2020 College Kickoff Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a kickoff specialist's kickoffs that were touchbacks. High means power; whether it is good depends on the rules and the coach's plan.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Only specialists with enough kickoffs are ranked. In 2020, Jake Camarda (91%) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff touchback percentage, ahead of Sean Koetting (88%) and B.T. Potter (86%). 88 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 50%.

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

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