2016 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in November Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | -6 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 7 | -9 | -1.29 | 0 | 1.8 | -2.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Ohio | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| 1 | TCU | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 7 | 21 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 9 | 44 | 4.89 | 0 | 3.0 | 14.7 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 3 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.7 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 9 | 48 | 5.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 11 | 63 | 5.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Washington State | 4 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 8 | 55 | 6.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Akron | 3 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 16.7 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 15 | 110 | 7.33 | 0 | 3.8 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 10 | 77 | 7.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.3 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 5 | 42 | 8.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Florida International | 3 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 11 | 95 | 8.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 6 | 55 | 9.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 8 | 74 | 9.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 5 | 54 | 10.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 10 | 112 | 11.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 9 | 105 | 11.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 7 | 84 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 6 | 76 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 3 | 4 | 51 | 12.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Idaho | 3 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 10 | 156 | 15.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 5 | 101 | 20.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 6 | 127 | 21.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| 109 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 109 | North Texas | 4 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 109 | Oregon State | 4 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 109 | Notre Dame | 4 | 7 | 81 | 11.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 20.3 |
| 109 | Colorado | 4 | 6 | 75 | 12.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 18.8 |
| 109 | Cincinnati | 4 | 7 | 93 | 13.29 | 1 | 1.8 | 23.3 |
| 109 | Illinois | 4 | 9 | 128 | 14.22 | 1 | 2.3 | 32.0 |
| 109 | Duke | 4 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 18.3 |
| 109 | Rutgers | 4 | 11 | 169 | 15.36 | 1 | 2.8 | 42.3 |
| 109 | California | 4 | 8 | 127 | 15.88 | 1 | 2.0 | 31.8 |
| 109 | UCLA | 4 | 12 | 191 | 15.92 | 1 | 3.0 | 47.8 |
| 109 | Boise State | 4 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 12.3 |
| 109 | Georgia State | 3 | 10 | 188 | 18.80 | 1 | 3.3 | 62.7 |
| 109 | Ball State | 4 | 3 | 71 | 23.67 | 1 | 0.8 | 17.8 |
| 109 | San Diego State | 4 | 4 | 95 | 23.75 | 1 | 1.0 | 23.8 |
| 109 | UNLV | 3 | 7 | 209 | 29.86 | 1 | 2.3 | 69.7 |
| 109 | Mississippi State | 4 | 3 | 115 | 38.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 28.8 |
| 109 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 3 | 160 | 53.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 40.0 |