2018 Independent Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Finke | Notre Dame | SR | WR | 13 | 20 | 196 | 9.80 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.1 |
| 2 | Michael Shelton | BYU | SR | DB | 11 | 19 | 139 | 7.32 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.6 |
| 3 | OJ Clark | NMSU | JR | WR | 9 | 13 | 81 | 6.23 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Mike Reynolds | Army | SR | DB | 10 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.6 |
| 5 | Andy Isabella | U Mass | SR | WR | 10 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 6 | Akyah Miranda | Army | FR | DB | 4 | 1 | 39 | 39.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 9.8 |
| 7 | Andy Davidson | Army | SR | RB | 12 | 1 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| 8 | DJ Stubbs | Liberty | SO | WR | 8 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 9 | Corbin Jackson | Liberty | SR | S | 8 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| 10 | Christian Gibson | NMSU | JR | RB | 9 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| 11 | Aleva Hifo | BYU | JR | WR | 11 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 12 | Elijah Riley | Army | JR | DB | 12 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| 13 | Shamad Lomax | NMSU | JR | DB | 9 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| 14 | Sadiq Palmer | U Mass | JR | WR | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |