2018 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas State | 5 | 4 | -13 | -3.25 | 0 | 0.8 | -2.6 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penn State | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Washington State | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 5 | 12 | 26 | 2.17 | 0 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 5 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 5 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 5 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.2 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 5 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 6 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| 1 | North Texas | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 5 | 10 | 47 | 4.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.4 |
| 1 | Stanford | 5 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| 1 | Rice | 5 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Florida | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 5 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 13 | 79 | 6.08 | 0 | 2.6 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 6 | 37 | 6.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Arizona | 5 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 5 | 7 | 46 | 6.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 5 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | Memphis | 5 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 5 | 13 | 93 | 7.15 | 0 | 2.6 | 18.6 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 5 | 16 | 121 | 7.56 | 0 | 3.2 | 24.2 |
| 1 | USC | 5 | 6 | 46 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 10 | 77 | 7.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.4 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.8 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 1 | Purdue | 5 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 5 | 10 | 84 | 8.40 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.8 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 11 | 93 | 8.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 23.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Ohio | 4 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 11 | 96 | 8.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Army | 5 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.2 |
| 1 | Texas | 5 | 5 | 46 | 9.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.6 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 7 | 66 | 9.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.2 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.3 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 4 | 6 | 61 | 10.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 10 | 102 | 10.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Oregon | 5 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.4 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| 1 | Louisville | 5 | 13 | 139 | 10.69 | 0 | 2.6 | 27.8 |
| 1 | UTSA | 5 | 10 | 110 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 5 | 5 | 58 | 11.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 5 | 58 | 11.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 5 | 8 | 97 | 12.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 19.4 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 6 | 73 | 12.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 5 | 7 | 86 | 12.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 17.2 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 5 | 63 | 12.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 5 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 16.2 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.2 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 3 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 8 | 112 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 22.4 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 12 | 171 | 14.25 | 0 | 3.0 | 42.8 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 5 | 5 | 74 | 14.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 11 | 166 | 15.09 | 0 | 2.2 | 33.2 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 5 | 7 | 108 | 15.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 21.6 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Kent State | 5 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 28.6 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 5 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| 104 | UTEP | 5 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 1 | 2.2 | 10.0 |
| 104 | Duke | 5 | 10 | 64 | 6.40 | 1 | 2.0 | 12.8 |
| 104 | Nevada | 5 | 13 | 84 | 6.46 | 1 | 2.6 | 16.8 |
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 10 | 80 | 8.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 104 | Florida State | 5 | 13 | 106 | 8.15 | 1 | 2.6 | 21.2 |
| 104 | Boise State | 4 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 104 | Buffalo | 5 | 6 | 55 | 9.17 | 1 | 1.2 | 11.0 |
| 104 | Navy | 4 | 12 | 126 | 10.50 | 1 | 3.0 | 31.5 |
| 104 | Missouri | 4 | 5 | 56 | 11.20 | 1 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| 104 | Charlotte | 5 | 6 | 84 | 14.00 | 1 | 1.2 | 16.8 |
| 104 | Ball State | 5 | 9 | 127 | 14.11 | 1 | 1.8 | 25.4 |
| 104 | SMU | 5 | 9 | 127 | 14.11 | 1 | 1.8 | 25.4 |
| 104 | Massachusetts | 6 | 11 | 156 | 14.18 | 1 | 1.8 | 26.0 |
| 104 | Temple | 5 | 10 | 146 | 14.60 | 1 | 2.0 | 29.2 |
| 104 | Arkansas | 5 | 12 | 186 | 15.50 | 1 | 2.4 | 37.2 |
| 104 | Connecticut | 5 | 11 | 184 | 16.73 | 1 | 2.2 | 36.8 |
| 104 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 6 | 106 | 17.67 | 1 | 1.2 | 21.2 |
| 104 | New Mexico State | 5 | 14 | 248 | 17.71 | 1 | 2.8 | 49.6 |
| 104 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 21.5 |
| 104 | UCF | 4 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 1 | 0.8 | 21.5 |
| 104 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 90 | 30.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 22.5 |
| 104 | Kansas State | 5 | 4 | 125 | 31.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 25.0 |
| 126 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 5 | 70 | 14.00 | 2 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 126 | Nebraska | 4 | 10 | 165 | 16.50 | 2 | 2.5 | 41.3 |
| 126 | Colorado State | 5 | 14 | 296 | 21.14 | 2 | 2.8 | 59.2 |
| 129 | Boston College | 5 | 13 | 164 | 12.62 | 3 | 2.6 | 32.8 |