2014 College Kickoff Touchbacks Leaders

Kickoffs that reached the end zone and were kept there, giving the receiving team the ball at its own 25, 30 or 35, depending on the league and the rule that season. A touchback avoids a return but gives up field position.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Read with touchback percentage. In 2014, Dan Goodale (60) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff touchbacks, ahead of Nick Hodgson (56) and Jake Elliott (49). 183 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	TB	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Dan Goodale	Boise State	60	93	63.4	65%	33	+16.0
2	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	56	83	63.9	67%	27	+9.7
3	Jake Elliott	Memphis	49	79	64.1	62%	30	+13.6
4	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	48	75	63.3	64%	27	+9.2
5	Casey Skowron	Arizona	48	84	61.8	57%	35	+4.1
6	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	47	78	63.5	60%	31	+4.4
7	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	47	90	62.9	52%	42	+13.5
8	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	46	76	62.7	61%	28	+5.4
9	Jay Mattox	UTEP	45	67	62.7	67%	22	+11.4
10	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	45	71	64.3	63%	26	+16.5
11	Nick Rose	Texas	43	56	63.9	77%	13	+0.2
12	Will Johnson	Texas State	43	67	63.3	64%	24	+5.9
13	James Hairston	Rice	43	68	63.7	63%	25	+0.3
14	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	42	63	61.9	67%	21	−11.2
15	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	42	93	63.2	45%	51	+4.8
16	Niklas Sade	NC State	40	66	63.5	61%	26	+4.8
17	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	40	71	64.1	56%	31	+16.9
18	Andy Phillips	Utah	39	66	62.1	59%	26	+6.6
19	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	39	69	63.0	57%	30	+12.4
20	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	38	70	62.6	54%	32	+0.7
21	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	37	62	62.1	60%	25	+8.2
22	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	37	70	64.1	53%	33	+17.0
23	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	37	71	62.0	52%	32	−4.1
24	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	37	87	62.0	43%	50	+6.9
25	Ty Long	UAB	36	68	62.9	53%	32	+4.8
26	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	35	56	64.0	63%	21	+12.3
27	Will Oliver	Colorado	35	65	60.6	54%	30	−2.8
28	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	34	65	63.4	52%	31	+5.7
29	Kyle Clinton	Ohio State	34	100	61.1	34%	66	+8.3
30	Landon Ard	South Carolina	33	61	60.7	54%	27	+7.7
31	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	33	73	60.8	45%	40	+3.5
32	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	31	71	60.7	44%	40	+7.2
33	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	31	72	62.4	43%	41	+3.1
34	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	31	83	61.8	37%	51	+1.0
35	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	31	90	61.0	34%	56	+12.3
36	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	30	64	61.9	47%	34	+0.3
37	Michael Molinari	West Virginia	30	75	61.4	40%	44	+7.9
38	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	29	54	59.9	54%	25	−2.5
39	Dylan Sims	Virginia	29	64	62.3	45%	35	+11.6
40	Hunter Stover	Louisiana	29	72	60.3	40%	43	+0.1
41	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	29	75	60.9	39%	42	+9.1
42	Trent Domingue	LSU	28	49	62.3	57%	21	+5.0
43	Scott Secor	Ball State	28	69	61.0	41%	41	+0.6
44	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	28	77	61.7	36%	49	+0.2
45	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	27	46	62.7	59%	19	+3.1
46	John Wallace	Louisville	27	67	62.9	40%	40	+0.1
47	Brad Craddock	Maryland	26	64	62.7	41%	37	−0.4
48	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	25	66	59.2	38%	39	−4.8
49	James Langford	California	25	77	58.5	32%	52	−1.6
50	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	25	83	61.4	30%	58	+9.4
51	Matt Wile	Michigan	24	50	62.9	48%	26	+5.4
52	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	24	54	62.8	44%	30	+12.7
53	Jake Thompson	Utah State	24	63	61.0	38%	38	+9.5
54	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	24	71	62.1	34%	47	−2.9
55	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	24	77	61.8	31%	52	+18.6
56	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	23	42	62.3	55%	19	+1.1
57	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	23	49	62.2	47%	25	−5.7
58	Jack Willoughby	Duke	23	65	62.4	35%	42	+6.6
59	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	23	66	60.4	35%	43	−0.5
60	Kramer Fyfe	Texas Tech	21	46	60.8	46%	24	+1.2
61	Sam Ficken	Penn State	21	56	62.0	38%	35	−1.9
62	Brett Scanlon	Western Michigan	21	69	61.4	30%	48	−1.2
63	Ty Cummings	Houston	21	71	61.7	30%	50	+1.2
64	Eric Keena	North Texas	20	60	62.1	33%	40	+14.7
65	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	20	61	56.6	33%	41	−18.4
66	Austin Grebe	Navy	20	67	62.7	30%	46	+10.1
67	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	19	34	63.0	56%	15	+1.2
68	Bentlee Critcher	App State	19	44	55.7	43%	25	−9.0
69	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	19	54	60.6	35%	35	+0.3
70	Austin Hardin	Florida	19	64	63.5	30%	45	+16.8
71	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	18	32	61.8	56%	14	−1.9
72	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	18	40	62.4	45%	22	−4.1
73	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	18	52	57.7	35%	34	−4.1
74	Ryan DeNucci	TCU	17	27	63.1	63%	10	+1.9
75	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	17	61	60.3	28%	43	−30.6
76	Alex Howell	Boston College	17	62	58.9	27%	45	−4.5
77	Adam Griffith	Alabama	17	63	61.1	27%	44	+6.6
78	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	17	71	59.1	24%	54	−4.3
79	Matt Wogan	Oregon	17	72	62.1	24%	54	+1.5
80	Sean Ianno	UTSA	16	33	63.2	48%	17	−3.8
81	Austin Lopez	San José State	16	40	59.3	40%	24	+0.3
82	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	16	43	58.1	37%	26	−14.8
83	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	16	49	60.5	33%	33	−7.7
84	Jed Solomon	Troy	16	52	60.5	31%	36	−14.0
85	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	16	54	60.3	30%	38	−10.2
86	Mauro Bondi	Nebraska	15	34	63.9	44%	19	+0.9
87	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	15	37	59.5	41%	22	−6.5
88	Justin Vogel	Miami	15	51	61.6	29%	36	−5.6
89	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	15	55	56.9	27%	37	−12.7
90	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	15	62	59.9	24%	47	−8.8
91	Anthony Farinella	Bowling Green	15	78	57.8	19%	63	−17.7
92	Trevor Simms	Tulane	14	33	62.1	42%	19	−4.6
93	Drew Brown	Nebraska	14	39	61.6	36%	25	+4.3
94	Adam Centers	Wake Forest	14	42	62.0	33%	28	−4.9
95	Alex Wood	USC	14	44	63.3	32%	30	+4.4
96	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	14	52	61.9	27%	38	+8.6
97	Kip Smith	Oklahoma State	14	61	60.1	23%	47	+2.8
98	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	14	65	59.2	22%	50	+5.9
99	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	13	34	62.4	38%	20	0.0
100	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	13	40	56.5	33%	27	−6.6
101	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	13	44	61.6	30%	31	+1.4
102	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	13	50	59.3	26%	37	−11.1
103	Seamus McMorrow	San Diego State	13	51	63.2	25%	38	+6.0
104	Sean Galvin	UCF	13	51	60.6	25%	38	+0.5
105	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	13	55	60.0	24%	42	+4.4
106	Cole Netten	Iowa State	13	55	61.8	24%	42	+10.8
107	Spencer Evans	Baylor	13	81	55.6	16%	63	−4.8
108	Jim Cooper	Temple	12	59	61.7	20%	47	+12.6
109	Ian MacDougall	Purdue	11	23	60.4	48%	12	−8.5
110	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	11	28	63.8	39%	17	+6.8
111	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	11	28	62.1	39%	17	+5.7
112	Daniel Grochowski	Army	11	36	57.1	31%	25	−8.0
113	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	11	49	58.3	22%	37	+3.1
114	Maxwell Johnson	New Mexico State	10	31	59.0	32%	21	−0.3
115	Ricky Segers	Old Dominion	10	34	58.3	29%	24	−11.4
116	Adam McFain	Arkansas	10	38	60.9	26%	26	−4.9
117	Robert Stein	Akron	10	56	57.4	18%	46	−7.1
118	Mitchell Ludwig	Virginia Tech	9	26	60.0	35%	17	−2.7
119	Andre Heidari	USC	9	29	61.4	31%	20	−3.5
120	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	9	45	58.6	20%	36	−1.0
121	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	9	46	59.4	20%	37	−2.1
122	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	9	52	53.3	17%	43	−4.5
123	Alex Hanks	Georgia Southern	8	14	64.5	57%	6	+1.7
124	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	8	20	65.0	40%	12	+0.1
125	JK Scott	Alabama	8	24	62.5	33%	15	+1.1
126	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	8	31	59.3	26%	23	−4.5
127	Zach Matics	App State	8	33	58.8	24%	25	−10.8
128	Paul Griggs	Purdue	8	36	53.2	22%	27	−7.3
129	Erik Powell	Washington State	8	52	58.4	15%	42	+4.3
130	Zack Cimaglia	South Carolina	7	12	62.2	58%	5	−1.7
131	Kyle Peterson	Baylor	7	17	60.5	41%	10	+1.7
132	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	7	36	60.4	19%	29	+4.4
133	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	7	55	56.5	13%	48	−7.2
134	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	7	55	54.6	13%	48	−6.6
135	Mike Mugler	Western Kentucky	7	79	56.2	9%	72	−6.8
136	Cameron Gamble	LSU	6	15	61.4	40%	9	−1.2
137	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	6	18	61.9	33%	11	+2.1
138	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	6	22	57.1	27%	16	−3.8
139	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	6	29	59.2	21%	23	+2.0
140	Cody Clark	Middle Tennessee	6	60	57.9	10%	54	−3.1
141	David Reisner	Illinois	5	10	62.4	50%	5	−0.1
142	Aaron Del Grosso	Indiana	5	12	59.7	42%	6	−11.6
143	Preston Soper	Tulsa	5	14	59.7	36%	9	+2.8
144	Hayden Lekacz	Vanderbilt	5	18	58.6	28%	13	−5.1
145	Michael Badgley	Miami	5	19	59.4	26%	14	−2.5
146	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	5	27	60.2	19%	22	+0.7
147	Bobby Puyol	UConn	5	41	57.6	12%	36	+4.2
148	Austin Taylor	Florida International	5	43	58.4	12%	38	−3.5
149	Jon Brown	Louisville	4	9	62.8	44%	5	+0.7
150	Donny Hageman	San Diego State	4	14	63.4	29%	10	−0.1
151	Cody Rademacher	SMU	4	33	55.9	12%	29	−3.3
152	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	4	36	59.6	11%	32	−0.6
153	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	3	13	58.7	23%	10	−0.5
154	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	3	18	59.2	17%	15	+1.1
155	Trent Sherfield	Vanderbilt	2	3	65.0	67%	1	+0.6
156	George Bullock	Tennessee	2	10	60.9	20%	8	+0.6
157	John Henson	Arkansas	2	11	56.3	18%	8	+2.1
158	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	2	14	56.4	14%	12	−2.6
159	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	2	33	57.7	6%	31	−0.5
160	Mitchell Howard	Army	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
161	Nick Coffman	Missouri	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.5
162	Spencer Smith	Memphis	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
163	Tres Houston	Arkansas State	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
164	Tyler Williams	Marshall	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
165	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	1	3	65.3	33%	2	+0.7
166	Justin Haig	Marshall	1	3	37.3	33%	2	−1.6
167	Michael Branthover	Virginia Tech	1	3	57.7	33%	2	−2.2
168	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	1	3	62.0	33%	2	−1.8
169	Ade Aruna	Tulane	1	4	55.5	25%	3	−0.1
170	Ryan Frain	Illinois	1	4	63.0	25%	3	−0.4
171	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	1	5	46.8	20%	4	−1.5
172	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	1	5	60.4	20%	4	−0.9
173	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	1	5	55.4	20%	4	−4.5
174	Andy Pappanastos	Ole Miss	1	6	62.2	17%	5	+2.1
175	Ross Martin	Duke	1	6	61.3	17%	5	−2.4
176	Garrett Schwettman	Western Kentucky	1	9	47.9	11%	8	−3.7
177	Spencer Lindsay	Nebraska	1	9	58.4	11%	8	+0.1
178	Alex Louthan	New Mexico State	1	12	48.3	8%	11	−5.8
179	Carl Salazar	Tulsa	1	12	53.6	8%	11	−3.5
180	Cale Brewer	Army	1	20	57.3	5%	19	−6.4
181	Redford Jones	Tulsa	1	20	53.9	5%	19	−6.8
182	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	1	21	59.0	5%	20	+1.7
183	Jonathan Leiva	UNLV	1	25	50.2	4%	23	−8.9

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