2017 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| 1 | Washington State | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Army | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Ohio | 5 | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 7 | 18 | 2.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 5 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 9 | 26 | 2.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| 1 | Louisville | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 1 | UCLA | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | Kent State | 5 | 15 | 53 | 3.53 | 0 | 3.0 | 10.6 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 5 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 0 | 2.4 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 5 | 10 | 40 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 5 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 5 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Baylor | 5 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 8 | 39 | 4.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Oregon | 5 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 5 | 9 | 46 | 5.11 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 5 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 9 | 49 | 5.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.3 |
| 1 | USC | 5 | 7 | 39 | 5.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Temple | 5 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 5 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.4 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 12 | 72 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.4 | 14.4 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 5 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 5 | 6 | 37 | 6.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Boise State | 4 | 6 | 38 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 13 | 85 | 6.54 | 0 | 2.6 | 17.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 5 | 9 | 61 | 6.78 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.2 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 5 | 7 | 48 | 6.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
| 1 | SMU | 5 | 7 | 48 | 6.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 13 | 95 | 7.31 | 0 | 2.6 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 5 | 9 | 67 | 7.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.4 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 5 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 12.2 |
| 1 | Duke | 5 | 6 | 49 | 8.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Rice | 5 | 13 | 107 | 8.23 | 0 | 2.6 | 21.4 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Colorado | 5 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.2 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 5 | 11 | 96 | 8.73 | 0 | 2.2 | 19.2 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 5 | 10 | 89 | 8.90 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.8 |
| 1 | Ball State | 5 | 8 | 75 | 9.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 7 | 66 | 9.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 5 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 15.2 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | 68 | 9.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 6 | 13 | 131 | 10.08 | 0 | 2.2 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Utah State | 5 | 9 | 91 | 10.11 | 0 | 1.8 | 18.2 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 5 | 10 | 106 | 10.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.2 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 5 | 9 | 96 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.8 | 19.2 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 6 | 65 | 10.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 5 | 9 | 103 | 11.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 20.6 |
| 1 | California | 5 | 5 | 58 | 11.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.3 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 12 | 148 | 12.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 5 | 5 | 63 | 12.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.6 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 3 | 5 | 67 | 13.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 22.3 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 3 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 6 | 9 | 127 | 14.11 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.2 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 11 | 159 | 14.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 39.8 |
| 1 | Idaho | 4 | 9 | 132 | 14.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 9 | 136 | 15.11 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.2 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 6 | 97 | 16.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 5 | 10 | 167 | 16.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.4 |
| 1 | North Texas | 5 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| 112 | Texas State | 5 | 14 | 107 | 7.64 | 1 | 2.8 | 21.4 |
| 112 | South Florida | 5 | 11 | 85 | 7.73 | 1 | 2.2 | 17.0 |
| 112 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.2 |
| 112 | Nebraska | 5 | 5 | 54 | 10.80 | 1 | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| 112 | UTEP | 5 | 12 | 138 | 11.50 | 1 | 2.4 | 27.6 |
| 112 | Virginia | 4 | 10 | 124 | 12.40 | 1 | 2.5 | 31.0 |
| 112 | Rutgers | 5 | 12 | 163 | 13.58 | 1 | 2.4 | 32.6 |
| 112 | Akron | 5 | 12 | 184 | 15.33 | 1 | 2.4 | 36.8 |
| 112 | Fresno State | 4 | 7 | 109 | 15.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 27.3 |
| 112 | Troy | 5 | 8 | 127 | 15.88 | 1 | 1.6 | 25.4 |
| 112 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 30.0 |
| 112 | Colorado State | 5 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 1 | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| 112 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 112 | Air Force | 4 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 1 | 1.5 | 29.8 |
| 112 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 25.8 |
| 112 | Maryland | 4 | 1 | 91 | 91.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 22.8 |