2023 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 2023, Reagan Tubbs (+23.8) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Michael Hughes (+17.6) and Will Reichard (+16.7). 134 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +3.9.

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	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Reagan Tubbs	Air Force	+23.8	57	61.9	49%	29	+13.6
2	Michael Hughes	App State	+17.6	82	60.4	41%	47	+14.5
3	Will Reichard	Alabama	+16.7	82	63.7	57%	33	+13.7
4	Will Ferrin	BYU	+16.1	55	62.5	62%	21	+8.9
5	Casey Glover	Tulane	+15.9	70	62.6	51%	30	+11.2
6	Grady Gross	Washington	+15.9	89	62.5	54%	40	+14.1
7	Dario Longhetto	Arizona State	+15.8	45	62.5	53%	21	+7.1
8	Joshua Karty	Stanford	+15.8	50	64.8	80%	10	+7.9
9	Blake Glessner	UCLA	+15.0	52	62.9	50%	24	+7.8
10	Graham Nicholson	Miami (OH)	+14.9	70	63.8	74%	18	+10.5
11	Drew Stevens	Iowa	+14.4	53	63.8	75%	13	+7.6
12	Cory Munson	Western Kentucky	+14.1	62	63.7	61%	24	+8.8
13	Reese Burkhardt	Texas Tech	+14.0	63	63.5	63%	23	+8.8
14	Caden Davis	Ole Miss	+13.7	70	64.4	84%	11	+9.6
15	Jared Zirkel	Georgia	+13.5	95	62.7	66%	26	+12.8
16	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	+13.3	83	63.8	69%	25	+11.0
17	Nathan Hawks	Cincinnati	+13.0	30	62.3	37%	19	+3.9
18	Tommy Doman	Michigan	+12.9	88	63.6	70%	26	+11.3
19	Jack Van Dyke	Wisconsin	+12.7	30	62.8	47%	16	+3.8
20	Jayden Fielding	Ohio State	+12.5	75	63.3	57%	32	+9.4
21	Ben Sauls	Pittsburgh	+12.3	52	63.6	71%	15	+6.4
22	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	+12.1	66	62.8	50%	33	+8.0
23	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	+11.8	78	62.4	56%	31	+9.2
24	Randy Bond	Texas A&M	+11.5	59	63.3	51%	29	+6.8
25	Trey Smack	Florida	+11.3	69	63.2	81%	13	+7.8
26	Jace Feely	Colorado	+10.7	43	62.7	56%	19	+4.6
27	Buck Buchanan	Louisiana Tech	+10.7	61	63.8	82%	11	+6.5
28	Michael Slaba	Tulsa	+10.7	42	60.7	24%	32	+4.5
29	Matthew Killam	Nevada	+10.7	42	63.1	64%	15	+4.5
30	Scott Payne	Middle Tennessee	+10.6	58	61.3	36%	37	+6.2
31	Ethan Albertson	New Mexico State	+9.8	77	62.0	64%	28	+7.6
32	Michael Lantz	Georgia Southern	+9.3	59	63.9	73%	16	+5.5
33	Colton Theaker	Washington State	+9.2	69	63.9	68%	22	+6.3
34	Ryan Kingston	Eastern Michigan	+9.0	31	59.2	19%	25	+2.8
35	Carter Davis	Florida Atlantic	+9.0	54	63.6	65%	19	+4.8
36	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	+8.9	30	64.7	83%	5	+2.7
37	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	+8.7	66	63.4	62%	25	+5.8
38	Charlie Ham	Duke	+8.7	44	60.5	45%	23	+3.8
39	Jack Stone	Baylor	+8.6	40	62.4	35%	26	+3.4
40	Michael Denning	Toledo	+8.4	45	56.9	27%	33	+3.8
41	Tyler Black	Wake Forest	+8.3	43	63.2	72%	12	+3.6
42	Harrison Mevis	Missouri	+8.2	77	62.2	58%	31	+6.3
43	Connor Madden	James Madison	+7.8	71	62.8	52%	34	+5.5
44	Robert Gunn III	Clemson	+7.7	64	64.4	86%	8	+5.0
45	Andre Meono	UNLV	+7.6	82	60.9	34%	54	+6.2
46	Will Stone	Texas	+7.6	91	63.6	52%	43	+6.9
47	Laith Marjan	East Carolina	+7.6	49	61.9	41%	29	+3.7
48	Jonathan Kim	Michigan State	+7.5	42	63.5	67%	14	+3.2
49	Tyler Loop	Arizona	+7.5	76	63.8	87%	10	+5.7
50	Tabor Allen	Kansas	+7.4	76	62.1	75%	19	+5.6
51	Spencer Shrader	Notre Dame	+7.3	80	63.5	64%	28	+5.9
52	Cam Little	Arkansas	+6.8	62	64.2	85%	9	+4.2
53	Brady Denaburg	Syracuse	+6.8	52	63.4	88%	6	+3.5
54	Andres Borregales	Miami	+6.7	70	62.1	67%	18	+4.7
55	Jude McAtamney	Rutgers	+6.5	54	60.8	67%	17	+3.5
56	Jack Browning	San Diego State	+6.3	37	63.0	43%	21	+2.3
57	Liam Gray	Coastal Carolina	+6.3	64	63.1	67%	21	+4.0
58	Tate Sandell	UTSA	+5.7	70	62.8	57%	30	+4.0
59	Chance Poore	Kentucky	+5.7	56	62.0	64%	17	+3.2
60	Will Faris	Vanderbilt	+5.7	54	62.6	43%	30	+3.1
61	Michael Luckhurst	California	+5.4	57	59.8	19%	45	+3.1
62	Camden Lewis	Oregon	+5.2	89	63.2	72%	25	+4.6
63	Jacob Meeks	South Alabama	+5.1	72	58.8	43%	41	+3.6
64	Michael Hayes II	West Virginia	+4.9	61	61.2	30%	43	+3.0
65	David Olano	Illinois	+4.8	43	63.5	47%	23	+2.1
66	Braeden McAlister	Georgia State	+4.1	34	63.4	47%	18	+1.4
67	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	+4.0	30	62.7	53%	14	+1.2
68	Kyle Lowe	Virginia Tech	+3.8	67	63.1	75%	17	+2.6
69	Alen Karajic	Jacksonville State	+3.7	64	63.3	58%	27	+2.4
70	Josh Turbyville	Tennessee	+3.2	74	63.3	74%	18	+2.4
71	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	+3.1	59	61.8	63%	19	+1.8
72	Nathan Dibert	LSU	+3.0	93	60.6	54%	35	+2.8
73	Elliott Nimrod	Utah State	+2.7	56	59.8	46%	30	+1.5
74	Clune Van Andel	Arkansas State	+2.6	43	59.3	16%	36	+1.1
75	Zach Long	Troy	+2.5	76	63.6	62%	29	+1.9
76	Tristan Mattson	Central Michigan	+2.3	53	60.9	47%	28	+1.2
77	Tristian Vandenberg	Memphis	+1.1	56	60.1	27%	41	+0.6
78	Collin Smith	NC State	+1.0	57	61.7	58%	24	+0.6
79	Ben Falck	Hawai'i	+0.5	52	63.2	63%	19	+0.3
80	Atticus Sappington	Oregon State	+0.5	53	62.2	64%	19	+0.3
81	Enock Gota	Rice	+0.5	42	63.7	64%	15	+0.2
82	Connor Gibbs	Southern Miss	+0.5	57	60.7	25%	42	+0.3
83	Zach Schmit	Oklahoma	+0.3	89	62.2	58%	37	+0.3
84	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	+0.1	56	64.7	84%	9	+0.1
85	Keegan Shackford	Iowa State	0.0	63	61.3	43%	36	0.0
86	Thomas Leo	Louisiana	0.0	67	58.0	16%	56	0.0
87	Alex McPherson	Auburn	−0.4	63	61.7	52%	29	−0.3
88	Tristan Alvano	Nebraska	−0.6	32	61.6	44%	17	−0.2
89	Joe McFadden	UConn	−0.6	44	60.0	43%	25	−0.3
90	Matt Ganyard	Virginia	−0.7	55	59.9	36%	35	−0.4
91	Max Morgan	Liberty	−1.1	84	59.2	31%	58	−0.9
92	Luke Drzewiecki	New Mexico	−1.4	47	57.4	40%	27	−0.7
93	Taren Schive	San José State	−1.5	66	53.8	23%	51	−1.0
94	Chris Van Eekeren	Temple	−2.0	34	60.9	32%	23	−0.7
95	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	−2.1	44	63.5	61%	17	−0.9
96	Cole Talley	Army	−2.2	51	63.9	73%	14	−1.1
97	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	−2.2	50	61.1	36%	32	−1.1
98	Denis Lynch	USC	−2.3	57	60.7	28%	41	−1.3
99	Collin Rogers	SMU	−2.6	99	62.6	54%	46	−2.6
100	Dante Jackson	Akron	−2.7	40	59.3	25%	30	−1.1
101	Rece Verhoff	Marshall	−3.1	57	58.5	56%	24	−1.8
102	John Hoyland	Wyoming	−3.8	60	63.3	53%	28	−2.3
103	Chris Freeman	Indiana	−4.7	50	61.1	48%	26	−2.4
104	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	−5.5	42	62.5	69%	13	−2.3
105	Noah Rauschenberg	North Texas	−5.7	77	64.5	92%	6	−4.4
106	Brendan Farrell	South Florida	−6.1	67	59.8	30%	47	−4.1
107	Michael James	Texas State	−6.4	38	58.0	18%	31	−2.4
108	Jake Seibert	Northern Illinois	−6.7	46	57.9	17%	36	−3.1
109	Griffin Kell	TCU	−6.8	69	62.6	67%	23	−4.7
110	Cole Becker	Utah	−6.8	33	62.1	48%	16	−2.2
111	Mitch Jeter	South Carolina	−6.9	60	63.1	68%	18	−4.1
112	Jack Sauder	Bowling Green	−7.2	63	58.5	16%	53	−4.5
113	Jack Martin	Houston	−8.8	52	61.6	42%	30	−4.6
114	Liam Boyd	North Carolina	−8.9	63	60.6	75%	13	−5.6
115	Christian Pavon	Sam Houston	−9.3	41	59.7	32%	28	−3.8
116	Buzz Flabiano	UTEP	−10.1	46	60.2	41%	26	−4.7
117	Jack Howes	Maryland	−10.7	66	63.2	64%	24	−7.1
118	Chris Tennant	Kansas State	−11.0	87	60.9	41%	50	−9.6
119	Luca Lombardo	Boston College	−11.4	37	59.8	32%	25	−4.2
120	Andrew Glass	Kent State	−11.9	41	60.0	27%	29	−4.9
121	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Tech	−12.4	53	62.5	64%	19	−6.6
122	Derek McCormick	UL Monroe	−12.6	36	62.0	64%	13	−4.5
123	Palmer Domschke	Western Michigan	−13.0	55	59.1	38%	34	−7.2
124	Rory Bell	Cincinnati	−13.1	30	61.2	43%	17	−3.9
125	Kyle Cunanan	Charlotte	−15.6	45	60.3	47%	24	−7.0
126	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	−18.9	81	61.5	51%	40	−15.3
127	Caleb Krockover	Purdue	−20.2	35	60.5	31%	24	−7.1
128	Lucas Matias	Florida International	−20.3	46	61.8	39%	28	−9.3
129	Alex Kasee	Ohio	−21.2	56	55.2	20%	45	−11.9
130	Jack Drake	Ball State	−23.0	46	57.2	28%	33	−10.6
131	Jonah Delange	UAB	−25.0	65	56.9	22%	51	−16.3
132	Henry Helms	Northwestern	−26.4	30	54.6	3%	29	−7.9
133	Ozlo Rigby	Old Dominion	−29.1	37	61.7	19%	30	−10.8
134	Colton Boomer	UCF	−32.3	68	62.0	56%	30	−21.9

All 2023 College kickoff specialist rankings

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