2021 College Kickoff Points Added Leaders

Each kickoff's expected-points result compared with the league-average kickoff, added up over the season. Onside kicks are left out. It credits the kicker and the coverage team together.

Positive means he did better than an average kickoff. In 2021, Jake Moody (+20.3) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Noah Ruggles (+19.3) and Jake Camarda (+18.4). 128 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +2.6.

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

All 2021 College kickoff specialist rankings

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