2012 National Leaders Opponent Long Punt Return Plays - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
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| Name | G | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | |
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Army | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Troy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | BYU | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Baylor | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Buffalo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Florida International | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Florida State | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Georgia | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Idaho | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Indiana | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Iowa | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | LSU | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michigan | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Navy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | North Carolina State | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | North Texas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Ohio State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | South Florida | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Texas A&M | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | UAB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | UCF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Utah | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Utah State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Washington State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Arizona | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Boston College | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Cincinnati | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Clemson | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Florida | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Michigan State | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Minnesota | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Mississippi | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Nevada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Northwestern | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Penn State | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Purdue | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Temple | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | UCLA | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | USC | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Washington | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | West Virginia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | California | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Colorado | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Connecticut | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Duke | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Illinois | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Iowa State | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Kansas | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 98 | Louisville | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 98 | Stanford | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Syracuse | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | TCU | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Tennessee | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Texas | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Virginia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | Nebraska | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Maryland | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | SMU | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Texas Tech | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Massachusetts | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Missouri | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Wake Forest | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |