2014 College Kickoff Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a kickoff specialist's kickoffs that were touchbacks. High means power; whether it is good depends on the rules and the coach's plan.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Only specialists with enough kickoffs are ranked. In 2014, Nick Rose (77%) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff touchback percentage, ahead of Nick Hodgson (67%) and Jay Mattox (67%). 130 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 36%.

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

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