2025 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 2025, Stone Harrington (+14.7) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points added, ahead of Drew Stevens (+11.1) and Rhett Armstrong (+11.0). 135 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 30 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.1.

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

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