2020 College Kickoff Specialist Rankings

Every college football kickoff specialist with enough work in the 2020 regular season (at least 30), ranked by kickoff points added. 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.

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 2020 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2020 College Leaders

Kickoff Touchback Percentage

Jake Camarda (Georgia): 91% 32 of 35
Sean Koetting (Missouri): 88% 46 of 52
B.T. Potter (Clemson): 86% 69 of 80
Brandon Ruiz (Mississippi State): 86% 37 of 43
Cameron Dicker (Texas): 85% 52 of 61

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Average Kickoff Return Allowed

Stephen Johnson (Oklahoma): 2.9 10 returns
Andrew Stein (Southern Miss): 3.9 10 returns
Michael Hayes II (Georgia State): 5.9 11 returns
Elliott Nimrod (Arkansas State): 8.5 19 returns
Tabor Allen (Kansas): 8.6 11 returns

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Kickoff Points Added

Jake Oldroyd (BYU): +17.3 76 kickoffs
Evan McPherson (Florida): +14.1 76 kickoffs
Alex Kessman (Pittsburgh): +11.8 67 kickoffs
Riley Patterson (Memphis): +11.8 57 kickoffs
Jake Bates (Texas State): +10.4 60 kickoffs

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Average Kickoff Distance

Brandon Ruiz (Mississippi State): 64.9 43 kickoffs
Joel Velazquez (Boise State): 64.7 31 kickoffs
Cameron Dicker (Texas): 64.7 61 kickoffs
B.T. Potter (Clemson): 64.5 80 kickoffs
Bubba Baxa (Houston): 64.5 41 kickoffs

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Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage

Jonathan Kim (North Carolina): 0.0% 0 of 83
B.T. Potter (Clemson): 0.0% 0 of 80
Evan McPherson (Florida): 0.0% 0 of 76
Jake Oldroyd (BYU): 0.0% 0 of 76
Daniel Obarski (UCF): 0.0% 0 of 73

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30+ Yard Return Percentage Allowed

Daniel Sparks (UL Monroe): 0.0% 0 of 26
Collin Riccitelli (Rice): 0.0% 0 of 25
Jake Oldroyd (BYU): 0.0% 0 of 24
Chris Naggar (SMU): 0.0% 0 of 23
Alex Kessman (Pittsburgh): 0.0% 0 of 22

Full 30+ Yard Return Percentage Allowed leaderboard

All 2020 College Kickoff Specialist Leaderboards

Kickoffs by Points Added

88 kickoff specialists qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	76	62.5	67%	24	+17.3
2	Evan McPherson	Florida	76	63.8	68%	23	+14.1
3	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	67	63.3	67%	22	+11.8
4	Riley Patterson	Memphis	57	64.0	63%	21	+11.8
5	Jake Bates	Texas State	60	63.1	55%	27	+10.4
6	Trenton Gill	NC State	64	63.4	52%	31	+10.3
7	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	47	63.6	68%	15	+10.1
8	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	65	61.8	38%	30	+9.8
9	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	55	63.9	60%	22	+9.8
10	B.T. Potter	Clemson	80	64.5	86%	9	+9.2
11	Chris Naggar	SMU	69	63.6	67%	23	+8.9
12	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	49	60.7	47%	26	+8.7
13	Jose Borregales	Miami	63	64.1	71%	18	+8.2
14	Cameron Dicker	Texas	61	64.7	85%	9	+8.2
15	Sean Koetting	Missouri	52	63.6	88%	6	+7.6
16	Landon Salyers	Army	52	62.1	35%	33	+7.3
17	Jake Verity	East Carolina	43	62.7	60%	17	+7.1
18	Jack Crane	Washington State	56	63.1	61%	22	+7.1
19	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	45	62.9	49%	23	+7.0
20	Daniel Obarski	UCF	73	64.3	66%	25	+6.9
21	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	83	64.5	84%	13	+6.9
22	Cameron Shirkey	Marshall	38	59.8	16%	32	+6.2
23	Parker Lewis	USC	37	63.8	73%	10	+5.7
24	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	31	64.7	77%	7	+5.4
25	Justin Duenkel	Virginia	43	63.0	60%	17	+5.4
26	Jake Camarda	Georgia	35	63.8	91%	3	+5.0
27	Brandon Ruiz	Mississippi State	43	64.9	86%	6	+5.0
28	Will Reichard	Alabama	54	59.4	50%	27	+4.8
29	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	53	64.2	85%	8	+4.8
30	Jared Smolar	Indiana	39	62.0	49%	20	+4.7
31	Ben Fee	Navy	32	57.9	31%	22	+4.5
32	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	32	59.8	19%	26	+4.5
33	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	62	62.9	45%	34	+4.4
34	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	40	64.1	70%	12	+4.2
35	Alex Barbir	Liberty	69	60.4	38%	42	+4.2
36	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	44	59.4	41%	26	+4.0
37	Bubba Baxa	Houston	41	64.5	73%	11	+3.9
38	Noel Ruiz	Georgia State	45	59.4	27%	31	+3.9
39	Chase Allen	Alabama	41	58.7	71%	10	+3.7
40	Chance Poore	Kentucky	44	62.7	59%	18	+3.7
41	Jordan Stout	Penn State	49	63.8	84%	8	+3.1
42	Jack Martin	Troy	48	59.5	38%	30	+3.1
43	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	35	62.2	40%	21	+3.0
44	Griffin Kell	TCU	55	61.3	51%	27	+3.0
45	Austin Kent	Georgia Tech	41	64.3	27%	30	+2.7
46	Avery Atkins	LSU	59	63.3	76%	13	+2.5
47	Jacob Lewis	Ball State	38	59.2	26%	28	+2.3
48	Camden Lewis	Oregon	36	59.1	28%	25	+2.2
49	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	36	59.0	33%	24	+1.7
50	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	41	64.0	66%	14	+1.1
51	Anders Carlson	Auburn	56	63.3	61%	21	+0.7
52	Merek Glover	Tulane	71	60.2	52%	34	+0.7
53	Julian Diaz	Nevada	30	62.6	50%	15	+0.3
54	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	38	58.7	32%	24	+0.1
55	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	72	57.3	24%	55	0.0
56	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	42	61.4	52%	20	0.0
57	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	34	59.6	21%	27	0.0
58	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	58	58.9	26%	43	−0.3
59	RJ Lopez	UCLA	44	62.9	59%	18	−0.3
60	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	42	62.5	48%	22	−0.4
61	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	41	59.4	56%	18	−0.4
62	Dylan Lewis	Georgia Southern	59	57.2	17%	47	−0.8
63	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	44	60.3	32%	30	−0.9
64	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	31	57.9	48%	16	−1.0
65	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	31	58.2	6%	29	−1.2
66	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	33	62.8	58%	14	−1.4
67	Vito Calvaruso	Arkansas	48	64.3	69%	15	−1.4
68	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	38	60.2	47%	20	−2.1
69	Nathanael Snyder	Louisiana	61	60.2	23%	47	−2.7
70	Connor Culp	Nebraska	40	57.2	30%	27	−3.1
71	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	46	63.5	61%	18	−3.5
72	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	40	60.6	33%	27	−3.8
73	Zach Williams	North Texas	36	57.8	17%	30	−3.9
74	Elliott Nimrod	Arkansas State	35	52.3	37%	19	−3.9
75	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	49	61.2	49%	25	−4.5
76	Dominic DiMaccio	Ohio State	32	57.6	63%	12	−5.1
77	Ryker Casey	App State	40	59.4	30%	28	−5.8
78	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	45	61.9	51%	22	−5.8
79	Drake Nettles	Iowa State	34	58.2	9%	31	−6.0
80	Cole Smith	Cincinnati	49	60.5	51%	22	−6.4
81	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	35	56.0	20%	27	−6.8
82	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	39	55.1	26%	29	−7.0
83	Danny Longman	Boston College	51	60.9	25%	37	−7.8
84	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	31	59.7	68%	10	−8.5
85	Zack Long	Tulsa	40	57.7	10%	33	−9.7
86	Gabe Siemieniec	Louisiana Tech	45	59.3	38%	28	−10.0
87	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	34	59.0	26%	25	−14.7
88	Chris Wood	San José State	31	58.4	6%	29	−46.4

Points compare each kickoff's expected-points result with the league-average kickoff (for college, expected points come from where the receiving team started its first play). Onside kicks are listed separately and left out of points. Average distance is measured from the kicking spot to where the ball was caught or reached the goal line; a touchback counts the full distance. Returns exclude touchbacks, out-of-bounds kicks and fair catches. Minimum 30 kickoffs.

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