2015 College Kickoff Points per 100 Kickoffs Leaders

Kickoff points added divided by kickoffs, times 100. It compares specialists with different workloads fairly.

Only specialists with enough kickoffs are ranked. In 2015, Adam Griffith (+21.3) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Aaron Medley (+20.5) and Andrew Endicott (+20.1). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.5.

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	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Adam Griffith	Alabama	+21.3	79	63.3	52%	35	+16.8
2	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	+20.5	80	61.5	39%	48	+16.4
3	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	+20.1	36	60.0	25%	27	+7.2
4	Jack Willoughby	Ohio State	+20.1	76	61.6	33%	49	+15.3
5	Kenny Allen	Michigan	+19.6	67	62.1	49%	33	+13.1
6	Lane Saling	Arkansas	+19.5	66	61.5	17%	55	+12.9
7	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	+19.3	86	64.0	55%	39	+16.6
8	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	+18.4	77	62.9	55%	35	+14.2
9	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	+18.3	57	63.6	68%	18	+10.4
10	Cameron Gamble	LSU	+17.9	35	60.6	14%	30	+6.3
11	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	+17.8	72	62.5	57%	31	+12.8
12	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	+17.6	72	62.3	40%	43	+12.7
13	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	+17.3	32	64.0	72%	9	+5.5
14	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	+17.1	30	60.4	17%	25	+5.1
15	Jake Elliott	Memphis	+16.0	95	64.3	76%	23	+15.2
16	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	+15.6	72	62.1	43%	41	+11.2
17	Jay Mattox	UTEP	+15.4	50	63.8	52%	24	+7.7
18	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	+15.0	36	64.5	72%	10	+5.4
19	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	+14.3	78	63.5	59%	32	+11.2
20	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	+14.3	66	63.9	70%	20	+9.4
21	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	+14.2	86	62.3	43%	49	+12.2
22	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	+13.6	66	62.5	47%	35	+9.0
23	Jed Solomon	Troy	+12.7	61	61.8	59%	25	+7.8
24	Alex Wood	USC	+12.7	65	62.0	15%	55	+8.3
25	Ross Martin	Duke	+12.5	65	59.0	31%	45	+8.1
26	Jon Semerene	Miami	+12.3	59	62.6	39%	36	+7.3
27	Ty Cummings	Houston	+12.2	93	62.5	29%	66	+11.4
28	Landon Ard	South Carolina	+11.9	59	63.2	71%	17	+7.0
29	Matt Wogan	Oregon	+11.7	91	63.5	62%	35	+10.6
30	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	+11.6	49	58.9	24%	37	+5.7
31	Tyler Mayes	Temple	+11.3	73	59.8	23%	56	+8.2
32	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	+10.0	61	62.9	52%	28	+6.1
33	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	+9.6	98	63.4	51%	48	+9.4
34	Austin Brasher	BYU	+9.4	69	63.0	43%	38	+6.5
35	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	+9.4	62	64.3	73%	16	+5.8
36	Chad Hedlund	SMU	+9.4	59	64.0	68%	19	+5.5
37	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	+9.4	64	63.2	64%	23	+6.0
38	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	+9.1	87	61.7	63%	30	+7.9
39	Chris Graham	Colorado	+9.0	57	63.1	30%	40	+5.2
40	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	+8.7	66	62.4	26%	48	+5.8
41	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	+8.5	79	64.6	71%	23	+6.7
42	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	+7.9	77	64.5	75%	19	+6.1
43	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	+7.7	54	61.8	46%	29	+4.1
44	Austin Grebe	Navy	+7.6	72	61.2	25%	54	+5.5
45	Cole Netten	Iowa State	+7.6	36	59.6	22%	28	+2.7
46	Jake Bailey	Stanford	+7.0	64	61.8	17%	51	+4.5
47	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	+6.9	62	63.5	66%	21	+4.3
48	Jake Thompson	Utah State	+5.8	64	63.7	58%	27	+3.7
49	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	+5.7	58	60.8	26%	43	+3.3
50	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	+5.6	63	63.4	41%	37	+3.5
51	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	+5.5	97	62.7	52%	47	+5.3
52	John Wallace	Louisville	+5.4	68	62.9	40%	41	+3.7
53	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	+5.4	40	60.0	35%	26	+2.1
54	Joey Julius	Penn State	+4.6	49	63.2	43%	28	+2.3
55	Tyler Rausa	Boise State	+4.6	86	61.9	59%	35	+3.9
56	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	+4.6	41	63.3	39%	25	+1.9
57	Ryan Norton	Syracuse	+4.5	58	61.9	36%	37	+2.6
58	Donny Hageman	San Diego State	+4.5	79	63.0	29%	56	+3.6
59	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	+4.1	83	63.5	61%	32	+3.4
60	Nick Rose	Texas	+4.0	60	63.8	77%	14	+2.4
61	Daniel Grochowski	Army	+3.4	51	61.1	41%	30	+1.7
62	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	+2.6	67	62.3	34%	44	+1.7
63	Chris Gough	Rutgers	+2.1	55	59.5	20%	44	+1.2
64	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	+2.1	65	58.6	11%	58	+1.4
65	Brad Craddock	Maryland	+0.8	37	62.5	38%	23	+0.3
66	Andy Phillips	Utah	+0.8	75	60.3	25%	56	+0.6
67	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	+0.6	56	56.7	11%	49	+0.3
68	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	+0.3	37	61.5	38%	23	+0.1
69	Robert Stein	Akron	0.0	57	57.7	28%	41	0.0
70	Dylan Sims	Virginia	−0.1	60	63.3	50%	30	0.0
71	Drew Brown	Nebraska	−0.6	69	60.0	42%	40	−0.4
72	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	−0.9	60	63.2	68%	18	−0.5
73	Austin Taylor	Florida International	−1.0	54	59.6	31%	37	−0.6
74	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	−1.3	65	61.5	54%	30	−0.9
75	Stephen Brauchle	Southern Miss	−1.4	90	59.0	16%	76	−1.3
76	Austin Hardin	Florida	−1.6	44	64.2	66%	15	−0.7
77	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	−1.7	30	60.9	20%	24	−0.5
78	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	−1.9	78	61.4	23%	59	−1.5
79	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	−1.9	74	59.9	28%	53	−1.4
80	Andrew Gantz	Cincinnati	−2.0	83	62.7	36%	53	−1.7
81	Luke Strebel	Air Force	−2.0	42	62.1	57%	18	−0.8
82	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	−2.0	44	62.3	45%	24	−0.9
83	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	−2.3	64	61.7	45%	32	−1.5
84	Casey Skowron	Arizona	−2.5	79	60.7	41%	47	−2.0
85	Jackson Maples	NC State	−2.8	69	61.0	55%	31	−1.9
86	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	−2.9	53	61.9	47%	27	−1.6
87	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	−3.1	43	62.4	37%	27	−1.3
88	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	−3.1	59	62.1	53%	28	−1.8
89	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	−3.4	65	61.7	35%	42	−2.2
90	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	−3.5	58	59.9	34%	38	−2.0
91	Jack Fox	Rice	−3.6	41	63.6	46%	22	−1.5
92	Blake Brewer	Charlotte	−3.9	49	61.6	27%	36	−1.9
93	Corey Fatony	Missouri	−4.5	43	62.8	42%	25	−1.9
94	Zach Matics	App State	−5.0	76	62.1	51%	37	−3.8
95	Ben Grogan	Oklahoma State	−5.1	84	59.7	26%	62	−4.3
96	Tyler Tate	Bowling Green	−5.2	85	61.9	48%	44	−4.4
97	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	−5.3	30	56.3	10%	26	−1.6
98	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	−5.5	42	60.9	48%	22	−2.3
99	Matt Micucci	Northwestern	−6.3	31	57.4	23%	24	−2.0
100	Hayden Lekacz	Vanderbilt	−6.4	45	57.8	22%	35	−2.9
101	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	−6.5	72	59.3	39%	43	−4.7
102	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	−6.8	56	62.5	30%	38	−3.8
103	Ryan Nuss	Western Kentucky	−7.0	64	57.0	13%	56	−4.5
104	Trevor Simms	Tulane	−7.6	51	63.3	43%	29	−3.9
105	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	−8.8	57	61.3	49%	29	−5.0
106	Josh Rode	Toledo	−9.1	36	57.4	3%	35	−3.3
107	Erik Powell	Washington State	−9.3	71	56.1	25%	53	−6.6
108	Donald Delahaye	UCF	−9.9	32	61.5	34%	21	−3.2
109	Samuel Vucelich	Toledo	−10.8	34	59.1	9%	31	−3.7
110	Michael Hill	South Florida	−13.6	53	55.1	4%	51	−7.2
111	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	−13.7	59	60.8	36%	38	−8.1
112	Spencer Evans	Baylor	−13.8	97	59.5	34%	61	−13.4
113	Paul Griggs	Purdue	−13.9	52	61.8	33%	35	−7.2
114	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	−14.3	72	60.8	25%	54	−10.3
115	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	−15.0	60	61.1	42%	34	−9.0
116	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	−15.1	56	63.3	66%	19	−8.5
117	Eric Keena	North Texas	−16.2	32	62.6	44%	18	−5.2
118	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	−16.3	61	62.6	54%	27	−9.9
119	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	−16.9	53	61.0	32%	36	−9.0
120	Matt Anderson	California	−17.0	76	56.4	20%	60	−12.9
121	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	−17.6	78	59.2	24%	59	−13.8
122	Trent Domingue	LSU	−18.7	31	58.4	23%	24	−5.8
123	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	−19.5	67	61.7	49%	34	−13.0
124	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	−19.5	50	56.6	14%	42	−9.7
125	Austin Lopez	San José State	−21.7	39	60.4	49%	20	−8.4
126	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	−23.4	46	56.3	15%	37	−10.8
127	Preston Soper	Tulsa	−23.6	76	58.2	16%	64	−17.9
128	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	−27.1	63	58.8	33%	42	−17.1

All 2015 College kickoff specialist rankings

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