2012 College Kickoff Points per 100 Kickoffs Leaders

Kickoff points added divided by kickoffs, times 100. It compares specialists with different workloads fairly.

Only specialists with enough kickoffs are ranked. In 2012, Nick Marsh (+29.1) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Jordan Wettstein (+26.6) and Jordan Williamson (+20.4). 119 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +2.3.

College rule from 2012 to 2017: a kickoff touchback started the receiving team at its 25, so a touchback was a good result for the kicking team. Kickoff Points Added accounts for the rule, so it is the fair way to compare kickoff specialists across leagues and seasons.

Final 2012 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Nick Marsh	Utah	+29.1	50	62.6	38%	31	+14.6
2	Jordan Wettstein	Minnesota	+26.6	41	62.4	46%	22	+10.9
3	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	+20.4	66	63.7	41%	35	+13.5
4	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	+19.9	58	62.8	43%	30	+11.5
5	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	+19.7	88	63.0	43%	48	+17.4
6	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	+19.5	55	60.6	20%	42	+10.7
7	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	+19.0	57	63.7	40%	34	+10.8
8	Cole Way	Tulsa	+18.8	73	61.7	48%	37	+13.7
9	Niklas Sade	NC State	+18.8	55	64.0	64%	20	+10.3
10	James Hairston	LSU	+17.7	68	60.8	28%	47	+12.0
11	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	+17.2	56	62.4	45%	31	+9.6
12	Patrick O'Hara	Oklahoma	+16.5	44	62.1	39%	26	+7.3
13	Spencer Benton	Clemson	+16.5	64	63.2	50%	32	+10.6
14	Michael Bowlin	Washington State	+16.1	43	62.8	37%	25	+6.9
15	Scott Secor	Ball State	+15.6	75	60.6	25%	52	+11.7
16	Cade Foster	Alabama	+15.2	89	63.1	44%	50	+13.5
17	Mitch Anderson	Florida Atlantic	+15.2	39	61.7	28%	28	+5.9
18	Ryan Norton	Syracuse	+15.1	58	61.8	43%	33	+8.7
19	Justin Sorensen	BYU	+15.0	48	63.6	44%	27	+7.2
20	Pat O'Donnell	Cincinnati	+14.6	59	63.6	49%	29	+8.6
21	Kyle French	Wisconsin	+13.6	44	63.5	57%	17	+6.0
22	Sean Galvin	UCF	+13.5	80	62.0	35%	48	+10.8
23	Chris Boswell	Rice	+13.1	66	63.6	62%	24	+8.6
24	Cody Parkey	Auburn	+13.1	41	64.2	66%	13	+5.4
25	Trevor Harman	Boise State	+12.5	50	59.9	16%	42	+6.3
26	Brett Maher	Nebraska	+12.1	80	62.4	64%	26	+9.7
27	Jake Wieclaw	Miami	+12.1	64	60.2	14%	53	+7.8
28	Casey Barth	North Carolina	+11.5	68	60.9	22%	51	+7.9
29	Brandon McManus	Temple	+11.2	49	64.4	76%	12	+5.5
30	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	+11.2	74	61.0	43%	38	+8.3
31	Chad Christen	UConn	+10.9	39	62.5	36%	25	+4.3
32	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	+10.3	54	64.1	67%	16	+5.5
33	Mike Meyer	Iowa	+9.0	47	62.7	40%	28	+4.2
34	Jamie Lindley	Georgia	+8.8	49	62.9	45%	26	+4.3
35	Jeff Locke	UCLA	+8.5	77	63.9	74%	20	+6.5
36	Matt Weller	Ohio	+8.1	58	61.4	34%	37	+4.7
37	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	+8.0	72	61.3	28%	48	+5.7
38	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	+7.5	60	60.9	33%	39	+4.5
39	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	+7.4	92	63.3	63%	34	+6.8
40	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	+7.3	48	60.0	19%	38	+3.5
41	Jimmy Newman	Wake Forest	+7.1	37	61.2	57%	14	+2.6
42	Will Johnson	Texas State	+7.0	32	64.3	56%	13	+2.2
43	Mike Loftus	SMU	+6.7	60	62.9	40%	34	+4.0
44	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	+6.5	73	61.3	23%	52	+4.7
45	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	+6.3	69	61.2	42%	36	+4.3
46	Anthony Cantele	Kansas State	+5.6	85	61.1	34%	53	+4.8
47	Brett Baer	Louisiana	+5.4	33	58.1	18%	26	+1.8
48	Drew Basil	Ohio State	+5.2	69	60.7	19%	55	+3.6
49	Steven Valadez	UTEP	+4.9	37	60.8	49%	18	+1.8
50	Eric Osteen	Army	+4.5	48	62.8	54%	20	+2.1
51	Andre Heidari	USC	+4.3	33	61.2	27%	24	+1.4
52	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	+4.2	70	61.3	33%	41	+3.0
53	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	+3.8	51	63.6	65%	15	+1.9
54	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	+3.7	63	58.0	27%	43	+2.3
55	Paulo Henriques	Memphis	+3.4	45	63.4	64%	12	+1.5
56	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	+3.2	65	63.0	48%	32	+2.1
57	Sam Ficken	Penn State	+3.1	62	61.8	40%	36	+1.9
58	Steve Flaherty	Northwestern	+3.1	65	59.4	18%	49	+2.0
59	Ross Martin	Duke	+2.8	63	62.6	37%	37	+1.7
60	Bryson Rose	Ole Miss	+2.3	41	61.6	44%	21	+0.9
61	Freddy Cortez	Kent State	+2.2	73	61.0	38%	43	+1.6
62	Jack Griffin	Florida International	+1.9	55	62.3	51%	23	+1.1
63	David Scully	Georgia Tech	+1.7	56	61.0	29%	39	+0.9
64	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	+1.6	63	62.5	35%	41	+1.0
65	David Harman	Central Michigan	+1.4	42	61.7	26%	25	+0.6
66	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	+0.9	63	62.7	35%	39	+0.6
67	Kevin Muma	Michigan State	−0.2	48	63.0	46%	24	−0.1
68	Kevin Harper	Pittsburgh	−0.6	62	58.7	19%	47	−0.4
69	Nate Freese	Boston College	−1.2	45	60.2	36%	28	−0.5
70	John Bonano	Arizona	−1.5	70	59.2	46%	35	−1.1
71	Edwin Arceo	Iowa State	−1.6	59	63.2	39%	36	−1.0
72	Zach Olen	North Texas	−1.8	46	63.2	46%	22	−0.8
73	Craig McMahon	USC	−2.3	34	60.8	47%	17	−0.8
74	Matt Nelson	Louisiana Tech	−2.5	94	58.3	20%	67	−2.4
75	Briceton Cannada	Air Force	−3.3	53	60.7	45%	28	−1.7
76	Colin Amerau	Navy	−3.6	52	61.1	29%	37	−1.9
77	Richie Leone	Houston	−4.4	67	61.7	36%	39	−2.9
78	Greg Rivara	New Mexico	−4.4	48	63.3	42%	24	−2.1
79	Vincenzo D'Amato	California	−4.7	51	60.7	29%	34	−2.4
80	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	−4.7	82	63.0	72%	22	−3.9
81	Harrison Waid	San José State	−5.2	74	60.8	26%	47	−3.9
82	Kody Fulkerson	Eastern Michigan	−5.4	46	58.1	7%	35	−2.5
83	Adam Yates	South Carolina	−5.6	53	62.6	55%	19	−3.0
84	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	−7.7	91	59.5	13%	79	−7.0
85	Matt Wile	Michigan	−7.7	62	60.3	34%	40	−4.8
86	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	−8.5	68	58.8	31%	46	−5.8
87	Nick Rose	Texas	−8.5	67	60.6	34%	42	−5.7
88	Jesse Roy	Western Kentucky	−8.7	46	57.6	7%	36	−4.0
89	Ty Long	UAB	−9.2	60	63.3	52%	26	−5.5
90	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	−9.4	64	61.6	45%	32	−6.0
91	Carlos Lopez	Middle Tennessee	−9.7	60	60.9	12%	49	−5.8
92	Brad Craddock	Maryland	−10.2	46	59.5	9%	40	−4.7
93	Brooks Abbott	Virginia Tech	−10.8	33	61.6	21%	25	−3.6
94	Nick Prolago	Kansas	−11.6	32	55.8	13%	26	−3.7
95	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	−11.7	41	55.9	24%	26	−4.8
96	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	−12.2	45	60.2	36%	27	−5.5
97	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	−12.6	40	60.4	50%	19	−5.0
98	Cairo Santos	Tulane	−12.7	41	64.0	59%	13	−5.2
99	Corey Smith	West Virginia	−12.7	47	60.6	28%	34	−6.0
100	Trey Farquhar	Idaho	−12.8	36	60.9	28%	25	−4.6
101	Justin Martin	Wyoming	−13.1	53	60.1	42%	29	−7.0
102	Aaron Jones	Baylor	−14.1	83	57.6	40%	46	−11.7
103	Travis Coons	Washington	−14.3	52	58.4	19%	40	−7.5
104	Anthony DiPaula	Rutgers	−14.3	30	56.4	7%	24	−4.3
105	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	−14.5	51	58.4	25%	36	−7.4
106	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	−15.5	62	58.4	15%	50	−9.6
107	Colin Ditsworth	Nevada	−17.1	62	59.5	31%	42	−10.6
108	John Wallace	Louisville	−18.6	48	60.1	6%	43	−8.9
109	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	−18.7	41	57.1	17%	31	−7.7
110	Michel Chapuseaux	South Alabama	−18.9	41	59.0	27%	26	−7.7
111	Ian Frye	Virginia	−22.0	40	60.3	40%	24	−8.8
112	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	−23.1	31	57.7	10%	27	−7.2
113	Justin Haig	Marshall	−23.2	65	56.6	6%	55	−15.1
114	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	−23.2	42	58.2	14%	35	−9.8
115	Chase Lansford	UNLV	−29.9	40	59.6	25%	24	−11.9
116	Jed Solomon	Troy	−32.9	39	57.1	28%	25	−12.8
117	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	−35.5	50	55.8	28%	33	−17.7
118	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	−44.0	36	53.9	14%	29	−15.8
119	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	−45.3	44	51.8	25%	30	−19.9

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