2017 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 2017, Miguel Recinos (+17.3) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of James Foug (+16.5) and Blake Haubeil (+15.4). 128 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 2017 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

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

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