2025 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 2025, Stone Harrington (102) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoffs, ahead of Caden Costa (85) and Jayden Fielding (84). 280 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	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Stone Harrington	Texas Tech	102	64.4	75%	17	+14.7
2	Caden Costa	UNLV	85	63.1	44%	39	+4.7
3	Jayden Fielding	Ohio State	84	63.8	70%	21	+4.7
4	Cristiano Rosa	James Madison	84	63.5	68%	23	+1.2
5	Dillon Curtis	Utah	83	62.9	71%	21	+5.2
6	Chris Freeman	UConn	83	63.9	69%	22	+8.6
7	Ryon Sayeri	USC	83	64.3	67%	24	+5.5
8	Michael James	Texas State	83	62.0	57%	29	−1.6
9	Lucas Carneiro	Ole Miss	82	64.6	89%	7	+8.0
10	Jaffer Murphy	UTSA	79	61.9	61%	29	−2.3
11	Patrick Durkin	Tulane	78	63.8	87%	7	+5.4
12	Josh Turbyville	Tennessee	78	63.8	86%	11	+5.8
13	Will Ferrin	BYU	78	62.3	58%	18	+7.6
14	Carter Davis	Miami	76	64.6	88%	7	+7.3
15	Peyton Woodring	Georgia	76	63.8	78%	15	+8.6
16	Gianni Spetic	Memphis	76	63.1	70%	20	+8.8
17	Ian Wagner	Arizona	75	65.0	88%	6	+6.6
18	Adam Zouagui	South Florida	75	63.9	77%	15	+4.5
19	Nick Keller	Louisville	74	64.2	77%	16	+4.6
20	Lorcan Quinn	Marshall	73	64.8	90%	7	−2.2
21	Aidan Birr	Georgia Tech	72	64.6	86%	9	+6.6
22	Colton Boomer	Boise State	72	64.4	82%	10	+4.0
23	Stephen Rusnak	Cincinnati	72	63.2	61%	22	+4.2
24	Drew Stevens	Iowa	71	62.2	51%	27	+11.1
25	Erik Schmidt	Notre Dame	70	64.1	79%	15	+0.8
26	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	70	62.6	60%	23	+2.1
27	Noah Grant	Florida International	70	60.3	24%	47	−2.3
28	Sam Keltner	SMU	69	62.3	57%	28	+2.8
29	David Olano	Illinois	68	62.4	75%	11	+2.9
30	Tate Sandell	Oklahoma	68	63.8	56%	26	+7.1
31	Jack Scullion	Rutgers	68	60.5	50%	27	−0.7
32	David Dellenbach	Ohio	68	58.9	21%	40	−22.5
33	Ethan Moczulski	Washington	67	64.3	72%	18	−2.6
34	Kellan McLaughlin	Miami (OH)	67	63.4	55%	27	−1.2
35	Reagan Tubbs	Air Force	67	59.7	55%	27	−4.7
36	Rhett Armstrong	Baylor	67	63.6	52%	30	+11.0
37	Zac Yoakam	Houston	67	63.5	48%	31	−4.2
38	Robert Gunn III	Clemson	66	64.2	83%	10	+8.2
39	Devin Bale	Arkansas	66	62.8	71%	14	−3.3
40	Jack Cassidy	Western Kentucky	66	62.8	70%	14	+4.4
41	Elijah Slibeck	Virginia	66	62.6	64%	20	+9.0
42	Robert Hammond III	Toledo	66	62.8	58%	25	−2.3
43	Sam Carpenter	Pittsburgh	66	62.9	55%	28	−3.6
44	Caleb Carlson	Wake Forest	65	63.7	69%	15	−3.4
45	Beckham Sunderland	Michigan	65	64.1	65%	16	+9.3
46	Nate Reed	Delaware	65	62.3	65%	18	−5.0
47	Conor Talty	Alabama	65	62.4	55%	20	+10.3
48	Britton Williams	Kennesaw State	65	61.2	31%	35	+1.4
49	Brock Taylor	Vanderbilt	64	63.3	81%	12	−1.7
50	Laith Marjan	Kansas	64	63.8	63%	21	+1.1
51	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	64	61.5	48%	26	+9.2
52	Kali Nguma	North Texas	64	60.3	45%	29	−1.9
53	Andrew Nelms	Florida Atlantic	63	62.9	70%	18	+3.1
54	Reed Harradine	Southern Miss	63	63.5	70%	16	+2.4
55	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	63	63.1	51%	20	−3.1
56	Aeron Burrell	LSU	62	62.9	69%	14	+2.9
57	Carl Hardin	Temple	62	62.7	63%	18	−3.3
58	Hunter Smith	Western Michigan	62	61.6	42%	29	+2.3
59	Evan Scruggs	Georgia Southern	62	62.0	40%	36	−2.8
60	Clayton Amaya	Arkansas State	62	57.7	35%	30	−3.8
61	Trey Smack	Florida	61	63.9	77%	13	+4.7
62	Nathan Dibert	Eastern Michigan	61	60.3	51%	26	−9.6
63	Jake Weinberg	Florida State	60	62.8	93%	3	+2.7
64	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	60	63.9	83%	9	+5.2
65	Paddy McAteer	Troy	60	60.2	55%	24	−3.1
66	Garrison Rippa	Jacksonville State	60	61.2	50%	22	+5.6
67	John Hoyet Chance	Louisiana Tech	59	65.4	90%	6	+7.3
68	Noe Ruelas	UCF	59	63.5	69%	18	−0.2
69	Seth Morgan	Tulsa	59	60.5	56%	24	+5.9
70	Jack Howes	Buffalo	59	59.8	51%	25	−10.2
71	Hamilton DiBoyan	South Alabama	59	61.4	34%	27	−1.5
72	Ryan Harris	Washington State	58	62.7	64%	18	+2.1
73	Cade Graham	Central Michigan	58	60.5	24%	38	+1.9
74	Philippe Laforge	Coastal Carolina	57	62.9	61%	19	+4.6
75	Owen Simpson	UAB	57	58.7	46%	27	−26.3
76	Mathias Brown	San José State	57	61.6	42%	29	−7.1
77	Oliver Robbins	Missouri	57	62.3	42%	25	+8.9
78	Zach Long	Bowling Green	57	58.6	35%	30	−3.3
79	Cash McVay	App State	56	63.8	70%	16	+0.2
80	Lance Gossett	Navy	56	60.3	30%	26	−1.7
81	Brady Denaburg	Minnesota	55	63.9	82%	9	+4.9
82	Buck Buchanan	Colorado	55	63.4	80%	8	+1.5
83	Connor Gibbs	Auburn	55	64.2	78%	10	+6.5
84	Max Morgan	Liberty	55	61.7	47%	25	−0.9
85	Jesus Gomez	Arizona State	54	61.5	54%	21	−6.8
86	Seth Turner	Purdue	53	63.3	57%	16	+3.6
87	Nate McCashland	TCU	53	61.5	53%	19	+1.1
88	Anderson Britton	Army	53	60.3	42%	26	−4.1
89	Zachary Robbins	Utah State	52	61.5	46%	26	−3.5
90	Everett Scott	East Carolina	52	61.2	44%	28	−2.4
91	Yousef Obeid	Missouri State	52	59.9	44%	27	+0.3
92	Logan Klotz	Louisiana	52	59.6	13%	39	+3.4
93	Brendan Franke	Indiana	51	64.2	90%	5	+5.0
94	Rece Verhoff	North Carolina	51	64.4	75%	12	+5.1
95	Baylen Woodman	Middle Tennessee	51	61.5	63%	13	+1.6
96	Will Hryszko	Kent State	51	62.3	53%	21	+2.2
97	Atticus Sappington	Oregon	50	63.4	66%	14	0.0
98	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	50	63.4	64%	16	−1.1
99	Emmet Kenney	Stanford	50	62.9	58%	20	+2.3
100	John Hohl	Nebraska	50	61.8	48%	22	+0.4
101	Owen Wiley	Akron	50	51.5	20%	29	−11.9
102	Randy Bond	Texas A&M	49	62.3	76%	9	−1.2
103	Keaton Emmett	Nevada	48	63.3	81%	7	+2.8
104	Kyle Lowe	Virginia Tech	48	61.3	75%	10	−1.1
105	Andrew Glass	Northern Illinois	47	56.6	32%	23	−8.0
106	Kansei Matsuzawa	Hawai'i	47	59.6	32%	30	−2.7
107	Jadyn Oh	Syracuse	46	60.4	70%	13	−1.3
108	Ryan Hawk	New Mexico State	46	61.0	67%	11	+2.6
109	Todd Pelino	Duke	45	59.5	49%	22	−3.5
110	Kyle Ferrie	Mississippi State	44	64.0	80%	7	+3.0
111	Gabriel Plascencia	San Diego State	44	63.2	75%	8	+3.8
112	Christian Pavon	Sam Houston	44	63.4	48%	23	−5.8
113	Enock Gota	Rice	43	63.3	81%	8	+2.0
114	Braeden McAlister	Georgia State	42	63.4	86%	6	−2.4
115	Isaiah Hankins	Colorado State	42	61.6	60%	17	−4.5
116	Mason Shipley	Texas	42	61.8	19%	22	+3.6
117	Max Kelley	South Carolina	41	60.8	39%	19	+1.8
118	Charlie Birtwistle	NC State	40	63.2	63%	15	+0.3
119	Liam Boyd	Charlotte	39	62.0	74%	8	+0.2
120	Luke Akers	Northwestern	39	63.1	56%	17	+0.6
121	Grant Glasgow	New Mexico	38	61.3	61%	11	+0.2
122	Philip Noyes	Maryland	38	58.5	21%	30	−6.3
123	Nathanial Vakos	Wisconsin	37	62.5	81%	6	−0.4
124	Martin Connington	Michigan State	37	62.0	51%	12	−2.2
125	Miguel Arenas	North Texas	37	56.6	38%	19	−5.6
126	Caleb Ojeda	Oregon State	37	60.0	27%	26	+0.2
127	Cosme Salas	Duke	36	63.4	69%	5	+6.0
128	Quinn Warren	Indiana	36	61.3	44%	17	−0.7
129	Andy Quinn	Boston College	34	63.4	56%	13	−2.0
130	Abram Murray	California	34	60.1	41%	17	+3.8
131	Nathanial Eichner	Old Dominion	34	57.3	15%	23	−3.8
132	Marcus Lye	Massachusetts	33	56.7	18%	23	−6.6
133	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	32	61.9	44%	17	−5.7
134	Gage Hurych	Oregon	30	64.3	67%	7	+3.0
135	Jared Zirkel	Texas A&M	30	62.8	60%	11	−1.6
136	DC Pippin	Ball State	29	58.2	31%	18	+0.4
137	Marlon Hauck	Mississippi State	27	63.5	74%	6	+3.3
138	Chase Smith	Iowa State	27	56.5	4%	25	−8.0
139	Charles Steinkamp	New Mexico	26	62.3	62%	10	+5.3
140	Ethan Head	West Virginia	26	59.2	15%	22	+2.7
141	Jace Gilbert	Iowa State	26	57.9	12%	21	−0.6
142	Nick Konieczynski	NC State	25	61.9	48%	12	+3.9
143	Jackson Cleaver	UTEP	25	59.8	36%	15	0.0
144	Nate Flower	West Virginia	24	61.0	46%	10	−0.7
145	Sean Olvera-Harle	Hawai'i	24	61.5	33%	16	+1.7
146	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	23	60.2	9%	20	+3.5
147	Tanner Cragun	UTEP	21	61.7	57%	8	−2.4
148	Hunter Green	San Diego State	20	64.0	75%	4	0.0
149	Andrew Conrad	East Carolina	20	63.1	65%	6	+1.3
150	Will Stone	Texas	20	60.7	55%	7	+1.7
151	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	20	62.3	50%	10	−0.3
152	Luke Stagg	UL Monroe	20	47.5	0%	20	−4.8
153	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	19	59.2	11%	13	−3.7
154	Kyle Cunanan	Nebraska	18	59.5	50%	9	−1.8
155	Justin Dewers	Vanderbilt	17	64.4	71%	5	+0.2
156	Josh Hamel	Old Dominion	17	63.3	41%	10	+2.7
157	Ryan Capriotti	Maryland	17	55.6	6%	7	−6.7
158	Marcello Diomede	Notre Dame	16	64.6	69%	5	+1.4
159	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	15	64.1	87%	2	+1.6
160	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	15	59.8	40%	9	−4.6
161	Nikola Dugandzic	Northwestern	15	59.5	20%	9	+0.6
162	J.Green	UL Monroe	15	48.4	0%	9	−1.7
163	Kyah Francone	New Mexico State	14	59.0	0%	8	+2.7
164	Carter Brown	Utah State	13	62.5	15%	7	+1.1
165	Luca Lombardo	Boston College	13	61.1	15%	11	−0.7
166	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	13	58.6	0%	13	−6.6
167	Carson Holmer	Ball State	12	58.4	25%	9	−3.9
168	Riley Callaghan	Old Dominion	12	63.2	17%	8	−5.5
169	Chase Meyer	California	12	53.5	8%	11	−2.7
170	Nathan Kirkwood	Navy	12	54.4	8%	11	−3.1
171	Chase Leon	South Florida	11	61.8	82%	2	−1.2
172	Mikhail Iakovlev	Old Dominion	11	56.9	18%	9	+0.3
173	Liam Connor	Boston College	10	62.9	50%	3	+0.7
174	Towns McGough	Auburn	10	64.1	50%	5	+1.2
175	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	10	62.8	30%	7	+0.2
176	Michael Luckhurst	California	10	62.5	10%	9	+2.3
177	Noah Botsford	UTEP	10	56.2	10%	9	−3.1
178	Kyle Konrardy	Iowa State	9	64.2	67%	3	+1.5
179	William Joyce	South Carolina	9	57.8	22%	7	−4.2
180	Blake Ford	Arkansas	8	60.8	75%	2	0.0
181	Henry Helms	Northwestern	8	59.9	25%	6	+1.9
182	Mason Love	South Carolina	8	54.5	13%	7	−2.7
183	Max Walker	Oregon State	8	62.5	0%	8	+1.2
184	Brunno Reus	Florida State	7	67.1	100%	0	+0.7
185	Blake Craig	Missouri	7	61.0	57%	3	+0.9
186	Grady Gross	Washington	7	56.1	57%	3	−0.1
187	Brayden Johnson	Akron	7	56.7	29%	4	−2.5
188	Brek Schultz	Louisiana	7	57.1	14%	2	+0.6
189	Reid Schuback	Alabama	7	59.0	14%	4	−0.2
190	Tanner Rinker	Utah State	7	62.1	14%	3	−1.4
191	Connor Weselman	Missouri	7	52.0	0%	6	−4.6
192	Nico Radicic	Indiana	7	51.0	0%	6	−2.1
193	Sean O'Haire	Maryland	6	60.0	33%	4	−5.4
194	Erik Sandvik	Wyoming	6	60.2	17%	3	+0.9
195	Kyle Lemmermann	TCU	6	64.8	17%	5	+0.7
196	Sam Bisesi	TCU	6	64.0	17%	5	−0.8
197	Spencer Barnett	Texas	6	58.2	17%	3	+0.5
198	Tony Sterner	Louisiana	6	53.7	17%	5	−2.1
199	Daniel Kinney	Kennesaw State	5	61.4	60%	2	+0.3
200	Dominic De Freitas	App State	5	53.8	40%	3	0.0
201	Easton Black	TCU	5	62.8	40%	3	−0.9
202	Peter Notaro	Alabama	5	63.4	40%	3	+1.9
203	Collin Rogers	SMU	5	63.6	20%	4	+0.4
204	Mike Baker	Ole Miss	5	62.6	20%	3	−0.5
205	Jacob Green	UL Monroe	5	53.2	0%	5	−1.0
206	Josh Placzek	Indiana	5	57.8	0%	5	−0.9
207	Jackson Courville	Ohio State	4	65.0	100%	0	+0.4
208	Max Gilbert	Tennessee	4	65.0	100%	0	+0.8
209	Grady Dangerfield	Tennessee	4	58.5	75%	1	−1.0
210	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	4	64.5	50%	2	+1.0
211	Keelan Anderson	Wyoming	4	37.5	50%	2	−4.8
212	Ryan Barker	Penn State	4	52.5	50%	0	+0.4
213	Liam Padron	Texas A&M	4	59.5	25%	2	+1.0
214	Nico Gramatica	South Florida	4	51.5	25%	3	+1.2
215	Carston Kieffer	Arizona State	4	43.0	0%	3	+0.3
216	Bert Auburn	Miami	3	65.0	100%	0	+0.3
217	Matthias Dunn	BYU	3	65.0	100%	0	+0.6
218	Chase Allen	Rice	3	50.3	67%	1	−2.6
219	Ian Hershey	Texas Tech	3	58.7	67%	1	−0.3
220	Jarrett Reeser	Boise State	3	64.0	67%	1	+0.4
221	John Cannon	Western Kentucky	3	65.0	67%	1	+0.6
222	Drew Henderson	Louisiana Tech	3	54.0	33%	1	−1.6
223	RJ Lopez	Sam Houston	3	62.0	33%	2	−0.6
224	Brody Boehm	Ball State	3	61.3	0%	3	−1.0
225	Daniel Jackson	Minnesota	3	55.7	0%	3	+0.8
226	Morgan Suarez	James Madison	3	64.7	0%	3	−0.7
227	Anthony Ruggles	Toledo	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
228	Tanner Gillis	Memphis	2	57.5	100%	0	+0.2
229	Tripp Woody	Syracuse	2	65.0	100%	0	+0.2
230	Austin Welch	Oklahoma	2	63.5	50%	1	+0.2
231	Carson Hilbert	Louisville	2	64.0	50%	1	+1.2
232	Cooper Helmke	Tulane	2	62.0	50%	1	+0.2
233	Creighton Wilbanks	Southern Miss	2	42.5	50%	1	−1.6
234	Dane Efird	Kansas	2	64.5	50%	1	−0.7
235	Dominic Zvada	Michigan	2	64.0	50%	1	+0.2
236	John Love	Virginia Tech	2	39.0	50%	1	−2.2
237	John McGuire	Auburn	2	64.0	50%	0	−0.7
238	Justin Welch	Navy	2	59.5	50%	1	−0.7
239	Tyler Black	Liberty	2	61.5	50%	1	−0.3
240	Upton Bellenfant	Texas Tech	2	65.0	50%	1	+0.2
241	Zac Chapeau	Central Michigan	2	32.0	50%	1	−2.1
242	Carson Rhodes	Iowa State	2	59.5	0%	2	−1.4
243	Dane Pizzaro	Rutgers	2	6.0	0%	2	−6.0
244	Hayden Arnold	Baylor	2	14.5	0%	2	−4.4
245	Joe McFadden	Nevada	2	55.5	0%	2	−3.3
246	Liam Rickman	Georgia State	2	13.0	0%	2	−4.6
247	Matthew Schramm	Akron	2	29.5	0%	1	−2.6
248	Nick Mazzie	East Carolina	2	54.5	0%	2	−5.0
249	Noah Perez	East Carolina	2	40.0	0%	1	−0.1
250	Patrick Foley	UAB	2	12.5	0%	2	−5.4
251	RJ Kocan	West Virginia	2	32.5	0%	2	−2.5
252	Spencer Sullins	UConn	2	61.5	0%	2	−1.3
253	TJ Hartley III	Georgia Southern	2	61.5	0%	2	−0.1
254	Tristan Alvano	Nebraska	2	50.0	0%	2	+0.1
255	Caden Buhr	Iowa	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
256	Garrison Smith	Florida Atlantic	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
257	Noah McGough	UCF	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
258	Quinn Castner	Clemson	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
259	Ramon Villela	UNLV	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
260	Tripp Bryant	Georgia Southern	1	65.0	100%	0	+0.1
261	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	1	58.0	0%	1	−1.5
262	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	1	51.0	0%	1	−0.6
263	Blake Sislo	Michigan State	1	43.0	0%	1	+0.1
264	Brayden Beck	Liberty	1	50.0	0%	1	−0.7
265	Bronson Long	Charlotte	1	60.0	0%	1	+0.3
266	Bryce Olson	Air Force	1	64.0	0%	1	+0.1
267	Charlie Reed	Clemson	1	60.0	0%	1	−0.7
268	Charlie Von Der Meden	Arkansas	1	9.0	0%	1	−2.8
269	Connor Ferguson	Georgia	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.6
270	Ethan Warner	Bowling Green	1	61.0	0%	1	+0.4
271	Grayson Miller	Oklahoma	1	52.0	0%	1	−0.3
272	Joey Cheek	Utah	1	65.0	0%	1	−1.0
273	Kade Stewart	Texas A&M	1	62.0	0%	1	+0.6
274	Kanoah Vinesett	NC State	1	37.0	0%	1	+0.6
275	London Bironas	Stanford	1	71.0	0%	1	−1.7
276	Lucas Osada	Illinois	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.4
277	Matthew Parker	Penn State	1	64.0	0%	1	+0.2
278	Palmer Domschke	Western Michigan	1	13.0	0%	1	−2.7
279	William Weisberg	USC	1	65.0	0%	1	+0.5
280	William Wilkinson	Mississippi State	1	38.0	0%	1	−0.1

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