2011 College Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage Leaders

The share of kickoffs that crossed a sideline before anyone touched them. It is a penalty and gives the receiving team good field position.

Lowest comes first. Most specialists are at or near zero. In 2011, Quinn Sharp (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Cade Foster (0.0%) and James Hairston (0.0%). 115 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 3.6%.

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	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	0.0%	97	68.4	49%	49	+30.3
2	Cade Foster	Alabama	0.0%	66	62.4	6%	62	−3.2
3	James Hairston	LSU	0.0%	63	64.9	24%	47	+7.8
4	Jay Wooten	South Carolina	0.0%	63	61.7	10%	56	−4.0
5	Abelardo Perez	San Diego State	0.0%	62	68.0	37%	39	+14.6
6	Brett Maher	Nebraska	0.0%	62	66.4	26%	46	+7.0
7	Steven Valadez	UTEP	0.0%	60	65.9	33%	40	+6.8
8	Justin Tucker	Texas	0.0%	58	64.2	17%	46	+6.6
9	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	0.0%	54	64.1	2%	53	+13.5
10	Nick Marsh	Utah	0.0%	52	66.1	15%	44	+17.9
11	Cody Parkey	Auburn	0.0%	49	69.0	63%	18	+19.4
12	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	0.0%	47	62.7	6%	44	−11.4
13	Derek Dimke	Illinois	0.0%	44	61.5	25%	33	−6.0
14	Michael Taylor	Troy	0.0%	38	63.8	18%	31	+4.9
15	Trey Barrow	Missouri	0.0%	34	57.0	24%	25	+0.5
16	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	1.2%	81	68.0	42%	46	+20.8
17	Trevor Harman	Boise State	1.3%	80	65.8	16%	66	+29.7
18	John Potter	Western Michigan	1.4%	73	66.6	38%	44	+26.7
19	Kevin Muma	Michigan State	1.4%	69	64.8	17%	56	+1.6
20	Justin Myer	Virginia Tech	1.6%	64	66.6	42%	36	+18.2
21	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	1.6%	64	63.9	6%	59	−1.4
22	Drew Basil	Ohio State	1.8%	57	63.5	23%	43	+12.7
23	Jake Wieclaw	Miami	1.8%	57	65.1	7%	52	+20.4
24	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	1.8%	55	66.3	16%	45	+4.0
25	Daniel Sullivan	Wyoming	1.8%	55	60.3	13%	47	−17.0
26	Blair Walsh	Georgia	1.9%	54	65.1	28%	38	+11.9
27	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	1.9%	53	66.4	13%	45	+5.2
28	Chris Boswell	Rice	1.9%	52	62.7	21%	40	+1.6
29	Nick Cattoi	UCF	1.9%	52	61.5	12%	45	+11.7
30	Jeff Locke	UCLA	2.0%	51	66.4	31%	33	+2.1
31	Scott Secor	Ball State	2.0%	51	61.7	8%	46	+0.8
32	Steve Flaherty	Northwestern	2.0%	49	61.0	8%	44	+0.4
33	Zach Olen	North Texas	2.1%	48	62.9	19%	38	−2.8
34	Grant Mahoney	Iowa State	2.2%	46	63.9	17%	37	+4.2
35	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	2.2%	45	55.7	2%	43	+0.2
36	Aaron Jones	Baylor	2.3%	44	64.0	25%	32	+4.4
37	Mike Loftus	SMU	2.3%	44	63.7	18%	35	+6.7
38	Allen Hardison	Nevada	2.3%	43	62.3	2%	41	−10.4
39	Erik Soderberg	Air Force	2.3%	43	56.8	12%	37	+2.8
40	Jordan Mannisto	Houston	2.4%	84	64.4	31%	56	+9.4
41	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	2.4%	41	63.7	20%	32	+6.6
42	Danny Hrapmann	Southern Miss	2.5%	80	63.7	14%	67	+5.9
43	Paul Asack	Duke	2.5%	40	62.2	10%	35	+5.5
44	Anthony Fera	Penn State	2.6%	39	65.4	26%	28	+7.3
45	Rob Beard	Oregon	2.6%	39	61.7	3%	37	+1.8
46	Ryan Rome	Tulane	2.6%	38	59.6	11%	33	−8.9
47	Patrick O'Hara	Oklahoma	2.8%	71	65.0	24%	52	+18.1
48	Matt Weller	Ohio	2.9%	70	59.4	13%	59	+3.6
49	Corey Smith	West Virginia	2.9%	68	61.8	9%	60	−15.9
50	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	2.9%	68	67.2	35%	42	+26.8
51	Giorgio Tavecchio	California	2.9%	68	61.2	10%	58	−6.9
52	Andre Heidari	USC	3.0%	67	64.9	10%	57	+4.3
53	Erik Folk	Washington	3.1%	64	64.0	11%	55	−0.1
54	Jon Teague	Navy	3.2%	63	63.7	16%	51	−5.9
55	Anthony Cantele	Kansas State	3.3%	61	61.8	16%	49	+6.0
56	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tulsa	3.3%	61	65.6	25%	44	+7.0
57	Andrew Furney	Washington State	3.6%	55	58.8	2%	52	−11.6
58	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	3.6%	55	63.6	11%	47	+8.6
59	Chris Hinkebein	Virginia	3.7%	54	64.9	11%	46	+2.9
60	Jacob Haueter	Utah State	3.8%	53	66.6	11%	45	+2.8
61	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	4.1%	49	64.4	12%	41	+16.4
62	Matt Wile	Michigan	4.3%	69	64.1	25%	49	+2.7
63	Justin Haig	Marshall	4.3%	46	60.1	2%	43	−8.9
64	Chris Philpott	Louisville	4.5%	44	67.5	32%	28	+4.2
65	Spencer Benton	Clemson	4.5%	44	64.7	23%	32	+10.7
66	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	4.9%	82	59.5	7%	70	−12.8
67	Alan Gendreau	Middle Tennessee	4.9%	41	55.0	2%	37	−13.2
68	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	4.9%	41	61.0	2%	38	−14.0
69	Harrison Waid	San José State	4.9%	61	64.1	13%	50	+1.7
70	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	4.9%	61	65.1	18%	47	+5.0
71	Andrew Ritter	Ole Miss	5.0%	40	67.7	28%	27	+8.3
72	Mike Yocum	Eastern Michigan	5.0%	40	61.0	8%	35	−0.1
73	Philip Welch	Wisconsin	5.1%	39	60.5	23%	26	−9.9
74	Alec Lerner	Wisconsin	5.4%	56	62.7	11%	47	+0.6
75	Justin Sorensen	BYU	5.5%	55	65.9	24%	39	+15.2
76	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	5.5%	73	63.5	11%	60	+4.4
77	Joe Mansour	Kentucky	5.6%	36	65.2	36%	21	+13.3
78	Ty Long	UAB	5.6%	36	58.9	0%	34	−19.2
79	Grant Ressel	Missouri	5.7%	35	63.7	6%	31	−0.9
80	Donnie Carona	Texas Tech	5.8%	69	64.2	17%	52	+4.3
81	Jimmy Newman	Wake Forest	6.0%	67	64.2	19%	49	+1.2
82	Bobby Zalud	Arkansas State	6.2%	81	59.0	20%	60	−6.1
83	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	6.2%	81	64.6	31%	51	+8.3
84	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	6.3%	48	64.9	19%	36	+8.3
85	David Scully	Georgia Tech	6.3%	32	63.2	13%	26	−1.4
86	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	6.4%	47	61.3	13%	36	−1.5
87	Brian Egan	Mississippi State	6.4%	47	62.2	6%	41	+9.5
88	Kevin Goessling	Fresno State	6.5%	46	64.7	4%	41	−1.8
89	John Bonano	Arizona	6.7%	60	66.2	28%	39	−3.5
90	Niklas Sade	NC State	6.7%	60	62.0	3%	54	−14.4
91	Jordan Davenport	New Mexico State	6.9%	58	60.6	0%	54	−14.4
92	Trase Jones	North Carolina	7.0%	43	61.6	0%	40	+1.6
93	Chad Christen	UConn	7.0%	57	65.4	23%	40	+6.4
94	Ben Parks	Baylor	7.1%	42	64.0	21%	30	−10.8
95	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	7.7%	65	56.3	0%	60	−23.5
96	Ross Evans	TCU	7.9%	63	64.6	10%	52	+7.1
97	Mike Meyer	Iowa	8.1%	62	63.1	6%	53	−0.7
98	Kevin Harper	Pittsburgh	8.2%	61	59.5	7%	52	−0.8
99	Freddy Cortez	Kent State	8.3%	48	63.5	35%	27	+0.1
100	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	9.1%	55	62.3	11%	44	−8.4
101	Brandon McManus	Temple	9.4%	53	66.7	28%	33	+21.9
102	Ben DeLine	Colorado State	9.5%	42	65.2	26%	27	+6.0
103	Eric Osteen	Army	10.0%	50	62.4	14%	38	+3.0
104	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	10.5%	76	59.9	8%	61	−16.6
105	Ross Krautman	Syracuse	10.6%	47	61.5	4%	40	−13.8
106	Matt Nelson	Louisiana Tech	10.7%	56	61.9	14%	42	+7.2
107	Carson Wiggs	Purdue	11.3%	62	66.3	34%	34	+11.5
108	Trey Farquhar	Idaho	11.6%	43	65.1	5%	36	−7.4
109	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	12.0%	50	60.4	12%	38	−14.3
110	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	12.2%	49	54.1	0%	43	−29.0
111	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	13.3%	45	61.2	16%	32	−16.0
112	Kyle Burkhardt	Bowling Green	13.6%	44	58.3	2%	37	−13.7
113	Justin Castor	Colorado	14.7%	34	58.5	15%	24	−12.7
114	Jack Griffin	Florida International	16.1%	62	61.8	6%	48	−11.1
115	Jesse Roy	Western Kentucky	26.8%	41	58.4	2%	29	−14.2

All 2011 College kickoff specialist rankings

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