2014 College Kickoff Returns Allowed Leaders

Kickoffs the receiving team brought out of the end zone. More returns mean more chances for a big return, but also more chances to be tackled short.

Compare with return yards allowed. In 2014, Mike Mugler (72) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff returns allowed, ahead of Kyle Clinton (66) and Spencer Evans (63). 226 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	Returns	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Points
1	Mike Mugler	Western Kentucky	72	79	56.2	9%	−6.8
2	Kyle Clinton	Ohio State	66	100	61.1	34%	+8.3
3	Spencer Evans	Baylor	63	81	55.6	16%	−4.8
4	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	63	78	57.8	19%	−17.7
5	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	58	83	61.4	30%	+9.4
6	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	56	90	61.0	34%	+12.3
7	Matt Wogan	Oregon	54	72	62.1	24%	+1.5
8	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	54	71	59.1	24%	−4.3
9	Cody Clark	Middle Tennessee	54	60	57.9	10%	−3.1
10	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	52	77	61.8	31%	+18.6
11	James Langford	California	52	77	58.5	32%	−1.6
12	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	51	93	63.2	45%	+4.8
13	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	51	83	61.8	37%	+1.0
14	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	50	87	62.0	43%	+6.9
15	Ty Cummings	Houston	50	71	61.7	30%	+1.2
16	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	50	65	59.2	22%	+5.9
17	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	49	77	61.7	36%	+0.2
18	Brett Scanlon	Western Michigan	48	69	61.4	30%	−1.2
19	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	48	55	56.5	13%	−7.2
20	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	48	55	54.6	13%	−6.6
21	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	47	71	62.1	34%	−2.9
22	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	47	62	59.9	24%	−8.8
23	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	47	61	60.1	23%	+2.8
24	Jim Cooper	Temple	47	59	61.7	20%	+12.6
25	Austin Grebe	Navy	46	67	62.7	30%	+10.1
26	Robert Stein	Akron	46	56	57.4	18%	−7.1
27	Austin Hardin	Florida	45	64	63.5	30%	+16.8
28	Alex Howell	Boston College	45	62	58.9	27%	−4.5
29	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	44	75	61.4	40%	+7.9
30	Adam Griffith	Alabama	44	63	61.1	27%	+6.6
31	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	43	72	60.3	40%	+0.1
32	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	43	66	60.4	35%	−0.5
33	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	43	61	60.3	28%	−30.6
34	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	43	52	53.3	17%	−4.5
35	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	42	90	62.9	52%	+13.5
36	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	42	75	60.9	39%	+9.1
37	Jack Willoughby	Duke	42	65	62.4	35%	+6.6
38	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	42	55	60.0	24%	+4.4
39	Cole Netten	Iowa State	42	55	61.8	24%	+10.8
40	Erik Powell	Washington State	42	52	58.4	15%	+4.3
41	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	41	72	62.4	43%	+3.1
42	Scott Secor	Ball State	41	69	61.0	41%	+0.6
43	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	41	61	56.6	33%	−18.4
44	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	40	73	60.8	45%	+3.5
45	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	40	71	60.7	44%	+7.2
46	John Wallace	Louisville	40	67	62.9	40%	+0.1
47	Eric Keena	North Texas	40	60	62.1	33%	+14.7
48	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	39	66	59.2	38%	−4.8
49	Jake Thompson	Utah State	38	63	61.0	38%	+9.5
50	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	38	54	60.3	30%	−10.2
51	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	38	52	61.9	27%	+8.6
52	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	38	51	63.2	25%	+6.0
53	Sean Galvin	UCF	38	51	60.6	25%	+0.5
54	Austin Taylor	Florida International	38	43	58.4	12%	−3.5
55	Brad Craddock	Maryland	37	64	62.7	41%	−0.4
56	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	37	55	56.9	27%	−12.7
57	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	37	50	59.3	26%	−11.1
58	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	37	49	58.3	22%	+3.1
59	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	37	46	59.4	20%	−2.1
60	Jed Solomon	Troy	36	52	60.5	31%	−14.0
61	Justin Vogel	Miami	36	51	61.6	29%	−5.6
62	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	36	45	58.6	20%	−1.0
63	Bobby Puyol	UConn	36	41	57.6	12%	+4.2
64	Casey Skowron	Arizona	35	84	61.8	57%	+4.1
65	Dylan Sims	Virginia	35	64	62.3	45%	+11.6
66	Sam Ficken	Penn State	35	56	62.0	38%	−1.9
67	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	35	54	60.6	35%	+0.3
68	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	34	64	61.9	47%	+0.3
69	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	34	52	57.7	35%	−4.1
70	Dan Goodale	Boise State	33	93	63.4	65%	+16.0
71	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	33	70	64.1	53%	+17.0
72	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	33	49	60.5	33%	−7.7
73	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	32	71	62.0	52%	−4.1
74	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	32	70	62.6	54%	+0.7
75	Ty Long	UAB	32	68	62.9	53%	+4.8
76	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	32	36	59.6	11%	−0.6
77	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	31	78	63.5	60%	+4.4
78	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	31	71	64.1	56%	+16.9
79	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	31	65	63.4	52%	+5.7
80	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	31	44	61.6	30%	+1.4
81	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	31	33	57.7	6%	−0.5
82	Jake Elliott	Memphis	30	79	64.1	62%	+13.6
83	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	30	69	63.0	57%	+12.4
84	Will Oliver	Colorado	30	65	60.6	54%	−2.8
85	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	30	54	62.8	44%	+12.7
86	Alex Wood	USC	30	44	63.3	32%	+4.4
87	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	29	36	60.4	19%	+4.4
88	Cody Rademacher	SMU	29	33	55.9	12%	−3.3
89	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	28	76	62.7	61%	+5.4
90	Adam Centers	Wake Forest	28	42	62.0	33%	−4.9
91	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	27	83	63.9	67%	+9.7
92	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	27	75	63.3	64%	+9.2
93	Landon Ard	South Carolina	27	61	60.7	54%	+7.7
94	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	27	40	56.5	33%	−6.6
95	Paul Griggs	Purdue	27	36	53.2	22%	−7.3
96	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	26	71	64.3	63%	+16.5
97	Andy Phillips	Utah	26	66	62.1	59%	+6.6
98	Niklas Sade	NC State	26	66	63.5	61%	+4.8
99	Matt Wile	Michigan	26	50	62.9	48%	+5.4
100	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	26	43	58.1	37%	−14.8
101	Adam McFain	Arkansas	26	38	60.9	26%	−4.9
102	James Hairston	Rice	25	68	63.7	63%	+0.3
103	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	25	62	62.1	60%	+8.2
104	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	25	54	59.9	54%	−2.5
105	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	25	49	62.2	47%	−5.7
106	Bentlee Critcher	App State	25	44	55.7	43%	−9.0
107	Drew Brown	Nebraska	25	39	61.6	36%	+4.3
108	Daniel Grochowski	Army	25	36	57.1	31%	−8.0
109	Zach Matics	App State	25	33	58.8	24%	−10.8
110	Will Johnson	Texas State	24	67	63.3	64%	+5.9
111	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	24	46	60.8	46%	+1.2
112	Austin Lopez	San José State	24	40	59.3	40%	+0.3
113	Ricky Segers	Old Dominion	24	34	58.3	29%	−11.4
114	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	23	31	59.3	26%	−4.5
115	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	23	29	59.2	21%	+2.0
116	Jonathan Leiva	UNLV	23	25	50.2	4%	−8.9
117	Jay Mattox	UTEP	22	67	62.7	67%	+11.4
118	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	22	40	62.4	45%	−4.1
119	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	22	37	59.5	41%	−6.5
120	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	22	27	60.2	19%	+0.7
121	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	21	63	61.9	67%	−11.2
122	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	21	56	64.0	63%	+12.3
123	Trent Domingue	LSU	21	49	62.3	57%	+5.0
124	Maxwell Johnson	New Mexico State	21	31	59.0	32%	−0.3
125	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	20	34	62.4	38%	0.0
126	Andre Heidari	USC	20	29	61.4	31%	−3.5
127	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	20	21	59.0	5%	+1.7
128	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	19	46	62.7	59%	+3.1
129	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	19	42	62.3	55%	+1.1
130	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	19	34	63.9	44%	+0.9
131	Trevor Simms	Tulane	19	33	62.1	42%	−4.6
132	Cale Brewer	Army	19	20	57.3	5%	−6.4
133	Redford Jones	Tulsa	19	20	53.9	5%	−6.8
134	Sean Ianno	UTSA	17	33	63.2	48%	−3.8
135	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	17	28	63.8	39%	+6.8
136	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	17	28	62.1	39%	+5.7
137	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	17	26	60.0	35%	−2.7
138	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	16	22	57.1	27%	−3.8
139	Rodrigo Quirarte	UCF	16	16	59.8	0%	−1.2
140	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	15	34	63.0	56%	+1.2
141	JK Scott	Alabama	15	24	62.5	33%	+1.1
142	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	15	18	59.2	17%	+1.1
143	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	14	32	61.8	56%	−1.9
144	Michael Badgley	Miami	14	19	59.4	26%	−2.5
145	Nick Rose	Texas	13	56	63.9	77%	+0.2
146	Hayden Lekacz	Vanderbilt	13	18	58.6	28%	−5.1
147	Ian MacDougall	Purdue	12	23	60.4	48%	−8.5
148	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	12	20	65.0	40%	+0.1
149	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	12	14	56.4	14%	−2.6
150	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	11	18	61.9	33%	+2.1
151	Alex Louthan	New Mexico State	11	12	48.3	8%	−5.8
152	Carl Salazar	Tulsa	11	12	53.6	8%	−3.5
153	Ryan DeNucci	TCU	10	27	63.1	63%	+1.9
154	Kyle Peterson	Baylor	10	17	60.5	41%	+1.7
155	Donny Hageman	San Diego State	10	14	63.4	29%	−0.1
156	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	10	13	58.7	23%	−0.5
157	Cameron Gamble	LSU	9	15	61.4	40%	−1.2
158	Preston Soper	Tulsa	9	14	59.7	36%	+2.8
159	John Henson	Arkansas	8	11	56.3	18%	+2.1
160	George Bullock	Tennessee	8	10	60.9	20%	+0.6
161	Garrett Schwettman	Western Kentucky	8	9	47.9	11%	−3.7
162	Spencer Lindsay	Nebraska	8	9	58.4	11%	+0.1
163	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	7	7	57.6	0%	−0.3
164	Trevor Samson	BYU	7	7	51.3	0%	−2.5
165	Alex Hanks	Georgia Southern	6	14	64.5	57%	+1.7
166	Aaron Del Grosso	Indiana	6	12	59.7	42%	−11.6
167	Brian Eavey	Central Michigan	6	6	59.8	0%	+0.5
168	Eric Kahn	Kansas	6	6	40.0	0%	−3.8
169	Jack Cantele	Kansas State	6	6	44.7	0%	−0.4
170	Matt Wylie	Massachusetts	6	6	51.8	0%	−0.4
171	Zack Cimaglia	South Carolina	5	12	62.2	58%	−1.7
172	David Reisner	Illinois	5	10	62.4	50%	−0.1
173	Jon Brown	Louisville	5	9	62.8	44%	+0.7
174	Andy Pappanastos	Ole Miss	5	6	62.2	17%	+2.1
175	Ross Martin	Duke	5	6	61.3	17%	−2.4
176	Alex Kviklys	Auburn	5	5	55.6	0%	+0.7
177	Brian McIntyre	UNLV	5	5	51.4	0%	−1.1
178	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	4	5	46.8	20%	−1.5
179	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	4	5	60.4	20%	−0.9
180	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	4	5	55.4	20%	−4.5
181	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	4	4	51.3	0%	−6.3
182	Jarrett Cervi	Old Dominion	4	4	58.0	0%	−2.4
183	Ade Aruna	Tulane	3	4	55.5	25%	−0.1
184	Ryan Frain	Illinois	3	4	63.0	25%	−0.4
185	Davis Plowman	East Carolina	3	3	55.0	0%	+0.2
186	Lane Saling	Arkansas	3	3	60.3	0%	+0.6
187	Nick Smith	Marshall	3	3	57.0	0%	+0.6
188	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	2	3	65.3	33%	+0.7
189	Justin Haig	Marshall	2	3	37.3	33%	−1.6
190	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	2	3	40.3	0%	−2.8
191	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	2	3	57.7	33%	−2.2
192	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	2	3	62.0	33%	−1.8
193	Chris Callahan	Baylor	2	2	66.5	0%	−4.0
194	Gavin Jernigan	Navy	2	2	57.5	0%	−1.2
195	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	2	2	61.0	0%	−2.0
196	Josh Lambo	Texas A&M	2	2	64.0	0%	+0.2
197	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	2	2	50.5	0%	−2.1
198	Rafael Gaglianone	Wisconsin	2	2	60.0	0%	+0.7
199	Sergio Sroka	Florida International	2	2	46.5	0%	−1.3
200	Shawn Moffitt	UCF	2	2	65.0	0%	+1.2
201	Trent Sherfield	Vanderbilt	1	3	65.0	67%	+0.6
202	Brooks Abbott	Florida	1	1	48.0	0%	−1.7
203	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	1	1	48.0	0%	−2.3
204	Colby Delahoussaye	LSU	1	1	16.0	0%	−2.4
205	Corbin Jenkins	Clemson	1	1	44.0	0%	−0.3
206	Diego Gonzalez	Colorado	1	1	64.0	0%	−1.6
207	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	1	1	43.0	0%	−0.9
208	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	1	1	65.0	0%	−1.5
209	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	1	1	49.0	0%	−1.1
210	Ian Frye	Virginia	1	1	9.0	0%	−2.5
211	Jon Halliday	Utah	1	1	65.0	0%	+0.6
212	Kenny Allen	Michigan	1	1	55.0	0%	−0.2
213	Korey Durkee	Washington	1	1	54.0	0%	−1.6
214	Kris Albarado	USC	1	1	54.0	0%	−1.1
215	Logan Yunker	UNLV	1	1	54.0	0%	−0.7
216	Matt Anderson	California	1	1	54.0	0%	−3.3
217	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	1	1	53.0	0%	−3.3
218	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	1	1	67.0	0%	0.0
219	Rayvean Moore	New Mexico State	1	1	63.0	0%	+0.3
220	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	1	1	53.0	0%	−1.6
221	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	1	1	38.0	0%	−1.4
222	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	1	1	10.0	0%	−2.8
223	Torrel Saffold	South Florida	1	1	65.0	0%	−0.8
224	Westin Graves	Mississippi State	1	1	50.0	0%	+0.3
225	Zach Paul	Akron	1	1	65.0	0%	−2.6
226	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	1	1	44.0	0%	−2.2

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