2017 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 2017, Austin Seibert (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Matt Ammendola (0.0%) and Greg Joseph (0.0%). 128 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 2017 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	0.0%	102	61.9	77%	22	−3.0
2	Matt Ammendola	Oklahoma State	0.0%	98	61.1	35%	64	+9.0
3	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	93	63.6	75%	23	+11.5
4	JK Scott	Alabama	0.0%	89	63.1	47%	47	+7.3
5	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	0.0%	87	63.1	67%	29	−3.5
6	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	0.0%	85	63.4	73%	20	+1.5
7	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	0.0%	82	59.6	15%	70	+15.4
8	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	0.0%	82	64.1	73%	22	+12.9
9	Michael Farkas	Ohio	0.0%	81	58.8	20%	65	+4.7
10	Tyler Davis	Penn State	0.0%	81	62.1	38%	50	+3.2
11	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	0.0%	80	64.0	49%	41	+5.2
12	Cole Bunce	TCU	0.0%	80	62.1	40%	44	+7.2
13	Jameson Vest	Toledo	0.0%	80	61.9	48%	42	+1.3
14	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	0.0%	79	62.4	42%	46	−5.6
15	JJ Molson	UCLA	0.0%	79	63.4	43%	45	−0.1
16	Blanton Creque	Louisville	0.0%	78	60.7	28%	55	+1.3
17	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	0.0%	78	63.4	53%	37	+9.5
18	Trevor Moore	North Texas	0.0%	77	61.8	49%	38	+2.2
19	Tucker McCann	Missouri	0.0%	77	63.0	53%	36	−0.1
20	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	0.0%	76	61.2	33%	51	−4.0
21	Sawyer Williams	Arkansas State	0.0%	76	57.4	26%	53	−2.6
22	Jake Bailey	Stanford	0.0%	75	64.4	71%	22	+15.1
23	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	0.0%	75	64.2	63%	28	+8.1
24	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	0.0%	75	59.9	43%	43	−8.9
25	Evan Staley	West Virginia	0.0%	74	58.8	36%	47	−8.9
26	Jimmy Camacho	Fresno State	0.0%	73	62.4	51%	36	+12.6
27	Spencer Smith	Memphis	0.0%	73	57.4	26%	52	−2.3
28	Brandon Ruiz	Arizona State	0.0%	72	63.3	68%	23	+7.8
29	Michael Rubino	App State	0.0%	72	61.4	35%	47	+4.6
30	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	71	60.9	41%	42	0.0
31	Michael Badgley	Miami	0.0%	71	62.1	44%	40	−1.6
32	John Baron II	San Diego State	0.0%	70	62.9	44%	39	+6.8
33	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	0.0%	70	58.8	23%	51	+6.0
34	Zach Hintze	Wisconsin	0.0%	70	64.2	70%	21	+12.5
35	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	0.0%	69	61.5	51%	34	−12.9
36	Kyle Bambard	NC State	0.0%	69	58.2	28%	49	−9.2
37	Matt Wylie	UL Monroe	0.0%	69	62.4	36%	44	+1.4
38	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	0.0%	68	61.5	56%	30	+8.1
39	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	0.0%	67	63.6	57%	29	−6.6
40	Nick Vogel	UAB	0.0%	67	61.7	42%	39	−1.8
41	Redford Jones	Tulsa	0.0%	67	62.6	45%	37	−0.8
42	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	0.0%	66	59.7	44%	36	−15.8
43	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	0.0%	66	60.7	32%	45	+5.3
44	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	0.0%	66	63.7	59%	27	+9.4
45	Logan Tyler	Florida State	0.0%	66	64.1	59%	27	+4.4
46	Aaron Boumerhi	Temple	0.0%	64	60.5	28%	45	+5.1
47	Davis Price	Colorado	0.0%	64	63.8	63%	24	+8.0
48	James Foug	Michigan	0.0%	64	63.0	48%	33	+16.5
49	Nick Fields	Bowling Green	0.0%	64	55.7	28%	46	−9.3
50	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	0.0%	63	64.3	48%	33	+1.6
51	Erik Powell	Washington State	0.0%	63	62.0	48%	33	−8.8
52	Kaden Keon	Central Michigan	0.0%	63	54.8	30%	44	−19.6
53	Luke Otto	Northwestern	0.0%	63	59.2	32%	43	−4.7
54	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	0.0%	63	63.1	49%	32	+17.3
55	Cameron Gamble	LSU	0.0%	62	63.6	48%	32	+4.0
56	Joshua Rowland	Texas	0.0%	62	64.2	52%	30	−1.4
57	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	0.0%	62	62.2	69%	19	+0.8
58	Adam Mitcheson	Buffalo	0.0%	61	60.4	36%	39	−4.3
59	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	0.0%	61	62.1	49%	31	−0.6
60	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	0.0%	61	64.6	66%	21	+3.7
61	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	61	63.7	59%	25	−7.7
62	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	0.0%	61	59.7	25%	46	−6.7
63	Josh Williams	SMU	0.0%	61	58.3	28%	42	−5.5
64	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	0.0%	60	60.3	22%	46	+3.2
65	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	0.0%	60	61.9	50%	30	−1.7
66	Nick Schrage	Army	0.0%	60	60.7	32%	41	+4.6
67	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	0.0%	59	62.0	39%	36	+3.0
68	Caden Novikoff	Houston	0.0%	59	60.3	42%	34	−2.5
69	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	0.0%	59	63.6	85%	9	+5.4
70	Michael Tarbutt	UConn	0.0%	58	63.6	62%	22	+5.6
71	Nick Gasser	Akron	0.0%	58	58.0	19%	47	−11.5
72	Parker White	South Carolina	0.0%	58	64.6	72%	16	+6.3
73	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	0.0%	58	59.2	36%	37	−5.8
74	Bratcher Underwood	Troy	0.0%	57	59.7	39%	35	−8.6
75	Danny Sutton	Maryland	0.0%	57	59.0	9%	52	0.0
76	Jack Driggers	Duke	0.0%	57	62.3	30%	40	+11.2
77	Jesse Kelly	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	57	60.0	28%	41	−1.9
78	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	0.0%	57	61.1	56%	25	+7.0
79	Sean Young	Florida International	0.0%	57	63.0	54%	26	+5.7
80	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	0.0%	56	62.9	50%	28	−1.4
81	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	0.0%	56	59.1	34%	37	−8.2
82	Drew Brown	Nebraska	0.0%	56	62.1	45%	31	+1.1
83	Brett Scanlon	Michigan State	0.0%	55	60.7	24%	42	+1.2
84	Chase McGrath	USC	0.0%	55	61.8	33%	37	+2.1
85	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	0.0%	55	62.5	65%	19	−0.7
86	Brian Delaney	Virginia	0.0%	54	63.2	37%	34	−2.7
87	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	0.0%	54	63.4	48%	28	+9.9
88	Luke Strebel	Air Force	0.0%	54	60.6	54%	25	+1.0
89	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	0.0%	53	61.4	42%	31	−4.5
90	Ramiz Ahmed	Nevada	0.0%	53	61.8	53%	25	+2.0
91	Alex Spence	Clemson	0.0%	52	61.7	27%	38	+0.8
92	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	0.0%	52	60.8	31%	36	+1.2
93	Gabe Siemieniec	California	0.0%	52	64.1	52%	25	+10.2
94	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	0.0%	52	61.6	33%	35	−2.9
95	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	0.0%	52	64.0	85%	8	0.0
96	Cade Coffey	Idaho	0.0%	51	60.5	51%	25	−1.5
97	Justin Yoon	Notre Dame	0.0%	51	62.5	29%	36	−4.0
98	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	0.0%	50	64.0	78%	11	−11.3
99	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	0.0%	50	58.6	26%	37	+1.7
100	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	0.0%	50	57.7	4%	48	+1.6
101	Zachary Block	Tulane	0.0%	50	60.5	38%	31	+3.8
102	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	0.0%	48	63.8	81%	9	+5.6
103	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	0.0%	48	62.3	31%	33	+5.9
104	Liam Jones	Kansas	0.0%	48	58.9	35%	31	−7.5
105	Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	0.0%	47	59.4	15%	40	−2.1
106	Spencer Evans	Purdue	0.0%	47	61.7	55%	21	−4.0
107	Bennett Moehring	Navy	0.0%	44	59.4	36%	28	+3.8
108	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	0.0%	44	62.4	30%	31	+4.5
109	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	0.0%	43	62.4	72%	12	+2.7
110	Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel	Boston College	0.0%	42	63.4	52%	20	+5.6
111	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	0.0%	41	64.2	71%	12	+1.3
112	James Sherman	Texas State	0.0%	41	61.2	34%	27	−3.6
113	Jack Fox	Rice	0.0%	39	63.1	69%	12	−0.2
114	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	0.0%	38	59.3	34%	25	−2.0
115	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	0.0%	38	62.1	47%	20	−4.1
116	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	0.0%	36	58.4	31%	25	−11.4
117	Michael Schreiner	Massachusetts	0.0%	36	54.8	8%	33	−20.9
118	Shane Hynes	Kent State	0.0%	36	61.1	25%	27	−3.5
119	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	0.0%	33	58.8	21%	26	+2.6
120	Brady Viles	UTEP	0.0%	32	60.1	66%	11	−1.1
121	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	0.0%	32	63.4	50%	16	−0.2
122	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	0.0%	31	62.6	32%	21	+7.6
123	Barry Brown	Georgia State	0.0%	30	60.8	0%	30	−4.4
124	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	0.0%	30	55.2	67%	9	−7.3
125	Matthew Wright	UCF	1.0%	97	59.7	24%	73	+1.7
126	Freeman Jones	North Carolina	1.7%	59	63.5	51%	28	+13.2
127	Chris Francis	Iowa State	3.1%	65	63.7	58%	25	+4.9
128	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	3.1%	32	59.3	53%	14	−6.3

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