2016 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 2016, Tristan Vizcaino (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Joey Julius (0.0%) and Austin Seibert (0.0%). 125 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 2016 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	0.0%	99	59.1	37%	60	−3.7
2	Joey Julius	Penn State	0.0%	93	62.1	48%	48	+7.7
3	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	0.0%	92	63.3	49%	47	+1.0
4	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	90	59.7	33%	60	−12.7
5	Redford Jones	Tulsa	0.0%	90	61.1	36%	58	−7.4
6	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	0.0%	89	61.4	25%	66	−1.6
7	Jake Elliott	Memphis	0.0%	88	63.7	68%	28	+18.9
8	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	0.0%	87	61.7	28%	63	+7.3
9	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	0.0%	87	64.5	78%	19	+18.0
10	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	86	59.7	28%	62	−35.0
11	Erik Powell	Washington State	0.0%	85	60.1	41%	50	+5.4
12	Greg Huegel	Clemson	0.0%	85	60.8	42%	49	+7.0
13	Michael Badgley	Miami	0.0%	82	63.4	59%	34	−0.3
14	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	0.0%	81	63.4	83%	14	+0.6
15	Noah Beito	California	0.0%	81	55.6	28%	49	+0.4
16	John Baron II	San Diego State	0.0%	80	62.4	31%	55	+11.9
17	Bennett Moehring	Navy	0.0%	79	57.5	27%	56	+8.4
18	Matt Wogan	Oregon	0.0%	78	64.6	67%	26	+6.8
19	Kenny Allen	Michigan	0.0%	77	64.2	58%	32	+11.8
20	Matt Boermeester	USC	0.0%	77	63.2	52%	37	+10.3
21	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	0.0%	77	63.0	39%	47	+8.2
22	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	0.0%	77	63.7	57%	33	+8.3
23	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	0.0%	76	62.8	39%	46	−0.5
24	Logan Tyler	Florida State	0.0%	76	64.4	66%	26	+15.8
25	Matt Ammendola	Oklahoma State	0.0%	76	63.1	46%	41	+15.8
26	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	0.0%	76	64.4	78%	17	+11.1
27	Drew Galitz	Baylor	0.0%	74	62.6	30%	52	+13.6
28	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	0.0%	74	63.3	64%	27	+8.5
29	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	73	58.9	25%	55	−0.9
30	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota	0.0%	72	61.7	51%	35	+3.3
31	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	0.0%	71	61.4	32%	48	+6.7
32	Tyler Rausa	Boise State	0.0%	71	64.1	55%	32	+8.1
33	Luke Strebel	Air Force	0.0%	70	60.6	50%	35	−8.8
34	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	0.0%	69	53.4	14%	59	−15.0
35	Cole Bunce	TCU	0.0%	69	62.5	39%	41	+8.7
36	Samuel Vucelich	Toledo	0.0%	69	60.4	22%	54	+10.9
37	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	0.0%	68	63.6	79%	13	+10.6
38	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	0.0%	68	61.0	29%	48	+0.2
39	Mitchell Becker	Texas	0.0%	68	63.1	37%	43	+6.5
40	Chris Francis	Iowa State	0.0%	67	62.1	52%	32	+0.6
41	Sawyer Williams	Arkansas State	0.0%	66	60.5	21%	52	+15.8
42	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	0.0%	66	64.4	68%	21	+5.5
43	Bentlee Critcher	App State	0.0%	65	63.7	65%	23	+1.4
44	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	0.0%	65	64.5	71%	19	+8.6
45	Donald De La Haye	UCF	0.0%	64	60.6	50%	32	−1.9
46	Bratcher Underwood	Troy	0.0%	63	59.7	29%	44	+8.3
47	Tucker McCann	Missouri	0.0%	63	63.4	67%	21	+0.5
48	Jake Bailey	Stanford	0.0%	62	63.9	60%	25	+9.9
49	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	0.0%	61	59.5	38%	38	−0.5
50	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	0.0%	61	60.6	31%	42	−3.8
51	JJ Molson	UCLA	0.0%	60	61.8	32%	40	−4.0
52	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	0.0%	60	60.8	68%	19	+2.0
53	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	0.0%	60	62.0	63%	22	−0.5
54	Austin Taylor	Florida International	0.0%	59	57.2	19%	48	−14.9
55	Cameron Gamble	LSU	0.0%	59	61.3	20%	47	+6.7
56	Jack Fox	Rice	0.0%	59	60.9	42%	34	−2.4
57	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	0.0%	58	61.4	53%	27	−0.1
58	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	0.0%	58	60.4	38%	36	−3.8
59	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	0.0%	58	63.1	53%	27	+1.7
60	Jake Thompson	Utah State	0.0%	58	61.3	43%	33	+2.9
61	Hayes Hicken	Utah	0.0%	57	62.4	51%	28	+6.8
62	Mike Caggiano	Massachusetts	0.0%	57	59.4	14%	49	−12.5
63	Blake Brewer	Charlotte	0.0%	56	59.4	20%	45	−9.2
64	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	0.0%	56	57.1	11%	50	−4.2
65	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	0.0%	56	64.1	55%	25	+7.4
66	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	0.0%	55	62.2	27%	40	+2.8
67	Drew Brown	Nebraska	0.0%	55	63.8	47%	29	+4.8
68	Eric Keena	North Texas	0.0%	55	63.0	58%	23	+1.6
69	Nick Fields	Bowling Green	0.0%	55	53.5	24%	39	−6.4
70	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	0.0%	54	59.9	41%	32	+2.1
71	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	0.0%	54	62.7	33%	36	+3.7
72	Justin Yoon	Notre Dame	0.0%	54	61.9	44%	30	+7.9
73	Adley Rutschman	Oregon State	0.0%	53	60.4	38%	33	−0.4
74	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	0.0%	53	59.3	19%	42	+0.3
75	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	0.0%	53	61.9	45%	29	−1.9
76	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	0.0%	53	59.5	26%	39	−4.7
77	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	0.0%	53	60.0	30%	37	+4.1
78	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	0.0%	52	63.3	56%	23	+0.3
79	Elliott Fry	South Carolina	0.0%	51	61.8	33%	33	−2.9
80	Gavin Patterson	South Alabama	0.0%	50	58.6	14%	39	−10.5
81	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	50	64.7	78%	11	+5.8
82	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	0.0%	50	62.3	38%	31	−8.9
83	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	0.0%	50	56.9	22%	38	−11.1
84	Evan Pantels	UNLV	0.0%	49	60.9	31%	34	−10.3
85	Josh Williams	SMU	0.0%	49	57.6	27%	36	−18.8
86	Jay Mattox	UTEP	0.0%	48	63.8	67%	16	+7.4
87	Mike Knoll	Boston College	0.0%	48	60.7	29%	34	+7.3
88	Aaron Boumerhi	Temple	0.0%	47	58.3	21%	37	−9.4
89	Butch Hampton	Western Michigan	0.0%	47	59.7	17%	39	−8.8
90	Corey Edwards	BYU	0.0%	47	61.8	32%	32	+1.8
91	Shane Hynes	Kent State	0.0%	47	56.1	11%	41	−10.8
92	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	0.0%	47	61.8	26%	35	−5.7
93	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	0.0%	46	62.2	37%	29	+3.5
94	Tom O'Leary	Akron	0.0%	46	57.5	13%	40	−10.6
95	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	0.0%	46	60.1	28%	33	−4.4
96	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	0.0%	45	61.6	27%	33	+1.4
97	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	0.0%	45	63.8	69%	14	+3.9
98	Zachary Block	Tulane	0.0%	45	60.3	42%	26	+1.2
99	Bobby Puyol	UConn	0.0%	43	62.8	67%	14	+6.2
100	Chris Graham	Colorado	0.0%	42	61.8	40%	24	−5.9
101	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	0.0%	42	61.7	21%	33	−0.4
102	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	0.0%	41	58.3	32%	28	−7.1
103	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	0.0%	40	62.8	55%	18	+5.7
104	Anthony George	Louisville	0.0%	40	60.3	8%	37	+1.0
105	Austin Jones	Temple	0.0%	39	60.3	15%	33	−1.7
106	Kyle Bambard	NC State	0.0%	39	61.5	23%	30	+3.2
107	Louie Zervos	Ohio	0.0%	38	54.9	11%	33	−9.1
108	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	0.0%	35	62.0	43%	20	−5.8
109	Michael Farkas	Ohio	0.0%	34	57.3	6%	32	−0.1
110	Brian Eavey	Central Michigan	0.0%	33	57.5	24%	25	−1.1
111	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	0.0%	32	60.5	34%	21	+2.1
112	Danny Sutton	Maryland	0.0%	31	58.9	16%	26	−1.1
113	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	0.0%	30	61.1	20%	24	+3.6
114	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	0.0%	30	59.0	17%	25	−4.2
115	Tyler Durbin	Ohio State	1.1%	90	60.3	38%	55	+6.8
116	Adam Griffith	Alabama	1.1%	88	63.4	52%	41	+6.0
117	Ty Cummings	Houston	1.3%	80	62.8	45%	43	+6.9
118	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	1.3%	76	64.8	55%	33	+7.0
119	Mike Molina	West Virginia	1.3%	75	58.4	31%	51	−16.4
120	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	1.5%	67	64.0	73%	17	+10.7
121	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	1.6%	62	60.8	31%	42	−6.3
122	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	1.7%	58	64.5	72%	15	+3.9
123	Blanton Creque	Louisville	1.9%	54	59.7	13%	46	−4.6
124	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	1.9%	54	55.2	13%	46	−5.6
125	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	3.6%	56	59.9	39%	32	−4.6

All 2016 College kickoff specialist rankings

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