2021 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 4 | -1 | -0.25 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1.33 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | UCLA | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 11 | 46 | 4.18 | 0 | 2.8 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Boise State | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 9 | 43 | 4.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 10.8 |
| 1 | Ohio | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Liberty | 5 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 7 | 40 | 5.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 5 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 13 | 78 | 6.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 6 | 37 | 6.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 12 | 80 | 6.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 12 | 81 | 6.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.5 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 9 | 68 | 7.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.6 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 6 | 48 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | 13 | 106 | 8.15 | 0 | 2.6 | 21.2 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 6 | 50 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 5 | 42 | 8.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 5 | 12 | 102 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 20.4 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 4 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 11 | 98 | 8.91 | 0 | 2.8 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 5 | 46 | 9.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 4 | 37 | 9.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 5 | 6 | 58 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.6 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 8 | 78 | 9.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 5 | 51 | 10.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 5 | 54 | 10.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 6 | 66 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.5 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 8 | 92 | 11.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 9 | 107 | 11.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 8 | 98 | 12.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 9 | 132 | 14.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 6 | 89 | 14.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 8 | 133 | 16.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.7 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 5 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 115 | UTEP | 4 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 115 | Arkansas | 4 | 6 | 46 | 7.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 115 | Texas A&M | 4 | 7 | 62 | 8.86 | 1 | 1.8 | 15.5 |
| 115 | Bowling Green | 5 | 11 | 104 | 9.45 | 1 | 2.2 | 20.8 |
| 115 | Utah | 4 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| 115 | UCF | 5 | 6 | 57 | 9.50 | 1 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
| 115 | Arizona | 4 | 8 | 78 | 9.75 | 1 | 2.0 | 19.5 |
| 115 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 8 | 99 | 12.38 | 1 | 1.6 | 19.8 |
| 115 | North Texas | 4 | 6 | 97 | 16.17 | 1 | 1.5 | 24.3 |
| 115 | Colorado State | 4 | 7 | 133 | 19.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 33.3 |
| 115 | Boston College | 4 | 6 | 129 | 21.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 32.3 |
| 115 | Mississippi State | 4 | 5 | 122 | 24.40 | 1 | 1.3 | 30.5 |
| 115 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 6 | 152 | 25.33 | 1 | 1.2 | 30.4 |
| 115 | South Carolina | 4 | 4 | 128 | 32.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 32.0 |
| 129 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 6 | 135 | 22.50 | 2 | 1.5 | 33.8 |