2014 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 2014, Ka'imi Fairbairn (64.3) led college football kickoff specialists in average kickoff distance, ahead of Nick Weiler (64.1) and Jared Roberts (64.1). 130 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 61.5.

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.

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

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