2018 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 2018, Sterling Hofrichter (+22.7) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of B.T. Potter (+20.9) and Danny Sutton (+20.5). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +2.5.

College rule: a kickoff touchback, or a fair catch inside the 25, starts the receiving team at its 25, so a touchback is 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 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	+22.7	93	64.1	61%	34	+21.1
2	B.T. Potter	Clemson	+20.9	100	64.1	69%	31	+20.9
3	Danny Sutton	New Mexico	+20.5	49	62.9	69%	15	+10.0
4	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	+20.3	53	62.4	51%	26	+10.7
5	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	+19.8	56	61.0	41%	33	+11.1
6	Jack Fox	Rice	+19.2	51	63.8	67%	17	+9.8
7	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	+18.7	70	64.5	70%	20	+13.1
8	Freeman Jones	North Carolina	+18.7	56	64.2	57%	24	+10.5
9	Will Tommie	South Carolina	+16.2	40	64.2	83%	7	+6.5
10	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	+16.1	63	62.6	67%	21	+10.1
11	Davis Price	Colorado	+16.0	63	63.1	52%	30	+10.1
12	Jack Driggers	Duke	+15.9	36	62.7	50%	18	+5.7
13	Andrew Mikkelsen	BYU	+15.3	54	61.9	37%	34	+8.3
14	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	+14.9	31	56.6	10%	28	+4.6
15	Evan McPherson	Florida	+14.7	72	63.9	53%	34	+10.6
16	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	+14.6	59	60.2	36%	38	+8.6
17	Jacob Meeks	UL Monroe	+14.4	60	61.5	45%	33	+8.6
18	Sean Young	Florida International	+13.9	52	64.9	81%	10	+7.2
19	Caleb Pratt	East Carolina	+12.9	58	64.8	76%	14	+7.5
20	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	+12.8	96	61.8	57%	33	+12.3
21	Jake Bailey	Stanford	+12.1	69	64.3	83%	12	+8.4
22	Chris Landgrebe	California	+11.4	51	63.3	57%	22	+5.8
23	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	+11.0	60	61.7	55%	27	+6.6
24	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	+10.9	62	63.6	63%	23	+6.7
25	Anders Carlson	Auburn	+10.5	60	64.4	82%	11	+6.3
26	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	+10.5	62	64.2	66%	21	+6.5
27	Jordan Stout	Virginia Tech	+10.3	67	64.8	90%	7	+6.9
28	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	+10.2	100	63.1	62%	38	+10.2
29	Drew Galitz	Baylor	+9.7	56	62.6	59%	23	+5.5
30	Nick McLellan	Kansas State	+9.3	36	61.3	25%	27	+3.3
31	Kyle Bambard	NC State	+8.8	77	61.2	35%	49	+6.8
32	Matt Gay	Utah	+8.7	77	63.8	71%	22	+6.7
33	Ramiz Ahmed	Nevada	+8.5	73	64.1	60%	29	+6.2
34	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	+7.6	86	61.9	57%	36	+6.5
35	Avery Atkins	LSU	+7.5	69	64.0	93%	5	+5.1
36	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	+7.4	35	61.0	37%	22	+2.6
37	Michael Farkas	Ohio	+7.0	86	59.0	24%	65	+6.1
38	James Sherman	Texas State	+7.0	51	61.2	35%	32	+3.6
39	Austin Laszewski	Florida Atlantic	+6.9	55	56.9	7%	51	+3.8
40	Ryley Guay	Vanderbilt	+6.8	63	64.1	71%	18	+4.3
41	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	+6.8	54	62.9	54%	21	+3.7
42	Liam Jones	Kansas	+6.4	49	60.3	43%	27	+3.2
43	Rafael Checa	Penn State	+6.3	73	61.6	53%	31	+4.6
44	Sawyer Williams	Arkansas State	+6.2	40	58.8	23%	26	+2.5
45	Zach Hintze	Wisconsin	+5.8	62	64.0	82%	11	+3.6
46	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	+5.8	76	59.1	41%	45	+4.4
47	Joseph Bulovas	Alabama	+5.6	108	61.9	63%	38	+6.1
48	Chris Francis	Iowa State	+5.5	59	59.3	31%	39	+3.2
49	Cameron Dicker	Texas	+5.5	76	63.2	62%	29	+4.2
50	Riley Patterson	Memphis	+5.3	97	62.0	61%	36	+5.2
51	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	+5.1	49	63.0	55%	22	+2.5
52	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	+4.8	63	59.3	41%	37	+3.0
53	Brandon Ruiz	Arizona State	+4.5	72	63.2	61%	28	+3.2
54	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	+4.4	82	60.7	27%	60	+3.6
55	Nick Vogel	UAB	+4.3	72	64.5	88%	9	+3.1
56	Zachary Block	Tulane	+4.2	47	62.9	62%	18	+2.0
57	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	+3.7	81	63.2	62%	29	+3.0
58	Jameson Vest	Toledo	+3.4	88	62.8	57%	38	+3.0
59	Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	+3.3	52	59.9	21%	41	+1.7
60	Darren Ford	Wake Forest	+3.2	56	63.0	50%	28	+1.8
61	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	+3.0	45	63.4	67%	15	+1.3
62	Brian Delaney	Virginia	+2.9	67	63.3	66%	23	+2.0
63	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	+2.8	52	63.7	48%	27	+1.5
64	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	+2.6	71	63.9	68%	23	+1.8
65	Evan Pantels	UNLV	+2.5	52	60.4	48%	27	+1.3
66	Zach Emerson	Oregon	+2.4	74	61.8	31%	51	+1.8
67	Caden Novikoff	Houston	+2.4	93	61.3	33%	62	+2.2
68	Wyatt Bryan	Colorado State	+1.9	35	58.1	31%	24	+0.7
69	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	+1.9	91	64.2	86%	13	+1.7
70	Justin Rohrwasser	Marshall	+1.9	64	61.4	41%	38	+1.2
71	Bratcher Underwood	Troy	+1.5	66	63.1	53%	28	+1.0
72	Blanton Creque	Louisville	+0.9	43	60.4	30%	30	+0.4
73	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	+0.7	48	62.9	56%	21	+0.4
74	Danny Longman	Boston College	+0.6	60	61.4	22%	46	+0.4
75	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	+0.6	73	63.7	82%	13	+0.5
76	Scott Goodman	Mississippi State	+0.3	63	62.9	49%	31	+0.2
77	Bubba Baxa	Miami	+0.2	67	61.6	61%	26	+0.2
78	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	+0.1	54	61.6	57%	23	0.0
79	Tucker McCann	Missouri	−0.3	86	62.0	59%	35	−0.3
80	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	−0.4	40	62.0	60%	16	−0.2
81	John Baron II	San Diego State	−0.5	62	62.8	71%	18	−0.3
82	Landon Salyers	Army	−0.8	65	59.1	17%	54	−0.5
83	John Parker Romo	Tulsa	−0.9	58	61.7	48%	30	−0.5
84	Alex Stadthaus	USC	−1.0	60	64.7	63%	21	−0.6
85	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	−1.9	104	64.8	86%	15	−2.0
86	Cole Hahn	Michigan State	−2.0	56	60.4	46%	30	−1.1
87	Jesse Kelly	Eastern Michigan	−2.0	58	59.4	31%	40	−1.2
88	Cameron Braaten	Western Michigan	−2.1	33	58.2	6%	31	−0.7
89	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	−3.5	51	62.9	59%	21	−1.8
90	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota	−3.6	66	61.0	50%	33	−2.4
91	Evan Staley	West Virginia	−3.7	68	60.5	38%	42	−2.5
92	Cole Bunce	TCU	−3.7	59	59.4	32%	39	−2.2
93	Matthew Wright	UCF	−3.8	92	60.9	35%	58	−3.5
94	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	−3.9	53	60.9	25%	40	−2.1
95	Andrew Gantz	Northern Illinois	−4.4	45	61.9	40%	27	−2.0
96	JJ Molson	UCLA	−4.9	59	64.1	64%	21	−2.9
97	Adam Mitcheson	Buffalo	−5.5	84	59.5	58%	35	−4.6
98	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	−5.7	64	55.1	19%	51	−3.6
99	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	−6.1	44	59.0	20%	35	−2.7
100	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	−6.2	73	60.6	41%	42	−4.6
101	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	−6.4	68	62.6	59%	28	−4.3
102	Will Mobley	Temple	−7.4	71	56.6	18%	57	−5.3
103	Jack Crane	Washington State	−7.8	78	61.4	47%	41	−6.1
104	Peyton Henry	Washington	−7.9	69	60.1	30%	47	−5.4
105	Logan Tyler	Florida State	−8.6	51	63.0	69%	14	−4.4
106	Spencer Evans	Purdue	−9.1	70	62.0	59%	29	−6.4
107	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	−9.2	55	56.4	16%	46	−5.1
108	Kaden Keon	Central Michigan	−9.3	33	58.4	39%	20	−3.1
109	Bennett Moehring	Navy	−9.4	38	59.4	16%	31	−3.6
110	Cooper Garcia	Massachusetts	−10.5	53	59.2	23%	41	−5.6
111	Shawn Davis	Georgia Tech	−11.3	71	60.7	24%	53	−8.0
112	Bryce Crawford	San José State	−12.4	54	58.7	33%	36	−6.7
113	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	−13.3	53	62.0	53%	25	−7.0
114	Jake Stone	South Florida	−14.9	43	55.6	28%	30	−6.4
115	Michael Rubino	App State	−15.3	78	61.9	59%	32	−12.0
116	Aaron Peart	Liberty	−17.0	51	59.2	41%	30	−8.7
117	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	−17.8	80	61.1	41%	46	−14.2
118	Kevin Robledo	SMU	−19.2	61	53.6	18%	50	−11.7
119	Kyle Pfau	Louisiana	−19.9	67	57.8	25%	50	−13.3
120	Jake Moody	Michigan	−21.7	85	61.3	59%	31	−18.4
121	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	−22.9	72	61.8	54%	33	−16.5
122	Bailey Hale	Louisiana Tech	−23.0	59	57.6	17%	48	−13.6
123	Jared Smolar	Indiana	−23.8	64	57.7	36%	40	−15.2
124	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	−28.5	64	56.5	17%	52	−18.3
125	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	−30.2	45	57.6	13%	39	−13.6
126	Colt McFadden	Kent State	−31.2	54	55.2	26%	40	−16.9
127	Michael Tarbutt	UConn	−35.4	33	58.9	33%	21	−11.7
128	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	−44.2	47	54.3	13%	41	−20.8

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