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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Houston 11 22 323 14.68 1 2.0 29.4
2 Middle Tennessee 11 21 267 12.71 1 1.9 24.3
3 Old Dominion 11 22 252 11.45 1 2.0 22.9
4 Boise State 11 15 234 15.60 3 1.4 21.3
5 Coastal Carolina 11 18 206 11.44 2 1.6 18.7
6 Southern Mississippi 10 19 200 10.53 0 1.9 20.0
7 UTSA 12 24 198 8.25 0 2.0 16.5
8 Central Michigan 9 7 195 27.86 2 0.8 21.7
9 Utah 2 8 194 24.25 1 4.0 97.0
10 Cincinnati 11 15 183 12.20 0 1.4 16.6
11 Bowling Green 9 19 170 8.95 0 2.1 18.9
12 New Mexico 10 16 166 10.38 1 1.6 16.6
12 Ball State 11 16 166 10.38 0 1.5 15.1
14 Navy 12 16 161 10.06 1 1.3 13.4
15 Appalachian State 12 22 160 7.27 0 1.8 13.3
16 Toledo 12 22 158 7.18 0 1.8 13.2
17 Nevada 10 15 157 10.47 0 1.5 15.7
17 Marshall 12 20 157 7.85 0 1.7 13.1
19 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 25 154 6.16 0 2.1 12.8
20 Louisiana Tech 9 15 152 10.13 0 1.7 16.9
20 Liberty 10 22 152 6.91 1 2.2 15.2
22 UTEP 12 25 140 5.60 0 2.1 11.7
23 Colorado State 9 15 138 9.20 1 1.7 15.3
24 San Jose State 10 14 128 9.14 0 1.4 12.8
25 San Diego State 11 17 125 7.35 0 1.5 11.4
26 Miami (Ohio) 11 13 120 9.23 0 1.2 10.9
27 Eastern Michigan 11 11 119 10.82 1 1.0 10.8
28 UCF 10 15 111 7.40 0 1.5 11.1
29 Western Kentucky 11 13 109 8.38 0 1.2 9.9
30 Florida Atlantic 10 14 104 7.43 0 1.4 10.4
31 Connecticut 7 5 101 20.20 0 0.7 14.4
31 Michigan 2 6 101 16.83 0 3.0 50.5
33 BYU 5 8 100 12.50 0 1.6 20.0
34 Tulane 9 11 96 8.73 0 1.2 10.7
35 North Texas 11 12 93 7.75 0 1.1 8.5
36 Texas A&M 2 9 89 9.89 0 4.5 44.5
37 Michigan State 1 1 88 88.00 1 1.0 88.0
38 Texas 2 7 86 12.29 0 3.5 43.0
39 Texas State 10 9 85 9.44 1 0.9 8.5
40 Rice 9 7 80 11.43 0 0.8 8.9
41 UAB 11 8 78 9.75 1 0.7 7.1
41 Florida International 10 11 78 7.09 1 1.1 7.8
43 Virginia Tech 2 5 75 15.00 0 2.5 37.5
43 Auburn 3 5 75 15.00 1 1.7 25.0
45 Florida 3 6 74 12.33 0 2.0 24.7
45 Arkansas State 10 12 74 6.17 1 1.2 7.4
47 Army 9 10 67 6.70 0 1.1 7.4
48 SMU 10 14 65 4.64 0 1.4 6.5
49 Iowa 2 5 64 12.80 0 2.5 32.0
50 Troy 10 8 63 7.88 0 0.8 6.3
51 Wisconsin 3 9 62 6.89 0 3.0 20.7
52 Alabama 3 12 61 5.08 0 4.0 20.3
53 Tennessee 2 6 59 9.83 0 3.0 29.5
53 Northern Illinois 11 9 59 6.56 0 0.8 5.4
53 Utah State 11 14 59 4.21 0 1.3 5.4
56 Georgia Southern 10 10 58 5.80 1 1.0 5.8
57 Kent State 10 10 57 5.70 0 1.0 5.7
58 Tulsa 10 17 56 3.29 0 1.7 5.6
59 Rutgers 1 2 55 27.50 0 2.0 55.0
60 North Carolina State 2 6 54 9.00 0 3.0 27.0
61 Texas Tech 2 8 53 6.63 0 4.0 26.5
62 UCLA 2 3 52 17.33 1 1.5 26.0
62 Purdue 2 8 52 6.50 0 4.0 26.0
64 Hawai'i 10 8 50 6.25 0 0.8 5.0
64 South Alabama 10 9 50 5.56 0 0.9 5.0
66 Georgia 1 2 48 24.00 0 2.0 48.0
67 Charlotte 9 7 46 6.57 0 0.8 5.1
68 Massachusetts 7 4 45 11.25 0 0.6 6.4
68 Arizona State 2 6 45 7.50 0 3.0 22.5
70 Fresno State 10 10 44 4.40 0 1.0 4.4
71 Kentucky 2 8 41 5.13 0 4.0 20.5
71 Ohio 9 8 41 5.13 0 0.9 4.6
71 East Carolina 10 8 41 5.13 0 0.8 4.1
74 Akron 9 6 37 6.17 0 0.7 4.1
75 Air Force 11 5 36 7.20 0 0.5 3.3
75 Temple 9 8 36 4.50 0 0.9 4.0
75 New Mexico State 9 9 36 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
78 Oklahoma State 3 2 34 17.00 0 0.7 11.3
79 Wyoming 12 9 33 3.67 0 0.8 2.8
80 Syracuse 2 1 32 32.00 0 0.5 16.0
81 Minnesota 2 3 27 9.00 0 1.5 13.5
81 South Florida 9 4 27 6.75 0 0.4 3.0
81 UNLV 9 5 27 5.40 0 0.6 3.0
84 Miami (Florida) 1 3 26 8.67 0 3.0 26.0
85 California 1 2 25 12.50 0 2.0 25.0
85 Wake Forest 2 3 25 8.33 0 1.5 12.5
87 Memphis 10 8 24 3.00 0 0.8 2.4
88 Iowa State 1 4 23 5.75 0 4.0 23.0
88 Arizona 2 4 23 5.75 0 2.0 11.5
90 Buffalo 10 6 22 3.67 0 0.6 2.2
91 USC 3 2 20 10.00 0 0.7 6.7
92 Ohio State 2 3 19 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
93 Oregon 1 1 17 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
93 Notre Dame 3 3 17 5.67 0 1.0 5.7
93 Arkansas 2 4 17 4.25 0 2.0 8.5
93 Louisiana-Monroe 9 5 17 3.40 0 0.6 1.9
93 Washington 1 6 17 2.83 0 6.0 17.0
98 Boston College 2 5 16 3.20 0 2.5 8.0
99 LSU 2 5 15 3.00 0 2.5 7.5
100 Northwestern 1 1 13 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
101 Maryland 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
101 Illinois 2 2 12 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
101 Pittsburgh 2 7 12 1.71 0 3.5 6.0
104 Washington State 3 2 11 5.50 0 0.7 3.7
105 Mississippi 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
105 Vanderbilt 2 2 6 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
105 Western Michigan 10 6 6 1.00 0 0.6 0.6
108 South Carolina 2 3 5 1.67 0 1.5 2.5
109 Louisville 2 1 4 4.00 0 0.5 2.0
109 Georgia State 11 3 4 1.33 0 0.3 0.4
111 Oklahoma 1 1 3 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
111 Missouri 3 4 3 0.75 0 1.3 1.0
113 Clemson 1 2 2 1.00 0 2.0 2.0
114 Oregon State 2 2 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
114 Penn State 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
114 Florida State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
114 Indiana 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
114 North Carolina 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
114 Virginia 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
120 Duke 1 2 -1 -0.50 0 2.0 -1.0
120 Baylor 2 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.5 -0.5
122 Georgia Tech 2 4 -3 -0.75 0 2.0 -1.5
122 Mississippi State 2 3 -3 -1.00 0 1.5 -1.5
122 Nebraska 1 1 -3 -3.00 0 1.0 -3.0