2016 National Leaders 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 Arkansas State 11 32 260 8.13 2 2.9 23.6
2 Akron 10 11 236 21.45 2 1.1 23.6
3 San Diego State 12 24 209 8.71 0 2.0 17.4
4 Western Kentucky 11 9 189 21.00 2 0.8 17.2
4 Texas State 10 19 189 9.95 0 1.9 18.9
6 USC 2 5 187 37.40 2 2.5 93.5
7 Georgia Southern 9 10 178 17.80 0 1.1 19.8
8 Toledo 12 16 177 11.06 1 1.3 14.8
9 UTEP 10 17 175 10.29 1 1.7 17.5
10 Troy 11 19 165 8.68 1 1.7 15.0
11 Boston College 3 13 160 12.31 0 4.3 53.3
11 Wyoming 12 29 160 5.52 1 2.4 13.3
13 Southern Miss 10 21 157 7.48 0 2.1 15.7
14 Boise State 10 19 156 8.21 0 1.9 15.6
15 Syracuse 3 4 145 36.25 0 1.3 48.3
16 Texas A&M 2 3 144 48.00 2 1.5 72.0
17 Appalachian State 11 15 140 9.33 0 1.4 12.7
18 FIU 10 12 136 11.33 0 1.2 13.6
18 UCF 10 21 136 6.48 1 2.1 13.6
20 Marshall 9 13 131 10.08 0 1.4 14.6
20 UTSA 10 16 131 8.19 0 1.6 13.1
22 Colorado State 10 15 130 8.67 1 1.5 13.0
23 Navy 13 14 128 9.14 0 1.1 9.8
24 Louisiana Tech 11 14 127 9.07 0 1.3 11.5
25 Fresno State 10 16 123 7.69 0 1.6 12.3
26 Idaho 10 11 122 11.09 2 1.1 12.2
27 Iowa State 1 3 116 38.67 0 3.0 116.0
28 Rutgers 1 7 112 16.00 1 7.0 112.0
29 North Texas 11 13 111 8.54 0 1.2 10.1
30 Virginia Tech 2 7 110 15.71 1 3.5 55.0
30 Temple 11 12 110 9.17 0 1.1 10.0
32 Western Michigan 10 12 109 9.08 0 1.2 10.9
33 USF 9 14 106 7.57 0 1.6 11.8
34 Alabama 2 6 105 17.50 1 3.0 52.5
34 Middle Tennessee State 10 13 105 8.08 0 1.3 10.5
36 Old Dominion 11 18 103 5.72 0 1.6 9.4
37 Kentucky 2 5 101 20.20 1 2.5 50.5
37 Missouri 2 6 101 16.83 1 3.0 50.5
37 Nevada 10 9 101 11.22 0 0.9 10.1
40 Air Force 12 9 99 11.00 1 0.8 8.3
41 Clemson 1 3 96 32.00 0 3.0 96.0
42 New Mexico 11 16 94 5.88 0 1.5 8.5
43 Utah State 10 16 92 5.75 1 1.6 9.2
44 Bowling Green 10 17 91 5.35 0 1.7 9.1
45 Cincinnati 10 14 90 6.43 0 1.4 9.0
46 San Jose State 9 10 87 8.70 0 1.1 9.7
46 Buffalo 10 11 87 7.91 0 1.1 8.7
48 Louisiana 11 13 83 6.38 0 1.2 7.5
49 Georgia 1 1 82 82.00 1 1.0 82.0
49 Ohio 11 14 82 5.86 0 1.3 7.5
51 Kansas State 1 4 79 19.75 1 4.0 79.0
52 Memphis 10 12 78 6.50 0 1.2 7.8
53 TCU 1 3 74 24.67 0 3.0 74.0
53 Michigan 2 4 74 18.50 0 2.0 37.0
55 Louisiana-Monroe 9 10 73 7.30 0 1.1 8.1
56 Kent State 8 15 71 4.73 0 1.9 8.9
57 Massachusetts 7 5 70 14.00 0 0.7 10.0
58 Miami (FL) 3 6 65 10.83 0 2.0 21.7
59 Hawaii 10 7 63 9.00 0 0.7 6.3
60 Texas 2 7 62 8.86 0 3.5 31.0
60 Army 9 12 62 5.17 0 1.3 6.9
60 Tulsa 11 17 62 3.65 0 1.5 5.6
63 South Carolina 3 5 61 12.20 0 1.7 20.3
64 Central Michigan 10 12 60 5.00 0 1.2 6.0
65 Florida State 1 4 59 14.75 0 4.0 59.0
66 Ball State 10 13 58 4.46 0 1.3 5.8
67 Purdue 2 4 56 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
67 Florida 2 9 56 6.22 0 4.5 28.0
69 Notre Dame 3 4 55 13.75 0 1.3 18.3
69 Ohio State 2 6 55 9.17 0 3.0 27.5
71 Northern Illinois 11 15 54 3.60 0 1.4 4.9
72 BYU 6 10 53 5.30 0 1.7 8.8
73 Utah 2 8 52 6.50 0 4.0 26.0
73 Tulane 10 12 52 4.33 0 1.2 5.2
75 South Alabama 10 11 50 4.55 0 1.1 5.0
76 Rice 9 17 47 2.76 0 1.9 5.2
77 Auburn 2 4 45 11.25 0 2.0 22.5
78 Washington State 2 6 40 6.67 0 3.0 20.0
79 Houston 10 10 39 3.90 0 1.0 3.9
80 Oklahoma 2 5 38 7.60 0 2.5 19.0
80 Virginia 2 6 38 6.33 0 3.0 19.0
80 SMU 9 10 38 3.80 0 1.1 4.2
83 Stanford 2 4 37 9.25 0 2.0 18.5
84 Oklahoma State 1 2 36 18.00 0 2.0 36.0
85 Wisconsin 3 5 34 6.80 0 1.7 11.3
85 Florida Atlantic 9 9 34 3.78 0 1.0 3.8
87 Charlotte 10 12 32 2.67 1 1.2 3.2
88 Oregon State 1 3 29 9.67 0 3.0 29.0
89 Penn State 2 10 28 2.80 0 5.0 14.0
90 NC State 3 3 27 9.00 1 1.0 9.0
90 Baylor 3 6 27 4.50 0 2.0 9.0
92 Duke 2 3 25 8.33 0 1.5 12.5
93 Maryland 2 2 23 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
94 Eastern Michigan 11 8 22 2.75 0 0.7 2.0
95 East Carolina 8 5 20 4.00 0 0.6 2.5
96 Colorado 1 2 19 9.50 0 2.0 19.0
97 Indiana 2 3 18 6.00 0 1.5 9.0
97 Arizona 2 4 18 4.50 0 2.0 9.0
97 Miami (OH) 10 5 18 3.60 0 0.5 1.8
100 Iowa 1 1 15 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
101 Vanderbilt 2 3 14 4.67 0 1.5 7.0
101 New Mexico State 10 5 14 2.80 0 0.5 1.4
103 Mississippi State 4 6 12 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
103 Georgia State 10 6 12 2.00 0 0.6 1.2
105 Texas Tech 1 2 10 5.00 0 2.0 10.0
105 Arizona State 1 3 10 3.33 0 3.0 10.0
105 Louisville 3 6 10 1.67 0 2.0 3.3
105 UNLV 10 9 10 1.11 1 0.9 1.0
109 Connecticut 8 2 8 4.00 0 0.3 1.0
110 Washington 1 2 7 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
111 Illinois 1 4 6 1.50 0 4.0 6.0
112 LSU 1 2 5 2.50 0 2.0 5.0
112 Tennessee 2 7 5 0.71 0 3.5 2.5
114 Wake Forest 3 5 4 0.80 0 1.7 1.3
114 UCLA 2 6 4 0.67 0 3.0 2.0
116 Minnesota 1 2 3 1.50 0 2.0 3.0
117 Arkansas 2 3 1 0.33 0 1.5 0.5
117 California 2 4 1 0.25 0 2.0 0.5
119 Kansas 2 2 -19 -9.50 0 1.0 -9.5