2013 College Average Kickoff Distance Leaders

The average length of a specialist's kickoffs in yards, from the kicking spot to where the ball was caught or crossed the goal line. Onside kicks are left out.

A touchback counts the full distance to the goal line, so a deep kick and a kick into the end zone score the same. In 2013, Andrew Ritter (64.3) led college football kickoff specialists in average kickoff distance, ahead of Cody Parkey (64.3) and Nate Freese (64.2). 124 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 61.3.

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

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

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