2018 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 11 | 5 | -9 | -1.80 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| 1 | California | 1 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 3.0 | -4.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Clemson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Maryland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 16 | 28 | 1.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 10 | 10 | 21 | 2.10 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| 1 | Oregon | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 11 | 14 | 33 | 2.36 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Ohio | 11 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | BYU | 7 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | Stanford | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | UCF | 10 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Duke | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | SMU | 9 | 10 | 44 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.9 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 10 | 20 | 91 | 4.55 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.1 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 13 | 21 | 103 | 4.90 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | UAB | 12 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Army | 9 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 10 | 7 | 37 | 5.29 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 10 | 18 | 97 | 5.39 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Ball State | 10 | 14 | 78 | 5.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Marshall | 10 | 15 | 86 | 5.73 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 9 | 52 | 5.78 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 10 | 16 | 93 | 5.81 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 13 | 77 | 5.92 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 9 | 16 | 95 | 5.94 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.6 |
| 1 | UTSA | 9 | 19 | 114 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 12 | 77 | 6.42 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 9 | 58 | 6.44 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | USC | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Troy | 11 | 10 | 70 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| 1 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 10 | 26 | 197 | 7.58 | 0 | 2.6 | 19.7 |
| 1 | Louisville | 1 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 9 | 13 | 105 | 8.08 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.7 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 10 | 22 | 187 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.2 | 18.7 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 2 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 9 | 15 | 130 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.4 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.7 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | 33 | 290 | 8.79 | 0 | 4.1 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Houston | 10 | 15 | 134 | 8.93 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.4 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 10 | 13 | 119 | 9.15 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.9 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 10 | 94 | 9.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 24.5 |
| 1 | North Texas | 11 | 9 | 90 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 10 | 16 | 168 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 16.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Penn State | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 11 | 11 | 124 | 11.27 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Liberty | 8 | 8 | 95 | 11.88 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.9 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 4 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 10 | 20 | 267 | 13.35 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.7 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | 72 | 14.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 91 | Nevada | 10 | 16 | 63 | 3.94 | 1 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| 91 | Akron | 8 | 18 | 77 | 4.28 | 1 | 2.3 | 9.6 |
| 91 | Buffalo | 12 | 14 | 73 | 5.21 | 1 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
| 91 | UTEP | 10 | 16 | 103 | 6.44 | 1 | 1.6 | 10.3 |
| 91 | UNLV | 10 | 25 | 187 | 7.48 | 1 | 2.5 | 18.7 |
| 91 | Western Michigan | 10 | 10 | 83 | 8.30 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 91 | Texas State | 10 | 18 | 156 | 8.67 | 1 | 1.8 | 15.6 |
| 91 | Rice | 10 | 11 | 100 | 9.09 | 1 | 1.1 | 10.0 |
| 91 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 10 | 96 | 9.60 | 1 | 1.0 | 9.6 |
| 91 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 15 | 150 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.4 | 13.6 |
| 91 | Navy | 12 | 23 | 230 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.9 | 19.2 |
| 91 | South Florida | 10 | 21 | 222 | 10.57 | 1 | 2.1 | 22.2 |
| 91 | Florida International | 10 | 11 | 121 | 11.00 | 1 | 1.1 | 12.1 |
| 91 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 21 | 235 | 11.19 | 1 | 1.9 | 21.4 |
| 91 | Tulsa | 9 | 21 | 241 | 11.48 | 1 | 2.3 | 26.8 |
| 91 | Charlotte | 10 | 19 | 221 | 11.63 | 1 | 1.9 | 22.1 |
| 91 | Toledo | 11 | 10 | 117 | 11.70 | 1 | 0.9 | 10.6 |
| 91 | Massachusetts | 9 | 14 | 164 | 11.71 | 1 | 1.6 | 18.2 |
| 91 | East Carolina | 9 | 17 | 209 | 12.29 | 1 | 1.9 | 23.2 |
| 91 | Utah State | 11 | 10 | 130 | 13.00 | 1 | 0.9 | 11.8 |
| 91 | Kent State | 8 | 20 | 269 | 13.45 | 1 | 2.5 | 33.6 |
| 91 | Boise State | 12 | 8 | 113 | 14.13 | 1 | 0.7 | 9.4 |
| 91 | Colorado State | 8 | 19 | 270 | 14.21 | 1 | 2.4 | 33.8 |
| 91 | Air Force | 11 | 9 | 133 | 14.78 | 1 | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| 91 | Arkansas | 3 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 30.0 |
| 91 | Nebraska | 1 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 65.0 |
| 91 | Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 71 | 71.00 | 1 | 0.5 | 35.5 |
| 118 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 15 | 190 | 12.67 | 2 | 1.7 | 21.1 |