2025 College Kickoffs Out of Bounds Leaders

A kickoff out of bounds is a penalty and gives the receiving team the ball at the spot or at its 40, so it is a mistake.

Only specialists with at least one appear; fewer is better. In 2025, Noah Grant (3) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoffs out of bounds, ahead of Philippe Laforge (3) and Tanner Rinker (3). 74 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 2025 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Noah Grant	Florida International	3	70	60.3	24%	47	−2.3
2	Philippe Laforge	Coastal Carolina	3	57	62.9	61%	19	+4.6
3	Tanner Rinker	Utah State	3	7	62.1	14%	3	−1.4
4	Cristiano Rosa	James Madison	2	84	63.5	68%	23	+1.2
5	Ryon Sayeri	USC	2	83	64.3	67%	24	+5.5
6	Will Ferrin	BYU	2	78	62.3	58%	18	+7.6
7	David Dellenbach	Ohio	2	68	58.9	21%	40	−22.5
8	Sam Carpenter	Pittsburgh	2	66	62.9	55%	28	−3.6
9	Laith Marjan	Kansas	2	64	63.8	63%	21	+1.1
10	Aeron Burrell	LSU	2	62	62.9	69%	14	+2.9
11	Clayton Amaya	Arkansas State	2	62	57.7	35%	30	−3.8
12	Garrison Rippa	Jacksonville State	2	60	61.2	50%	22	+5.6
13	Paddy McAteer	Troy	2	60	60.2	55%	24	−3.1
14	Hamilton DiBoyan	South Alabama	2	59	61.4	34%	27	−1.5
15	Ryan Harris	Washington State	2	58	62.7	64%	18	+2.1
16	Max Morgan	Liberty	2	55	61.7	47%	25	−0.9
17	Zachary Robbins	Utah State	2	52	61.5	46%	26	−3.5
18	Baylen Woodman	Middle Tennessee	2	51	61.5	63%	13	+1.6
19	Gabriel Plascencia	San Diego State	2	44	63.2	75%	8	+3.8
20	Liam Boyd	Charlotte	2	39	62.0	74%	8	+0.2
21	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	2	19	59.2	11%	13	−3.7
22	Caden Costa	UNLV	1	85	63.1	44%	39	+4.7
23	Michael James	Texas State	1	83	62.0	57%	29	−1.6
24	Jaffer Murphy	UTSA	1	79	61.9	61%	29	−2.3
25	Peyton Woodring	Georgia	1	76	63.8	78%	15	+8.6
26	Adam Zouagui	South Florida	1	75	63.9	77%	15	+4.5
27	Sam Keltner	SMU	1	69	62.3	57%	28	+2.8
28	David Olano	Illinois	1	68	62.4	75%	11	+2.9
29	Jack Scullion	Rutgers	1	68	60.5	50%	27	−0.7
30	Ethan Moczulski	Washington	1	67	64.3	72%	18	−2.6
31	Kellan McLaughlin	Miami (OH)	1	67	63.4	55%	27	−1.2
32	Zac Yoakam	Houston	1	67	63.5	48%	31	−4.2
33	Devin Bale	Arkansas	1	66	62.8	71%	14	−3.3
34	Elijah Slibeck	Virginia	1	66	62.6	64%	20	+9.0
35	Jack Cassidy	Western Kentucky	1	66	62.8	70%	14	+4.4
36	Britton Williams	Kennesaw State	1	65	61.2	31%	35	+1.4
37	Caleb Carlson	Wake Forest	1	65	63.7	69%	15	−3.4
38	Nate Reed	Delaware	1	65	62.3	65%	18	−5.0
39	Kali Nguma	North Texas	1	64	60.3	45%	29	−1.9
40	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	1	63	63.1	51%	20	−3.1
41	Carl Hardin	Temple	1	62	62.7	63%	18	−3.3
42	Hunter Smith	Western Michigan	1	62	61.6	42%	29	+2.3
43	Nathan Dibert	Eastern Michigan	1	61	60.3	51%	26	−9.6
44	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	1	60	63.9	83%	9	+5.2
45	Seth Morgan	Tulsa	1	59	60.5	56%	24	+5.9
46	Lance Gossett	Navy	1	56	60.3	30%	26	−1.7
47	Jesus Gomez	Arizona State	1	54	61.5	54%	21	−6.8
48	Anderson Britton	Army	1	53	60.3	42%	26	−4.1
49	Seth Turner	Purdue	1	53	63.3	57%	16	+3.6
50	Everett Scott	East Carolina	1	52	61.2	44%	28	−2.4
51	Logan Klotz	Louisiana	1	52	59.6	13%	39	+3.4
52	Will Hryszko	Kent State	1	51	62.3	53%	21	+2.2
53	Emmet Kenney	Stanford	1	50	62.9	58%	20	+2.3
54	Owen Wiley	Akron	1	50	51.5	20%	29	−11.9
55	Randy Bond	Texas A&M	1	49	62.3	76%	9	−1.2
56	Kansei Matsuzawa	Hawai'i	1	47	59.6	32%	30	−2.7
57	Ryan Hawk	New Mexico State	1	46	61.0	67%	11	+2.6
58	Grant Glasgow	New Mexico	1	38	61.3	61%	11	+0.2
59	Caleb Ojeda	Oregon State	1	37	60.0	27%	26	+0.2
60	Martin Connington	Michigan State	1	37	62.0	51%	12	−2.2
61	Quinn Warren	Indiana	1	36	61.3	44%	17	−0.7
62	Chase Smith	Iowa State	1	27	56.5	4%	25	−8.0
63	Jace Gilbert	Iowa State	1	26	57.9	12%	21	−0.6
64	Jackson Cleaver	UTEP	1	25	59.8	36%	15	0.0
65	Nick Konieczynski	NC State	1	25	61.9	48%	12	+3.9
66	Hunter Green	San Diego State	1	20	64.0	75%	4	0.0
67	Ryan Capriotti	Maryland	1	17	55.6	6%	7	−6.7
68	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	1	15	59.5	20%	9	+0.6
69	Riley Callaghan	Old Dominion	1	12	63.2	17%	8	−5.5
70	Liam Connor	Boston College	1	10	62.9	50%	3	+0.7
71	Connor Weselman	Missouri	1	7	52.0	0%	6	−4.6
72	Mike Baker	Ole Miss	1	5	62.6	20%	3	−0.5
73	Drew Henderson	Louisiana Tech	1	3	54.0	33%	1	−1.6
74	John McGuire	Auburn	1	2	64.0	50%	0	−0.7

All 2025 College kickoff specialist rankings

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