2025 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 2025, Cosme Salas (+16.8) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Rhett Armstrong (+16.5) and Conor Talty (+15.9). 135 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 2025 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Cosme Salas	Duke	+16.8	36	63.4	69%	5	+6.0
2	Rhett Armstrong	Baylor	+16.5	67	63.6	52%	30	+11.0
3	Conor Talty	Alabama	+15.9	65	62.4	55%	20	+10.3
4	Drew Stevens	Iowa	+15.6	71	62.2	51%	27	+11.1
5	Oliver Robbins	Missouri	+15.6	57	62.3	42%	25	+8.9
6	Stone Harrington	Texas Tech	+14.4	102	64.4	75%	17	+14.7
7	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	+14.3	64	61.5	48%	26	+9.2
8	Beckham Sunderland	Michigan	+14.3	65	64.1	65%	16	+9.3
9	Elijah Slibeck	Virginia	+13.7	66	62.6	64%	20	+9.0
10	Robert Gunn III	Clemson	+12.4	66	64.2	83%	10	+8.2
11	John Hoyet Chance	Louisiana Tech	+12.4	59	65.4	90%	6	+7.3
12	Connor Gibbs	Auburn	+11.9	55	64.2	78%	10	+6.5
13	Gianni Spetic	Memphis	+11.6	76	63.1	70%	20	+8.8
14	Peyton Woodring	Georgia	+11.4	76	63.8	78%	15	+8.6
15	Abram Murray	California	+11.2	34	60.1	41%	17	+3.8
16	Tate Sandell	Oklahoma	+10.4	68	63.8	56%	26	+7.1
17	Chris Freeman	UConn	+10.4	83	63.9	69%	22	+8.6
18	Seth Morgan	Tulsa	+10.1	59	60.5	56%	24	+5.9
19	Gage Hurych	Oregon	+10.0	30	64.3	67%	7	+3.0
20	Rece Verhoff	North Carolina	+10.0	51	64.4	75%	12	+5.1
21	Brendan Franke	Indiana	+9.8	51	64.2	90%	5	+5.0
22	Will Ferrin	BYU	+9.8	78	62.3	58%	18	+7.6
23	Lucas Carneiro	Ole Miss	+9.7	82	64.6	89%	7	+8.0
24	Carter Davis	Miami	+9.5	76	64.6	88%	7	+7.3
25	Garrison Rippa	Jacksonville State	+9.3	60	61.2	50%	22	+5.6
26	Aidan Birr	Georgia Tech	+9.2	72	64.6	86%	9	+6.6
27	Brady Denaburg	Minnesota	+9.0	55	63.9	82%	9	+4.9
28	Ian Wagner	Arizona	+8.8	75	65.0	88%	6	+6.6
29	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	+8.7	60	63.9	83%	9	+5.2
30	Gabriel Plascencia	San Diego State	+8.6	44	63.2	75%	8	+3.8
31	Mason Shipley	Texas	+8.5	42	61.8	19%	22	+3.6
32	Philippe Laforge	Coastal Carolina	+8.1	57	62.9	61%	19	+4.6
33	Trey Smack	Florida	+7.7	61	63.9	77%	13	+4.7
34	Josh Turbyville	Tennessee	+7.5	78	63.8	86%	11	+5.8
35	Patrick Durkin	Tulane	+7.0	78	63.8	87%	7	+5.4
36	Seth Turner	Purdue	+6.8	53	63.3	57%	16	+3.6
37	Jack Cassidy	Western Kentucky	+6.7	66	62.8	70%	14	+4.4
38	Kyle Ferrie	Mississippi State	+6.7	44	64.0	80%	7	+3.0
39	Ryon Sayeri	USC	+6.6	83	64.3	67%	24	+5.5
40	Logan Klotz	Louisiana	+6.6	52	59.6	13%	39	+3.4
41	Dillon Curtis	Utah	+6.3	83	62.9	71%	21	+5.2
42	Nick Keller	Louisville	+6.2	74	64.2	77%	16	+4.6
43	Adam Zouagui	South Florida	+6.0	75	63.9	77%	15	+4.5
44	Keaton Emmett	Nevada	+5.8	48	63.3	81%	7	+2.8
45	Stephen Rusnak	Cincinnati	+5.8	72	63.2	61%	22	+4.2
46	Ryan Hawk	New Mexico State	+5.7	46	61.0	67%	11	+2.6
47	Jayden Fielding	Ohio State	+5.6	84	63.8	70%	21	+4.7
48	Caden Costa	UNLV	+5.6	85	63.1	44%	39	+4.7
49	Colton Boomer	Boise State	+5.5	72	64.4	82%	10	+4.0
50	Andrew Nelms	Florida Atlantic	+4.9	63	62.9	70%	18	+3.1
51	Aeron Burrell	LSU	+4.7	62	62.9	69%	14	+2.9
52	Emmet Kenney	Stanford	+4.7	50	62.9	58%	20	+2.3
53	Enock Gota	Rice	+4.6	43	63.3	81%	8	+2.0
54	Max Kelley	South Carolina	+4.5	41	60.8	39%	19	+1.8
55	Jake Weinberg	Florida State	+4.5	60	62.8	93%	3	+2.7
56	Will Hryszko	Kent State	+4.3	51	62.3	53%	21	+2.2
57	David Olano	Illinois	+4.2	68	62.4	75%	11	+2.9
58	Sam Keltner	SMU	+4.1	69	62.3	57%	28	+2.8
59	Reed Harradine	Southern Miss	+3.8	63	63.5	70%	16	+2.4
60	Hunter Smith	Western Michigan	+3.7	62	61.6	42%	29	+2.3
61	Ryan Harris	Washington State	+3.6	58	62.7	64%	18	+2.1
62	Cade Graham	Central Michigan	+3.3	58	60.5	24%	38	+1.9
63	Baylen Woodman	Middle Tennessee	+3.2	51	61.5	63%	13	+1.6
64	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	+2.9	70	62.6	60%	23	+2.1
65	Buck Buchanan	Colorado	+2.7	55	63.4	80%	8	+1.5
66	Britton Williams	Kennesaw State	+2.2	65	61.2	31%	35	+1.4
67	Nate McCashland	TCU	+2.1	53	61.5	53%	19	+1.1
68	Laith Marjan	Kansas	+1.7	64	63.8	63%	21	+1.1
69	Luke Akers	Northwestern	+1.6	39	63.1	56%	17	+0.6
70	Cristiano Rosa	James Madison	+1.4	84	63.5	68%	23	+1.2
71	Erik Schmidt	Notre Dame	+1.2	70	64.1	79%	15	+0.8
72	John Hohl	Nebraska	+0.8	50	61.8	48%	22	+0.4
73	Charlie Birtwistle	NC State	+0.7	40	63.2	63%	15	+0.3
74	Yousef Obeid	Missouri State	+0.7	52	59.9	44%	27	+0.3
75	Caleb Ojeda	Oregon State	+0.5	37	60.0	27%	26	+0.2
76	Liam Boyd	Charlotte	+0.4	39	62.0	74%	8	+0.2
77	Grant Glasgow	New Mexico	+0.4	38	61.3	61%	11	+0.2
78	Cash McVay	App State	+0.4	56	63.8	70%	16	+0.2
79	Atticus Sappington	Oregon	0.0	50	63.4	66%	14	0.0
80	Noe Ruelas	UCF	−0.3	59	63.5	69%	18	−0.2
81	Nathanial Vakos	Wisconsin	−1.0	37	62.5	81%	6	−0.4
82	Jack Scullion	Rutgers	−1.0	68	60.5	50%	27	−0.7
83	Max Morgan	Liberty	−1.6	55	61.7	47%	25	−0.9
84	Kellan McLaughlin	Miami (OH)	−1.7	67	63.4	55%	27	−1.2
85	Quinn Warren	Indiana	−1.8	36	61.3	44%	17	−0.7
86	Michael James	Texas State	−2.0	83	62.0	57%	29	−1.6
87	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	−2.1	50	63.4	64%	16	−1.1
88	Randy Bond	Texas A&M	−2.4	49	62.3	76%	9	−1.2
89	Kyle Lowe	Virginia Tech	−2.4	48	61.3	75%	10	−1.1
90	Hamilton DiBoyan	South Alabama	−2.5	59	61.4	34%	27	−1.5
91	Brock Taylor	Vanderbilt	−2.7	64	63.3	81%	12	−1.7
92	Jadyn Oh	Syracuse	−2.8	46	60.4	70%	13	−1.3
93	Jaffer Murphy	UTSA	−2.9	79	61.9	61%	29	−2.3
94	Kali Nguma	North Texas	−2.9	64	60.3	45%	29	−1.9
95	Lorcan Quinn	Marshall	−3.0	73	64.8	90%	7	−2.2
96	Lance Gossett	Navy	−3.0	56	60.3	30%	26	−1.7
97	Noah Grant	Florida International	−3.3	70	60.3	24%	47	−2.3
98	Robert Hammond III	Toledo	−3.5	66	62.8	58%	25	−2.3
99	Ethan Moczulski	Washington	−3.9	67	64.3	72%	18	−2.6
100	Evan Scruggs	Georgia Southern	−4.6	62	62.0	40%	36	−2.8
101	Everett Scott	East Carolina	−4.7	52	61.2	44%	28	−2.4
102	Devin Bale	Arkansas	−4.9	66	62.8	71%	14	−3.3
103	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	−5.0	63	63.1	51%	20	−3.1
104	Paddy McAteer	Troy	−5.2	60	60.2	55%	24	−3.1
105	Caleb Carlson	Wake Forest	−5.3	65	63.7	69%	15	−3.4
106	Jared Zirkel	Texas A&M	−5.4	30	62.8	60%	11	−1.6
107	Carl Hardin	Temple	−5.4	62	62.7	63%	18	−3.3
108	Sam Carpenter	Pittsburgh	−5.4	66	62.9	55%	28	−3.6
109	Braeden McAlister	Georgia State	−5.8	42	63.4	86%	6	−2.4
110	Zach Long	Bowling Green	−5.8	57	58.6	35%	30	−3.3
111	Kansei Matsuzawa	Hawai'i	−5.8	47	59.6	32%	30	−2.7
112	Martin Connington	Michigan State	−5.9	37	62.0	51%	12	−2.2
113	Andy Quinn	Boston College	−6.0	34	63.4	56%	13	−2.0
114	Clayton Amaya	Arkansas State	−6.1	62	57.7	35%	30	−3.8
115	Zac Yoakam	Houston	−6.3	67	63.5	48%	31	−4.2
116	Zachary Robbins	Utah State	−6.7	52	61.5	46%	26	−3.5
117	Reagan Tubbs	Air Force	−7.1	67	59.7	55%	27	−4.7
118	Nate Reed	Delaware	−7.7	65	62.3	65%	18	−5.0
119	Anderson Britton	Army	−7.7	53	60.3	42%	26	−4.1
120	Todd Pelino	Duke	−7.7	45	59.5	49%	22	−3.5
121	Isaiah Hankins	Colorado State	−10.8	42	61.6	60%	17	−4.5
122	Nathanial Eichner	Old Dominion	−11.2	34	57.3	15%	23	−3.8
123	Mathias Brown	San José State	−12.5	57	61.6	42%	29	−7.1
124	Jesus Gomez	Arizona State	−12.6	54	61.5	54%	21	−6.8
125	Christian Pavon	Sam Houston	−13.2	44	63.4	48%	23	−5.8
126	Miguel Arenas	North Texas	−15.1	37	56.6	38%	19	−5.6
127	Nathan Dibert	Eastern Michigan	−15.8	61	60.3	51%	26	−9.6
128	Philip Noyes	Maryland	−16.6	38	58.5	21%	30	−6.3
129	Andrew Glass	Northern Illinois	−17.0	47	56.6	32%	23	−8.0
130	Jack Howes	Buffalo	−17.2	59	59.8	51%	25	−10.2
131	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	−17.7	32	61.9	44%	17	−5.7
132	Marcus Lye	Massachusetts	−20.0	33	56.7	18%	23	−6.6
133	Owen Wiley	Akron	−23.8	50	51.5	20%	29	−11.9
134	David Dellenbach	Ohio	−33.0	68	58.9	21%	40	−22.5
135	Owen Simpson	UAB	−46.1	57	58.7	46%	27	−26.3

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