2011 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games in November Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 21 | 515 | 24.52 | 2 | 5.3 | 128.8 |
| 2 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 11 | 353 | 32.09 | 1 | 3.7 | 117.7 |
| 2 | UCF | 4 | 22 | 656 | 29.82 | 1 | 5.5 | 164.0 |
| 2 | San Jose State | 4 | 17 | 487 | 28.65 | 1 | 4.3 | 121.8 |
| 2 | Oregon | 4 | 19 | 525 | 27.63 | 1 | 4.8 | 131.3 |
| 2 | Rutgers | 4 | 12 | 313 | 26.08 | 1 | 3.0 | 78.3 |
| 2 | Tulsa | 4 | 13 | 332 | 25.54 | 1 | 3.3 | 83.0 |
| 2 | Auburn | 3 | 14 | 353 | 25.21 | 1 | 4.7 | 117.7 |
| 2 | Louisville | 4 | 19 | 475 | 25.00 | 1 | 4.8 | 118.8 |
| 2 | Arizona State | 4 | 27 | 659 | 24.41 | 1 | 6.8 | 164.8 |
| 2 | Minnesota | 4 | 15 | 365 | 24.33 | 1 | 3.8 | 91.3 |
| 2 | Temple | 4 | 15 | 359 | 23.93 | 1 | 3.8 | 89.8 |
| 2 | USC | 4 | 14 | 333 | 23.79 | 1 | 3.5 | 83.3 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 4 | 12 | 280 | 23.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 70.0 |
| 2 | New Mexico State | 4 | 28 | 592 | 21.14 | 1 | 7.0 | 148.0 |
| 16 | Connecticut | 3 | 10 | 358 | 35.80 | 0 | 3.3 | 119.3 |
| 16 | Purdue | 4 | 16 | 498 | 31.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 124.5 |
| 16 | Florida International | 4 | 10 | 302 | 30.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 75.5 |
| 16 | BYU | 2 | 4 | 119 | 29.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 59.5 |
| 16 | TCU | 3 | 11 | 314 | 28.55 | 0 | 3.7 | 104.7 |
| 16 | Buffalo | 3 | 12 | 321 | 26.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 107.0 |
| 16 | Arkansas State | 3 | 9 | 238 | 26.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 79.3 |
| 16 | Hawai'i | 4 | 20 | 514 | 25.70 | 0 | 5.0 | 128.5 |
| 16 | Michigan State | 4 | 14 | 351 | 25.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 87.8 |
| 16 | UTEP | 4 | 17 | 426 | 25.06 | 0 | 4.3 | 106.5 |
| 16 | Iowa State | 3 | 11 | 274 | 24.91 | 0 | 3.7 | 91.3 |
| 16 | Georgia | 4 | 11 | 271 | 24.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 67.8 |
| 16 | Alabama | 4 | 6 | 146 | 24.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.5 |
| 16 | Utah State | 4 | 25 | 602 | 24.08 | 0 | 6.3 | 150.5 |
| 16 | Kansas State | 3 | 15 | 361 | 24.07 | 0 | 5.0 | 120.3 |
| 16 | UCLA | 4 | 18 | 433 | 24.06 | 0 | 4.5 | 108.3 |
| 16 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 19 | 455 | 23.95 | 0 | 4.8 | 113.8 |
| 16 | Northwestern | 4 | 12 | 284 | 23.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 71.0 |
| 16 | Florida State | 4 | 8 | 189 | 23.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.3 |
| 16 | South Florida | 4 | 11 | 258 | 23.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.5 |
| 16 | New Mexico | 3 | 10 | 234 | 23.40 | 0 | 3.3 | 78.0 |
| 16 | Oregon State | 4 | 21 | 488 | 23.24 | 0 | 5.3 | 122.0 |
| 16 | West Virginia | 3 | 14 | 325 | 23.21 | 0 | 4.7 | 108.3 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 4 | 13 | 299 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 74.8 |
| 16 | SMU | 4 | 16 | 367 | 22.94 | 0 | 4.0 | 91.8 |
| 16 | Colorado State | 3 | 13 | 298 | 22.92 | 0 | 4.3 | 99.3 |
| 16 | Marshall | 3 | 14 | 315 | 22.50 | 0 | 4.7 | 105.0 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 4 | 19 | 427 | 22.47 | 0 | 4.8 | 106.8 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 4 | 15 | 335 | 22.33 | 0 | 3.8 | 83.8 |
| 16 | Air Force | 4 | 10 | 223 | 22.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 55.8 |
| 16 | Clemson | 3 | 17 | 377 | 22.18 | 0 | 5.7 | 125.7 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 3 | 9 | 199 | 22.11 | 0 | 3.0 | 66.3 |
| 16 | Virginia | 4 | 14 | 308 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 77.0 |
| 16 | Indiana | 3 | 20 | 438 | 21.90 | 0 | 6.7 | 146.0 |
| 16 | Nevada | 3 | 15 | 328 | 21.87 | 0 | 5.0 | 109.3 |
| 16 | Maryland | 4 | 26 | 565 | 21.73 | 0 | 6.5 | 141.3 |
| 16 | Troy | 4 | 19 | 411 | 21.63 | 0 | 4.8 | 102.8 |
| 16 | Houston | 4 | 8 | 172 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.0 |
| 16 | Texas | 4 | 14 | 300 | 21.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 75.0 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 4 | 17 | 364 | 21.41 | 0 | 4.3 | 91.0 |
| 16 | Ball State | 3 | 16 | 336 | 21.00 | 0 | 5.3 | 112.0 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 3 | 10 | 210 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.0 |
| 16 | Kent State | 4 | 16 | 335 | 20.94 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.8 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 4 | 14 | 293 | 20.93 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.3 |
| 16 | Boise State | 4 | 12 | 251 | 20.92 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.8 |
| 16 | North Carolina State | 4 | 10 | 209 | 20.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.3 |
| 16 | Iowa | 4 | 15 | 312 | 20.80 | 0 | 3.8 | 78.0 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 4 | 11 | 228 | 20.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 57.0 |
| 16 | Texas Tech | 4 | 22 | 448 | 20.36 | 0 | 5.5 | 112.0 |
| 16 | Arizona | 4 | 20 | 407 | 20.35 | 0 | 5.0 | 101.8 |
| 16 | Wake Forest | 4 | 20 | 407 | 20.35 | 0 | 5.0 | 101.8 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 4 | 14 | 284 | 20.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 71.0 |
| 16 | Penn State | 3 | 11 | 223 | 20.27 | 0 | 3.7 | 74.3 |
| 16 | Memphis | 3 | 19 | 384 | 20.21 | 0 | 6.3 | 128.0 |
| 16 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 16 | 321 | 20.06 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.3 |
| 16 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 16 | 320 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.0 |
| 16 | UNLV | 4 | 20 | 399 | 19.95 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.8 |
| 16 | Mississippi | 4 | 22 | 437 | 19.86 | 0 | 5.5 | 109.3 |
| 16 | Notre Dame | 4 | 14 | 278 | 19.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 69.5 |
| 16 | Missouri | 4 | 14 | 277 | 19.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 69.3 |
| 16 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 12 | 237 | 19.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.3 |
| 16 | Michigan | 4 | 12 | 237 | 19.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.3 |
| 16 | Toledo | 4 | 18 | 354 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.5 | 88.5 |
| 16 | Boston College | 4 | 12 | 236 | 19.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.0 |
| 16 | UAB | 4 | 27 | 530 | 19.63 | 0 | 6.8 | 132.5 |
| 16 | Washington | 4 | 23 | 449 | 19.52 | 0 | 5.8 | 112.3 |
| 16 | Stanford | 4 | 18 | 351 | 19.50 | 0 | 4.5 | 87.8 |
| 16 | Duke | 4 | 26 | 505 | 19.42 | 0 | 6.5 | 126.3 |
| 16 | Fresno State | 4 | 25 | 484 | 19.36 | 0 | 6.3 | 121.0 |
| 16 | California | 4 | 14 | 271 | 19.36 | 0 | 3.5 | 67.8 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 4 | 11 | 213 | 19.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.3 |
| 16 | Wyoming | 4 | 12 | 232 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 16 | Utah | 4 | 13 | 251 | 19.31 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.8 |
| 16 | Navy | 3 | 8 | 154 | 19.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 51.3 |
| 16 | Bowling Green | 3 | 17 | 325 | 19.12 | 0 | 5.7 | 108.3 |
| 16 | Washington State | 4 | 24 | 457 | 19.04 | 0 | 6.0 | 114.3 |
| 16 | Syracuse | 3 | 15 | 285 | 19.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 95.0 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 4 | 9 | 171 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.8 |
| 16 | Colorado | 4 | 14 | 265 | 18.93 | 0 | 3.5 | 66.3 |
| 16 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 12 | 226 | 18.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.5 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 8 | 150 | 18.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 50.0 |
| 16 | LSU | 4 | 8 | 150 | 18.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.5 |
| 16 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 12 | 224 | 18.67 | 0 | 4.0 | 74.7 |
| 16 | Ohio | 4 | 17 | 316 | 18.59 | 0 | 4.3 | 79.0 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 11 | 204 | 18.55 | 0 | 3.7 | 68.0 |
| 16 | Central Michigan | 3 | 21 | 389 | 18.52 | 0 | 7.0 | 129.7 |
| 16 | Tulane | 4 | 24 | 444 | 18.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 111.0 |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 10 | 181 | 18.10 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.3 |
| 16 | Western Michigan | 3 | 20 | 356 | 17.80 | 0 | 6.7 | 118.7 |
| 16 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 19 | 337 | 17.74 | 0 | 6.3 | 112.3 |
| 16 | Army | 3 | 12 | 212 | 17.67 | 0 | 4.0 | 70.7 |
| 16 | Idaho | 3 | 15 | 263 | 17.53 | 0 | 5.0 | 87.7 |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 23 | 399 | 17.35 | 0 | 5.8 | 99.8 |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 19 | 325 | 17.11 | 0 | 4.8 | 81.3 |
| 16 | San Diego State | 4 | 16 | 270 | 16.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 67.5 |
| 16 | East Carolina | 4 | 24 | 403 | 16.79 | 0 | 6.0 | 100.8 |
| 16 | North Texas | 2 | 12 | 198 | 16.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 99.0 |
| 16 | Rice | 4 | 12 | 187 | 15.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 46.8 |
| 16 | Illinois | 3 | 6 | 91 | 15.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.3 |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 10 | 147 | 14.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 36.8 |
| 16 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 10 | 146 | 14.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 36.5 |
| 16 | Baylor | 4 | 14 | 200 | 14.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 50.0 |
| 16 | Kansas | 4 | 13 | 184 | 14.15 | 0 | 3.3 | 46.0 |
| 16 | Akron | 4 | 19 | 267 | 14.05 | 0 | 4.8 | 66.8 |
| 16 | Florida | 4 | 14 | 193 | 13.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 48.3 |