2017 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/08/2018

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Washington 5 7 250 35.71 3 1.4 50.0
2 Arizona 4 6 140 23.33 2 1.5 35.0
3 Arkansas State 3 5 115 23.00 1 1.7 38.3
4 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 5 107 21.40 0 1.3 26.8
5 Kentucky 5 5 104 20.80 0 1.0 20.8
6 Indiana 4 9 187 20.78 2 2.3 46.8
7 Pittsburgh 5 9 184 20.44 1 1.8 36.8
8 Texas 4 6 119 19.83 1 1.5 29.8
9 LSU 5 5 99 19.80 1 1.0 19.8
10 Utah 4 9 175 19.44 0 2.3 43.8
11 Boston College 5 14 253 18.07 0 2.8 50.6
12 Penn State 5 13 219 16.85 1 2.6 43.8
13 Kansas State 4 10 155 15.50 1 2.5 38.8
14 Miami (Florida) 3 3 46 15.33 0 1.0 15.3
15 Colorado 5 8 121 15.13 1 1.6 24.2
16 Wake Forest 5 14 207 14.79 0 2.8 41.4
17 Ball State 5 6 87 14.50 0 1.2 17.4
18 Illinois 4 4 55 13.75 0 1.0 13.8
19 Tennessee 5 8 109 13.63 0 1.6 21.8
20 Michigan 4 12 162 13.50 1 3.0 40.5
21 North Carolina State 5 3 40 13.33 0 0.6 8.0
22 Boise State 4 13 170 13.08 1 3.3 42.5
23 Louisiana Tech 5 7 91 13.00 1 1.4 18.2
23 Troy 5 6 78 13.00 0 1.2 15.6
25 Wyoming 5 12 154 12.83 0 2.4 30.8
26 Baylor 5 4 51 12.75 0 0.8 10.2
27 UCF 3 5 62 12.40 0 1.7 20.7
28 Maryland 4 11 136 12.36 0 2.8 34.0
29 Rutgers 5 9 108 12.00 0 1.8 21.6
30 Alabama 5 11 131 11.91 0 2.2 26.2
31 Georgia Southern 3 4 47 11.75 0 1.3 15.7
32 Western Michigan 5 8 93 11.63 0 1.6 18.6
33 South Florida 5 11 125 11.36 0 2.2 25.0
34 UNLV 4 5 56 11.20 0 1.3 14.0
35 Virginia Tech 5 15 163 10.87 1 3.0 32.6
36 Mississippi State 5 9 96 10.67 1 1.8 19.2
37 Iowa 5 6 62 10.33 0 1.2 12.4
38 Coastal Carolina 4 12 123 10.25 0 3.0 30.8
39 Fresno State 4 7 70 10.00 0 1.8 17.5
40 Old Dominion 4 12 117 9.75 0 3.0 29.3
41 Bowling Green 5 7 67 9.57 0 1.4 13.4
42 Auburn 5 10 95 9.50 0 2.0 19.0
42 Utah State 5 10 95 9.50 0 2.0 19.0
44 Vanderbilt 5 7 66 9.43 0 1.4 13.2
45 Florida Atlantic 5 7 65 9.29 0 1.4 13.0
46 Connecticut 4 6 55 9.17 0 1.5 13.8
47 Air Force 4 5 45 9.00 0 1.3 11.3
48 Virginia 4 5 44 8.80 0 1.3 11.0
48 Buffalo 5 5 44 8.80 0 1.0 8.8
50 Clemson 5 13 106 8.15 0 2.6 21.2
51 Ohio 5 8 65 8.13 0 1.6 13.0
52 Appalachian State 4 10 79 7.90 0 2.5 19.8
53 Rice 5 7 55 7.86 0 1.4 11.0
54 Toledo 4 6 47 7.83 0 1.5 11.8
54 Colorado State 5 6 47 7.83 0 1.2 9.4
56 North Carolina 5 8 62 7.75 0 1.6 12.4
57 Southern Mississippi 4 6 46 7.67 0 1.5 11.5
57 Texas A&M 5 3 23 7.67 0 0.6 4.6
59 South Carolina 5 7 53 7.57 0 1.4 10.6
60 Florida State 3 6 45 7.50 0 2.0 15.0
60 Idaho 4 6 45 7.50 0 1.5 11.3
62 Nebraska 5 10 74 7.40 0 2.0 14.8
63 Texas State 5 8 58 7.25 0 1.6 11.6
64 Miami (Ohio) 5 5 36 7.20 0 1.0 7.2
65 Stanford 5 11 79 7.18 0 2.2 15.8
66 TCU 4 4 28 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
67 Oregon 5 12 82 6.83 0 2.4 16.4
68 Georgia 5 12 81 6.75 0 2.4 16.2
68 San Diego State 5 8 54 6.75 0 1.6 10.8
70 Louisville 5 13 82 6.31 0 2.6 16.4
71 Navy 4 6 37 6.17 0 1.5 9.3
72 Kent State 5 8 47 5.88 0 1.6 9.4
73 Temple 5 7 41 5.86 0 1.4 8.2
74 Wisconsin 4 10 58 5.80 0 2.5 14.5
74 Nevada 5 5 29 5.80 0 1.0 5.8
76 Michigan State 4 10 57 5.70 0 2.5 14.3
77 Oklahoma 4 5 28 5.60 0 1.3 7.0
77 USC 5 5 28 5.60 0 1.0 5.6
79 Louisiana-Monroe 4 8 44 5.50 0 2.0 11.0
79 New Mexico 5 6 33 5.50 0 1.2 6.6
81 South Alabama 5 3 16 5.33 0 0.6 3.2
82 Cincinnati 5 10 52 5.20 0 2.0 10.4
83 Syracuse 5 12 62 5.17 0 2.4 12.4
84 Kansas 4 5 25 5.00 0 1.3 6.3
85 San Jose State 6 10 49 4.90 0 1.7 8.2
86 Florida International 4 5 24 4.80 0 1.3 6.0
87 Western Kentucky 4 8 38 4.75 0 2.0 9.5
88 Oklahoma State 5 6 28 4.67 0 1.2 5.6
88 Hawai'i 5 3 14 4.67 0 0.6 2.8
90 Charlotte 5 4 18 4.50 0 0.8 3.6
91 SMU 5 5 22 4.40 0 1.0 4.4
92 Eastern Michigan 4 14 61 4.36 0 3.5 15.3
93 Army 5 4 17 4.25 0 0.8 3.4
94 Memphis 4 10 40 4.00 0 2.5 10.0
94 North Texas 5 9 36 4.00 0 1.8 7.2
94 Texas Tech 4 6 24 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
94 West Virginia 4 6 24 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
94 Florida 4 4 16 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
94 Central Michigan 5 4 16 4.00 0 0.8 3.2
94 Tulsa 5 1 4 4.00 0 0.2 0.8
101 Georgia Tech 4 8 31 3.88 0 2.0 7.8
102 Iowa State 4 8 30 3.75 0 2.0 7.5
103 Northern Illinois 4 11 40 3.64 0 2.8 10.0
104 UTEP 5 5 17 3.40 0 1.0 3.4
105 Middle Tennessee 5 9 30 3.33 0 1.8 6.0
105 California 5 3 10 3.33 0 0.6 2.0
107 Georgia State 3 5 16 3.20 0 1.7 5.3
108 Massachusetts 6 11 34 3.09 0 1.8 5.7
109 Purdue 4 7 21 3.00 0 1.8 5.3
110 Duke 5 9 26 2.89 0 1.8 5.2
110 Washington State 5 9 26 2.89 0 1.8 5.2
112 Minnesota 4 4 11 2.75 0 1.0 2.8
113 Tulane 4 3 8 2.67 0 0.8 2.0
114 Houston 4 6 15 2.50 0 1.5 3.8
115 UCLA 5 4 9 2.25 0 0.8 1.8
116 UAB 4 8 17 2.13 0 2.0 4.3
117 Ohio State 5 9 19 2.11 0 1.8 3.8
118 Arizona State 5 8 16 2.00 0 1.6 3.2
118 Mississippi 4 4 8 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
118 Arkansas 4 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.5
121 New Mexico State 5 5 8 1.60 0 1.0 1.6
122 Akron 5 2 3 1.50 0 0.4 0.6
123 UTSA 3 7 7 1.00 0 2.3 2.3
124 BYU 5 6 4 0.67 0 1.2 0.8
124 Missouri 4 3 2 0.67 0 0.8 0.5
124 Northwestern 4 3 2 0.67 0 0.8 0.5
127 Notre Dame 5 9 2 0.22 0 1.8 0.4
128 Marshall 4 10 1 0.10 0 2.5 0.3
129 East Carolina 5 2 0 0.00 0 0.4 0.0
129 Oregon State 5 1 0 0.00 0 0.2 0.0