2021 College Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage Leaders

The share of kickoffs that crossed a sideline before anyone touched them. It is a penalty and gives the receiving team good field position.

Lowest comes first. Most specialists are at or near zero. In 2021, Cory Munson (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Ben Sauls (0.0%) and Jake Moody (0.0%). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 0.0%.

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 2021 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	0.0%	102	62.4	58%	43	+3.2
2	Ben Sauls	Pittsburgh	0.0%	97	63.2	52%	47	+16.2
3	Jake Moody	Michigan	0.0%	97	62.6	81%	15	+20.3
4	Will Reichard	Alabama	0.0%	93	62.0	73%	24	+12.9
5	Noah Ruggles	Ohio State	0.0%	92	60.0	67%	28	+19.3
6	Jake Camarda	Georgia	0.0%	88	63.6	82%	15	+18.4
7	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	0.0%	87	62.4	45%	48	−0.7
8	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	0.0%	85	61.6	53%	39	+2.4
9	Michael Hughes	App State	0.0%	85	61.7	35%	55	+15.0
10	Elliott Nimrod	Utah State	0.0%	84	58.1	42%	49	−8.9
11	Brendan Hall	SMU	0.0%	82	63.1	62%	30	+11.3
12	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	0.0%	82	63.0	57%	35	+2.7
13	RJ Lopez	UCLA	0.0%	81	62.9	63%	30	+6.0
14	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	0.0%	80	62.0	39%	48	+8.8
15	Julian Diaz	Nevada	0.0%	80	64.3	68%	26	+13.1
16	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	0.0%	79	63.5	80%	16	+4.4
17	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	0.0%	79	64.5	89%	9	+10.0
18	Bubba Baxa	Houston	0.0%	77	62.5	60%	31	+2.8
19	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	0.0%	77	62.1	47%	41	−0.2
20	Vito Calvaruso	Arkansas	0.0%	74	64.8	86%	10	+11.5
21	Caden Costa	Ole Miss	0.0%	72	61.3	35%	44	+6.1
22	Andres Borregales	Miami	0.0%	71	62.2	63%	26	+5.9
23	Toby Wilson	Tennessee	0.0%	71	60.8	49%	34	+13.4
24	Trenton Gill	NC State	0.0%	70	64.0	71%	20	+7.7
25	Anders Carlson	Auburn	0.0%	69	62.9	65%	22	+6.1
26	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	0.0%	69	62.3	48%	35	+1.2
27	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	0.0%	69	63.1	64%	25	+11.3
28	Cameron Dicker	Texas	0.0%	69	63.1	71%	20	+3.0
29	Chance Poore	Kentucky	0.0%	69	62.1	75%	15	+2.4
30	Nathanael Snyder	Louisiana	0.0%	69	57.2	17%	57	+0.3
31	Owen Daffer	East Carolina	0.0%	69	61.0	30%	48	+7.8
32	Andrew Glass	Kent State	0.0%	68	46.4	13%	56	−36.4
33	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	0.0%	68	62.1	53%	32	+8.1
34	Noah Grant	Memphis	0.0%	68	60.3	51%	32	+0.3
35	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	0.0%	67	57.1	42%	38	−4.9
36	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	0.0%	67	65.1	84%	11	+11.6
37	Reese Burkhardt	UAB	0.0%	67	61.7	61%	26	−1.6
38	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	0.0%	66	64.1	83%	11	+7.4
39	Everett Hayes	Oregon State	0.0%	66	63.6	71%	17	+1.5
40	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	0.0%	65	63.4	74%	17	+4.4
41	Daniel Obarski	UCF	0.0%	65	61.1	55%	29	−0.5
42	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	0.0%	65	63.8	69%	20	+12.4
43	Josh Rolston	Central Michigan	0.0%	65	56.8	32%	44	−24.2
44	Kieran Colahan	Coastal Carolina	0.0%	65	59.9	28%	47	+6.5
45	B.T. Potter	Clemson	0.0%	64	64.3	77%	15	+14.3
46	Logan Tyler	Arizona State	0.0%	64	62.4	69%	19	−1.5
47	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	0.0%	64	56.1	22%	50	−16.1
48	Brendan Franke	Nebraska	0.0%	63	63.6	63%	23	+3.7
49	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	0.0%	62	63.0	65%	22	+9.0
50	Avery Atkins	LSU	0.0%	61	64.7	85%	9	+9.1
51	Cole Talley	Army	0.0%	61	58.9	34%	40	−16.8
52	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	0.0%	61	63.3	57%	25	+1.5
53	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	60	60.9	55%	27	−15.9
54	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	0.0%	60	63.3	72%	17	−12.9
55	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	0.0%	60	62.1	73%	16	−10.1
56	Jonathan Terry	Colorado State	0.0%	60	61.8	35%	39	+0.9
57	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	0.0%	60	63.4	60%	24	−3.5
58	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	0.0%	59	61.0	58%	25	−8.7
59	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	0.0%	59	60.7	32%	40	−29.4
60	Jordan Noyes	Utah	0.0%	59	62.7	54%	27	+6.6
61	Jordan Stout	Penn State	0.0%	59	64.6	95%	3	+10.2
62	Kyler Halvorsen	Hawai'i	0.0%	59	63.9	63%	22	+6.6
63	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	58	61.5	47%	31	+5.3
64	Ethan Albertson	New Mexico State	0.0%	58	61.0	50%	27	+4.9
65	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	0.0%	58	60.5	24%	44	−8.2
66	Lucas Dunker Jr.	Washington State	0.0%	58	62.2	40%	35	−3.7
67	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	0.0%	58	58.1	29%	41	−6.4
68	Griffin Kell	TCU	0.0%	57	62.9	58%	24	−7.9
69	John Hoyland	Wyoming	0.0%	57	59.6	47%	30	−15.8
70	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	0.0%	57	62.3	61%	22	+2.3
71	Andrew Sanders	Marshall	0.0%	56	61.8	46%	30	−25.8
72	Danny Longman	Boston College	0.0%	56	59.6	43%	32	−4.9
73	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	0.0%	56	61.8	64%	20	+3.4
74	Charlie Ham	Duke	0.0%	55	59.7	40%	33	+2.0
75	Graham Nicholson	Miami (OH)	0.0%	54	62.1	41%	32	+2.0
76	Jake Bates	Texas State	0.0%	54	62.9	59%	22	+4.3
77	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	0.0%	54	63.6	54%	25	+1.6
78	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	0.0%	54	64.4	81%	10	+11.1
79	Dario Longhetto	California	0.0%	53	60.8	36%	34	+3.8
80	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	0.0%	52	65.5	87%	7	+4.4
81	Calum Sutherland	UL Monroe	0.0%	51	61.8	45%	28	+4.1
82	Tabor Allen	Kansas	0.0%	51	62.3	73%	14	+10.7
83	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	0.0%	50	61.8	40%	30	+0.5
84	Cole Becker	Colorado	0.0%	49	63.9	61%	19	−3.0
85	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	0.0%	49	61.4	45%	26	−0.4
86	Alex Barbir	Liberty	0.0%	48	62.8	56%	21	+5.1
87	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	48	61.3	23%	37	−9.5
88	Cesar Silva	Fresno State	0.0%	48	62.5	33%	32	−1.2
89	Christian VanSickle	Rice	0.0%	47	58.1	17%	39	−8.8
90	Evan Staley	West Virginia	0.0%	47	58.5	21%	37	−19.1
91	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Tech	0.0%	47	63.6	70%	14	+7.2
92	James McCourt	Illinois	0.0%	47	64.6	85%	7	+10.2
93	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	0.0%	46	61.6	50%	23	−1.6
94	Andre Szmyt	Syracuse	0.0%	45	60.6	27%	33	+6.4
95	Brice Honaker	Air Force	0.0%	45	62.1	44%	25	+2.4
96	Jace Christmann	Florida	0.0%	45	59.9	47%	23	+6.7
97	Tristian Vandenberg	Ohio	0.0%	45	62.7	49%	23	−13.4
98	Brendan Farrell	Virginia	0.0%	44	63.8	84%	7	+3.0
99	Dominik Soos	Old Dominion	0.0%	44	60.9	30%	31	−15.1
100	Rory Bell	Temple	0.0%	44	59.4	25%	33	−10.3
101	Taren Schive	San José State	0.0%	44	61.8	52%	21	+3.5
102	Jared Smolar	Indiana	0.0%	43	64.1	65%	15	−1.0
103	Joshua Karty	Stanford	0.0%	43	62.7	77%	9	+4.9
104	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	0.0%	42	63.1	67%	13	+9.4
105	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	0.0%	42	58.9	40%	25	−21.4
106	Scott Payne	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	42	58.0	7%	39	−12.8
107	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	0.0%	41	59.6	46%	22	−0.4
108	Joe McFadden	UConn	0.0%	41	59.3	22%	32	−6.9
109	Casey Glover	Tulane	0.0%	40	62.5	57%	17	−1.1
110	Jack Van Dyke	Wisconsin	0.0%	40	62.1	50%	20	+6.4
111	Jacob Lewis	Ball State	0.0%	37	60.3	30%	26	−5.2
112	Tyler Tipton	Tulsa	0.0%	37	60.4	30%	26	−2.2
113	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	0.0%	36	59.4	22%	28	+4.7
114	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	0.0%	35	52.9	11%	31	−9.5
115	Justin Duenkel	Virginia	0.0%	35	63.0	69%	11	+6.7
116	Ben Freehill	Purdue	0.0%	33	61.2	48%	17	+4.7
117	Chris Van Eekeren	Purdue	0.0%	32	61.4	59%	13	+0.1
118	Alex Stadthaus	USC	0.0%	31	63.9	65%	11	+5.4
119	Brooks Buce	Troy	0.0%	31	61.6	52%	15	−3.0
120	George Steinkamp	New Mexico	0.0%	31	63.1	65%	11	+1.5
121	Pierson Cooke	Vanderbilt	0.0%	31	63.1	42%	18	+2.6
122	Peyton Henry	Washington	0.0%	30	64.8	77%	7	+4.9
123	Alex Bales	Cincinnati	1.2%	81	62.5	63%	29	+10.9
124	Camden Lewis	Oregon	1.3%	77	62.9	51%	37	−0.2
125	Tanner Brown	Oklahoma State	1.4%	71	63.5	52%	32	+7.9
126	Sean Koetting	Missouri	1.7%	60	64.8	92%	4	+0.7
127	Evan Warren	Navy	2.0%	49	56.3	29%	34	−10.4
128	Scott Goodman	Mississippi State	2.3%	44	63.1	59%	16	+6.9

All 2021 College kickoff specialist rankings

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