2017 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 1 | 48 | 48.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 16.0 |
| 2 | Iowa State | 4 | 5 | 128 | 25.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 32.0 |
| 3 | UCF | 4 | 7 | 160 | 22.86 | 1 | 1.8 | 40.0 |
| 4 | NC State | 3 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 2 | 2.0 | 39.7 |
| 4 | TCU | 4 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 1 | 1.5 | 29.8 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 7 | 128 | 18.29 | 1 | 1.8 | 32.0 |
| 7 | Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.7 |
| 8 | Missouri | 4 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 1 | 1.8 | 30.3 |
| 9 | Utah State | 4 | 9 | 152 | 16.89 | 1 | 2.3 | 38.0 |
| 10 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 7 | 114 | 16.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 28.5 |
| 11 | UAB | 4 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.0 |
| 11 | Stanford | 3 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 3 | 6 | 90 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 13 | Ole Miss | 4 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| 15 | Arkansas State | 4 | 13 | 193 | 14.85 | 0 | 3.3 | 48.3 |
| 16 | LSU | 3 | 6 | 87 | 14.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 17 | Toledo | 4 | 8 | 115 | 14.38 | 1 | 2.0 | 28.8 |
| 18 | New Mexico State | 3 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
| 19 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 20 | Maryland | 4 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 1 | 0.8 | 10.3 |
| 21 | Army | 3 | 5 | 68 | 13.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 22.7 |
| 22 | Rice | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 22 | Duke | 4 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 25 | Kansas State | 4 | 6 | 77 | 12.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.3 |
| 26 | North Carolina | 4 | 6 | 76 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| 26 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.5 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 16 | 199 | 12.44 | 1 | 5.3 | 66.3 |
| 29 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 30 | Clemson | 3 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 19.7 |
| 31 | California | 4 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| 32 | Memphis | 4 | 4 | 45 | 11.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| 33 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| 33 | Georgia | 3 | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| 35 | South Carolina | 3 | 5 | 54 | 10.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 18.0 |
| 36 | Oregon State | 3 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 37 | Washington | 3 | 12 | 128 | 10.67 | 0 | 4.0 | 42.7 |
| 38 | Penn State | 3 | 5 | 53 | 10.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 17.7 |
| 39 | San Diego State | 4 | 13 | 137 | 10.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 34.3 |
| 40 | Indiana | 4 | 12 | 126 | 10.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 31.5 |
| 41 | Boston College | 4 | 10 | 103 | 10.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 25.8 |
| 42 | Old Dominion | 4 | 6 | 61 | 10.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.3 |
| 43 | Boise State | 4 | 10 | 101 | 10.10 | 1 | 2.5 | 25.3 |
| 44 | Ohio State | 3 | 6 | 54 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 44 | UTSA | 4 | 6 | 54 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 44 | Bowling Green | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 44 | Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 48 | Notre Dame | 3 | 10 | 89 | 8.90 | 0 | 3.3 | 29.7 |
| 49 | USC | 4 | 8 | 69 | 8.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.3 |
| 50 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| 50 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 50 | Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 50 | Western Michigan | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 54 | Northwestern | 4 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 55 | Air Force | 4 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 55 | Arizona State | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 57 | Massachusetts | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 58 | Troy | 3 | 9 | 68 | 7.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 22.7 |
| 59 | Colorado State | 4 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 60 | South Alabama | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 61 | Texas State | 3 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 17.0 |
| 62 | Appalachian State | 4 | 11 | 80 | 7.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 20.0 |
| 63 | Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 64 | FIU | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 65 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 66 | USF | 3 | 6 | 38 | 6.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.7 |
| 67 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 8 | 50 | 6.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
| 67 | Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 69 | Charlotte | 3 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.0 |
| 69 | San Jose State | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 71 | UTEP | 3 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| 72 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 7 | 40 | 5.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 13.3 |
| 73 | Rutgers | 3 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
| 74 | Fresno State | 4 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 75 | Ohio | 4 | 9 | 49 | 5.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.3 |
| 76 | Louisiana | 3 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.7 |
| 76 | Washington State | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 78 | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 37 | 5.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.3 |
| 79 | Colorado | 4 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.8 |
| 80 | Temple | 3 | 9 | 45 | 5.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| 80 | Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 82 | Arizona | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 83 | Virginia | 4 | 11 | 48 | 4.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 12.0 |
| 84 | Auburn | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 85 | Wake Forest | 3 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 10.0 |
| 85 | Houston | 4 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| 87 | Marshall | 4 | 6 | 25 | 4.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| 88 | West Virginia | 4 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 88 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 88 | Kansas | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 91 | Purdue | 4 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
| 92 | Illinois | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 92 | Akron | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 94 | Alabama | 3 | 13 | 45 | 3.46 | 0 | 4.3 | 15.0 |
| 95 | Michigan | 4 | 12 | 37 | 3.08 | 0 | 3.0 | 9.3 |
| 96 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 96 | Connecticut | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 96 | Baylor | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 99 | Iowa | 3 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 6.7 |
| 100 | Oklahoma | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 101 | Florida | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 101 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 103 | BYU | 4 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| 104 | Utah | 4 | 8 | 18 | 2.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| 104 | Mississippi State | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 106 | Kent State | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 106 | SMU | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 106 | Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 109 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 110 | Southern Miss | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 110 | Nevada | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 110 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 113 | Georgia State | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| 114 | Florida State | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| 115 | New Mexico | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 115 | Texas | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| 115 | Wyoming | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 118 | Michigan State | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 119 | Idaho | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| 119 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 119 | Tulane | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 119 | Tulsa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 123 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| 124 | East Carolina | 3 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
| 125 | Louisville | 4 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| 126 | UNLV | 4 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| 127 | Hawaii | 3 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| 128 | Oregon | 4 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.8 |