2014 College Kickoff Points Added Leaders

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.

Positive means he did better than an average kickoff. In 2014, Ian Patterson (+18.6) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Jared Roberts (+17.0) and Nick Weiler (+16.9). 130 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +0.6.

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

All 2014 College kickoff specialist rankings

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