2016 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 2016, Sawyer Williams (+24.0) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Jake Elliott (+21.5) and Matt Ammendola (+20.8). 125 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +2.4.

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	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Sawyer Williams	Arkansas State	+24.0	66	60.5	21%	52	+15.8
2	Jake Elliott	Memphis	+21.5	88	63.7	68%	28	+18.9
3	Matt Ammendola	Oklahoma State	+20.8	76	63.1	46%	41	+15.8
4	Logan Tyler	Florida State	+20.7	76	64.4	66%	26	+15.8
5	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	+20.7	87	64.5	78%	19	+18.0
6	Drew Galitz	Baylor	+18.4	74	62.6	30%	52	+13.6
7	Jake Bailey	Stanford	+16.0	62	63.9	60%	25	+9.9
8	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	+16.0	67	64.0	73%	17	+10.7
9	Samuel Vucelich	Toledo	+15.8	69	60.4	22%	54	+10.9
10	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	+15.5	68	63.6	79%	13	+10.6
11	Kenny Allen	Michigan	+15.4	77	64.2	58%	32	+11.8
12	Jay Mattox	UTEP	+15.4	48	63.8	67%	16	+7.4
13	Mike Knoll	Boston College	+15.3	48	60.7	29%	34	+7.3
14	John Baron II	San Diego State	+14.9	80	62.4	31%	55	+11.9
15	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	+14.6	76	64.4	78%	17	+11.1
16	Justin Yoon	Notre Dame	+14.5	54	61.9	44%	30	+7.9
17	Bobby Puyol	UConn	+14.3	43	62.8	67%	14	+6.2
18	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	+14.3	40	62.8	55%	18	+5.7
19	Matt Boermeester	USC	+13.4	77	63.2	52%	37	+10.3
20	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	+13.3	56	64.1	55%	25	+7.4
21	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	+13.2	65	64.5	71%	19	+8.6
22	Bratcher Underwood	Troy	+13.1	63	59.7	29%	44	+8.3
23	Cole Bunce	TCU	+12.6	69	62.5	39%	41	+8.7
24	Hayes Hicken	Utah	+11.9	57	62.4	51%	28	+6.8
25	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	+11.8	30	61.1	20%	24	+3.6
26	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	+11.5	50	64.7	78%	11	+5.8
27	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	+11.5	74	63.3	64%	27	+8.5
28	Cameron Gamble	LSU	+11.4	59	61.3	20%	47	+6.7
29	Tyler Rausa	Boise State	+11.4	71	64.1	55%	32	+8.1
30	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	+10.7	77	63.7	57%	33	+8.3
31	Nathan Noble	Ole Miss	+10.6	77	63.0	39%	47	+8.2
32	Bennett Moehring	Navy	+10.6	79	57.5	27%	56	+8.4
33	Mitchell Becker	Texas	+9.5	68	63.1	37%	43	+6.5
34	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	+9.4	71	61.4	32%	48	+6.7
35	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	+9.1	76	64.8	55%	33	+7.0
36	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	+8.7	45	63.8	69%	14	+3.9
37	Matt Wogan	Oregon	+8.7	78	64.6	67%	26	+6.8
38	Drew Brown	Nebraska	+8.7	55	63.8	47%	29	+4.8
39	Ty Cummings	Houston	+8.7	80	62.8	45%	43	+6.9
40	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	+8.4	87	61.7	28%	63	+7.3
41	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	+8.3	66	64.4	68%	21	+5.5
42	Greg Huegel	Clemson	+8.3	85	60.8	42%	49	+7.0
43	Kyle Bambard	NC State	+8.3	39	61.5	23%	30	+3.2
44	Joey Julius	Penn State	+8.2	93	62.1	48%	48	+7.7
45	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	+7.7	46	62.2	37%	29	+3.5
46	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	+7.7	53	60.0	30%	37	+4.1
47	Tyler Durbin	Ohio State	+7.6	90	60.3	38%	55	+6.8
48	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	+6.9	54	62.7	33%	36	+3.7
49	Adam Griffith	Alabama	+6.9	88	63.4	52%	41	+6.0
50	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	+6.8	58	64.5	72%	15	+3.9
51	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	+6.6	32	60.5	34%	21	+2.1
52	Erik Powell	Washington State	+6.4	85	60.1	41%	50	+5.4
53	Jake Thompson	Utah State	+5.0	58	61.3	43%	33	+2.9
54	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	+5.0	55	62.2	27%	40	+2.8
55	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota	+4.6	72	61.7	51%	35	+3.3
56	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	+3.9	54	59.9	41%	32	+2.1
57	Corey Edwards	BYU	+3.9	47	61.8	32%	32	+1.8
58	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	+3.3	60	60.8	68%	19	+2.0
59	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	+3.2	45	61.6	27%	33	+1.4
60	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	+3.0	58	63.1	53%	27	+1.7
61	Eric Keena	North Texas	+2.9	55	63.0	58%	23	+1.6
62	Zachary Block	Tulane	+2.7	45	60.3	42%	26	+1.2
63	Anthony George	Louisville	+2.4	40	60.3	8%	37	+1.0
64	Bentlee Critcher	App State	+2.1	65	63.7	65%	23	+1.4
65	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	+1.1	92	63.3	49%	47	+1.0
66	Chris Francis	Iowa State	+0.9	67	62.1	52%	32	+0.6
67	Tucker McCann	Missouri	+0.8	63	63.4	67%	21	+0.5
68	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	+0.8	81	63.4	83%	14	+0.6
69	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	+0.7	52	63.3	56%	23	+0.3
70	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	+0.6	53	59.3	19%	42	+0.3
71	Noah Beito	California	+0.5	81	55.6	28%	49	+0.4
72	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	+0.3	68	61.0	29%	48	+0.2
73	Michael Farkas	Ohio	−0.2	34	57.3	6%	32	−0.1
74	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	−0.2	58	61.4	53%	27	−0.1
75	Michael Badgley	Miami	−0.4	82	63.4	59%	34	−0.3
76	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	−0.6	76	62.8	39%	46	−0.5
77	Adley Rutschman	Oregon State	−0.8	53	60.4	38%	33	−0.4
78	Ron Coluzzi	Iowa	−0.8	60	62.0	63%	22	−0.5
79	Kevin Cronin	Michigan State	−0.8	61	59.5	38%	38	−0.5
80	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	−0.9	42	61.7	21%	33	−0.4
81	Brendan Renius	Eastern Michigan	−1.2	73	58.9	25%	55	−0.9
82	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	−1.8	89	61.4	25%	66	−1.6
83	Donald De La Haye	UCF	−3.0	64	60.6	50%	32	−1.9
84	Brian Eavey	Central Michigan	−3.3	33	57.5	24%	25	−1.1
85	Danny Sutton	Maryland	−3.4	31	58.9	16%	26	−1.1
86	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	−3.6	53	61.9	45%	29	−1.9
87	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	−3.7	99	59.1	37%	60	−3.7
88	Jack Fox	Rice	−4.1	59	60.9	42%	34	−2.4
89	Austin Jones	Temple	−4.3	39	60.3	15%	33	−1.7
90	Elliott Fry	South Carolina	−5.8	51	61.8	33%	33	−2.9
91	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	−6.2	61	60.6	31%	42	−3.8
92	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	−6.5	58	60.4	38%	36	−3.8
93	JJ Molson	UCLA	−6.6	60	61.8	32%	40	−4.0
94	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	−7.6	56	57.1	11%	50	−4.2
95	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	−8.2	56	59.9	39%	32	−4.6
96	Redford Jones	Tulsa	−8.2	90	61.1	36%	58	−7.4
97	Blanton Creque	Louisville	−8.4	54	59.7	13%	46	−4.6
98	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	−8.9	53	59.5	26%	39	−4.7
99	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	−9.5	46	60.1	28%	33	−4.4
100	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	−10.1	62	60.8	31%	42	−6.3
101	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	−10.5	54	55.2	13%	46	−5.6
102	Nick Fields	Bowling Green	−11.7	55	53.5	24%	39	−6.4
103	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	−12.1	47	61.8	26%	35	−5.7
104	Luke Strebel	Air Force	−12.6	70	60.6	50%	35	−8.8
105	Lumi Kaba	Texas State	−14.0	30	59.0	17%	25	−4.2
106	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	−14.1	90	59.7	33%	60	−12.7
107	Chris Graham	Colorado	−14.1	42	61.8	40%	24	−5.9
108	Blake Brewer	Charlotte	−16.4	56	59.4	20%	45	−9.2
109	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	−16.7	35	62.0	43%	20	−5.8
110	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	−17.4	41	58.3	32%	28	−7.1
111	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	−17.8	50	62.3	38%	31	−8.9
112	Butch Hampton	Western Michigan	−18.6	47	59.7	17%	39	−8.8
113	Aaron Boumerhi	Temple	−20.0	47	58.3	21%	37	−9.4
114	Evan Pantels	UNLV	−21.0	49	60.9	31%	34	−10.3
115	Gavin Patterson	South Alabama	−21.1	50	58.6	14%	39	−10.5
116	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	−21.7	69	53.4	14%	59	−15.0
117	Mike Molina	West Virginia	−21.8	75	58.4	31%	51	−16.4
118	Mike Caggiano	Massachusetts	−22.0	57	59.4	14%	49	−12.5
119	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	−22.2	50	56.9	22%	38	−11.1
120	Tom O'Leary	Akron	−23.0	46	57.5	13%	40	−10.6
121	Shane Hynes	Kent State	−23.0	47	56.1	11%	41	−10.8
122	Louie Zervos	Ohio	−24.0	38	54.9	11%	33	−9.1
123	Austin Taylor	Florida International	−25.2	59	57.2	19%	48	−14.9
124	Josh Williams	SMU	−38.4	49	57.6	27%	36	−18.8
125	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	−40.7	86	59.7	28%	62	−35.0

All 2016 College kickoff specialist rankings

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