2011 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games in December/January Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darryl Surgent | La-Lafytte | SO | WR | 1 | 2 | 92 | 46.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 92.0 |
| 2 | Kasen Williams | Washington | FR | WR | 1 | 2 | 53 | 26.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 53.0 |
| 3 | Marquis Maze | Alabama | SR | WR | 1 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.0 |
| 4 | Venric Mark | N'western | SO | WR | 1 | 2 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 5 | Tyrann Mathieu | LSU | SO | DB | 2 | 5 | 120 | 24.00 | 1 | 2.5 | 60.0 |
| 6 | Michael Floyd | Notre Dame | SR | WR | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 7 | Joe Adams | Arkansas | SR | WR | 1 | 3 | 62 | 20.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 62.0 |
| 8 | Griff McNabb | Utah | SO | WR | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 9 | Brandon Boykin | Georgia | SR | DB | 2 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 1 | 2.5 | 46.0 |
| 10 | Ed Wesley | TCU | JR | RB | 2 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.0 |
| 11 | JD Falslev | BYU | SO | WR | 2 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.0 |
| 12 | Andre Booker | Marshall | JR | WR | 1 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 57.0 |
| 13 | Dustin Harris | Texas A&M | JR | DB | 1 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 54.0 |
| 14 | Drew Terrell | Stanford | JR | WR | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 15 | Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | SO | WR | 2 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.5 |
| 16 | Aaron Horne | Iowa State | JR | WR | 2 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 17.0 |
| 17 | Brandon Carter | TCU | FR | WR | 2 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 17 | Ace Sanders | S Carolina | SO | WR | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 19 | Greg Reid | FSU | JR | DB | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 20 | Terry Hawthorne | Illinois | JR | DB | 1 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 31.0 |
| 21 | Jonathan Krause | Vanderbilt | SO | WR | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Chad Bumphis | Miss St | JR | WR | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 21.0 |
| 23 | Tramaine Thompson | Kansas St | SO | WR | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| 24 | Devon Wylie | Fresno St | SR | WR | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 25 | Keshawn Martin | Mich St | SR | WR | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 26 | Brelan Chancellor | N Texas | SO | WR | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 19.0 |
| 27 | Josh Cooper | Okla St | SR | WR | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 27 | Tracy Lampley | USM | JR | WR | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 29 | Luther Ambrose | La-Monroe | SR | WR | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| 30 | Justin Albert | Troy | JR | RB | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 31 | Isaiah Pead | Cincinnati | SR | RB | 2 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 31 | LaMichael James | Oregon | JR | RB | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 33 | Darius Patton | Pittsburgh | FR | WR | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.5 |
| 34 | Craig Johnson | La Tech | JR | DB | 1 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 3.0 | -2.0 |
| 35 | Nick Williams | U Conn | JR | WR | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -2.0 |
| 36 | LaVon Brazill | Ohio | SR | WR | 2 | 3 | -6 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.5 | -3.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 1.2 punt returns per game played.