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

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