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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Houston 9 19 284 14.95 1 2.1 31.6
2 Middle Tennessee 8 16 245 15.31 1 2.0 30.6
3 Pittsburgh 9 17 240 14.12 0 1.9 26.7
4 Tennessee 8 13 211 16.23 0 1.6 26.4
5 Connecticut 2 2 48 24.00 0 1.0 24.0
5 UCLA 9 12 216 18.00 1 1.3 24.0
7 Central Michigan 8 4 186 46.50 2 0.5 23.3
8 Michigan 10 27 223 8.26 0 2.7 22.3
9 Virginia Tech 8 15 177 11.80 0 1.9 22.1
9 Utah 10 19 221 11.63 1 1.9 22.1
11 Syracuse 8 17 175 10.29 1 2.1 21.9
12 Colorado 9 11 179 16.27 1 1.2 19.9
13 UTSA 9 20 177 8.85 0 2.2 19.7
14 Miami (Florida) 8 14 157 11.21 0 1.8 19.6
15 Iowa 10 30 193 6.43 1 3.0 19.3
16 Louisiana Tech 8 15 152 10.13 0 1.9 19.0
17 Cincinnati 9 12 167 13.92 0 1.3 18.6
18 Boise State 8 12 145 12.08 2 1.5 18.1
19 Southern Mississippi 8 11 144 13.09 0 1.4 18.0
20 UTEP 8 20 141 7.05 0 2.5 17.6
21 Texas A&M 8 11 139 12.64 1 1.4 17.4
21 Bowling Green 8 16 139 8.69 0 2.0 17.4
23 Ball State 8 12 136 11.33 0 1.5 17.0
24 Navy 8 11 128 11.64 1 1.4 16.0
25 North Carolina 9 12 143 11.92 0 1.3 15.9
26 Coastal Carolina 8 14 124 8.86 2 1.8 15.5
27 Old Dominion 8 12 123 10.25 1 1.5 15.4
28 Oregon State 9 11 137 12.45 1 1.2 15.2
29 Nevada 8 10 120 12.00 0 1.3 15.0
30 Baylor 10 14 149 10.64 0 1.4 14.9
31 Kentucky 8 6 115 19.17 1 0.8 14.4
32 Eastern Michigan 8 8 113 14.13 1 1.0 14.1
32 Appalachian State 9 17 127 7.47 0 1.9 14.1
34 New Mexico State 1 2 14 7.00 0 2.0 14.0
35 Oregon 10 14 139 9.93 0 1.4 13.9
36 Ohio State 9 18 121 6.72 0 2.0 13.4
37 San Jose State 8 12 105 8.75 0 1.5 13.1
38 Arizona 9 13 117 9.00 1 1.4 13.0
39 Louisville 8 10 103 10.30 0 1.3 12.9
40 Toledo 8 12 102 8.50 0 1.5 12.8
40 San Diego State 9 14 115 8.21 0 1.6 12.8
42 Wake Forest 10 16 125 7.81 0 1.6 12.5
43 Miami (Ohio) 8 10 99 9.90 0 1.3 12.4
44 Texas 9 11 110 10.00 0 1.2 12.2
44 Western Kentucky 9 12 110 9.17 0 1.3 12.2
46 Tulane 8 11 96 8.73 0 1.4 12.0
47 New Mexico 8 12 93 7.75 1 1.5 11.6
48 Arkansas 8 12 89 7.42 0 1.5 11.1
49 Florida Atlantic 8 11 88 8.00 0 1.4 11.0
50 Stanford 9 9 98 10.89 0 1.0 10.9
51 Marshall 8 10 85 8.50 0 1.3 10.6
52 Texas State 8 5 83 16.60 1 0.6 10.4
52 North Carolina State 8 9 83 9.22 1 1.1 10.4
54 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 17 91 5.35 0 1.9 10.1
55 Rice 8 7 80 11.43 0 0.9 10.0
55 LSU 8 11 80 7.27 0 1.4 10.0
57 UCF 8 8 79 9.88 0 1.0 9.9
58 Rutgers 9 15 88 5.87 0 1.7 9.8
59 Florida 8 16 77 4.81 0 2.0 9.6
60 Duke 8 10 76 7.60 0 1.3 9.5
61 Illinois 9 13 85 6.54 0 1.4 9.4
62 UAB 8 7 74 10.57 1 0.9 9.3
62 Texas Tech 9 8 84 10.50 0 0.9 9.3
64 Kansas 9 5 83 16.60 0 0.6 9.2
65 North Texas 8 11 73 6.64 0 1.4 9.1
66 Mississippi 8 5 71 14.20 0 0.6 8.9
67 Washington State 9 10 79 7.90 0 1.1 8.8
68 Michigan State 9 5 77 15.40 1 0.6 8.6
68 Iowa State 9 12 77 6.42 0 1.3 8.6
68 Georgia 10 17 86 5.06 1 1.7 8.6
71 Washington 9 11 76 6.91 0 1.2 8.4
72 California 9 12 75 6.25 0 1.3 8.3
73 Kansas State 9 8 74 9.25 1 0.9 8.2
74 South Carolina 8 4 64 16.00 0 0.5 8.0
74 Georgia Tech 8 12 64 5.33 0 1.5 8.0
76 Missouri 8 7 62 8.86 0 0.9 7.8
76 Northwestern 9 9 70 7.78 0 1.0 7.8
76 Colorado State 8 11 62 5.64 0 1.4 7.8
79 Arizona State 9 10 69 6.90 0 1.1 7.7
79 Purdue 9 10 69 6.90 0 1.1 7.7
81 Penn State 9 9 68 7.56 0 1.0 7.6
82 Alabama 10 12 73 6.08 1 1.2 7.3
82 SMU 8 10 58 5.80 0 1.3 7.3
84 Minnesota 9 8 65 8.13 0 0.9 7.2
85 TCU 9 7 61 8.71 0 0.8 6.8
85 Auburn 8 13 54 4.15 0 1.6 6.8
87 Northern Illinois 9 8 59 7.38 0 0.9 6.6
88 South Alabama 8 6 52 8.67 0 0.8 6.5
89 Fresno State 8 7 51 7.29 0 0.9 6.4
89 Utah State 9 13 58 4.46 0 1.4 6.4
91 USC 9 14 56 4.00 0 1.6 6.2
92 Tulsa 8 11 48 4.36 0 1.4 6.0
93 Troy 8 6 47 7.83 0 0.8 5.9
94 Charlotte 8 7 46 6.57 0 0.9 5.8
94 Georgia Southern 8 8 46 5.75 1 1.0 5.8
96 Army 3 3 17 5.67 0 1.0 5.7
97 Boston College 8 7 44 6.29 0 0.9 5.5
97 Clemson 8 12 44 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
99 Hawai'i 8 6 41 6.83 0 0.8 5.1
99 Ohio 8 8 41 5.13 0 1.0 5.1
101 West Virginia 9 11 45 4.09 0 1.2 5.0
102 Vanderbilt 8 5 39 7.80 0 0.6 4.9
103 Kent State 9 9 43 4.78 0 1.0 4.8
104 Air Force 8 4 36 9.00 0 0.5 4.5
104 Liberty 2 5 9 1.80 0 2.5 4.5
106 Florida State 8 12 34 2.83 0 1.5 4.3
107 Massachusetts 4 2 16 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
108 East Carolina 8 6 29 4.83 0 0.8 3.6
109 South Florida 8 4 27 6.75 0 0.5 3.4
109 Florida International 8 5 27 5.40 0 0.6 3.4
111 Akron 8 5 23 4.60 0 0.6 2.9
111 Buffalo 8 5 23 4.60 0 0.6 2.9
113 UNLV 8 4 21 5.25 0 0.5 2.6
113 Mississippi State 8 7 21 3.00 0 0.9 2.6
115 Oklahoma 9 7 22 3.14 0 0.8 2.4
116 Nebraska 9 6 19 3.17 0 0.7 2.1
117 Wisconsin 9 9 18 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
118 Oklahoma State 10 13 19 1.46 0 1.3 1.9
119 Louisiana-Monroe 8 4 14 3.50 0 0.5 1.8
119 Wyoming 8 5 14 2.80 0 0.6 1.8
119 Virginia 8 10 14 1.40 0 1.3 1.8
119 Maryland 9 13 16 1.23 0 1.4 1.8
123 Arkansas State 8 11 11 1.00 0 1.4 1.4
124 Western Michigan 8 5 8 1.60 0 0.6 1.0
125 Memphis 8 6 5 0.83 0 0.8 0.6
126 Georgia State 8 3 4 1.33 0 0.4 0.5
127 Indiana 9 5 2 0.40 0 0.6 0.2
128 Temple 8 6 1 0.17 0 0.8 0.1