2018 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 2018, Sterling Hofrichter (+21.1) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of B.T. Potter (+20.9) and Braden Mann (+13.1). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.7.

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

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