2011 College Kickoff Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a kickoff specialist's kickoffs that were touchbacks. High means power; whether it is good depends on the rules and the coach's plan.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Only specialists with enough kickoffs are ranked. In 2011, Cody Parkey (63%) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff touchback percentage, ahead of Quinn Sharp (49%) and Justin Myer (42%). 115 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 14%.

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

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