2023 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 2023, Collin Rogers (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Nathan Dibert (0.0%) and Will Stone (0.0%). 134 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 2023 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Collin Rogers	SMU	0.0%	99	62.6	54%	46	−2.6
2	Nathan Dibert	LSU	0.0%	93	60.6	54%	35	+2.8
3	Will Stone	Texas	0.0%	91	63.6	52%	43	+6.9
4	Camden Lewis	Oregon	0.0%	89	63.2	72%	25	+4.6
5	Grady Gross	Washington	0.0%	89	62.5	54%	40	+14.1
6	Zach Schmit	Oklahoma	0.0%	89	62.2	58%	37	+0.3
7	Tommy Doman	Michigan	0.0%	88	63.6	70%	26	+11.3
8	Max Morgan	Liberty	0.0%	84	59.2	31%	58	−0.9
9	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	0.0%	83	63.8	69%	25	+11.0
10	Andre Meono	UNLV	0.0%	82	60.9	34%	54	+6.2
11	Michael Hughes	App State	0.0%	82	60.4	41%	47	+14.5
12	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	0.0%	81	61.5	51%	40	−15.3
13	Spencer Shrader	Notre Dame	0.0%	80	63.5	64%	28	+5.9
14	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	0.0%	78	62.4	56%	31	+9.2
15	Ethan Albertson	New Mexico State	0.0%	77	62.0	64%	28	+7.6
16	Harrison Mevis	Missouri	0.0%	77	62.2	58%	31	+6.3
17	Noah Rauschenberg	North Texas	0.0%	77	64.5	92%	6	−4.4
18	Tabor Allen	Kansas	0.0%	76	62.1	75%	19	+5.6
19	Tyler Loop	Arizona	0.0%	76	63.8	87%	10	+5.7
20	Zach Long	Troy	0.0%	76	63.6	62%	29	+1.9
21	Jayden Fielding	Ohio State	0.0%	75	63.3	57%	32	+9.4
22	Josh Turbyville	Tennessee	0.0%	74	63.3	74%	18	+2.4
23	Jacob Meeks	South Alabama	0.0%	72	58.8	43%	41	+3.6
24	Connor Madden	James Madison	0.0%	71	62.8	52%	34	+5.5
25	Caden Davis	Ole Miss	0.0%	70	64.4	84%	11	+9.6
26	Casey Glover	Tulane	0.0%	70	62.6	51%	30	+11.2
27	Graham Nicholson	Miami (OH)	0.0%	70	63.8	74%	18	+10.5
28	Tate Sandell	UTSA	0.0%	70	62.8	57%	30	+4.0
29	Colton Theaker	Washington State	0.0%	69	63.9	68%	22	+6.3
30	Griffin Kell	TCU	0.0%	69	62.6	67%	23	−4.7
31	Trey Smack	Florida	0.0%	69	63.2	81%	13	+7.8
32	Colton Boomer	UCF	0.0%	68	62.0	56%	30	−21.9
33	Brendan Farrell	South Florida	0.0%	67	59.8	30%	47	−4.1
34	Kyle Lowe	Virginia Tech	0.0%	67	63.1	75%	17	+2.6
35	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	0.0%	67	58.0	16%	56	0.0
36	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	0.0%	66	62.8	50%	33	+8.0
37	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	0.0%	66	63.4	62%	25	+5.8
38	Jack Howes	Maryland	0.0%	66	63.2	64%	24	−7.1
39	Taren Schive	San José State	0.0%	66	53.8	23%	51	−1.0
40	Jonah Delange	UAB	0.0%	65	56.9	22%	51	−16.3
41	Alen Karajic	Jacksonville State	0.0%	64	63.3	58%	27	+2.4
42	Liam Gray	Coastal Carolina	0.0%	64	63.1	67%	21	+4.0
43	Robert Gunn III	Clemson	0.0%	64	64.4	86%	8	+5.0
44	Alex McPherson	Auburn	0.0%	63	61.7	52%	29	−0.3
45	Jack Sauder	Bowling Green	0.0%	63	58.5	16%	53	−4.5
46	Keegan Shackford	Iowa State	0.0%	63	61.3	43%	36	0.0
47	Liam Boyd	North Carolina	0.0%	63	60.6	75%	13	−5.6
48	Reese Burkhardt	Texas Tech	0.0%	63	63.5	63%	23	+8.8
49	Cam Little	Arkansas	0.0%	62	64.2	85%	9	+4.2
50	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	0.0%	62	63.7	61%	24	+8.8
51	Buck Buchanan	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	61	63.8	82%	11	+6.5
52	Michael Hayes II	West Virginia	0.0%	61	61.2	30%	43	+3.0
53	John Hoyland	Wyoming	0.0%	60	63.3	53%	28	−2.3
54	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	0.0%	60	63.1	68%	18	−4.1
55	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	0.0%	59	61.8	63%	19	+1.8
56	Michael Lantz	Georgia Southern	0.0%	59	63.9	73%	16	+5.5
57	Randy Bond	Texas A&M	0.0%	59	63.3	51%	29	+6.8
58	Scott Payne	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	58	61.3	36%	37	+6.2
59	Collin Smith	NC State	0.0%	57	61.7	58%	24	+0.6
60	Connor Gibbs	Southern Miss	0.0%	57	60.7	25%	42	+0.3
61	Denis Lynch	USC	0.0%	57	60.7	28%	41	−1.3
62	Michael Luckhurst	California	0.0%	57	59.8	19%	45	+3.1
63	Reagan Tubbs	Air Force	0.0%	57	61.9	49%	29	+13.6
64	Rece Verhoff	Marshall	0.0%	57	58.5	56%	24	−1.8
65	Alex Kasee	Ohio	0.0%	56	55.2	20%	45	−11.9
66	Chance Poore	Kentucky	0.0%	56	62.0	64%	17	+3.2
67	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	0.0%	56	64.7	84%	9	+0.1
68	Elliott Nimrod	Utah State	0.0%	56	59.8	46%	30	+1.5
69	Tristian Vandenberg	Memphis	0.0%	56	60.1	27%	41	+0.6
70	Matt Ganyard	Virginia	0.0%	55	59.9	36%	35	−0.4
71	Palmer Domschke	Western Michigan	0.0%	55	59.1	38%	34	−7.2
72	Will Ferrin	BYU	0.0%	55	62.5	62%	21	+8.9
73	Carter Davis	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	54	63.6	65%	19	+4.8
74	Jude McAtamney	Rutgers	0.0%	54	60.8	67%	17	+3.5
75	Atticus Sappington	Oregon State	0.0%	53	62.2	64%	19	+0.3
76	Drew Stevens	Iowa	0.0%	53	63.8	75%	13	+7.6
77	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Tech	0.0%	53	62.5	64%	19	−6.6
78	Tristan Mattson	Central Michigan	0.0%	53	60.9	47%	28	+1.2
79	Ben Falck	Hawai'i	0.0%	52	63.2	63%	19	+0.3
80	Ben Sauls	Pittsburgh	0.0%	52	63.6	71%	15	+6.4
81	Brady Denaburg	Syracuse	0.0%	52	63.4	88%	6	+3.5
82	Jack Martin	Houston	0.0%	52	61.6	42%	30	−4.6
83	Cole Talley	Army	0.0%	51	63.9	73%	14	−1.1
84	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	0.0%	50	61.1	36%	32	−1.1
85	Chris Freeman	Indiana	0.0%	50	61.1	48%	26	−2.4
86	Joshua Karty	Stanford	0.0%	50	64.8	80%	10	+7.9
87	Laith Marjan	East Carolina	0.0%	49	61.9	41%	29	+3.7
88	Luke Drzewiecki	New Mexico	0.0%	47	57.4	40%	27	−0.7
89	Buzz Flabiano	UTEP	0.0%	46	60.2	41%	26	−4.7
90	Jack Drake	Ball State	0.0%	46	57.2	28%	33	−10.6
91	Jake Seibert	Northern Illinois	0.0%	46	57.9	17%	36	−3.1
92	Lucas Matias	Florida International	0.0%	46	61.8	39%	28	−9.3
93	Dario Longhetto	Arizona State	0.0%	45	62.5	53%	21	+7.1
94	Kyle Cunanan	Charlotte	0.0%	45	60.3	47%	24	−7.0
95	Michael Denning	Toledo	0.0%	45	56.9	27%	33	+3.8
96	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	0.0%	44	63.5	61%	17	−0.9
97	Charlie Ham	Duke	0.0%	44	60.5	45%	23	+3.8
98	Joe McFadden	UConn	0.0%	44	60.0	43%	25	−0.3
99	Clune Van Andel	Arkansas State	0.0%	43	59.3	16%	36	+1.1
100	David Olano	Illinois	0.0%	43	63.5	47%	23	+2.1
101	Jace Feely	Colorado	0.0%	43	62.7	56%	19	+4.6
102	Tyler Black	Wake Forest	0.0%	43	63.2	72%	12	+3.6
103	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	0.0%	42	62.5	69%	13	−2.3
104	Enock Gota	Rice	0.0%	42	63.7	64%	15	+0.2
105	Jonathan Kim	Michigan State	0.0%	42	63.5	67%	14	+3.2
106	Matthew Killam	Nevada	0.0%	42	63.1	64%	15	+4.5
107	Michael Slaba	Tulsa	0.0%	42	60.7	24%	32	+4.5
108	Andrew Glass	Kent State	0.0%	41	60.0	27%	29	−4.9
109	Christian Pavon	Sam Houston	0.0%	41	59.7	32%	28	−3.8
110	Dante Jackson	Akron	0.0%	40	59.3	25%	30	−1.1
111	Jack Stone	Baylor	0.0%	40	62.4	35%	26	+3.4
112	Michael James	Texas State	0.0%	38	58.0	18%	31	−2.4
113	Jack Browning	San Diego State	0.0%	37	63.0	43%	21	+2.3
114	Luca Lombardo	Boston College	0.0%	37	59.8	32%	25	−4.2
115	Ozlo Rigby	Old Dominion	0.0%	37	61.7	19%	30	−10.8
116	Derek McCormick	UL Monroe	0.0%	36	62.0	64%	13	−4.5
117	Caleb Krockover	Purdue	0.0%	35	60.5	31%	24	−7.1
118	Braeden McAlister	Georgia State	0.0%	34	63.4	47%	18	+1.4
119	Chris Van Eekeren	Temple	0.0%	34	60.9	32%	23	−0.7
120	Tristan Alvano	Nebraska	0.0%	32	61.6	44%	17	−0.2
121	Ryan Kingston	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	31	59.2	19%	25	+2.8
122	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	0.0%	30	62.7	53%	14	+1.2
123	Henry Helms	Northwestern	0.0%	30	54.6	3%	29	−7.9
124	Jack Van Dyke	Wisconsin	0.0%	30	62.8	47%	16	+3.8
125	Nathan Hawks	Cincinnati	0.0%	30	62.3	37%	19	+3.9
126	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	0.0%	30	64.7	83%	5	+2.7
127	Rory Bell	Cincinnati	0.0%	30	61.2	43%	17	−3.9
128	Chris Tennant	Kansas State	1.1%	87	60.9	41%	50	−9.6
129	Andres Borregales	Miami	1.4%	70	62.1	67%	18	+4.7
130	Will Faris	Vanderbilt	1.9%	54	62.6	43%	30	+3.1
131	Blake Glessner	UCLA	1.9%	52	62.9	50%	24	+7.8
132	Jared Zirkel	Georgia	2.1%	95	62.7	66%	26	+12.8
133	Will Reichard	Alabama	2.4%	82	63.7	57%	33	+13.7
134	Cole Becker	Utah	3.0%	33	62.1	48%	16	−2.2

All 2023 College kickoff specialist rankings

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