2014 College Kickoff Return Yards Allowed Leaders

Total return yards gained against a specialist's kickoffs. It reflects his kick and his coverage team.

Lower is better, but volume matters. In 2014, Mike Mugler (1334) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff return yards allowed, ahead of Anthony Farinella (1319) and Matt Wogan (1223). 223 kickoff specialists qualify.

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	Ret yds	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Mike Mugler	Western Kentucky	1334	79	56.2	9%	72	−6.8
2	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	1319	78	57.8	19%	63	−17.7
3	Matt Wogan	Oregon	1223	72	62.1	24%	54	+1.5
4	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	1168	83	61.4	30%	58	+9.4
5	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	1125	83	61.8	37%	51	+1.0
6	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	1118	93	63.2	45%	51	+4.8
7	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	1100	90	61.0	34%	56	+12.3
8	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	1085	77	61.7	36%	49	+0.2
9	Cody Clark	Middle Tennessee	1071	60	57.9	10%	54	−3.1
10	Spencer Evans	Baylor	1058	81	55.6	16%	63	−4.8
11	Ty Cummings	Houston	1034	71	61.7	30%	50	+1.2
12	Kyle Clinton	Ohio State	1030	100	61.1	34%	66	+8.3
13	Brett Scanlon	Western Michigan	1012	69	61.4	30%	48	−1.2
14	Austin Grebe	Navy	977	67	62.7	30%	46	+10.1
15	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	974	62	59.9	24%	47	−8.8
16	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	962	61	60.1	23%	47	+2.8
17	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	943	71	59.1	24%	54	−4.3
18	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	925	71	62.1	34%	47	−2.9
19	James Langford	California	924	77	58.5	32%	52	−1.6
20	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	922	77	61.8	31%	52	+18.6
21	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	922	87	62.0	43%	50	+6.9
22	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	913	55	56.5	13%	48	−7.2
23	Jim Cooper	Temple	897	59	61.7	20%	47	+12.6
24	Jack Willoughby	Duke	896	65	62.4	35%	42	+6.6
25	Scott Secor	Ball State	887	69	61.0	41%	41	+0.6
26	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	883	55	54.6	13%	48	−6.6
27	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	869	72	62.4	43%	41	+3.1
28	John Wallace	Louisville	867	67	62.9	40%	40	+0.1
29	Austin Hardin	Florida	853	64	63.5	30%	45	+16.8
30	Jed Solomon	Troy	851	52	60.5	31%	36	−14.0
31	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	830	55	56.9	27%	37	−12.7
32	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	829	61	60.3	28%	43	−30.6
33	Brad Craddock	Maryland	827	64	62.7	41%	37	−0.4
34	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	826	75	60.9	39%	42	+9.1
35	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	826	46	59.4	20%	37	−2.1
36	Justin Vogel	Miami	825	51	61.6	29%	36	−5.6
37	Adam Griffith	Alabama	824	63	61.1	27%	44	+6.6
38	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	823	49	60.5	33%	33	−7.7
39	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	822	65	59.2	22%	50	+5.9
40	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	822	66	60.4	35%	43	−0.5
41	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	821	75	61.4	40%	44	+7.9
42	Alex Howell	Boston College	811	62	58.9	27%	45	−4.5
43	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	805	51	63.2	25%	38	+6.0
44	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	798	90	62.9	52%	42	+13.5
45	Robert Stein	Akron	793	56	57.4	18%	46	−7.1
46	Sam Ficken	Penn State	788	56	62.0	38%	35	−1.9
47	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	777	71	62.0	52%	32	−4.1
48	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	776	54	60.3	30%	38	−10.2
49	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	767	61	56.6	33%	41	−18.4
50	Sean Galvin	UCF	765	51	60.6	25%	38	+0.5
51	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	759	55	60.0	24%	42	+4.4
52	Ty Long	UAB	757	68	62.9	53%	32	+4.8
53	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	753	50	59.3	26%	37	−11.1
54	Erik Powell	Washington State	730	52	58.4	15%	42	+4.3
55	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	727	66	59.2	38%	39	−4.8
56	Cole Netten	Iowa State	722	55	61.8	24%	42	+10.8
57	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	713	73	60.8	45%	40	+3.5
58	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	708	70	64.1	53%	33	+17.0
59	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	695	78	63.5	60%	31	+4.4
60	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	691	36	59.6	11%	32	−0.6
61	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	683	52	61.9	27%	38	+8.6
62	Austin Taylor	Florida International	682	43	58.4	12%	38	−3.5
63	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	672	71	60.7	44%	40	+7.2
64	Casey Skowron	Arizona	666	84	61.8	57%	35	+4.1
65	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	662	54	60.6	35%	35	+0.3
66	James Hairston	Rice	646	68	63.7	63%	25	+0.3
67	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	644	52	57.7	35%	34	−4.1
68	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	643	44	61.6	30%	31	+1.4
69	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	642	49	62.2	47%	25	−5.7
70	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	641	64	61.9	47%	34	+0.3
71	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	633	45	58.6	20%	36	−1.0
72	Dan Goodale	Boise State	631	93	63.4	65%	33	+16.0
73	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	630	72	60.3	40%	43	+0.1
74	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	601	76	62.7	61%	28	+5.4
75	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	591	52	53.3	17%	43	−4.5
76	Alex Wood	USC	588	44	63.3	32%	30	+4.4
77	Eric Keena	North Texas	586	60	62.1	33%	40	+14.7
78	Jake Thompson	Utah State	586	63	61.0	38%	38	+9.5
79	Zach Matics	App State	585	33	58.8	24%	25	−10.8
80	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	580	40	56.5	33%	27	−6.6
81	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	579	54	62.8	44%	30	+12.7
82	Adam McFain	Arkansas	579	38	60.9	26%	26	−4.9
83	Cody Rademacher	SMU	575	33	55.9	12%	29	−3.3
84	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	572	70	62.6	54%	32	+0.7
85	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	564	33	57.7	6%	31	−0.5
86	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	563	36	60.4	19%	29	+4.4
87	Will Oliver	Colorado	556	65	60.6	54%	30	−2.8
88	Matt Wile	Michigan	554	50	62.9	48%	26	+5.4
89	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	551	71	64.1	56%	31	+16.9
90	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	537	49	58.3	22%	37	+3.1
91	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	535	65	63.4	52%	31	+5.7
92	Bobby Puyol	UConn	516	41	57.6	12%	36	+4.2
93	Adam Centers	Wake Forest	512	42	62.0	33%	28	−4.9
94	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	502	71	64.3	63%	26	+16.5
95	Dylan Sims	Virginia	501	64	62.3	45%	35	+11.6
96	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	498	83	63.9	67%	27	+9.7
97	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	496	69	63.0	57%	30	+12.4
98	Jake Elliott	Memphis	489	79	64.1	62%	30	+13.6
99	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	488	75	63.3	64%	27	+9.2
100	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	487	37	59.5	41%	22	−6.5
101	Niklas Sade	NC State	484	66	63.5	61%	26	+4.8
102	Will Johnson	Texas State	482	67	63.3	64%	24	+5.9
103	Ricky Segers	Old Dominion	476	34	58.3	29%	24	−11.4
104	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	476	21	59.0	5%	20	+1.7
105	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	473	43	58.1	37%	26	−14.8
106	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	468	54	59.9	54%	25	−2.5
107	Drew Brown	Nebraska	462	39	61.6	36%	25	+4.3
108	Bentlee Critcher	App State	461	44	55.7	43%	25	−9.0
109	Andy Phillips	Utah	460	66	62.1	59%	26	+6.6
110	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	450	40	62.4	45%	22	−4.1
111	Cale Brewer	Army	448	20	57.3	5%	19	−6.4
112	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	444	62	62.1	60%	25	+8.2
113	Daniel Grochowski	Army	442	36	57.1	31%	25	−8.0
114	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	442	42	62.3	55%	19	+1.1
115	Maxwell Johnson	New Mexico State	440	31	59.0	32%	21	−0.3
116	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	429	46	60.8	46%	24	+1.2
117	Andre Heidari	USC	427	29	61.4	31%	20	−3.5
118	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	427	46	62.7	59%	19	+3.1
119	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	426	34	63.9	44%	19	+0.9
120	Paul Griggs	Purdue	422	36	53.2	22%	27	−7.3
121	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	420	29	59.2	21%	23	+2.0
122	Austin Lopez	San José State	419	40	59.3	40%	24	+0.3
123	Sean Ianno	UTSA	413	33	63.2	48%	17	−3.8
124	Trevor Simms	Tulane	398	33	62.1	42%	19	−4.6
125	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	396	34	62.4	38%	20	0.0
126	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	377	31	59.3	26%	23	−4.5
127	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	374	27	60.2	19%	22	+0.7
128	Landon Ard	South Carolina	366	61	60.7	54%	27	+7.7
129	Rodrigo Quirarte	UCF	356	16	59.8	0%	16	−1.2
130	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	356	32	61.8	56%	14	−1.9
131	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	351	26	60.0	35%	17	−2.7
132	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	343	28	62.1	39%	17	+5.7
133	JK Scott	Alabama	343	24	62.5	33%	15	+1.1
134	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	342	63	61.9	67%	21	−11.2
135	Jonathan Leiva	UNLV	341	25	50.2	4%	23	−8.9
136	Trent Domingue	LSU	334	49	62.3	57%	21	+5.0
137	Jay Mattox	UTEP	329	67	62.7	67%	22	+11.4
138	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	320	28	63.8	39%	17	+6.8
139	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	316	56	64.0	63%	21	+12.3
140	Ian MacDougall	Purdue	302	23	60.4	48%	12	−8.5
141	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	282	20	65.0	40%	12	+0.1
142	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	281	34	63.0	56%	15	+1.2
143	Hayden Lekacz	Vanderbilt	279	18	58.6	28%	13	−5.1
144	Michael Badgley	Miami	275	19	59.4	26%	14	−2.5
145	Nick Rose	Texas	271	56	63.9	77%	13	+0.2
146	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	252	18	59.2	17%	15	+1.1
147	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	243	14	56.4	14%	12	−2.6
148	Redford Jones	Tulsa	232	20	53.9	5%	19	−6.8
149	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	226	22	57.1	27%	16	−3.8
150	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	222	18	61.9	33%	11	+2.1
151	Ryan DeNucci	TCU	201	27	63.1	63%	10	+1.9
152	Donny Hageman	San Diego State	195	14	63.4	29%	10	−0.1
153	Carl Salazar	Tulsa	186	12	53.6	8%	11	−3.5
154	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	184	13	58.7	23%	10	−0.5
155	Cameron Gamble	LSU	172	15	61.4	40%	9	−1.2
156	George Bullock	Tennessee	172	10	60.9	20%	8	+0.6
157	Alex Louthan	New Mexico State	167	12	48.3	8%	11	−5.8
158	Spencer Lindsay	Nebraska	148	9	58.4	11%	8	+0.1
159	Ross Martin	Duke	140	6	61.3	17%	5	−2.4
160	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	139	7	57.6	0%	7	−0.3
161	Brian Eavey	Central Michigan	139	6	59.8	0%	6	+0.5
162	Zack Cimaglia	South Carolina	132	12	62.2	58%	5	−1.7
163	Kyle Peterson	Baylor	127	17	60.5	41%	10	+1.7
164	Preston Soper	Tulsa	122	14	59.7	36%	9	+2.8
165	Trevor Samson	BYU	114	7	51.3	0%	7	−2.5
166	Jon Brown	Louisville	113	9	62.8	44%	5	+0.7
167	Jarrett Cervi	Old Dominion	107	4	58.0	0%	4	−2.4
168	Garrett Schwettman	Western Kentucky	106	9	47.9	11%	8	−3.7
169	John Henson	Arkansas	100	11	56.3	18%	8	+2.1
170	Aaron Del Grosso	Indiana	100	12	59.7	42%	6	−11.6
171	Alex Hanks	Georgia Southern	100	14	64.5	57%	6	+1.7
172	Matt Wylie	Massachusetts	98	6	51.8	0%	6	−0.4
173	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	93	5	55.4	20%	4	−4.5
174	Chris Callahan	Baylor	90	2	66.5	0%	2	−4.0
175	Andy Pappanastos	Ole Miss	89	6	62.2	17%	5	+2.1
176	David Reisner	Illinois	83	10	62.4	50%	5	−0.1
177	Brian McIntyre	UNLV	79	5	51.4	0%	5	−1.1
178	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	79	4	51.3	0%	4	−6.3
179	Alex Kviklys	Auburn	75	5	55.6	0%	5	+0.7
180	Matt Anderson	California	67	1	54.0	0%	1	−3.3
181	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	65	1	53.0	0%	1	−3.3
182	Eric Kahn	Kansas	63	6	40.0	0%	6	−3.8
183	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	59	5	60.4	20%	4	−0.9
184	Lane Saling	Arkansas	58	3	60.3	0%	3	+0.6
185	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	58	3	57.7	33%	2	−2.2
186	Jack Cantele	Kansas State	51	6	44.7	0%	6	−0.4
187	Josh Lambo	Texas A&M	49	2	64.0	0%	2	+0.2
188	Davis Plowman	East Carolina	48	3	55.0	0%	3	+0.2
189	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	48	2	50.5	0%	2	−2.1
190	Ade Aruna	Tulane	47	4	55.5	25%	3	−0.1
191	Nick Smith	Marshall	46	3	57.0	0%	3	+0.6
192	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	46	3	65.3	33%	2	+0.7
193	Ryan Frain	Illinois	44	4	63.0	25%	3	−0.4
194	Diego Gonzalez	Colorado	43	1	64.0	0%	1	−1.6
195	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	41	3	62.0	33%	2	−1.8
196	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	36	5	46.8	20%	4	−1.5
197	Sergio Sroka	Florida International	36	2	46.5	0%	2	−1.3
198	Shawn Moffitt	UCF	34	2	65.0	0%	2	+1.2
199	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	33	2	61.0	0%	2	−2.0
200	Rafael Gaglianone	Wisconsin	33	2	60.0	0%	2	+0.7
201	Zach Paul	Akron	32	1	65.0	0%	1	−2.6
202	Brooks Abbott	Florida	29	1	48.0	0%	1	−1.7
203	Gavin Jernigan	Navy	27	2	57.5	0%	2	−1.2
204	Logan Yunker	UNLV	24	1	54.0	0%	1	−0.7
205	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	24	1	67.0	0%	1	0.0
206	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	23	3	40.3	0%	2	−2.8
207	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	23	1	65.0	0%	1	−1.5
208	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	23	1	49.0	0%	1	−1.1
209	Kris Albarado	USC	23	1	54.0	0%	1	−1.1
210	Trent Sherfield	Vanderbilt	23	3	65.0	67%	1	+0.6
211	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	21	1	48.0	0%	1	−2.3
212	Rayvean Moore	New Mexico State	21	1	63.0	0%	1	+0.3
213	Kenny Allen	Michigan	20	1	55.0	0%	1	−0.2
214	Jon Halliday	Utah	18	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.6
215	Korey Durkee	Washington	18	1	54.0	0%	1	−1.6
216	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	18	1	53.0	0%	1	−1.6
217	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	15	1	43.0	0%	1	−0.9
218	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	15	1	44.0	0%	1	−2.2
219	Corbin Jenkins	Clemson	10	1	44.0	0%	1	−0.3
220	Torrel Saffold	South Florida	8	1	65.0	0%	1	−0.8
221	Westin Graves	Mississippi State	8	1	50.0	0%	1	+0.3
222	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	7	1	10.0	0%	1	−2.8
223	Justin Haig	Marshall	6	3	37.3	33%	2	−1.6

All 2014 College kickoff specialist rankings

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