2024 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 2024, Will Stone (+14.5) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Peyton Woodring (+12.8) and Caden Chittenden (+12.0). 133 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.7.

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

All 2024 College kickoff specialist rankings

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