2020 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 2020, Alex Barbir (824) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff return yards allowed, ahead of Danny Longman (778) and Gabe Brkic (719). 219 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 2020 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Alex Barbir	Liberty	824	69	60.4	38%	42	+4.2
2	Danny Longman	Boston College	778	51	60.9	25%	37	−7.8
3	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	719	62	62.9	45%	34	+4.4
4	Zack Long	Tulsa	674	40	57.7	10%	33	−9.7
5	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	666	58	58.9	26%	43	−0.3
6	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	665	72	57.3	24%	55	0.0
7	Austin Kent	Georgia Tech	663	41	64.3	27%	30	+2.7
8	Nathanael Snyder	Louisiana	661	61	60.2	23%	47	−2.7
9	Dylan Lewis	Georgia Southern	653	59	57.2	17%	47	−0.8
10	Drake Nettles	Iowa State	644	34	58.2	9%	31	−6.0
11	Gabe Siemieniec	Louisiana Tech	633	45	59.3	38%	28	−10.0
12	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	632	31	58.2	6%	29	−1.2
13	Trenton Gill	NC State	593	64	63.4	52%	31	+10.3
14	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	529	65	61.8	38%	30	+9.8
15	Noel Ruiz	Georgia State	522	45	59.4	27%	31	+3.9
16	Griffin Kell	TCU	516	55	61.3	51%	27	+3.0
17	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	514	44	60.3	32%	30	−0.9
18	Daniel Obarski	UCF	503	73	64.3	66%	25	+6.9
19	Connor Culp	Nebraska	498	40	57.2	30%	27	−3.1
20	Merek Glover	Tulane	495	71	60.2	52%	34	+0.7
21	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	491	45	61.9	51%	22	−5.8
22	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	490	49	61.2	49%	25	−4.5
23	Marshall Meeder	Central Michigan	490	25	56.6	12%	22	−3.6
24	Camden Lewis	Oregon	480	36	59.1	28%	25	+2.2
25	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	478	34	59.0	26%	25	−14.7
26	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	470	45	62.9	49%	23	+7.0
27	Will Reichard	Alabama	465	54	59.4	50%	27	+4.8
28	Coby Neenan	UAB	465	27	62.7	26%	20	+5.0
29	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	458	34	59.6	21%	27	0.0
30	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	447	39	55.1	26%	29	−7.0
31	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	439	40	60.6	33%	27	−3.8
32	Tanner Brown	UNLV	427	24	58.4	4%	23	−3.0
33	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	427	42	61.4	52%	20	0.0
34	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	423	23	57.5	13%	19	−5.3
35	Zach Williams	North Texas	421	36	57.8	17%	30	−3.9
36	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	419	44	59.4	41%	26	+4.0
37	Landon Salyers	Army	414	52	62.1	35%	33	+7.3
38	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	413	46	63.5	61%	18	−3.5
39	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	410	35	56.0	20%	27	−6.8
40	Cole Smith	Cincinnati	408	49	60.5	51%	22	−6.4
41	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	407	35	62.2	40%	21	+3.0
42	Jared Smolar	Indiana	406	39	62.0	49%	20	+4.7
43	Anders Carlson	Auburn	400	56	63.3	61%	21	+0.7
44	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	398	42	62.5	48%	22	−0.4
45	Evan McPherson	Florida	396	76	63.8	68%	23	+14.1
46	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	393	38	58.7	32%	24	+0.1
47	Ryker Casey	App State	391	40	59.4	30%	28	−5.8
48	Jacob Lewis	Ball State	387	38	59.2	26%	28	+2.3
49	Evan Staley	West Virginia	386	22	60.5	14%	19	−1.1
50	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	378	41	64.0	66%	14	+1.1
51	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	372	28	55.0	29%	20	−10.9
52	Julian Diaz	Nevada	371	30	62.6	50%	15	+0.3
53	RJ Lopez	UCLA	370	44	62.9	59%	18	−0.3
54	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	366	67	63.3	67%	22	+11.8
55	Scott Payne	Middle Tennessee	366	21	59.9	0%	21	−1.1
56	Jack Crane	Washington State	362	56	63.1	61%	22	+7.1
57	Jake Bates	Texas State	360	60	63.1	55%	27	+10.4
58	Jose Borregales	Miami	359	63	64.1	71%	18	+8.2
59	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	357	36	59.0	33%	24	+1.7
60	Avery Atkins	LSU	344	59	63.3	76%	13	+2.5
61	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	343	25	62.6	40%	15	0.0
62	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	340	23	57.8	26%	17	−5.8
63	Chris Wood	San José State	338	31	58.4	6%	29	−46.4
64	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	337	38	60.2	47%	20	−2.1
65	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	332	41	59.4	56%	18	−0.4
66	Tim Horn	Washington	332	25	61.8	32%	17	−2.6
67	Riley Patterson	Memphis	331	57	64.0	63%	21	+11.8
68	Jordan Noyes	Utah	330	26	63.2	42%	15	+1.7
69	Will Mobley	Temple	327	15	53.9	0%	15	−7.3
70	Eddie Ogamba	Iowa State	320	17	61.1	29%	12	−1.2
71	Jonathan Terry	Colorado State	316	18	60.2	22%	14	−6.0
72	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	314	49	60.7	47%	26	+8.7
73	Jack Martin	Troy	313	48	59.5	38%	30	+3.1
74	Chance Poore	Kentucky	312	44	62.7	59%	18	+3.7
75	Cameron Shirkey	Marshall	304	38	59.8	16%	32	+6.2
76	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	304	55	63.9	60%	22	+9.8
77	Chandler Staton	App State	303	26	58.5	19%	20	+4.9
78	Crews Holt	Middle Tennessee	303	19	53.4	0%	19	−7.2
79	Chris Naggar	SMU	301	69	63.6	67%	23	+8.9
80	Vito Calvaruso	Arkansas	294	48	64.3	69%	15	−1.4
81	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	293	32	59.8	19%	26	+4.5
82	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	285	33	62.8	58%	14	−1.4
83	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	277	26	64.6	58%	11	0.0
84	Jack Van Dyke	Wisconsin	274	27	62.4	44%	14	+1.9
85	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	270	76	62.5	67%	24	+17.3
86	James McCourt	Illinois	268	25	61.3	52%	12	+2.8
87	Collin Riccitelli	Rice	267	27	51.7	7%	25	−2.3
88	Logan Tyler	Arizona State	265	28	61.5	39%	17	+4.8
89	Casey Legg	West Virginia	262	24	56.8	13%	20	+1.4
90	Wilson Beaverstock	UAB	256	18	63.1	33%	12	−2.4
91	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	255	27	61.8	59%	11	+1.2
92	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	251	28	63.1	46%	15	−13.4
93	Joey Rouly	Utah State	243	19	58.5	16%	16	+2.4
94	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	237	23	52.8	26%	16	−3.4
95	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	236	83	64.5	84%	13	+6.9
96	Ben Fee	Navy	234	32	57.9	31%	22	+4.5
97	Tristian Vandenberg	Ohio	234	18	61.9	22%	14	+3.1
98	Liam Jones	Kansas	234	9	56.9	22%	7	−2.4
99	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	229	21	60.7	33%	14	−0.3
100	Charlie Ham	Duke	227	12	62.6	33%	8	−5.1
101	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	225	29	59.1	55%	12	−5.1
102	Pierson Cooke	Vanderbilt	223	23	61.8	43%	13	+0.5
103	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	222	20	57.9	10%	16	+0.1
104	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	219	31	57.9	48%	16	−1.0
105	Matthew Killam	Nevada	218	21	64.2	43%	12	+2.5
106	Justin Duenkel	Virginia	217	43	63.0	60%	17	+5.4
107	Bubba Baxa	Houston	212	41	64.5	73%	11	+3.9
108	Brice Honaker	Air Force	202	18	60.3	39%	11	+0.3
109	B.T. Potter	Clemson	199	80	64.5	86%	9	+9.2
110	Jonathan Garibay	Texas Tech	197	22	61.2	36%	14	+2.1
111	Alex Raynor	Georgia Southern	196	7	59.3	14%	6	−2.3
112	Dominic DiMaccio	Ohio State	189	32	57.6	63%	12	−5.1
113	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	188	7	59.7	29%	5	−1.6
114	Jack Driggers	Duke	187	23	62.7	26%	17	+3.5
115	Cameron Dicker	Texas	187	61	64.7	85%	9	+8.2
116	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	181	47	63.6	68%	15	+10.1
117	Matthew Mercurio	San José State	179	12	56.9	8%	11	−0.6
118	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	169	31	59.7	68%	10	−8.5
119	Elliott Nimrod	Arkansas State	161	35	52.3	37%	19	−3.9
120	Jake Verity	East Carolina	159	43	62.7	60%	17	+7.1
121	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	155	16	56.9	31%	11	+1.6
122	Jet Toner	Stanford	154	28	61.6	50%	14	+1.3
123	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	154	21	62.2	38%	11	+5.1
124	Tommy Christakos	California	150	8	64.0	25%	6	+0.4
125	Rory Bell	Temple	145	17	57.9	12%	15	−3.3
126	Chase Allen	Alabama	145	41	58.7	71%	10	+3.7
127	Jack Podlesny	Georgia	145	21	63.8	57%	9	+2.6
128	Mac Willis	Colorado	143	14	63.6	43%	8	−0.9
129	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	142	53	64.2	85%	8	+4.8
130	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	140	31	64.7	77%	7	+5.4
131	Guy Fava	Rutgers	132	19	51.9	21%	12	+0.5
132	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	132	14	60.8	50%	7	+0.2
133	Brandon Ruiz	Mississippi State	132	43	64.9	86%	6	+5.0
134	Blake Grupe	Arkansas State	126	14	40.1	7%	13	−9.7
135	Jake Moody	Michigan	119	29	61.4	66%	10	+0.9
136	Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl	Air Force	118	10	60.4	20%	8	+0.1
137	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	116	11	62.1	27%	8	+5.6
138	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	112	40	64.1	70%	12	+4.2
139	Kenny Scribner	South Florida	111	2	51.0	0%	2	−0.1
140	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	110	21	64.3	81%	4	−2.1
141	Parker White	South Carolina	109	9	60.6	22%	7	−0.7
142	Jay Sedwick	Baylor	108	8	63.6	38%	5	−1.7
143	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	104	10	55.0	10%	9	+1.0
144	Parker Lewis	USC	100	37	63.8	73%	10	+5.7
145	Cameron Shook	Iowa State	100	9	58.1	22%	7	+0.6
146	Alex Hale	Oklahoma State	98	10	57.0	40%	6	+0.3
147	Tabor Allen	Kansas	95	18	53.0	33%	11	+1.1
148	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	94	13	62.5	54%	6	+3.4
149	Evan Price	Colorado	94	7	61.6	43%	4	−1.1
150	Everett Ornstein	UTSA	91	15	63.3	47%	8	+3.7
151	Brian Delaney	Virginia	83	14	62.4	57%	6	−0.3
152	Brian Johnson	Virginia Tech	78	12	61.1	58%	5	−0.4
153	Carson King	Fresno State	74	4	54.5	0%	4	−0.9
154	Skyler Southam	Utah	74	4	55.5	25%	3	−0.2
155	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	71	15	63.3	33%	4	+1.8
156	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	70	8	42.6	0%	8	−5.7
157	Quinn Maretzki	Army	70	4	58.0	0%	4	−0.5
158	Jordan Stout	Penn State	69	49	63.8	84%	8	+3.1
159	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	69	21	64.9	81%	4	+1.2
160	Cole Hahn	Michigan State	69	2	61.0	0%	2	−2.1
161	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	68	5	61.6	20%	4	−1.8
162	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	65	12	47.4	8%	11	+0.5
163	Michael Lantz	Minnesota	65	7	54.7	0%	6	+2.0
164	Brock Walker	Minnesota	61	4	36.3	0%	4	−3.8
165	Chris Howard	Florida	56	9	57.2	22%	7	−1.9
166	Dario Longhetto	California	56	9	56.2	56%	4	+0.7
167	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	52	1	50.0	0%	1	−3.4
168	Sean Koetting	Missouri	51	52	63.6	88%	6	+7.6
169	AJ Reed	Arkansas	51	4	58.5	0%	4	−0.3
170	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	49	4	56.0	25%	3	−3.4
171	Andrew Boyle	Washington State	49	7	61.6	71%	2	−0.3
172	Daton Montiel	Marshall	47	6	60.3	50%	3	+1.6
173	Cole Smtih	Cincinnati	46	9	62.0	22%	7	+2.2
174	Caleb Griffin	Illinois	41	7	62.6	57%	3	−1.0
175	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	40	5	42.4	0%	5	−1.7
176	Seth Phillis	Kent State	40	5	46.4	20%	4	−3.5
177	Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	39	12	44.8	17%	10	−3.9
178	Charles Cannon	SMU	38	3	63.7	33%	2	+0.9
179	Dawson Goepferich	Notre Dame	38	2	58.0	0%	2	0.0
180	Ryan Chalifoux	Louisville	36	3	42.7	0%	3	−1.9
181	Chris Van Eekeren	Purdue	36	3	60.0	33%	2	+0.1
182	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	34	4	64.8	75%	1	0.0
183	Ryan Wright	Tulane	34	1	71.0	0%	1	−1.5
184	Avery Musick	Marshall	33	3	57.0	0%	3	+0.7
185	D.J. Wellons	Toledo	32	1	63.0	0%	1	−0.6
186	Porter Wilson	Duke	30	1	58.0	0%	1	−0.9
187	Tyler Tipton	Tulsa	30	1	63.0	0%	1	−0.4
188	Stephen Johnson	Oklahoma	29	11	62.6	9%	10	+3.5
189	Jackson Hubbard	Duke	27	8	60.0	25%	6	−0.9
190	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	27	2	62.0	0%	2	−0.1
191	Bubba McAtee	Clemson	27	1	62.0	0%	1	−0.3
192	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Tech	24	3	46.0	0%	3	−0.2
193	Brayden Narveson	Western Kentucky	24	2	65.0	50%	1	+0.3
194	Jake Camarda	Georgia	23	35	63.8	91%	3	+5.0
195	Antonio Moultrie	UAB	23	4	62.5	50%	2	+0.3
196	Cameron Lischke	Wake Forest	23	1	57.0	0%	1	−0.3
197	Cesar Silva	Fresno State	22	1	57.0	0%	1	−0.3
198	Cameron Carson	Massachusetts	21	4	57.3	25%	3	+0.1
199	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	21	1	54.0	0%	1	−1.8
200	Alex Bales	Cincinnati	19	5	61.8	60%	1	−0.4
201	Charlie Hamm	Duke	19	5	65.0	80%	1	+0.7
202	Kieran Colahan	Coastal Carolina	19	1	50.0	0%	1	−0.6
203	Trey Finison	Northwestern	19	1	59.0	0%	1	+0.1
204	Chris Freeman	Indiana	18	1	57.0	0%	1	+0.1
205	Kevin Neitzke	Tulsa	17	2	58.0	0%	2	−0.4
206	Mekhi Sargent	Iowa	17	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.6
207	Andrew Bagley	Army	16	1	53.0	0%	1	−0.1
208	Jonathan Weitz	Clemson	16	4	64.0	75%	1	+1.2
209	Keith Duncan	Iowa	16	1	65.0	0%	1	−0.3
210	Garin Boniol	Louisiana Tech	15	4	40.8	0%	2	−0.4
211	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	14	9	60.8	67%	3	+2.3
212	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	13	2	60.0	50%	1	−0.2
213	Joshua Karty	Stanford	11	1	63.0	0%	1	+0.8
214	Max Duffy	Kentucky	11	1	75.0	0%	1	+0.6
215	Cayden Camper	Colorado State	10	1	45.0	0%	1	−0.3
216	James Stefanou	Colorado	9	6	64.3	67%	2	+1.0
217	Matt Quinn	UAB	9	2	38.5	0%	2	−2.1
218	Blake Lynch	Kansas State	6	7	40.9	0%	7	−0.8
219	Anthony Rodriguez	Air Force	4	1	53.0	0%	1	+0.6

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