2021 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Utah 13 27 415 15.37 2 2.1 31.9
2 Michigan 14 36 364 10.11 0 2.6 26.0
3 Houston 13 24 336 14.00 1 1.8 25.8
4 Iowa 14 40 313 7.83 1 2.9 22.4
5 Old Dominion 12 25 293 11.72 1 2.1 24.4
6 Texas A&M 11 26 278 10.69 1 2.4 25.3
7 Tennessee 12 22 274 12.45 0 1.8 22.8
8 UCLA 12 15 268 17.87 2 1.3 22.3
9 Middle Tennessee 12 21 267 12.71 1 1.8 22.3
10 Virginia Tech 12 24 262 10.92 0 2.0 21.8
11 Pittsburgh 13 26 257 9.88 0 2.0 19.8
12 Central Michigan 12 11 243 22.09 2 0.9 20.3
13 Boise State 12 15 234 15.60 3 1.3 19.5
14 Nevada 12 18 224 12.44 0 1.5 18.7
15 Coastal Carolina 12 19 223 11.74 3 1.6 18.6
16 Cincinnati 13 19 220 11.58 0 1.5 16.9
17 Southern Mississippi 11 20 218 10.90 0 1.8 19.8
18 UTSA 13 26 214 8.23 0 2.0 16.5
19 Syracuse 11 20 210 10.50 1 1.8 19.1
20 Colorado 11 16 205 12.81 1 1.5 18.6
21 Texas 12 18 196 10.89 0 1.5 16.3
22 San Diego State 13 25 193 7.72 1 1.9 14.8
23 Michigan State 12 8 190 23.75 2 0.7 15.8
24 Louisiana Tech 11 20 187 9.35 0 1.8 17.0
25 Miami (Florida) 11 18 184 10.22 0 1.6 16.7
26 Stanford 12 13 180 13.85 0 1.1 15.0
27 Bowling Green 11 20 177 8.85 0 1.8 16.1
27 Rutgers 12 20 177 8.85 0 1.7 14.8
29 Baylor 13 18 175 9.72 0 1.4 13.5
30 Georgia 14 24 168 7.00 1 1.7 12.0
31 Liberty 12 26 167 6.42 1 2.2 13.9
32 New Mexico 11 16 166 10.38 1 1.5 15.1
32 Ball State 12 16 166 10.38 0 1.3 13.8
34 Notre Dame 13 20 164 8.20 0 1.5 12.6
35 Florida 12 24 162 6.75 0 2.0 13.5
36 Kentucky 12 15 161 10.73 1 1.3 13.4
36 Navy 12 16 161 10.06 1 1.3 13.4
38 Appalachian State 13 22 160 7.27 0 1.7 12.3
39 Toledo 12 22 158 7.18 0 1.8 13.2
40 Colorado State 11 20 157 7.85 1 1.8 14.3
40 Marshall 12 20 157 7.85 0 1.7 13.1
42 Oregon 13 15 156 10.40 0 1.2 12.0
43 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 26 154 5.92 0 2.0 11.8
43 Alabama 14 27 154 5.70 1 1.9 11.0
45 Wake Forest 13 19 150 7.89 0 1.5 11.5
46 North Carolina 12 13 143 11.00 0 1.1 11.9
47 BYU 12 18 142 7.89 0 1.5 11.8
48 Auburn 12 19 141 7.42 1 1.6 11.8
49 Arizona 11 17 140 8.24 1 1.5 12.7
49 Texas Tech 12 18 140 7.78 0 1.5 11.7
49 UTEP 12 25 140 5.60 0 2.1 11.7
52 Oregon State 12 13 137 10.54 1 1.1 11.4
52 North Carolina State 11 15 137 9.13 1 1.4 12.5
54 Minnesota 13 16 136 8.50 0 1.2 10.5
55 Arizona State 12 17 132 7.76 0 1.4 11.0
55 Ohio State 13 23 132 5.74 0 1.8 10.2
57 Memphis 11 10 131 13.10 1 0.9 11.9
58 UCF 12 18 129 7.17 0 1.5 10.8
59 San Jose State 11 14 128 9.14 0 1.3 11.6
60 Eastern Michigan 12 12 125 10.42 1 1.0 10.4
61 Maryland 12 17 124 7.29 1 1.4 10.3
62 Arkansas 12 20 123 6.15 0 1.7 10.3
62 Purdue 13 20 123 6.15 0 1.5 9.5
64 Miami (Ohio) 12 13 120 9.23 0 1.1 10.0
65 Illinois 12 17 119 7.00 0 1.4 9.9
66 LSU 12 19 113 5.95 0 1.6 9.4
67 Western Kentucky 13 14 111 7.93 0 1.1 8.5
67 Iowa State 12 17 111 6.53 0 1.4 9.3
69 Kansas 11 8 108 13.50 0 0.7 9.8
69 Louisville 12 12 108 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
71 Penn State 12 13 107 8.23 0 1.1 8.9
72 Connecticut 10 9 104 11.56 0 0.9 10.4
73 Florida Atlantic 11 15 103 6.87 0 1.4 9.4
74 Kansas State 12 10 100 10.00 1 0.8 8.3
74 Tulane 11 12 100 8.33 0 1.1 9.1
74 California 11 14 100 7.14 0 1.3 9.1
77 Rice 11 9 99 11.00 0 0.8 9.0
77 Northwestern 11 13 99 7.62 0 1.2 9.0
79 Duke 11 14 98 7.00 0 1.3 8.9
80 Washington 11 18 97 5.39 0 1.6 8.8
81 North Texas 12 12 93 7.75 0 1.0 7.8
82 Mississippi 12 7 92 13.14 0 0.6 7.7
82 Wisconsin 13 20 92 4.60 0 1.5 7.1
84 Washington State 12 12 90 7.50 0 1.0 7.5
85 Arkansas State 11 14 87 6.21 1 1.3 7.9
86 Texas State 11 9 85 9.44 1 0.8 7.7
87 Florida International 11 11 78 7.09 1 1.0 7.1
88 UAB 12 9 76 8.44 1 0.8 6.3
88 USC 12 16 76 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
88 Mississippi State 12 18 76 4.22 0 1.5 6.3
91 South Florida 11 6 75 12.50 0 0.5 6.8
92 TCU 11 8 69 8.63 0 0.7 6.3
92 Missouri 12 12 69 5.75 0 1.0 5.8
94 Army 12 10 67 6.70 0 0.8 5.6
95 Kent State 13 13 66 5.08 0 1.0 5.1
96 SMU 11 14 65 4.64 0 1.3 5.9
97 Tulsa 12 20 64 3.20 0 1.7 5.3
98 Troy 11 8 63 7.88 0 0.7 5.7
99 South Carolina 12 8 62 7.75 0 0.7 5.2
99 Utah State 13 16 62 3.88 0 1.2 4.8
101 Georgia Tech 11 16 61 3.81 0 1.5 5.5
102 Northern Illinois 13 9 59 6.56 0 0.7 4.5
102 Boston College 11 13 59 4.54 0 1.2 5.4
104 Georgia Southern 11 10 58 5.80 1 0.9 5.3
105 Temple 11 12 56 4.67 0 1.1 5.1
106 Ohio 11 10 54 5.40 0 0.9 4.9
107 Oklahoma State 13 15 53 3.53 0 1.2 4.1
108 Hawai'i 12 8 50 6.25 0 0.7 4.2
108 South Alabama 11 9 50 5.56 0 0.8 4.5
110 Massachusetts 10 5 49 9.80 0 0.5 4.9
110 Oklahoma 12 10 49 4.90 0 0.8 4.1
110 West Virginia 12 16 49 3.06 0 1.3 4.1
113 Akron 11 8 47 5.88 0 0.7 4.3
113 East Carolina 11 10 47 4.70 0 0.9 4.3
115 Charlotte 11 7 46 6.57 0 0.6 4.2
116 Vanderbilt 11 7 45 6.43 0 0.6 4.1
117 Fresno State 12 11 43 3.91 0 0.9 3.6
118 Clemson 12 17 42 2.47 0 1.4 3.5
119 New Mexico State 11 10 38 3.80 0 0.9 3.5
119 Florida State 11 14 38 2.71 0 1.3 3.5
121 Air Force 12 5 36 7.20 0 0.4 3.0
122 Wyoming 12 9 33 3.67 0 0.8 2.8
123 UNLV 11 5 27 5.40 0 0.5 2.5
123 Virginia 11 15 27 1.80 0 1.4 2.5
125 Nebraska 11 8 26 3.25 0 0.7 2.4
126 Buffalo 11 6 22 3.67 0 0.5 2.0
127 Louisiana-Monroe 11 5 17 3.40 0 0.5 1.5
128 Western Michigan 12 6 6 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
129 Georgia State 13 3 4 1.33 0 0.2 0.3
130 Indiana 11 6 2 0.33 0 0.5 0.2