2017 College Kickoffs Leaders

Kickoffs excluding onside kicks. The number depends on how many times his team scored and how often it received.

Volume, not quality. In 2017, Austin Seibert (102) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoffs, ahead of Matt Ammendola (98) and Matthew Wright (97). 245 kickoff specialists qualify.

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	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	102	61.9	77%	22	−3.0
2	Matt Ammendola	Oklahoma State	98	61.1	35%	64	+9.0
3	Matthew Wright	UCF	97	59.7	24%	73	+1.7
4	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	93	63.6	75%	23	+11.5
5	JK Scott	Alabama	89	63.1	47%	47	+7.3
6	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	87	63.1	67%	29	−3.5
7	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	85	63.4	73%	20	+1.5
8	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	82	64.1	73%	22	+12.9
9	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	82	59.6	15%	70	+15.4
10	Tyler Davis	Penn State	81	62.1	38%	50	+3.2
11	Michael Farkas	Ohio	81	58.8	20%	65	+4.7
12	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	80	64.0	49%	41	+5.2
13	Jameson Vest	Toledo	80	61.9	48%	42	+1.3
14	Cole Bunce	TCU	80	62.1	40%	44	+7.2
15	JJ Molson	UCLA	79	63.4	43%	45	−0.1
16	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	79	62.4	42%	46	−5.6
17	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	78	63.4	53%	37	+9.5
18	Blanton Creque	Louisville	78	60.7	28%	55	+1.3
19	Tucker McCann	Missouri	77	63.0	53%	36	−0.1
20	Trevor Moore	North Texas	77	61.8	49%	38	+2.2
21	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	76	61.2	33%	51	−4.0
22	Sawyer Williams	Arkansas State	76	57.4	26%	53	−2.6
23	Jake Bailey	Stanford	75	64.4	71%	22	+15.1
24	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	75	64.2	63%	28	+8.1
25	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	75	59.9	43%	43	−8.9
26	Evan Staley	West Virginia	74	58.8	36%	47	−8.9
27	Jimmy Camacho	Fresno State	73	62.4	51%	36	+12.6
28	Spencer Smith	Memphis	73	57.4	26%	52	−2.3
29	Brandon Ruiz	Arizona State	72	63.3	68%	23	+7.8
30	Michael Rubino	App State	72	61.4	35%	47	+4.6
31	Michael Badgley	Miami	71	62.1	44%	40	−1.6
32	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	71	60.9	41%	42	0.0
33	Zach Hintze	Wisconsin	70	64.2	70%	21	+12.5
34	John Baron II	San Diego State	70	62.9	44%	39	+6.8
35	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	70	58.8	23%	51	+6.0
36	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	69	61.5	51%	34	−12.9
37	Matt Wylie	UL Monroe	69	62.4	36%	44	+1.4
38	Kyle Bambard	NC State	69	58.2	28%	49	−9.2
39	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	68	61.5	56%	30	+8.1
40	Michael Barden	Texas Tech	67	63.6	57%	29	−6.6
41	Redford Jones	Tulsa	67	62.6	45%	37	−0.8
42	Nick Vogel	UAB	67	61.7	42%	39	−1.8
43	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	66	63.7	59%	27	+9.4
44	Logan Tyler	Florida State	66	64.1	59%	27	+4.4
45	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	66	59.7	44%	36	−15.8
46	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	66	60.7	32%	45	+5.3
47	Chris Francis	Iowa State	65	63.7	58%	25	+4.9
48	Davis Price	Colorado	64	63.8	63%	24	+8.0
49	James Foug	Michigan	64	63.0	48%	33	+16.5
50	Aaron Boumerhi	Temple	64	60.5	28%	45	+5.1
51	Nick Fields	Bowling Green	64	55.7	28%	46	−9.3
52	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	63	63.1	49%	32	+17.3
53	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	63	64.3	48%	33	+1.6
54	Erik Powell	Washington State	63	62.0	48%	33	−8.8
55	Luke Otto	Northwestern	63	59.2	32%	43	−4.7
56	Kaden Keon	Central Michigan	63	54.8	30%	44	−19.6
57	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	62	62.2	69%	19	+0.8
58	Joshua Rowland	Texas	62	64.2	52%	30	−1.4
59	Cameron Gamble	LSU	62	63.6	48%	32	+4.0
60	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	61	64.6	66%	21	+3.7
61	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	61	63.7	59%	25	−7.7
62	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	61	62.1	49%	31	−0.6
63	Adam Mitcheson	Buffalo	61	60.4	36%	39	−4.3
64	Josh Williams	SMU	61	58.3	28%	42	−5.5
65	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	61	59.7	25%	46	−6.7
66	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	60	61.9	50%	30	−1.7
67	Nick Schrage	Army	60	60.7	32%	41	+4.6
68	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	60	60.3	22%	46	+3.2
69	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	59	63.6	85%	9	+5.4
70	Freeman Jones	North Carolina	59	63.5	51%	28	+13.2
71	Caden Novikoff	Houston	59	60.3	42%	34	−2.5
72	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	59	62.0	39%	36	+3.0
73	Parker White	South Carolina	58	64.6	72%	16	+6.3
74	Michael Tarbutt	UConn	58	63.6	62%	22	+5.6
75	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	58	59.2	36%	37	−5.8
76	Nick Gasser	Akron	58	58.0	19%	47	−11.5
77	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	57	61.1	56%	25	+7.0
78	Sean Young	Florida International	57	63.0	54%	26	+5.7
79	Bratcher Underwood	Troy	57	59.7	39%	35	−8.6
80	Jack Driggers	Duke	57	62.3	30%	40	+11.2
81	Jesse Kelly	Eastern Michigan	57	60.0	28%	41	−1.9
82	Danny Sutton	Maryland	57	59.0	9%	52	0.0
83	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	56	62.9	50%	28	−1.4
84	Drew Brown	Nebraska	56	62.1	45%	31	+1.1
85	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	56	59.1	34%	37	−8.2
86	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	55	62.5	65%	19	−0.7
87	Chase McGrath	USC	55	61.8	33%	37	+2.1
88	Brett Scanlon	Michigan State	55	60.7	24%	42	+1.2
89	Luke Strebel	Air Force	54	60.6	54%	25	+1.0
90	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	54	63.4	48%	28	+9.9
91	Brian Delaney	Virginia	54	63.2	37%	34	−2.7
92	Ramiz Ahmed	Nevada	53	61.8	53%	25	+2.0
93	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	53	61.4	42%	31	−4.5
94	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	52	64.0	85%	8	0.0
95	Gabe Siemieniec	California	52	64.1	52%	25	+10.2
96	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	52	61.6	33%	35	−2.9
97	Daniel Portillo	UTSA	52	60.8	31%	36	+1.2
98	Alex Spence	Clemson	52	61.7	27%	38	+0.8
99	Cade Coffey	Idaho	51	60.5	51%	25	−1.5
100	Justin Yoon	Notre Dame	51	62.5	29%	36	−4.0
101	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	50	64.0	78%	11	−11.3
102	Zachary Block	Tulane	50	60.5	38%	31	+3.8
103	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	50	58.6	26%	37	+1.7
104	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	50	57.7	4%	48	+1.6
105	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	48	63.8	81%	9	+5.6
106	Liam Jones	Kansas	48	58.9	35%	31	−7.5
107	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	48	62.3	31%	33	+5.9
108	Spencer Evans	Purdue	47	61.7	55%	21	−4.0
109	Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	47	59.4	15%	40	−2.1
110	Bennett Moehring	Navy	44	59.4	36%	28	+3.8
111	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	44	62.4	30%	31	+4.5
112	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	43	62.4	72%	12	+2.7
113	Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel	Boston College	42	63.4	52%	20	+5.6
114	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	41	64.2	71%	12	+1.3
115	James Sherman	Texas State	41	61.2	34%	27	−3.6
116	Jack Fox	Rice	39	63.1	69%	12	−0.2
117	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	38	62.1	47%	20	−4.1
118	Josh Orne	Northern Illinois	38	59.3	34%	25	−2.0
119	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	36	58.4	31%	25	−11.4
120	Shane Hynes	Kent State	36	61.1	25%	27	−3.5
121	Michael Schreiner	Massachusetts	36	54.8	8%	33	−20.9
122	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	33	58.8	21%	26	+2.6
123	Brady Viles	UTEP	32	60.1	66%	11	−1.1
124	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	32	59.3	53%	14	−6.3
125	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	32	63.4	50%	16	−0.2
126	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	31	62.6	32%	21	+7.6
127	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	30	55.2	67%	9	−7.3
128	Barry Brown	Georgia State	30	60.8	0%	30	−4.4
129	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	28	61.8	25%	21	−1.4
130	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	28	61.8	21%	22	+2.7
131	Nigel Macauley	Charlotte	27	62.9	37%	17	+4.6
132	Shawn Davis	Georgia Tech	27	59.8	30%	19	−5.1
133	Jay Sedwick	Baylor	26	59.6	15%	22	−4.7
134	Kevin Robledo	SMU	24	59.0	42%	14	−9.7
135	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	24	60.5	21%	19	−4.3
136	Masamitsu Ishibashi	Coastal Carolina	24	57.3	8%	22	−9.7
137	Riley Patterson	Memphis	24	59.7	8%	22	−2.1
138	Brenton King	Georgia Tech	24	59.3	4%	23	−7.0
139	Drew Galitz	Baylor	23	61.0	35%	15	−2.6
140	Frankie Onate	South Alabama	20	57.9	10%	18	−6.0
141	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	19	62.3	53%	9	+1.7
142	Samuel Vucelich	Toledo	18	62.1	39%	11	+2.4
143	Corey Edwards	BYU	18	61.3	28%	13	+1.2
144	Calvin Linden	Louisiana	18	55.7	0%	18	−5.0
145	Greg Huegel	Clemson	17	64.4	53%	8	+3.8
146	Reid Budrovich	USC	16	63.9	50%	8	+0.3
147	Bryce Crawford	San José State	15	59.4	67%	5	−2.3
148	Sean Nuernberger	Ohio State	15	51.2	0%	14	−6.1
149	Brian Johnson	Virginia Tech	12	63.2	50%	6	+1.9
150	Nick Bartolotta	Missouri	12	54.8	33%	8	−1.5
151	Blake Patterson	TCU	12	59.6	17%	10	−2.6
152	Van Soderberg	Washington	12	61.9	8%	11	−2.6
153	J.R. Osborn	Navy	12	58.3	0%	12	+0.4
154	P.J. Rosowski	Wisconsin	11	64.3	45%	6	+2.5
155	Hayes Hicken	Utah	11	54.5	36%	7	−3.7
156	Matthew Philichi	Air Force	11	61.6	36%	7	+0.6
157	Brent Cimaglia	Tennessee	10	63.6	40%	6	−0.1
158	Christian Groomes	Clemson	10	61.1	20%	8	+0.7
159	Evan Pantels	UNLV	9	65.9	67%	3	+1.8
160	Michael Brown	USC	9	64.7	33%	6	−1.6
161	Austin Parker	Duke	9	62.6	22%	7	+1.2
162	Matt Anderson	California	9	61.0	22%	7	+1.6
163	Connor Martin	Baylor	9	60.9	11%	8	−8.1
164	Jack Crane	Washington State	9	59.8	0%	9	+3.5
165	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	8	61.8	13%	7	+1.7
166	Garrett Owens	Iowa State	7	62.1	43%	4	+0.7
167	Matthew Cluck	Texas Tech	7	63.9	29%	5	−1.8
168	Gavin Patterson	South Alabama	7	54.0	14%	5	+1.1
169	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	6	64.5	83%	1	+1.2
170	Jaleel Berry	Boston College	6	62.7	50%	3	+1.5
171	Josh Grant	Western Michigan	6	60.8	33%	4	+1.1
172	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	6	59.0	33%	4	+1.3
173	Connor Culp	LSU	6	63.3	17%	5	+2.1
174	Alex Barbir	Penn State	6	61.2	0%	5	+0.5
175	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	5	52.4	40%	3	−0.6
176	Bennett Barton	Georgia Tech	5	55.4	20%	4	−0.3
177	Jason Evans	Western Michigan	5	59.0	20%	4	+0.1
178	Jose Borregales	Florida International	5	58.6	20%	4	+0.3
179	Evan O'Hara	Louisville	5	56.4	0%	5	−0.2
180	Jet Toner	Stanford	5	40.2	0%	4	−2.0
181	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	5	62.2	0%	5	−0.6
182	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	5	60.6	0%	5	+1.4
183	Myles Homan	Purdue	4	63.3	75%	1	+0.2
184	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota	4	57.3	50%	2	+0.2
185	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	4	61.5	50%	2	−1.8
186	Drew Costa	Clemson	4	63.3	25%	3	+0.8
187	Jared Sackett	UTSA	3	55.7	33%	2	−2.9
188	Connor Coles	Utah State	3	55.0	0%	3	+0.9
189	Daniel LaCamera	Texas A&M	3	49.3	0%	3	−1.7
190	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	3	61.0	0%	3	−1.7
191	Noah Motto	Florida International	3	51.3	0%	3	−1.4
192	Riley Garner	Texas A&M	3	48.3	0%	3	−1.8
193	Ryley Guay	Vanderbilt	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
194	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
195	Austin Johnson	Louisville	2	55.5	50%	1	−0.5
196	Blake Wilson	Army	2	62.5	50%	1	+0.4
197	Brandon Monroe	San José State	2	47.5	50%	1	−0.6
198	Ben Brown	Wake Forest	2	58.0	0%	2	+0.1
199	David Marvin	Georgia	2	64.0	0%	2	−0.3
200	Drew Riethman	Texas A&M	2	61.5	0%	2	+0.8
201	Gabriel Rui	Kansas	2	31.0	0%	2	−0.7
202	Grant Urenovitch	Kent State	2	60.5	0%	1	−0.5
203	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	2	61.0	0%	2	+1.3
204	Josh Pollack	Arizona	2	34.0	0%	2	−0.6
205	Merek Glover	Tulane	2	61.0	0%	2	+1.1
206	Owen White	Navy	2	55.0	0%	2	−0.7
207	Chad Adams	Arizona State	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.7
208	Devon Spalding	Central Michigan	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
209	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
210	Jackson Vansickle	Charlotte	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
211	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
212	Kyle Pfau	Oklahoma	1	50.0	100%	0	+0.1
213	A.J. Mejia	Virginia	1	55.0	0%	1	+0.8
214	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	1	62.0	0%	1	−0.4
215	Alexander Woznick	South Carolina	1	65.0	0%	1	−1.4
216	Andrew King	Virginia	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.4
217	Brandon Ritchie	TCU	1	64.0	0%	1	+0.6
218	Broderick Washington, Jr.	Texas Tech	1	64.0	0%	1	−0.2
219	Bryan Kristan	Ohio State	1	40.0	0%	1	−0.9
220	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	1	61.0	0%	1	−1.1
221	Chandler Staton	App State	1	64.0	0%	1	+0.8
222	Chris Graham	Colorado	1	46.0	0%	1	+0.2
223	Cole Moos	Kansas	1	12.0	0%	1	−2.3
224	Crews Holt	Middle Tennessee	1	60.0	0%	1	+0.1
225	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	1	63.0	0%	1	+0.4
226	Dylan Barnas	UCF	1	56.0	0%	1	+0.9
227	Greg Hoyd III	Washington State	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.9
228	Ismail Saleem	Troy	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.9
229	Jake Verity	East Carolina	1	9.0	0%	1	−2.8
230	James Skalski	Clemson	1	60.0	0%	1	+0.3
231	Jason Filley	UTEP	1	10.0	0%	1	−2.8
232	Landon Salyers	Army	1	60.0	0%	1	−0.8
233	Lexington Thomas	UNLV	1	70.0	0%	1	−3.4
234	Luke Ancrum	Florida	1	16.0	0%	1	−3.1
235	Matt Gay	Utah	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.1
236	Michael Almond	South Carolina	1	45.0	0%	1	+0.4
237	Mike Molina	West Virginia	1	48.0	0%	0	−0.7
238	Noah Crabbe	Air Force	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.6
239	Parker Shaunfield	Southern Miss	1	48.0	0%	1	−0.3
240	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	1	58.0	0%	1	−1.5
241	Sage Ledbetter	Auburn	1	44.0	0%	1	+0.4
242	Spencer Pettit	Nevada	1	8.0	0%	1	−2.6
243	Stone Wilson	Florida International	1	47.0	0%	1	−2.1
244	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	1	51.0	0%	1	−1.3
245	Wade Lees	Maryland	1	67.0	0%	1	−1.3

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