2020 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 2020, Jake Oldroyd (+17.3) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Evan McPherson (+14.1) and Alex Kessman (+11.8). 88 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +2.8.

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

All 2020 College kickoff specialist rankings

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