2013 College Kickoff Touchbacks Leaders

Kickoffs that reached the end zone and were kept there, giving the receiving team the ball at its own 25, 30 or 35, depending on the league and the rule that season. A touchback avoids a return but gives up field position.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Read with touchback percentage. In 2013, Cody Parkey (63) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff touchbacks, ahead of Andrew Baggett (57) and Chris Boswell (54). 173 kickoff specialists qualify.

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	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Cody Parkey	LSU	63	85	64.3	74%	21	+11.3
2	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	57	91	63.9	63%	33	+14.2
3	Chris Boswell	Rice	54	75	63.3	72%	20	+8.2
4	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	46	84	62.9	55%	34	+12.0
5	Andrew Ritter	Ole Miss	43	65	64.3	66%	20	+2.1
6	Nate Freese	Boston College	41	58	64.2	71%	16	+6.3
7	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	41	62	62.7	66%	18	+3.6
8	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	41	67	62.4	61%	25	+3.0
9	James Hairston	LSU	39	75	63.9	52%	36	+13.6
10	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	39	85	62.4	46%	44	+13.0
11	Jake Thompson	Utah State	38	73	63.5	52%	34	+15.2
12	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	38	95	62.7	40%	54	+10.0
13	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	36	71	63.1	51%	32	+9.1
14	Aaron Jones	Baylor	36	90	59.4	40%	49	−6.7
15	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	36	103	60.6	35%	58	+14.0
16	Justin Sorensen	BYU	35	68	62.9	51%	32	+7.0
17	Cairo Santos	Tulane	34	48	64.1	71%	12	+4.7
18	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	34	53	63.8	64%	18	−0.6
19	Landon Ard	South Carolina	34	71	62.4	48%	33	−0.8
20	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	33	48	63.6	69%	12	+0.3
21	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	33	63	62.5	52%	29	−3.6
22	Richie Leone	Houston	33	66	63.3	50%	29	+7.5
23	Zach Olen	North Texas	33	67	62.8	49%	34	+3.3
24	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	33	68	62.0	49%	30	−3.4
25	Pat O'Donnell	Miami	33	68	63.0	49%	33	+7.5
26	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	32	65	63.6	49%	33	−4.7
27	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	32	70	60.3	46%	33	+0.4
28	Jake Smith	Arizona	31	67	61.4	46%	35	+3.6
29	Dan Goodale	Boise State	31	79	61.1	39%	47	+8.2
30	Matt Wile	Michigan	30	64	60.9	47%	31	−5.0
31	Briceton Cannada	Air Force	29	48	62.9	60%	19	+6.1
32	Cole Way	Tulsa	29	48	64.1	60%	19	+6.9
33	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	29	54	63.5	54%	24	+1.5
34	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	29	56	61.6	52%	24	+8.5
35	Harrison Waid	San José State	29	71	61.9	41%	38	−0.2
36	Ty Long	UAB	28	54	62.5	52%	25	+4.5
37	Nick Rose	Texas	28	65	63.2	43%	37	−7.5
38	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	28	77	58.8	36%	41	−7.6
39	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	27	49	61.1	55%	19	−0.1
40	Mike Meyer	Iowa	27	61	61.6	44%	31	−8.1
41	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	27	80	60.5	34%	50	+0.8
42	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	27	84	60.2	32%	52	−1.6
43	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	27	91	59.6	30%	56	+1.5
44	Will Johnson	Texas State	26	43	63.8	60%	16	+2.2
45	Kevin Muma	Michigan State	26	62	62.0	42%	36	+5.7
46	Niklas Sade	NC State	25	52	60.4	48%	24	−5.7
47	Will Oliver	Colorado	25	55	59.1	45%	29	−11.6
48	Jed Solomon	Troy	25	57	58.9	44%	31	−8.0
49	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	25	64	61.0	39%	36	−4.7
50	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	24	58	60.2	41%	32	−5.1
51	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	24	61	62.7	39%	34	+3.9
52	Brian Davis	Arkansas State	22	65	62.2	34%	40	+8.7
53	Sean Galvin	UCF	22	67	62.5	33%	43	+5.7
54	Drew Basil	Ohio State	22	90	60.3	24%	65	+12.6
55	Mitch Anderson	Florida Atlantic	21	56	62.6	38%	30	−8.5
56	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	21	65	59.9	32%	43	−17.1
57	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	21	66	61.1	32%	44	−3.5
58	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	20	40	64.1	50%	19	+10.2
59	Sean Covington	UCLA	20	40	63.5	50%	20	+6.1
60	Jay Mattox	UTEP	20	47	60.7	43%	27	−3.7
61	Ross Martin	Duke	20	66	61.9	30%	42	+7.7
62	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	19	39	60.9	49%	17	−2.3
63	Edwin Arceo	Iowa State	19	53	59.4	36%	30	+4.3
64	Vincenzo D'Amato	California	19	53	58.9	36%	27	−2.2
65	Jeff Budzien	Northwestern	19	58	61.0	33%	38	+5.5
66	Sean Ianno	UTSA	19	58	60.9	33%	37	−4.2
67	Chris Hawthorne	Minnesota	19	59	62.2	32%	39	+6.9
68	Matt Wogan	Oregon	19	91	61.5	21%	65	−0.8
69	Mike Loftus	SMU	18	49	61.4	37%	30	−1.6
70	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	18	62	61.8	29%	42	+8.9
71	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	18	65	61.5	28%	45	+4.8
72	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	17	34	63.7	50%	17	+8.9
73	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	17	36	60.0	47%	18	+1.6
74	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	17	45	62.0	38%	25	+6.6
75	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	17	51	61.6	33%	34	−2.7
76	Justus Adams	New Mexico	17	64	61.3	27%	45	−1.3
77	Austin Hardin	Florida	16	42	62.5	38%	26	+13.2
78	Jake Elliott	Memphis	16	45	60.4	36%	26	−4.8
79	Mike Bowlin	Washington State	16	50	63.3	32%	26	+11.4
80	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	16	51	61.3	31%	34	+6.7
81	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	16	61	60.2	26%	39	+4.6
82	Cade Foster	Alabama	16	65	62.4	25%	49	+6.1
83	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	16	79	59.7	20%	60	+6.8
84	Sam Ficken	Penn State	15	61	60.6	25%	46	−3.5
85	Colin McGuire	Fresno State	15	78	54.6	19%	56	−24.2
86	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	14	34	60.0	41%	19	−2.8
87	Andre Heidari	USC	14	62	60.8	23%	46	+0.1
88	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	13	32	62.0	41%	19	+6.0
89	Dylan Sims	Virginia	13	35	61.2	37%	22	−2.8
90	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	13	36	61.3	36%	21	−3.5
91	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	13	43	60.7	30%	27	−11.3
92	Daniel Grochowski	Army	13	43	57.5	30%	27	−10.0
93	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	13	47	62.8	28%	31	+4.7
94	Austin Grebe	Navy	13	61	61.0	21%	45	+8.2
95	John Wallace	Louisville	13	63	59.0	21%	46	−9.4
96	Justin Martin	Wyoming	12	23	60.0	52%	8	−5.0
97	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	12	34	61.9	35%	22	−0.4
98	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	12	39	62.0	31%	23	−3.4
99	Connor Gagnon	Central Michigan	12	49	60.9	24%	37	−3.1
100	Scott Secor	Ball State	12	65	56.4	18%	48	−3.4
101	Hendrix Brakefield	Western Kentucky	11	37	62.7	30%	25	+2.8
102	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	11	47	63.0	23%	32	0.0
103	Brad Craddock	Maryland	11	58	62.1	19%	46	+9.9
104	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	11	58	59.8	19%	43	+3.2
105	Brock Baca	New Mexico State	10	29	56.6	34%	18	−10.7
106	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	10	32	60.1	31%	22	+0.5
107	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	10	36	55.2	28%	23	−11.4
108	Ryan Norton	Syracuse	10	48	57.4	21%	36	+1.5
109	Nick Marsh	Rutgers	10	51	60.4	20%	40	+11.1
110	Andy Phillips	Utah	10	52	59.9	19%	41	+0.6
111	Robert Stein	Akron	9	38	54.9	24%	28	−13.9
112	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	9	41	59.3	22%	31	−1.7
113	Chad Christen	UConn	9	49	60.8	18%	31	−14.8
114	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	9	54	56.5	17%	39	−10.9
115	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	7	24	61.4	29%	16	−2.8
116	Jack Cantele	Kansas State	7	33	59.0	21%	24	+1.8
117	Chad Hedlund	Wake Forest	7	38	61.9	18%	30	+2.9
118	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	6	32	59.2	19%	23	+0.1
119	Jim Cooper, Jr.	Temple	6	43	58.3	14%	34	−3.5
120	Joe Mansour	Kentucky	6	43	57.8	14%	32	+2.8
121	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	6	47	57.4	13%	40	+0.8
122	Travis Coons	Washington	6	48	60.0	13%	42	−3.6
123	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	6	60	57.2	10%	53	+8.9
124	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	5	7	64.4	71%	2	+1.1
125	Wes Feer	San Diego State	5	13	62.5	38%	6	−2.5
126	Andrew Furney	Washington State	5	17	62.7	29%	12	+5.2
127	Kyle French	Wisconsin	5	23	64.1	22%	18	+2.9
128	Mason Krysinski	Miami (OH)	5	28	52.6	18%	21	−4.4
129	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	4	9	59.4	44%	5	−0.9
130	Thomas Moore	North Carolina	4	13	61.3	31%	8	−0.7
131	Adam Griffith	Alabama	4	14	63.2	29%	10	+3.0
132	Austin Taylor	Florida International	4	16	57.8	25%	11	−5.9
133	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	4	40	54.7	10%	31	−4.8
134	Conrad Ukropina	Stanford	4	40	60.5	10%	35	+9.5
135	David Scully	Georgia Tech	3	8	63.3	38%	5	+1.1
136	Jamie Sutcliffe	Utah	3	8	60.3	38%	5	+1.1
137	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	3	9	58.2	33%	5	−3.7
138	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	3	9	63.3	33%	6	−1.2
139	Collin Barber	Georgia	3	13	60.2	23%	10	+0.7
140	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	3	15	62.1	20%	12	+0.3
141	Kyle Peterson	Baylor	3	18	57.2	17%	13	−8.4
142	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	3	33	58.3	9%	28	−6.2
143	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	2	3	63.3	67%	1	+0.8
144	Kedrick Davis	North Carolina	2	5	63.4	40%	3	−1.3
145	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	2	5	58.8	40%	3	−0.1
146	Clay Pickler	Florida State	2	8	56.6	25%	5	0.0
147	Brett Scanlon	Western Michigan	2	14	57.4	14%	12	−0.9
148	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	2	18	58.7	11%	15	−0.8
149	Maxwell Johnson	New Mexico State	2	18	48.6	11%	16	−7.4
150	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	2	24	51.5	8%	18	−6.6
151	Brendon Levengood	Massachusetts	2	26	60.1	8%	22	−6.8
152	Kewin Nielsen	Southern Miss	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
153	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
154	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
155	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
156	Zach Hoffman	Air Force	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
157	Andy McAlindon	Louisiana Tech	1	2	65.0	50%	1	+0.3
158	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	1	2	62.5	50%	1	+0.3
159	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	1	2	55.0	50%	1	−0.2
160	Cody Journell	Virginia Tech	1	3	63.0	33%	2	+1.1
161	Kyle Clinton	Ohio State	1	3	64.0	33%	2	+0.9
162	Logan Yunker	UNLV	1	3	53.7	33%	1	0.0
163	Matt Goudis	Miami	1	4	64.3	25%	3	+1.1
164	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	1	4	57.8	25%	3	−0.2
165	Ty Cummings	Houston	1	4	61.5	25%	2	−1.6
166	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	1	5	60.8	20%	4	+1.0
167	Zach Paul	Akron	1	7	57.7	14%	6	−1.1
168	Shawn Moffitt	UCF	1	9	55.8	11%	8	−0.2
169	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	1	10	60.0	10%	8	−2.4
170	Ian Frye	Virginia	1	11	61.5	9%	10	+1.7
171	Mike Mugler	Western Kentucky	1	12	57.9	8%	8	−1.3
172	Michael Hunnicutt	Oklahoma	1	14	56.3	7%	12	−1.3
173	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	1	18	59.4	6%	16	+1.4

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