2019 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 2019, Riley Patterson (+18.2) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Zach Hintze (+16.7) and B.T. Potter (+13.4). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +0.7.

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

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

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