2014 College Kickoff Points per 100 Kickoffs Leaders

Kickoff points added divided by kickoffs, times 100. It compares specialists with different workloads fairly.

Only specialists with enough kickoffs are ranked. In 2014, Austin Hardin (+26.3) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Eric Keena (+24.5) and Jared Roberts (+24.3). 130 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.0.

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	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Austin Hardin	Florida	+26.3	64	63.5	30%	45	+16.8
2	Eric Keena	North Texas	+24.5	60	62.1	33%	40	+14.7
3	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	+24.3	70	64.1	53%	33	+17.0
4	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	+24.1	77	61.8	31%	52	+18.6
5	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	+23.8	71	64.1	56%	31	+16.9
6	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	+23.5	54	62.8	44%	30	+12.7
7	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	+23.3	71	64.3	63%	26	+16.5
8	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	+21.9	56	64.0	63%	21	+12.3
9	Jim Cooper	Temple	+21.3	59	61.7	20%	47	+12.6
10	Cole Netten	Iowa State	+19.6	55	61.8	24%	42	+10.8
11	Dylan Sims	Virginia	+18.2	64	62.3	45%	35	+11.6
12	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	+17.9	69	63.0	57%	30	+12.4
13	Jake Elliott	Memphis	+17.3	79	64.1	62%	30	+13.6
14	Dan Goodale	Boise State	+17.2	93	63.4	65%	33	+16.0
15	Jay Mattox	UTEP	+17.0	67	62.7	67%	22	+11.4
16	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	+16.5	52	61.9	27%	38	+8.6
17	Austin Grebe	Navy	+15.1	67	62.7	30%	46	+10.1
18	Jake Thompson	Utah State	+15.1	63	61.0	38%	38	+9.5
19	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	+15.0	90	62.9	52%	42	+13.5
20	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	+13.7	90	61.0	34%	56	+12.3
21	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	+13.2	62	62.1	60%	25	+8.2
22	Landon Ard	South Carolina	+12.7	61	60.7	54%	27	+7.7
23	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	+12.3	36	60.4	19%	29	+4.4
24	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	+12.2	75	63.3	64%	27	+9.2
25	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	+12.2	75	60.9	39%	42	+9.1
26	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	+11.7	83	63.9	67%	27	+9.7
27	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	+11.7	51	63.2	25%	38	+6.0
28	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	+11.4	83	61.4	30%	58	+9.4
29	Drew Brown	Nebraska	+11.0	39	61.6	36%	25	+4.3
30	Matt Wile	Michigan	+10.8	50	62.9	48%	26	+5.4
31	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	+10.5	75	61.4	40%	44	+7.9
32	Adam Griffith	Alabama	+10.4	63	61.1	27%	44	+6.6
33	Jack Willoughby	Duke	+10.2	65	62.4	35%	42	+6.6
34	Bobby Puyol	UConn	+10.2	41	57.6	12%	36	+4.2
35	Trent Domingue	LSU	+10.2	49	62.3	57%	21	+5.0
36	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	+10.1	71	60.7	44%	40	+7.2
37	Andy Phillips	Utah	+10.0	66	62.1	59%	26	+6.6
38	Alex Wood	USC	+9.9	44	63.3	32%	30	+4.4
39	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	+9.1	65	59.2	22%	50	+5.9
40	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	+8.8	65	63.4	52%	31	+5.7
41	Will Johnson	Texas State	+8.7	67	63.3	64%	24	+5.9
42	Kyle Clinton	Ohio State	+8.3	100	61.1	34%	66	+8.3
43	Erik Powell	Washington State	+8.3	52	58.4	15%	42	+4.3
44	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	+8.0	55	60.0	24%	42	+4.4
45	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	+7.9	87	62.0	43%	50	+6.9
46	Niklas Sade	NC State	+7.3	66	63.5	61%	26	+4.8
47	Ty Long	UAB	+7.1	68	62.9	53%	32	+4.8
48	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	+7.1	76	62.7	61%	28	+5.4
49	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	+6.7	46	62.7	59%	19	+3.1
50	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	+6.3	49	58.3	22%	37	+3.1
51	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	+5.6	78	63.5	60%	31	+4.4
52	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	+5.1	93	63.2	45%	51	+4.8
53	Casey Skowron	Arizona	+4.9	84	61.8	57%	35	+4.1
54	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	+4.8	73	60.8	45%	40	+3.5
55	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	+4.6	61	60.1	23%	47	+2.8
56	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	+4.3	72	62.4	43%	41	+3.1
57	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	+3.6	34	63.0	56%	15	+1.2
58	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	+3.1	44	61.6	30%	31	+1.4
59	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	+2.8	34	63.9	44%	19	+0.9
60	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	+2.6	42	62.3	55%	19	+1.1
61	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	+2.5	46	60.8	46%	24	+1.2
62	Matt Wogan	Oregon	+2.0	72	62.1	24%	54	+1.5
63	Ty Cummings	Houston	+1.7	71	61.7	30%	50	+1.2
64	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	+1.2	83	61.8	37%	51	+1.0
65	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	+1.1	70	62.6	54%	32	+0.7
66	Sean Galvin	UCF	+0.9	51	60.6	25%	38	+0.5
67	Austin Lopez	San José State	+0.8	40	59.3	40%	24	+0.3
68	Scott Secor	Ball State	+0.8	69	61.0	41%	41	+0.6
69	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	+0.6	54	60.6	35%	35	+0.3
70	James Hairston	Rice	+0.5	68	63.7	63%	25	+0.3
71	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	+0.5	64	61.9	47%	34	+0.3
72	Nick Rose	Texas	+0.3	56	63.9	77%	13	+0.2
73	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	+0.2	77	61.7	36%	49	+0.2
74	John Wallace	Louisville	+0.1	67	62.9	40%	40	+0.1
75	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	+0.1	72	60.3	40%	43	+0.1
76	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	−0.1	34	62.4	38%	20	0.0
77	Brad Craddock	Maryland	−0.7	64	62.7	41%	37	−0.4
78	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	−0.8	66	60.4	35%	43	−0.5
79	Maxwell Johnson	New Mexico State	−1.0	31	59.0	32%	21	−0.3
80	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	−1.4	33	57.7	6%	31	−0.5
81	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	−1.6	36	59.6	11%	32	−0.6
82	Brett Scanlon	Western Michigan	−1.8	69	61.4	30%	48	−1.2
83	James Langford	California	−2.1	77	58.5	32%	52	−1.6
84	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	−2.2	45	58.6	20%	36	−1.0
85	Sam Ficken	Penn State	−3.4	56	62.0	38%	35	−1.9
86	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	−4.0	71	62.1	34%	47	−2.9
87	Will Oliver	Colorado	−4.3	65	60.6	54%	30	−2.8
88	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	−4.6	54	59.9	54%	25	−2.5
89	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	−4.7	46	59.4	20%	37	−2.1
90	Cody Clark	Middle Tennessee	−5.1	60	57.9	10%	54	−3.1
91	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	−5.7	71	62.0	52%	32	−4.1
92	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	−5.8	32	61.8	56%	14	−1.9
93	Spencer Evans	Baylor	−5.9	81	55.6	16%	63	−4.8
94	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	−6.0	71	59.1	24%	54	−4.3
95	Alex Howell	Boston College	−7.2	62	58.9	27%	45	−4.5
96	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	−7.3	66	59.2	38%	39	−4.8
97	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	−7.9	52	57.7	35%	34	−4.1
98	Austin Taylor	Florida International	−8.2	43	58.4	12%	38	−3.5
99	Mike Mugler	Western Kentucky	−8.6	79	56.2	9%	72	−6.8
100	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	−8.6	52	53.3	17%	43	−4.5
101	Cody Rademacher	SMU	−9.9	33	55.9	12%	29	−3.3
102	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	−10.3	40	62.4	45%	22	−4.1
103	Justin Vogel	Miami	−10.9	51	61.6	29%	36	−5.6
104	Sean Ianno	UTSA	−11.4	33	63.2	48%	17	−3.8
105	Adam Centers	Wake Forest	−11.6	42	62.0	33%	28	−4.9
106	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	−11.7	49	62.2	47%	25	−5.7
107	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	−11.9	55	54.6	13%	48	−6.6
108	Robert Stein	Akron	−12.6	56	57.4	18%	46	−7.1
109	Adam McFain	Arkansas	−12.9	38	60.9	26%	26	−4.9
110	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	−13.0	55	56.5	13%	48	−7.2
111	Trevor Simms	Tulane	−14.1	33	62.1	42%	19	−4.6
112	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	−14.2	62	59.9	24%	47	−8.8
113	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	−14.4	31	59.3	26%	23	−4.5
114	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	−15.8	49	60.5	33%	33	−7.7
115	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	−16.5	40	56.5	33%	27	−6.6
116	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	−17.5	37	59.5	41%	22	−6.5
117	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	−17.7	63	61.9	67%	21	−11.2
118	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	−18.9	54	60.3	30%	38	−10.2
119	Paul Griggs	Purdue	−20.4	36	53.2	22%	27	−7.3
120	Bentlee Critcher	App State	−20.4	44	55.7	43%	25	−9.0
121	Daniel Grochowski	Army	−22.1	36	57.1	31%	25	−8.0
122	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	−22.3	50	59.3	26%	37	−11.1
123	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	−22.6	78	57.8	19%	63	−17.7
124	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	−23.0	55	56.9	27%	37	−12.7
125	Jed Solomon	Troy	−26.9	52	60.5	31%	36	−14.0
126	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	−30.1	61	56.6	33%	41	−18.4
127	Zach Matics	App State	−32.6	33	58.8	24%	25	−10.8
128	Ricky Segers	Old Dominion	−33.5	34	58.3	29%	24	−11.4
129	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	−34.3	43	58.1	37%	26	−14.8
130	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	−50.1	61	60.3	28%	43	−30.6

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