2015 College Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage Leaders

The share of kickoffs that crossed a sideline before anyone touched them. It is a penalty and gives the receiving team good field position.

Lowest comes first. Most specialists are at or near zero. In 2015, Nick Hodgson (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Nick Weiler (0.0%) and Spencer Evans (0.0%). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 0.0%.

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 2015 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	0.0%	98	63.4	51%	48	+9.4
2	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	0.0%	97	62.7	52%	47	+5.3
3	Spencer Evans	Baylor	0.0%	97	59.5	34%	61	−13.4
4	Jake Elliott	Memphis	0.0%	95	64.3	76%	23	+15.2
5	Ty Cummings	Houston	0.0%	93	62.5	29%	66	+11.4
6	Matt Wogan	Oregon	0.0%	91	63.5	62%	35	+10.6
7	Stephen Brauchle	Southern Miss	0.0%	90	59.0	16%	76	−1.3
8	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	0.0%	87	61.7	63%	30	+7.9
9	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	0.0%	86	62.3	43%	49	+12.2
10	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	0.0%	86	64.0	55%	39	+16.6
11	Tyler Rausa	Boise State	0.0%	86	61.9	59%	35	+3.9
12	Tyler Tate	Bowling Green	0.0%	85	61.9	48%	44	−4.4
13	Ben Grogan	Oklahoma State	0.0%	84	59.7	26%	62	−4.3
14	Andrew Gantz	Cincinnati	0.0%	83	62.7	36%	53	−1.7
15	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	0.0%	83	63.5	61%	32	+3.4
16	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	0.0%	80	61.5	39%	48	+16.4
17	Adam Griffith	Alabama	0.0%	79	63.3	52%	35	+16.8
18	Casey Skowron	Arizona	0.0%	79	60.7	41%	47	−2.0
19	Donny Hageman	San Diego State	0.0%	79	63.0	29%	56	+3.6
20	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	0.0%	79	64.6	71%	23	+6.7
21	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	78	59.2	24%	59	−13.8
22	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	0.0%	78	63.5	59%	32	+11.2
23	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	0.0%	77	62.9	55%	35	+14.2
24	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	0.0%	77	64.5	75%	19	+6.1
25	Matt Anderson	California	0.0%	76	56.4	20%	60	−12.9
26	Preston Soper	Tulsa	0.0%	76	58.2	16%	64	−17.9
27	Zach Matics	App State	0.0%	76	62.1	51%	37	−3.8
28	Andy Phillips	Utah	0.0%	75	60.3	25%	56	+0.6
29	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	0.0%	74	59.9	28%	53	−1.4
30	Tyler Mayes	Temple	0.0%	73	59.8	23%	56	+8.2
31	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	0.0%	72	59.3	39%	43	−4.7
32	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	0.0%	72	62.5	57%	31	+12.8
33	Austin Grebe	Navy	0.0%	72	61.2	25%	54	+5.5
34	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	72	60.8	25%	54	−10.3
35	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	0.0%	72	62.3	40%	43	+12.7
36	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	0.0%	72	62.1	43%	41	+11.2
37	Erik Powell	Washington State	0.0%	71	56.1	25%	53	−6.6
38	Drew Brown	Nebraska	0.0%	69	60.0	42%	40	−0.4
39	Jackson Maples	NC State	0.0%	69	61.0	55%	31	−1.9
40	John Wallace	Louisville	0.0%	68	62.9	40%	41	+3.7
41	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	0.0%	67	61.7	49%	34	−13.0
42	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	0.0%	67	62.3	34%	44	+1.7
43	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	0.0%	66	63.9	70%	20	+9.4
44	Lane Saling	Arkansas	0.0%	66	61.5	17%	55	+12.9
45	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	0.0%	66	62.5	47%	35	+9.0
46	Alex Wood	USC	0.0%	65	62.0	15%	55	+8.3
47	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	0.0%	65	61.5	54%	30	−0.9
48	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	0.0%	65	58.6	11%	58	+1.4
49	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	0.0%	65	61.7	35%	42	−2.2
50	Ross Martin	Duke	0.0%	65	59.0	31%	45	+8.1
51	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	0.0%	64	63.2	64%	23	+6.0
52	Jake Thompson	Utah State	0.0%	64	63.7	58%	27	+3.7
53	Ryan Nuss	Western Kentucky	0.0%	64	57.0	13%	56	−4.5
54	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	0.0%	63	63.4	41%	37	+3.5
55	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	0.0%	63	58.8	33%	42	−17.1
56	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	0.0%	62	63.5	66%	21	+4.3
57	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	61	62.9	52%	28	+6.1
58	Jed Solomon	Troy	0.0%	61	61.8	59%	25	+7.8
59	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	0.0%	61	62.6	54%	27	−9.9
60	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	0.0%	60	61.1	42%	34	−9.0
61	Dylan Sims	Virginia	0.0%	60	63.3	50%	30	0.0
62	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	0.0%	60	63.2	68%	18	−0.5
63	Nick Rose	Texas	0.0%	60	63.8	77%	14	+2.4
64	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	0.0%	59	62.1	53%	28	−1.8
65	Chad Hedlund	SMU	0.0%	59	64.0	68%	19	+5.5
66	Jon Semerene	Miami	0.0%	59	62.6	39%	36	+7.3
67	Landon Ard	South Carolina	0.0%	59	63.2	71%	17	+7.0
68	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	0.0%	59	60.8	36%	38	−8.1
69	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	0.0%	58	60.8	26%	43	+3.3
70	Ryan Norton	Syracuse	0.0%	58	61.9	36%	37	+2.6
71	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	0.0%	58	59.9	34%	38	−2.0
72	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	57	61.3	49%	29	−5.0
73	Chris Graham	Colorado	0.0%	57	63.1	30%	40	+5.2
74	Robert Stein	Akron	0.0%	57	57.7	28%	41	0.0
75	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	0.0%	57	63.6	68%	18	+10.4
76	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	0.0%	56	56.7	11%	49	+0.3
77	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	0.0%	56	63.3	66%	19	−8.5
78	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	0.0%	56	62.5	30%	38	−3.8
79	Chris Gough	Rutgers	0.0%	55	59.5	20%	44	+1.2
80	Austin Taylor	Florida International	0.0%	54	59.6	31%	37	−0.6
81	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	0.0%	54	61.8	46%	29	+4.1
82	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	0.0%	53	61.0	32%	36	−9.0
83	Michael Hill	South Florida	0.0%	53	55.1	4%	51	−7.2
84	Paul Griggs	Purdue	0.0%	52	61.8	33%	35	−7.2
85	Daniel Grochowski	Army	0.0%	51	61.1	41%	30	+1.7
86	Trevor Simms	Tulane	0.0%	51	63.3	43%	29	−3.9
87	Jay Mattox	UTEP	0.0%	50	63.8	52%	24	+7.7
88	Blake Brewer	Charlotte	0.0%	49	61.6	27%	36	−1.9
89	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	0.0%	49	58.9	24%	37	+5.7
90	Joey Julius	Penn State	0.0%	49	63.2	43%	28	+2.3
91	Hayden Lekacz	Vanderbilt	0.0%	45	57.8	22%	35	−2.9
92	Austin Hardin	Florida	0.0%	44	64.2	66%	15	−0.7
93	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	0.0%	44	62.3	45%	24	−0.9
94	Corey Fatony	Missouri	0.0%	43	62.8	42%	25	−1.9
95	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	0.0%	43	62.4	37%	27	−1.3
96	Luke Strebel	Air Force	0.0%	42	62.1	57%	18	−0.8
97	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	0.0%	42	60.9	48%	22	−2.3
98	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	0.0%	41	63.3	39%	25	+1.9
99	Jack Fox	Rice	0.0%	41	63.6	46%	22	−1.5
100	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	0.0%	40	60.0	35%	26	+2.1
101	Austin Lopez	San José State	0.0%	39	60.4	49%	20	−8.4
102	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	0.0%	37	61.5	38%	23	+0.1
103	Brad Craddock	Maryland	0.0%	37	62.5	38%	23	+0.3
104	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	0.0%	36	60.0	25%	27	+7.2
105	Cole Netten	Iowa State	0.0%	36	59.6	22%	28	+2.7
106	Josh Rode	Toledo	0.0%	36	57.4	3%	35	−3.3
107	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	0.0%	36	64.5	72%	10	+5.4
108	Cameron Gamble	LSU	0.0%	35	60.6	14%	30	+6.3
109	Samuel Vucelich	Toledo	0.0%	34	59.1	9%	31	−3.7
110	Donald Delahaye	UCF	0.0%	32	61.5	34%	21	−3.2
111	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	0.0%	32	64.0	72%	9	+5.5
112	Eric Keena	North Texas	0.0%	32	62.6	44%	18	−5.2
113	Matt Micucci	Northwestern	0.0%	31	57.4	23%	24	−2.0
114	Trent Domingue	LSU	0.0%	31	58.4	23%	24	−5.8
115	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	0.0%	30	60.9	20%	24	−0.5
116	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	0.0%	30	60.4	17%	25	+5.1
117	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	1.3%	78	61.4	23%	59	−1.5
118	Austin Brasher	BYU	1.4%	69	63.0	43%	38	+6.5
119	Kenny Allen	Michigan	1.5%	67	62.1	49%	33	+13.1
120	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	1.5%	66	62.4	26%	48	+5.8
121	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	1.6%	64	61.7	45%	32	−1.5
122	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	1.6%	62	64.3	73%	16	+5.8
123	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	1.9%	53	61.9	47%	27	−1.6
124	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	2.0%	50	56.6	14%	42	−9.7
125	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	2.2%	46	56.3	15%	37	−10.8
126	Jack Willoughby	Ohio State	2.6%	76	61.6	33%	49	+15.3
127	Jake Bailey	Stanford	3.1%	64	61.8	17%	51	+4.5
128	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	3.3%	30	56.3	10%	26	−1.6

All 2015 College kickoff specialist rankings

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