2015 College Kickoff Returns Allowed Leaders

Kickoffs the receiving team brought out of the end zone. More returns mean more chances for a big return, but also more chances to be tackled short.

Compare with return yards allowed. In 2015, Stephen Brauchle (76) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff returns allowed, ahead of Ty Cummings (66) and Preston Soper (64). 236 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	Returns	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Points
1	Stephen Brauchle	Southern Miss	76	90	59.0	16%	−1.3
2	Ty Cummings	Houston	66	93	62.5	29%	+11.4
3	Preston Soper	Tulsa	64	76	58.2	16%	−17.9
4	Ben Grogan	Oklahoma State	62	84	59.7	26%	−4.3
5	Spencer Evans	Baylor	61	97	59.5	34%	−13.4
6	Matt Anderson	California	60	76	56.4	20%	−12.9
7	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	59	78	59.2	24%	−13.8
8	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	59	78	61.4	23%	−1.5
9	Josiah Yazdani	Ohio	58	65	58.6	11%	+1.4
10	Donny Hageman	San Diego State	56	79	63.0	29%	+3.6
11	Andy Phillips	Utah	56	75	60.3	25%	+0.6
12	Tyler Mayes	Temple	56	73	59.8	23%	+8.2
13	Ryan Nuss	Western Kentucky	56	64	57.0	13%	−4.5
14	Lane Saling	Arkansas	55	66	61.5	17%	+12.9
15	Alex Wood	USC	55	65	62.0	15%	+8.3
16	Austin Grebe	Navy	54	72	61.2	25%	+5.5
17	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	54	72	60.8	25%	−10.3
18	Andrew Gantz	Cincinnati	53	83	62.7	36%	−1.7
19	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	53	74	59.9	28%	−1.4
20	Erik Powell	Washington State	53	71	56.1	25%	−6.6
21	Jake Bailey	Stanford	51	64	61.8	17%	+4.5
22	Michael Hill	South Florida	51	53	55.1	4%	−7.2
23	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	49	86	62.3	43%	+12.2
24	Jack Willoughby	Ohio State	49	76	61.6	33%	+15.3
25	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	49	56	56.7	11%	+0.3
26	Nick Hodgson	Oklahoma	48	98	63.4	51%	+9.4
27	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	48	80	61.5	39%	+16.4
28	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	48	66	62.4	26%	+5.8
29	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	47	97	62.7	52%	+5.3
30	Casey Skowron	Arizona	47	79	60.7	41%	−2.0
31	Ross Martin	Duke	45	65	59.0	31%	+8.1
32	Tyler Tate	Bowling Green	44	85	61.9	48%	−4.4
33	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	44	67	62.3	34%	+1.7
34	Chris Gough	Rutgers	44	55	59.5	20%	+1.2
35	Ammon Lakip	Clemson	43	72	59.3	39%	−4.7
36	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	43	72	62.3	40%	+12.7
37	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	43	58	60.8	26%	+3.3
38	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	42	65	61.7	35%	−2.2
39	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	42	63	58.8	33%	−17.1
40	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	42	50	56.6	14%	−9.7
41	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	41	72	62.1	43%	+11.2
42	John Wallace	Louisville	41	68	62.9	40%	+3.7
43	Robert Stein	Akron	41	57	57.7	28%	0.0
44	Drew Brown	Nebraska	40	69	60.0	42%	−0.4
45	Chris Graham	Colorado	40	57	63.1	30%	+5.2
46	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	39	86	64.0	55%	+16.6
47	Austin Brasher	BYU	38	69	63.0	43%	+6.5
48	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	38	59	60.8	36%	−8.1
49	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	38	58	59.9	34%	−2.0
50	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	38	56	62.5	30%	−3.8
51	Zach Matics	App State	37	76	62.1	51%	−3.8
52	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	37	63	63.4	41%	+3.5
53	Ryan Norton	Syracuse	37	58	61.9	36%	+2.6
54	Austin Taylor	Florida International	37	54	59.6	31%	−0.6
55	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	37	49	58.9	24%	+5.7
56	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	37	46	56.3	15%	−10.8
57	Jon Semerene	Miami	36	59	62.6	39%	+7.3
58	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	36	53	61.0	32%	−9.0
59	Blake Brewer	Charlotte	36	49	61.6	27%	−1.9
60	Matt Wogan	Oregon	35	91	63.5	62%	+10.6
61	Tyler Rausa	Boise State	35	86	61.9	59%	+3.9
62	Adam Griffith	Alabama	35	79	63.3	52%	+16.8
63	Roberto Aguayo	Florida State	35	77	62.9	55%	+14.2
64	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	35	66	62.5	47%	+9.0
65	Paul Griggs	Purdue	35	52	61.8	33%	−7.2
66	Hayden Lekacz	Vanderbilt	35	45	57.8	22%	−2.9
67	Josh Rode	Toledo	35	36	57.4	3%	−3.3
68	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	34	67	61.7	49%	−13.0
69	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	34	60	61.1	42%	−9.0
70	Kenny Allen	Michigan	33	67	62.1	49%	+13.1
71	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	32	83	63.5	61%	+3.4
72	Marshall Koehn	Iowa	32	78	63.5	59%	+11.2
73	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	32	64	61.7	45%	−1.5
74	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	31	72	62.5	57%	+12.8
75	Jackson Maples	NC State	31	69	61.0	55%	−1.9
76	Samuel Vucelich	Toledo	31	34	59.1	9%	−3.7
77	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	30	87	61.7	63%	+7.9
78	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	30	65	61.5	54%	−0.9
79	Dylan Sims	Virginia	30	60	63.3	50%	0.0
80	Daniel Grochowski	Army	30	51	61.1	41%	+1.7
81	Cameron Gamble	LSU	30	35	60.6	14%	+6.3
82	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	29	57	61.3	49%	−5.0
83	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	29	54	61.8	46%	+4.1
84	Trevor Simms	Tulane	29	51	63.3	43%	−3.9
85	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	28	61	62.9	52%	+6.1
86	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	28	59	62.1	53%	−1.8
87	Joey Julius	Penn State	28	49	63.2	43%	+2.3
88	Cole Netten	Iowa State	28	36	59.6	22%	+2.7
89	Jake Thompson	Utah State	27	64	63.7	58%	+3.7
90	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	27	61	62.6	54%	−9.9
91	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	27	53	61.9	47%	−1.6
92	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	27	43	62.4	37%	−1.3
93	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	27	36	60.0	25%	+7.2
94	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	26	40	60.0	35%	+2.1
95	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	26	30	56.3	10%	−1.6
96	Chris Kirtley	Old Dominion	26	27	51.4	4%	−10.0
97	Jed Solomon	Troy	25	61	61.8	59%	+7.8
98	Corey Fatony	Missouri	25	43	62.8	42%	−1.9
99	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	25	41	63.3	39%	+1.9
100	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	25	30	60.4	17%	+5.1
101	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	25	27	56.4	7%	−12.2
102	Jay Mattox	UTEP	24	50	63.8	52%	+7.7
103	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	24	44	62.3	45%	−0.9
104	Matt Micucci	Northwestern	24	31	57.4	23%	−2.0
105	Trent Domingue	LSU	24	31	58.4	23%	−5.8
106	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	24	30	60.9	20%	−0.5
107	Gavin Patterson	South Alabama	24	29	60.8	17%	−1.0
108	Jake Elliott	Memphis	23	95	64.3	76%	+15.2
109	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	23	79	64.6	71%	+6.7
110	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	23	64	63.2	64%	+6.0
111	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	23	37	61.5	38%	+0.1
112	Brad Craddock	Maryland	23	37	62.5	38%	+0.3
113	Miles Butler	Kentucky	23	25	59.6	8%	−14.4
114	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	22	42	60.9	48%	−2.3
115	Jack Fox	Rice	22	41	63.6	46%	−1.5
116	Chris Francis	Iowa State	22	24	59.2	8%	−1.6
117	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	21	62	63.5	66%	+4.3
118	Donald Delahaye	UCF	21	32	61.5	34%	−3.2
119	Aleem Sunanon	South Alabama	21	23	49.9	4%	−11.0
120	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	20	66	63.9	70%	+9.4
121	Austin Lopez	San José State	20	39	60.4	49%	−8.4
122	Michael Tarbutt	UConn	20	25	57.4	20%	−4.6
123	Colton Lichtenberg	Boston College	20	24	60.1	17%	0.0
124	Ricky Segers	Old Dominion	20	20	60.0	0%	−1.3
125	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	19	77	64.5	75%	+6.1
126	Chad Hedlund	SMU	19	59	64.0	68%	+5.5
127	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	19	56	63.3	66%	−8.5
128	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	18	60	63.2	68%	−0.5
129	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	18	57	63.6	68%	+10.4
130	Luke Strebel	Air Force	18	42	62.1	57%	−0.8
131	Eric Keena	North Texas	18	32	62.6	44%	−5.2
132	Greg Huegel	Clemson	18	22	62.0	18%	+1.2
133	Jack Russell	Wisconsin	18	20	55.6	10%	−3.1
134	Landon Ard	South Carolina	17	59	63.2	71%	+7.0
135	Adam Greene	Maryland	17	19	55.8	11%	−2.2
136	Matt Boermeester	USC	17	18	62.1	6%	−0.9
137	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	16	62	64.3	73%	+5.8
138	Bryce Crawford	San José State	16	22	57.4	27%	−14.7
139	Austin Hardin	Florida	15	44	64.2	66%	−0.7
140	Nick Rose	Texas	14	60	63.8	77%	+2.4
141	Alex Hanks	Georgia Southern	14	22	60.2	36%	+3.3
142	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	14	19	59.1	26%	−11.5
143	Alex Howell	Boston College	14	18	55.4	22%	+1.3
144	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	13	24	61.0	46%	+2.0
145	Conrad Ukropina	Stanford	13	17	59.5	24%	−0.4
146	Carlos Alvarez	Louisiana	13	13	53.1	0%	+0.7
147	Bobby Puyol	UConn	12	22	59.9	45%	−2.2
148	Jorge Powell	Florida	12	18	62.8	33%	+2.2
149	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	12	13	54.2	0%	−0.7
150	Nick Fields	Bowling Green	11	11	45.7	0%	−12.0
151	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	10	36	64.5	72%	+5.4
152	Nick Dowd	Miami (OH)	10	10	61.7	0%	−0.5
153	Drew Oehrle	Air Force	9	32	64.0	72%	+5.5
154	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	9	23	64.2	61%	+7.2
155	Mauro Bondi	Hawai'i	9	13	63.8	31%	−3.4
156	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	8	9	61.8	11%	0.0
157	Austin Jones	Temple	8	8	59.5	0%	−1.1
158	Matthew Wright	UCF	8	8	63.3	0%	+2.4
159	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	7	8	59.0	13%	+1.4
160	Trevor Moore	North Texas	7	8	63.5	13%	+3.8
161	Gavin Jernigan	Navy	7	7	60.7	0%	−3.6
162	Jack Cantele	Kansas State	7	7	39.4	0%	+0.4
163	Victor Falcon	UTSA	6	15	64.3	60%	−0.1
164	Tyler Davis	Penn State	6	9	59.3	33%	+1.1
165	Corey Edwards	BYU	6	7	56.4	14%	−0.2
166	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	6	6	46.0	0%	−6.9
167	Satchel Ziffer	Old Dominion	6	6	58.3	0%	−3.3
168	Michael Badgley	Miami	5	8	62.8	38%	−0.7
169	Aaron Novoa	Hawai'i	5	5	62.8	0%	+0.8
170	Steve Drida	Ball State	5	5	59.0	0%	−0.5
171	Collin Barber	Georgia	4	9	62.1	56%	−2.2
172	Mike Molina	West Virginia	4	7	63.6	43%	+2.7
173	Cameron Decell	Rice	4	6	65.0	33%	−0.1
174	Connor Torruella	East Carolina	4	5	63.0	20%	+0.4
175	Stone Wilson	Florida International	4	5	61.0	20%	−0.9
176	Evan Jakubowski	Miami (OH)	4	4	58.3	0%	−1.3
177	Noah Beito	California	4	4	57.8	0%	−1.5
178	Justin Vogel	Miami	3	5	61.8	40%	−0.4
179	Brock Warren	Utah State	3	4	56.3	25%	−0.8
180	Kyle Jacobs	Colorado State	3	4	62.3	25%	0.0
181	Matthew Philichi	Air Force	3	3	63.3	0%	+0.7
182	Quentin Breshears	Washington State	3	3	55.7	0%	+1.2
183	James Mayden	Rice	2	5	63.8	60%	+1.2
184	Daniel LaCamera	Texas A&M	2	4	63.0	50%	+0.2
185	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	2	4	49.3	50%	−2.2
186	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	2	3	65.0	33%	+1.0
187	Chris Gulla	Penn State	2	3	47.0	0%	+0.1
188	Mike Knoll	Boston College	2	3	63.3	33%	0.0
189	Adam McFain	Arkansas	2	2	57.5	0%	0.0
190	Bratcher Underwood	Troy	2	2	65.0	0%	+0.4
191	Diego Gonzalez	Colorado	2	2	37.0	0%	−2.1
192	Dillon Wilson	Kansas State	2	2	58.0	0%	−0.5
193	Ian Crist	Oregon State	2	2	51.5	0%	−2.7
194	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	2	2	51.0	0%	−2.1
195	Jonathan Song	TCU	2	2	63.5	0%	+0.5
196	Josh Lambert	West Virginia	2	2	55.5	0%	−3.2
197	Josh Pollack	Arizona	2	2	65.0	0%	+0.9
198	Justin Wain	UConn	2	2	54.0	0%	−0.9
199	Kyle Fischer	Louisiana Tech	2	2	58.5	0%	−0.8
200	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	2	2	61.5	0%	+0.2
201	Michael Geiger	Michigan State	2	2	45.0	0%	−0.1
202	Michael Santamaria	Virginia Tech	2	2	50.0	0%	−0.9
203	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	2	2	61.5	0%	+1.1
204	Nicholas Conte	Virginia	2	2	59.0	0%	−3.4
205	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	2	2	23.5	0%	−3.0
206	Wyatt Bryan	Colorado State	2	2	59.5	0%	−0.3
207	Daniel Zivney	Air Force	1	3	64.3	67%	+1.0
208	David Reisner	Illinois	1	2	58.0	50%	−0.5
209	Will Kline	Duke	1	2	40.0	50%	−2.0
210	Alex Spence	Clemson	1	1	65.0	0%	+0.3
211	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	1	1	63.0	0%	−1.5
212	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	1	1	60.0	0%	+0.2
213	Andrew Harte	Minnesota	1	1	7.0	0%	−2.9
214	Andy Pappanastos	Ole Miss	1	1	64.0	0%	+0.6
215	Arthur Omilian	Northwestern	1	1	45.0	0%	−0.1
216	Christian Groomes	Clemson	1	1	62.0	0%	+0.1
217	James Farrimond	Rice	1	1	15.0	0%	−2.4
218	Johnathan Galante	Virginia Tech	1	1	55.0	0%	+0.6
219	Johnny Townsend	Florida	1	1	66.0	0%	−1.0
220	Jon Halliday	Utah	1	1	62.0	0%	+0.3
221	Kyle Bambard	NC State	1	1	60.0	0%	+0.4
222	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	1	1	62.0	0%	−0.9
223	Logan Yunker	UNLV	1	1	46.0	0%	+0.1
224	Matt Emrich	Arkansas	1	1	61.0	0%	−0.7
225	Michael Armstrong	SMU	1	1	11.0	0%	−3.2
226	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	1	1	52.0	0%	−1.4
227	Parker Shaunfield	Southern Miss	1	1	50.0	0%	−1.9
228	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	1	1	64.0	0%	−0.1
229	Shane Wimann	Northern Illinois	1	1	60.0	0%	+0.1
230	Spencer Lindsay	Nebraska	1	1	65.0	0%	+0.1
231	Spencer Perkins	UL Monroe	1	1	57.0	0%	+0.9
232	Steve Brosy	Air Force	1	1	39.0	0%	+0.5
233	Taylor Knopf	Rice	1	1	60.0	0%	−0.3
234	Tom Hackett	Utah	1	1	4.0	0%	−3.0
235	Trevor Owens	Middle Tennessee	1	1	46.0	0%	−2.1
236	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	1	1	70.0	0%	−0.3

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