2009 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - All Games through 01/07/2010
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 81 | 1797 | 22.19 | 0 | 6.8 | 149.8 |
| 2 | Rice | 12 | 77 | 1653 | 21.47 | 0 | 6.4 | 137.8 |
| 3 | Stanford | 13 | 58 | 1597 | 27.53 | 3 | 4.5 | 122.8 |
| 4 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 64 | 1586 | 24.78 | 2 | 4.9 | 122.0 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 13 | 71 | 1580 | 22.25 | 1 | 5.5 | 121.5 |
| 6 | Houston | 14 | 68 | 1555 | 22.87 | 5 | 4.9 | 111.1 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 13 | 54 | 1540 | 28.52 | 3 | 4.2 | 118.5 |
| 8 | Toledo | 12 | 72 | 1526 | 21.19 | 1 | 6.0 | 127.2 |
| 9 | Hawai'i | 13 | 68 | 1518 | 22.32 | 0 | 5.2 | 116.8 |
| 10 | Mississippi State | 12 | 61 | 1514 | 24.82 | 1 | 5.1 | 126.2 |
| 11 | Auburn | 13 | 63 | 1493 | 23.70 | 1 | 4.8 | 114.8 |
| 12 | Tulane | 12 | 76 | 1486 | 19.55 | 1 | 6.3 | 123.8 |
| 13 | Maryland | 12 | 64 | 1481 | 23.14 | 2 | 5.3 | 123.4 |
| 14 | Colorado | 12 | 62 | 1480 | 23.87 | 1 | 5.2 | 123.3 |
| 15 | Florida International | 12 | 71 | 1466 | 20.65 | 1 | 5.9 | 122.2 |
| 16 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 72 | 1463 | 20.32 | 0 | 6.0 | 121.9 |
| 17 | Tulsa | 12 | 64 | 1424 | 22.25 | 0 | 5.3 | 118.7 |
| 18 | Michigan State | 13 | 55 | 1422 | 25.85 | 1 | 4.2 | 109.4 |
| 19 | UNLV | 12 | 63 | 1411 | 22.40 | 1 | 5.3 | 117.6 |
| 20 | Oregon | 13 | 56 | 1395 | 24.91 | 1 | 4.3 | 107.3 |
| 21 | Florida State | 13 | 67 | 1390 | 20.75 | 0 | 5.2 | 106.9 |
| 22 | North Texas | 12 | 62 | 1382 | 22.29 | 0 | 5.2 | 115.2 |
| 23 | Duke | 12 | 62 | 1375 | 22.18 | 0 | 5.2 | 114.6 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 13 | 57 | 1369 | 24.02 | 0 | 4.4 | 105.3 |
| 25 | Connecticut | 13 | 53 | 1365 | 25.75 | 3 | 4.1 | 105.0 |
| 26 | Memphis | 12 | 66 | 1357 | 20.56 | 0 | 5.5 | 113.1 |
| 27 | Colorado State | 12 | 58 | 1335 | 23.02 | 0 | 4.8 | 111.3 |
| 28 | North Carolina State | 12 | 61 | 1332 | 21.84 | 1 | 5.1 | 111.0 |
| 29 | Indiana | 12 | 55 | 1328 | 24.15 | 2 | 4.6 | 110.7 |
| 30 | Georgia | 13 | 60 | 1327 | 22.12 | 3 | 4.6 | 102.1 |
| 31 | Utah State | 12 | 58 | 1322 | 22.79 | 0 | 4.8 | 110.2 |
| 32 | Arizona | 13 | 53 | 1320 | 24.91 | 1 | 4.1 | 101.5 |
| 33 | Kansas State | 12 | 50 | 1316 | 26.32 | 4 | 4.2 | 109.7 |
| 34 | Missouri | 13 | 63 | 1315 | 20.87 | 0 | 4.8 | 101.2 |
| 35 | UCF | 13 | 54 | 1314 | 24.33 | 1 | 4.2 | 101.1 |
| 36 | East Carolina | 14 | 56 | 1311 | 23.41 | 3 | 4.0 | 93.6 |
| 37 | Troy | 13 | 62 | 1305 | 21.05 | 1 | 4.8 | 100.4 |
| 38 | Kentucky | 13 | 56 | 1302 | 23.25 | 1 | 4.3 | 100.2 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 13 | 57 | 1291 | 22.65 | 0 | 4.4 | 99.3 |
| 40 | Michigan | 12 | 54 | 1285 | 23.80 | 1 | 4.5 | 107.1 |
| 41 | Arkansas | 13 | 54 | 1283 | 23.76 | 1 | 4.2 | 98.7 |
| 42 | UTEP | 12 | 60 | 1274 | 21.23 | 0 | 5.0 | 106.2 |
| 43 | New Mexico State | 13 | 61 | 1273 | 20.87 | 0 | 4.7 | 97.9 |
| 44 | Idaho | 13 | 62 | 1270 | 20.48 | 1 | 4.8 | 97.7 |
| 45 | Temple | 13 | 53 | 1264 | 23.85 | 2 | 4.1 | 97.2 |
| 46 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 60 | 1261 | 21.02 | 1 | 5.0 | 105.1 |
| 47 | Syracuse | 12 | 55 | 1250 | 22.73 | 0 | 4.6 | 104.2 |
| 48 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 57 | 1235 | 21.67 | 0 | 4.4 | 95.0 |
| 49 | Akron | 12 | 56 | 1211 | 21.63 | 1 | 4.7 | 100.9 |
| 50 | Bowling Green | 13 | 62 | 1208 | 19.48 | 1 | 4.8 | 92.9 |
| 51 | SMU | 13 | 55 | 1206 | 21.93 | 0 | 4.2 | 92.8 |
| 51 | Kansas | 12 | 56 | 1206 | 21.54 | 1 | 4.7 | 100.5 |
| 53 | Purdue | 12 | 58 | 1201 | 20.71 | 1 | 4.8 | 100.1 |
| 54 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 63 | 1199 | 19.03 | 0 | 5.3 | 99.9 |
| 55 | San Diego State | 12 | 60 | 1192 | 19.87 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.3 |
| 56 | Utah | 13 | 53 | 1188 | 22.42 | 0 | 4.1 | 91.4 |
| 57 | Baylor | 12 | 54 | 1185 | 21.94 | 0 | 4.5 | 98.8 |
| 58 | San Jose State | 12 | 64 | 1184 | 18.50 | 0 | 5.3 | 98.7 |
| 59 | Louisville | 12 | 49 | 1182 | 24.12 | 0 | 4.1 | 98.5 |
| 60 | West Virginia | 13 | 54 | 1181 | 21.87 | 1 | 4.2 | 90.8 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 53 | 1180 | 22.26 | 3 | 4.4 | 98.3 |
| 62 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 54 | 1176 | 21.78 | 0 | 3.9 | 84.0 |
| 63 | Northwestern | 13 | 57 | 1175 | 20.61 | 0 | 4.4 | 90.4 |
| 64 | Washington | 12 | 63 | 1173 | 18.62 | 0 | 5.3 | 97.8 |
| 65 | Boise State | 14 | 44 | 1172 | 26.64 | 2 | 3.1 | 83.7 |
| 66 | Virginia | 12 | 63 | 1171 | 18.59 | 0 | 5.3 | 97.6 |
| 67 | Washington State | 12 | 63 | 1168 | 18.54 | 0 | 5.3 | 97.3 |
| 68 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 53 | 1160 | 21.89 | 1 | 4.1 | 89.2 |
| 69 | Western Michigan | 12 | 53 | 1153 | 21.75 | 0 | 4.4 | 96.1 |
| 70 | California | 13 | 57 | 1152 | 20.21 | 0 | 4.4 | 88.6 |
| 71 | South Carolina | 13 | 54 | 1149 | 21.28 | 0 | 4.2 | 88.4 |
| 72 | Texas Tech | 13 | 47 | 1148 | 24.43 | 0 | 3.6 | 88.3 |
| 73 | UCLA | 13 | 48 | 1140 | 23.75 | 0 | 3.7 | 87.7 |
| 74 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 58 | 1138 | 19.62 | 0 | 4.8 | 94.8 |
| 75 | Ball State | 12 | 55 | 1125 | 20.45 | 0 | 4.6 | 93.8 |
| 76 | Texas | 14 | 43 | 1119 | 26.02 | 3 | 3.1 | 79.9 |
| 76 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 57 | 1119 | 19.63 | 0 | 4.4 | 86.1 |
| 78 | Kent State | 12 | 53 | 1118 | 21.09 | 1 | 4.4 | 93.2 |
| 79 | Iowa State | 13 | 52 | 1115 | 21.44 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.8 |
| 80 | Nevada | 13 | 47 | 1112 | 23.66 | 0 | 3.6 | 85.5 |
| 81 | Illinois | 12 | 57 | 1101 | 19.32 | 0 | 4.8 | 91.8 |
| 82 | Clemson | 14 | 46 | 1100 | 23.91 | 4 | 3.3 | 78.6 |
| 83 | Fresno State | 13 | 51 | 1094 | 21.45 | 0 | 3.9 | 84.2 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | 12 | 49 | 1086 | 22.16 | 0 | 4.1 | 90.5 |
| 85 | Notre Dame | 12 | 50 | 1085 | 21.70 | 0 | 4.2 | 90.4 |
| 86 | UAB | 12 | 52 | 1078 | 20.73 | 0 | 4.3 | 89.8 |
| 87 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 49 | 1075 | 21.94 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.7 |
| 88 | Mississippi | 13 | 46 | 1068 | 23.22 | 2 | 3.5 | 82.2 |
| 89 | Florida | 14 | 40 | 1055 | 26.38 | 1 | 2.9 | 75.4 |
| 90 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 67 | 1039 | 15.51 | 0 | 5.6 | 86.6 |
| 91 | Ohio | 14 | 50 | 1038 | 20.76 | 1 | 3.6 | 74.1 |
| 92 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 56 | 1037 | 18.52 | 0 | 4.3 | 79.8 |
| 93 | New Mexico | 12 | 54 | 1035 | 19.17 | 0 | 4.5 | 86.3 |
| 94 | Oregon State | 13 | 47 | 1029 | 21.89 | 0 | 3.6 | 79.2 |
| 95 | Central Michigan | 14 | 49 | 1021 | 20.84 | 1 | 3.5 | 72.9 |
| 96 | Wisconsin | 13 | 52 | 1002 | 19.27 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.1 |
| 97 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 42 | 994 | 23.67 | 1 | 3.2 | 76.5 |
| 98 | Arkansas State | 12 | 47 | 979 | 20.83 | 0 | 3.9 | 81.6 |
| 99 | TCU | 13 | 33 | 965 | 29.24 | 1 | 2.5 | 74.2 |
| 100 | Wyoming | 13 | 43 | 959 | 22.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 73.8 |
| 101 | Marshall | 13 | 49 | 957 | 19.53 | 0 | 3.8 | 73.6 |
| 102 | South Florida | 13 | 48 | 946 | 19.71 | 0 | 3.7 | 72.8 |
| 103 | USC | 13 | 50 | 943 | 18.86 | 0 | 3.8 | 72.5 |
| 104 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 52 | 939 | 18.06 | 0 | 4.3 | 78.3 |
| 105 | Boston College | 13 | 44 | 932 | 21.18 | 0 | 3.4 | 71.7 |
| 105 | Arizona State | 12 | 48 | 932 | 19.42 | 1 | 4.0 | 77.7 |
| 107 | Buffalo | 12 | 52 | 919 | 17.67 | 0 | 4.3 | 76.6 |
| 108 | Iowa | 13 | 40 | 918 | 22.95 | 1 | 3.1 | 70.6 |
| 109 | Air Force | 13 | 37 | 901 | 24.35 | 1 | 2.8 | 69.3 |
| 110 | LSU | 13 | 47 | 900 | 19.15 | 0 | 3.6 | 69.2 |
| 111 | Army | 12 | 46 | 889 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.8 | 74.1 |
| 112 | Rutgers | 13 | 37 | 882 | 23.84 | 3 | 2.8 | 67.8 |
| 113 | BYU | 13 | 40 | 873 | 21.83 | 0 | 3.1 | 67.2 |
| 114 | Navy | 14 | 46 | 852 | 18.52 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.9 |
| 115 | Ohio State | 13 | 38 | 849 | 22.34 | 1 | 2.9 | 65.3 |
| 116 | North Carolina | 13 | 40 | 821 | 20.53 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.2 |
| 117 | Nebraska | 14 | 33 | 795 | 24.09 | 0 | 2.4 | 56.8 |
| 118 | Alabama | 14 | 34 | 793 | 23.32 | 0 | 2.4 | 56.6 |
| 119 | Penn State | 13 | 38 | 729 | 19.18 | 0 | 2.9 | 56.1 |
| 120 | Oklahoma | 13 | 33 | 687 | 20.82 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.8 |