2021 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name Team Yr Pos G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Calvin Austin III Memphis SR WR 1 2 107 53.50 1 2.0 107.0
2 Velus Jones Jr. Tennessee SR WR 10 12 193 16.08 0 1.2 19.3
3 Ryan Montgomery Cincinnati JR RB 2 3 42 14.00 0 1.5 21.0
4 Roger Cray ODU SR CB 1 3 41 13.67 0 3.0 41.0
5 Ainias Smith Texas A&M JR WR 9 14 168 12.00 1 1.6 18.7
5 Kalil Pimpleton CMU JR WR 3 4 48 12.00 0 1.3 16.0
7 Josh Downs N Carolina SO WR 10 12 143 11.92 0 1.2 14.3
8 Britain Covey Utah JR WR 11 19 221 11.63 1 1.7 20.1
9 Jacolby George Miami (Fl) FR WR 8 12 136 11.33 0 1.5 17.0
10 Kyren Williams Notre Dame SO RB 9 12 134 11.17 0 1.3 14.9
11 Tayvion Robinson Va Tech SO WR 9 18 187 10.39 0 2.0 20.8
12 Trestan Ebner Baylor SR RB 11 17 176 10.35 0 1.5 16.0
13 A.J. Henning Michigan SO WR 12 24 204 8.50 0 2.0 17.0
14 Sheldon Jones UTSA SR WR 1 2 16 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
15 Taylor Morin Wk Forest FR WR 11 16 125 7.81 0 1.5 11.4
16 Donny Navarro III Illinois JR WR 10 15 107 7.13 0 1.5 10.7
17 Nathan Parodi Arkansas JR DB 9 11 78 7.09 0 1.2 8.7
18 Smoke Harris La Tech SO WR 2 5 35 7.00 0 2.5 17.5
18 Trey Palmer LSU JR WR 9 14 98 7.00 0 1.6 10.9
18 Tarheeb Still Maryland SO DB 11 16 112 7.00 1 1.5 10.2
21 Charlie Jones Iowa SR WR 12 33 219 6.64 0 2.8 18.3
22 Jordan Byrd SDSU SR RB 2 7 37 5.29 0 3.5 18.5
23 Xzavier Henderson Florida SO WR 9 17 88 5.18 0 1.9 9.8
24 Jadan Blue Temple JR WR 2 4 20 5.00 0 2.0 10.0
25 Isaiah Esdale WVU SR WR 9 12 57 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
26 Gary Bryant Jr. USC SO WR 8 10 45 4.50 0 1.3 5.6
27 Garrett Wilson Ohio State JR WR 9 11 49 4.45 0 1.2 5.4
28 Demario Douglas Liberty FR WR 2 3 13 4.33 0 1.5 6.5
29 Demetris Robertson Auburn SR WR 9 11 47 4.27 0 1.2 5.2
30 Hobbs Nyberg BYU FR WR 7 10 42 4.20 0 1.4 6.0
31 Kearis Jackson Georgia JR WR 13 16 62 3.88 0 1.2 4.8
32 Tyler Snead ECU SO WR 1 2 6 3.00 0 2.0 6.0
33 Will Brown Clemson SR WR 9 11 28 2.55 0 1.2 3.1
34 Billy Kemp IV Virginia SR WR 9 12 26 2.17 0 1.3 2.9
35 Thomas Pannunzio CSU SR WR 2 3 6 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
36 Keelan Marion UConn FR WR 3 4 3 0.75 0 1.3 1.0

Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 1.2 punt returns per game played.