2016 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Pittsburgh 8 9 185 20.56 1 1.1 23.1
2 Akron 8 10 199 19.90 1 1.3 24.9
3 Western Kentucky 9 7 137 19.57 1 0.8 15.2
4 Washington State 9 12 225 18.75 1 1.3 25.0
5 Alabama 9 21 387 18.43 3 2.3 43.0
6 Georgia Southern 8 10 178 17.80 0 1.3 22.3
7 Texas A&M 8 6 106 17.67 1 0.8 13.3
8 Idaho 8 8 120 15.00 2 1.0 15.0
9 Nevada 8 6 83 13.83 0 0.8 10.4
10 Oklahoma 9 6 82 13.67 1 0.7 9.1
11 Arizona State 9 14 181 12.93 1 1.6 20.1
12 Iowa 9 28 358 12.79 1 3.1 39.8
13 Virginia 8 12 153 12.75 0 1.5 19.1
14 Louisville 8 16 199 12.44 1 2.0 24.9
15 Boston College 8 8 99 12.38 0 1.0 12.4
16 Syracuse 8 12 147 12.25 0 1.5 18.4
17 Air Force 8 8 96 12.00 1 1.0 12.0
18 Tennessee 8 20 233 11.65 0 2.5 29.1
19 Colorado State 8 11 128 11.64 1 1.4 16.0
19 Toledo 8 11 128 11.64 1 1.4 16.0
21 Auburn 8 8 92 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
21 Georgia Tech 8 8 92 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
23 Miami (Florida) 8 8 90 11.25 0 1.0 11.3
24 Temple 9 9 100 11.11 0 1.0 11.1
25 Marshall 8 10 111 11.10 0 1.3 13.9
26 Michigan 9 14 152 10.86 0 1.6 16.9
27 USC 9 18 193 10.72 0 2.0 21.4
28 Boise State 8 14 147 10.50 0 1.8 18.4
29 San Jose State 8 9 93 10.33 0 1.1 11.6
30 Washington 10 19 195 10.26 1 1.9 19.5
31 Texas State 8 18 180 10.00 0 2.3 22.5
32 Colorado 10 21 209 9.95 1 2.1 20.9
33 Navy 9 10 99 9.90 0 1.1 11.0
34 Oregon State 9 11 106 9.64 0 1.2 11.8
35 Louisiana Tech 9 11 105 9.55 0 1.2 11.7
36 Appalachian State 8 13 123 9.46 0 1.6 15.4
37 Maryland 9 18 170 9.44 1 2.0 18.9
38 Baylor 9 11 101 9.18 0 1.2 11.2
39 Troy 8 14 126 9.00 1 1.8 15.8
39 South Florida 8 11 99 9.00 0 1.4 12.4
39 Florida International 8 7 63 9.00 0 0.9 7.9
39 Hawai'i 8 4 36 9.00 0 0.5 4.5
43 Southern Mississippi 8 17 152 8.94 0 2.1 19.0
44 Middle Tennessee 8 10 88 8.80 0 1.3 11.0
45 UTSA 8 13 114 8.77 0 1.6 14.3
46 Buffalo 8 9 78 8.67 0 1.1 9.8
47 UCLA 9 17 146 8.59 1 1.9 16.2
48 San Diego State 9 18 153 8.50 0 2.0 17.0
49 UCF 8 14 115 8.21 1 1.8 14.4
50 North Texas 8 12 98 8.17 0 1.5 12.3
51 Notre Dame 1 2 16 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
51 Western Michigan 9 11 88 8.00 0 1.2 9.8
51 Memphis 8 9 72 8.00 0 1.1 9.0
54 Texas Tech 9 11 86 7.82 0 1.2 9.6
55 Georgia 8 15 116 7.73 0 1.9 14.5
55 Cincinnati 8 11 85 7.73 0 1.4 10.6
57 Wyoming 9 20 153 7.65 1 2.2 17.0
58 Missouri 8 16 121 7.56 0 2.0 15.1
59 Duke 8 12 90 7.50 0 1.5 11.3
60 Virginia Tech 9 29 214 7.38 0 3.2 23.8
61 Utah 9 18 131 7.28 1 2.0 14.6
62 Michigan State 9 15 109 7.27 0 1.7 12.1
63 Minnesota 9 17 123 7.24 0 1.9 13.7
64 Louisiana-Lafayette 8 6 43 7.17 0 0.8 5.4
65 Florida 9 20 143 7.15 0 2.2 15.9
66 Arkansas State 8 25 175 7.00 1 3.1 21.9
66 Indiana 9 16 112 7.00 0 1.8 12.4
68 Northwestern 9 13 90 6.92 0 1.4 10.0
69 Purdue 9 6 41 6.83 0 0.7 4.6
70 Wisconsin 10 16 109 6.81 0 1.6 10.9
71 Stanford 9 6 39 6.50 0 0.7 4.3
72 UTEP 8 11 71 6.45 1 1.4 8.9
73 Nebraska 9 20 126 6.30 0 2.2 14.0
74 Bowling Green 8 15 94 6.27 0 1.9 11.8
75 Louisiana-Monroe 8 9 54 6.00 0 1.1 6.8
76 Mississippi 8 8 47 5.88 0 1.0 5.9
77 Utah State 8 15 87 5.80 1 1.9 10.9
77 Penn State 10 15 87 5.80 0 1.5 8.7
79 California 9 11 63 5.73 0 1.2 7.0
80 New Mexico 8 13 73 5.62 0 1.6 9.1
81 Old Dominion 8 17 94 5.53 0 2.1 11.8
82 Central Michigan 8 9 49 5.44 0 1.1 6.1
83 Kansas State 9 10 54 5.40 0 1.1 6.0
84 Arkansas 8 10 53 5.30 0 1.3 6.6
85 LSU 8 14 74 5.29 0 1.8 9.3
86 North Carolina 8 7 36 5.14 0 0.9 4.5
87 Wake Forest 8 14 70 5.00 0 1.8 8.8
88 Mississippi State 8 12 59 4.92 0 1.5 7.4
89 North Carolina State 8 9 44 4.89 0 1.1 5.5
90 Illinois 9 15 72 4.80 0 1.7 8.0
91 Kent State 8 15 71 4.73 0 1.9 8.9
91 Fresno State 8 11 52 4.73 0 1.4 6.5
93 Texas 9 17 77 4.53 0 1.9 8.6
94 Ohio State 9 19 85 4.47 0 2.1 9.4
95 Tulane 8 10 43 4.30 0 1.3 5.4
96 Ohio 9 9 38 4.22 0 1.0 4.2
97 Florida Atlantic 8 7 28 4.00 0 0.9 3.5
97 East Carolina 8 5 20 4.00 0 0.6 2.5
97 Connecticut 8 2 8 4.00 0 0.3 1.0
100 Iowa State 9 17 66 3.88 0 1.9 7.3
101 Tulsa 8 13 50 3.85 0 1.6 6.3
102 Rutgers 9 15 56 3.73 0 1.7 6.2
103 South Alabama 8 7 26 3.71 0 0.9 3.3
104 SMU 8 9 33 3.67 0 1.1 4.1
104 Oklahoma State 9 6 22 3.67 0 0.7 2.4
106 Miami (Ohio) 8 5 18 3.60 0 0.6 2.3
107 Vanderbilt 8 13 46 3.54 0 1.6 5.8
108 Charlotte 8 8 28 3.50 1 1.0 3.5
108 South Carolina 8 8 28 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
110 New Mexico State 8 3 10 3.33 0 0.4 1.3
111 Houston 8 7 23 3.29 0 0.9 2.9
112 Oregon 9 14 45 3.21 0 1.6 5.0
113 Eastern Michigan 8 7 22 3.14 0 0.9 2.8
114 Massachusetts 1 1 3 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
115 Rice 8 17 47 2.76 0 2.1 5.9
116 Georgia State 8 5 12 2.40 0 0.6 1.5
117 Kentucky 8 7 16 2.29 0 0.9 2.0
118 Clemson 9 20 40 2.00 0 2.2 4.4
118 Arizona 9 5 10 2.00 0 0.6 1.1
120 TCU 9 15 28 1.87 0 1.7 3.1
121 Florida State 8 10 16 1.60 0 1.3 2.0
122 BYU 1 2 3 1.50 0 2.0 3.0
123 West Virginia 9 15 15 1.00 0 1.7 1.7
124 Ball State 8 9 8 0.89 0 1.1 1.0
125 Northern Illinois 8 10 8 0.80 0 1.3 1.0
126 UNLV 8 6 1 0.17 0 0.8 0.1
127 Kansas 9 3 -8 -2.67 0 0.3 -0.9