2022 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 2022, Adam Stage (+34.0) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Gavin Lahm (+26.5) and Collin Smith (+26.5). 132 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +4.6.

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 2022 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Adam Stage	Northwestern	+34.0	39	58.4	26%	27	+13.3
2	Gavin Lahm	Wisconsin	+26.5	42	61.0	43%	24	+11.1
3	Collin Smith	NC State	+26.5	65	63.0	60%	24	+17.2
4	Matthew Killam	Nevada	+25.1	43	63.0	53%	20	+10.8
5	Cole Talley	Army	+23.5	57	61.7	51%	28	+13.4
6	Will Stone	Texas	+23.3	75	61.3	37%	43	+17.4
7	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	+23.2	44	63.0	55%	20	+10.2
8	Tristan Mattson	Arkansas State	+22.8	62	60.9	44%	35	+14.2
9	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	+22.2	35	62.4	37%	22	+7.8
10	Trey Smack	Florida	+21.9	30	62.4	63%	9	+6.6
11	Will Reichard	Alabama	+21.1	86	61.7	60%	28	+18.2
12	Jake Moody	Michigan	+20.6	94	63.0	76%	21	+19.4
13	Joshua Karty	Stanford	+20.1	55	63.3	73%	14	+11.0
14	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	+18.2	69	62.9	68%	21	+12.5
15	Casey Glover	Tulane	+18.0	74	62.1	65%	26	+13.3
16	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	+16.8	69	64.3	67%	23	+11.6
17	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	+16.4	88	58.7	50%	38	+14.4
18	Ben Sauls	Pittsburgh	+16.3	72	62.9	76%	17	+11.7
19	Drew Stevens	Iowa	+16.1	52	62.3	56%	23	+8.4
20	Tristian Vandenberg	Ohio	+16.1	72	60.1	38%	43	+11.6
21	Jack Browning	San Diego State	+16.0	50	63.7	56%	22	+8.0
22	Keegan Shackford	Iowa State	+15.6	30	61.2	23%	23	+4.7
23	Atticus Sappington	Oregon State	+15.5	42	62.7	55%	19	+6.5
24	B.T. Potter	Clemson	+15.4	77	63.6	79%	13	+11.9
25	Brendan Franke	Nebraska	+15.3	56	62.0	68%	18	+8.5
26	Zac Yoakam	Notre Dame	+15.1	65	61.3	63%	20	+9.8
27	Jake Bates	Arkansas	+14.9	68	64.6	85%	10	+10.1
28	Jack Podlesny	Georgia	+14.8	91	63.2	76%	19	+13.5
29	Rece Verhoff	Marshall	+14.7	39	59.1	46%	21	+5.7
30	Caleb Griffin	Illinois	+13.7	48	61.9	73%	13	+6.6
31	Alex Stadthaus	USC	+12.9	92	62.4	49%	46	+11.9
32	Jordan Noyes	Utah	+12.6	40	61.1	33%	26	+5.1
33	Kyler Halvorsen	Hawai'i	+12.5	52	63.3	71%	15	+6.5
34	RJ Lopez	UCLA	+11.8	85	64.2	67%	28	+10.1
35	Michael Luckhurst	California	+11.8	43	61.9	49%	19	+5.1
36	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	+11.3	65	61.4	63%	24	+7.4
37	Sean Koetting	Missouri	+11.3	55	61.8	80%	10	+6.2
38	Caden Davis	Texas A&M	+11.2	56	63.9	84%	8	+6.3
39	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	+11.1	78	61.3	40%	47	+8.6
40	Andrew Boyle	Oregon	+10.5	71	63.0	70%	18	+7.5
41	Jake Pinegar	Penn State	+10.3	40	62.9	68%	13	+4.1
42	Noah Grant	Memphis	+10.1	40	61.8	38%	25	+4.0
43	Noah Burnette	North Carolina	+10.0	52	63.7	52%	25	+5.2
44	Joseph Bulovas	Vanderbilt	+10.0	55	62.6	49%	28	+5.5
45	Grady Gross	Washington	+9.7	82	60.6	29%	56	+8.0
46	Ben VonGunten	Ball State	+9.0	59	59.2	19%	46	+5.3
47	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	+8.7	80	63.0	60%	31	+7.0
48	Brady Denaburg	Syracuse	+8.6	53	64.0	66%	18	+4.6
49	Andres Borregales	Miami	+8.4	58	60.5	66%	19	+4.9
50	Jayden Fielding	Ohio State	+8.1	97	61.3	55%	40	+7.8
51	Ryan Coe	Cincinnati	+8.0	70	63.6	60%	28	+5.6
52	Colton Theaker	Washington State	+7.8	57	63.5	61%	22	+4.4
53	Ben Raybon	Mississippi State	+7.2	63	61.6	54%	29	+4.5
54	Henry Katleman	Colorado State	+6.9	38	63.6	79%	8	+2.6
55	Brendan Farrell	Virginia	+6.9	37	64.5	68%	12	+2.6
56	Michael Lantz	Georgia Southern	+6.5	65	61.9	34%	43	+4.2
57	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	+6.1	66	64.8	88%	8	+4.0
58	Adam Mihalek	Florida	+6.0	41	63.1	63%	14	+2.4
59	Jacob Meeks	South Alabama	+6.0	72	60.3	39%	44	+4.3
60	Noah Rauschenberg	Baylor	+5.8	74	64.2	78%	16	+4.3
61	Chris Freeman	Indiana	+5.5	44	63.3	55%	20	+2.4
62	Jason Stricker	Liberty	+5.1	63	62.9	65%	22	+3.2
63	Zach Long	Troy	+5.1	35	61.7	60%	14	+1.8
64	Briggs Bourgeois	Southern Miss	+5.0	59	63.2	59%	24	+2.9
65	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	+4.8	61	63.4	72%	17	+2.9
66	Dominik Soos	Old Dominion	+4.6	50	61.0	46%	27	+2.3
67	Connor Madden	James Madison	+4.6	63	62.8	60%	25	+2.9
68	Liam Gray	Coastal Carolina	+4.4	40	59.1	40%	24	+1.8
69	Chris Van Eekeren	Purdue	+3.6	55	62.0	58%	23	+2.0
70	Matthew Dapore	Air Force	+3.4	48	60.8	38%	30	+1.6
71	Nathan Dibert	LSU	+1.8	50	63.6	64%	18	+0.9
72	Buck Buchanan	Louisiana Tech	+1.7	63	62.5	54%	29	+1.0
73	Evan Warren	Navy	+1.6	36	57.4	33%	21	+0.6
74	Chad Ryland	Maryland	+1.6	61	63.0	67%	20	+1.0
75	Tanner Gillis	Memphis	+1.3	35	61.8	46%	19	+0.4
76	Spencer Shrader	South Florida	+1.2	57	63.9	82%	10	+0.7
77	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	+1.1	65	57.6	22%	47	+0.7
78	Reese Burkhardt	UAB	+0.7	66	60.5	50%	33	+0.4
79	Jack Stone	Michigan State	+0.2	52	59.5	25%	37	+0.1
80	Tyler Tipton	Tulsa	+0.1	68	59.4	44%	37	+0.1
81	Aidan Laros	Charlotte	−0.1	47	63.4	57%	20	−0.1
82	Elliott Nimrod	Utah State	−0.2	53	60.3	38%	32	−0.1
83	John Hoyland	Wyoming	−1.7	56	62.9	48%	29	−0.9
84	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Tech	−2.3	40	64.1	55%	18	−0.9
85	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	−2.3	35	60.9	49%	18	−0.8
86	Josh Rolston	Central Michigan	−2.7	48	59.9	44%	27	−1.3
87	Michael Hughes	App State	−2.8	71	60.7	51%	35	−2.0
88	Chance Poore	Kentucky	−2.8	60	64.3	73%	16	−1.7
89	Tim Horn	Rice	−2.9	59	62.8	51%	29	−1.7
90	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	−2.9	59	64.1	71%	17	−1.7
91	Charlie Ham	Duke	−3.0	42	63.3	64%	15	−1.3
92	George Steinkamp	New Mexico	−3.7	48	62.1	50%	24	−1.8
93	Luke Laminack	TCU	−3.8	95	61.2	45%	49	−3.6
94	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	−4.4	64	61.6	33%	43	−2.8
95	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	−4.7	62	54.0	27%	45	−2.9
96	Owen Daffer	East Carolina	−5.0	45	60.4	24%	34	−2.2
97	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	−5.0	40	59.8	38%	25	−2.0
98	Jadon Redding	Utah	−7.4	33	60.7	27%	23	−2.4
99	Parker Grothaus	West Virginia	−7.6	65	60.2	38%	40	−4.9
100	Ryker Casey	UCF	−8.0	72	60.8	63%	27	−5.8
101	Jonathan Cruz	Ole Miss	−8.3	73	60.4	55%	29	−6.0
102	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	−8.9	57	61.5	54%	25	−5.1
103	Jonathan Kim	North Carolina	−9.0	32	64.1	84%	4	−2.9
104	Trey Wolff	Texas Tech	−9.1	75	61.5	56%	33	−6.8
105	Kyle Lowe	Virginia Tech	−9.1	46	62.9	72%	12	−4.2
106	Mason Shipley	Texas State	−9.4	49	57.6	33%	33	−4.6
107	Lucas Matias	Florida International	−10.2	42	61.9	57%	18	−4.3
108	Brendan Hall	SMU	−11.3	81	60.7	56%	35	−9.1
109	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	−11.6	49	61.7	47%	26	−5.7
110	Noe Ruelas	UConn	−12.9	47	60.8	36%	30	−6.1
111	Bubba Baxa	Houston	−13.0	64	62.4	58%	27	−8.3
112	Jared Sackett	UTSA	−14.8	62	60.8	48%	32	−9.2
113	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	−14.9	57	59.6	56%	25	−8.5
114	Brady Pohl	Eastern Michigan	−15.2	50	59.5	50%	25	−7.6
115	Carter Davis	Florida Atlantic	−15.6	49	61.1	47%	26	−7.7
116	Anders Carlson	Auburn	−17.0	43	59.4	33%	27	−7.3
117	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	−17.3	50	58.1	28%	36	−8.6
118	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	−17.8	67	60.0	22%	52	−11.9
119	Scott Payne	Middle Tennessee	−18.3	70	59.9	19%	57	−12.8
120	Cole Becker	Colorado	−21.7	43	63.3	72%	12	−9.3
121	Rory Bell	Temple	−23.8	51	56.5	14%	43	−12.1
122	Tyler Loop	Arizona	−25.7	71	62.0	63%	26	−18.2
123	Jude McAtamney	Rutgers	−25.8	47	59.4	36%	29	−12.1
124	Taren Schive	San José State	−26.2	57	51.1	18%	47	−15.0
125	Calum Sutherland	UL Monroe	−27.4	47	61.5	47%	25	−12.9
126	Tabor Allen	Kansas	−28.8	77	61.3	57%	33	−22.2
127	Graham Nicholson	Miami (OH)	−39.8	35	62.5	51%	17	−13.9
128	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	−44.2	67	63.6	66%	23	−29.6
129	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	−47.9	39	52.6	28%	28	−18.7
130	Zach Schmit	Oklahoma	−51.2	74	63.8	74%	19	−37.9
131	Andrew Glass	Kent State	−52.4	58	54.6	29%	41	−30.4
132	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	−67.1	35	57.6	31%	24	−23.5

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