6	31%	51	+8.3
26	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	48	64.9	19%	36	+8.3
27	Andrew Ritter	Ole Miss	40	67.7	28%	27	+8.3
28	James Hairston	LSU	63	64.9	24%	47	+7.8
29	Anthony Fera	Penn State	39	65.4	26%	28	+7.3
30	Matt Nelson	Louisiana Tech	56	61.9	14%	42	+7.2
31	Ross Evans	TCU	63	64.6	10%	52	+7.1
32	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tulsa	61	65.6	25%	44	+7.0
33	Brett Maher	Nebraska	62	66.4	26%	46	+7.0
34	Steven Valadez	UTEP	60	65.9	33%	40	+6.8
35	Mike Loftus	SMU	44	63.7	18%	35	+6.7
36	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	41	63.7	20%	32	+6.6
37	Justin Tucker	Texas	58	64.2	17%	46	+6.6
38	Chad Christen	UConn	57	65.4	23%	40	+6.4
39	Anthony Cantele	Kansas State	61	61.8	16%	49	+6.0
40	Ben DeLine	Colorado State	42	65.2	26%	27	+6.0
41	Danny Hrapmann	Southern Miss	80	63.7	14%	67	+5.9
42	Paul Asack	Duke	40	62.2	10%	35	+5.5
43	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	53	66.4	13%	45	+5.2
44	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	61	65.1	18%	47	+5.0
45	Michael Taylor	Troy	38	63.8	18%	31	+4.9
46	Aaron Jones	Baylor	44	64.0	25%	32	+4.4
47	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	73	63.5	11%	60	+4.4
48	Andre Heidari	USC	67	64.9	10%	57	+4.3
49	Donnie Carona	Texas Tech	69	64.2	17%	52	+4.3
50	Grant Mahoney	Iowa State	46	63.9	17%	37	+4.2
51	Chris Philpott	Louisville	44	67.5	32%	28	+4.2
52	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	55	66.3	16%	45	+4.0
53	Matt Weller	Ohio	70	59.4	13%	59	+3.6
54	Eric Osteen	Army	50	62.4	14%	38	+3.0
55	Chris Hinkebein	Virginia	54	64.9	11%	46	+2.9
56	Erik Soderberg	Air Force	43	56.8	12%	37	+2.8
57	Jacob Haueter	Utah State	53	66.6	11%	45	+2.8
58	Matt Wile	Michigan	69	64.1	25%	49	+2.7
59	Jeff Locke	UCLA	51	66.4	31%	33	+2.1
60	Rob Beard	Oregon	39	61.7	3%	37	+1.8
61	Harrison Waid	San José State	61	64.1	13%	50	+1.7
62	Chris Boswell	Rice	52	62.7	21%	40	+1.6
63	Trase Jones	North Carolina	43	61.6	0%	40	+1.6
64	Kevin Muma	Michigan State	69	64.8	17%	56	+1.6
65	Jimmy Newman	Wake Forest	67	64.2	19%	49	+1.2
66	Scott Secor	Ball State	51	61.7	8%	46	+0.8
67	Alec Lerner	Wisconsin	56	62.7	11%	47	+0.6
68	Trey Barrow	Missouri	34	57.0	24%	25	+0.5
69	Steve Flaherty	Northwestern	49	61.0	8%	44	+0.4
70	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	45	55.7	2%	43	+0.2
71	Freddy Cortez	Kent State	48	63.5	35%	27	+0.1
72	Mike Yocum	Eastern Michigan	40	61.0	8%	35	−0.1
73	Erik Folk	Washington	64	64.0	11%	55	−0.1
74	Mike Meyer	Iowa	62	63.1	6%	53	−0.7
75	Kevin Harper	Pittsburgh	61	59.5	7%	52	−0.8
76	Grant Ressel	Missouri	35	63.7	6%	31	−0.9
77	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	64	63.9	6%	59	−1.4
78	David Scully	Georgia Tech	32	63.2	13%	26	−1.4
79	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	47	61.3	13%	36	−1.5
80	Kevin Goessling	Fresno State	46	64.7	4%	41	−1.8
81	Zach Olen	North Texas	48	62.9	19%	38	−2.8
82	Cade Foster	Alabama	66	62.4	6%	62	−3.2
83	John Bonano	Arizona	60	66.2	28%	39	−3.5
84	Jay Wooten	South Carolina	63	61.7	10%	56	−4.0
85	Jon Teague	Navy	63	63.7	16%	51	−5.9
86	Derek Dimke	Illinois	44	61.5	25%	33	−6.0
87	Bobby Zalud	Arkansas State	81	59.0	20%	60	−6.1
88	Giorgio Tavecchio	California	68	61.2	10%	58	−6.9
89	Trey Farquhar	Idaho	43	65.1	5%	36	−7.4
90	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	55	62.3	11%	44	−8.4
91	Ryan Rome	Tulane	38	59.6	11%	33	−8.9
92	Justin Haig	Marshall	46	60.1	2%	43	−8.9
93	Philip Welch	Wisconsin	39	60.5	23%	26	−9.9
94	Allen Hardison	Nevada	43	62.3	2%	41	−10.4
95	Ben Parks	Baylor	42	64.0	21%	30	−10.8
96	Jack Griffin	Florida International	62	61.8	6%	48	−11.1
97	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	47	62.7	6%	44	−11.4
98	Andrew Furney	Washington State	55	58.8	2%	52	−11.6
99	Justin Castor	Colorado	34	58.5	15%	24	−12.7
100	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	82	59.5	7%	70	−12.8
101	Alan Gendreau	Middle Tennessee	41	55.0	2%	37	−13.2
102	Kyle Burkhardt	Bowling Green	44	58.3	2%	37	−13.7
103	Ross Krautman	Syracuse	47	61.5	4%	40	−13.8
104	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	41	61.0	2%	38	−14.0
105	Jesse Roy	Western Kentucky	41	58.4	2%	29	−14.2
106	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	50	60.4	12%	38	−14.3
107	Niklas Sade	NC State	60	62.0	3%	54	−14.4
108	Jordan Davenport	New Mexico State	58	60.6	0%	54	−14.4
109	Corey Smith	West Virginia	68	61.8	9%	60	−15.9
110	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	45	61.2	16%	32	−16.0
111	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	76	59.9	8%	61	−16.6
112	Daniel Sullivan	Wyoming	55	60.3	13%	47	−17.0
113	Ty Long	UAB	36	58.9	0%	34	−19.2
114	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	65	56.3	0%	60	−23.5
115	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	49	54.1	0%	43	−29.0

Points compare each kickoff's expected-points result with the league-average kickoff (for college, expected points come from where the receiving team started its first play). Onside kicks are listed separately and left out of points. Average distance is measured from the kicking spot to where the ball was caught or reached the goal line; a touchback counts the full distance. Returns exclude touchbacks, out-of-bounds kicks and fair catches. Minimum 30 kickoffs.

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