2017 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 2017, Miguel Recinos (+27.4) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of James Foug (+25.8) and Andrew Mikkelsen (+24.6). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.7.

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	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	+27.4	63	63.1	49%	32	+17.3
2	James Foug	Michigan	+25.8	64	63.0	48%	33	+16.5
3	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	+24.6	31	62.6	32%	21	+7.6
4	Freeman Jones	North Carolina	+22.3	59	63.5	51%	28	+13.2
5	Jake Bailey	Stanford	+20.2	75	64.4	71%	22	+15.1
6	Gabe Siemieniec	California	+19.7	52	64.1	52%	25	+10.2
7	Jack Driggers	Duke	+19.6	57	62.3	30%	40	+11.2
8	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	+18.7	82	59.6	15%	70	+15.4
9	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	+18.4	54	63.4	48%	28	+9.9
10	Zach Hintze	Wisconsin	+17.8	70	64.2	70%	21	+12.5
11	Jimmy Camacho	Fresno State	+17.2	73	62.4	51%	36	+12.6
12	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	+15.8	82	64.1	73%	22	+12.9
13	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	+14.3	66	63.7	59%	27	+9.4
14	Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel	Boston College	+13.3	42	63.4	52%	20	+5.6
15	Davis Price	Colorado	+12.5	64	63.8	63%	24	+8.0
16	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	+12.4	93	63.6	75%	23	+11.5
17	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	+12.3	48	62.3	31%	33	+5.9
18	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	+12.2	57	61.1	56%	25	+7.0
19	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	+12.1	78	63.4	53%	37	+9.5
20	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	+11.9	68	61.5	56%	30	+8.1
21	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	+11.6	48	63.8	81%	9	+5.6
22	Brandon Ruiz	Arizona State	+10.9	72	63.3	68%	23	+7.8
23	Parker White	South Carolina	+10.9	58	64.6	72%	16	+6.3
24	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	+10.8	75	64.2	63%	28	+8.1
25	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	+10.2	44	62.4	30%	31	+4.5
26	Sean Young	Florida International	+9.9	57	63.0	54%	26	+5.7
27	Michael Tarbutt	UConn	+9.7	58	63.6	62%	22	+5.6
28	John Baron II	San Diego State	+9.7	70	62.9	44%	39	+6.8
29	Matt Ammendola	Oklahoma State	+9.2	98	61.1	35%	64	+9.0
30	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	+9.2	59	63.6	85%	9	+5.4
31	Cole Bunce	TCU	+9.0	80	62.1	40%	44	+7.2
32	Bennett Moehring	Navy	+8.6	44	59.4	36%	28	+3.8
33	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	+8.5	70	58.8	23%	51	+6.0
34	JK Scott	Alabama	+8.2	89	63.1	47%	47	+7.3
35	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	+8.0	66	60.7	32%	45	+5.3
36	Aaron Boumerhi	Temple	+7.9	64	60.5	28%	45	+5.1
37	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	+7.8	33	58.8	21%	26	+2.6
38	Nick Schrage	Army	+7.7	60	60.7	32%	41	+4.6
39	Chris Francis	Iowa State	+7.6	65	63.7	58%	25	+4.9
40	Zachary Block	Tulane	+7.5	50	60.5	38%	31	+3.8
41	Logan Tyler	Florida State	+6.6	66	64.1	59%	27	+4.4
42	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	+6.6	80	64.0	49%	41	+5.2
43	Cameron Gamble	LSU	+6.4	62	63.6	48%	32	+4.0
44	Michael Rubino	App State	+6.4	72	61.4	35%	47	+4.6
45	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	+6.2	43	62.4	72%	12	+2.7
46	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	+6.1	61	64.6	66%	21	+3.7
47	Michael Farkas	Ohio	+5.8	81	58.8	20%	65	+4.7
48	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	+5.4	60	60.3	22%	46	+3.2
49	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	+5.2	59	62.0	39%	36	+3.0
50	Tyler Davis	Penn State	+3.9	81	62.1	38%	50	+3.2
51	Chase McGrath	USC	+3.8	55	61.8	33%	37	+2.1
52	Ramiz Ahmed	Nevada	+3.8	53	61.8	53%	25	+2.0
53	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	+3.5	50	58.6	26%	37	+1.7
54	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	+3.2	50	57.7	4%	48	+1.6
55	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	+3.1	41	64.2	71%	12	+1.3
56	Trevor Moore	North Texas	+2.9	77	61.8	49%	38	+2.2
57	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	+2.5	63	64.3	48%	33	+1.6
58	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	+2.3	52	60.8	31%	36	+1.2
59	Brett Scanlon	Michigan State	+2.2	55	60.7	24%	42	+1.2
60	Drew Brown	Nebraska	+2.0	56	62.1	45%	31	+1.1
61	Matt Wylie	UL Monroe	+2.0	69	62.4	36%	44	+1.4
62	Luke Strebel	Air Force	+1.9	54	60.6	54%	25	+1.0
63	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	+1.8	85	63.4	73%	20	+1.5
64	Matthew Wright	UCF	+1.8	97	59.7	24%	73	+1.7
65	Jameson Vest	Toledo	+1.6	80	61.9	48%	42	+1.3
66	Blanton Creque	Louisville	+1.6	78	60.7	28%	55	+1.3
67	Alex Spence	Clemson	+1.5	52	61.7	27%	38	+0.8
68	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	+1.3	62	62.2	69%	19	+0.8
69	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	+0.1	52	64.0	85%	8	0.0
70	Danny Sutton	Maryland	0.0	57	59.0	9%	52	0.0
71	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	0.0	71	60.9	41%	42	0.0
72	JJ Molson	UCLA	−0.1	79	63.4	43%	45	−0.1
73	Tucker McCann	Missouri	−0.1	77	63.0	53%	36	−0.1
74	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	−0.5	32	63.4	50%	16	−0.2
75	Jack Fox	Rice	−0.5	39	63.1	69%	12	−0.2
76	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	−1.0	61	62.1	49%	31	−0.6
77	Redford Jones	Tulsa	−1.2	67	62.6	45%	37	−0.8
78	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	−1.3	55	62.5	65%	19	−0.7
79	Michael Badgley	Miami	−2.2	71	62.1	44%	40	−1.6
80	Joshua Rowland	Texas	−2.3	62	64.2	52%	30	−1.4
81	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	−2.5	56	62.9	50%	28	−1.4
82	Nick Vogel	UAB	−2.7	67	61.7	42%	39	−1.8
83	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	−2.9	60	61.9	50%	30	−1.7
84	Cade Coffey	Idaho	−2.9	51	60.5	51%	25	−1.5
85	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	−3.0	102	61.9	77%	22	−3.0
86	Spencer Smith	Memphis	−3.2	73	57.4	26%	52	−2.3
87	Jesse Kelly	Eastern Michigan	−3.3	57	60.0	28%	41	−1.9
88	Brady Viles	UTEP	−3.3	32	60.1	66%	11	−1.1
89	Sawyer Williams	Arkansas State	−3.4	76	57.4	26%	53	−2.6
90	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	−4.0	87	63.1	67%	29	−3.5
91	Caden Novikoff	Houston	−4.3	59	60.3	42%	34	−2.5
92	Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	−4.5	47	59.4	15%	40	−2.1
93	Brian Delaney	Virginia	−4.9	54	63.2	37%	34	−2.7
94	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	−5.2	38	59.3	34%	25	−2.0
95	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	−5.3	76	61.2	33%	51	−4.0
96	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	−5.6	52	61.6	33%	35	−2.9
97	Adam Mitcheson	Buffalo	−7.0	61	60.4	36%	39	−4.3
98	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	−7.1	79	62.4	42%	46	−5.6
99	Luke Otto	Northwestern	−7.4	63	59.2	32%	43	−4.7
100	Justin Yoon	Notre Dame	−7.8	51	62.5	29%	36	−4.0
101	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	−8.5	53	61.4	42%	31	−4.5
102	Spencer Evans	Purdue	−8.5	47	61.7	55%	21	−4.0
103	James Sherman	Texas State	−8.7	41	61.2	34%	27	−3.6
104	Josh Williams	SMU	−9.0	61	58.3	28%	42	−5.5
105	Shane Hynes	Kent State	−9.7	36	61.1	25%	27	−3.5
106	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	−9.8	67	63.6	57%	29	−6.6
107	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	−10.0	58	59.2	36%	37	−5.8
108	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	−10.9	38	62.1	47%	20	−4.1
109	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	−11.0	61	59.7	25%	46	−6.7
110	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	−11.9	75	59.9	43%	43	−8.9
111	Evan Staley	West Virginia	−12.0	74	58.8	36%	47	−8.9
112	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	−12.6	61	63.7	59%	25	−7.7
113	Kyle Bambard	NC State	−13.4	69	58.2	28%	49	−9.2
114	Erik Powell	Washington State	−14.0	63	62.0	48%	33	−8.8
115	Nick Fields	Bowling Green	−14.5	64	55.7	28%	46	−9.3
116	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	−14.6	56	59.1	34%	37	−8.2
117	Barry Brown	Georgia State	−14.7	30	60.8	0%	30	−4.4
118	Bratcher Underwood	Troy	−15.2	57	59.7	39%	35	−8.6
119	Liam Jones	Kansas	−15.7	48	58.9	35%	31	−7.5
120	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	−18.7	69	61.5	51%	34	−12.9
121	Nick Gasser	Akron	−19.8	58	58.0	19%	47	−11.5
122	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	−19.8	32	59.3	53%	14	−6.3
123	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	−22.5	50	64.0	78%	11	−11.3
124	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	−24.0	66	59.7	44%	36	−15.8
125	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	−24.3	30	55.2	67%	9	−7.3
126	Kaden Keon	Central Michigan	−31.1	63	54.8	30%	44	−19.6
127	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	−31.6	36	58.4	31%	25	−11.4
128	Michael Schreiner	Massachusetts	−57.9	36	54.8	8%	33	−20.9

All 2017 College kickoff specialist rankings

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