2020 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 2020, Massimo Biscardi (55) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff returns allowed, ahead of Nathanael Snyder (47) and Dylan Lewis (47). 234 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	Returns	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Points
1	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	55	72	57.3	24%	0.0
2	Nathanael Snyder	Louisiana	47	61	60.2	23%	−2.7
3	Dylan Lewis	Georgia Southern	47	59	57.2	17%	−0.8
4	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	43	58	58.9	26%	−0.3
5	Alex Barbir	Liberty	42	69	60.4	38%	+4.2
6	Danny Longman	Boston College	37	51	60.9	25%	−7.8
7	Merek Glover	Tulane	34	71	60.2	52%	+0.7
8	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	34	62	62.9	45%	+4.4
9	Landon Salyers	Army	33	52	62.1	35%	+7.3
10	Zack Long	Tulsa	33	40	57.7	10%	−9.7
11	Cameron Shirkey	Marshall	32	38	59.8	16%	+6.2
12	Trenton Gill	NC State	31	64	63.4	52%	+10.3
13	Noel Ruiz	Georgia State	31	45	59.4	27%	+3.9
14	Drake Nettles	Iowa State	31	34	58.2	9%	−6.0
15	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	30	65	61.8	38%	+9.8
16	Jack Martin	Troy	30	48	59.5	38%	+3.1
17	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	30	44	60.3	32%	−0.9
18	Austin Kent	Georgia Tech	30	41	64.3	27%	+2.7
19	Zach Williams	North Texas	30	36	57.8	17%	−3.9
20	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	29	39	55.1	26%	−7.0
21	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	29	31	58.2	6%	−1.2
22	Chris Wood	San José State	29	31	58.4	6%	−46.4
23	Gabe Siemieniec	Louisiana Tech	28	45	59.3	38%	−10.0
24	Ryker Casey	App State	28	40	59.4	30%	−5.8
25	Jacob Lewis	Ball State	28	38	59.2	26%	+2.3
26	Jake Bates	Texas State	27	60	63.1	55%	+10.4
27	Griffin Kell	TCU	27	55	61.3	51%	+3.0
28	Will Reichard	Alabama	27	54	59.4	50%	+4.8
29	Connor Culp	Nebraska	27	40	57.2	30%	−3.1
30	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	27	40	60.6	33%	−3.8
31	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	27	35	56.0	20%	−6.8
32	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	27	34	59.6	21%	0.0
33	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	26	49	60.7	47%	+8.7
34	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	26	44	59.4	41%	+4.0
35	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	26	32	59.8	19%	+4.5
36	Daniel Obarski	UCF	25	73	64.3	66%	+6.9
37	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	25	49	61.2	49%	−4.5
38	Camden Lewis	Oregon	25	36	59.1	28%	+2.2
39	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	25	34	59.0	26%	−14.7
40	Collin Riccitelli	Rice	25	27	51.7	7%	−2.3
41	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	24	76	62.5	67%	+17.3
42	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	24	38	58.7	32%	+0.1
43	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	24	36	59.0	33%	+1.7
44	Evan McPherson	Florida	23	76	63.8	68%	+14.1
45	Chris Naggar	SMU	23	69	63.6	67%	+8.9
46	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	23	45	62.9	49%	+7.0
47	Tanner Brown	UNLV	23	24	58.4	4%	−3.0
48	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	22	67	63.3	67%	+11.8
49	Jack Crane	Washington State	22	56	63.1	61%	+7.1
50	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	22	55	63.9	60%	+9.8
51	Cole Smith	Cincinnati	22	49	60.5	51%	−6.4
52	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	22	45	61.9	51%	−5.8
53	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	22	42	62.5	48%	−0.4
54	Ben Fee	Navy	22	32	57.9	31%	+4.5
55	Marshall Meeder	Central Michigan	22	25	56.6	12%	−3.6
56	Riley Patterson	Memphis	21	57	64.0	63%	+11.8
57	Anders Carlson	Auburn	21	56	63.3	61%	+0.7
58	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	21	35	62.2	40%	+3.0
59	Scott Payne	Middle Tennessee	21	21	59.9	0%	−1.1
60	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	20	42	61.4	52%	0.0
61	Jared Smolar	Indiana	20	39	62.0	49%	+4.7
62	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	20	38	60.2	47%	−2.1
63	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	20	28	55.0	29%	−10.9
64	Coby Neenan	UAB	20	27	62.7	26%	+5.0
65	Chandler Staton	App State	20	26	58.5	19%	+4.9
66	Casey Legg	West Virginia	20	24	56.8	13%	+1.4
67	Elliott Nimrod	Arkansas State	19	35	52.3	37%	−3.9
68	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	19	23	57.5	13%	−5.3
69	Evan Staley	West Virginia	19	22	60.5	14%	−1.1
70	Crews Holt	Middle Tennessee	19	19	53.4	0%	−7.2
71	Jose Borregales	Miami	18	63	64.1	71%	+8.2
72	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	18	46	63.5	61%	−3.5
73	Chance Poore	Kentucky	18	44	62.7	59%	+3.7
74	RJ Lopez	UCLA	18	44	62.9	59%	−0.3
75	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	18	41	59.4	56%	−0.4
76	Jake Verity	East Carolina	17	43	62.7	60%	+7.1
77	Justin Duenkel	Virginia	17	43	63.0	60%	+5.4
78	Logan Tyler	Arizona State	17	28	61.5	39%	+4.8
79	Tim Horn	Washington	17	25	61.8	32%	−2.6
80	Jack Driggers	Duke	17	23	62.7	26%	+3.5
81	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	17	23	57.8	26%	−5.8
82	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	16	31	57.9	48%	−1.0
83	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	16	23	52.8	26%	−3.4
84	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	16	20	57.9	10%	+0.1
85	Joey Rouly	Utah State	16	19	58.5	16%	+2.4
86	Vito Calvaruso	Arkansas	15	48	64.3	69%	−1.4
87	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	15	47	63.6	68%	+10.1
88	Julian Diaz	Nevada	15	30	62.6	50%	+0.3
89	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	15	28	63.1	46%	−13.4
90	Jordan Noyes	Utah	15	26	63.2	42%	+1.7
91	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	15	25	62.6	40%	0.0
92	Rory Bell	Temple	15	17	57.9	12%	−3.3
93	Will Mobley	Temple	15	15	53.9	0%	−7.3
94	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	14	41	64.0	66%	+1.1
95	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	14	33	62.8	58%	−1.4
96	Jet Toner	Stanford	14	28	61.6	50%	+1.3
97	Jack Van Dyke	Wisconsin	14	27	62.4	44%	+1.9
98	Jonathan Garibay	Texas Tech	14	22	61.2	36%	+2.1
99	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	14	21	60.7	33%	−0.3
100	Jonathan Terry	Colorado State	14	18	60.2	22%	−6.0
101	Tristian Vandenberg	Ohio	14	18	61.9	22%	+3.1
102	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	13	83	64.5	84%	+6.9
103	Avery Atkins	LSU	13	59	63.3	76%	+2.5
104	Pierson Cooke	Vanderbilt	13	23	61.8	43%	+0.5
105	Blake Grupe	Arkansas State	13	14	40.1	7%	−9.7
106	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	12	40	64.1	70%	+4.2
107	Dominic DiMaccio	Ohio State	12	32	57.6	63%	−5.1
108	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	12	29	59.1	55%	−5.1
109	James McCourt	Illinois	12	25	61.3	52%	+2.8
110	Matthew Killam	Nevada	12	21	64.2	43%	+2.5
111	Guy Fava	Rutgers	12	19	51.9	21%	+0.5
112	Wilson Beaverstock	UAB	12	18	63.1	33%	−2.4
113	Eddie Ogamba	Iowa State	12	17	61.1	29%	−1.2
114	Bubba Baxa	Houston	11	41	64.5	73%	+3.9
115	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	11	27	61.8	59%	+1.2
116	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	11	26	64.6	58%	0.0
117	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	11	21	62.2	38%	+5.1
118	Brice Honaker	Air Force	11	18	60.3	39%	+0.3
119	Tabor Allen	Kansas	11	18	53.0	33%	+1.1
120	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	11	16	56.9	31%	+1.6
121	Matthew Mercurio	San José State	11	12	56.9	8%	−0.6
122	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	11	12	47.4	8%	+0.5
123	Chase Allen	Alabama	10	41	58.7	71%	+3.7
124	Parker Lewis	USC	10	37	63.8	73%	+5.7
125	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	10	31	59.7	68%	−8.5
126	Jake Moody	Michigan	10	29	61.4	66%	+0.9
127	Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	10	12	44.8	17%	−3.9
128	Stephen Johnson	Oklahoma	10	11	62.6	9%	+3.5
129	B.T. Potter	Clemson	9	80	64.5	86%	+9.2
130	Cameron Dicker	Texas	9	61	64.7	85%	+8.2
131	Jack Podlesny	Georgia	9	21	63.8	57%	+2.6
132	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	9	10	55.0	10%	+1.0
133	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	8	53	64.2	85%	+4.8
134	Jordan Stout	Penn State	8	49	63.8	84%	+3.1
135	Everett Ornstein	UTSA	8	15	63.3	47%	+3.7
136	Mac Willis	Colorado	8	14	63.6	43%	−0.9
137	Charlie Ham	Duke	8	12	62.6	33%	−5.1
138	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	8	11	62.1	27%	+5.6
139	Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl	Air Force	8	10	60.4	20%	+0.1
140	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	8	8	42.6	0%	−5.7
141	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	7	31	64.7	77%	+5.4
142	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	7	14	60.8	50%	+0.2
143	Cameron Shook	Iowa State	7	9	58.1	22%	+0.6
144	Chris Howard	Florida	7	9	57.2	22%	−1.9
145	Cole Smtih	Cincinnati	7	9	62.0	22%	+2.2
146	Liam Jones	Kansas	7	9	56.9	22%	−2.4
147	Parker White	South Carolina	7	9	60.6	22%	−0.7
148	Blake Lynch	Kansas State	7	7	40.9	0%	−0.8
149	Sean Koetting	Missouri	6	52	63.6	88%	+7.6
150	Brandon Ruiz	Mississippi State	6	43	64.9	86%	+5.0
151	Brian Delaney	Virginia	6	14	62.4	57%	−0.3
152	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	6	13	62.5	54%	+3.4
153	Alex Hale	Oklahoma State	6	10	57.0	40%	+0.3
154	Jackson Hubbard	Duke	6	8	60.0	25%	−0.9
155	Tommy Christakos	California	6	8	64.0	25%	+0.4
156	Alex Raynor	Georgia Southern	6	7	59.3	14%	−2.3
157	Michael Lantz	Minnesota	6	7	54.7	0%	+2.0
158	Brian Johnson	Virginia Tech	5	12	61.1	58%	−0.4
159	Jay Sedwick	Baylor	5	8	63.6	38%	−1.7
160	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	5	7	59.7	29%	−1.6
161	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	5	5	42.4	0%	−1.7
162	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	4	21	64.3	81%	−2.1
163	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	4	21	64.9	81%	+1.2
164	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	4	15	63.3	33%	+1.8
165	Dario Longhetto	California	4	9	56.2	56%	+0.7
166	Evan Price	Colorado	4	7	61.6	43%	−1.1
167	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	4	5	61.6	20%	−1.8
168	Seth Phillis	Kent State	4	5	46.4	20%	−3.5
169	AJ Reed	Arkansas	4	4	58.5	0%	−0.3
170	Brock Walker	Minnesota	4	4	36.3	0%	−3.8
171	Carson King	Fresno State	4	4	54.5	0%	−0.9
172	Quinn Maretzki	Army	4	4	58.0	0%	−0.5
173	Jake Camarda	Georgia	3	35	63.8	91%	+5.0
174	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	3	9	60.8	67%	+2.3
175	Caleb Griffin	Illinois	3	7	62.6	57%	−1.0
176	Daton Montiel	Marshall	3	6	60.3	50%	+1.6
177	Evan Legassey	Troy	3	6	55.5	50%	0.0
178	Cameron Carson	Massachusetts	3	4	57.3	25%	+0.1
179	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	3	4	56.0	25%	−3.4
180	Skyler Southam	Utah	3	4	55.5	25%	−0.2
181	Avery Musick	Marshall	3	3	57.0	0%	+0.7
182	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Tech	3	3	46.0	0%	−0.2
183	Ryan Chalifoux	Louisville	3	3	42.7	0%	−1.9
184	Andrew Boyle	Washington State	2	7	61.6	71%	−0.3
185	James Stefanou	Colorado	2	6	64.3	67%	+1.0
186	Antonio Moultrie	UAB	2	4	62.5	50%	+0.3
187	Garin Boniol	Louisiana Tech	2	4	40.8	0%	−0.4
188	Charles Cannon	SMU	2	3	63.7	33%	+0.9
189	Chris Van Eekeren	Purdue	2	3	60.0	33%	+0.1
190	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	2	2	62.0	0%	−0.1
191	Cole Hahn	Michigan State	2	2	61.0	0%	−2.1
192	Dawson Goepferich	Notre Dame	2	2	58.0	0%	0.0
193	Kenny Scribner	South Florida	2	2	51.0	0%	−0.1
194	Kevin Neitzke	Tulsa	2	2	58.0	0%	−0.4
195	Matt Quinn	UAB	2	2	38.5	0%	−2.1
196	Alex Bales	Cincinnati	1	5	61.8	60%	−0.4
197	Charlie Hamm	Duke	1	5	65.0	80%	+0.7
198	Jonathan Weitz	Clemson	1	4	64.0	75%	+1.2
199	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	1	4	64.8	75%	0.0
200	Brayden Narveson	Western Kentucky	1	2	65.0	50%	+0.3
201	Gabriel Lozano	Texas Tech	1	2	8.0	0%	−5.4
202	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	1	2	60.0	50%	−0.2
203	Aaron Boumerhi	Boston College	1	1	14.0	0%	−0.8
204	Andrew Bagley	Army	1	1	53.0	0%	−0.1
205	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	1	1	54.0	0%	−1.8
206	Anthony Rodriguez	Air Force	1	1	53.0	0%	+0.6
207	Bubba McAtee	Clemson	1	1	62.0	0%	−0.3
208	Cameron Lischke	Wake Forest	1	1	57.0	0%	−0.3
209	Casey Glover	Tulane	1	1	60.0	0%	+0.1
210	Casey Griffith	Ole Miss	1	1	54.0	0%	+0.1
211	Cayden Camper	Colorado State	1	1	45.0	0%	−0.3
212	Cesar Silva	Fresno State	1	1	57.0	0%	−0.3
213	Chris Freeman	Indiana	1	1	57.0	0%	+0.1
214	Collin Smith	NC State	1	1	61.0	0%	−0.7
215	D.J. Wellons	Toledo	1	1	63.0	0%	−0.6
216	Dionte Ruffin	Western Kentucky	1	1	54.0	0%	−0.7
217	Jace Christmann	Mississippi State	1	1	16.0	0%	−2.0
218	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	1	1	48.0	0%	−0.7
219	Jacob Borcila	Kansas	1	1	21.0	0%	−1.6
220	Joshua Karty	Stanford	1	1	63.0	0%	+0.8
221	Jude Kelley	Georgia Tech	1	1	9.0	0%	−2.8
222	Keith Duncan	Iowa	1	1	65.0	0%	−0.3
223	Kieran Colahan	Coastal Carolina	1	1	50.0	0%	−0.6
224	Kyle Coale	Troy	1	1	31.0	0%	−0.6
225	Max Duffy	Kentucky	1	1	75.0	0%	+0.6
226	Mekhi Sargent	Iowa	1	1	65.0	0%	+0.6
227	Nels Haltom	Utah State	1	1	60.0	0%	+0.9
228	Porter Wilson	Duke	1	1	58.0	0%	−0.9
229	Ryan Betro	Boston College	1	1	9.0	0%	−2.5
230	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	1	1	50.0	0%	−3.4
231	Ryan Wright	Tulane	1	1	71.0	0%	−1.5
232	Sarah Fuller	Vanderbilt	1	1	30.0	0%	−0.7
233	Trey Finison	Northwestern	1	1	59.0	0%	+0.1
234	Tyler Tipton	Tulsa	1	1	63.0	0%	−0.4

All 2020 College kickoff specialist rankings

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