2015 College Kickoff Points Added Leaders

Each kickoff's expected-points result compared with the league-average kickoff, added up over the season. Onside kicks are left out. It credits the kicker and the coverage team together.

Positive means he did better than an average kickoff. In 2015, Adam Griffith (+16.8) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Nathan Noble (+16.6) and Aaron Medley (+16.4). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +0.9.

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

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