2012 College Kickoff Points Added Leaders

Each kickoff's expected-points result compared with the league-average kickoff, added up over the season. Onside kicks are left out. It credits the kicker and the coverage team together.

Positive means he did better than an average kickoff. In 2012, Dustin Hopkins (+17.4) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Nick Marsh (+14.6) and Cole Way (+13.7). 119 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.4.

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

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