2013 College Kickoff Specialist Rankings

Every college football kickoff specialist with enough work in the 2013 regular season (at least 30), ranked by kickoff points added. 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.

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 2013 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2013 College Leaders

Kickoff Touchback Percentage

Cody Parkey (LSU): 74% 63 of 85
Chris Boswell (Rice): 72% 54 of 75
Cairo Santos (Tulane): 71% 34 of 48
Nate Freese (Boston College): 71% 41 of 58
Zach Hocker (Arkansas): 69% 33 of 48

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Average Kickoff Return Allowed

Drew Basil (Ohio State): 0.0 65 returns
Matt Wogan (Oregon): 0.0 65 returns
Kip Smith (Oklahoma State): 0.0 60 returns
Roberto Aguayo (Florida State): 0.0 58 returns
Colin McGuire (Fresno State): 0.0 56 returns

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Kickoff Points Added

Jake Thompson (Utah State): +15.2 73 kickoffs
Andrew Baggett (Missouri): +14.2 91 kickoffs
Roberto Aguayo (Florida State): +14.0 103 kickoffs
James Hairston (LSU): +13.6 75 kickoffs
Austin Hardin (Florida): +13.2 42 kickoffs

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Average Kickoff Distance

Andrew Ritter (Ole Miss): 64.3 65 kickoffs
Cody Parkey (LSU): 64.3 85 kickoffs
Nate Freese (Boston College): 64.2 58 kickoffs
Cole Way (Tulsa): 64.1 48 kickoffs
Jordan Williamson (Stanford): 64.1 40 kickoffs

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Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage

Dan Goodale (Boise State): 0.0% 0 of 79
James Hairston (LSU): 0.0% 0 of 75
Jake Smith (Arizona): 0.0% 0 of 67
Zach Olen (North Texas): 0.0% 0 of 67
Cade Foster (Alabama): 0.0% 0 of 65

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30+ Yard Return Percentage Allowed

Drew Basil (Ohio State): 0.0% 0 of 65
Matt Wogan (Oregon): 0.0% 0 of 65
Kip Smith (Oklahoma State): 0.0% 0 of 60
Roberto Aguayo (Florida State): 0.0% 0 of 58
Colin McGuire (Fresno State): 0.0% 0 of 56

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All 2013 College Kickoff Specialist Leaderboards

Kickoffs by Points Added

124 kickoff specialists qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Jake Thompson	Utah State	73	63.5	52%	34	+15.2
2	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	91	63.9	63%	33	+14.2
3	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	103	60.6	35%	58	+14.0
4	James Hairston	LSU	75	63.9	52%	36	+13.6
5	Austin Hardin	Florida	42	62.5	38%	26	+13.2
6	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	85	62.4	46%	44	+13.0
7	Drew Basil	Ohio State	90	60.3	24%	65	+12.6
8	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	84	62.9	55%	34	+12.0
9	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	50	63.3	32%	26	+11.4
10	Cody Parkey	LSU	85	64.3	74%	21	+11.3
11	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	51	60.4	20%	40	+11.1
12	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	40	64.1	50%	19	+10.2
13	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	95	62.7	40%	54	+10.0
14	Brad Craddock	Maryland	58	62.1	19%	46	+9.9
15	Conrad Ukropina	Stanford	40	60.5	10%	35	+9.5
16	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	71	63.1	51%	32	+9.1
17	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	34	63.7	50%	17	+8.9
18	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	60	57.2	10%	53	+8.9
19	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	62	61.8	29%	42	+8.9
20	Brian Davis	Arkansas State	65	62.2	34%	40	+8.7
21	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	56	61.6	52%	24	+8.5
22	Chris Boswell	Rice	75	63.3	72%	20	+8.2
23	Austin Grebe	Navy	61	61.0	21%	45	+8.2
24	Dan Goodale	Boise State	79	61.1	39%	47	+8.2
25	Ross Martin	Duke	66	61.9	30%	42	+7.7
26	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	68	63.0	49%	33	+7.5
27	Richie Leone	Houston	66	63.3	50%	29	+7.5
28	Justin Sorensen	BYU	68	62.9	51%	32	+7.0
29	Chris Hawthorne	Minnesota	59	62.2	32%	39	+6.9
30	Cole Way	Tulsa	48	64.1	60%	19	+6.9
31	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	79	59.7	20%	60	+6.8
32	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	51	61.3	31%	34	+6.7
33	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	45	62.0	38%	25	+6.6
34	Nate Freese	Boston College	58	64.2	71%	16	+6.3
35	Sean Covington	UCLA	40	63.5	50%	20	+6.1
36	Cade Foster	Alabama	65	62.4	25%	49	+6.1
37	Briceton Cannada	Air Force	48	62.9	60%	19	+6.1
38	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	32	62.0	41%	19	+6.0
39	Sean Galvin	UCF	67	62.5	33%	43	+5.7
40	Kevin Muma	Michigan State	62	62.0	42%	36	+5.7
41	Jeff Budzien	Northwestern	58	61.0	33%	38	+5.5
42	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	65	61.5	28%	45	+4.8
43	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	47	62.8	28%	31	+4.7
44	Cairo Santos	Tulane	48	64.1	71%	12	+4.7
45	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	61	60.2	26%	39	+4.6
46	Ty Long	UAB	54	62.5	52%	25	+4.5
47	Edwin Arceo	Iowa State	53	59.4	36%	30	+4.3
48	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	61	62.7	39%	34	+3.9
49	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	62	62.7	66%	18	+3.6
50	Jake Smith	Arizona	67	61.4	46%	35	+3.6
51	Zach Olen	North Texas	67	62.8	49%	34	+3.3
52	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	58	59.8	19%	43	+3.2
53	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	67	62.4	61%	25	+3.0
54	Chad Hedlund	Wake Forest	38	61.9	18%	30	+2.9
55	Joe Mansour	Kentucky	43	57.8	14%	32	+2.8
56	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	37	62.7	30%	25	+2.8
57	Will Johnson	Texas State	43	63.8	60%	16	+2.2
58	Andrew Ritter	Ole Miss	65	64.3	66%	20	+2.1
59	Jack Cantele	Kansas State	33	59.0	21%	24	+1.8
60	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	36	60.0	47%	18	+1.6
61	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	54	63.5	54%	24	+1.5
62	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	91	59.6	30%	56	+1.5
63	Ryan Norton	Syracuse	48	57.4	21%	36	+1.5
64	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	47	57.4	13%	40	+0.8
65	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	80	60.5	34%	50	+0.8
66	Andy Phillips	Utah	52	59.9	19%	41	+0.6
67	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	32	60.1	31%	22	+0.5
68	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	70	60.3	46%	33	+0.4
69	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	48	63.6	69%	12	+0.3
70	Andre Heidari	USC	62	60.8	23%	46	+0.1
71	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	32	59.2	19%	23	+0.1
72	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	47	63.0	23%	32	0.0
73	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	49	61.1	55%	19	−0.1
74	Harrison Waid	San José State	71	61.9	41%	38	−0.2
75	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	34	61.9	35%	22	−0.4
76	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	53	63.8	64%	18	−0.6
77	Landon Ard	South Carolina	71	62.4	48%	33	−0.8
78	Matt Wogan	Oregon	91	61.5	21%	65	−0.8
79	Justus Adams	New Mexico	64	61.3	27%	45	−1.3
80	Mike Loftus	SMU	49	61.4	37%	30	−1.6
81	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	84	60.2	32%	52	−1.6
82	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	41	59.3	22%	31	−1.7
83	Vincenzo D'Amato	California	53	58.9	36%	27	−2.2
84	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	39	60.9	49%	17	−2.3
85	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	51	61.6	33%	34	−2.7
86	Dylan Sims	Virginia	35	61.2	37%	22	−2.8
87	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	34	60.0	41%	19	−2.8
88	Connor Gagnon	Central Michigan	49	60.9	24%	37	−3.1
89	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	68	62.0	49%	30	−3.4
90	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	39	62.0	31%	23	−3.4
91	Scott Secor	Ball State	65	56.4	18%	48	−3.4
92	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	36	61.3	36%	21	−3.5
93	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	66	61.1	32%	44	−3.5
94	Sam Ficken	Penn State	61	60.6	25%	46	−3.5
95	Jim Cooper, Jr.	Temple	43	58.3	14%	34	−3.5
96	Travis Coons	Washington	48	60.0	13%	42	−3.6
97	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	63	62.5	52%	29	−3.6
98	Jay Mattox	UTEP	47	60.7	43%	27	−3.7
99	Sean Ianno	UTSA	58	60.9	33%	37	−4.2
100	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	65	63.6	49%	33	−4.7
101	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	64	61.0	39%	36	−4.7
102	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	40	54.7	10%	31	−4.8
103	Jake Elliott	Memphis	45	60.4	36%	26	−4.8
104	Matt Wile	Michigan	64	60.9	47%	31	−5.0
105	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	58	60.2	41%	32	−5.1
106	Niklas Sade	NC State	52	60.4	48%	24	−5.7
107	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	33	58.3	9%	28	−6.2
108	Aaron Jones	Baylor	90	59.4	40%	49	−6.7
109	Nick Rose	Texas	65	63.2	43%	37	−7.5
110	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	77	58.8	36%	41	−7.6
111	Jed Solomon	Troy	57	58.9	44%	31	−8.0
112	Mike Meyer	Iowa	61	61.6	44%	31	−8.1
113	Mitch Anderson	Florida Atlantic	56	62.6	38%	30	−8.5
114	John Wallace	Louisville	63	59.0	21%	46	−9.4
115	Daniel Grochowski	Army	43	57.5	30%	27	−10.0
116	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	54	56.5	17%	39	−10.9
117	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	43	60.7	30%	27	−11.3
118	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	36	55.2	28%	23	−11.4
119	Will Oliver	Colorado	55	59.1	45%	29	−11.6
120	Robert Stein	Akron	38	54.9	24%	28	−13.9
121	Chad Christen	UConn	49	60.8	18%	31	−14.8
122	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	65	59.9	32%	43	−17.1
123	Kody Fulkerson	Eastern Michigan	35	49.6	0%	28	−17.6
124	Colin McGuire	Fresno State	78	54.6	19%	56	−24.2

Points compare each kickoff's expected-points result with the league-average kickoff (for college, expected points come from where the receiving team started its first play). Onside kicks are listed separately and left out of points. Average distance is measured from the kicking spot to where the ball was caught or reached the goal line; a touchback counts the full distance. Returns exclude touchbacks, out-of-bounds kicks and fair catches. Minimum 30 kickoffs.

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