2022 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 2022, Jayden Fielding (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Luke Laminack (0.0%) and Jake Moody (0.0%). 132 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 2022 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Jayden Fielding	Ohio State	0.0%	97	61.3	55%	40	+7.8
2	Luke Laminack	TCU	0.0%	95	61.2	45%	49	−3.6
3	Jake Moody	Michigan	0.0%	94	63.0	76%	21	+19.4
4	Alex Stadthaus	USC	0.0%	92	62.4	49%	46	+11.9
5	Jack Podlesny	Georgia	0.0%	91	63.2	76%	19	+13.5
6	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	0.0%	88	58.7	50%	38	+14.4
7	Will Reichard	Alabama	0.0%	86	61.7	60%	28	+18.2
8	RJ Lopez	UCLA	0.0%	85	64.2	67%	28	+10.1
9	Grady Gross	Washington	0.0%	82	60.6	29%	56	+8.0
10	Brendan Hall	SMU	0.0%	81	60.7	56%	35	−9.1
11	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	0.0%	80	63.0	60%	31	+7.0
12	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	0.0%	78	61.3	40%	47	+8.6
13	B.T. Potter	Clemson	0.0%	77	63.6	79%	13	+11.9
14	Tabor Allen	Kansas	0.0%	77	61.3	57%	33	−22.2
15	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	0.0%	75	61.5	56%	33	−6.8
16	Will Stone	Texas	0.0%	75	61.3	37%	43	+17.4
17	Casey Glover	Tulane	0.0%	74	62.1	65%	26	+13.3
18	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	0.0%	74	64.2	78%	16	+4.3
19	Zach Schmit	Oklahoma	0.0%	74	63.8	74%	19	−37.9
20	Ben Sauls	Pittsburgh	0.0%	72	62.9	76%	17	+11.7
21	Jacob Meeks	South Alabama	0.0%	72	60.3	39%	44	+4.3
22	Ryker Casey	UCF	0.0%	72	60.8	63%	27	−5.8
23	Tristian Vandenberg	Ohio	0.0%	72	60.1	38%	43	+11.6
24	Andrew Boyle	Oregon	0.0%	71	63.0	70%	18	+7.5
25	Michael Hughes	App State	0.0%	71	60.7	51%	35	−2.0
26	Tyler Loop	Arizona	0.0%	71	62.0	63%	26	−18.2
27	Ryan Coe	Cincinnati	0.0%	70	63.6	60%	28	+5.6
28	Scott Payne	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	70	59.9	19%	57	−12.8
29	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	0.0%	69	62.9	68%	21	+12.5
30	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	0.0%	69	64.3	67%	23	+11.6
31	Jake Bates	Arkansas	0.0%	68	64.6	85%	10	+10.1
32	Tyler Tipton	Tulsa	0.0%	68	59.4	44%	37	+0.1
33	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	0.0%	67	63.6	66%	23	−29.6
34	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	0.0%	67	60.0	22%	52	−11.9
35	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	0.0%	66	64.8	88%	8	+4.0
36	Reese Burkhardt	UAB	0.0%	66	60.5	50%	33	+0.4
37	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	0.0%	65	61.4	63%	24	+7.4
38	Collin Smith	NC State	0.0%	65	63.0	60%	24	+17.2
39	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	0.0%	65	57.6	22%	47	+0.7
40	Michael Lantz	Georgia Southern	0.0%	65	61.9	34%	43	+4.2
41	Parker Grothaus	West Virginia	0.0%	65	60.2	38%	40	−4.9
42	Zac Yoakam	Notre Dame	0.0%	65	61.3	63%	20	+9.8
43	Bubba Baxa	Houston	0.0%	64	62.4	58%	27	−8.3
44	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	0.0%	64	61.6	33%	43	−2.8
45	Ben Raybon	Mississippi State	0.0%	63	61.6	54%	29	+4.5
46	Buck Buchanan	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	63	62.5	54%	29	+1.0
47	Connor Madden	James Madison	0.0%	63	62.8	60%	25	+2.9
48	Jason Stricker	Liberty	0.0%	63	62.9	65%	22	+3.2
49	Jared Sackett	UTSA	0.0%	62	60.8	48%	32	−9.2
50	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	0.0%	62	54.0	27%	45	−2.9
51	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	0.0%	62	60.9	44%	35	+14.2
52	Chad Ryland	Maryland	0.0%	61	63.0	67%	20	+1.0
53	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	0.0%	61	63.4	72%	17	+2.9
54	Chance Poore	Kentucky	0.0%	60	64.3	73%	16	−1.7
55	Ben VonGunten	Ball State	0.0%	59	59.2	19%	46	+5.3
56	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	0.0%	59	63.2	59%	24	+2.9
57	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	0.0%	59	64.1	71%	17	−1.7
58	Tim Horn	Rice	0.0%	59	62.8	51%	29	−1.7
59	Andres Borregales	Miami	0.0%	58	60.5	66%	19	+4.9
60	Andrew Glass	Kent State	0.0%	58	54.6	29%	41	−30.4
61	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	0.0%	57	59.6	56%	25	−8.5
62	Cole Talley	Army	0.0%	57	61.7	51%	28	+13.4
63	Colton Theaker	Washington State	0.0%	57	63.5	61%	22	+4.4
64	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	0.0%	57	61.5	54%	25	−5.1
65	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	0.0%	57	63.9	82%	10	+0.7
66	Taren Schive	San José State	0.0%	57	51.1	18%	47	−15.0
67	Brendan Franke	Nebraska	0.0%	56	62.0	68%	18	+8.5
68	John Hoyland	Wyoming	0.0%	56	62.9	48%	29	−0.9
69	Chris Van Eekeren	Purdue	0.0%	55	62.0	58%	23	+2.0
70	Joseph Bulovas	Vanderbilt	0.0%	55	62.6	49%	28	+5.5
71	Joshua Karty	Stanford	0.0%	55	63.3	73%	14	+11.0
72	Sean Koetting	Missouri	0.0%	55	61.8	80%	10	+6.2
73	Brady Denaburg	Syracuse	0.0%	53	64.0	66%	18	+4.6
74	Elliott Nimrod	Utah State	0.0%	53	60.3	38%	32	−0.1
75	Drew Stevens	Iowa	0.0%	52	62.3	56%	23	+8.4
76	Jack Stone	Michigan State	0.0%	52	59.5	25%	37	+0.1
77	Kyler Halvorsen	Hawai'i	0.0%	52	63.3	71%	15	+6.5
78	Noah Burnette	North Carolina	0.0%	52	63.7	52%	25	+5.2
79	Rory Bell	Temple	0.0%	51	56.5	14%	43	−12.1
80	Brady Pohl	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	50	59.5	50%	25	−7.6
81	Dominik Soos	Old Dominion	0.0%	50	61.0	46%	27	+2.3
82	Jack Browning	San Diego State	0.0%	50	63.7	56%	22	+8.0
83	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	0.0%	50	58.1	28%	36	−8.6
84	Nathan Dibert	LSU	0.0%	50	63.6	64%	18	+0.9
85	Carter Davis	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	49	61.1	47%	26	−7.7
86	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	0.0%	49	61.7	47%	26	−5.7
87	Mason Shipley	Texas State	0.0%	49	57.6	33%	33	−4.6
88	Caleb Griffin	Illinois	0.0%	48	61.9	73%	13	+6.6
89	George Steinkamp	New Mexico	0.0%	48	62.1	50%	24	−1.8
90	Josh Rolston	Central Michigan	0.0%	48	59.9	44%	27	−1.3
91	Matthew Dapore	Air Force	0.0%	48	60.8	38%	30	+1.6
92	Aidan Laros	Charlotte	0.0%	47	63.4	57%	20	−0.1
93	Calum Sutherland	UL Monroe	0.0%	47	61.5	47%	25	−12.9
94	Jude McAtamney	Rutgers	0.0%	47	59.4	36%	29	−12.1
95	Noe Ruelas	UConn	0.0%	47	60.8	36%	30	−6.1
96	Kyle Lowe	Virginia Tech	0.0%	46	62.9	72%	12	−4.2
97	Owen Daffer	East Carolina	0.0%	45	60.4	24%	34	−2.2
98	Chris Freeman	Indiana	0.0%	44	63.3	55%	20	+2.4
99	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	0.0%	44	63.0	55%	20	+10.2
100	Anders Carlson	Auburn	0.0%	43	59.4	33%	27	−7.3
101	Cole Becker	Colorado	0.0%	43	63.3	72%	12	−9.3
102	Matthew Killam	Nevada	0.0%	43	63.0	53%	20	+10.8
103	Michael Luckhurst	California	0.0%	43	61.9	49%	19	+5.1
104	Atticus Sappington	Oregon State	0.0%	42	62.7	55%	19	+6.5
105	Charlie Ham	Duke	0.0%	42	63.3	64%	15	−1.3
106	Gavin Lahm	Wisconsin	0.0%	42	61.0	43%	24	+11.1
107	Lucas Matias	Florida International	0.0%	42	61.9	57%	18	−4.3
108	Adam Mihalek	Florida	0.0%	41	63.1	63%	14	+2.4
109	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	0.0%	40	59.8	38%	25	−2.0
110	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Tech	0.0%	40	64.1	55%	18	−0.9
111	Jake Pinegar	Penn State	0.0%	40	62.9	68%	13	+4.1
112	Jordan Noyes	Utah	0.0%	40	61.1	33%	26	+5.1
113	Liam Gray	Coastal Carolina	0.0%	40	59.1	40%	24	+1.8
114	Noah Grant	Memphis	0.0%	40	61.8	38%	25	+4.0
115	Adam Stage	Northwestern	0.0%	39	58.4	26%	27	+13.3
116	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	0.0%	39	52.6	28%	28	−18.7
117	Rece Verhoff	Marshall	0.0%	39	59.1	46%	21	+5.7
118	Henry Katleman	Colorado State	0.0%	38	63.6	79%	8	+2.6
119	Brendan Farrell	Virginia	0.0%	37	64.5	68%	12	+2.6
120	Evan Warren	Navy	0.0%	36	57.4	33%	21	+0.6
121	Graham Nicholson	Miami (OH)	0.0%	35	62.5	51%	17	−13.9
122	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	0.0%	35	60.9	49%	18	−0.8
123	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	0.0%	35	62.4	37%	22	+7.8
124	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	0.0%	35	57.6	31%	24	−23.5
125	Tanner Gillis	Memphis	0.0%	35	61.8	46%	19	+0.4
126	Zach Long	Troy	0.0%	35	61.7	60%	14	+1.8
127	Jadon Redding	Utah	0.0%	33	60.7	27%	23	−2.4
128	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	0.0%	32	64.1	84%	4	−2.9
129	Keegan Shackford	Iowa State	0.0%	30	61.2	23%	23	+4.7
130	Trey Smack	Florida	0.0%	30	62.4	63%	9	+6.6
131	Jonathan Cruz	Ole Miss	1.4%	73	60.4	55%	29	−6.0
132	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	1.8%	56	63.9	84%	8	+6.3

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