2014 College Kickoff Specialist Rankings

Every college football kickoff specialist with enough work in the 2014 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 2014 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2014 College Leaders

Kickoff Touchback Percentage

Nick Rose (Texas): 77% 43 of 56
Nick Hodgson (Oklahoma): 67% 56 of 83
Jay Mattox (UTEP): 67% 45 of 67
Marshall Koehn (Iowa): 67% 42 of 63
Dan Goodale (Boise State): 65% 60 of 93

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Average Kickoff Return Allowed

Redford Jones (Tulsa): 12.2 19 returns
Kyle Peterson (Baylor): 12.7 10 returns
Landon Ard (South Carolina): 13.6 27 returns
Aleem Sunanon (South Alabama): 13.7 43 returns
Tommy Openshaw (Vanderbilt): 14.1 16 returns

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Kickoff Points Added

Ian Patterson (Kansas State): +18.6 77 kickoffs
Jared Roberts (Colorado State): +17.0 70 kickoffs
Nick Weiler (North Carolina): +16.9 71 kickoffs
Austin Hardin (Florida): +16.8 64 kickoffs
Ka'imi Fairbairn (UCLA): +16.5 71 kickoffs

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Average Kickoff Distance

Ka'imi Fairbairn (UCLA): 64.3 71 kickoffs
Nick Weiler (North Carolina): 64.1 71 kickoffs
Jared Roberts (Colorado State): 64.1 70 kickoffs
Jake Elliott (Memphis): 64.1 79 kickoffs
Jordan Williamson (Stanford): 64.0 56 kickoffs

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Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage

Kyle Clinton (Ohio State): 0.0% 0 of 100
Dan Goodale (Boise State): 0.0% 0 of 93
Kevin Cronin (Michigan State): 0.0% 0 of 93
Marshall Morgan (Georgia): 0.0% 0 of 90
Kaare Vedvik (Marshall): 0.0% 0 of 87

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30+ Yard Return Percentage Allowed

Eric Keena (North Texas): 0.0% 0 of 40
Alex Wood (USC): 0.0% 0 of 30
Drew Brown (Nebraska): 0.0% 0 of 25
Jay Mattox (UTEP): 0.0% 0 of 22
Marshall Koehn (Iowa): 0.0% 0 of 21

Full 30+ Yard Return Percentage Allowed leaderboard

All 2014 College Kickoff Specialist Leaderboards

Kickoffs by Points Added

130 kickoff specialists qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	77	61.8	31%	52	+18.6
2	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	70	64.1	53%	33	+17.0
3	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	71	64.1	56%	31	+16.9
4	Austin Hardin	Florida	64	63.5	30%	45	+16.8
5	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	71	64.3	63%	26	+16.5
6	Dan Goodale	Boise State	93	63.4	65%	33	+16.0
7	Eric Keena	North Texas	60	62.1	33%	40	+14.7
8	Jake Elliott	Memphis	79	64.1	62%	30	+13.6
9	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	90	62.9	52%	42	+13.5
10	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	54	62.8	44%	30	+12.7
11	Jim Cooper	Temple	59	61.7	20%	47	+12.6
12	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	69	63.0	57%	30	+12.4
13	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	90	61.0	34%	56	+12.3
14	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	56	64.0	63%	21	+12.3
15	Dylan Sims	Virginia	64	62.3	45%	35	+11.6
16	Jay Mattox	UTEP	67	62.7	67%	22	+11.4
17	Cole Netten	Iowa State	55	61.8	24%	42	+10.8
18	Austin Grebe	Navy	67	62.7	30%	46	+10.1
19	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	83	63.9	67%	27	+9.7
20	Jake Thompson	Utah State	63	61.0	38%	38	+9.5
21	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	83	61.4	30%	58	+9.4
22	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	75	63.3	64%	27	+9.2
23	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	75	60.9	39%	42	+9.1
24	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	52	61.9	27%	38	+8.6
25	Kyle Clinton	Ohio State	100	61.1	34%	66	+8.3
26	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	62	62.1	60%	25	+8.2
27	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	75	61.4	40%	44	+7.9
28	Landon Ard	South Carolina	61	60.7	54%	27	+7.7
29	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	71	60.7	44%	40	+7.2
30	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	87	62.0	43%	50	+6.9
31	Jack Willoughby	Duke	65	62.4	35%	42	+6.6
32	Andy Phillips	Utah	66	62.1	59%	26	+6.6
33	Adam Griffith	Alabama	63	61.1	27%	44	+6.6
34	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	51	63.2	25%	38	+6.0
35	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	65	59.2	22%	50	+5.9
36	Will Johnson	Texas State	67	63.3	64%	24	+5.9
37	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	65	63.4	52%	31	+5.7
38	Matt Wile	Michigan	50	62.9	48%	26	+5.4
39	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	76	62.7	61%	28	+5.4
40	Trent Domingue	LSU	49	62.3	57%	21	+5.0
41	Niklas Sade	NC State	66	63.5	61%	26	+4.8
42	Ty Long	UAB	68	62.9	53%	32	+4.8
43	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	93	63.2	45%	51	+4.8
44	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	36	60.4	19%	29	+4.4
45	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	55	60.0	24%	42	+4.4
46	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	78	63.5	60%	31	+4.4
47	Alex Wood	USC	44	63.3	32%	30	+4.4
48	Drew Brown	Nebraska	39	61.6	36%	25	+4.3
49	Erik Powell	Washington State	52	58.4	15%	42	+4.3
50	Bobby Puyol	UConn	41	57.6	12%	36	+4.2
51	Casey Skowron	Arizona	84	61.8	57%	35	+4.1
52	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	73	60.8	45%	40	+3.5
53	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	72	62.4	43%	41	+3.1
54	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	46	62.7	59%	19	+3.1
55	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	49	58.3	22%	37	+3.1
56	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	61	60.1	23%	47	+2.8
57	Matt Wogan	Oregon	72	62.1	24%	54	+1.5
58	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	44	61.6	30%	31	+1.4
59	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	34	63.0	56%	15	+1.2
60	Ty Cummings	Houston	71	61.7	30%	50	+1.2
61	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	46	60.8	46%	24	+1.2
62	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	42	62.3	55%	19	+1.1
63	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	83	61.8	37%	51	+1.0
64	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	34	63.9	44%	19	+0.9
65	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	70	62.6	54%	32	+0.7
66	Scott Secor	Ball State	69	61.0	41%	41	+0.6
67	Sean Galvin	UCF	51	60.6	25%	38	+0.5
68	James Hairston	Rice	68	63.7	63%	25	+0.3
69	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	54	60.6	35%	35	+0.3
70	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	64	61.9	47%	34	+0.3
71	Austin Lopez	San José State	40	59.3	40%	24	+0.3
72	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	77	61.7	36%	49	+0.2
73	Nick Rose	Texas	56	63.9	77%	13	+0.2
74	John Wallace	Louisville	67	62.9	40%	40	+0.1
75	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	72	60.3	40%	43	+0.1
76	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	34	62.4	38%	20	0.0
77	Maxwell Johnson	New Mexico State	31	59.0	32%	21	−0.3
78	Brad Craddock	Maryland	64	62.7	41%	37	−0.4
79	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	33	57.7	6%	31	−0.5
80	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	66	60.4	35%	43	−0.5
81	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	36	59.6	11%	32	−0.6
82	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	45	58.6	20%	36	−1.0
83	Brett Scanlon	Western Michigan	69	61.4	30%	48	−1.2
84	James Langford	California	77	58.5	32%	52	−1.6
85	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	32	61.8	56%	14	−1.9
86	Sam Ficken	Penn State	56	62.0	38%	35	−1.9
87	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	46	59.4	20%	37	−2.1
88	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	54	59.9	54%	25	−2.5
89	Will Oliver	Colorado	65	60.6	54%	30	−2.8
90	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	71	62.1	34%	47	−2.9
91	Cody Clark	Middle Tennessee	60	57.9	10%	54	−3.1
92	Cody Rademacher	SMU	33	55.9	12%	29	−3.3
93	Austin Taylor	Florida International	43	58.4	12%	38	−3.5
94	Sean Ianno	UTSA	33	63.2	48%	17	−3.8
95	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	71	62.0	52%	32	−4.1
96	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	40	62.4	45%	22	−4.1
97	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	52	57.7	35%	34	−4.1
98	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	71	59.1	24%	54	−4.3
99	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	31	59.3	26%	23	−4.5
100	Alex Howell	Boston College	62	58.9	27%	45	−4.5
101	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	52	53.3	17%	43	−4.5
102	Trevor Simms	Tulane	33	62.1	42%	19	−4.6
103	Spencer Evans	Baylor	81	55.6	16%	63	−4.8
104	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	66	59.2	38%	39	−4.8
105	Adam Centers	Wake Forest	42	62.0	33%	28	−4.9
106	Adam McFain	Arkansas	38	60.9	26%	26	−4.9
107	Justin Vogel	Miami	51	61.6	29%	36	−5.6
108	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	49	62.2	47%	25	−5.7
109	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	37	59.5	41%	22	−6.5
110	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	55	54.6	13%	48	−6.6
111	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	40	56.5	33%	27	−6.6
112	Mike Mugler	Western Kentucky	79	56.2	9%	72	−6.8
113	Robert Stein	Akron	56	57.4	18%	46	−7.1
114	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	55	56.5	13%	48	−7.2
115	Paul Griggs	Purdue	36	53.2	22%	27	−7.3
116	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	49	60.5	33%	33	−7.7
117	Daniel Grochowski	Army	36	57.1	31%	25	−8.0
118	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	62	59.9	24%	47	−8.8
119	Bentlee Critcher	App State	44	55.7	43%	25	−9.0
120	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	54	60.3	30%	38	−10.2
121	Zach Matics	App State	33	58.8	24%	25	−10.8
122	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	50	59.3	26%	37	−11.1
123	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	63	61.9	67%	21	−11.2
124	Ricky Segers	Old Dominion	34	58.3	29%	24	−11.4
125	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	55	56.9	27%	37	−12.7
126	Jed Solomon	Troy	52	60.5	31%	36	−14.0
127	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	43	58.1	37%	26	−14.8
128	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	78	57.8	19%	63	−17.7
129	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	61	56.6	33%	41	−18.4
130	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	61	60.3	28%	43	−30.6

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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