2019 College Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage Leaders

The share of kickoffs that crossed a sideline before anyone touched them. It is a penalty and gives the receiving team good field position.

Lowest comes first. Most specialists are at or near zero. In 2019, Avery Atkins (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Blake Haubeil (0.0%) and Gabe Brkic (0.0%). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 0.0%.

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 2019 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Avery Atkins	LSU	0.0%	112	63.9	86%	14	+8.7
2	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	0.0%	105	60.2	58%	44	+5.7
3	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	0.0%	100	62.3	62%	38	+5.1
4	Riley Patterson	Memphis	0.0%	94	63.8	63%	35	+18.2
5	Chandler Staton	App State	0.0%	91	60.2	33%	61	+6.6
6	Kenneth Almendares	Louisiana	0.0%	89	61.8	49%	45	+8.8
7	B.T. Potter	Clemson	0.0%	87	64.6	80%	14	+13.4
8	Jack Crane	Washington State	0.0%	85	61.3	66%	29	+1.9
9	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	0.0%	84	63.6	52%	40	+0.6
10	Camden Lewis	Oregon	0.0%	83	62.9	36%	51	+4.4
11	Zach Hintze	Wisconsin	0.0%	83	64.4	80%	17	+16.7
12	Andrew Strauch	Utah	0.0%	82	62.3	52%	39	+10.2
13	Brian Delaney	Virginia	0.0%	80	62.3	68%	26	+1.7
14	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	0.0%	79	63.7	78%	13	+9.8
15	Michael Farkas	Ohio	0.0%	76	58.6	32%	52	+6.7
16	Alex Probert	Liberty	0.0%	74	62.9	64%	27	+3.8
17	Bailey Hale	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	74	57.9	12%	65	−1.2
18	Anders Carlson	Auburn	0.0%	73	62.7	59%	27	+1.8
19	Tim Horn	Washington	0.0%	73	63.9	60%	29	−19.6
20	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	0.0%	72	62.7	51%	34	+11.3
21	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	0.0%	72	60.6	29%	50	+6.1
22	Evan McPherson	Florida	0.0%	71	63.1	69%	22	+8.1
23	Grant Ryerse	Minnesota	0.0%	71	62.3	44%	40	+5.1
24	Jake Moody	Michigan	0.0%	71	62.1	73%	19	+6.5
25	Joseph Bulovas	Alabama	0.0%	71	58.9	72%	18	+9.1
26	Nick Sciba	Wake Forest	0.0%	71	59.5	24%	54	−6.0
27	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	0.0%	71	63.4	70%	21	+5.0
28	Peyton Paddock	Iowa State	0.0%	70	58.8	20%	56	+5.8
29	Russell Roberts	SMU	0.0%	70	54.3	17%	58	−11.2
30	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	0.0%	70	62.0	51%	34	0.0
31	Cameron Dicker	Texas	0.0%	69	62.5	68%	22	+9.2
32	Chris Wood	San José State	0.0%	69	54.4	25%	52	−0.9
33	Danny Longman	Boston College	0.0%	69	62.2	45%	38	−7.0
34	Jacob Meeks	UL Monroe	0.0%	69	63.6	55%	31	+6.1
35	Jack Martin	Troy	0.0%	68	56.3	34%	45	−5.6
36	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	0.0%	67	59.3	33%	45	−5.1
37	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	0.0%	67	61.3	54%	31	+4.1
38	Jake Verity	East Carolina	0.0%	67	63.2	66%	23	−6.8
39	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	0.0%	67	62.1	78%	15	+0.5
40	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	0.0%	66	63.3	56%	29	−3.4
41	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	0.0%	66	58.0	42%	36	−6.5
42	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	0.0%	65	62.2	43%	37	+10.6
43	Nick Vogel	UAB	0.0%	65	63.8	71%	19	+4.8
44	Ryan Tice	Central Michigan	0.0%	65	58.9	29%	46	−13.2
45	Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	0.0%	64	60.3	34%	42	+3.4
46	Bubba Baxa	Miami	0.0%	64	63.6	55%	29	+2.3
47	Tucker McCann	Missouri	0.0%	64	64.6	91%	6	+4.2
48	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	63	60.9	46%	34	−3.1
49	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	0.0%	63	64.0	67%	21	−0.5
50	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	0.0%	62	64.2	61%	24	+3.5
51	James McCourt	Illinois	0.0%	62	63.8	69%	19	+10.6
52	Merek Glover	Tulane	0.0%	62	61.0	50%	31	−1.1
53	Skyler Southam	BYU	0.0%	62	61.4	32%	42	+8.9
54	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	0.0%	62	62.8	50%	31	+3.3
55	Crews Holt	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	61	57.5	15%	52	−5.5
56	Jacob LaFree	Temple	0.0%	61	62.7	49%	31	−0.5
57	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	0.0%	61	62.0	79%	13	−4.3
58	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	0.0%	60	58.2	27%	44	−15.2
59	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	0.0%	60	63.8	67%	20	+7.4
60	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	0.0%	60	62.6	70%	18	+10.2
61	JJ Molson	UCLA	0.0%	60	65.0	87%	8	+5.7
62	Alex Stadthaus	USC	0.0%	59	63.4	44%	33	−3.3
63	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	0.0%	59	62.3	53%	28	+11.0
64	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	0.0%	59	62.8	68%	19	+0.4
65	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	0.0%	59	55.3	41%	34	−5.6
66	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	0.0%	59	63.5	73%	15	+10.9
67	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	0.0%	58	60.4	62%	22	+0.7
68	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	0.0%	58	54.3	21%	46	−10.8
69	Trenton Gill	NC State	0.0%	58	62.7	50%	28	+1.1
70	AJ Reed	Duke	0.0%	57	59.5	26%	41	+3.5
71	Justin Rohrwasser	Marshall	0.0%	57	62.6	51%	28	−13.6
72	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	0.0%	57	60.1	23%	44	+4.1
73	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	0.0%	57	63.4	70%	17	+2.4
74	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	0.0%	56	63.0	57%	24	+8.4
75	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	0.0%	56	60.0	75%	14	+5.9
76	Zack Long	Tulsa	0.0%	56	57.8	9%	50	+0.1
77	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	0.0%	55	61.8	38%	34	−4.6
78	Kyle Ramsey	Houston	0.0%	55	58.8	44%	31	−5.1
79	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	0.0%	54	60.0	56%	24	+5.5
80	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	0.0%	54	60.9	54%	25	−0.9
81	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	53	61.5	34%	35	+6.9
82	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	0.0%	52	52.7	12%	46	−8.3
83	Liam Jones	Kansas	0.0%	52	60.4	29%	37	+2.8
84	Nathanael Snyder	Indiana	0.0%	52	62.2	44%	29	+3.1
85	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	0.0%	52	63.1	60%	21	+11.7
86	Will Tommie	South Carolina	0.0%	52	64.2	63%	19	+3.9
87	Gabe Siemieniec	California	0.0%	51	60.5	39%	31	+0.2
88	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	0.0%	51	59.5	37%	32	−10.0
89	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	0.0%	51	56.3	29%	36	−12.4
90	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	0.0%	50	61.1	58%	21	−0.1
91	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	0.0%	50	59.7	16%	42	−1.3
92	Jose Borregales	Florida International	0.0%	49	61.4	59%	20	+0.3
93	Julian Diaz	Nevada	0.0%	49	63.9	65%	17	0.0
94	Blanton Creque	Louisville	0.0%	48	61.6	31%	33	−3.0
95	Scott Goodman	Mississippi State	0.0%	48	59.6	31%	32	−3.0
96	Cole Hahn	Michigan State	0.0%	46	59.3	24%	34	−1.0
97	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	0.0%	46	61.5	39%	28	−2.6
98	Landon Salyers	Army	0.0%	44	56.0	14%	38	−6.4
99	Matthew Cluck	UTSA	0.0%	44	62.7	45%	24	+1.4
100	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	0.0%	43	59.7	51%	21	−10.3
101	Cooper Garcia	Massachusetts	0.0%	41	57.8	24%	31	−7.4
102	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	0.0%	41	55.7	24%	31	−1.5
103	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	0.0%	40	60.8	20%	32	+2.6
104	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	0.0%	39	64.4	69%	12	+8.5
105	James Stefanou	Colorado	0.0%	37	62.8	59%	15	+2.7
106	Joshua Rowland	Texas State	0.0%	37	60.9	27%	27	−2.1
107	Nick McLellan	Kansas State	0.0%	37	57.5	30%	26	−4.4
108	Michael Rubino	North Carolina	0.0%	36	61.3	47%	19	−3.3
109	Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	0.0%	36	57.3	0%	36	−3.8
110	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	0.0%	35	56.1	14%	30	−13.7
111	Griffin Kell	TCU	0.0%	33	63.6	39%	20	−1.3
112	J.R. Osborn	Navy	0.0%	33	59.9	27%	24	−1.1
113	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	0.0%	33	59.3	24%	25	+0.7
114	Trey Finison	Northwestern	0.0%	33	59.9	30%	23	+0.6
115	William Przystup	Nebraska	0.0%	33	60.6	30%	23	−2.1
116	Zach Hoban	Rice	0.0%	33	59.5	42%	19	+3.9
117	Evan Staley	West Virginia	0.0%	32	60.5	53%	14	+0.4
118	Vladimir Rivas	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	32	58.1	28%	23	+0.4
119	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	0.0%	31	58.6	26%	23	+0.7
120	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	0.0%	30	57.8	43%	17	−1.2
121	Josh Plaster	Arizona State	0.0%	30	61.3	20%	23	−1.5
122	Will Reichard	Alabama	0.0%	30	63.2	77%	7	+1.4
123	Daniel Obarski	UCF	1.1%	87	61.9	55%	35	+3.8
124	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	1.2%	84	62.3	63%	30	+6.1
125	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	1.3%	79	61.8	51%	37	+10.5
126	Jordan Stout	Penn State	1.4%	73	63.6	81%	13	+9.3
127	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	1.8%	55	59.6	27%	39	−6.9
128	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	2.3%	44	59.8	30%	30	−14.1

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