2011 College Kickoff Touchbacks Leaders

Kickoffs that reached the end zone and were kept there, giving the receiving team the ball at its own 25, 30 or 35, depending on the league and the rule that season. A touchback avoids a return but gives up field position.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Read with touchback percentage. In 2011, Quinn Sharp (48) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff touchbacks, ahead of Zach Hocker (34) and Cody Parkey (31). 148 kickoff specialists qualify.

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	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	48	97	68.4	49%	49	+30.3
2	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	34	81	68.0	42%	46	+20.8
3	Cody Parkey	Auburn	31	49	69.0	63%	18	+19.4
4	John Potter	Western Michigan	28	73	66.6	38%	44	+26.7
5	Justin Myer	Virginia Tech	27	64	66.6	42%	36	+18.2
6	Jordan Mannisto	Houston	26	84	64.4	31%	56	+9.4
7	Randy Bullock	Texas A&M	25	81	64.6	31%	51	+8.3
8	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	24	68	67.2	35%	42	+26.8
9	Abelardo Perez	San Diego State	23	62	68.0	37%	39	+14.6
10	Carson Wiggs	Purdue	21	62	66.3	34%	34	+11.5
11	Steven Valadez	UTEP	20	60	65.9	33%	40	+6.8
12	Freddy Cortez	Kent State	17	48	63.5	35%	27	+0.1
13	John Bonano	Arizona	17	60	66.2	28%	39	−3.5
14	Matt Wile	Michigan	17	69	64.1	25%	49	+2.7
15	Patrick O'Hara	Oklahoma	17	71	65.0	24%	52	+18.1
16	Jeff Locke	UCLA	16	51	66.4	31%	33	+2.1
17	Brett Maher	Nebraska	16	62	66.4	26%	46	+7.0
18	Bobby Zalud	Arkansas State	16	81	59.0	20%	60	−6.1
19	Brandon McManus	Temple	15	53	66.7	28%	33	+21.9
20	Blair Walsh	Georgia	15	54	65.1	28%	38	+11.9
21	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Tulsa	15	61	65.6	25%	44	+7.0
22	James Hairston	LSU	15	63	64.9	24%	47	+7.8
23	Chris Philpott	Louisville	14	44	67.5	32%	28	+4.2
24	Joe Mansour	Kentucky	13	36	65.2	36%	21	+13.3
25	Justin Sorensen	BYU	13	55	65.9	24%	39	+15.2
26	Chad Christen	UConn	13	57	65.4	23%	40	+6.4
27	Drew Basil	Ohio State	13	57	63.5	23%	43	+12.7
28	Jimmy Newman	Wake Forest	13	67	64.2	19%	49	+1.2
29	Trevor Harman	Boise State	13	80	65.8	16%	66	+29.7
30	Donnie Carona	Texas Tech	12	69	64.2	17%	52	+4.3
31	Kevin Muma	Michigan State	12	69	64.8	17%	56	+1.6
32	Andrew Ritter	Ole Miss	11	40	67.7	28%	27	+8.3
33	Ben DeLine	Colorado State	11	42	65.2	26%	27	+6.0
34	Aaron Jones	Baylor	11	44	64.0	25%	32	+4.4
35	Derek Dimke	Illinois	11	44	61.5	25%	33	−6.0
36	Chris Boswell	Rice	11	52	62.7	21%	40	+1.6
37	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	11	61	65.1	18%	47	+5.0
38	Danny Hrapmann	Southern Miss	11	80	63.7	14%	67	+5.9
39	Anthony Fera	Penn State	10	39	65.4	26%	28	+7.3
40	Spencer Benton	Clemson	10	44	64.7	23%	32	+10.7
41	Justin Tucker	Texas	10	58	64.2	17%	46	+6.6
42	Anthony Cantele	Kansas State	10	61	61.8	16%	49	+6.0
43	Jon Teague	Navy	10	63	63.7	16%	51	−5.9
44	Philip Welch	Wisconsin	9	39	60.5	23%	26	−9.9
45	Ben Parks	Baylor	9	42	64.0	21%	30	−10.8
46	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	9	48	64.9	19%	36	+8.3
47	Zach Olen	North Texas	9	48	62.9	19%	38	−2.8
48	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	9	55	66.3	16%	45	+4.0
49	Matt Weller	Ohio	9	70	59.4	13%	59	+3.6
50	Trey Barrow	Missouri	8	34	57.0	24%	25	+0.5
51	Ryan Quigley	Boston College	8	41	63.7	20%	32	+6.6
52	Mike Loftus	SMU	8	44	63.7	18%	35	+6.7
53	Grant Mahoney	Iowa State	8	46	63.9	17%	37	+4.2
54	Nick Marsh	Utah	8	52	66.1	15%	44	+17.9
55	Matt Nelson	Louisiana Tech	8	56	61.9	14%	42	+7.2
56	Harrison Waid	San José State	8	61	64.1	13%	50	+1.7
57	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	8	73	63.5	11%	60	+4.4
58	Michael Taylor	Troy	7	38	63.8	18%	31	+4.9
59	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	7	45	61.2	16%	32	−16.0
60	Eric Osteen	Army	7	50	62.4	14%	38	+3.0
61	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	7	53	66.4	13%	45	+5.2
62	Daniel Sullivan	Wyoming	7	55	60.3	13%	47	−17.0
63	Erik Folk	Washington	7	64	64.0	11%	55	−0.1
64	Andre Heidari	USC	7	67	64.9	10%	57	+4.3
65	Giorgio Tavecchio	California	7	68	61.2	10%	58	−6.9
66	Connor Gagnon	Central Michigan	6	23	61.5	26%	15	−0.4
67	Ben Ryan	East Carolina	6	47	61.3	13%	36	−1.5
68	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	6	49	64.4	12%	41	+16.4
69	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	6	50	60.4	12%	38	−14.3
70	Nick Cattoi	UCF	6	52	61.5	12%	45	+11.7
71	Jacob Haueter	Utah State	6	53	66.6	11%	45	+2.8
72	Chris Hinkebein	Virginia	6	54	64.9	11%	46	+2.9
73	Justin Doerner	Rutgers	6	55	62.3	11%	44	−8.4
74	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	6	55	63.6	11%	47	+8.6
75	Alec Lerner	Wisconsin	6	56	62.7	11%	47	+0.6
76	Jay Wooten	South Carolina	6	63	61.7	10%	56	−4.0
77	Ross Evans	TCU	6	63	64.6	10%	52	+7.1
78	Corey Smith	West Virginia	6	68	61.8	9%	60	−15.9
79	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	6	76	59.9	8%	61	−16.6
80	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	6	82	59.5	7%	70	−12.8
81	Brandon Bogotay	Georgia	5	18	65.4	28%	12	+5.2
82	Justin Castor	Colorado	5	34	58.5	15%	24	−12.7
83	Erik Soderberg	Air Force	5	43	56.8	12%	37	+2.8
84	Bricet Cannada	Air Force	4	16	67.9	25%	11	+2.9
85	Ron Doherty	Kansas	4	21	56.3	19%	14	−7.5
86	Chase Lansford	UNLV	4	26	59.7	15%	18	+0.7
87	David Scully	Georgia Tech	4	32	63.2	13%	26	−1.4
88	Ryan Rome	Tulane	4	38	59.6	11%	33	−8.9
89	Paul Asack	Duke	4	40	62.2	10%	35	+5.5
90	Steve Flaherty	Northwestern	4	49	61.0	8%	44	+0.4
91	Scott Secor	Ball State	4	51	61.7	8%	46	+0.8
92	Jake Wieclaw	Miami	4	57	65.1	7%	52	+20.4
93	Kevin Harper	Pittsburgh	4	61	59.5	7%	52	−0.8
94	Jack Griffin	Florida International	4	62	61.8	6%	48	−11.1
95	Mike Meyer	Iowa	4	62	63.1	6%	53	−0.7
96	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	4	64	63.9	6%	59	−1.4
97	Cade Foster	Alabama	4	66	62.4	6%	62	−3.2
98	Will Oliver	Colorado	3	11	59.4	27%	8	+0.8
99	Chris Hawthorne	Minnesota	3	23	65.7	13%	18	+0.6
100	Richie Leone	Houston	3	24	64.3	13%	21	+1.3
101	Paulo Henriques	Memphis	3	25	64.0	12%	20	−0.4
102	Justus Adams	New Mexico	3	26	61.9	12%	23	+2.7
103	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	3	29	61.1	10%	23	+1.9
104	Mike Yocum	Eastern Michigan	3	40	61.0	8%	35	−0.1
105	Brian Egan	Mississippi State	3	47	62.2	6%	41	+9.5
106	Nick Ferrara	Maryland	3	47	62.7	6%	44	−11.4
107	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	2	8	63.6	25%	6	−1.2
108	Brad Phillips	Florida	2	15	62.4	13%	13	+2.2
109	Ryan DeNucci	TCU	2	16	64.3	13%	13	−0.3
110	Jordan Wettstein	Minnesota	2	18	63.9	11%	16	+2.5
111	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	2	19	64.5	11%	15	+0.8
112	David Harman	Central Michigan	2	26	59.9	8%	21	−3.4
113	A.J. Fox	Akron	2	29	51.9	7%	26	−16.2
114	Grant Ressel	Missouri	2	35	63.7	6%	31	−0.9
115	Trey Farquhar	Idaho	2	43	65.1	5%	36	−7.4
116	Kevin Goessling	Fresno State	2	46	64.7	4%	41	−1.8
117	Ross Krautman	Syracuse	2	47	61.5	4%	40	−13.8
118	Niklas Sade	NC State	2	60	62.0	3%	54	−14.4
119	Chad VanderMolen	Colorado State	1	1	70.0	100%	0	+0.6
120	Harry Kehs	Air Force	1	1	70.0	100%	0	+0.6
121	Peter Boehme	Southern Miss	1	1	53.0	100%	0	+0.6
122	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	1	3	61.3	33%	2	+1.3
123	Michael Tart	Maryland	1	4	66.5	25%	3	−0.7
124	Will Snyderwine	Duke	1	4	64.5	25%	3	+1.4
125	Zachary Hoffman	Air Force	1	4	60.0	25%	3	−0.2
126	Evan Lewis	Penn State	1	6	63.0	17%	5	−0.2
127	Kevin Cyrille	Florida Atlantic	1	6	45.3	17%	5	−0.2
128	Stephen Stein	Bowling Green	1	6	62.0	17%	5	+0.5
129	Michael Barbour	East Carolina	1	7	62.0	14%	6	+0.1
130	Derek DePasquale	Mississippi State	1	8	54.5	13%	6	−3.5
131	Thomas Moore	North Carolina	1	10	60.5	10%	9	+0.5
132	Carlos Alvarez	Louisiana	1	11	65.0	9%	10	−4.7
133	Sean Galvin	UCF	1	11	58.1	9%	10	+2.7
134	Andrew Shapiro	Fresno State	1	15	64.7	7%	10	−6.3
135	Dawson Zimmerman	Clemson	1	15	61.1	7%	14	−0.6
136	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	1	17	59.2	6%	16	−2.7
137	Marcelo Bonani	Florida Atlantic	1	18	60.1	6%	16	−9.3
138	Justin Moore	Georgia Tech	1	29	61.9	3%	26	−3.9
139	Rob Beard	Oregon	1	39	61.7	3%	37	+1.8
140	Alan Gendreau	Middle Tennessee	1	41	55.0	2%	37	−13.2
141	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	1	41	61.0	2%	38	−14.0
142	Jesse Roy	Western Kentucky	1	41	58.4	2%	29	−14.2
143	Allen Hardison	Nevada	1	43	62.3	2%	41	−10.4
144	Kyle Burkhardt	Bowling Green	1	44	58.3	2%	37	−13.7
145	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	1	45	55.7	2%	43	+0.2
146	Justin Haig	Marshall	1	46	60.1	2%	43	−8.9
147	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	1	54	64.1	2%	53	+13.5
148	Andrew Furney	Washington State	1	55	58.8	2%	52	−11.6

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