2012 National Leaders Kickoffs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina | 12 | 72 | 4291 | 59.60 | 33 | 45.83 | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 49 | 2876 | 58.69 | 3 | 6.12 | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 11 | 69 | 4244 | 61.51 | 21 | 30.43 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | San Jose State | 12 | 80 | 4822 | 60.28 | 22 | 27.50 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 67 | 3968 | 59.22 | 12 | 17.91 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Akron | 11 | 48 | 2649 | 55.19 | 15 | 31.25 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Stanford | 14 | 74 | 4732 | 63.95 | 32 | 43.24 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Memphis | 11 | 51 | 3237 | 63.47 | 32 | 62.75 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | New Mexico | 12 | 53 | 3355 | 63.30 | 22 | 41.51 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Rutgers | 12 | 53 | 3071 | 57.94 | 9 | 16.98 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | BYU | 12 | 63 | 3930 | 62.38 | 25 | 39.68 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Oregon State | 12 | 70 | 4329 | 61.84 | 32 | 45.71 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | UCF | 14 | 89 | 5501 | 61.81 | 31 | 34.83 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Indiana | 11 | 63 | 3866 | 61.37 | 29 | 46.03 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 13 | 71 | 4343 | 61.17 | 24 | 33.80 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 62 | 3705 | 59.76 | 10 | 16.13 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 12 | 85 | 5066 | 59.60 | 22 | 25.88 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 103 | 6055 | 58.79 | 21 | 20.39 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Arizona | 12 | 78 | 4580 | 58.72 | 35 | 44.87 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | Baylor | 12 | 90 | 5206 | 57.84 | 36 | 40.00 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Western Michigan | 11 | 54 | 3060 | 56.67 | 9 | 16.67 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Bowling Green | 12 | 53 | 3002 | 56.64 | 7 | 13.21 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 53 | 2893 | 54.58 | 15 | 28.30 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Tulane | 12 | 56 | 3585 | 64.02 | 31 | 55.36 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Michigan State | 13 | 60 | 3792 | 63.20 | 29 | 48.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Florida | 12 | 66 | 4151 | 62.89 | 30 | 45.45 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Duke | 12 | 67 | 4203 | 62.73 | 25 | 37.31 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | Florida State | 12 | 83 | 5206 | 62.72 | 32 | 38.55 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | East Carolina | 12 | 69 | 4321 | 62.62 | 24 | 34.78 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Houston | 12 | 75 | 4679 | 62.39 | 26 | 34.67 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 13 | 84 | 5195 | 61.85 | 49 | 58.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Hawai'i | 11 | 44 | 2710 | 61.59 | 7 | 15.91 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Penn State | 12 | 69 | 4247 | 61.55 | 27 | 39.13 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Toledo | 12 | 78 | 4797 | 61.50 | 22 | 28.21 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | San Diego State | 12 | 70 | 4280 | 61.14 | 27 | 38.57 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Kansas State | 12 | 86 | 5240 | 60.93 | 28 | 32.56 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Arizona State | 12 | 80 | 4870 | 60.88 | 30 | 37.50 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Central Michigan | 12 | 66 | 4016 | 60.85 | 18 | 27.27 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | California | 11 | 50 | 3042 | 60.84 | 16 | 32.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Fresno State | 12 | 83 | 5040 | 60.72 | 23 | 27.71 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Kent State | 13 | 83 | 5035 | 60.66 | 31 | 37.35 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Texas | 13 | 85 | 5137 | 60.44 | 30 | 35.29 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Louisville | 12 | 72 | 4336 | 60.22 | 4 | 5.56 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 58 | 3486 | 60.10 | 14 | 24.14 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | South Alabama | 12 | 50 | 2997 | 59.94 | 15 | 30.00 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Mississippi State | 12 | 65 | 3864 | 59.45 | 13 | 20.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 57 | 3373 | 59.18 | 11 | 19.30 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Boise State | 13 | 78 | 4587 | 58.81 | 14 | 17.95 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Purdue | 12 | 62 | 3638 | 58.68 | 12 | 19.35 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Troy | 12 | 71 | 4163 | 58.63 | 22 | 30.99 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 90 | 5276 | 58.62 | 30 | 33.33 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 61 | 3558 | 58.33 | 3 | 4.92 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | UNLV | 12 | 53 | 3066 | 57.85 | 12 | 22.64 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Marshall | 11 | 74 | 4157 | 56.18 | 5 | 6.76 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | Arkansas State | 12 | 79 | 4377 | 55.41 | 17 | 21.52 | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | Auburn | 11 | 40 | 2576 | 64.40 | 27 | 67.50 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Rice | 13 | 80 | 5102 | 63.78 | 49 | 61.25 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | South Florida | 11 | 50 | 3178 | 63.56 | 32 | 64.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Georgia | 13 | 84 | 5297 | 63.06 | 35 | 41.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | SMU | 12 | 69 | 4341 | 62.91 | 26 | 37.68 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | Army | 11 | 51 | 3197 | 62.69 | 27 | 52.94 | 1 | 5 |
| 56 | Florida International | 12 | 58 | 3622 | 62.45 | 29 | 50.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 97 | 6025 | 62.11 | 64 | 65.98 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | Oklahoma | 12 | 82 | 5087 | 62.04 | 31 | 37.80 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Connecticut | 12 | 47 | 2900 | 61.70 | 16 | 34.04 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Wake Forest | 11 | 42 | 2588 | 61.62 | 23 | 54.76 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | LSU | 12 | 72 | 4423 | 61.43 | 25 | 34.72 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | USC | 13 | 77 | 4728 | 61.40 | 30 | 38.96 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | TCU | 12 | 64 | 3929 | 61.39 | 30 | 46.88 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Ohio State | 12 | 78 | 4766 | 61.10 | 19 | 24.36 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Colorado State | 11 | 50 | 3051 | 61.02 | 19 | 38.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | North Carolina | 11 | 80 | 4855 | 60.69 | 19 | 23.75 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Massachusetts | 12 | 39 | 2366 | 60.67 | 10 | 25.64 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Michigan | 13 | 78 | 4723 | 60.55 | 28 | 35.90 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Wyoming | 11 | 55 | 3329 | 60.53 | 23 | 41.82 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Missouri | 11 | 52 | 3140 | 60.38 | 14 | 26.92 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Ball State | 13 | 84 | 5063 | 60.27 | 23 | 27.38 | 1 | 3 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 72 | 4309 | 59.85 | 22 | 30.56 | 1 | 3 |
| 56 | UTSA | 8 | 46 | 2753 | 59.85 | 17 | 36.96 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Maryland | 11 | 50 | 2987 | 59.74 | 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Kentucky | 11 | 35 | 2089 | 59.69 | 13 | 37.14 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | Colorado | 11 | 40 | 2383 | 59.58 | 11 | 27.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Air Force | 12 | 56 | 3270 | 58.39 | 19 | 33.93 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | New Mexico State | 11 | 35 | 2015 | 57.57 | 10 | 28.57 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 49 | 2783 | 56.80 | 8 | 16.33 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | Kansas | 11 | 41 | 2309 | 56.32 | 7 | 17.07 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Buffalo | 11 | 42 | 2128 | 50.67 | 10 | 23.81 | 1 | 2 |
| 88 | Arkansas | 11 | 50 | 3231 | 64.62 | 33 | 66.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | UCLA | 14 | 89 | 5717 | 64.24 | 68 | 76.40 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | North Carolina State | 12 | 65 | 4144 | 63.75 | 37 | 56.92 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Alabama | 13 | 91 | 5773 | 63.44 | 43 | 47.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Temple | 10 | 48 | 3041 | 63.35 | 34 | 70.83 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | North Texas | 11 | 44 | 2780 | 63.18 | 22 | 50.00 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 | UAB | 11 | 56 | 3537 | 63.16 | 31 | 55.36 | 0 | 6 |
| 88 | Clemson | 12 | 89 | 5620 | 63.15 | 44 | 49.44 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | Texas State | 11 | 56 | 3529 | 63.02 | 28 | 50.00 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 | Utah State | 12 | 76 | 4777 | 62.86 | 28 | 36.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Washington State | 11 | 44 | 2765 | 62.84 | 17 | 38.64 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 | Cincinnati | 11 | 69 | 4332 | 62.78 | 28 | 40.58 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | Illinois | 11 | 35 | 2197 | 62.77 | 17 | 48.57 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 | Texas A&M | 11 | 84 | 5272 | 62.76 | 50 | 59.52 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | Notre Dame | 13 | 71 | 4445 | 62.61 | 26 | 36.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Iowa | 11 | 45 | 2812 | 62.49 | 19 | 42.22 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Mississippi | 12 | 72 | 4498 | 62.47 | 30 | 41.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Iowa State | 12 | 57 | 3561 | 62.47 | 19 | 33.33 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Ohio | 12 | 77 | 4799 | 62.32 | 28 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 48 | 2990 | 62.29 | 13 | 27.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Minnesota | 12 | 48 | 2986 | 62.21 | 23 | 47.92 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 | Tulsa | 13 | 78 | 4829 | 61.91 | 35 | 44.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Virginia | 11 | 46 | 2846 | 61.87 | 20 | 43.48 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Utah | 11 | 54 | 3334 | 61.74 | 23 | 42.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | UTEP | 12 | 49 | 3010 | 61.43 | 26 | 53.06 | 0 | 4 |
| 88 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 76 | 4620 | 60.79 | 19 | 25.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Navy | 12 | 55 | 3340 | 60.73 | 15 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Idaho | 11 | 42 | 2547 | 60.64 | 10 | 23.81 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 79 | 4750 | 60.13 | 17 | 21.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Nevada | 12 | 76 | 4566 | 60.08 | 26 | 34.21 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Boston College | 11 | 49 | 2931 | 59.82 | 14 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Northwestern | 12 | 77 | 4599 | 59.73 | 14 | 18.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Syracuse | 12 | 68 | 4061 | 59.72 | 28 | 41.18 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 67 | 3985 | 59.48 | 17 | 25.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Texas Tech | 12 | 74 | 4387 | 59.28 | 26 | 35.14 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 | Oregon | 12 | 99 | 5858 | 59.17 | 8 | 8.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Washington | 12 | 54 | 3176 | 58.81 | 11 | 20.37 | 0 | 0 |