2019 College Kickoff Returns Allowed Leaders

Kickoffs the receiving team brought out of the end zone. More returns mean more chances for a big return, but also more chances to be tackled short.

Compare with return yards allowed. In 2019, Bailey Hale (65) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff returns allowed, ahead of Chandler Staton (61) and Russell Roberts (58). 261 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	Returns	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Points
1	Bailey Hale	Louisiana Tech	65	74	57.9	12%	−1.2
2	Chandler Staton	App State	61	91	60.2	33%	+6.6
3	Russell Roberts	SMU	58	70	54.3	17%	−11.2
4	Peyton Paddock	Iowa State	56	70	58.8	20%	+5.8
5	Nick Sciba	Wake Forest	54	71	59.5	24%	−6.0
6	Michael Farkas	Ohio	52	76	58.6	32%	+6.7
7	Chris Wood	San José State	52	69	54.4	25%	−0.9
8	Crews Holt	Middle Tennessee	52	61	57.5	15%	−5.5
9	Camden Lewis	Oregon	51	83	62.9	36%	+4.4
10	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	50	72	60.6	29%	+6.1
11	Zack Long	Tulsa	50	56	57.8	9%	+0.1
12	Ryan Tice	Central Michigan	46	65	58.9	29%	−13.2
13	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	46	58	54.3	21%	−10.8
14	Damon Foncham	Arkansas State	46	52	52.7	12%	−8.3
15	Kenneth Almendares	Louisiana	45	89	61.8	49%	+8.8
16	Jack Martin	Troy	45	68	56.3	34%	−5.6
17	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	45	67	59.3	33%	−5.1
18	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	44	105	60.2	58%	+5.7
19	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	44	60	58.2	27%	−15.2
20	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	44	57	60.1	23%	+4.1
21	Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	42	64	60.3	34%	+3.4
22	Skyler Southam	BYU	42	62	61.4	32%	+8.9
23	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	42	50	59.7	16%	−1.3
24	AJ Reed	Duke	41	57	59.5	26%	+3.5
25	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	40	84	63.6	52%	+0.6
26	Grant Ryerse	Minnesota	40	71	62.3	44%	+5.1
27	Andrew Strauch	Utah	39	82	62.3	52%	+10.2
28	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	39	55	59.6	27%	−6.9
29	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	38	100	62.3	62%	+5.1
30	Danny Longman	Boston College	38	69	62.2	45%	−7.0
31	Landon Salyers	Army	38	44	56.0	14%	−6.4
32	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	37	79	61.8	51%	+10.5
33	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	37	65	62.2	43%	+10.6
34	Liam Jones	Kansas	37	52	60.4	29%	+2.8
35	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	36	66	58.0	42%	−6.5
36	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	36	51	56.3	29%	−12.4
37	Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	36	36	57.3	0%	−3.8
38	Riley Patterson	Memphis	35	94	63.8	63%	+18.2
39	Daniel Obarski	UCF	35	87	61.9	55%	+3.8
40	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	35	53	61.5	34%	+6.9
41	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	34	72	62.7	51%	+11.3
42	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	34	70	62.0	51%	0.0
43	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	34	63	60.9	46%	−3.1
44	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	34	59	55.3	41%	−5.6
45	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	34	55	61.8	38%	−4.6
46	Cole Hahn	Michigan State	34	46	59.3	24%	−1.0
47	Alex Stadthaus	USC	33	59	63.4	44%	−3.3
48	Blanton Creque	Louisville	33	48	61.6	31%	−3.0
49	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	32	51	59.5	37%	−10.0
50	Scott Goodman	Mississippi State	32	48	59.6	31%	−3.0
51	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	32	40	60.8	20%	+2.6
52	Jacob Meeks	UL Monroe	31	69	63.6	55%	+6.1
53	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	31	67	61.3	54%	+4.1
54	Merek Glover	Tulane	31	62	61.0	50%	−1.1
55	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	31	62	62.8	50%	+3.3
56	Jacob LaFree	Temple	31	61	62.7	49%	−0.5
57	Kyle Ramsey	Houston	31	55	58.8	44%	−5.1
58	Gabe Siemieniec	California	31	51	60.5	39%	+0.2
59	Cooper Garcia	Massachusetts	31	41	57.8	24%	−7.4
60	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	31	41	55.7	24%	−1.5
61	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	30	84	62.3	63%	+6.1
62	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	30	44	59.8	30%	−14.1
63	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	30	35	56.1	14%	−13.7
64	Jack Crane	Washington State	29	85	61.3	66%	+1.9
65	Tim Horn	Washington	29	73	63.9	60%	−19.6
66	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	29	66	63.3	56%	−3.4
67	Bubba Baxa	Miami	29	64	63.6	55%	+2.3
68	Nathanael Snyder	Indiana	29	52	62.2	44%	+3.1
69	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	28	59	62.3	53%	+11.0
70	Trenton Gill	NC State	28	58	62.7	50%	+1.1
71	Justin Rohrwasser	Marshall	28	57	62.6	51%	−13.6
72	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	28	46	61.5	39%	−2.6
73	Alex Probert	Liberty	27	74	62.9	64%	+3.8
74	Anders Carlson	Auburn	27	73	62.7	59%	+1.8
75	Joshua Rowland	Texas State	27	37	60.9	27%	−2.1
76	Brian Delaney	Virginia	26	80	62.3	68%	+1.7
77	Nick McLellan	Kansas State	26	37	57.5	30%	−4.4
78	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	25	54	60.9	54%	−0.9
79	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	25	33	59.3	24%	+0.7
80	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	24	62	64.2	61%	+3.5
81	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	24	56	63.0	57%	+8.4
82	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	24	54	60.0	56%	+5.5
83	Matthew Cluck	UTSA	24	44	62.7	45%	+1.4
84	J.R. Osborn	Navy	24	33	59.9	27%	−1.1
85	Jake Verity	East Carolina	23	67	63.2	66%	−6.8
86	Trey Finison	Northwestern	23	33	59.9	30%	+0.6
87	William Przystup	Nebraska	23	33	60.6	30%	−2.1
88	Vladimir Rivas	Florida Atlantic	23	32	58.1	28%	+0.4
89	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	23	31	58.6	26%	+0.7
90	Josh Plaster	Arizona State	23	30	61.3	20%	−1.5
91	Evan McPherson	Florida	22	71	63.1	69%	+8.1
92	Cameron Dicker	Texas	22	69	62.5	68%	+9.2
93	Braxton Davis	Colorado State	22	58	60.4	62%	+0.7
94	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	21	71	63.4	70%	+5.0
95	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	21	63	64.0	67%	−0.5
96	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	21	52	63.1	60%	+11.7
97	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	21	50	61.1	58%	−0.1
98	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	21	43	59.7	51%	−10.3
99	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	20	60	63.8	67%	+7.4
100	Jose Borregales	Florida International	20	49	61.4	59%	+0.3
101	Griffin Kell	TCU	20	33	63.6	39%	−1.3
102	Jake Moody	Michigan	19	71	62.1	73%	+6.5
103	Nick Vogel	UAB	19	65	63.8	71%	+4.8
104	James McCourt	Illinois	19	62	63.8	69%	+10.6
105	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	19	59	62.8	68%	+0.4
106	Will Tommie	South Carolina	19	52	64.2	63%	+3.9
107	Michael Rubino	North Carolina	19	36	61.3	47%	−3.3
108	Zach Hoban	Rice	19	33	59.5	42%	+3.9
109	Kevin Macias	Arizona State	19	28	61.6	32%	+1.9
110	Brenton King	Georgia Tech	19	23	57.8	17%	−4.3
111	Joseph Bulovas	Alabama	18	71	58.9	72%	+9.1
112	Grant McKinniss	Kentucky	18	60	62.6	70%	+10.2
113	Brice Honaker	Air Force	18	25	58.4	28%	0.0
114	Jonathan Song	TCU	18	25	56.8	20%	−5.5
115	Ben Fee	Navy	18	24	59.5	25%	−1.3
116	Zach Hintze	Wisconsin	17	83	64.4	80%	+16.7
117	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	17	57	63.4	70%	+2.4
118	Julian Diaz	Nevada	17	49	63.9	65%	0.0
119	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	17	30	57.8	43%	−1.2
120	Mason Donaldson	UConn	17	25	62.0	32%	+1.5
121	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	17	23	57.9	26%	−8.5
122	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	17	18	49.9	6%	−5.8
123	Charles Cannon	SMU	17	17	58.5	0%	+3.0
124	Jay Sedwick	Baylor	16	24	59.5	33%	+2.6
125	Casey Legg	West Virginia	16	21	57.8	24%	−1.0
126	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	15	67	62.1	78%	+0.5
127	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	15	59	63.5	73%	+10.9
128	James Stefanou	Colorado	15	37	62.8	59%	+2.7
129	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	15	25	53.7	36%	+2.9
130	Bijan Nichols	Navy	15	24	56.1	38%	−7.4
131	Thiago Kapps	Western Michigan	15	17	61.2	12%	+2.0
132	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	15	15	46.1	0%	−3.7
133	Avery Atkins	LSU	14	112	63.9	86%	+8.7
134	B.T. Potter	Clemson	14	87	64.6	80%	+13.4
135	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	14	56	60.0	75%	+5.9
136	Evan Staley	West Virginia	14	32	60.5	53%	+0.4
137	Jet Toner	Stanford	14	29	60.9	52%	−0.8
138	Dalton Witherspoon	Houston	14	16	56.4	13%	+1.7
139	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	13	79	63.7	78%	+9.8
140	Jordan Stout	Penn State	13	73	63.6	81%	+9.3
141	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	13	61	62.0	79%	−4.3
142	Spencer Cole	Ole Miss	13	27	58.4	44%	−5.9
143	Justin Ford	Louisville	13	16	57.4	19%	−8.0
144	Will Harrison	Rice	13	14	54.7	7%	−4.3
145	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	12	39	64.4	69%	+8.5
146	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	12	27	63.4	56%	−0.3
147	Wesley Wells	Georgia Tech	12	14	54.0	14%	−3.7
148	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	12	13	56.8	8%	−9.7
149	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	11	29	63.7	62%	+6.1
150	Noah Iden	UConn	11	14	61.3	21%	−2.8
151	Andrew Bagley	Army	10	15	61.4	33%	−1.6
152	Casey Griffith	Ole Miss	10	10	59.6	0%	+0.7
153	Pierson Cooke	Vanderbilt	9	29	64.2	69%	+5.7
154	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	9	13	60.4	31%	+2.7
155	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	9	12	59.6	25%	−4.8
156	Barret Pickering	Nebraska	9	9	52.4	0%	+1.0
157	Cayden Camper	Colorado State	9	9	56.2	0%	+0.8
158	JJ Molson	UCLA	8	60	65.0	87%	+5.7
159	Davis Price	Colorado	8	22	61.7	64%	+1.8
160	Michael Brown	USC	8	16	58.1	50%	−6.9
161	Guy Fava	Rutgers	8	11	58.2	18%	−2.8
162	Drew Luckenbaugh	Northwestern	8	8	44.3	0%	−4.9
163	James Turner	Louisville	8	8	52.8	0%	−1.2
164	Will Reichard	Alabama	7	30	63.2	77%	+1.4
165	Estin Thiele	Florida International	7	15	61.3	53%	−8.0
166	Ryley Guay	Vanderbilt	7	14	62.6	50%	+2.8
167	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	7	10	59.5	30%	+2.7
168	Kaden Keon	Central Michigan	7	10	58.6	20%	−0.8
169	Tony Adams	Arkansas State	7	9	49.2	22%	−3.1
170	Tucker McCann	Missouri	6	64	64.6	91%	+4.2
171	Evan Morris	Michigan State	6	11	59.9	45%	−2.2
172	Jackson Van Sickle	Charlotte	6	10	49.4	40%	−3.7
173	Brian Johnson	Virginia Tech	6	9	61.2	33%	−0.1
174	Blake Lynch	Kansas State	6	7	56.6	14%	−0.9
175	Cole Talley	Army	6	6	60.7	0%	+1.5
176	Donovan Perkins	UTSA	6	6	58.7	0%	−2.6
177	Shane Ciucci	Marshall	6	6	36.0	0%	−4.6
178	Zach Williams	North Texas	6	6	48.2	0%	−0.6
179	Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	5	22	64.0	77%	+2.2
180	Jared Smolar	Indiana	5	21	63.9	76%	+2.6
181	Cole Bunce	TCU	5	14	62.5	64%	+2.7
182	Brady Viles	UTEP	5	8	57.9	38%	−5.8
183	Dylan Jorgensen	Nebraska	5	8	60.0	38%	+2.7
184	Cooper Graham	North Carolina	5	7	61.7	29%	+0.2
185	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	5	7	58.3	29%	−1.2
186	Cristian Zendejas	Arizona State	5	6	39.7	17%	−4.1
187	Sean Young	UConn	5	6	59.2	17%	−4.9
188	Evan Legassey	Troy	5	5	47.0	0%	−1.2
189	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	5	5	61.0	0%	+0.7
190	Mike Caggiano	Massachusetts	5	5	46.6	0%	−5.9
191	Paul Inzerillo	Maryland	5	5	57.8	0%	+2.2
192	Sterling Stockwell	Tulane	4	7	56.0	43%	+1.7
193	Everett Hayes	Oregon State	4	6	64.0	33%	−0.3
194	Alex Hale	Oklahoma State	4	5	61.8	20%	+1.7
195	Charlie Ham	Duke	4	5	61.2	20%	0.0
196	Jonathan Weitz	Clemson	4	5	62.2	20%	+3.5
197	Will Mobley	Temple	4	5	57.6	20%	+0.7
198	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	4	5	59.6	20%	−0.2
199	Brayden Narveson	Iowa State	4	4	61.3	0%	+1.7
200	Caleb Richwine	Eastern Michigan	4	4	61.3	0%	+0.5
201	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	4	4	60.5	0%	+1.6
202	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	4	4	54.3	0%	−4.0
203	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	3	18	64.2	83%	+2.1
204	Drew Riethman	Texas A&M	3	7	64.3	57%	+1.6
205	Steven Sawicki	Clemson	3	7	61.6	57%	+0.7
206	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	3	5	52.8	40%	−0.9
207	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	3	5	54.4	40%	−0.4
208	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	3	4	56.8	25%	−2.1
209	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	3	3	55.3	0%	−1.1
210	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	3	3	43.7	0%	−3.5
211	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	2	4	63.5	50%	+1.0
212	Connor Coles	Utah State	2	3	63.7	33%	+0.4
213	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	2	3	47.0	33%	−1.0
214	Alex Galland	San José State	2	2	58.5	0%	−2.4
215	Ben Patton	Auburn	2	2	52.5	0%	−0.4
216	Casey Glover	Tulane	2	2	52.5	0%	+0.5
217	Cory Smigel	Akron	2	2	13.0	0%	−4.7
218	Gabriel Lozano	Texas Tech	2	2	46.0	0%	+0.8
219	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	2	2	47.0	0%	−1.8
220	Jett Whitfield	Texas Tech	2	2	34.5	0%	−2.6
221	Matt Mercurio	San José State	2	2	27.0	0%	−2.4
222	Peyton Henry	Washington	2	2	24.0	0%	−2.6
223	Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl	Air Force	2	2	65.0	0%	+0.7
224	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	2	2	53.0	0%	−3.0
225	LeMaro Smith Jr.	Buffalo	1	7	61.6	86%	−3.3
226	Alexander Woznick	South Carolina	1	6	59.2	83%	−0.1
227	Jaxon Player	Tulsa	1	5	63.2	80%	−2.3
228	Logan Tyler	Florida State	1	5	65.0	80%	+1.0
229	Brooks Buce	Georgia	1	4	59.3	75%	+0.8
230	Clayton Harris	UConn	1	4	47.3	75%	−2.5
231	Chris Howard	Florida	1	3	62.7	67%	−0.3
232	Chris Naggar	Texas	1	3	64.0	67%	+0.7
233	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	1	3	65.0	67%	+0.8
234	Dominic DiMaccio	Ohio State	1	2	58.5	50%	+0.9
235	Dylan Kelly-Romero	New Mexico	1	2	47.5	50%	−0.6
236	Jacob Borcila	Kansas	1	2	28.5	50%	−2.1
237	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	1	2	54.0	50%	+0.5
238	Alan Orona	Texas State	1	1	63.0	0%	−0.7
239	Alan Selzer	Michigan	1	1	64.0	0%	+1.0
240	Alex Gracey	Stanford	1	1	49.0	0%	+0.4
241	Cesar Silva	Fresno State	1	1	58.0	0%	0.0
242	Christopher Dunn	NC State	1	1	35.0	0%	−0.3
243	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	1	1	51.0	0%	−1.4
244	Dane Roy	Houston	1	1	60.0	0%	+0.3
245	Danny Donley	Tulsa	1	1	40.0	0%	+0.1
246	David Cooper	Army	1	1	21.0	0%	−1.6
247	Demitri Washington	Boise State	1	1	65.0	0%	+0.5
248	Dylan Barnas	UCF	1	1	41.0	0%	+0.1
249	Evan Price	Colorado	1	1	12.0	0%	−2.3
250	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	1	1	71.0	0%	+0.4
251	Henry Beckett	Miami (OH)	1	1	59.0	0%	−2.5
252	Jacob Rainey	Tulsa	1	1	18.0	0%	−2.3
253	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	1	1	11.0	0%	−2.8
254	Luke Hogan	SMU	1	1	38.0	0%	−2.1
255	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	1	1	44.0	0%	−0.8
256	Michael Lantz	Minnesota	1	1	58.0	0%	−1.6
257	Michael Tarbutt	Minnesota	1	1	60.0	0%	−2.8
258	Nick Masztak	Central Michigan	1	1	65.0	0%	−1.2
259	Nick Provenzano	Boise State	1	1	64.0	0%	+0.5
260	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	1	1	24.0	0%	+0.1
261	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	1	1	62.0	0%	−1.8

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