2013 College Average Kickoff Return Allowed Leaders

Return yards divided by returns. It shows how well his kicks and coverage contain returners.

Lower is better. Only specialists with enough returns are ranked. In 2013, Drew Basil (0.0) topped college football kickoff specialists in average kickoff return allowed, ahead of Matt Wogan (0.0) and Kip Smith (0.0). 146 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 10 returns). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 0.0.

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	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Drew Basil	Ohio State	90	60.3	24%	65	+12.6
2	Matt Wogan	Oregon	91	61.5	21%	65	−0.8
3	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	79	59.7	20%	60	+6.8
4	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	103	60.6	35%	58	+14.0
5	Colin McGuire	Fresno State	78	54.6	19%	56	−24.2
6	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	91	59.6	30%	56	+1.5
7	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	95	62.7	40%	54	+10.0
8	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	60	57.2	10%	53	+8.9
9	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	84	60.2	32%	52	−1.6
10	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	80	60.5	34%	50	+0.8
11	Aaron Jones	Baylor	90	59.4	40%	49	−6.7
12	Cade Foster	Alabama	65	62.4	25%	49	+6.1
13	Scott Secor	Ball State	65	56.4	18%	48	−3.4
14	Dan Goodale	Boise State	79	61.1	39%	47	+8.2
15	Andre Heidari	USC	62	60.8	23%	46	+0.1
16	Brad Craddock	Maryland	58	62.1	19%	46	+9.9
17	John Wallace	Louisville	63	59.0	21%	46	−9.4
18	Sam Ficken	Penn State	61	60.6	25%	46	−3.5
19	Austin Grebe	Navy	61	61.0	21%	45	+8.2
20	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	65	61.5	28%	45	+4.8
21	Justus Adams	New Mexico	64	61.3	27%	45	−1.3
22	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	66	61.1	32%	44	−3.5
23	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	85	62.4	46%	44	+13.0
24	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	65	59.9	32%	43	−17.1
25	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	58	59.8	19%	43	+3.2
26	Sean Galvin	UCF	67	62.5	33%	43	+5.7
27	Ross Martin	Duke	66	61.9	30%	42	+7.7
28	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	62	61.8	29%	42	+8.9
29	Travis Coons	Washington	48	60.0	13%	42	−3.6
30	Andy Phillips	Utah	52	59.9	19%	41	+0.6
31	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	77	58.8	36%	41	−7.6
32	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	47	57.4	13%	40	+0.8
33	Brian Davis	Arkansas State	65	62.2	34%	40	+8.7
34	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	51	60.4	20%	40	+11.1
35	Chris Hawthorne	Minnesota	59	62.2	32%	39	+6.9
36	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	61	60.2	26%	39	+4.6
37	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	54	56.5	17%	39	−10.9
38	Harrison Waid	San José State	71	61.9	41%	38	−0.2
39	Jeff Budzien	Northwestern	58	61.0	33%	38	+5.5
40	Connor Gagnon	Central Michigan	49	60.9	24%	37	−3.1
41	Nick Rose	Texas	65	63.2	43%	37	−7.5
42	Sean Ianno	UTSA	58	60.9	33%	37	−4.2
43	James Hairston	LSU	75	63.9	52%	36	+13.6
44	Kevin Muma	Michigan State	62	62.0	42%	36	+5.7
45	Ryan Norton	Syracuse	48	57.4	21%	36	+1.5
46	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	64	61.0	39%	36	−4.7
47	Conrad Ukropina	Stanford	40	60.5	10%	35	+9.5
48	Jake Smith	Arizona	67	61.4	46%	35	+3.6
49	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	84	62.9	55%	34	+12.0
50	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	51	61.3	31%	34	+6.7
51	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	61	62.7	39%	34	+3.9
52	Jake Thompson	Utah State	73	63.5	52%	34	+15.2
53	Jim Cooper, Jr.	Temple	43	58.3	14%	34	−3.5
54	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	51	61.6	33%	34	−2.7
55	Zach Olen	North Texas	67	62.8	49%	34	+3.3
56	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	91	63.9	63%	33	+14.2
57	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	70	60.3	46%	33	+0.4
58	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	65	63.6	49%	33	−4.7
59	Landon Ard	South Carolina	71	62.4	48%	33	−0.8
60	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	68	63.0	49%	33	+7.5
61	Joe Mansour	Kentucky	43	57.8	14%	32	+2.8
62	Justin Sorensen	BYU	68	62.9	51%	32	+7.0
63	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	47	63.0	23%	32	0.0
64	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	71	63.1	51%	32	+9.1
65	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	58	60.2	41%	32	−5.1
66	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	40	54.7	10%	31	−4.8
67	Chad Christen	UConn	49	60.8	18%	31	−14.8
68	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	41	59.3	22%	31	−1.7
69	Jed Solomon	Troy	57	58.9	44%	31	−8.0
70	Matt Wile	Michigan	64	60.9	47%	31	−5.0
71	Mike Meyer	Iowa	61	61.6	44%	31	−8.1
72	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	47	62.8	28%	31	+4.7
73	Chad Hedlund	Wake Forest	38	61.9	18%	30	+2.9
74	Edwin Arceo	Iowa State	53	59.4	36%	30	+4.3
75	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	68	62.0	49%	30	−3.4
76	Mike Loftus	SMU	49	61.4	37%	30	−1.6
77	Mitch Anderson	Florida Atlantic	56	62.6	38%	30	−8.5
78	Richie Leone	Houston	66	63.3	50%	29	+7.5
79	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	63	62.5	52%	29	−3.6
80	Will Oliver	Colorado	55	59.1	45%	29	−11.6
81	Kody Fulkerson	Eastern Michigan	35	49.6	0%	28	−17.6
82	Robert Stein	Akron	38	54.9	24%	28	−13.9
83	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	33	58.3	9%	28	−6.2
84	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	43	60.7	30%	27	−11.3
85	Daniel Grochowski	Army	43	57.5	30%	27	−10.0
86	Jay Mattox	UTEP	47	60.7	43%	27	−3.7
87	Vincenzo D'Amato	California	53	58.9	36%	27	−2.2
88	Austin Hardin	Florida	42	62.5	38%	26	+13.2
89	Jake Elliott	Memphis	45	60.4	36%	26	−4.8
90	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	50	63.3	32%	26	+11.4
91	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	37	62.7	30%	25	+2.8
92	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	67	62.4	61%	25	+3.0
93	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	45	62.0	38%	25	+6.6
94	Ty Long	UAB	54	62.5	52%	25	+4.5
95	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	27	51.1	0%	24	−4.4
96	Jack Cantele	Kansas State	33	59.0	21%	24	+1.8
97	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	54	63.5	54%	24	+1.5
98	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	56	61.6	52%	24	+8.5
99	Niklas Sade	NC State	52	60.4	48%	24	−5.7
100	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	32	59.2	19%	23	+0.1
101	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	39	62.0	31%	23	−3.4
102	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	36	55.2	28%	23	−11.4
103	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	34	61.9	35%	22	−0.4
104	Brendon Levengood	Massachusetts	26	60.1	8%	22	−6.8
105	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	32	60.1	31%	22	+0.5
106	Dylan Sims	Virginia	35	61.2	37%	22	−2.8
107	Cody Parkey	LSU	85	64.3	74%	21	+11.3
108	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	36	61.3	36%	21	−3.5
109	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	28	52.6	18%	21	−4.4
110	Andrew Ritter	Ole Miss	65	64.3	66%	20	+2.1
111	Chris Boswell	Rice	75	63.3	72%	20	+8.2
112	Sean Covington	UCLA	40	63.5	50%	20	+6.1
113	Briceton Cannada	Air Force	48	62.9	60%	19	+6.1
114	Cole Way	Tulsa	48	64.1	60%	19	+6.9
115	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	34	60.0	41%	19	−2.8
116	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	40	64.1	50%	19	+10.2
117	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	49	61.1	55%	19	−0.1
118	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	32	62.0	41%	19	+6.0
119	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	24	51.5	8%	18	−6.6
120	Brock Baca	New Mexico State	29	56.6	34%	18	−10.7
121	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	62	62.7	66%	18	+3.6
122	Kyle French	Wisconsin	23	64.1	22%	18	+2.9
123	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	53	63.8	64%	18	−0.6
124	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	36	60.0	47%	18	+1.6
125	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	39	60.9	49%	17	−2.3
126	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	34	63.7	50%	17	+8.9
127	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	18	59.4	6%	16	+1.4
128	Maxwell Johnson	New Mexico State	18	48.6	11%	16	−7.4
129	Nate Freese	Boston College	58	64.2	71%	16	+6.3
130	Nolan Kohorst	UNLV	17	52.1	0%	16	−6.8
131	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	24	61.4	29%	16	−2.8
132	Will Johnson	Texas State	43	63.8	60%	16	+2.2
133	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	18	58.7	11%	15	−0.8
134	Kyle Peterson	Baylor	18	57.2	17%	13	−8.4
135	Andrew Furney	Washington State	17	62.7	29%	12	+5.2
136	Brett Scanlon	Western Michigan	14	57.4	14%	12	−0.9
137	Cairo Santos	Tulane	48	64.1	71%	12	+4.7
138	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	15	62.1	20%	12	+0.3
139	Michael Hunnicutt	Oklahoma	14	56.3	7%	12	−1.3
140	Sergio Sroka	Florida International	13	56.9	0%	12	−7.3
141	Will Scott	Troy	12	55.5	0%	12	+0.3
142	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	48	63.6	69%	12	+0.3
143	Austin Taylor	Florida International	16	57.8	25%	11	−5.9
144	Adam Griffith	Alabama	14	63.2	29%	10	+3.0
145	Collin Barber	Georgia	13	60.2	23%	10	+0.7
146	Ian Frye	Virginia	11	61.5	9%	10	+1.7

All 2013 College kickoff specialist rankings

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