2024 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 2024, Andres Borregales (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Caden Davis (0.0%) and Garrison Rippa (0.0%). 133 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 2024 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Andres Borregales	Miami	0.0%	92	64.0	68%	27	+6.5
2	Caden Davis	Ole Miss	0.0%	87	64.4	87%	11	+8.6
3	Garrison Rippa	Jacksonville State	0.0%	84	59.5	33%	56	−1.2
4	Robert Gunn III	Clemson	0.0%	83	64.6	81%	14	+7.3
5	Will Stone	Texas	0.0%	82	63.4	71%	23	+14.5
6	Caden Chittenden	UNLV	0.0%	81	64.3	67%	27	+12.0
7	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	0.0%	81	63.4	63%	30	+4.8
8	Kenneth Almendares	Louisiana	0.0%	81	61.0	35%	53	+9.5
9	Josh Turbyville	Tennessee	0.0%	79	63.3	84%	12	+7.0
10	Peyton Woodring	Georgia	0.0%	78	63.7	58%	33	+12.8
11	Atticus Sappington	Oregon	0.0%	77	64.0	74%	20	+3.2
12	Chris Freeman	UConn	0.0%	77	62.8	58%	32	+7.5
13	Collin Rogers	SMU	0.0%	77	63.2	52%	33	−1.4
14	Tristian Vandenberg	Memphis	0.0%	77	63.9	87%	10	+1.6
15	Ethan Head	Tulane	0.0%	76	63.3	64%	27	+6.0
16	Ben Sauls	Pittsburgh	0.0%	75	63.2	77%	15	+0.6
17	Will Ferrin	BYU	0.0%	75	62.9	55%	32	+6.2
18	Blake Ford	North Texas	0.0%	74	57.9	58%	31	−1.9
19	Reese Burkhardt	Texas Tech	0.0%	74	61.5	64%	27	+3.9
20	Tate Sandell	UTSA	0.0%	74	63.1	77%	17	+1.7
21	Collin Smith	NC State	0.0%	73	64.4	86%	10	+2.4
22	Gianni Spetic	Ohio	0.0%	73	60.8	41%	42	−3.9
23	Brady Denaburg	Syracuse	0.0%	72	63.5	82%	13	+0.4
24	Conor Talty	Alabama	0.0%	72	63.2	64%	25	+7.1
25	Jace Gilbert	Iowa State	0.0%	71	61.5	55%	31	−2.1
26	Liam Gray	Coastal Carolina	0.0%	71	61.8	56%	31	−2.0
27	Michael Lantz	USC	0.0%	71	64.4	73%	19	+1.7
28	Jack Stone	Baylor	0.0%	70	62.9	67%	23	+7.1
29	Tabor Allen	Kansas	0.0%	70	63.5	77%	16	+6.8
30	Kyle Lowe	Virginia Tech	0.0%	69	62.7	57%	29	+5.6
31	Devin Bale	Arkansas	0.0%	68	63.1	63%	25	−0.1
32	Jared Zirkel	Texas A&M	0.0%	68	64.1	63%	25	+3.2
33	Blake Craig	Missouri	0.0%	67	62.9	73%	18	+5.0
34	Cristiano Rosa	James Madison	0.0%	67	62.8	70%	20	+1.6
35	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	0.0%	67	62.5	76%	16	+2.9
36	Drew Stevens	Iowa	0.0%	67	63.5	60%	27	+7.4
37	Upton Bellenfant	Buffalo	0.0%	67	61.3	43%	37	+3.2
38	Zach Long	Bowling Green	0.0%	67	60.2	54%	31	−4.9
39	Aeron Burrell	LSU	0.0%	66	65.0	94%	4	+4.4
40	Aidan Birr	Georgia Tech	0.0%	66	62.1	74%	17	+1.4
41	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Southern	0.0%	66	61.0	53%	31	+4.0
42	Michael Hayes II	West Virginia	0.0%	66	58.6	27%	48	−4.7
43	Nathan Hawks	Cincinnati	0.0%	65	61.3	40%	39	+1.4
44	Noah Grant	UAB	0.0%	65	60.8	51%	31	−2.6
45	Trey Smack	Florida	0.0%	65	63.3	80%	13	+3.9
46	Elliott Nimrod	Utah State	0.0%	64	58.9	48%	33	−3.7
47	Jayden Fielding	Ohio State	0.0%	64	63.9	72%	18	+8.5
48	Lance Gossett	Navy	0.0%	64	58.6	27%	45	+1.4
49	Riley Stephens	Western Kentucky	0.0%	64	61.3	23%	49	+6.9
50	Alex Herrera	South Carolina	0.0%	63	60.5	46%	31	+8.1
51	Kyle Lemmermann	TCU	0.0%	63	61.6	48%	33	+4.8
52	Parker Lewis	Arizona State	0.0%	63	60.9	59%	26	−1.7
53	Brendan Franke	Texas State	0.0%	62	63.3	81%	12	+6.7
54	Austin Bullock	Northern Illinois	0.0%	61	57.5	31%	40	−10.6
55	Towns McGough	Auburn	0.0%	61	63.9	72%	17	+1.8
56	Grady Gross	Washington	0.0%	60	58.1	28%	43	−10.4
57	Jesus Gomez	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	60	61.5	58%	25	−5.6
58	Laith Marjan	South Alabama	0.0%	60	58.4	30%	42	−10.2
59	Nico Gramatica	South Florida	0.0%	60	61.0	47%	23	−5.8
60	Paddy McAteer	Troy	0.0%	60	64.1	62%	23	+5.5
61	Tommy Doman	Michigan	0.0%	60	64.1	62%	23	+10.8
62	Braeden McAlister	Georgia State	0.0%	59	63.4	75%	15	−0.2
63	Clayton Amaya	Arkansas State	0.0%	59	59.4	39%	36	+7.7
64	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	0.0%	59	58.7	54%	27	−2.2
65	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	0.0%	59	61.6	51%	29	+5.2
66	Jack Scullion	Rutgers	0.0%	59	60.7	46%	32	+5.3
67	Zach Schmit	Oklahoma	0.0%	59	63.0	68%	15	−0.7
68	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	0.0%	58	62.3	45%	32	+4.2
69	Ethan Moczulski	Illinois	0.0%	58	62.7	52%	28	+2.9
70	Reed Malphurs	Tulsa	0.0%	58	60.3	40%	33	+1.8
71	Tyler Loop	Arizona	0.0%	58	62.7	91%	5	−0.2
72	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	0.0%	57	61.3	53%	27	+2.6
73	Emmet Kenney	Stanford	0.0%	57	61.3	37%	36	−1.8
74	Everett Hayes	Oregon State	0.0%	57	62.7	86%	8	+5.7
75	Ryan Coe	California	0.0%	57	63.6	70%	16	+4.7
76	Eric Goins	Notre Dame	0.0%	56	60.8	38%	30	+7.9
77	Gavin Lahm	Wisconsin	0.0%	56	64.2	68%	18	+4.8
78	Kellan McLaughlin	Miami (OH)	0.0%	56	62.8	61%	22	+8.5
79	Lucas Osada	North Carolina	0.0%	56	63.5	70%	17	+1.8
80	Ben Falck	Hawai'i	0.0%	55	57.5	27%	40	+2.1
81	Buck Buchanan	Louisiana Tech	0.0%	55	64.9	93%	4	+7.1
82	Carson Holmer	Ball State	0.0%	54	54.5	20%	43	−9.5
83	Christian Pavon	Sam Houston	0.0%	54	61.1	26%	40	−7.2
84	Jack Howes	Maryland	0.0%	54	61.9	57%	23	−3.6
85	Max Morgan	Liberty	0.0%	54	60.6	50%	27	−5.0
86	Michael Denning	Toledo	0.0%	54	60.4	30%	38	−0.1
87	Trey Gronotte	Army	0.0%	54	59.6	30%	38	+0.5
88	Alejandro Prado	Florida International	0.0%	53	58.7	11%	47	−3.1
89	Carter Davis	Florida Atlantic	0.0%	53	64.7	81%	9	−1.7
90	Ethan Chang	Old Dominion	0.0%	53	59.4	38%	33	−1.5
91	Jonathan Kim	Michigan State	0.0%	53	60.8	57%	23	−1.9
92	Caleb Carlson	Wake Forest	0.0%	52	63.1	71%	15	−3.3
93	John Hoyland	Wyoming	0.0%	52	64.0	62%	20	+6.7
94	Maddux Trujillo	Temple	0.0%	52	60.3	52%	25	+1.9
95	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	0.0%	51	61.1	45%	28	−15.9
96	Gabriel Plascencia	San Diego State	0.0%	51	58.9	45%	28	−1.4
97	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	0.0%	51	61.8	47%	27	−3.9
98	Taren Schive	Boise State	0.0%	51	58.4	41%	30	−2.7
99	Dante Jackson	Akron	0.0%	50	63.3	64%	18	+2.3
100	Everett Scott	East Carolina	0.0%	50	61.7	36%	32	−1.2
101	Luke Akers	Northwestern	0.0%	50	61.9	50%	25	+2.8
102	Max Larson	UL Monroe	0.0%	50	59.8	24%	38	+1.6
103	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	0.0%	50	63.5	70%	15	+5.6
104	Mathias Brown	San José State	0.0%	49	58.2	27%	36	−1.0
105	Abraham Montano	New Mexico State	0.0%	48	60.1	56%	19	−7.8
106	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	0.0%	48	63.8	67%	16	+7.5
107	Dean Janikowski	Washington State	0.0%	48	63.3	56%	21	+2.3
108	Stephen Rusnak	Charlotte	0.0%	48	61.9	73%	12	−1.2
109	Liam Connor	Boston College	0.0%	46	59.9	33%	31	+5.6
110	Enock Gota	Rice	0.0%	45	64.4	82%	8	−1.1
111	Matthew Killam	Nevada	0.0%	45	60.5	49%	23	−1.0
112	Reagan Tubbs	Air Force	0.0%	44	61.1	52%	21	+0.6
113	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	0.0%	43	62.9	77%	10	+0.2
114	Ryan Degyansky	Duke	0.0%	43	61.0	26%	30	+2.2
115	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	0.0%	43	63.1	79%	8	−0.9
116	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	0.0%	42	63.1	55%	19	+0.1
117	Rece Verhoff	Marshall	0.0%	40	63.5	68%	13	+3.1
118	Jack Martin	Houston	0.0%	39	58.8	38%	22	+0.4
119	Trey Coleman	Utah	0.0%	39	63.1	44%	22	+7.4
120	Evan Morris	UCF	0.0%	38	62.8	53%	18	+2.0
121	Nathan Totten	Marshall	0.0%	38	63.9	71%	11	+6.0
122	Tristan Mattson	Central Michigan	0.0%	38	58.0	63%	14	−6.2
123	Brock Taylor	Vanderbilt	0.0%	37	63.1	57%	16	+4.1
124	Derek McCormick	Indiana	0.0%	37	58.2	27%	27	+0.6
125	Luke Drzewiecki	New Mexico	0.0%	37	61.2	51%	18	−2.8
126	Ben Freehill	Purdue	0.0%	35	60.9	54%	16	−4.4
127	Buzz Flabiano	UTEP	0.0%	34	62.1	50%	17	−4.7
128	Quinn Warren	Indiana	0.0%	33	61.2	33%	22	−0.3
129	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	0.0%	33	60.9	48%	17	+2.6
130	Austin Welch	Kennesaw State	0.0%	31	60.0	48%	16	+0.6
131	Charles Steinkamp	New Mexico	0.0%	31	56.8	32%	21	−11.7
132	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	0.0%	31	60.1	45%	17	+0.1
133	Zach Benedict	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	30	57.6	20%	16	+4.4

All 2024 College kickoff specialist rankings

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