2015 College Kickoff Return Yards Allowed Leaders

Total return yards gained against a specialist's kickoffs. It reflects his kick and his coverage team.

Lower is better, but volume matters. In 2015, Stephen Brauchle (1325) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff return yards allowed, ahead of Ty Cummings (1311) and Preston Soper (1308). 226 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 2015 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Stephen Brauchle	Southern Miss	1325	90	59.0	16%	76	−1.3
2	Ty Cummings	Houston	1311	93	62.5	29%	66	+11.4
3	Preston Soper	Tulsa	1308	76	58.2	16%	64	−17.9
4	Ben Grogan	Oklahoma State	1287	84	59.7	26%	62	−4.3
5	Spencer Evans	Baylor	1277	97	59.5	34%	61	−13.4
6	Andrew Gantz	Cincinnati	1217	83	62.7	36%	53	−1.7
7	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	1203	78	59.2	24%	59	−13.8
8	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	1194	72	60.8	25%	54	−10.3
9	Donny Hageman	San Diego State	1192	79	63.0	29%	56	+3.6
10	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	1177	78	61.4	23%	59	−1.5
11	Austin Grebe	Navy	1144	72	61.2	25%	54	+5.5
12	Andy Phillips	Utah	1091	75	60.3	25%	56	+0.6
13	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	1068	65	58.6	11%	58	+1.4
14	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	1041	74	59.9	28%	53	−1.4
15	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	1038	98	63.4	51%	48	+9.4
16	Tyler Mayes	Temple	1035	73	59.8	23%	56	+8.2
17	Lane Saling	Arkansas	1030	66	61.5	17%	55	+12.9
18	Alex Wood	USC	1029	65	62.0	15%	55	+8.3
19	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	1027	66	62.4	26%	48	+5.8
20	Matt Anderson	California	1014	76	56.4	20%	60	−12.9
21	Ryan Nuss	Western Kentucky	1009	64	57.0	13%	56	−4.5
22	Erik Powell	Washington State	973	71	56.1	25%	53	−6.6
23	Casey Skowron	Arizona	951	79	60.7	41%	47	−2.0
24	John Wallace	Louisville	944	68	62.9	40%	41	+3.7
25	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	941	72	59.3	39%	43	−4.7
26	Jake Bailey	Stanford	934	64	61.8	17%	51	+4.5
27	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	925	67	62.3	34%	44	+1.7
28	Michael Hill	South Florida	905	53	55.1	4%	51	−7.2
29	Tyler Tate	Bowling Green	901	85	61.9	48%	44	−4.4
30	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	899	65	61.7	35%	42	−2.2
31	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	894	63	58.8	33%	42	−17.1
32	Chris Graham	Colorado	894	57	63.1	30%	40	+5.2
33	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	846	72	62.3	40%	43	+12.7
34	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	836	50	56.6	14%	42	−9.7
35	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	835	86	62.3	43%	49	+12.2
36	Blake Brewer	Charlotte	830	49	61.6	27%	36	−1.9
37	Zach Matics	App State	816	76	62.1	51%	37	−3.8
38	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	815	59	60.8	36%	38	−8.1
39	Paul Griggs	Purdue	809	52	61.8	33%	35	−7.2
40	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	807	60	61.1	42%	34	−9.0
41	Austin Brasher	BYU	800	69	63.0	43%	38	+6.5
42	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	795	97	62.7	52%	47	+5.3
43	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	792	56	56.7	11%	49	+0.3
44	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	784	80	61.5	39%	48	+16.4
45	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	782	58	60.8	26%	43	+3.3
46	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	774	56	62.5	30%	38	−3.8
47	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	774	78	63.5	59%	32	+11.2
48	Matt Wogan	Oregon	760	91	63.5	62%	35	+10.6
49	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	759	64	61.7	45%	32	−1.5
50	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	755	46	56.3	15%	37	−10.8
51	Jack Willoughby	Ohio State	753	76	61.6	33%	49	+15.3
52	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	745	63	63.4	41%	37	+3.5
53	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	738	86	64.0	55%	39	+16.6
54	Ryan Norton	Syracuse	737	58	61.9	36%	37	+2.6
55	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	731	61	62.6	54%	27	−9.9
56	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	724	53	61.0	32%	36	−9.0
57	Ross Martin	Duke	712	65	59.0	31%	45	+8.1
58	Drew Brown	Nebraska	707	69	60.0	42%	40	−0.4
59	Chris Gough	Rutgers	703	55	59.5	20%	44	+1.2
60	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	703	58	59.9	34%	38	−2.0
61	Austin Taylor	Florida International	699	54	59.6	31%	37	−0.6
62	Josh Rode	Toledo	693	36	57.4	3%	35	−3.3
63	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	692	72	62.1	43%	41	+11.2
64	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	671	83	63.5	61%	32	+3.4
65	Kenny Allen	Michigan	666	67	62.1	49%	33	+13.1
66	Dylan Sims	Virginia	665	60	63.3	50%	30	0.0
67	Adam Griffith	Alabama	659	79	63.3	52%	35	+16.8
68	Jon Semerene	Miami	655	59	62.6	39%	36	+7.3
69	Trevor Simms	Tulane	654	51	63.3	43%	29	−3.9
70	Tyler Rausa	Boise State	633	86	61.9	59%	35	+3.9
71	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	628	66	62.5	47%	35	+9.0
72	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	620	30	60.9	20%	24	−0.5
73	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	615	54	61.8	46%	29	+4.1
74	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	613	56	63.3	66%	19	−8.5
75	Joey Julius	Penn State	610	49	63.2	43%	28	+2.3
76	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	595	67	61.7	49%	34	−13.0
77	Corey Fatony	Missouri	595	43	62.8	42%	25	−1.9
78	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	589	27	56.4	7%	25	−12.2
79	Cameron Gamble	LSU	584	35	60.6	14%	30	+6.3
80	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	582	65	61.5	54%	30	−0.9
81	Robert Stein	Akron	580	57	57.7	28%	41	0.0
82	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	574	57	61.3	49%	29	−5.0
83	Hayden Lekacz	Vanderbilt	569	45	57.8	22%	35	−2.9
84	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	564	61	62.9	52%	28	+6.1
85	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	558	59	62.1	53%	28	−1.8
86	Jake Thompson	Utah State	558	64	63.7	58%	27	+3.7
87	Samuel Vucelich	Toledo	551	34	59.1	9%	31	−3.7
88	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	550	49	58.9	24%	37	+5.7
89	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	548	87	61.7	63%	30	+7.9
90	Daniel Grochowski	Army	541	51	61.1	41%	30	+1.7
91	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	540	41	63.3	39%	25	+1.9
92	Jay Mattox	UTEP	521	50	63.8	52%	24	+7.7
93	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	520	77	62.9	55%	35	+14.2
94	Jack Fox	Rice	518	41	63.6	46%	22	−1.5
95	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	511	43	62.4	37%	27	−1.3
96	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	511	44	62.3	45%	24	−0.9
97	Jackson Maples	NC State	502	69	61.0	55%	31	−1.9
98	Gavin Patterson	South Alabama	499	29	60.8	17%	24	−1.0
99	Brad Craddock	Maryland	488	37	62.5	38%	23	+0.3
100	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	485	53	61.9	47%	27	−1.6
101	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	483	77	64.5	75%	19	+6.1
102	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	481	79	64.6	71%	23	+6.7
103	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	473	37	61.5	38%	23	+0.1
104	Greg Huegel	Clemson	469	22	62.0	18%	18	+1.2
105	Miles Butler	Kentucky	464	25	59.6	8%	23	−14.4
106	Chris Francis	Iowa State	462	24	59.2	8%	22	−1.6
107	Eric Keena	North Texas	458	32	62.6	44%	18	−5.2
108	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	457	72	62.5	57%	31	+12.8
109	Cole Netten	Iowa State	451	36	59.6	22%	28	+2.7
110	Trent Domingue	LSU	451	31	58.4	23%	24	−5.8
111	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	447	62	63.5	66%	21	+4.3
112	Austin Lopez	San José State	441	39	60.4	49%	20	−8.4
113	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	439	64	63.2	64%	23	+6.0
114	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	436	40	60.0	35%	26	+2.1
115	Ricky Segers	Old Dominion	435	20	60.0	0%	20	−1.3
116	Bryce Crawford	San José State	430	22	57.4	27%	16	−14.7
117	Chad Hedlund	SMU	420	59	64.0	68%	19	+5.5
118	Chris Kirtley	Old Dominion	419	27	51.4	4%	26	−10.0
119	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	412	30	56.3	10%	26	−1.6
120	Colton Lichtenberg	Boston College	412	24	60.1	17%	20	0.0
121	Jed Solomon	Troy	409	61	61.8	59%	25	+7.8
122	Donald Delahaye	UCF	409	32	61.5	34%	21	−3.2
123	Matt Micucci	Northwestern	403	31	57.4	23%	24	−2.0
124	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	402	36	60.0	25%	27	+7.2
125	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	402	66	63.9	70%	20	+9.4
126	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	398	30	60.4	17%	25	+5.1
127	Michael Tarbutt	UConn	394	25	57.4	20%	20	−4.6
128	Matt Boermeester	USC	382	18	62.1	6%	17	−0.9
129	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	364	42	60.9	48%	22	−2.3
130	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	357	19	59.1	26%	14	−11.5
131	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	348	62	64.3	73%	16	+5.8
132	Luke Strebel	Air Force	338	42	62.1	57%	18	−0.8
133	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	331	23	49.9	4%	21	−11.0
134	Bobby Puyol	UConn	323	22	59.9	45%	12	−2.2
135	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	320	60	63.2	68%	18	−0.5
136	Adam Greene	Maryland	310	19	55.8	11%	17	−2.2
137	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	302	57	63.6	68%	18	+10.4
138	Jack Russell	Wisconsin	300	20	55.6	10%	18	−3.1
139	Jake Elliott	Memphis	295	95	64.3	76%	23	+15.2
140	Landon Ard	South Carolina	288	59	63.2	71%	17	+7.0
141	Nick Rose	Texas	270	60	63.8	77%	14	+2.4
142	Austin Hardin	Florida	269	44	64.2	66%	15	−0.7
143	Mauro Bondi	Hawai'i	268	13	63.8	31%	9	−3.4
144	Nick Dowd	Miami (OH)	240	10	61.7	0%	10	−0.5
145	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	239	24	61.0	46%	13	+2.0
146	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	223	23	64.2	61%	9	+7.2
147	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	219	36	64.5	72%	10	+5.4
148	Jorge Powell	Florida	213	18	62.8	33%	12	+2.2
149	Conrad Ukropina	Stanford	209	17	59.5	24%	13	−0.4
150	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	195	13	54.2	0%	12	−0.7
151	Alex Hanks	Georgia Southern	185	22	60.2	36%	14	+3.3
152	Alex Howell	Boston College	178	18	55.4	22%	14	+1.3
153	Carlos Alvarez	Louisiana	175	13	53.1	0%	13	+0.7
154	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	173	32	64.0	72%	9	+5.5
155	Austin Jones	Temple	166	8	59.5	0%	8	−1.1
156	Michael Badgley	Miami	161	8	62.8	38%	5	−0.7
157	Victor Falcon	UTSA	157	15	64.3	60%	6	−0.1
158	Gavin Jernigan	Navy	155	7	60.7	0%	7	−3.6
159	Matthew Wright	UCF	152	8	63.3	0%	8	+2.4
160	Matthew Philichi	Air Force	148	3	63.3	0%	3	+0.7
161	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	144	6	58.3	0%	6	−3.3
162	Nick Fields	Bowling Green	140	11	45.7	0%	11	−12.0
163	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	138	9	61.8	11%	8	0.0
164	Trevor Moore	North Texas	119	8	63.5	13%	7	+3.8
165	Aaron Novoa	Hawai'i	112	5	62.8	0%	5	+0.8
166	Cameron Decell	Rice	112	6	65.0	33%	4	−0.1
167	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	111	8	59.0	13%	7	+1.4
168	Collin Barber	Georgia	111	9	62.1	56%	4	−2.2
169	Connor Torruella	East Carolina	102	5	63.0	20%	4	+0.4
170	Josh Lambert	West Virginia	102	2	55.5	0%	2	−3.2
171	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	100	6	46.0	0%	6	−6.9
172	Corey Edwards	BYU	99	7	56.4	14%	6	−0.2
173	Steve Drida	Ball State	96	5	59.0	0%	5	−0.5
174	Evan Jakubowski	Miami (OH)	93	4	58.3	0%	4	−1.3
175	Noah Beito	California	89	4	57.8	0%	4	−1.5
176	Stone Wilson	Florida International	86	5	61.0	20%	4	−0.9
177	Ian Crist	Oregon State	62	2	51.5	0%	2	−2.7
178	Tyler Davis	Penn State	60	9	59.3	33%	6	+1.1
179	Brock Warren	Utah State	60	4	56.3	25%	3	−0.8
180	Mike Molina	West Virginia	59	7	63.6	43%	4	+2.7
181	Bratcher Underwood	Troy	48	2	65.0	0%	2	+0.4
182	Daniel LaCamera	Texas A&M	47	4	63.0	50%	2	+0.2
183	Dillon Wilson	Kansas State	46	2	58.0	0%	2	−0.5
184	Mike Knoll	Boston College	46	3	63.3	33%	2	0.0
185	Jonathan Song	TCU	44	2	63.5	0%	2	+0.5
186	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	44	2	61.5	0%	2	+0.2
187	Adam McFain	Arkansas	43	2	57.5	0%	2	0.0
188	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	41	3	65.0	33%	2	+1.0
189	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	41	1	63.0	0%	1	−1.5
190	Josh Pollack	Arizona	39	2	65.0	0%	2	+0.9
191	Justin Vogel	Miami	38	5	61.8	40%	3	−0.4
192	James Mayden	Rice	34	5	63.8	60%	2	+1.2
193	Michael Santamaria	Virginia Tech	34	2	50.0	0%	2	−0.9
194	Quentin Breshears	Washington State	33	3	55.7	0%	3	+1.2
195	Parker Shaunfield	Southern Miss	33	1	50.0	0%	1	−1.9
196	Kyle Jacobs	Colorado State	32	4	62.3	25%	3	0.0
197	Diego Gonzalez	Colorado	30	2	37.0	0%	2	−2.1
198	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	29	2	61.5	0%	2	+1.1
199	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	27	1	64.0	0%	1	−0.1
200	Spencer Lindsay	Nebraska	26	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.1
201	Chris Gulla	Penn State	25	3	47.0	0%	2	+0.1
202	Taylor Knopf	Rice	25	1	60.0	0%	1	−0.3
203	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	24	2	59.0	0%	2	−3.4
204	Johnny Townsend	Florida	24	1	66.0	0%	1	−1.0
205	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	24	1	52.0	0%	1	−1.4
206	Jack Cantele	Kansas State	23	7	39.4	0%	7	+0.4
207	Alex Spence	Clemson	23	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.3
208	Christian Groomes	Clemson	22	1	62.0	0%	1	+0.1
209	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	21	1	70.0	0%	1	−0.3
210	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	20	2	58.5	0%	2	−0.8
211	David Reisner	Illinois	20	2	58.0	50%	1	−0.5
212	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	19	2	51.0	0%	2	−2.1
213	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	19	1	60.0	0%	1	+0.2
214	Jon Halliday	Utah	19	1	62.0	0%	1	+0.3
215	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	19	1	62.0	0%	1	−0.9
216	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	18	4	49.3	50%	2	−2.2
217	Michael Armstrong	SMU	17	1	11.0	0%	1	−3.2
218	Andy Pappanastos	Ole Miss	16	1	64.0	0%	1	+0.6
219	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	16	1	46.0	0%	1	−2.1
220	Kyle Bambard	NC State	15	1	60.0	0%	1	+0.4
221	Wyatt Bryan	Colorado State	13	2	59.5	0%	2	−0.3
222	Justin Wain	UConn	12	2	54.0	0%	2	−0.9
223	Daniel Zivney	Air Force	12	3	64.3	67%	1	+1.0
224	Johnathan Galante	Virginia Tech	11	1	55.0	0%	1	+0.6
225	Arthur Omilian	Northwestern	8	1	45.0	0%	1	−0.1
226	James Farrimond	Rice	4	1	15.0	0%	1	−2.4

All 2015 College kickoff specialist rankings

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