2013 College Kickoff Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a kickoff specialist's kickoffs that were touchbacks. High means power; whether it is good depends on the rules and the coach's plan.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Only specialists with enough kickoffs are ranked. In 2013, Cody Parkey (74%) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff touchback percentage, ahead of Chris Boswell (72%) and Cairo Santos (71%). 124 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 36%.

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

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