2017 Sun Belt Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaise Taylor | Ark St | SR | DB | 11 | 25 | 334 | 13.36 | 1 | 2.3 | 30.4 |
| 2 | Hutch White | Texas St | SO | WR | 11 | 16 | 118 | 7.38 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.7 |
| 3 | Chris Jones | Coast Car | SR | WR | 10 | 15 | 113 | 7.53 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.3 |
| 4 | Marcus Green | La-Monroe | JR | WR | 12 | 13 | 101 | 7.77 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| 5 | Ryheem Malone | La-Lafytte | JR | WR | 10 | 10 | 94 | 9.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| 6 | Myles Campbell | Ga South | SR | WR | 11 | 11 | 88 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Earnest Patterson | La-Lafytte | JR | WR | 9 | 7 | 87 | 12.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.7 |
| 8 | Clifton Duck | App St | SO | DB | 12 | 9 | 85 | 9.44 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
| 9 | Thomas Hennigan | App St | FR | WR | 12 | 11 | 84 | 7.64 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Marcus Jones | Troy | FR | CB | 12 | 11 | 73 | 6.64 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| 11 | Larry Rose III | NMSU | SR | RB | 12 | 10 | 71 | 7.10 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| 12 | Cedarius Rookard | Troy | JR | S | 12 | 9 | 64 | 7.11 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 13 | David Ungerer | Idaho | JR | WR | 11 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 14 | Wesley Kennedy III | Ga South | FR | WR | 9 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.2 |
| 15 | Penny Hart | Georgia St | SO | WR | 11 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 16 | Ky'Jon Tyler | Coast Car | SO | WR | 10 | 7 | 36 | 5.14 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| 17 | Chandon Sullivan | Georgia St | SR | CB | 11 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Caleb Fuller | App St | SR | DL | 12 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| 19 | Sam Harris | USA | JR | WR | 11 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 20 | Taz Bateman | Georgia St | JR | RB | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| 21 | Jaden Wright | NMSU | SR | DB | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 |