2016 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games in November Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 3 | 12 | 95 | 7.92 | 0 | 4.0 | 31.7 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 14 | 174 | 12.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 43.5 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 9 | 120 | 13.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 17 | 228 | 13.41 | 0 | 4.3 | 57.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 18 | 248 | 13.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 62.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 15 | 207 | 13.80 | 0 | 3.8 | 51.8 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 22 | 308 | 14.00 | 0 | 5.5 | 77.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 14 | 198 | 14.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 49.5 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 10 | 149 | 14.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 7 | 106 | 15.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 11 | 167 | 15.18 | 0 | 2.8 | 41.8 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 13 | 201 | 15.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 50.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 6 | 94 | 15.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 11 | 177 | 16.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 44.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 4 | 65 | 16.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.7 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 10 | 164 | 16.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 23 | 379 | 16.48 | 0 | 5.8 | 94.8 |
| 1 | Ohio | 3 | 14 | 231 | 16.50 | 0 | 4.7 | 77.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 14 | 232 | 16.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 58.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 12 | 202 | 16.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.5 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 8 | 136 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 12 | 204 | 17.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 68.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 3 | 11 | 188 | 17.09 | 0 | 3.7 | 62.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 15 | 261 | 17.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 87.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 4 | 13 | 229 | 17.62 | 0 | 3.3 | 57.3 |
| 1 | Washington State | 4 | 11 | 195 | 17.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 48.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 14 | 250 | 17.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 62.5 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 22 | 393 | 17.86 | 0 | 5.5 | 98.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 15 | 268 | 17.87 | 0 | 3.8 | 67.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 11 | 197 | 17.91 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 20 | 359 | 17.95 | 0 | 5.0 | 89.8 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 8 | 145 | 18.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 22 | 401 | 18.23 | 0 | 5.5 | 100.3 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 18 | 331 | 18.39 | 0 | 4.5 | 82.8 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 20 | 368 | 18.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 92.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 13 | 240 | 18.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 21 | 388 | 18.48 | 0 | 5.3 | 97.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 4 | 9 | 167 | 18.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.8 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 22 | 409 | 18.59 | 0 | 5.5 | 102.3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 10 | 188 | 18.80 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.7 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 9 | 170 | 18.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 14 | 265 | 18.93 | 0 | 3.5 | 66.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 16 | 303 | 18.94 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.8 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 10 | 190 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.5 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 16 | 305 | 19.06 | 0 | 4.0 | 76.3 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 14 | 267 | 19.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 66.8 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 12 | 229 | 19.08 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.3 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 21 | 404 | 19.24 | 0 | 7.0 | 134.7 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 16 | 311 | 19.44 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.8 |
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 18 | 352 | 19.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 88.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 30 | 589 | 19.63 | 0 | 7.5 | 147.3 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 12 | 236 | 19.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 15 | 295 | 19.67 | 0 | 5.0 | 98.3 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 4 | 79 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 15 | 297 | 19.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 3 | 14 | 279 | 19.93 | 0 | 4.7 | 93.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 6 | 120 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.0 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 18 | 360 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.5 | 90.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 12 | 241 | 20.08 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 11 | 223 | 20.27 | 0 | 3.7 | 74.3 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 17 | 345 | 20.29 | 0 | 4.3 | 86.3 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 10 | 203 | 20.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 50.8 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 12 | 244 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 12 | 245 | 20.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 9 | 184 | 20.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 8 | 164 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 54.7 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 4 | 17 | 349 | 20.53 | 0 | 4.3 | 87.3 |
| 1 | Akron | 3 | 10 | 206 | 20.60 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.7 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 16 | 330 | 20.63 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.5 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 13 | 269 | 20.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 67.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 7 | 146 | 20.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.7 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 3 | 6 | 126 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 3 | 18 | 379 | 21.06 | 0 | 6.0 | 126.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 19 | 401 | 21.11 | 0 | 4.8 | 100.3 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 10 | 212 | 21.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 18 | 382 | 21.22 | 0 | 4.5 | 95.5 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 16 | 340 | 21.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 13 | 279 | 21.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 69.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 12 | 258 | 21.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 18 | 393 | 21.83 | 0 | 6.0 | 131.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 21 | 459 | 21.86 | 0 | 5.3 | 114.8 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 15 | 329 | 21.93 | 0 | 5.0 | 109.7 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 3 | 5 | 110 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.7 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 17 | 375 | 22.06 | 0 | 4.3 | 93.8 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 10 | 221 | 22.10 | 0 | 3.3 | 73.7 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 8 | 179 | 22.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 13 | 291 | 22.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.8 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 7 | 157 | 22.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.3 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 20 | 450 | 22.50 | 0 | 5.0 | 112.5 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 15 | 338 | 22.53 | 0 | 5.0 | 112.7 |
| 1 | Florida International | 3 | 11 | 248 | 22.55 | 0 | 3.7 | 82.7 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 14 | 324 | 23.14 | 0 | 4.7 | 108.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 12 | 278 | 23.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 69.5 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 8 | 188 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 7 | 166 | 23.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 41.5 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 15 | 357 | 23.80 | 0 | 3.8 | 89.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 9 | 215 | 23.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 53.8 |
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 8 | 192 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 7 | 170 | 24.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.5 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 19 | 462 | 24.32 | 0 | 4.8 | 115.5 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 7 | 171 | 24.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.8 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 10 | 245 | 24.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 61.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 11 | 271 | 24.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 67.8 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 3 | 11 | 271 | 24.64 | 0 | 3.7 | 90.3 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 6 | 149 | 24.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 9 | 224 | 24.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 56.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 21 | 526 | 25.05 | 0 | 5.3 | 131.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 11 | 278 | 25.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 69.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 5 | 129 | 25.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.3 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 9 | 237 | 26.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 59.3 |
| 1 | UNLV | 3 | 12 | 345 | 28.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 115.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 11 | 336 | 30.55 | 0 | 2.8 | 84.0 |
| 118 | Arkansas State | 4 | 18 | 322 | 17.89 | 1 | 4.5 | 80.5 |
| 118 | Army | 3 | 9 | 186 | 20.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 62.0 |
| 118 | West Virginia | 4 | 20 | 417 | 20.85 | 1 | 5.0 | 104.3 |
| 118 | Arizona State | 3 | 4 | 93 | 23.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 31.0 |
| 118 | SMU | 4 | 19 | 465 | 24.47 | 1 | 4.8 | 116.3 |
| 118 | Notre Dame | 4 | 17 | 438 | 25.76 | 1 | 4.3 | 109.5 |
| 118 | South Carolina | 4 | 14 | 389 | 27.79 | 1 | 3.5 | 97.3 |
| 118 | Marshall | 4 | 7 | 203 | 29.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 50.8 |
| 118 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 12 | 349 | 29.08 | 1 | 3.0 | 87.3 |
| 127 | Wyoming | 4 | 21 | 550 | 26.19 | 2 | 5.3 | 137.5 |
| 127 | UTSA | 4 | 12 | 321 | 26.75 | 2 | 3.0 | 80.3 |