2019 College Kickoff Return Yards Allowed Leaders

Total return yards gained against a specialist's kickoffs. It reflects his kick and his coverage team.

Lower is better, but volume matters. In 2019, Bailey Hale (1155) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff return yards allowed, ahead of Peyton Paddock (986) and Russell Roberts (961). 239 kickoff specialists qualify.

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	Ret yds	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Bailey Hale	Louisiana Tech	1155	74	57.9	12%	65	−1.2
2	Peyton Paddock	Iowa State	986	70	58.8	20%	56	+5.8
3	Russell Roberts	SMU	961	70	54.3	17%	58	−11.2
4	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	958	72	60.6	29%	50	+6.1
5	Zack Long	Tulsa	908	56	57.8	9%	50	+0.1
6	Chandler Staton	App State	903	91	60.2	33%	61	+6.6
7	Camden Lewis	Oregon	846	83	62.9	36%	51	+4.4
8	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	820	50	59.7	16%	42	−1.3
9	Alex Stadthaus	USC	814	59	63.4	44%	33	−3.3
10	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	803	67	59.3	33%	45	−5.1
11	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	795	55	61.8	38%	34	−4.6
12	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	754	105	60.2	58%	44	+5.7
13	Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	750	64	60.3	34%	42	+3.4
14	Crews Holt	Middle Tennessee	748	61	57.5	15%	52	−5.5
15	Grant Ryerse	Minnesota	736	71	62.3	44%	40	+5.1
16	Nick Sciba	Wake Forest	735	71	59.5	24%	54	−6.0
17	Blanton Creque	Louisville	709	48	61.6	31%	33	−3.0
18	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	708	60	58.2	27%	44	−15.2
19	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	702	100	62.3	62%	38	+5.1
20	Ryan Tice	Central Michigan	692	65	58.9	29%	46	−13.2
21	Justin Rohrwasser	Marshall	677	57	62.6	51%	28	−13.6
22	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	671	58	54.3	21%	46	−10.8
23	Bubba Baxa	Miami	670	64	63.6	55%	29	+2.3
24	Chris Wood	San José State	667	69	54.4	25%	52	−0.9
25	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	652	55	59.6	27%	39	−6.9
26	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	650	51	56.3	29%	36	−12.4
27	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	636	70	62.0	51%	34	0.0
28	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	636	51	59.5	37%	32	−10.0
29	Skyler Southam	BYU	633	62	61.4	32%	42	+8.9
30	Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	629	36	57.3	0%	36	−3.8
31	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	627	84	63.6	52%	40	+0.6
32	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	622	66	58.0	42%	36	−6.5
33	Kenneth Almendares	Louisiana	617	89	61.8	49%	45	+8.8
34	Scott Goodman	Mississippi State	611	48	59.6	31%	32	−3.0
35	Cole Hahn	Michigan State	609	46	59.3	24%	34	−1.0
36	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	598	57	60.1	23%	44	+4.1
37	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	595	72	62.7	51%	34	+11.3
38	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	594	63	60.9	46%	34	−3.1
39	Andrew Strauch	Utah	590	82	62.3	52%	39	+10.2
40	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	586	44	59.8	30%	30	−14.1
41	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	584	79	61.8	51%	37	+10.5
42	Landon Salyers	Army	575	44	56.0	14%	38	−6.4
43	Daniel Obarski	UCF	562	87	61.9	55%	35	+3.8
44	AJ Reed	Duke	553	57	59.5	26%	41	+3.5
45	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	547	84	62.3	63%	30	+6.1
46	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	546	35	56.1	14%	30	−13.7
47	Gabe Siemieniec	California	544	51	60.5	39%	31	+0.2
48	Joshua Rowland	Texas State	539	37	60.9	27%	27	−2.1
49	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	538	66	63.3	56%	29	−3.4
50	Jack Martin	Troy	535	68	56.3	34%	45	−5.6
51	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	532	62	64.2	61%	24	+3.5
52	Liam Jones	Kansas	531	52	60.4	29%	37	+2.8
53	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	527	52	52.7	12%	46	−8.3
54	Riley Patterson	Memphis	526	94	63.8	63%	35	+18.2
55	Michael Farkas	Ohio	510	76	58.6	32%	52	+6.7
56	Trenton Gill	NC State	510	58	62.7	50%	28	+1.1
57	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	505	62	62.8	50%	31	+3.3
58	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	499	40	60.8	20%	32	+2.6
59	William Przystup	Nebraska	495	33	60.6	30%	23	−2.1
60	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	488	67	61.3	54%	31	+4.1
61	Kyle Ramsey	Houston	486	55	58.8	44%	31	−5.1
62	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	483	31	58.6	26%	23	+0.7
63	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	478	59	55.3	41%	34	−5.6
64	Cooper Garcia	Massachusetts	476	41	57.8	24%	31	−7.4
65	Jacob Meeks	UL Monroe	475	69	63.6	55%	31	+6.1
66	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	472	56	63.0	57%	24	+8.4
67	Alex Probert	Liberty	467	74	62.9	64%	27	+3.8
68	Tim Horn	Washington	457	73	63.9	60%	29	−19.6
69	Brian Delaney	Virginia	456	80	62.3	68%	26	+1.7
70	Evan McPherson	Florida	441	71	63.1	69%	22	+8.1
71	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	439	54	60.9	54%	25	−0.9
72	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	436	65	62.2	43%	37	+10.6
73	Trey Finison	Northwestern	432	33	59.9	30%	23	+0.6
74	Matthew Cluck	UTSA	428	44	62.7	45%	24	+1.4
75	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	424	46	61.5	39%	28	−2.6
76	Danny Longman	Boston College	423	69	62.2	45%	38	−7.0
77	Anders Carlson	Auburn	420	73	62.7	59%	27	+1.8
78	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	418	59	62.3	53%	28	+11.0
79	Jake Moody	Michigan	416	71	62.1	73%	19	+6.5
80	Josh Plaster	Arizona State	410	30	61.3	20%	23	−1.5
81	Jack Crane	Washington State	407	85	61.3	66%	29	+1.9
82	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	407	63	64.0	67%	21	−0.5
83	Nathanael Snyder	Indiana	404	52	62.2	44%	29	+3.1
84	Nick McLellan	Kansas State	398	37	57.5	30%	26	−4.4
85	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	397	50	61.1	58%	21	−0.1
86	Jake Verity	East Carolina	388	67	63.2	66%	23	−6.8
87	Will Tommie	South Carolina	384	52	64.2	63%	19	+3.9
88	Merek Glover	Tulane	381	62	61.0	50%	31	−1.1
89	Nick Vogel	UAB	376	65	63.8	71%	19	+4.8
90	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	374	58	60.4	62%	22	+0.7
91	J.R. Osborn	Navy	373	33	59.9	27%	24	−1.1
92	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	368	41	55.7	24%	31	−1.5
93	Cameron Dicker	Texas	352	69	62.5	68%	22	+9.2
94	Kevin Macias	Arizona State	351	28	61.6	32%	19	+1.9
95	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	350	13	56.8	8%	12	−9.7
96	Jay Sedwick	Baylor	349	24	59.5	33%	16	+2.6
97	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	346	43	59.7	51%	21	−10.3
98	Julian Diaz	Nevada	345	49	63.9	65%	17	0.0
99	Jose Borregales	Florida International	341	49	61.4	59%	20	+0.3
100	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	340	60	63.8	67%	20	+7.4
101	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	334	59	62.8	68%	19	+0.4
102	Griffin Kell	TCU	328	33	63.6	39%	20	−1.3
103	Brenton King	Georgia Tech	328	23	57.8	17%	19	−4.3
104	Michael Rubino	North Carolina	321	36	61.3	47%	19	−3.3
105	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	312	52	63.1	60%	21	+11.7
106	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	310	53	61.5	34%	35	+6.9
107	Jacob LaFree	Temple	309	61	62.7	49%	31	−0.5
108	Vladimir Rivas	Florida Atlantic	306	32	58.1	28%	23	+0.4
109	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	297	27	63.4	56%	12	−0.3
110	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	292	57	63.4	70%	17	+2.4
111	Noah Iden	UConn	290	14	61.3	21%	11	−2.8
112	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	289	23	57.9	26%	17	−8.5
113	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	288	71	63.4	70%	21	+5.0
114	Justin Ford	Louisville	288	16	57.4	19%	13	−8.0
115	Zach Hoban	Rice	284	33	59.5	42%	19	+3.9
116	Mason Donaldson	UConn	283	25	62.0	32%	17	+1.5
117	Avery Atkins	LSU	274	112	63.9	86%	14	+8.7
118	B.T. Potter	Clemson	271	87	64.6	80%	14	+13.4
119	Ben Fee	Navy	264	24	59.5	25%	18	−1.3
120	Joseph Bulovas	Alabama	262	71	58.9	72%	18	+9.1
121	Barret Pickering	Nebraska	260	9	52.4	0%	9	+1.0
122	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	257	33	59.3	24%	25	+0.7
123	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	246	12	59.6	25%	9	−4.8
124	James McCourt	Illinois	244	62	63.8	69%	19	+10.6
125	Spencer Cole	Ole Miss	244	27	58.4	44%	13	−5.9
126	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	242	54	60.0	56%	24	+5.5
127	Zach Hintze	Wisconsin	240	83	64.4	80%	17	+16.7
128	Jonathan Song	TCU	233	25	56.8	20%	18	−5.5
129	Bijan Nichols	Navy	229	24	56.1	38%	15	−7.4
130	Jordan Stout	Penn State	227	73	63.6	81%	13	+9.3
131	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	227	79	63.7	78%	13	+9.8
132	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	220	30	57.8	43%	17	−1.2
133	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	220	61	62.0	79%	13	−4.3
134	James Stefanou	Colorado	218	37	62.8	59%	15	+2.7
135	Jet Toner	Stanford	215	29	60.9	52%	14	−0.8
136	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	213	60	62.6	70%	18	+10.2
137	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	209	5	59.6	20%	4	−0.2
138	Casey Legg	West Virginia	202	21	57.8	24%	16	−1.0
139	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	198	29	63.7	62%	11	+6.1
140	Brice Honaker	Air Force	196	25	58.4	28%	18	0.0
141	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	196	18	49.9	6%	17	−5.8
142	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	193	56	60.0	75%	14	+5.9
143	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	191	67	62.1	78%	15	+0.5
144	Evan Staley	West Virginia	178	32	60.5	53%	14	+0.4
145	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	174	25	53.7	36%	15	+2.9
146	Will Harrison	Rice	174	14	54.7	7%	13	−4.3
147	JJ Molson	UCLA	171	60	65.0	87%	8	+5.7
148	Brady Viles	UTEP	169	8	57.9	38%	5	−5.8
149	Estin Thiele	Florida International	167	15	61.3	53%	7	−8.0
150	Sean Young	UConn	163	6	59.2	17%	5	−4.9
151	Wesley Wells	Georgia Tech	153	14	54.0	14%	12	−3.7
152	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	151	39	64.4	69%	12	+8.5
153	Michael Brown	USC	146	16	58.1	50%	8	−6.9
154	Charles Cannon	SMU	140	17	58.5	0%	17	+3.0
155	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	139	59	63.5	73%	15	+10.9
156	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	136	15	46.1	0%	15	−3.7
157	Evan Morris	Michigan State	135	11	59.9	45%	6	−2.2
158	Guy Fava	Rutgers	128	11	58.2	18%	8	−2.8
159	Tucker McCann	Missouri	128	64	64.6	91%	6	+4.2
160	Casey Griffith	Ole Miss	127	10	59.6	0%	10	+0.7
161	Kaden Keon	Central Michigan	127	10	58.6	20%	7	−0.8
162	Cayden Camper	Colorado State	124	9	56.2	0%	9	+0.8
163	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	123	4	54.3	0%	4	−4.0
164	Pierson Cooke	Vanderbilt	119	29	64.2	69%	9	+5.7
165	Andrew Bagley	Army	118	15	61.4	33%	10	−1.6
166	Drew Luckenbaugh	Northwestern	115	8	44.3	0%	8	−4.9
167	Ryley Guay	Vanderbilt	114	14	62.6	50%	7	+2.8
168	Jackson Van Sickle	Charlotte	111	10	49.4	40%	6	−3.7
169	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	110	13	60.4	31%	9	+2.7
170	James Turner	Louisville	110	8	52.8	0%	8	−1.2
171	Cooper Graham	North Carolina	107	7	61.7	29%	5	+0.2
172	Cole Talley	Army	103	6	60.7	0%	6	+1.5
173	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	99	7	58.3	29%	5	−1.2
174	Thiago Kapps	Western Michigan	98	17	61.2	12%	15	+2.0
175	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	97	10	59.5	30%	7	+2.7
176	Davis Price	Colorado	87	22	61.7	64%	8	+1.8
177	Will Reichard	Alabama	85	30	63.2	77%	7	+1.4
178	Blake Lynch	Kansas State	85	7	56.6	14%	6	−0.9
179	Brian Johnson	Virginia Tech	81	9	61.2	33%	6	−0.1
180	Mike Caggiano	Massachusetts	81	5	46.6	0%	5	−5.9
181	Paul Inzerillo	Maryland	76	5	57.8	0%	5	+2.2
182	Dylan Jorgensen	Nebraska	74	8	60.0	38%	5	+2.7
183	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	73	5	61.0	0%	5	+0.7
184	Everett Hayes	Oregon State	72	6	64.0	33%	4	−0.3
185	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	72	4	60.5	0%	4	+1.6
186	Alex Hale	Oklahoma State	71	5	61.8	20%	4	+1.7
187	Donovan Perkins	UTSA	70	6	58.7	0%	6	−2.6
188	Drew Riethman	Texas A&M	70	7	64.3	57%	3	+1.6
189	Charlie Ham	Duke	65	5	61.2	20%	4	0.0
190	Cole Bunce	TCU	61	14	62.5	64%	5	+2.7
191	Jared Smolar	Indiana	61	21	63.9	76%	5	+2.6
192	Dalton Witherspoon	Houston	59	16	56.4	13%	14	+1.7
193	Brayden Narveson	Iowa State	57	4	61.3	0%	4	+1.7
194	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	57	3	43.7	0%	3	−3.5
195	Steven Sawicki	Clemson	57	7	61.6	57%	3	+0.7
196	Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	55	22	64.0	77%	5	+2.2
197	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	53	4	56.8	25%	3	−2.1
198	Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl	Air Force	53	2	65.0	0%	2	+0.7
199	LeMaro Smith Jr.	Buffalo	51	7	61.6	86%	1	−3.3
200	Henry Beckett	Miami (OH)	50	1	59.0	0%	1	−2.5
201	Tony Adams	Arkansas State	49	9	49.2	22%	7	−3.1
202	Zach Williams	North Texas	49	6	48.2	0%	6	−0.6
203	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	41	3	55.3	0%	3	−1.1
204	Nick Masztak	Central Michigan	40	1	65.0	0%	1	−1.2
205	Shane Ciucci	Marshall	39	6	36.0	0%	6	−4.6
206	Michael Lantz	Minnesota	37	1	58.0	0%	1	−1.6
207	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	36	5	54.4	40%	3	−0.4
208	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	36	4	63.5	50%	2	+1.0
209	Jaxon Player	Tulsa	36	5	63.2	80%	1	−2.3
210	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	34	5	52.8	40%	3	−0.9
211	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	32	2	53.0	0%	2	−3.0
212	Chris Howard	Florida	29	3	62.7	67%	1	−0.3
213	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	28	1	62.0	0%	1	−1.8
214	Ben Patton	Auburn	26	2	52.5	0%	2	−0.4
215	Jonathan Weitz	Clemson	25	5	62.2	20%	4	+3.5
216	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	23	2	47.0	0%	2	−1.8
217	Sterling Stockwell	Tulane	22	7	56.0	43%	4	+1.7
218	Alex Galland	San José State	22	2	58.5	0%	2	−2.4
219	Chris Naggar	Texas	22	3	64.0	67%	1	+0.7
220	Cesar Silva	Fresno State	20	1	58.0	0%	1	0.0
221	Dylan Barnas	UCF	20	1	41.0	0%	1	+0.1
222	Logan Tyler	Florida State	20	5	65.0	80%	1	+1.0
223	Cristian Zendejas	Arizona State	19	6	39.7	17%	5	−4.1
224	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	19	3	65.0	67%	1	+0.8
225	Demitri Washington	Boise State	18	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.5
226	Nick Provenzano	Boise State	18	1	64.0	0%	1	+0.5
227	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	17	18	64.2	83%	3	+2.1
228	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	16	1	71.0	0%	1	+0.4
229	Evan Legassey	Troy	15	5	47.0	0%	5	−1.2
230	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	15	2	54.0	50%	1	+0.5
231	Casey Glover	Tulane	14	2	52.5	0%	2	+0.5
232	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	13	3	47.0	33%	2	−1.0
233	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	13	1	51.0	0%	1	−1.4
234	Brooks Buce	Georgia	12	4	59.3	75%	1	+0.8
235	Michael Tarbutt	Minnesota	7	1	60.0	0%	1	−2.8
236	Alex Gracey	Stanford	5	1	49.0	0%	1	+0.4
237	Cory Smigel	Akron	3	2	13.0	0%	2	−4.7
238	Dane Roy	Houston	2	1	60.0	0%	1	+0.3
239	Alan Selzer	Michigan	1	1	64.0	0%	1	+1.0

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