2020 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 2020, Jake Oldroyd (+22.7) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Caleb Shudak (+21.6) and Riley Patterson (+20.7). 88 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +6.1.

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.

Rk	Player	Team	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	+22.7	76	62.5	67%	24	+17.3
2	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	+21.6	47	63.6	68%	15	+10.1
3	Riley Patterson	Memphis	+20.7	57	64.0	63%	21	+11.8
4	Evan McPherson	Florida	+18.5	76	63.8	68%	23	+14.1
5	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	+17.8	49	60.7	47%	26	+8.7
6	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	+17.8	55	63.9	60%	22	+9.8
7	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	+17.6	67	63.3	67%	22	+11.8
8	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	+17.5	31	64.7	77%	7	+5.4
9	Jake Bates	Texas State	+17.3	60	63.1	55%	27	+10.4
10	Jake Verity	East Carolina	+16.5	43	62.7	60%	17	+7.1
11	Cameron Shirkey	Marshall	+16.3	38	59.8	16%	32	+6.2
12	Trenton Gill	NC State	+16.0	64	63.4	52%	31	+10.3
13	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	+15.5	45	62.9	49%	23	+7.0
14	Parker Lewis	USC	+15.3	37	63.8	73%	10	+5.7
15	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	+15.1	65	61.8	38%	30	+9.8
16	Sean Koetting	Missouri	+14.7	52	63.6	88%	6	+7.6
17	Jake Camarda	Georgia	+14.2	35	63.8	91%	3	+5.0
18	Ben Fee	Navy	+14.1	32	57.9	31%	22	+4.5
19	Landon Salyers	Army	+14.1	52	62.1	35%	33	+7.3
20	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	+14.0	32	59.8	19%	26	+4.5
21	Cameron Dicker	Texas	+13.4	61	64.7	85%	9	+8.2
22	Jose Borregales	Miami	+13.1	63	64.1	71%	18	+8.2
23	Chris Naggar	SMU	+12.9	69	63.6	67%	23	+8.9
24	Jack Crane	Washington State	+12.6	56	63.1	61%	22	+7.1
25	Justin Duenkel	Virginia	+12.6	43	63.0	60%	17	+5.4
26	Jared Smolar	Indiana	+12.0	39	62.0	49%	20	+4.7
27	Brandon Ruiz	Mississippi State	+11.6	43	64.9	86%	6	+5.0
28	B.T. Potter	Clemson	+11.6	80	64.5	86%	9	+9.2
29	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	+10.4	40	64.1	70%	12	+4.2
30	Bubba Baxa	Houston	+9.6	41	64.5	73%	11	+3.9
31	Daniel Obarski	UCF	+9.5	73	64.3	66%	25	+6.9
32	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	+9.1	44	59.4	41%	26	+4.0
33	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	+9.1	53	64.2	85%	8	+4.8
34	Chase Allen	Alabama	+9.0	41	58.7	71%	10	+3.7
35	Will Reichard	Alabama	+9.0	54	59.4	50%	27	+4.8
36	Noel Ruiz	Georgia State	+8.7	45	59.4	27%	31	+3.9
37	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	+8.6	35	62.2	40%	21	+3.0
38	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	+8.4	83	64.5	84%	13	+6.9
39	Chance Poore	Kentucky	+8.4	44	62.7	59%	18	+3.7
40	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	+7.1	62	62.9	45%	34	+4.4
41	Austin Kent	Georgia Tech	+6.6	41	64.3	27%	30	+2.7
42	Jordan Stout	Penn State	+6.4	49	63.8	84%	8	+3.1
43	Jack Martin	Troy	+6.4	48	59.5	38%	30	+3.1
44	Camden Lewis	Oregon	+6.2	36	59.1	28%	25	+2.2
45	Alex Barbir	Liberty	+6.0	69	60.4	38%	42	+4.2
46	Jacob Lewis	Ball State	+6.0	38	59.2	26%	28	+2.3
47	Griffin Kell	TCU	+5.4	55	61.3	51%	27	+3.0
48	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	+4.7	36	59.0	33%	24	+1.7
49	Avery Atkins	LSU	+4.2	59	63.3	76%	13	+2.5
50	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	+2.8	41	64.0	66%	14	+1.1
51	Anders Carlson	Auburn	+1.2	56	63.3	61%	21	+0.7
52	Julian Diaz	Nevada	+1.1	30	62.6	50%	15	+0.3
53	Merek Glover	Tulane	+1.0	71	60.2	52%	34	+0.7
54	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	+0.3	38	58.7	32%	24	+0.1
55	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	+0.1	42	61.4	52%	20	0.0
56	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	+0.1	72	57.3	24%	55	0.0
57	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	−0.1	34	59.6	21%	27	0.0
58	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	−0.6	58	58.9	26%	43	−0.3
59	RJ Lopez	UCLA	−0.8	44	62.9	59%	18	−0.3
60	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	−0.9	42	62.5	48%	22	−0.4
61	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	−1.0	41	59.4	56%	18	−0.4
62	Dylan Lewis	Georgia Southern	−1.3	59	57.2	17%	47	−0.8
63	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	−2.0	44	60.3	32%	30	−0.9
64	Vito Calvaruso	Arkansas	−2.9	48	64.3	69%	15	−1.4
65	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	−3.2	31	57.9	48%	16	−1.0
66	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	−3.9	31	58.2	6%	29	−1.2
67	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	−4.2	33	62.8	58%	14	−1.4
68	Nathanael Snyder	Louisiana	−4.4	61	60.2	23%	47	−2.7
69	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	−5.4	38	60.2	47%	20	−2.1
70	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	−7.5	46	63.5	61%	18	−3.5
71	Connor Culp	Nebraska	−7.9	40	57.2	30%	27	−3.1
72	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	−9.1	49	61.2	49%	25	−4.5
73	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	−9.6	40	60.6	33%	27	−3.8
74	Zach Williams	North Texas	−10.9	36	57.8	17%	30	−3.9
75	Elliott Nimrod	Arkansas State	−11.2	35	52.3	37%	19	−3.9
76	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	−12.9	45	61.9	51%	22	−5.8
77	Cole Smith	Cincinnati	−13.1	49	60.5	51%	22	−6.4
78	Ryker Casey	App State	−14.4	40	59.4	30%	28	−5.8
79	Danny Longman	Boston College	−15.4	51	60.9	25%	37	−7.8
80	Dominic DiMaccio	Ohio State	−15.8	32	57.6	63%	12	−5.1
81	Drake Nettles	Iowa State	−17.6	34	58.2	9%	31	−6.0
82	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	−17.9	39	55.1	26%	29	−7.0
83	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	−19.3	35	56.0	20%	27	−6.8
84	Gabe Siemieniec	Louisiana Tech	−22.2	45	59.3	38%	28	−10.0
85	Zack Long	Tulsa	−24.2	40	57.7	10%	33	−9.7
86	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	−27.3	31	59.7	68%	10	−8.5
87	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	−43.4	34	59.0	26%	25	−14.7
88	Chris Wood	San José State	−149.5	31	58.4	6%	29	−46.4

All 2020 College kickoff specialist rankings

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