2016 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 2016, Jake Elliott (+18.9) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Joey Slye (+18.0) and Sawyer Williams (+15.8). 125 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.2.

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

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