2020 College Kickoff Touchbacks Leaders

Kickoffs that reached the end zone and were kept there, giving the receiving team the ball at its own 25, 30 or 35, depending on the league and the rule that season. A touchback avoids a return but gives up field position.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Read with touchback percentage. In 2020, Jonathan Kim (70) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff touchbacks, ahead of B.T. Potter (69) and Cameron Dicker (52). 190 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	TB	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	70	83	64.5	84%	13	+6.9
2	B.T. Potter	Clemson	69	80	64.5	86%	9	+9.2
3	Cameron Dicker	Texas	52	61	64.7	85%	9	+8.2
4	Evan McPherson	Florida	52	76	63.8	68%	23	+14.1
5	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	51	76	62.5	67%	24	+17.3
6	Daniel Obarski	UCF	48	73	64.3	66%	25	+6.9
7	Sean Koetting	Missouri	46	52	63.6	88%	6	+7.6
8	Chris Naggar	SMU	46	69	63.6	67%	23	+8.9
9	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	45	53	64.2	85%	8	+4.8
10	Avery Atkins	LSU	45	59	63.3	76%	13	+2.5
11	Jose Borregales	Miami	45	63	64.1	71%	18	+8.2
12	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	45	67	63.3	67%	22	+11.8
13	Jordan Stout	Penn State	41	49	63.8	84%	8	+3.1
14	Brandon Ruiz	Mississippi State	37	43	64.9	86%	6	+5.0
15	Merek Glover	Tulane	37	71	60.2	52%	34	+0.7
16	Riley Patterson	Memphis	36	57	64.0	63%	21	+11.8
17	Anders Carlson	Auburn	34	56	63.3	61%	21	+0.7
18	Jack Crane	Washington State	34	56	63.1	61%	22	+7.1
19	Vito Calvaruso	Arkansas	33	48	64.3	69%	15	−1.4
20	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	33	55	63.9	60%	22	+9.8
21	Jake Bates	Texas State	33	60	63.1	55%	27	+10.4
22	Trenton Gill	NC State	33	64	63.4	52%	31	+10.3
23	Jake Camarda	Georgia	32	35	63.8	91%	3	+5.0
24	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	32	47	63.6	68%	15	+10.1
25	Bubba Baxa	Houston	30	41	64.5	73%	11	+3.9
26	Chase Allen	Alabama	29	41	58.7	71%	10	+3.7
27	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	28	40	64.1	70%	12	+4.2
28	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	28	46	63.5	61%	18	−3.5
29	Griffin Kell	TCU	28	55	61.3	51%	27	+3.0
30	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	28	62	62.9	45%	34	+4.4
31	Parker Lewis	USC	27	37	63.8	73%	10	+5.7
32	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	27	41	64.0	66%	14	+1.1
33	Will Reichard	Alabama	27	54	59.4	50%	27	+4.8
34	Jake Verity	East Carolina	26	43	62.7	60%	17	+7.1
35	Justin Duenkel	Virginia	26	43	63.0	60%	17	+5.4
36	Chance Poore	Kentucky	26	44	62.7	59%	18	+3.7
37	RJ Lopez	UCLA	26	44	62.9	59%	18	−0.3
38	Alex Barbir	Liberty	26	69	60.4	38%	42	+4.2
39	Cole Smith	Cincinnati	25	49	60.5	51%	22	−6.4
40	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	25	65	61.8	38%	30	+9.8
41	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	24	31	64.7	77%	7	+5.4
42	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	24	49	61.2	49%	25	−4.5
43	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	23	41	59.4	56%	18	−0.4
44	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	23	45	61.9	51%	22	−5.8
45	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	23	49	60.7	47%	26	+8.7
46	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	22	42	61.4	52%	20	0.0
47	Jake McClure	Oklahoma State	22	45	62.9	49%	23	+7.0
48	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	21	31	59.7	68%	10	−8.5
49	Dominic DiMaccio	Ohio State	20	32	57.6	63%	12	−5.1
50	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	20	42	62.5	48%	22	−0.4
51	Jake Moody	Michigan	19	29	61.4	66%	10	+0.9
52	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	19	33	62.8	58%	14	−1.4
53	Jared Smolar	Indiana	19	39	62.0	49%	20	+4.7
54	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	18	38	60.2	47%	20	−2.1
55	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	18	44	59.4	41%	26	+4.0
56	Jack Martin	Troy	18	48	59.5	38%	30	+3.1
57	Landon Salyers	Army	18	52	62.1	35%	33	+7.3
58	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	17	21	64.3	81%	4	−2.1
59	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	17	21	64.9	81%	4	+1.2
60	Gabe Siemieniec	Louisiana Tech	17	45	59.3	38%	28	−10.0
61	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	17	72	57.3	24%	55	0.0
62	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	16	27	61.8	59%	11	+1.2
63	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	16	29	59.1	55%	12	−5.1
64	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	15	26	64.6	58%	11	0.0
65	Julian Diaz	Nevada	15	30	62.6	50%	15	+0.3
66	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	15	31	57.9	48%	16	−1.0
67	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	15	58	58.9	26%	43	−0.3
68	Jet Toner	Stanford	14	28	61.6	50%	14	+1.3
69	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	14	35	62.2	40%	21	+3.0
70	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	14	44	60.3	32%	30	−0.9
71	Nathanael Snyder	Louisiana	14	61	60.2	23%	47	−2.7
72	James McCourt	Illinois	13	25	61.3	52%	12	+2.8
73	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	13	28	63.1	46%	15	−13.4
74	Elliott Nimrod	Arkansas State	13	35	52.3	37%	19	−3.9
75	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	13	40	60.6	33%	27	−3.8
76	Danny Longman	Boston College	13	51	60.9	25%	37	−7.8
77	Jack Podlesny	Georgia	12	21	63.8	57%	9	+2.6
78	Jack Van Dyke	Wisconsin	12	27	62.4	44%	14	+1.9
79	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	12	36	59.0	33%	24	+1.7
80	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	12	38	58.7	32%	24	+0.1
81	Connor Culp	Nebraska	12	40	57.2	30%	27	−3.1
82	Ryker Casey	App State	12	40	59.4	30%	28	−5.8
83	Noel Ruiz	Georgia State	12	45	59.4	27%	31	+3.9
84	Jordan Noyes	Utah	11	26	63.2	42%	15	+1.7
85	Logan Tyler	Arizona State	11	28	61.5	39%	17	+4.8
86	Austin Kent	Georgia Tech	11	41	64.3	27%	30	+2.7
87	Pierson Cooke	Vanderbilt	10	23	61.8	43%	13	+0.5
88	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	10	25	62.6	40%	15	0.0
89	Ben Fee	Navy	10	32	57.9	31%	22	+4.5
90	Camden Lewis	Oregon	10	36	59.1	28%	25	+2.2
91	Jacob Lewis	Ball State	10	38	59.2	26%	28	+2.3
92	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	10	39	55.1	26%	29	−7.0
93	Dylan Lewis	Georgia Southern	10	59	57.2	17%	47	−0.8
94	Matthew Killam	Nevada	9	21	64.2	43%	12	+2.5
95	Donovan Murphree	New Mexico	9	34	59.0	26%	25	−14.7
96	Brian Delaney	Virginia	8	14	62.4	57%	6	−0.3
97	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	8	21	62.2	38%	11	+5.1
98	Jonathan Garibay	Texas Tech	8	22	61.2	36%	14	+2.1
99	Tim Horn	Washington	8	25	61.8	32%	17	−2.6
100	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	8	28	55.0	29%	20	−10.9
101	Brian Johnson	Virginia Tech	7	12	61.1	58%	5	−0.4
102	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	7	13	62.5	54%	6	+3.4
103	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	7	14	60.8	50%	7	+0.2
104	Everett Ornstein	UTSA	7	15	63.3	47%	8	+3.7
105	Brice Honaker	Air Force	7	18	60.3	39%	11	+0.3
106	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	7	21	60.7	33%	14	−0.3
107	Coby Neenan	UAB	7	27	62.7	26%	20	+5.0
108	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	7	34	59.6	21%	27	0.0
109	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	7	35	56.0	20%	27	−6.8
110	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	6	9	60.8	67%	3	+2.3
111	Mac Willis	Colorado	6	14	63.6	43%	8	−0.9
112	Tabor Allen	Kansas	6	18	53.0	33%	11	+1.1
113	Wilson Beaverstock	UAB	6	18	63.1	33%	12	−2.4
114	Jack Driggers	Duke	6	23	62.7	26%	17	+3.5
115	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	6	23	57.8	26%	17	−5.8
116	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	6	23	52.8	26%	16	−3.4
117	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	6	32	59.8	19%	26	+4.5
118	Zach Williams	North Texas	6	36	57.8	17%	30	−3.9
119	Cameron Shirkey	Marshall	6	38	59.8	16%	32	+6.2
120	Andrew Boyle	Washington State	5	7	61.6	71%	2	−0.3
121	Dario Longhetto	California	5	9	56.2	56%	4	+0.7
122	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	5	15	63.3	33%	4	+1.8
123	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	5	16	56.9	31%	11	+1.6
124	Eddie Ogamba	Iowa State	5	17	61.1	29%	12	−1.2
125	Chandler Staton	App State	5	26	58.5	19%	20	+4.9
126	Charlie Hamm	Duke	4	5	65.0	80%	1	+0.7
127	James Stefanou	Colorado	4	6	64.3	67%	2	+1.0
128	Caleb Griffin	Illinois	4	7	62.6	57%	3	−1.0
129	Alex Hale	Oklahoma State	4	10	57.0	40%	6	+0.3
130	Charlie Ham	Duke	4	12	62.6	33%	8	−5.1
131	Jonathan Terry	Colorado State	4	18	60.2	22%	14	−6.0
132	Tristian Vandenberg	Ohio	4	18	61.9	22%	14	+3.1
133	Guy Fava	Rutgers	4	19	51.9	21%	12	+0.5
134	Zack Long	Tulsa	4	40	57.7	10%	33	−9.7
135	Jonathan Weitz	Clemson	3	4	64.0	75%	1	+1.2
136	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	3	4	64.8	75%	1	0.0
137	Alex Bales	Cincinnati	3	5	61.8	60%	1	−0.4
138	Daton Montiel	Marshall	3	6	60.3	50%	3	+1.6
139	Evan Legassey	Troy	3	6	55.5	50%	3	0.0
140	Evan Price	Colorado	3	7	61.6	43%	4	−1.1
141	Jay Sedwick	Baylor	3	8	63.6	38%	5	−1.7
142	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	3	11	62.1	27%	8	+5.6
143	Joey Rouly	Utah State	3	19	58.5	16%	16	+2.4
144	Evan Staley	West Virginia	3	22	60.5	14%	19	−1.1
145	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	3	23	57.5	13%	19	−5.3
146	Casey Legg	West Virginia	3	24	56.8	13%	20	+1.4
147	Marshall Meeder	Central Michigan	3	25	56.6	12%	22	−3.6
148	Drake Nettles	Iowa State	3	34	58.2	9%	31	−6.0
149	Austin McCready	Memphis	2	2	57.5	100%	0	+0.3
150	Antonio Moultrie	UAB	2	4	62.5	50%	2	+0.3
151	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	2	7	59.7	29%	5	−1.6
152	Jackson Hubbard	Duke	2	8	60.0	25%	6	−0.9
153	Tommy Christakos	California	2	8	64.0	25%	6	+0.4
154	Cameron Shook	Iowa State	2	9	58.1	22%	7	+0.6
155	Chris Howard	Florida	2	9	57.2	22%	7	−1.9
156	Cole Smtih	Cincinnati	2	9	62.0	22%	7	+2.2
157	Liam Jones	Kansas	2	9	56.9	22%	7	−2.4
158	Parker White	South Carolina	2	9	60.6	22%	7	−0.7
159	Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl	Air Force	2	10	60.4	20%	8	+0.1
160	Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	2	12	44.8	17%	10	−3.9
161	Rory Bell	Temple	2	17	57.9	12%	15	−3.3
162	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	2	20	57.9	10%	16	+0.1
163	Collin Riccitelli	Rice	2	27	51.7	7%	25	−2.3
164	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	2	31	58.2	6%	29	−1.2
165	Chris Wood	San José State	2	31	58.4	6%	29	−46.4
166	Austin Evans	Florida Atlantic	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
167	Bailey Flint	Toledo	1	1	35.0	100%	0	+0.1
168	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	1	1	50.0	100%	0	+0.1
169	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
170	Jake Moertl	Western Michigan	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
171	Kyle Ramsey	Houston	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
172	Quinn Castner	Clemson	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
173	Seth Keller	Texas State	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
174	Thiago Kapps	Western Michigan	1	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
175	Brayden Narveson	Western Kentucky	1	2	65.0	50%	1	+0.3
176	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	1	2	60.0	50%	1	−0.2
177	Charles Cannon	SMU	1	3	63.7	33%	2	+0.9
178	Chris Van Eekeren	Purdue	1	3	60.0	33%	2	+0.1
179	Cameron Carson	Massachusetts	1	4	57.3	25%	3	+0.1
180	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	1	4	56.0	25%	3	−3.4
181	Skyler Southam	Utah	1	4	55.5	25%	3	−0.2
182	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	1	5	61.6	20%	4	−1.8
183	Seth Phillis	Kent State	1	5	46.4	20%	4	−3.5
184	Alex Raynor	Georgia Southern	1	7	59.3	14%	6	−2.3
185	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	1	10	55.0	10%	9	+1.0
186	Stephen Johnson	Oklahoma	1	11	62.6	9%	10	+3.5
187	Matthew Mercurio	San José State	1	12	56.9	8%	11	−0.6
188	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	1	12	47.4	8%	11	+0.5
189	Blake Grupe	Arkansas State	1	14	40.1	7%	13	−9.7
190	Tanner Brown	UNLV	1	24	58.4	4%	23	−3.0

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