2016 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -6.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -3.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 2 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.5 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 1.5 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 1 | Purdue | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 10 | 13 | 29 | 2.23 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | BYU | 6 | 9 | 22 | 2.44 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 1 | Troy | 11 | 15 | 41 | 2.73 | 0 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Houston | 10 | 11 | 32 | 2.91 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 1 | Utah | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 11 | 18 | 55 | 3.06 | 0 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 13 | 42 | 3.23 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | USC | 2 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 22 | 79 | 3.59 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.2 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 10 | 13 | 47 | 3.62 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 12 | 20 | 77 | 3.85 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
| 1 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| 1 | Maryland | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 12 | 16 | 75 | 4.69 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | LSU | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 9 | 15 | 75 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Temple | 11 | 11 | 57 | 5.18 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| 1 | Utah State | 10 | 8 | 44 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Kent State | 8 | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 10 | 14 | 82 | 5.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.2 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 11 | 16 | 94 | 5.88 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 1 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 9 | 13 | 78 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.7 |
| 1 | UTEP | 10 | 22 | 136 | 6.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 13.6 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 11 | 71 | 6.45 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.9 |
| 1 | Alabama | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 7 | 16 | 107 | 6.69 | 0 | 2.3 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 10 | 17 | 115 | 6.76 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 11 | 14 | 96 | 6.86 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 8 | 56 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 10 | 13 | 91 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.1 |
| 1 | Florida | 2 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 18.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 9 | 13 | 95 | 7.31 | 0 | 1.4 | 10.6 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 13 | 95 | 7.31 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| 1 | UTSA | 10 | 28 | 207 | 7.39 | 0 | 2.8 | 20.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 10 | 19 | 143 | 7.53 | 0 | 1.9 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Nevada | 10 | 10 | 76 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.6 |
| 1 | Akron | 10 | 18 | 138 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 12 | 12 | 96 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 11 | 12 | 97 | 8.08 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 8 | 10 | 84 | 8.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 10 | 20 | 182 | 9.10 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.2 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 9 | 13 | 120 | 9.23 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Army | 9 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| 1 | Idaho | 10 | 11 | 112 | 10.18 | 0 | 1.1 | 11.2 |
| 1 | Kansas | 2 | 5 | 51 | 10.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Florida International | 10 | 12 | 124 | 10.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 12.4 |
| 1 | Memphis | 10 | 6 | 66 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 6.6 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 2 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 6 | 73 | 12.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 13 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 2 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 2 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 2 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.0 |
| 1 | California | 2 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 7 | 113 | 16.14 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 11 | 8 | 133 | 16.63 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.1 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 11 | 8 | 138 | 17.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 2 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 13.5 |
| 97 | Central Michigan | 10 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 1 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| 97 | North Texas | 11 | 21 | 121 | 5.76 | 1 | 1.9 | 11.0 |
| 97 | Fresno State | 10 | 9 | 52 | 5.78 | 1 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| 97 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 14 | 81 | 5.79 | 1 | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| 97 | Indiana | 2 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 1 | 2.5 | 16.0 |
| 97 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 11 | 78 | 7.09 | 1 | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| 97 | Boise State | 10 | 9 | 70 | 7.78 | 1 | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| 97 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 16 | 128 | 8.00 | 1 | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| 97 | Ball State | 10 | 12 | 106 | 8.83 | 1 | 1.2 | 10.6 |
| 97 | UCF | 10 | 16 | 145 | 9.06 | 1 | 1.6 | 14.5 |
| 97 | New Mexico State | 10 | 23 | 227 | 9.87 | 1 | 2.3 | 22.7 |
| 97 | San Diego State | 12 | 15 | 157 | 10.47 | 1 | 1.3 | 13.1 |
| 97 | Marshall | 9 | 13 | 137 | 10.54 | 1 | 1.4 | 15.2 |
| 97 | Buffalo | 10 | 16 | 177 | 11.06 | 1 | 1.6 | 17.7 |
| 97 | Cincinnati | 10 | 11 | 128 | 11.64 | 1 | 1.1 | 12.8 |
| 97 | UNLV | 10 | 22 | 283 | 12.86 | 1 | 2.2 | 28.3 |
| 97 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| 97 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 9 | 170 | 18.89 | 1 | 0.8 | 15.5 |
| 97 | Syracuse | 3 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 1 | 1.7 | 32.3 |
| 116 | Georgia State | 10 | 25 | 359 | 14.36 | 2 | 2.5 | 35.9 |