2022 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 2022, Jake Moody (+19.4) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Will Reichard (+18.2) and Will Stone (+17.4). 132 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +2.1.

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

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