2021 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 3 | 183 | 61.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 45.8 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 4 | 10 | 360 | 36.00 | 1 | 2.5 | 90.0 |
| 3 | UTSA | 5 | 3 | 103 | 34.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 20.6 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 5 | 8 | 265 | 33.13 | 1 | 1.6 | 53.0 |
| 5 | Colorado | 3 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 22.0 |
| 6 | Ball State | 5 | 11 | 355 | 32.27 | 1 | 2.2 | 71.0 |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 5 | 6 | 193 | 32.17 | 1 | 1.2 | 38.6 |
| 8 | Appalachian State | 5 | 15 | 472 | 31.47 | 1 | 3.0 | 94.4 |
| 9 | San Diego State | 5 | 9 | 279 | 31.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 55.8 |
| 10 | New Mexico | 4 | 10 | 297 | 29.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 74.3 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 4 | 4 | 114 | 28.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.5 |
| 12 | Alabama | 5 | 9 | 255 | 28.33 | 2 | 1.8 | 51.0 |
| 13 | TCU | 3 | 7 | 197 | 28.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 65.7 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 19 | 533 | 28.05 | 0 | 3.8 | 106.6 |
| 15 | Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 84 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 21.0 |
| 16 | UCLA | 3 | 7 | 194 | 27.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 64.7 |
| 16 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 7 | 194 | 27.71 | 1 | 1.8 | 48.5 |
| 18 | Kansas | 3 | 10 | 277 | 27.70 | 0 | 3.3 | 92.3 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 5 | 17 | 468 | 27.53 | 1 | 3.4 | 93.6 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 5 | 19 | 522 | 27.47 | 1 | 3.8 | 104.4 |
| 21 | Stanford | 3 | 6 | 164 | 27.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 54.7 |
| 22 | Memphis | 4 | 9 | 245 | 27.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 61.3 |
| 23 | Auburn | 5 | 10 | 268 | 26.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 53.6 |
| 24 | Old Dominion | 5 | 11 | 289 | 26.27 | 1 | 2.2 | 57.8 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 4 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.8 |
| 26 | Utah | 4 | 10 | 261 | 26.10 | 1 | 2.5 | 65.3 |
| 27 | Marshall | 5 | 12 | 310 | 25.83 | 1 | 2.4 | 62.0 |
| 27 | Michigan | 4 | 6 | 155 | 25.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 38.8 |
| 29 | Louisville | 5 | 17 | 434 | 25.53 | 1 | 3.4 | 86.8 |
| 30 | South Carolina | 5 | 8 | 204 | 25.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 40.8 |
| 31 | Indiana | 3 | 8 | 199 | 24.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 66.3 |
| 32 | UCF | 5 | 12 | 298 | 24.83 | 0 | 2.4 | 59.6 |
| 33 | Arizona | 3 | 7 | 173 | 24.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 57.7 |
| 34 | North Texas | 5 | 6 | 148 | 24.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 29.6 |
| 35 | Clemson | 5 | 5 | 123 | 24.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.6 |
| 36 | Charlotte | 4 | 8 | 196 | 24.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 49.0 |
| 37 | San Jose State | 4 | 8 | 195 | 24.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.8 |
| 38 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 10 | 237 | 23.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.4 |
| 39 | USC | 3 | 10 | 236 | 23.60 | 0 | 3.3 | 78.7 |
| 40 | California | 3 | 8 | 188 | 23.50 | 1 | 2.7 | 62.7 |
| 40 | Notre Dame | 13 | 18 | 423 | 23.50 | 1 | 1.4 | 32.5 |
| 42 | Rutgers | 4 | 13 | 303 | 23.31 | 0 | 3.3 | 75.8 |
| 43 | Wake Forest | 4 | 10 | 233 | 23.30 | 1 | 2.5 | 58.3 |
| 44 | Southern Miss | 4 | 7 | 163 | 23.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.8 |
| 45 | Colorado State | 4 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 46 | Boise State | 4 | 8 | 183 | 22.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.8 |
| 47 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 6 | 137 | 22.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.3 |
| 48 | Tulane | 4 | 14 | 319 | 22.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 79.8 |
| 49 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 11 | 250 | 22.73 | 0 | 2.2 | 50.0 |
| 50 | Florida State | 4 | 8 | 181 | 22.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.3 |
| 51 | Rice | 4 | 10 | 226 | 22.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 56.5 |
| 52 | Ohio State | 4 | 15 | 337 | 22.47 | 0 | 3.8 | 84.3 |
| 53 | Connecticut | 10 | 41 | 921 | 22.46 | 1 | 4.1 | 92.1 |
| 54 | Central Michigan | 5 | 6 | 134 | 22.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.8 |
| 55 | Iowa State | 4 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.3 |
| 56 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 10 | 219 | 21.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 54.8 |
| 57 | North Carolina | 4 | 9 | 189 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.3 |
| 57 | Texas | 3 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 59 | Minnesota | 4 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.3 |
| 60 | Fresno State | 5 | 6 | 124 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.8 |
| 61 | SMU | 4 | 11 | 227 | 20.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.8 |
| 62 | Iowa | 4 | 7 | 144 | 20.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.0 |
| 63 | Arkansas State | 4 | 18 | 367 | 20.39 | 1 | 4.5 | 91.8 |
| 64 | Temple | 4 | 8 | 163 | 20.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.8 |
| 65 | Arkansas | 5 | 8 | 160 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 32.0 |
| 65 | LSU | 5 | 6 | 120 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.0 |
| 67 | Liberty | 11 | 31 | 618 | 19.94 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.2 |
| 68 | Ohio | 4 | 22 | 438 | 19.91 | 1 | 5.5 | 109.5 |
| 69 | Oregon | 4 | 17 | 338 | 19.88 | 0 | 4.3 | 84.5 |
| 70 | Ole Miss | 5 | 4 | 79 | 19.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.8 |
| 71 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.6 |
| 72 | Kent State | 5 | 20 | 394 | 19.70 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.8 |
| 73 | Duke | 4 | 9 | 177 | 19.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.3 |
| 74 | Buffalo | 4 | 12 | 235 | 19.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.8 |
| 75 | Penn State | 4 | 8 | 156 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 76 | Baylor | 4 | 9 | 175 | 19.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.8 |
| 77 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 12 | 233 | 19.42 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.6 |
| 78 | Texas State | 4 | 11 | 213 | 19.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.3 |
| 79 | Houston | 5 | 13 | 250 | 19.23 | 0 | 2.6 | 50.0 |
| 80 | East Carolina | 4 | 10 | 190 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.5 |
| 80 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.8 |
| 82 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 7 | 132 | 18.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.4 |
| 83 | Nevada | 5 | 16 | 298 | 18.63 | 0 | 3.2 | 59.6 |
| 84 | NC State | 4 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.3 |
| 85 | Oregon State | 4 | 9 | 167 | 18.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.8 |
| 86 | Syracuse | 4 | 10 | 185 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.3 |
| 87 | Louisiana | 5 | 11 | 202 | 18.36 | 0 | 2.2 | 40.4 |
| 88 | Bowling Green | 4 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.5 |
| 88 | Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.8 |
| 90 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 13 | 238 | 18.31 | 0 | 3.3 | 59.5 |
| 91 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 7 | 128 | 18.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.6 |
| 92 | Wyoming | 5 | 11 | 201 | 18.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 40.2 |
| 93 | Texas Tech | 4 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.5 |
| 93 | Illinois | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 95 | UTEP | 5 | 13 | 231 | 17.77 | 0 | 2.6 | 46.2 |
| 96 | Toledo | 5 | 13 | 230 | 17.69 | 0 | 2.6 | 46.0 |
| 97 | New Mexico State | 11 | 24 | 424 | 17.67 | 0 | 2.2 | 38.5 |
| 98 | BYU | 13 | 17 | 298 | 17.53 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.9 |
| 99 | Kentucky | 5 | 10 | 175 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 99 | Virginia | 4 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| 101 | Washington State | 4 | 12 | 209 | 17.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.3 |
| 102 | Florida | 5 | 15 | 261 | 17.40 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.2 |
| 103 | Purdue | 4 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.3 |
| 104 | Akron | 4 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.8 |
| 105 | UNLV | 4 | 11 | 188 | 17.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 47.0 |
| 106 | Navy | 4 | 16 | 272 | 17.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 68.0 |
| 107 | Massachusetts | 8 | 23 | 390 | 16.96 | 0 | 2.9 | 48.8 |
| 108 | Arizona State | 4 | 11 | 186 | 16.91 | 0 | 2.8 | 46.5 |
| 109 | FIU | 4 | 10 | 169 | 16.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 42.3 |
| 110 | South Alabama | 4 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.8 |
| 111 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 11 | 184 | 16.73 | 0 | 2.2 | 36.8 |
| 112 | Missouri | 5 | 15 | 250 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 112 | Hawaii | 5 | 12 | 200 | 16.67 | 0 | 2.4 | 40.0 |
| 112 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.5 |
| 115 | Utah State | 5 | 12 | 198 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 39.6 |
| 115 | UAB | 5 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.8 |
| 115 | Air Force | 5 | 4 | 66 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.2 |
| 118 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 9 | 147 | 16.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.8 |
| 118 | Army | 10 | 9 | 147 | 16.33 | 0 | 0.9 | 14.7 |
| 120 | Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.7 |
| 121 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 8 | 125 | 15.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.3 |
| 122 | Troy | 4 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.5 |
| 123 | Maryland | 4 | 10 | 149 | 14.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 37.3 |
| 124 | USF | 4 | 10 | 145 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 36.3 |
| 125 | Wisconsin | 4 | 7 | 99 | 14.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 24.8 |
| 126 | Tulsa | 5 | 14 | 194 | 13.86 | 0 | 2.8 | 38.8 |
| 127 | Washington | 3 | 6 | 78 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 128 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 62 | 12.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.4 |
| 129 | Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 130 | Georgia State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |