2024 College Kickoffs Leaders

Kickoffs excluding onside kicks. The number depends on how many times his team scored and how often it received.

Volume, not quality. In 2024, Andres Borregales (92) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoffs, ahead of Caden Davis (87) and Garrison Rippa (84). 303 kickoff specialists qualify.

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	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Andres Borregales	Miami	92	64.0	68%	27	+6.5
2	Caden Davis	Ole Miss	87	64.4	87%	11	+8.6
3	Garrison Rippa	Jacksonville State	84	59.5	33%	56	−1.2
4	Robert Gunn III	Clemson	83	64.6	81%	14	+7.3
5	Will Stone	Texas	82	63.4	71%	23	+14.5
6	Caden Chittenden	UNLV	81	64.3	67%	27	+12.0
7	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	81	63.4	63%	30	+4.8
8	Kenneth Almendares	Louisiana	81	61.0	35%	53	+9.5
9	Josh Turbyville	Tennessee	79	63.3	84%	12	+7.0
10	Peyton Woodring	Georgia	78	63.7	58%	33	+12.8
11	Tristian Vandenberg	Memphis	77	63.9	87%	10	+1.6
12	Atticus Sappington	Oregon	77	64.0	74%	20	+3.2
13	Chris Freeman	UConn	77	62.8	58%	32	+7.5
14	Collin Rogers	SMU	77	63.2	52%	33	−1.4
15	Ethan Head	Tulane	76	63.3	64%	27	+6.0
16	Ben Sauls	Pittsburgh	75	63.2	77%	15	+0.6
17	Will Ferrin	BYU	75	62.9	55%	32	+6.2
18	Tate Sandell	UTSA	74	63.1	77%	17	+1.7
19	Reese Burkhardt	Texas Tech	74	61.5	64%	27	+3.9
20	Blake Ford	North Texas	74	57.9	58%	31	−1.9
21	Collin Smith	NC State	73	64.4	86%	10	+2.4
22	Gianni Spetic	Ohio	73	60.8	41%	42	−3.9
23	Brady Denaburg	Syracuse	72	63.5	82%	13	+0.4
24	Conor Talty	Alabama	72	63.2	64%	25	+7.1
25	Michael Lantz	USC	71	64.4	73%	19	+1.7
26	Liam Gray	Coastal Carolina	71	61.8	56%	31	−2.0
27	Jace Gilbert	Iowa State	71	61.5	55%	31	−2.1
28	Tabor Allen	Kansas	70	63.5	77%	16	+6.8
29	Jack Stone	Baylor	70	62.9	67%	23	+7.1
30	Kyle Lowe	Virginia Tech	69	62.7	57%	29	+5.6
31	Devin Bale	Arkansas	68	63.1	63%	25	−0.1
32	Jared Zirkel	Texas A&M	68	64.1	63%	25	+3.2
33	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	67	62.5	76%	16	+2.9
34	Blake Craig	Missouri	67	62.9	73%	18	+5.0
35	Cristiano Rosa	James Madison	67	62.8	70%	20	+1.6
36	Drew Stevens	Iowa	67	63.5	60%	27	+7.4
37	Zach Long	Bowling Green	67	60.2	54%	31	−4.9
38	Upton Bellenfant	Buffalo	67	61.3	43%	37	+3.2
39	Aeron Burrell	LSU	66	65.0	94%	4	+4.4
40	Aidan Birr	Georgia Tech	66	62.1	74%	17	+1.4
41	Gavin Stewart	Georgia Southern	66	61.0	53%	31	+4.0
42	Michael Hayes II	West Virginia	66	58.6	27%	48	−4.7
43	Trey Smack	Florida	65	63.3	80%	13	+3.9
44	Noah Grant	UAB	65	60.8	51%	31	−2.6
45	Nathan Hawks	Cincinnati	65	61.3	40%	39	+1.4
46	Jayden Fielding	Ohio State	64	63.9	72%	18	+8.5
47	Elliott Nimrod	Utah State	64	58.9	48%	33	−3.7
48	Lance Gossett	Navy	64	58.6	27%	45	+1.4
49	Riley Stephens	Western Kentucky	64	61.3	23%	49	+6.9
50	Parker Lewis	Arizona State	63	60.9	59%	26	−1.7
51	Kyle Lemmermann	TCU	63	61.6	48%	33	+4.8
52	Alex Herrera	South Carolina	63	60.5	46%	31	+8.1
53	Brendan Franke	Texas State	62	63.3	81%	12	+6.7
54	Towns McGough	Auburn	61	63.9	72%	17	+1.8
55	Austin Bullock	Northern Illinois	61	57.5	31%	40	−10.6
56	Paddy McAteer	Troy	60	64.1	62%	23	+5.5
57	Tommy Doman	Michigan	60	64.1	62%	23	+10.8
58	Jesus Gomez	Eastern Michigan	60	61.5	58%	25	−5.6
59	Nico Gramatica	South Florida	60	61.0	47%	23	−5.8
60	Laith Marjan	South Alabama	60	58.4	30%	42	−10.2
61	Grady Gross	Washington	60	58.1	28%	43	−10.4
62	Braeden McAlister	Georgia State	59	63.4	75%	15	−0.2
63	Zach Schmit	Oklahoma	59	63.0	68%	15	−0.7
64	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	59	58.7	54%	27	−2.2
65	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	59	61.6	51%	29	+5.2
66	Jack Scullion	Rutgers	59	60.7	46%	32	+5.3
67	Clayton Amaya	Arkansas State	59	59.4	39%	36	+7.7
68	Tyler Loop	Arizona	58	62.7	91%	5	−0.2
69	Ethan Moczulski	Illinois	58	62.7	52%	28	+2.9
70	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	58	62.3	45%	32	+4.2
71	Reed Malphurs	Tulsa	58	60.3	40%	33	+1.8
72	Everett Hayes	Oregon State	57	62.7	86%	8	+5.7
73	Ryan Coe	California	57	63.6	70%	16	+4.7
74	Brock Travelstead	Louisville	57	61.3	53%	27	+2.6
75	Emmet Kenney	Stanford	57	61.3	37%	36	−1.8
76	Lucas Osada	North Carolina	56	63.5	70%	17	+1.8
77	Gavin Lahm	Wisconsin	56	64.2	68%	18	+4.8
78	Kellan McLaughlin	Miami (OH)	56	62.8	61%	22	+8.5
79	Eric Goins	Notre Dame	56	60.8	38%	30	+7.9
80	Buck Buchanan	Louisiana Tech	55	64.9	93%	4	+7.1
81	Ben Falck	Hawai'i	55	57.5	27%	40	+2.1
82	Jack Howes	Maryland	54	61.9	57%	23	−3.6
83	Max Morgan	Liberty	54	60.6	50%	27	−5.0
84	Michael Denning	Toledo	54	60.4	30%	38	−0.1
85	Trey Gronotte	Army	54	59.6	30%	38	+0.5
86	Christian Pavon	Sam Houston	54	61.1	26%	40	−7.2
87	Carson Holmer	Ball State	54	54.5	20%	43	−9.5
88	Carter Davis	Florida Atlantic	53	64.7	81%	9	−1.7
89	Jonathan Kim	Michigan State	53	60.8	57%	23	−1.9
90	Ethan Chang	Old Dominion	53	59.4	38%	33	−1.5
91	Alejandro Prado	Florida International	53	58.7	11%	47	−3.1
92	Caleb Carlson	Wake Forest	52	63.1	71%	15	−3.3
93	John Hoyland	Wyoming	52	64.0	62%	20	+6.7
94	Maddux Trujillo	Temple	52	60.3	52%	25	+1.9
95	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	51	61.8	47%	27	−3.9
96	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	51	61.1	45%	28	−15.9
97	Gabriel Plascencia	San Diego State	51	58.9	45%	28	−1.4
98	Taren Schive	Boise State	51	58.4	41%	30	−2.7
99	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	50	63.5	70%	15	+5.6
100	Dante Jackson	Akron	50	63.3	64%	18	+2.3
101	Luke Akers	Northwestern	50	61.9	50%	25	+2.8
102	Everett Scott	East Carolina	50	61.7	36%	32	−1.2
103	Max Larson	UL Monroe	50	59.8	24%	38	+1.6
104	Mathias Brown	San José State	49	58.2	27%	36	−1.0
105	Stephen Rusnak	Charlotte	48	61.9	73%	12	−1.2
106	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	48	63.8	67%	16	+7.5
107	Abraham Montano	New Mexico State	48	60.1	56%	19	−7.8
108	Dean Janikowski	Washington State	48	63.3	56%	21	+2.3
109	Liam Connor	Boston College	46	59.9	33%	31	+5.6
110	Enock Gota	Rice	45	64.4	82%	8	−1.1
111	Matthew Killam	Nevada	45	60.5	49%	23	−1.0
112	Reagan Tubbs	Air Force	44	61.1	52%	21	+0.6
113	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	43	63.1	79%	8	−0.9
114	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	43	62.9	77%	10	+0.2
115	Ryan Degyansky	Duke	43	61.0	26%	30	+2.2
116	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	42	63.1	55%	19	+0.1
117	Rece Verhoff	Marshall	40	63.5	68%	13	+3.1
118	Trey Coleman	Utah	39	63.1	44%	22	+7.4
119	Jack Martin	Houston	39	58.8	38%	22	+0.4
120	Nathan Totten	Marshall	38	63.9	71%	11	+6.0
121	Tristan Mattson	Central Michigan	38	58.0	63%	14	−6.2
122	Evan Morris	UCF	38	62.8	53%	18	+2.0
123	Brock Taylor	Vanderbilt	37	63.1	57%	16	+4.1
124	Luke Drzewiecki	New Mexico	37	61.2	51%	18	−2.8
125	Derek McCormick	Indiana	37	58.2	27%	27	+0.6
126	Ben Freehill	Purdue	35	60.9	54%	16	−4.4
127	Buzz Flabiano	UTEP	34	62.1	50%	17	−4.7
128	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	33	60.9	48%	17	+2.6
129	Quinn Warren	Indiana	33	61.2	33%	22	−0.3
130	Austin Welch	Kennesaw State	31	60.0	48%	16	+0.6
131	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	31	60.1	45%	17	+0.1
132	Charles Steinkamp	New Mexico	31	56.8	32%	21	−11.7
133	Zach Benedict	Middle Tennessee	30	57.6	20%	16	+4.4
134	Luke Stewart	Southern Miss	29	60.8	38%	18	−1.8
135	Daniel Gerlach	Colorado	29	59.1	21%	23	−4.5
136	Luka Zurak	Western Michigan	29	57.1	0%	29	+2.4
137	Michael Hughes	App State	28	62.5	64%	10	+2.6
138	Mitch Jeter	Notre Dame	28	63.3	64%	8	+5.0
139	Nick Keller	Louisville	26	62.5	69%	8	+3.0
140	Jarrett Reeser	Boise State	26	62.1	54%	12	+1.6
141	Will Faris	Vanderbilt	26	61.0	35%	17	−0.9
142	Will Hryszko	Kent State	26	50.0	27%	19	−15.5
143	Cale Allaire	Western Michigan	25	51.8	0%	25	−4.3
144	Ryan Harris	Washington State	23	60.0	70%	7	+1.4
145	Cole Becker	Utah	22	63.5	59%	9	+1.8
146	Chris Tennant	Kansas State	22	64.5	50%	11	+2.6
147	Andrew Conrad	East Carolina	22	59.2	18%	18	+3.6
148	Luca Lombardo	Boston College	18	63.8	72%	5	+3.5
149	Davis Little	South Alabama	18	58.1	39%	11	−0.4
150	Cash McVay	App State	18	62.2	28%	13	+1.1
151	Alejandro Quintero	Indiana	18	60.5	17%	15	+1.4
152	Alex Stoyanovich	Colorado	18	62.1	17%	15	−1.4
153	Colton Boomer	UCF	17	63.2	82%	3	+3.7
154	Marlon Hauck	Mississippi State	17	63.6	59%	7	+3.0
155	Jace Feely	Colorado	17	61.0	29%	12	+4.5
156	Gabriel Lozano	SMU	16	60.6	38%	8	+2.6
157	Zeke Rankin	Middle Tennessee	16	54.6	6%	15	−8.6
158	Cosme Salas	Duke	15	61.3	53%	7	+0.8
159	Joe Bowman	UTEP	15	57.6	20%	12	−1.3
160	Kian Afrookhteh	Nevada	15	51.2	0%	15	−6.4
161	Anderson Britton	Army	14	64.9	57%	6	+2.1
162	Britton Williams	Kennesaw State	14	58.0	21%	11	−3.1
163	John Hohl	Nebraska	14	60.5	21%	11	+0.2
164	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	14	51.4	7%	13	−4.6
165	Liam Boyd	North Carolina	13	63.6	46%	7	+0.1
166	Patrick Durkin	Tulane	12	63.5	83%	2	+1.1
167	Tyler Black	Wake Forest	12	64.8	75%	3	−4.7
168	Stone Harrington	Texas Tech	12	58.8	67%	4	−2.3
169	Kyler Halvorsen	San José State	12	59.6	58%	5	−1.3
170	Andrew Boyle	Oregon	12	58.3	33%	8	+0.4
171	Andrew Glass	Kent State	12	57.8	33%	8	−3.6
172	Jackson Moore	App State	10	40.2	0%	10	−8.8
173	Ian Hershey	Arizona State	9	59.0	78%	2	+1.5
174	Brayden Beck	Liberty	9	62.6	56%	3	+0.2
175	Tim Horn	Rice	9	53.4	44%	5	+1.9
176	Cade Graham	Central Michigan	9	60.9	22%	6	+2.8
177	B.Franke	UTSA	8	64.6	88%	1	−2.7
178	Ethan Sanchez	Old Dominion	8	62.9	63%	3	+1.2
179	Ty Ippolito	South Florida	8	61.8	25%	5	−1.0
180	E.Moczulski	Purdue	7	65.0	86%	1	−0.1
181	Jacob Kauwe	Kentucky	7	63.3	57%	3	+1.5
182	Keegan Shackford	Iowa State	7	63.4	57%	3	−1.1
183	Jackson Courville	Ball State	7	60.1	43%	4	+1.5
184	Nate McCashland	TCU	7	53.6	43%	4	−1.3
185	Noe Ruelas	James Madison	7	55.7	43%	4	−1.4
186	K.Lemmerman	UCF	7	65.0	29%	1	−0.9
187	Connor Gibbs	Southern Miss	7	59.7	14%	6	+0.6
188	Jacob Carlson	Navy	7	54.1	14%	6	−5.3
189	Grant Reddick	UCF	7	38.1	0%	7	−7.1
190	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	7	55.9	0%	7	+0.4
191	C.Boomer	TCU	6	65.0	100%	0	+1.0
192	L.Boyd	Charlotte	6	65.0	100%	0	−4.7
193	B.Freehill	Illinois	6	62.0	83%	1	+0.8
194	Carson Zilmer	New Mexico State	6	56.3	83%	1	−2.1
195	J.Fielding	Iowa	6	65.0	83%	1	−9.0
196	Nathan Dibert	LSU	6	62.2	83%	1	+0.3
197	A.Herrera	Oklahoma	6	63.0	50%	1	−1.9
198	Andre Meono	UNLV	6	63.3	17%	5	−0.9
199	Cristiano Palazzo	Colorado	6	60.5	17%	5	−0.4
200	D.Janikowski	Fresno State	6	58.8	17%	4	−1.5
201	Daton Montiel	Florida International	6	62.3	17%	5	−1.1
202	Emilio Duran	Toledo	6	63.2	17%	5	+3.1
203	Kyle Cunanan	Charlotte	6	60.8	17%	5	−2.6
204	Andrew Stein	Southern Miss	6	22.5	0%	6	−10.8
205	Palmer Domschke	Western Michigan	6	58.0	0%	6	−1.3
206	Gavin Marshall	Maryland	5	62.6	20%	4	−2.5
207	A.Britton	Rice	5	57.2	0%	3	+0.6
208	J.Gomez	Western Michigan	5	56.8	0%	4	+1.0
209	Matthew Dapore	Air Force	5	33.2	0%	5	−9.0
210	JT Carver	Tennessee	4	65.0	100%	0	+0.4
211	Graham Nicholson	Alabama	4	62.5	75%	1	+0.5
212	P.Lewis	Texas State	4	64.3	75%	1	+0.9
213	R.Coe	San Diego State	4	66.8	75%	1	−0.2
214	Abram Murray	Miami	4	63.0	50%	2	+0.3
215	Charlie Ham	Georgia	4	63.8	50%	2	+0.4
216	D.Dzioban	Kent State	4	62.8	50%	2	+0.6
217	C.Allaire	Eastern Michigan	4	58.0	25%	3	0.0
218	Carter Holden	Miami (OH)	4	63.3	25%	3	+0.9
219	E.Chang	Texas State	4	61.8	25%	3	+1.9
220	J.Fielding	Marshall	4	55.5	25%	0	+1.3
221	Alejandro Mata	Colorado	4	49.0	0%	4	−0.9
222	C.Pavon	New Mexico State	4	60.3	0%	3	−1.9
223	Spencer Conrad	Toledo	4	59.3	0%	4	+1.9
224	Tony Sterner	Louisiana	4	59.5	0%	4	+0.3
225	D.Lynch	Washington State	3	65.0	100%	0	−0.5
226	A.Snyder	Marshall	3	65.0	67%	1	+0.1
227	B.Franke	Old Dominion	3	62.7	67%	1	−0.8
228	Braxton Guilbeau	Louisiana	3	63.7	67%	1	+0.6
229	Charlie Von Der Meden	Arkansas	3	64.0	67%	1	+0.3
230	E.Nimrod	New Mexico	3	65.0	67%	1	−1.3
231	Nick Lopez	San Diego State	3	65.3	67%	1	+1.2
232	R.Liszner	Florida Atlantic	3	65.0	67%	1	−1.0
233	Randy Bond	Texas A&M	3	63.7	67%	1	+0.7
234	S.Rusnak	North Carolina	3	64.3	67%	1	−0.8
235	T.Sandell	Texas State	3	59.7	67%	0	−2.6
236	Z.Schmit	South Carolina	3	64.0	67%	1	+1.5
237	Blake Glessner	UCLA	3	53.3	33%	2	−0.1
238	Ian Vachon	Auburn	3	63.3	33%	2	+0.6
239	Chase Gabriel	Florida International	3	52.3	0%	3	−1.4
240	Ramon Villela	UNLV	3	65.0	0%	3	+1.0
241	A.Montano	Sam Houston	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.6
242	B.Franke	Arizona State	2	65.0	100%	0	−0.2
243	Connor Hawkins	Baylor	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
244	Isaiah Hankins	Baylor	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
245	J.Hohl	Rutgers	2	65.0	100%	0	+1.1
246	Jake Weinberg	Florida State	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
247	Nick Quadrini	Missouri	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
248	Scott Taylor Renfroe	Troy	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
249	W.Hryszko	Miami (OH)	2	65.0	100%	0	−2.9
250	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	2	66.5	50%	1	+0.2
251	Dawson Jones	Army	2	61.5	50%	1	+0.2
252	Jordan Noyes	Colorado State	2	52.5	50%	1	−1.3
253	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	2	64.0	50%	1	+0.5
254	Mason Shipley	Texas State	2	39.0	50%	1	−2.2
255	Mike Baker	Ole Miss	2	61.5	50%	1	+0.9
256	Nolan Hauser	Clemson	2	65.0	50%	1	+0.6
257	Tarik Ahmetbasic	Michigan State	2	62.5	50%	0	−0.2
258	D.Stevens	Ohio State	2	65.0	0%	1	−0.3
259	Damian Ramos	LSU	2	49.5	0%	2	+1.0
260	J.Ballard	UL Monroe	2	60.5	0%	2	+0.8
261	J.Barnum	Central Michigan	2	58.5	0%	2	+0.2
262	Jai Patel	Rutgers	2	21.5	0%	2	−2.9
263	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	2	44.5	0%	2	−1.2
264	Liam Rickman	Georgia State	2	10.5	0%	2	−3.7
265	Matthias Dunn	BYU	2	64.5	0%	2	+0.5
266	Noah Perez	East Carolina	2	8.5	0%	2	−5.1
267	Todd Pelino	Duke	2	58.5	0%	2	−0.2
268	Beckham Sunderland	Texas State	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
269	Charlie Birtwistle	NC State	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
270	Garrison Smith	Akron	1	65.0	100%	0	−0.3
271	Grant Meadors	Oregon	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
272	Lucas Carneiro	Western Kentucky	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
273	Max Lipinski	James Madison	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
274	N.Lopez	California	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
275	N.Totten	Ohio State	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.4
276	R.Verhoff	Ohio State	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.9
277	Caden Costa	Memphis	1	15.0	0%	1	−2.1
278	Eli Krozel	Texas A&M	1	57.0	0%	1	+0.1
279	Gino Garcia	Texas Tech	1	10.0	0%	1	−2.1
280	Hamilton DiBoyan	South Alabama	1	54.0	0%	1	+0.1
281	I.Hershey	Texas State	1	40.0	0%	1	+0.4
282	J.Scullion	Nebraska	1	55.0	0%	1	+0.1
283	Jacob Barnes	Tulane	1	9.0	0%	1	−2.6
284	Jacob Lurie	Massachusetts	1	12.0	0%	1	−2.7
285	James Burnip	Alabama	1	48.0	0%	1	−1.5
286	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	1	43.0	0%	1	−2.1
287	John Cannon	South Florida	1	12.0	0%	1	−1.0
288	John Love	Virginia Tech	1	12.0	0%	1	−2.4
289	Jonah Delange	UAB	1	60.0	0%	1	+0.2
290	Kali Nguma	North Texas	1	11.0	0%	1	−2.7
291	Kanoah Vinesett	NC State	1	9.0	0%	1	−2.6
292	Liam Dougherty	Houston	1	55.0	0%	1	+0.1
293	Liam Padron	Texas A&M	1	58.0	0%	1	+0.1
294	Marcello Diomede	Notre Dame	1	55.0	0%	0	+0.1
295	Matthew Dennis	Wake Forest	1	7.0	0%	1	−2.7
296	Max Walker	Oregon State	1	13.0	0%	1	−2.3
297	Nate Flower	West Virginia	1	63.0	0%	1	+0.5
298	Nick Troemel	Troy	1	58.0	0%	1	0.0
299	Nico Radicic	Indiana	1	47.0	0%	1	+0.1
300	Noah Burnette	North Carolina	1	16.0	0%	1	−2.4
301	Patrick Foley	UAB	1	10.0	0%	1	−2.6
302	Ryan Barker	Penn State	1	61.0	0%	1	+0.1
303	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	1	25.0	0%	1	−2.0

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