2016 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Michigan 4 11 260 23.64 2 2.8 65.0
2 Kansas State 3 11 173 15.73 1 3.7 57.7
3 Alabama 4 10 204 20.40 2 2.5 51.0
3 Clemson 4 13 204 15.69 0 3.3 51.0
5 TCU 4 9 201 22.33 1 2.3 50.3
6 Virginia Tech 4 18 193 10.72 1 4.5 48.3
7 Tulsa 4 11 172 15.64 0 2.8 43.0
8 USC 4 4 161 40.25 1 1.0 40.3
9 Old Dominion 4 11 160 14.55 0 2.8 40.0
10 Iowa State 4 11 158 14.36 0 2.8 39.5
11 Louisville 4 11 153 13.91 1 2.8 38.3
12 Miami (Florida) 3 9 112 12.44 1 3.0 37.3
13 Florida State 4 7 143 20.43 1 1.8 35.8
14 Boston College 4 9 142 15.78 0 2.3 35.5
15 Texas 3 11 105 9.55 0 3.7 35.0
16 Missouri 4 10 139 13.90 1 2.5 34.8
17 South Florida 4 12 137 11.42 1 3.0 34.3
18 Western Michigan 4 8 136 17.00 1 2.0 34.0
19 Memphis 3 11 101 9.18 0 3.7 33.7
20 Southern Mississippi 4 12 133 11.08 1 3.0 33.3
21 Oklahoma State 4 8 130 16.25 0 2.0 32.5
22 Duke 4 11 125 11.36 0 2.8 31.3
23 Colorado 4 11 119 10.82 0 2.8 29.8
24 Troy 4 8 113 14.13 1 2.0 28.3
25 Rutgers 4 8 112 14.00 1 2.0 28.0
26 Kentucky 4 6 109 18.17 1 1.5 27.3
26 Notre Dame 4 8 109 13.63 0 2.0 27.3
26 Baylor 4 12 109 9.08 0 3.0 27.3
29 Fresno State 4 13 107 8.23 0 3.3 26.8
29 Utah 4 13 107 8.23 0 3.3 26.8
31 Oregon 4 6 106 17.67 0 1.5 26.5
32 Washington 5 9 129 14.33 1 1.8 25.8
33 Arizona State 4 12 101 8.42 0 3.0 25.3
34 Akron 4 7 99 14.14 2 1.8 24.8
35 UTEP 4 8 96 12.00 0 2.0 24.0
36 Texas Tech 4 10 95 9.50 0 2.5 23.8
37 San Diego State 3 7 69 9.86 0 2.3 23.0
38 Temple 4 8 91 11.38 0 2.0 22.8
39 UCF 4 8 89 11.13 0 2.0 22.3
39 Penn State 4 14 89 6.36 0 3.5 22.3
41 New Mexico 3 7 65 9.29 0 2.3 21.7
42 Ball State 4 9 86 9.56 1 2.3 21.5
43 Navy 3 4 64 16.00 0 1.3 21.3
43 Florida International 4 8 85 10.63 0 2.0 21.3
45 Toledo 4 12 84 7.00 1 3.0 21.0
46 Tennessee 4 15 82 5.47 0 3.8 20.5
47 North Carolina 4 8 81 10.13 0 2.0 20.3
48 Texas A&M 4 4 79 19.75 1 1.0 19.8
48 Georgia 4 8 79 9.88 0 2.0 19.8
50 Indiana 3 6 55 9.17 0 2.0 18.3
50 Ohio State 3 7 55 7.86 0 2.3 18.3
52 Washington State 3 7 54 7.71 0 2.3 18.0
53 LSU 4 6 71 11.83 1 1.5 17.8
54 Pittsburgh 4 7 67 9.57 0 1.8 16.8
54 Middle Tennessee 4 10 67 6.70 0 2.5 16.8
56 Purdue 3 6 50 8.33 0 2.0 16.7
57 Virginia 4 10 63 6.30 0 2.5 15.8
58 Appalachian State 4 4 62 15.50 0 1.0 15.5
58 Northern Illinois 4 7 62 8.86 0 1.8 15.5
60 Western Kentucky 4 7 60 8.57 1 1.8 15.0
60 Florida 4 13 60 4.62 0 3.3 15.0
62 Army 4 7 59 8.43 0 1.8 14.8
63 Maryland 3 3 44 14.67 1 1.0 14.7
64 BYU 5 8 72 9.00 0 1.6 14.4
65 Utah State 4 6 55 9.17 0 1.5 13.8
65 Colorado State 4 9 55 6.11 0 2.3 13.8
67 Georgia Tech 4 4 54 13.50 0 1.0 13.5
68 Louisiana Tech 4 4 52 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
68 Louisiana-Monroe 3 3 39 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
68 North Texas 4 5 52 10.40 1 1.3 13.0
68 Kent State 4 7 52 7.43 0 1.8 13.0
72 Oklahoma 3 5 38 7.60 0 1.7 12.7
73 Michigan State 3 5 36 7.20 0 1.7 12.0
73 Georgia Southern 4 7 48 6.86 0 1.8 12.0
75 Northwestern 4 7 47 6.71 0 1.8 11.8
75 UTSA 4 10 47 4.70 0 2.5 11.8
77 Wyoming 4 8 44 5.50 0 2.0 11.0
78 Mississippi State 4 10 43 4.30 0 2.5 10.8
79 Nebraska 4 3 42 14.00 0 0.8 10.5
79 Syracuse 4 5 42 8.40 0 1.3 10.5
81 Marshall 3 6 30 5.00 0 2.0 10.0
82 Arkansas State 4 6 39 6.50 0 1.5 9.8
83 Buffalo 3 6 29 4.83 0 2.0 9.7
83 Illinois 3 8 29 3.63 0 2.7 9.7
85 Iowa 4 6 37 6.17 0 1.5 9.3
85 UCLA 4 12 37 3.08 0 3.0 9.3
87 Arizona 4 9 36 4.00 0 2.3 9.0
88 Arkansas 4 6 35 5.83 0 1.5 8.8
89 Wisconsin 4 5 34 6.80 0 1.3 8.5
90 West Virginia 3 6 24 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
91 Central Michigan 4 5 31 6.20 0 1.3 7.8
92 Houston 5 9 37 4.11 0 1.8 7.4
93 Ohio 4 7 29 4.14 0 1.8 7.3
94 Oregon State 3 10 20 2.00 0 3.3 6.7
95 Vanderbilt 4 6 25 4.17 0 1.5 6.3
96 Mississippi 4 5 23 4.60 0 1.3 5.8
96 Massachusetts 4 7 23 3.29 0 1.8 5.8
98 Florida Atlantic 4 6 22 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
99 Charlotte 4 9 21 2.33 0 2.3 5.3
100 North Carolina State 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
101 Stanford 4 3 19 6.33 0 0.8 4.8
102 Nevada 4 3 18 6.00 0 0.8 4.5
102 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 9 18 2.00 0 2.3 4.5
104 SMU 4 4 15 3.75 0 1.0 3.8
105 Auburn 4 2 14 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
105 South Alabama 4 2 14 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
107 Texas State 3 2 10 5.00 0 0.7 3.3
107 South Carolina 4 3 13 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
107 Tulane 4 4 13 3.25 0 1.0 3.3
107 Minnesota 3 5 10 2.00 0 1.7 3.3
111 Connecticut 5 2 13 6.50 0 0.4 2.6
112 Idaho 4 6 9 1.50 0 1.5 2.3
113 Cincinnati 4 3 7 2.33 0 0.8 1.8
114 Eastern Michigan 4 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.3
114 Bowling Green 4 5 5 1.00 0 1.3 1.3
116 New Mexico State 4 2 4 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
117 California 4 6 2 0.33 0 1.5 0.5
118 Georgia State 3 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
118 Hawai'i 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
118 Miami (Ohio) 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
121 Wake Forest 4 6 -1 -0.17 0 1.5 -0.3
121 Boise State 3 5 -1 -0.20 0 1.7 -0.3
121 Rice 4 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.8 -0.3
124 UNLV 4 6 -2 -0.33 1 1.5 -0.5
124 East Carolina 4 5 -2 -0.40 0 1.3 -0.5
124 San Jose State 4 5 -2 -0.40 0 1.3 -0.5
124 Kansas 4 4 -2 -0.50 0 1.0 -0.5