2019 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 2019, Noah Rauschenberg (+22.5) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of John Parker Romo (+21.8) and Zach Hintze (+20.1). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +2.0.

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	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	+22.5	52	63.1	60%	21	+11.7
2	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	+21.8	39	64.4	69%	12	+8.5
3	Zach Hintze	Wisconsin	+20.1	83	64.4	80%	17	+16.7
4	Riley Patterson	Memphis	+19.4	94	63.8	63%	35	+18.2
5	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	+18.6	59	62.3	53%	28	+11.0
6	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	+18.4	59	63.5	73%	15	+10.9
7	James McCourt	Illinois	+17.0	62	63.8	69%	19	+10.6
8	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	+17.0	60	62.6	70%	18	+10.2
9	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	+16.3	65	62.2	43%	37	+10.6
10	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	+15.7	72	62.7	51%	34	+11.3
11	B.T. Potter	Clemson	+15.4	87	64.6	80%	14	+13.4
12	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	+15.0	56	63.0	57%	24	+8.4
13	Skyler Southam	BYU	+14.4	62	61.4	32%	42	+8.9
14	Cameron Dicker	Texas	+13.3	69	62.5	68%	22	+9.2
15	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	+13.3	79	61.8	51%	37	+10.5
16	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	+13.0	53	61.5	34%	35	+6.9
17	Joseph Bulovas	Alabama	+12.8	71	58.9	72%	18	+9.1
18	Jordan Stout	Penn State	+12.7	73	63.6	81%	13	+9.3
19	Andrew Strauch	Utah	+12.5	82	62.3	52%	39	+10.2
20	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	+12.4	60	63.8	67%	20	+7.4
21	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	+12.4	79	63.7	78%	13	+9.8
22	Zach Hoban	Rice	+11.8	33	59.5	42%	19	+3.9
23	Evan McPherson	Florida	+11.4	71	63.1	69%	22	+8.1
24	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	+10.6	56	60.0	75%	14	+5.9
25	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	+10.3	54	60.0	56%	24	+5.5
26	Kenneth Almendares	Louisiana	+9.9	89	61.8	49%	45	+8.8
27	JJ Molson	UCLA	+9.5	60	65.0	87%	8	+5.7
28	Jake Moody	Michigan	+9.1	71	62.1	73%	19	+6.5
29	Jacob Meeks	UL Monroe	+8.9	69	63.6	55%	31	+6.1
30	Michael Farkas	Ohio	+8.8	76	58.6	32%	52	+6.7
31	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	+8.4	72	60.6	29%	50	+6.1
32	Peyton Paddock	Iowa State	+8.4	70	58.8	20%	56	+5.8
33	Avery Atkins	LSU	+7.7	112	63.9	86%	14	+8.7
34	Will Tommie	South Carolina	+7.5	52	64.2	63%	19	+3.9
35	Nick Vogel	UAB	+7.4	65	63.8	71%	19	+4.8
36	James Stefanou	Colorado	+7.3	37	62.8	59%	15	+2.7
37	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	+7.3	84	62.3	63%	30	+6.1
38	Grant Ryerse	Minnesota	+7.2	71	62.3	44%	40	+5.1
39	Chandler Staton	App State	+7.2	91	60.2	33%	61	+6.6
40	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	+7.2	57	60.1	23%	44	+4.1
41	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	+7.0	71	63.4	70%	21	+5.0
42	Tucker McCann	Missouri	+6.6	64	64.6	91%	6	+4.2
43	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	+6.4	40	60.8	20%	32	+2.6
44	AJ Reed	Duke	+6.2	57	59.5	26%	41	+3.5
45	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	+6.1	67	61.3	54%	31	+4.1
46	Nathanael Snyder	Indiana	+6.0	52	62.2	44%	29	+3.1
47	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	+5.6	62	64.2	61%	24	+3.5
48	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	+5.4	105	60.2	58%	44	+5.7
49	Liam Jones	Kansas	+5.4	52	60.4	29%	37	+2.8
50	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	+5.3	62	62.8	50%	31	+3.3
51	Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	+5.3	64	60.3	34%	42	+3.4
52	Camden Lewis	Oregon	+5.3	83	62.9	36%	51	+4.4
53	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	+5.1	100	62.3	62%	38	+5.1
54	Alex Probert	Liberty	+5.1	74	62.9	64%	27	+3.8
55	Will Reichard	Alabama	+4.6	30	63.2	77%	7	+1.4
56	Daniel Obarski	UCF	+4.3	87	61.9	55%	35	+3.8
57	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	+4.2	57	63.4	70%	17	+2.4
58	Bubba Baxa	Miami	+3.6	64	63.6	55%	29	+2.3
59	Matthew Cluck	UTSA	+3.3	44	62.7	45%	24	+1.4
60	Anders Carlson	Auburn	+2.5	73	62.7	59%	27	+1.8
61	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	+2.3	31	58.6	26%	23	+0.7
62	Jack Crane	Washington State	+2.2	85	61.3	66%	29	+1.9
63	Brian Delaney	Virginia	+2.1	80	62.3	68%	26	+1.7
64	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	+2.0	33	59.3	24%	25	+0.7
65	Trenton Gill	NC State	+1.9	58	62.7	50%	28	+1.1
66	Trey Finison	Northwestern	+1.7	33	59.9	30%	23	+0.6
67	Evan Staley	West Virginia	+1.3	32	60.5	53%	14	+0.4
68	Vladimir Rivas	Florida Atlantic	+1.3	32	58.1	28%	23	+0.4
69	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	+1.2	58	60.4	62%	22	+0.7
70	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	+0.8	67	62.1	78%	15	+0.5
71	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	+0.7	84	63.6	52%	40	+0.6
72	Jose Borregales	Florida International	+0.6	49	61.4	59%	20	+0.3
73	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	+0.6	59	62.8	68%	19	+0.4
74	Gabe Siemieniec	California	+0.4	51	60.5	39%	31	+0.2
75	Zack Long	Tulsa	+0.1	56	57.8	9%	50	+0.1
76	Julian Diaz	Nevada	+0.1	49	63.9	65%	17	0.0
77	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	−0.1	70	62.0	51%	34	0.0
78	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	−0.1	50	61.1	58%	21	−0.1
79	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	−0.7	63	64.0	67%	21	−0.5
80	Jacob LaFree	Temple	−0.8	61	62.7	49%	31	−0.5
81	Chris Wood	San José State	−1.3	69	54.4	25%	52	−0.9
82	Bailey Hale	Louisiana Tech	−1.7	74	57.9	12%	65	−1.2
83	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	−1.8	54	60.9	54%	25	−0.9
84	Merek Glover	Tulane	−1.8	62	61.0	50%	31	−1.1
85	Cole Hahn	Michigan State	−2.1	46	59.3	24%	34	−1.0
86	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	−2.7	50	59.7	16%	42	−1.3
87	J.R. Osborn	Navy	−3.4	33	59.9	27%	24	−1.1
88	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	−3.7	41	55.7	24%	31	−1.5
89	Griffin Kell	TCU	−3.9	33	63.6	39%	20	−1.3
90	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	−4.0	30	57.8	43%	17	−1.2
91	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	−4.9	63	60.9	46%	34	−3.1
92	Josh Plaster	Arizona State	−5.1	30	61.3	20%	23	−1.5
93	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	−5.1	66	63.3	56%	29	−3.4
94	Alex Stadthaus	USC	−5.6	59	63.4	44%	33	−3.3
95	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	−5.7	46	61.5	39%	28	−2.6
96	Joshua Rowland	Texas State	−5.8	37	60.9	27%	27	−2.1
97	Blanton Creque	Louisville	−6.2	48	61.6	31%	33	−3.0
98	Scott Goodman	Mississippi State	−6.3	48	59.6	31%	32	−3.0
99	William Przystup	Nebraska	−6.3	33	60.6	30%	23	−2.1
100	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	−7.0	61	62.0	79%	13	−4.3
101	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	−7.6	67	59.3	33%	45	−5.1
102	Jack Martin	Troy	−8.2	68	56.3	34%	45	−5.6
103	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	−8.4	55	61.8	38%	34	−4.6
104	Nick Sciba	Wake Forest	−8.5	71	59.5	24%	54	−6.0
105	Crews Holt	Middle Tennessee	−9.0	61	57.5	15%	52	−5.5
106	Kyle Ramsey	Houston	−9.3	55	58.8	44%	31	−5.1
107	Michael Rubino	North Carolina	−9.3	36	61.3	47%	19	−3.3
108	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	−9.4	59	55.3	41%	34	−5.6
109	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	−9.9	66	58.0	42%	36	−6.5
110	Danny Longman	Boston College	−10.1	69	62.2	45%	38	−7.0
111	Jake Verity	East Carolina	−10.2	67	63.2	66%	23	−6.8
112	Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	−10.6	36	57.3	0%	36	−3.8
113	Nick McLellan	Kansas State	−11.8	37	57.5	30%	26	−4.4
114	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	−12.6	55	59.6	27%	39	−6.9
115	Landon Salyers	Army	−14.5	44	56.0	14%	38	−6.4
116	Russell Roberts	SMU	−15.9	70	54.3	17%	58	−11.2
117	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	−16.0	52	52.7	12%	46	−8.3
118	Cooper Garcia	Massachusetts	−17.9	41	57.8	24%	31	−7.4
119	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	−18.6	58	54.3	21%	46	−10.8
120	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	−19.5	51	59.5	37%	32	−10.0
121	Ryan Tice	Central Michigan	−20.4	65	58.9	29%	46	−13.2
122	Justin Rohrwasser	Marshall	−23.8	57	62.6	51%	28	−13.6
123	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	−23.8	43	59.7	51%	21	−10.3
124	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	−24.4	51	56.3	29%	36	−12.4
125	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	−25.3	60	58.2	27%	44	−15.2
126	Tim Horn	Washington	−26.8	73	63.9	60%	29	−19.6
127	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	−32.0	44	59.8	30%	30	−14.1
128	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	−39.2	35	56.1	14%	30	−13.7

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