2026 College Kickoff Out of Bounds Percentage Leaders

The share of kickoffs that crossed a sideline before anyone touched them. It is a penalty and gives the receiving team good field position.

Lowest comes first. Most specialists are at or near zero. In 2026, Patrick Durkin (0.0%) topped college football kickoff specialists in kickoff out of bounds percentage, ahead of Peyton Woodring (0.0%) and Zac Yoakam (0.0%). 146 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 15 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had 0.0%. This season is in progress (through Week 7), so the numbers change each week.

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.

Data through Week 7 of the 2026 season, updated October 24, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	OOB %	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Patrick Durkin	Florida	0.0%	49	63.7	84%	8	+2.3
2	Peyton Woodring	Georgia	0.0%	49	64.2	73%	6	+2.7
3	Zac Yoakam	Houston	0.0%	49	63.0	63%	15	+4.9
4	Nick Keller	Louisville	0.0%	48	64.4	85%	6	+5.3
5	Lorcan Quinn	Alabama	0.0%	47	64.8	87%	5	+5.1
6	Cole Byrd	Virginia Tech	0.0%	46	64.3	80%	4	+4.7
7	Scott Starzyk	LSU	0.0%	46	64.8	85%	6	+1.8
8	Derek Morris	Massachusetts	0.0%	45	64.4	80%	8	+0.1
9	Reice Griffith	Toledo	0.0%	44	61.1	45%	19	−5.2
10	Elijah Slibeck	Virginia	0.0%	43	64.2	72%	11	+4.3
11	Seth Turner	Purdue	0.0%	43	62.5	51%	15	+4.8
12	Tarik Ahmetbasic	Memphis	0.0%	43	64.1	84%	5	+1.8
13	Conor McAneney	Florida State	0.0%	41	64.8	83%	7	+0.5
14	James London	App State	0.0%	41	64.9	90%	3	−0.6
15	Adam Zouagui	Kentucky	0.0%	40	64.7	80%	1	+2.6
16	Dillon Curtis	Utah	0.0%	40	64.1	78%	6	+3.9
17	Clayton Amaya	Arkansas State	0.0%	39	60.4	54%	12	−1.6
18	Kellan McLaughlin	Miami (OH)	0.0%	39	63.9	62%	13	−3.2
19	Micah Drescher	Notre Dame	0.0%	39	63.4	64%	13	−2.6
20	Noah Sur	Northwestern	0.0%	38	61.7	42%	18	+0.2
21	Nathan Dibert	Eastern Michigan	0.0%	37	64.2	76%	8	+5.0
22	Paddy McAteer	Indiana	0.0%	37	64.9	89%	3	+3.1
23	Ryan Kobzeff	Fresno State	0.0%	37	63.1	54%	10	+3.8
24	Beckham Sunderland	Minnesota	0.0%	36	64.5	78%	8	+3.4
25	Carl Hardin	Temple	0.0%	36	62.5	56%	11	−2.0
26	Kyle Konrardy	Iowa State	0.0%	35	64.9	89%	4	0.0
27	Blake Ford	Georgia Southern	0.0%	34	63.8	71%	10	+1.1
28	Emmet Kenney	Stanford	0.0%	34	63.2	56%	14	+2.7
29	Gavin Lahm	Wisconsin	0.0%	33	63.1	45%	12	+3.6
30	Will Stone	UCF	0.0%	33	62.8	79%	7	+0.2
31	Brayden Baker	UNLV	0.0%	32	63.0	44%	14	−3.4
32	Carson Smith	Arizona State	0.0%	32	63.7	69%	6	+3.3
33	Ethan Moczulski	Illinois	0.0%	32	63.5	75%	7	+2.2
34	Tyler Black	Liberty	0.0%	32	61.3	53%	12	−1.1
35	Aidan Birr	Georgia Tech	0.0%	31	65.0	94%	2	+1.2
36	Cooper DiLeva	San Diego State	0.0%	31	63.2	65%	9	+2.8
37	Liam Boyd	Michigan State	0.0%	31	64.0	74%	7	+3.0
38	Robert Gunn III	Clemson	0.0%	31	64.4	65%	8	+0.6
39	David Olano	Texas A&M	0.0%	30	64.8	87%	3	−1.6
40	Lance Gossett	Navy	0.0%	30	62.0	30%	10	+2.4
41	Oisin Flynn	Mississippi State	0.0%	29	63.5	45%	8	−0.5
42	Robert Hammond III	Kansas State	0.0%	29	63.5	66%	8	+2.1
43	Connor Gibbs	Auburn	0.0%	28	63.9	89%	2	+1.5
44	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	0.0%	27	63.7	59%	10	+3.4
45	Andrew Nelms	Old Dominion	0.0%	27	63.8	74%	7	−1.2
46	Daniel Porto	Coastal Carolina	0.0%	27	59.9	26%	17	+1.0
47	Joe McFadden	Nevada	0.0%	27	62.9	56%	9	+4.0
48	Reed Harradine	Southern Miss	0.0%	27	60.6	26%	15	+0.3
49	Stone Harrington	Texas Tech	0.0%	27	64.9	89%	3	+3.4
50	Jacob Baggett	Michigan	0.0%	26	63.6	65%	7	−1.4
51	Tucker Smack	Delaware	0.0%	26	60.6	35%	15	+1.5
52	Max Gilbert	Arkansas	0.0%	25	65.2	88%	3	+1.6
53	Abram Murray	UL Monroe	0.0%	24	63.5	71%	6	+2.6
54	Andrew Conrad	East Carolina	0.0%	24	64.5	83%	3	+1.7
55	Brody Laga	BYU	0.0%	23	65.0	96%	1	−0.3
56	Lucas Tenbrock	Penn State	0.0%	23	62.0	57%	8	−0.9
57	Carlos Arreola	UTEP	0.0%	22	64.3	73%	6	+1.4
58	Grant Glasgow	New Mexico	0.0%	22	64.2	68%	4	+3.5
59	Kyah Francone	New Mexico State	0.0%	22	62.5	27%	16	+2.7
60	Cosme Salas	Duke	0.0%	21	63.8	81%	4	−3.4
61	Miguel Arenas	Washington State	0.0%	21	61.6	33%	7	+1.1
62	Andy Quinn	Boston College	0.0%	20	63.0	45%	8	+2.4
63	Charles Steinkamp	New Mexico	0.0%	20	64.3	85%	3	+1.8
64	Gavin Strange	Duke	0.0%	19	62.3	32%	7	+1.7
65	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	0.0%	19	63.8	84%	3	+0.9
66	Nick Reed	SMU	0.0%	19	65.3	95%	1	−1.2
67	Nico Gramatica	South Florida	0.0%	19	56.9	47%	9	+1.6
68	Ryan Short	Northern Illinois	0.0%	19	63.6	68%	4	+0.1
69	Zechariah Duke	Kennesaw State	0.0%	19	64.9	89%	2	+1.6
70	Brock Taylor	Vanderbilt	0.0%	18	64.9	89%	1	+1.2
71	Elliot Arnold	Colorado	0.0%	18	64.8	67%	6	+0.1
72	Brendan Baird	SMU	0.0%	17	64.7	94%	1	+0.9
73	Enock Gota	Rice	0.0%	17	64.2	82%	3	+1.9
74	Lawson Thorn	South Florida	0.0%	17	63.4	41%	6	+3.6
75	Antonio Chadha	Pittsburgh	0.0%	16	64.9	75%	3	−2.6
76	Dominic Bourgeois	Middle Tennessee	0.0%	16	60.6	38%	7	+0.1
77	Justin Dewers	Vanderbilt	0.0%	16	64.8	88%	1	+1.4
78	Jordan Westrich	Akron	0.0%	15	64.7	73%	3	+0.9
79	Peter McStravick	Ole Miss	0.0%	15	64.4	60%	4	0.0
80	Peyton Argent	South Alabama	0.0%	15	61.2	20%	8	−0.2
81	Caleb Carlson	Wake Forest	2.1%	48	62.9	69%	11	+0.9
82	Marcello Diomede	Ohio State	2.1%	48	63.1	79%	5	+1.0
83	Jack Cassidy	West Virginia	2.2%	46	62.5	76%	5	+1.4
84	Ryon Sayeri	USC	2.2%	46	63.3	61%	8	−1.9
85	Marlon Hauck	Tulsa	2.3%	44	61.6	41%	16	+3.0
86	Colton Boomer	Boise State	2.4%	42	61.1	60%	12	−3.9
87	Balint Vorosmarty	Georgia State	2.6%	39	63.2	38%	20	−3.9
88	Brunno Reus	Missouri	2.6%	39	64.8	82%	6	−3.4
89	Dawson Jones	Army	2.6%	39	58.4	26%	24	−9.5
90	Josh Turbyville	Tennessee	2.6%	39	64.7	85%	5	+0.4
91	Garrison Rippa	Jacksonville State	2.6%	38	63.1	63%	12	+0.6
92	Jake Weinberg	Miami	2.6%	38	64.5	87%	4	+0.1
93	Stephen Rusnak	Cincinnati	2.6%	38	61.8	53%	12	−3.8
94	Carter Cremascoli	Air Force	2.7%	37	64.9	97%	0	+2.7
95	Collin Rogers	Florida Atlantic	2.7%	37	64.3	81%	6	+0.6
96	Dane Efird	Kansas	2.7%	37	62.3	59%	8	−4.4
97	Eli Ozick	Iowa	2.7%	37	61.9	49%	10	+0.4
98	Owen Simpson	UAB	2.9%	35	64.0	77%	4	+0.7
99	Max Kelley	South Carolina	2.9%	34	63.2	62%	9	+2.2
100	Jack Scullion	Rutgers	3.0%	33	61.6	70%	5	+3.6
101	Mathias Brown	San José State	3.0%	33	63.8	58%	11	−0.5
102	Robert Czeremcha	Florida International	3.0%	33	61.3	39%	14	+1.5
103	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	3.2%	31	61.7	19%	17	−9.6
104	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	3.4%	29	65.3	90%	2	−0.9
105	Kanoah Vinesett	NC State	3.4%	29	59.6	41%	14	+1.3
106	Brody Boehm	Ball State	3.6%	28	62.4	50%	11	−1.4
107	Jadyn Oh	Oregon State	3.6%	55	62.6	64%	16	−6.4
108	Karl Campbell	Western Kentucky	3.8%	26	59.4	42%	10	−0.3
109	Lucas Carneiro	Ole Miss	4.0%	25	62.4	60%	8	−6.3
110	Sam Hunsaker	Pittsburgh	4.0%	25	63.6	44%	11	−1.2
111	Tate Sandell	Oklahoma	4.0%	25	64.2	84%	3	+0.7
112	Baylen Woodman	James Madison	4.1%	49	62.7	61%	11	+1.2
113	Erik Sandvik	Wyoming	4.2%	24	64.5	75%	4	+2.0
114	Samuel Guiden Krebs	Marshall	4.2%	24	62.0	46%	12	−7.2
115	Tripp Woody	Syracuse	4.3%	23	61.3	61%	7	−3.5
116	John Hohl	Nebraska	4.4%	45	59.8	42%	13	−0.8
117	Joseph Kim	Oklahoma State	4.4%	45	63.4	73%	5	−1.4
118	Zak Zeman	Western Michigan	4.5%	22	60.3	45%	6	+3.6
119	Michael Taylor II	North Texas	4.7%	43	61.9	56%	15	−4.3
120	Mike Baker	UConn	4.8%	42	63.5	71%	7	+0.2
121	Sean Leonard	Kent State	4.8%	21	59.0	24%	9	−1.4
122	Logan Klotz	Louisiana	5.0%	40	60.3	25%	22	−1.1
123	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	5.0%	40	63.3	75%	6	−0.2
124	Will Hryszko	Ohio	5.0%	40	63.8	60%	8	+3.9
125	Ian French	Arizona	5.1%	39	62.4	77%	4	−0.5
126	Michael James	Texas State	5.3%	38	63.0	74%	7	+1.0
127	Drew Klein	North Dakota State	5.4%	37	63.4	76%	6	+0.4
128	Gianni Spetic	Texas	5.4%	37	62.7	59%	12	−1.8
129	Riley Sullivan	Baylor	5.4%	37	63.8	57%	8	+1.0
130	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	5.6%	18	64.1	83%	1	+0.4
131	Oliver Hautanen	Buffalo	5.6%	18	59.1	78%	3	+0.2
132	Cavan Craig	Colorado State	5.7%	35	63.0	43%	16	−7.7
133	Hunter Rioux	Louisiana Tech	5.9%	34	62.6	76%	3	−1.5
134	Eli Fulcher	Maryland	5.9%	17	59.6	35%	10	−1.5
135	Wyatt Joyce	Middle Tennessee	5.9%	17	60.8	41%	8	+0.5
136	Ethan Head	Troy	6.5%	31	61.8	35%	13	+5.0
137	Towns McGough	California	6.7%	30	60.3	40%	13	−11.4
138	Erik Schmidt	Notre Dame	6.7%	15	62.5	40%	1	−0.2
139	Grant Meadors	Sacramento State	6.7%	15	50.9	7%	8	−2.9
140	Braydon Doane	UTSA	6.8%	44	60.3	45%	13	+0.8
141	Cooper Helmke	Tulane	7.7%	26	63.3	69%	1	+1.3
142	Gage Hurych	Oregon	8.8%	34	61.4	53%	8	+1.4
143	Daniel Leahy	Maryland	9.5%	21	61.4	33%	9	−2.5
144	Sean Olvera-Harle	Hawai'i	9.7%	31	60.5	35%	15	+0.4
145	Dylan Freebury	South Alabama	11.1%	18	60.1	17%	8	−2.2
146	Hunter McKee	Washington	21.1%	19	61.9	53%	4	−1.0

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