2021 College Kickoff Points per 100 Kickoffs Leaders

Kickoff points added divided by kickoffs, times 100. It compares specialists with different workloads fairly.

Only specialists with enough kickoffs are ranked. In 2021, Briggs Bourgeois (+22.5) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of B.T. Potter (+22.3) and James McCourt (+21.8). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +4.2.

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	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	+22.5	42	63.1	67%	13	+9.4
2	B.T. Potter	Clemson	+22.3	64	64.3	77%	15	+14.3
3	James McCourt	Illinois	+21.8	47	64.6	85%	7	+10.2
4	Tabor Allen	Kansas	+21.0	51	62.3	73%	14	+10.7
5	Jake Moody	Michigan	+21.0	97	62.6	81%	15	+20.3
6	Noah Ruggles	Ohio State	+21.0	92	60.0	67%	28	+19.3
7	Jake Camarda	Georgia	+20.9	88	63.6	82%	15	+18.4
8	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	+20.6	54	64.4	81%	10	+11.1
9	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	+19.1	65	63.8	69%	20	+12.4
10	Justin Duenkel	Virginia	+19.1	35	63.0	69%	11	+6.7
11	Toby Wilson	Tennessee	+18.9	71	60.8	49%	34	+13.4
12	Michael Hughes	App State	+17.6	85	61.7	35%	55	+15.0
13	Alex Stadthaus	USC	+17.4	31	63.9	65%	11	+5.4
14	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	+17.4	67	65.1	84%	11	+11.6
15	Jordan Stout	Penn State	+17.2	59	64.6	95%	3	+10.2
16	Ben Sauls	Pittsburgh	+16.7	97	63.2	52%	47	+16.2
17	Julian Diaz	Nevada	+16.4	80	64.3	68%	26	+13.1
18	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	+16.4	69	63.1	64%	25	+11.3
19	Peyton Henry	Washington	+16.2	30	64.8	77%	7	+4.9
20	Jack Van Dyke	Wisconsin	+15.9	40	62.1	50%	20	+6.4
21	Scott Goodman	Mississippi State	+15.6	44	63.1	59%	16	+6.9
22	Vito Calvaruso	Arkansas	+15.5	74	64.8	86%	10	+11.5
23	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Tech	+15.3	47	63.6	70%	14	+7.2
24	Avery Atkins	LSU	+15.0	61	64.7	85%	9	+9.1
25	Jace Christmann	Florida	+14.9	45	59.9	47%	23	+6.7
26	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	+14.5	62	63.0	65%	22	+9.0
27	Ben Freehill	Purdue	+14.3	33	61.2	48%	17	+4.7
28	Andre Szmyt	Syracuse	+14.2	45	60.6	27%	33	+6.4
29	Will Reichard	Alabama	+13.9	93	62.0	73%	24	+12.9
30	Brendan Hall	SMU	+13.8	82	63.1	62%	30	+11.3
31	Alex Bales	Cincinnati	+13.4	81	62.5	63%	29	+10.9
32	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	+12.9	36	59.4	22%	28	+4.7
33	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	+12.7	79	64.5	89%	9	+10.0
34	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	+11.9	68	62.1	53%	32	+8.1
35	Owen Daffer	East Carolina	+11.4	69	61.0	30%	48	+7.8
36	Joshua Karty	Stanford	+11.3	43	62.7	77%	9	+4.9
37	Jordan Noyes	Utah	+11.3	59	62.7	54%	27	+6.6
38	Kyler Halvorsen	Hawai'i	+11.2	59	63.9	63%	22	+6.6
39	Tanner Brown	Oklahoma State	+11.2	71	63.5	52%	32	+7.9
40	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	+11.2	66	64.1	83%	11	+7.4
41	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	+11.0	80	62.0	39%	48	+8.8
42	Trenton Gill	NC State	+11.0	70	64.0	71%	20	+7.7
43	Alex Barbir	Liberty	+10.6	48	62.8	56%	21	+5.1
44	Kieran Colahan	Coastal Carolina	+10.1	65	59.9	28%	47	+6.5
45	Aaron Shahriari	Florida Atlantic	+9.2	58	61.5	47%	31	+5.3
46	Anders Carlson	Auburn	+8.9	69	62.9	65%	22	+6.1
47	Ethan Albertson	New Mexico State	+8.5	58	61.0	50%	27	+4.9
48	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	+8.5	52	65.5	87%	7	+4.4
49	Pierson Cooke	Vanderbilt	+8.5	31	63.1	42%	18	+2.6
50	Caden Costa	Ole Miss	+8.4	72	61.3	35%	44	+6.1
51	Andres Borregales	Miami	+8.3	71	62.2	63%	26	+5.9
52	Jake Bates	Texas State	+8.0	54	62.9	59%	22	+4.3
53	Calum Sutherland	UL Monroe	+8.0	51	61.8	45%	28	+4.1
54	Taren Schive	San José State	+7.9	44	61.8	52%	21	+3.5
55	RJ Lopez	UCLA	+7.4	81	62.9	63%	30	+6.0
56	Dario Longhetto	California	+7.2	53	60.8	36%	34	+3.8
57	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	+6.8	65	63.4	74%	17	+4.4
58	Brendan Farrell	Virginia	+6.7	44	63.8	84%	7	+3.0
59	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	+6.0	56	61.8	64%	20	+3.4
60	Brendan Franke	Nebraska	+5.9	63	63.6	63%	23	+3.7
61	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	+5.6	79	63.5	80%	16	+4.4
62	Brice Honaker	Air Force	+5.4	45	62.1	44%	25	+2.4
63	George Steinkamp	New Mexico	+4.9	31	63.1	65%	11	+1.5
64	Cameron Dicker	Texas	+4.4	69	63.1	71%	20	+3.0
65	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	+4.0	57	62.3	61%	22	+2.3
66	Graham Nicholson	Miami (OH)	+3.8	54	62.1	41%	32	+2.0
67	Bubba Baxa	Houston	+3.7	77	62.5	60%	31	+2.8
68	Charlie Ham	Duke	+3.7	55	59.7	40%	33	+2.0
69	Chance Poore	Kentucky	+3.5	69	62.1	75%	15	+2.4
70	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	+3.2	82	63.0	57%	35	+2.7
71	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	+3.1	102	62.4	58%	43	+3.2
72	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	+3.0	54	63.6	54%	25	+1.6
73	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	+2.8	85	61.6	53%	39	+2.4
74	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	+2.4	61	63.3	57%	25	+1.5
75	Everett Hayes	Oregon State	+2.3	66	63.6	71%	17	+1.5
76	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	+1.8	69	62.3	48%	35	+1.2
77	Jonathan Terry	Colorado State	+1.5	60	61.8	35%	39	+0.9
78	Sean Koetting	Missouri	+1.2	60	64.8	92%	4	+0.7
79	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	+1.1	50	61.8	40%	30	+0.5
80	Noah Grant	Memphis	+0.5	68	60.3	51%	32	+0.3
81	Nathanael Snyder	Louisiana	+0.4	69	57.2	17%	57	+0.3
82	Chris Van Eekeren	Purdue	+0.2	32	61.4	59%	13	+0.1
83	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	−0.2	77	62.1	47%	41	−0.2
84	Camden Lewis	Oregon	−0.3	77	62.9	51%	37	−0.2
85	Daniel Obarski	UCF	−0.7	65	61.1	55%	29	−0.5
86	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	−0.8	87	62.4	45%	48	−0.7
87	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	−0.9	49	61.4	45%	26	−0.4
88	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	−1.0	41	59.6	46%	22	−0.4
89	Jared Smolar	Indiana	−2.3	43	64.1	65%	15	−1.0
90	Reese Burkhardt	UAB	−2.4	67	61.7	61%	26	−1.6
91	Logan Tyler	Arizona State	−2.4	64	62.4	69%	19	−1.5
92	Cesar Silva	Fresno State	−2.4	48	62.5	33%	32	−1.2
93	Casey Glover	Tulane	−2.9	40	62.5	57%	17	−1.1
94	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	−3.4	46	61.6	50%	23	−1.6
95	Parker Grothaus	Florida State	−5.9	60	63.4	60%	24	−3.5
96	Tyler Tipton	Tulsa	−6.0	37	60.4	30%	26	−2.2
97	Cole Becker	Colorado	−6.1	49	63.9	61%	19	−3.0
98	Lucas Dunker Jr.	Washington State	−6.3	58	62.2	40%	35	−3.7
99	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	−7.4	67	57.1	42%	38	−4.9
100	Danny Longman	Boston College	−8.7	56	59.6	43%	32	−4.9
101	Brooks Buce	Troy	−9.5	31	61.6	52%	15	−3.0
102	Elliott Nimrod	Utah State	−10.6	84	58.1	42%	49	−8.9
103	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	−11.0	58	58.1	29%	41	−6.4
104	Griffin Kell	TCU	−13.9	57	62.9	58%	24	−7.9
105	Jacob Lewis	Ball State	−14.0	37	60.3	30%	26	−5.2
106	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	−14.1	58	60.5	24%	44	−8.2
107	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	−14.7	59	61.0	58%	25	−8.7
108	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	−16.9	60	62.1	73%	16	−10.1
109	Joe McFadden	UConn	−16.9	41	59.3	22%	32	−6.9
110	Christian VanSickle	Rice	−18.6	47	58.1	17%	39	−8.8
111	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	−19.7	48	61.3	23%	37	−9.5
112	Evan Warren	Navy	−21.2	49	56.3	29%	34	−10.4
113	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	−21.5	60	63.3	72%	17	−12.9
114	Rory Bell	Temple	−23.3	44	59.4	25%	33	−10.3
115	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	−25.1	64	56.1	22%	50	−16.1
116	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	−26.5	60	60.9	55%	27	−15.9
117	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	−27.1	35	52.9	11%	31	−9.5
118	Cole Talley	Army	−27.5	61	58.9	34%	40	−16.8
119	John Hoyland	Wyoming	−27.7	57	59.6	47%	30	−15.8
120	Tristian Vandenberg	Ohio	−29.7	45	62.7	49%	23	−13.4
121	Scott Payne	Middle Tennessee	−30.5	42	58.0	7%	39	−12.8
122	Dominik Soos	Old Dominion	−34.4	44	60.9	30%	31	−15.1
123	Josh Rolston	Central Michigan	−37.2	65	56.8	32%	44	−24.2
124	Evan Staley	West Virginia	−40.6	47	58.5	21%	37	−19.1
125	Andrew Sanders	Marshall	−46.1	56	61.8	46%	30	−25.8
126	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	−49.8	59	60.7	32%	40	−29.4
127	Jerry Fitschen	Akron	−50.8	42	58.9	40%	25	−21.4
128	Andrew Glass	Kent State	−53.5	68	46.4	13%	56	−36.4

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