2011 College Average Kickoff Return Allowed Leaders

Return yards divided by returns. It shows how well his kicks and coverage contain returners.

Lower is better. Only specialists with enough returns are ranked. In 2011, Jeremiah Detmer (0.0) topped college football kickoff specialists in average kickoff return allowed, ahead of Danny Hrapmann (0.0) and Trevor Harman (0.0). 147 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 10 returns). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 0.0.

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	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	82	59.5	7%	70	−12.8
2	Danny Hrapmann	Southern Miss	80	63.7	14%	67	+5.9
3	Trevor Harman	Boise State	80	65.8	16%	66	+29.7
4	Cade Foster	Alabama	66	62.4	6%	62	−3.2
5	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	76	59.9	8%	61	−16.6
6	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	73	63.5	11%	60	+4.4
7	Bobby Zalud	Arkansas State	81	59.0	20%	60	−6.1
8	Corey Smith	West Virginia	68	61.8	9%	60	−15.9
9	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	65	56.3	0%	60	−23.5
10	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	64	63.9	6%	59	−1.4
11	Matt Weller	Ohio	70	59.4	13%	59	+3.6
12	Giorgio Tavecchio	California	68	61.2	10%	58	−6.9
13	Andre Heidari	USC	67	64.9	10%	57	+4.3
14	Jay Wooten	South Carolina	63	61.7	10%	56	−4.0
15	Jordan Mannisto	Houston	84	64.4	31%	56	+9.4
16	Kevin Muma	Michigan State	69	64.8	17%	56	+1.6
17	Erik Folk	Washington	64	64.0	11%	55	−0.1
18	Jordan Davenport	New Mexico State	58	60.6	0%	54	−14.4
19	Niklas Sade	NC State	60	62.0	3%	54	−14.4
20	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	54	64.1	2%	53	+13.5
21	Mike Meyer	Iowa	62	63.1	6%	53	−0.7
22	Andrew Furney	Washington State	55	58.8	2%	52	−11.6
23	Donnie Carona	Texas Tech	69	64.2	17%	52	+4.3
24	Jake Wieclaw	Miami	57	65.1	7%	52	+20.4
25	Kevin Harper	Pittsburgh	61	59.5	7%	52	−0.8
26	Patrick O'Hara	Oklahoma	71	65.0	24%	52	+18.1
27	Ross Evans	TCU	63	64.6	10%	52	+7.1
28	Jon Teague	Navy	63	63.7	16%	51	−5.9
29	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	81	64.6	31%	51	+8.3
30	Harrison Waid	San José State	61	64.1	13%	50	+1.7
31	Anthony Cantele	Kansas State	61	61.8	16%	49	+6.0
32	Jimmy Newman	Wake Forest	67	64.2	19%	49	+1.2
33	Matt Wile	Michigan	69	64.1	25%	49	+2.7
34	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	97	68.4	49%	49	+30.3
35	Jack Griffin	Florida International	62	61.8	6%	48	−11.1
36	Alec Lerner	Wisconsin	56	62.7	11%	47	+0.6
37	Daniel Sullivan	Wyoming	55	60.3	13%	47	−17.0
38	James Hairston	LSU	63	64.9	24%	47	+7.8
39	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	61	65.1	18%	47	+5.0
40	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	55	63.6	11%	47	+8.6
41	Brett Maher	Nebraska	62	66.4	26%	46	+7.0
42	Chris Hinkebein	Virginia	54	64.9	11%	46	+2.9
43	Justin Tucker	Texas	58	64.2	17%	46	+6.6
44	Scott Secor	Ball State	51	61.7	8%	46	+0.8
45	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	81	68.0	42%	46	+20.8
46	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	55	66.3	16%	45	+4.0
47	Jacob Haueter	Utah State	53	66.6	11%	45	+2.8
48	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	53	66.4	13%	45	+5.2
49	Nick Cattoi	UCF	52	61.5	12%	45	+11.7
50	John Potter	Western Michigan	73	66.6	38%	44	+26.7
51	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	55	62.3	11%	44	−8.4
52	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tulsa	61	65.6	25%	44	+7.0
53	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	47	62.7	6%	44	−11.4
54	Nick Marsh	Utah	52	66.1	15%	44	+17.9
55	Steve Flaherty	Northwestern	49	61.0	8%	44	+0.4
56	Drew Basil	Ohio State	57	63.5	23%	43	+12.7
57	Justin Haig	Marshall	46	60.1	2%	43	−8.9
58	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	49	54.1	0%	43	−29.0
59	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	45	55.7	2%	43	+0.2
60	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	68	67.2	35%	42	+26.8
61	Matt Nelson	Louisiana Tech	56	61.9	14%	42	+7.2
62	Allen Hardison	Nevada	43	62.3	2%	41	−10.4
63	Brian Egan	Mississippi State	47	62.2	6%	41	+9.5
64	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	49	64.4	12%	41	+16.4
65	Kevin Goessling	Fresno State	46	64.7	4%	41	−1.8
66	Chad Christen	UConn	57	65.4	23%	40	+6.4
67	Chris Boswell	Rice	52	62.7	21%	40	+1.6
68	Ross Krautman	Syracuse	47	61.5	4%	40	−13.8
69	Steven Valadez	UTEP	60	65.9	33%	40	+6.8
70	Trase Jones	North Carolina	43	61.6	0%	40	+1.6
71	Abelardo Perez	San Diego State	62	68.0	37%	39	+14.6
72	John Bonano	Arizona	60	66.2	28%	39	−3.5
73	Justin Sorensen	BYU	55	65.9	24%	39	+15.2
74	Blair Walsh	Georgia	54	65.1	28%	38	+11.9
75	Eric Osteen	Army	50	62.4	14%	38	+3.0
76	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	41	61.0	2%	38	−14.0
77	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	50	60.4	12%	38	−14.3
78	Zach Olen	North Texas	48	62.9	19%	38	−2.8
79	Alan Gendreau	Middle Tennessee	41	55.0	2%	37	−13.2
80	Erik Soderberg	Air Force	43	56.8	12%	37	+2.8
81	Grant Mahoney	Iowa State	46	63.9	17%	37	+4.2
82	Kyle Burkhardt	Bowling Green	44	58.3	2%	37	−13.7
83	Rob Beard	Oregon	39	61.7	3%	37	+1.8
84	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	47	61.3	13%	36	−1.5
85	Justin Myer	Virginia Tech	64	66.6	42%	36	+18.2
86	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	48	64.9	19%	36	+8.3
87	Trey Farquhar	Idaho	43	65.1	5%	36	−7.4
88	Mike Loftus	SMU	44	63.7	18%	35	+6.7
89	Mike Yocum	Eastern Michigan	40	61.0	8%	35	−0.1
90	Paul Asack	Duke	40	62.2	10%	35	+5.5
91	Carson Wiggs	Purdue	62	66.3	34%	34	+11.5
92	Ty Long	UAB	36	58.9	0%	34	−19.2
93	Brandon McManus	Temple	53	66.7	28%	33	+21.9
94	Derek Dimke	Illinois	44	61.5	25%	33	−6.0
95	Jeff Locke	UCLA	51	66.4	31%	33	+2.1
96	Ryan Rome	Tulane	38	59.6	11%	33	−8.9
97	Aaron Jones	Baylor	44	64.0	25%	32	+4.4
98	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	45	61.2	16%	32	−16.0
99	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	41	63.7	20%	32	+6.6
100	Spencer Benton	Clemson	44	64.7	23%	32	+10.7
101	Grant Ressel	Missouri	35	63.7	6%	31	−0.9
102	Michael Taylor	Troy	38	63.8	18%	31	+4.9
103	Ben Parks	Baylor	42	64.0	21%	30	−10.8
104	Jesse Roy	Western Kentucky	41	58.4	2%	29	−14.2
105	Anthony Fera	Penn State	39	65.4	26%	28	+7.3
106	Chris Philpott	Louisville	44	67.5	32%	28	+4.2
107	Andrew Ritter	Ole Miss	40	67.7	28%	27	+8.3
108	Ben DeLine	Colorado State	42	65.2	26%	27	+6.0
109	Freddy Cortez	Kent State	48	63.5	35%	27	+0.1
110	A.J. Fox	Akron	29	51.9	7%	26	−16.2
111	Alex Mueller	Kansas	28	60.6	0%	26	−5.6
112	David Scully	Georgia Tech	32	63.2	13%	26	−1.4
113	Justin Moore	Georgia Tech	29	61.9	3%	26	−3.9
114	Philip Welch	Wisconsin	39	60.5	23%	26	−9.9
115	Trey Barrow	Missouri	34	57.0	24%	25	+0.5
116	Justin Castor	Colorado	34	58.5	15%	24	−12.7
117	Justus Adams	New Mexico	26	61.9	12%	23	+2.7
118	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	29	61.1	10%	23	+1.9
119	Colin Ditsworth	Nevada	22	58.3	0%	22	−5.2
120	David Harman	Central Michigan	26	59.9	8%	21	−3.4
121	Joe Mansour	Kentucky	36	65.2	36%	21	+13.3
122	Richie Leone	Houston	24	64.3	13%	21	+1.3
123	Paulo Henriques	Memphis	25	64.0	12%	20	−0.4
124	Chase Lansford	UNLV	26	59.7	15%	18	+0.7
125	Chris Hawthorne	Minnesota	23	65.7	13%	18	+0.6
126	Cody Parkey	Auburn	49	69.0	63%	18	+19.4
127	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	17	63.6	0%	17	−0.6
128	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	17	59.2	6%	16	−2.7
129	Eric Whitaker	Stanford	18	59.1	0%	16	−4.5
130	Jordan Wettstein	Minnesota	18	63.9	11%	16	+2.5
131	Marcelo Bonani	Florida Atlantic	18	60.1	6%	16	−9.3
132	Michael Hunnicutt	Oklahoma	16	56.5	0%	16	−1.8
133	Connor Gagnon	Central Michigan	23	61.5	26%	15	−0.4
134	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	19	64.5	11%	15	+0.8
135	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	15	61.1	7%	14	−0.6
136	Ron Doherty	Kansas	21	56.3	19%	14	−7.5
137	Brad Phillips	Florida	15	62.4	13%	13	+2.2
138	Brett Baer	Louisiana	13	47.9	0%	13	−11.6
139	Cairo Santos	Tulane	16	62.6	0%	13	−9.5
140	Ryan DeNucci	TCU	16	64.3	13%	13	−0.3
141	Brandon Bogotay	Georgia	18	65.4	28%	12	+5.2
142	Bricet Cannada	Air Force	16	67.9	25%	11	+2.9
143	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	15	64.7	7%	10	−6.3
144	Carlos Alvarez	Louisiana	11	65.0	9%	10	−4.7
145	DJ Howard	LSU	10	61.3	0%	10	+2.2
146	Drew Alleman	LSU	10	56.9	0%	10	+0.6
147	Sean Galvin	UCF	11	58.1	9%	10	+2.7

All 2011 College kickoff specialist rankings

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