2011 College Average Kickoff Distance Leaders

The average length of a specialist's kickoffs in yards, from the kicking spot to where the ball was caught or crossed the goal line. Onside kicks are left out.

A touchback counts the full distance to the goal line, so a deep kick and a kick into the end zone score the same. In 2011, Cody Parkey (69.0) led college football kickoff specialists in average kickoff distance, ahead of Quinn Sharp (68.4) and Zach Hocker (68.0). 115 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 63.7.

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.

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

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