2014 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 2014, Redford Jones (12.2) topped college football kickoff specialists in average kickoff return allowed, ahead of Kyle Peterson (12.7) and Landon Ard (13.6). 156 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 10 returns). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 19.1.

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 ret	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Redford Jones	Tulsa	12.2	20	53.9	5%	19	−6.8
2	Kyle Peterson	Baylor	12.7	17	60.5	41%	10	+1.7
3	Landon Ard	South Carolina	13.6	61	60.7	54%	27	+7.7
4	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	13.7	52	53.3	17%	43	−4.5
5	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	14.1	22	57.1	27%	16	−3.8
6	Dylan Sims	Virginia	14.3	64	62.3	45%	35	+11.6
7	Bobby Puyol	UConn	14.3	41	57.6	12%	36	+4.2
8	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	14.5	49	58.3	22%	37	+3.1
9	Eric Keena	North Texas	14.7	60	62.1	33%	40	+14.7
10	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	14.7	72	60.3	40%	43	+0.1
11	Jonathan Leiva	UNLV	14.8	25	50.2	4%	23	−8.9
12	Jay Mattox	UTEP	15.0	67	62.7	67%	22	+11.4
13	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	15.0	56	64.0	63%	21	+12.3
14	Alex Louthan	New Mexico State	15.2	12	48.3	8%	11	−5.8
15	Jake Thompson	Utah State	15.4	63	61.0	38%	38	+9.5
16	Kyle Clinton	Ohio State	15.6	100	61.1	34%	66	+8.3
17	Paul Griggs	Purdue	15.6	36	53.2	22%	27	−7.3
18	Trent Domingue	LSU	15.9	49	62.3	57%	21	+5.0
19	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	16.3	63	61.9	67%	21	−11.2
20	Jake Elliott	Memphis	16.3	79	64.1	62%	30	+13.6
21	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	16.4	31	59.3	26%	23	−4.5
22	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	16.4	65	59.2	22%	50	+5.9
23	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	16.5	69	63.0	57%	30	+12.4
24	Spencer Evans	Baylor	16.8	81	55.6	16%	63	−4.8
25	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	16.8	71	60.7	44%	40	+7.2
26	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	16.8	18	59.2	17%	15	+1.1
27	Carl Salazar	Tulsa	16.9	12	53.6	8%	11	−3.5
28	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	17.0	27	60.2	19%	22	+0.7
29	Cole Netten	Iowa State	17.2	55	61.8	24%	42	+10.8
30	Robert Stein	Akron	17.2	56	57.4	18%	46	−7.1
31	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	17.3	65	63.4	52%	31	+5.7
32	Erik Powell	Washington State	17.4	52	58.4	15%	42	+4.3
33	Austin Lopez	San José State	17.5	40	59.3	40%	24	+0.3
34	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	17.5	71	59.1	24%	54	−4.3
35	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	17.6	45	58.6	20%	36	−1.0
36	Daniel Grochowski	Army	17.7	36	57.1	31%	25	−8.0
37	Andy Phillips	Utah	17.7	66	62.1	59%	26	+6.6
38	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	17.7	77	61.8	31%	52	+18.6
39	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	17.8	62	62.1	60%	25	+8.2
40	James Langford	California	17.8	77	58.5	32%	52	−1.6
41	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	17.8	71	64.1	56%	31	+16.9
42	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	17.8	73	60.8	45%	40	+3.5
43	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	17.9	70	62.6	54%	32	+0.7
44	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	17.9	46	60.8	46%	24	+1.2
45	Austin Taylor	Florida International	17.9	43	58.4	12%	38	−3.5
46	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	18.0	52	61.9	27%	38	+8.6
47	Alex Howell	Boston College	18.0	62	58.9	27%	45	−4.5
48	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	18.1	55	60.0	24%	42	+4.4
49	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	18.1	75	63.3	64%	27	+9.2
50	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	18.2	43	58.1	37%	26	−14.8
51	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	18.2	33	57.7	6%	31	−0.5
52	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	18.3	29	59.2	21%	23	+2.0
53	Adam Centers	Wake Forest	18.3	42	62.0	33%	28	−4.9
54	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	18.4	55	54.6	13%	48	−6.6
55	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	18.4	13	58.7	23%	10	−0.5
56	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	18.4	87	62.0	43%	50	+6.9
57	Bentlee Critcher	App State	18.4	44	55.7	43%	25	−9.0
58	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	18.4	83	63.9	67%	27	+9.7
59	Drew Brown	Nebraska	18.5	39	61.6	36%	25	+4.3
60	Mike Mugler	Western Kentucky	18.5	79	56.2	9%	72	−6.8
61	Will Oliver	Colorado	18.5	65	60.6	54%	30	−2.8
62	Niklas Sade	NC State	18.6	66	63.5	61%	26	+4.8
63	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	18.6	66	59.2	38%	39	−4.8
64	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	18.7	75	61.4	40%	44	+7.9
65	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	18.7	61	56.6	33%	41	−18.4
66	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	18.7	54	59.9	54%	25	−2.5
67	Adam Griffith	Alabama	18.7	63	61.1	27%	44	+6.6
68	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	18.7	34	63.0	56%	15	+1.2
69	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	18.8	28	63.8	39%	17	+6.8
70	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	18.9	64	61.9	47%	34	+0.3
71	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	18.9	54	60.6	35%	35	+0.3
72	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	18.9	52	57.7	35%	34	−4.1
73	Austin Hardin	Florida	19.0	64	63.5	30%	45	+16.8
74	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	19.0	90	62.9	52%	42	+13.5
75	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	19.0	55	56.5	13%	48	−7.2
76	Casey Skowron	Arizona	19.0	84	61.8	57%	35	+4.1
77	Jim Cooper	Temple	19.1	59	61.7	20%	47	+12.6
78	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	19.1	66	60.4	35%	43	−0.5
79	Dan Goodale	Boise State	19.1	93	63.4	65%	33	+16.0
80	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	19.3	61	60.3	28%	43	−30.6
81	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	19.3	54	62.8	44%	30	+12.7
82	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	19.3	71	64.3	63%	26	+16.5
83	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	19.4	36	60.4	19%	29	+4.4
84	Donny Hageman	San Diego State	19.5	14	63.4	29%	10	−0.1
85	Alex Wood	USC	19.6	44	63.3	32%	30	+4.4
86	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	19.6	90	61.0	34%	56	+12.3
87	Michael Badgley	Miami	19.6	19	59.4	26%	14	−2.5
88	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	19.7	75	60.9	39%	42	+9.1
89	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	19.7	71	62.1	34%	47	−2.9
90	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	19.8	34	62.4	38%	20	0.0
91	Cody Rademacher	SMU	19.8	33	55.9	12%	29	−3.3
92	Cody Clark	Middle Tennessee	19.8	60	57.9	10%	54	−3.1
93	Ricky Segers	Old Dominion	19.8	34	58.3	29%	24	−11.4
94	Will Johnson	Texas State	20.1	67	63.3	64%	24	+5.9
95	Ryan DeNucci	TCU	20.1	27	63.1	63%	10	+1.9
96	Sean Galvin	UCF	20.1	51	60.6	25%	38	+0.5
97	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	20.1	83	61.4	30%	58	+9.4
98	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	20.2	28	62.1	39%	17	+5.7
99	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	20.2	18	61.9	33%	11	+2.1
100	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	20.3	14	56.4	14%	12	−2.6
101	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	20.4	50	59.3	26%	37	−11.1
102	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	20.4	54	60.3	30%	38	−10.2
103	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	20.5	40	62.4	45%	22	−4.1
104	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	20.5	61	60.1	23%	47	+2.8
105	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	20.6	26	60.0	35%	17	−2.7
106	Ty Cummings	Houston	20.7	71	61.7	30%	50	+1.2
107	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	20.7	62	59.9	24%	47	−8.8
108	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	20.7	44	61.6	30%	31	+1.4
109	Nick Rose	Texas	20.8	56	63.9	77%	13	+0.2
110	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	20.9	78	57.8	19%	63	−17.7
111	Trevor Simms	Tulane	20.9	33	62.1	42%	19	−4.6
112	Maxwell Johnson	New Mexico State	21.0	31	59.0	32%	21	−0.3
113	Brett Scanlon	Western Michigan	21.1	69	61.4	30%	48	−1.2
114	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	21.2	51	63.2	25%	38	+6.0
115	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	21.2	72	62.4	43%	41	+3.1
116	Austin Grebe	Navy	21.2	67	62.7	30%	46	+10.1
117	Matt Wile	Michigan	21.3	50	62.9	48%	26	+5.4
118	Jack Willoughby	Duke	21.3	65	62.4	35%	42	+6.6
119	Andre Heidari	USC	21.4	29	61.4	31%	20	−3.5
120	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	21.5	70	64.1	53%	33	+17.0
121	Hayden Lekacz	Vanderbilt	21.5	18	58.6	28%	13	−5.1
122	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	21.5	76	62.7	61%	28	+5.4
123	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	21.5	40	56.5	33%	27	−6.6
124	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	21.6	36	59.6	11%	32	−0.6
125	Scott Secor	Ball State	21.6	69	61.0	41%	41	+0.6
126	John Wallace	Louisville	21.7	67	62.9	40%	40	+0.1
127	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	21.9	93	63.2	45%	51	+4.8
128	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	22.1	83	61.8	37%	51	+1.0
129	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	22.1	37	59.5	41%	22	−6.5
130	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	22.1	77	61.7	36%	49	+0.2
131	Rodrigo Quirarte	UCF	22.3	16	59.8	0%	16	−1.2
132	Adam McFain	Arkansas	22.3	38	60.9	26%	26	−4.9
133	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	22.3	46	59.4	20%	37	−2.1
134	Brad Craddock	Maryland	22.4	64	62.7	41%	37	−0.4
135	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	22.4	78	63.5	60%	31	+4.4
136	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	22.4	34	63.9	44%	19	+0.9
137	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	22.4	55	56.9	27%	37	−12.7
138	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	22.5	46	62.7	59%	19	+3.1
139	Sam Ficken	Penn State	22.5	56	62.0	38%	35	−1.9
140	Matt Wogan	Oregon	22.6	72	62.1	24%	54	+1.5
141	JK Scott	Alabama	22.9	24	62.5	33%	15	+1.1
142	Justin Vogel	Miami	22.9	51	61.6	29%	36	−5.6
143	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	23.3	42	62.3	55%	19	+1.1
144	Zach Matics	App State	23.4	33	58.8	24%	25	−10.8
145	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	23.5	20	65.0	40%	12	+0.1
146	Cale Brewer	Army	23.6	20	57.3	5%	19	−6.4
147	Jed Solomon	Troy	23.6	52	60.5	31%	36	−14.0
148	Ty Long	UAB	23.7	68	62.9	53%	32	+4.8
149	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	23.8	21	59.0	5%	20	+1.7
150	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	24.3	71	62.0	52%	32	−4.1
151	Sean Ianno	UTSA	24.3	33	63.2	48%	17	−3.8
152	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	24.9	49	60.5	33%	33	−7.7
153	Ian MacDougall	Purdue	25.2	23	60.4	48%	12	−8.5
154	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	25.4	32	61.8	56%	14	−1.9
155	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	25.7	49	62.2	47%	25	−5.7
156	James Hairston	Rice	25.8	68	63.7	63%	25	+0.3

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