2016 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.0 |
| 7 | UTSA | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 7 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 7 | Oregon | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 7 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 7 | Colorado State | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| 7 | Washington State | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 7 | UNLV | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 7 | San Diego State | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 7 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 7 | Utah | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 7 | Arizona | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 57 | 28.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 57.0 |
| 7 | Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 58 | 29.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 58.0 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 2 | 5 | 104 | 20.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.0 |
| 23 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| 23 | Washington | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 37.0 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 1 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 40.0 |
| 23 | Fresno State | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 23 | Kansas State | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 23 | Memphis | 1 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 46.0 |
| 23 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.0 |
| 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.0 |
| 23 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 63.0 |
| 23 | Idaho | 1 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.0 |
| 23 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 3 | 68 | 22.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 68.0 |
| 23 | Wake Forest | 1 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 72.0 |
| 23 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 74 | 24.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 74.0 |
| 23 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 97 | 32.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 97.0 |
| 37 | Navy | 1 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 38.0 |
| 37 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 40 | 10.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| 37 | Clemson | 1 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 37 | Kansas | 1 | 4 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 52.0 |
| 37 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 | 56 | 14.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 56.0 |
| 37 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 4 | 58 | 14.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 58.0 |
| 37 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 4 | 59 | 14.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 59.0 |
| 37 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 63.0 |
| 37 | Mississippi | 1 | 4 | 64 | 16.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 64.0 |
| 37 | Oregon State | 1 | 4 | 65 | 16.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 65.0 |
| 37 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 67.0 |
| 37 | Illinois | 1 | 4 | 68 | 17.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 68.0 |
| 37 | Georgia State | 1 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 72.0 |
| 37 | Florida State | 1 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.0 |
| 37 | Colorado | 1 | 4 | 83 | 20.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.0 |
| 37 | Houston | 1 | 4 | 96 | 24.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 96.0 |
| 37 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 107 | 26.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 107.0 |
| 54 | Kent State | 2 | 9 | 202 | 22.44 | 0 | 4.5 | 101.0 |
| 54 | South Alabama | 2 | 9 | 230 | 25.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 115.0 |
| 56 | LSU | 1 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 64.0 |
| 56 | Auburn | 1 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 71.0 |
| 56 | San Jose State | 1 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 71.0 |
| 56 | Arkansas State | 1 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 77.0 |
| 56 | Marshall | 1 | 5 | 78 | 15.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 78.0 |
| 56 | Alabama | 1 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 79.0 |
| 56 | Baylor | 1 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 79.0 |
| 56 | Mississippi State | 1 | 5 | 96 | 19.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 96.0 |
| 56 | Texas State | 1 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 98.0 |
| 56 | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 99 | 19.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.0 |
| 56 | Tulsa | 1 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 100.0 |
| 56 | UCF | 1 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 103.0 |
| 56 | Bowling Green | 1 | 5 | 113 | 22.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 113.0 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 1 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 114.0 |
| 56 | North Carolina State | 1 | 5 | 118 | 23.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 118.0 |
| 56 | Buffalo | 1 | 5 | 123 | 24.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 123.0 |
| 56 | Wyoming | 1 | 5 | 138 | 27.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 138.0 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 5 | 156 | 31.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 156.0 |
| 56 | Rice | 1 | 5 | 165 | 33.00 | 1 | 5.0 | 165.0 |
| 75 | Boston College | 1 | 6 | 88 | 14.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 88.0 |
| 75 | Central Michigan | 1 | 6 | 92 | 15.33 | 0 | 6.0 | 92.0 |
| 75 | Ball State | 1 | 6 | 93 | 15.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 93.0 |
| 75 | Duke | 1 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 0 | 6.0 | 95.0 |
| 75 | Ohio | 1 | 6 | 98 | 16.33 | 0 | 6.0 | 98.0 |
| 75 | Hawai'i | 1 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 103.0 |
| 75 | TCU | 1 | 6 | 106 | 17.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 106.0 |
| 75 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 109.0 |
| 75 | Temple | 1 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 109.0 |
| 75 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 6 | 112 | 18.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 112.0 |
| 75 | Arkansas | 1 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 0 | 6.0 | 125.0 |
| 75 | Syracuse | 1 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 0 | 6.0 | 125.0 |
| 75 | Akron | 1 | 6 | 127 | 21.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 127.0 |
| 75 | Tennessee | 1 | 6 | 138 | 23.00 | 0 | 6.0 | 138.0 |
| 75 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 6 | 145 | 24.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 145.0 |
| 90 | Tulane | 1 | 7 | 103 | 14.71 | 0 | 7.0 | 103.0 |
| 90 | Charlotte | 1 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 7.0 | 116.0 |
| 90 | Troy | 1 | 7 | 131 | 18.71 | 0 | 7.0 | 131.0 |
| 90 | Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 135 | 19.29 | 0 | 7.0 | 135.0 |
| 90 | Missouri | 1 | 7 | 137 | 19.57 | 0 | 7.0 | 137.0 |
| 90 | Texas Tech | 1 | 7 | 146 | 20.86 | 0 | 7.0 | 146.0 |
| 90 | Toledo | 1 | 7 | 149 | 21.29 | 0 | 7.0 | 149.0 |
| 90 | Purdue | 1 | 7 | 160 | 22.86 | 0 | 7.0 | 160.0 |
| 98 | Army | 2 | 15 | 208 | 13.87 | 0 | 7.5 | 104.0 |
| 99 | Old Dominion | 1 | 8 | 112 | 14.00 | 0 | 8.0 | 112.0 |
| 99 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 8 | 139 | 17.38 | 0 | 8.0 | 139.0 |
| 99 | Maryland | 1 | 8 | 142 | 17.75 | 0 | 8.0 | 142.0 |
| 99 | South Carolina | 1 | 8 | 275 | 34.38 | 1 | 8.0 | 275.0 |
| 103 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 9 | 128 | 14.22 | 0 | 9.0 | 128.0 |
| 103 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 9 | 136 | 15.11 | 0 | 9.0 | 136.0 |
| 103 | Rutgers | 1 | 9 | 143 | 15.89 | 0 | 9.0 | 143.0 |
| 103 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 9 | 150 | 16.67 | 0 | 9.0 | 150.0 |
| 103 | South Florida | 1 | 9 | 240 | 26.67 | 0 | 9.0 | 240.0 |