2016 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 1 | -19 | -19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -19.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 2 | 6 | -14 | -2.33 | 0 | 3.0 | -7.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 3.0 | -3.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 13 | 6 | 0.46 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Idaho | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 9 | 11 | 27 | 2.45 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | BYU | 6 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 1 | UTSA | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Army | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 10 | 16 | 49 | 3.06 | 0 | 1.6 | 4.9 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 11 | 12 | 37 | 3.08 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| 1 | LSU | 10 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 10 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 10 | 19 | 65 | 3.42 | 0 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 11 | 28 | 96 | 3.43 | 0 | 2.5 | 8.7 |
| 1 | TCU | 11 | 19 | 74 | 3.89 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 10 | 15 | 61 | 4.07 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | North Texas | 1 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 11 | 15 | 71 | 4.73 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 10 | 13 | 62 | 4.77 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.2 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 11 | 18 | 87 | 4.83 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 9 | 28 | 141 | 5.04 | 0 | 3.1 | 15.7 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 11 | 8 | 42 | 5.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Maryland | 10 | 16 | 84 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 10 | 18 | 95 | 5.28 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 10 | 9 | 48 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Missouri | 9 | 19 | 102 | 5.37 | 0 | 2.1 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 8 | 21 | 113 | 5.38 | 0 | 2.6 | 14.1 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 2 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 11 | 20 | 113 | 5.65 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 10 | 22 | 126 | 5.73 | 0 | 2.2 | 12.6 |
| 1 | Clemson | 13 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 3 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 11 | 27 | 163 | 6.04 | 0 | 2.5 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 9 | 12 | 75 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Michigan | 11 | 20 | 125 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.4 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| 1 | Georgia | 11 | 18 | 124 | 6.89 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 12 | 19 | 144 | 7.58 | 0 | 1.6 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 11 | 18 | 138 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.6 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Virginia | 9 | 15 | 118 | 7.87 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.1 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 16 | 127 | 7.94 | 0 | 1.6 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 27 | 216 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.6 |
| 1 | UTEP | 1 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 13 | 107 | 8.23 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.9 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 9 | 24 | 201 | 8.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 22.3 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 15 | 126 | 8.40 | 0 | 3.8 | 31.5 |
| 1 | Oregon | 11 | 15 | 127 | 8.47 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Washington | 12 | 13 | 116 | 8.92 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.7 |
| 1 | USC | 11 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 7 | 65 | 9.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 14 | 131 | 9.36 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.9 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 11 | 23 | 223 | 9.70 | 0 | 2.1 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 2 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Houston | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 11 | 18 | 182 | 10.11 | 0 | 1.6 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 2 | 6 | 63 | 10.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 31.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 9 | 23 | 249 | 10.83 | 0 | 2.6 | 27.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 7 | 78 | 11.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 10 | 14 | 163 | 11.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 1 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 59.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 9 | 18 | 213 | 11.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.7 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 6 | 73 | 12.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Iowa | 11 | 11 | 134 | 12.18 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.2 |
| 1 | Alabama | 12 | 14 | 172 | 12.29 | 0 | 1.2 | 14.3 |
| 1 | SMU | 2 | 6 | 82 | 13.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 41.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 9 | 9 | 134 | 14.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.9 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 3 | 7 | 107 | 15.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 35.7 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 2 | 8 | 158 | 19.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 79.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 2 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 96 | 32.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 96.0 |
| 96 | Oregon State | 10 | 16 | 66 | 4.13 | 1 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| 96 | Utah | 10 | 16 | 136 | 8.50 | 1 | 1.6 | 13.6 |
| 96 | Duke | 9 | 14 | 137 | 9.79 | 1 | 1.6 | 15.2 |
| 96 | Kansas | 9 | 19 | 192 | 10.11 | 1 | 2.1 | 21.3 |
| 96 | Florida | 11 | 24 | 248 | 10.33 | 1 | 2.2 | 22.5 |
| 96 | Washington State | 10 | 10 | 109 | 10.90 | 1 | 1.0 | 10.9 |
| 96 | California | 10 | 24 | 274 | 11.42 | 1 | 2.4 | 27.4 |
| 96 | Illinois | 10 | 22 | 274 | 12.45 | 1 | 2.2 | 27.4 |
| 96 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 8 | 102 | 12.75 | 1 | 4.0 | 51.0 |
| 96 | Mississippi | 9 | 13 | 167 | 12.85 | 1 | 1.4 | 18.6 |
| 96 | Tennessee | 10 | 9 | 116 | 12.89 | 1 | 0.9 | 11.6 |
| 96 | Kent State | 2 | 8 | 112 | 14.00 | 1 | 4.0 | 56.0 |
| 96 | UCLA | 10 | 17 | 246 | 14.47 | 1 | 1.7 | 24.6 |
| 96 | New Mexico | 1 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 1 | 7.0 | 112.0 |
| 96 | Mississippi State | 8 | 7 | 117 | 16.71 | 1 | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| 96 | Florida State | 11 | 13 | 277 | 21.31 | 1 | 1.2 | 25.2 |
| 96 | East Carolina | 3 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 32.3 |
| 96 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 73.0 |
| 96 | Utah State | 1 | 2 | 121 | 60.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 121.0 |
| 96 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 1 | 82 | 82.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 82.0 |
| 116 | Rutgers | 10 | 30 | 353 | 11.77 | 2 | 3.0 | 35.3 |
| 116 | Notre Dame | 9 | 19 | 309 | 16.26 | 2 | 2.1 | 34.3 |
| 118 | Colorado | 12 | 25 | 335 | 13.40 | 3 | 2.1 | 27.9 |
| 118 | New Mexico State | 2 | 7 | 244 | 34.86 | 3 | 3.5 | 122.0 |