2026 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 2026, Lawson Thorn (+21.2) led college football kickoff specialists in kickoff points per 100 kickoffs, ahead of Zak Zeman (+16.5) and Ethan Head (+16.2). 146 kickoff specialists qualify (minimum 15 kickoffs). The median qualified kickoff specialist had +1.8. 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	Pts/100	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Lawson Thorn	South Florida	+21.2	17	63.4	41%	6	+3.6
2	Zak Zeman	Western Michigan	+16.5	22	60.3	45%	6	+3.6
3	Ethan Head	Troy	+16.2	31	61.8	35%	13	+5.0
4	Grant Glasgow	New Mexico	+16.0	22	64.2	68%	4	+3.5
5	Joe McFadden	Nevada	+14.6	27	62.9	56%	9	+4.0
6	Nathan Dibert	Eastern Michigan	+13.6	37	64.2	76%	8	+5.0
7	Stone Harrington	Texas Tech	+12.6	27	64.9	89%	3	+3.4
8	Aeron Burrell	North Carolina	+12.5	27	63.7	59%	10	+3.4
9	Kyah Francone	New Mexico State	+12.1	22	62.5	27%	16	+2.7
10	Andy Quinn	Boston College	+11.8	20	63.0	45%	8	+2.4
11	Enock Gota	Rice	+11.5	17	64.2	82%	3	+1.9
12	Seth Turner	Purdue	+11.2	43	62.5	51%	15	+4.8
13	Nick Keller	Louisville	+11.1	48	64.4	85%	6	+5.3
14	Jack Scullion	Rutgers	+11.0	33	61.6	70%	5	+3.6
15	Gavin Lahm	Wisconsin	+10.9	33	63.1	45%	12	+3.6
16	Lorcan Quinn	Alabama	+10.9	47	64.8	87%	5	+5.1
17	Abram Murray	UL Monroe	+10.7	24	63.5	71%	6	+2.6
18	Carson Smith	Arizona State	+10.4	32	63.7	69%	6	+3.3
19	Ryan Kobzeff	Fresno State	+10.3	37	63.1	54%	10	+3.8
20	Cole Byrd	Virginia Tech	+10.3	46	64.3	80%	4	+4.7
21	Zac Yoakam	Houston	+10.1	49	63.0	63%	15	+4.9
22	Elijah Slibeck	Virginia	+10.0	43	64.2	72%	11	+4.3
23	Dillon Curtis	Utah	+9.7	40	64.1	78%	6	+3.9
24	Will Hryszko	Ohio	+9.7	40	63.8	60%	8	+3.9
25	Liam Boyd	Michigan State	+9.7	31	64.0	74%	7	+3.0
26	Beckham Sunderland	Minnesota	+9.5	36	64.5	78%	8	+3.4
27	Charles Steinkamp	New Mexico	+9.2	20	64.3	85%	3	+1.8
28	Cooper DiLeva	San Diego State	+9.1	31	63.2	65%	9	+2.8
29	Gavin Strange	Duke	+9.1	19	62.3	32%	7	+1.7
30	Justin Dewers	Vanderbilt	+8.7	16	64.8	88%	1	+1.4
31	Paddy McAteer	Indiana	+8.5	37	64.9	89%	3	+3.1
32	Zechariah Duke	Kennesaw State	+8.5	19	64.9	89%	2	+1.6
33	Erik Sandvik	Wyoming	+8.3	24	64.5	75%	4	+2.0
34	Nico Gramatica	South Florida	+8.2	19	56.9	47%	9	+1.6
35	Lance Gossett	Navy	+8.1	30	62.0	30%	10	+2.4
36	Emmet Kenney	Stanford	+8.0	34	63.2	56%	14	+2.7
37	Carter Cremascoli	Air Force	+7.4	37	64.9	97%	0	+2.7
38	Robert Hammond III	Kansas State	+7.1	29	63.5	66%	8	+2.1
39	Andrew Conrad	East Carolina	+6.9	24	64.5	83%	3	+1.7
40	Marlon Hauck	Tulsa	+6.8	44	61.6	41%	16	+3.0
41	Ethan Moczulski	Illinois	+6.7	32	63.5	75%	7	+2.2
42	Max Kelley	South Carolina	+6.6	34	63.2	62%	9	+2.2
43	Adam Zouagui	Kentucky	+6.5	40	64.7	80%	1	+2.6
44	Brock Taylor	Vanderbilt	+6.4	18	64.9	89%	1	+1.2
45	Max Gilbert	Arkansas	+6.4	25	65.2	88%	3	+1.6
46	Carlos Arreola	UTEP	+6.2	22	64.3	73%	6	+1.4
47	Jordan Westrich	Akron	+6.0	15	64.7	73%	3	+0.9
48	Tucker Smack	Delaware	+5.9	26	60.6	35%	15	+1.5
49	Brendan Baird	SMU	+5.5	17	64.7	94%	1	+0.9
50	Peyton Woodring	Georgia	+5.5	49	64.2	73%	6	+2.7
51	Connor Gibbs	Auburn	+5.2	28	63.9	89%	2	+1.5
52	Miguel Arenas	Washington State	+5.1	21	61.6	33%	7	+1.1
53	Cooper Helmke	Tulane	+5.1	26	63.3	69%	1	+1.3
54	Ian Kelly	Charlotte	+4.9	19	63.8	84%	3	+0.9
55	Patrick Durkin	Florida	+4.7	49	63.7	84%	8	+2.3
56	Kanoah Vinesett	NC State	+4.6	29	59.6	41%	14	+1.3
57	Robert Czeremcha	Florida International	+4.5	33	61.3	39%	14	+1.5
58	Gage Hurych	Oregon	+4.2	34	61.4	53%	8	+1.4
59	Tarik Ahmetbasic	Memphis	+4.1	43	64.1	84%	5	+1.8
60	Scott Starzyk	LSU	+4.0	46	64.8	85%	6	+1.8
61	Aidan Birr	Georgia Tech	+3.9	31	65.0	94%	2	+1.2
62	Daniel Porto	Coastal Carolina	+3.6	27	59.9	26%	17	+1.0
63	Blake Ford	Georgia Southern	+3.4	34	63.8	71%	10	+1.1
64	Jack Cassidy	West Virginia	+3.1	46	62.5	76%	5	+1.4
65	Wyatt Joyce	Middle Tennessee	+2.9	17	60.8	41%	8	+0.5
66	Riley Sullivan	Baylor	+2.7	37	63.8	57%	8	+1.0
67	Tate Sandell	Oklahoma	+2.6	25	64.2	84%	3	+0.7
68	Michael James	Texas State	+2.5	38	63.0	74%	7	+1.0
69	Baylen Woodman	James Madison	+2.4	49	62.7	61%	11	+1.2
70	Marcello Diomede	Ohio State	+2.1	48	63.1	79%	5	+1.0
71	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	+2.0	18	64.1	83%	1	+0.4
72	Owen Simpson	UAB	+2.0	35	64.0	77%	4	+0.7
73	Robert Gunn III	Clemson	+1.8	31	64.4	65%	8	+0.6
74	Caleb Carlson	Wake Forest	+1.8	48	62.9	69%	11	+0.9
75	Braydon Doane	UTSA	+1.8	44	60.3	45%	13	+0.8
76	Collin Rogers	Florida Atlantic	+1.7	37	64.3	81%	6	+0.6
77	Garrison Rippa	Jacksonville State	+1.5	38	63.1	63%	12	+0.6
78	Sean Olvera-Harle	Hawai'i	+1.3	31	60.5	35%	15	+0.4
79	Drew Klein	North Dakota State	+1.2	37	63.4	76%	6	+0.4
80	Eli Ozick	Iowa	+1.2	37	61.9	49%	10	+0.4
81	Conor McAneney	Florida State	+1.1	41	64.8	83%	7	+0.5
82	Oliver Hautanen	Buffalo	+1.1	18	59.1	78%	3	+0.2
83	Reed Harradine	Southern Miss	+1.1	27	60.6	26%	15	+0.3
84	Josh Turbyville	Tennessee	+1.0	39	64.7	85%	5	+0.4
85	Dominic Bourgeois	Middle Tennessee	+0.8	16	60.6	38%	7	+0.1
86	Will Stone	UCF	+0.7	33	62.8	79%	7	+0.2
87	Noah Sur	Northwestern	+0.6	38	61.7	42%	18	+0.2
88	Mike Baker	UConn	+0.5	42	63.5	71%	7	+0.2
89	Elliot Arnold	Colorado	+0.5	18	64.8	67%	6	+0.1
90	Ryan Short	Northern Illinois	+0.5	19	63.6	68%	4	+0.1
91	Jake Weinberg	Miami	+0.3	38	64.5	87%	4	+0.1
92	Derek Morris	Massachusetts	+0.2	45	64.4	80%	8	+0.1
93	Kyle Konrardy	Iowa State	+0.1	35	64.9	89%	4	0.0
94	Peter McStravick	Ole Miss	0.0	15	64.4	60%	4	0.0
95	Mateen Bhaghani	UCLA	−0.5	40	63.3	75%	6	−0.2
96	Karl Campbell	Western Kentucky	−1.1	26	59.4	42%	10	−0.3
97	Brody Laga	BYU	−1.2	23	65.0	96%	1	−0.3
98	Ian French	Arizona	−1.2	39	62.4	77%	4	−0.5
99	Peyton Argent	South Alabama	−1.4	15	61.2	20%	8	−0.2
100	James London	App State	−1.4	41	64.9	90%	3	−0.6
101	Erik Schmidt	Notre Dame	−1.4	15	62.5	40%	1	−0.2
102	Mathias Brown	San José State	−1.5	33	63.8	58%	11	−0.5
103	Oisin Flynn	Mississippi State	−1.6	29	63.5	45%	8	−0.5
104	John Hohl	Nebraska	−1.8	45	59.8	42%	13	−0.8
105	Logan Klotz	Louisiana	−2.7	40	60.3	25%	22	−1.1
106	John Hoyet Chance	TCU	−3.1	29	65.3	90%	2	−0.9
107	Joseph Kim	Oklahoma State	−3.2	45	63.4	73%	5	−1.4
108	Tyler Black	Liberty	−3.6	32	61.3	53%	12	−1.1
109	Lucas Tenbrock	Penn State	−4.0	23	62.0	57%	8	−0.9
110	Ryon Sayeri	USC	−4.2	46	63.3	61%	8	−1.9
111	Clayton Amaya	Arkansas State	−4.2	39	60.4	54%	12	−1.6
112	Hunter Rioux	Louisiana Tech	−4.3	34	62.6	76%	3	−1.5
113	Andrew Nelms	Old Dominion	−4.4	27	63.8	74%	7	−1.2
114	Sam Hunsaker	Pittsburgh	−4.8	25	63.6	44%	11	−1.2
115	Gianni Spetic	Texas	−4.9	37	62.7	59%	12	−1.8
116	Brody Boehm	Ball State	−5.1	28	62.4	50%	11	−1.4
117	Jacob Baggett	Michigan	−5.3	26	63.6	65%	7	−1.4
118	Hunter McKee	Washington	−5.3	19	61.9	53%	4	−1.0
119	David Olano	Texas A&M	−5.4	30	64.8	87%	3	−1.6
120	Carl Hardin	Temple	−5.6	36	62.5	56%	11	−2.0
121	Nick Reed	SMU	−6.4	19	65.3	95%	1	−1.2
122	Sean Leonard	Kent State	−6.5	21	59.0	24%	9	−1.4
123	Micah Drescher	Notre Dame	−6.7	39	63.4	64%	13	−2.6
124	Kellan McLaughlin	Miami (OH)	−8.3	39	63.9	62%	13	−3.2
125	Eli Fulcher	Maryland	−8.5	17	59.6	35%	10	−1.5
126	Brunno Reus	Missouri	−8.6	39	64.8	82%	6	−3.4
127	Colton Boomer	Boise State	−9.4	42	61.1	60%	12	−3.9
128	Balint Vorosmarty	Georgia State	−9.9	39	63.2	38%	20	−3.9
129	Stephen Rusnak	Cincinnati	−9.9	38	61.8	53%	12	−3.8
130	Michael Taylor II	North Texas	−10.1	43	61.9	56%	15	−4.3
131	Brayden Baker	UNLV	−10.7	32	63.0	44%	14	−3.4
132	Jadyn Oh	Oregon State	−11.5	55	62.6	64%	16	−6.4
133	Reice Griffith	Toledo	−11.8	44	61.1	45%	19	−5.2
134	Dane Efird	Kansas	−11.8	37	62.3	59%	8	−4.4
135	Daniel Leahy	Maryland	−12.0	21	61.4	33%	9	−2.5
136	Dylan Freebury	South Alabama	−12.0	18	60.1	17%	8	−2.2
137	Tripp Woody	Syracuse	−15.3	23	61.3	61%	7	−3.5
138	Cosme Salas	Duke	−16.0	21	63.8	81%	4	−3.4
139	Antonio Chadha	Pittsburgh	−16.3	16	64.9	75%	3	−2.6
140	Grant Meadors	Sacramento State	−19.0	15	50.9	7%	8	−2.9
141	Cavan Craig	Colorado State	−22.0	35	63.0	43%	16	−7.7
142	Dawson Jones	Army	−24.5	39	58.4	26%	24	−9.5
143	Lucas Carneiro	Ole Miss	−25.2	25	62.4	60%	8	−6.3
144	Samuel Guiden Krebs	Marshall	−29.9	24	62.0	46%	12	−7.2
145	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	−31.1	31	61.7	19%	17	−9.6
146	Towns McGough	California	−38.0	30	60.3	40%	13	−11.4

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