2022 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 3 | -8 | -2.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -2.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 4 | -7 | -1.75 | 0 | 1.3 | -2.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 3 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.7 |
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | UTSA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 10 | 25 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 7 | 29 | 4.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 5 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 11 | 57 | 5.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 11.4 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Washington State | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Florida International | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 8 | 53 | 6.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 17.7 |
| 1 | Akron | 5 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.4 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.5 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.3 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 5 | 11 | 90 | 8.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 6 | 50 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Washington | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 8 | 69 | 8.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 13.8 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 15 | 132 | 8.80 | 0 | 3.8 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 6 | 57 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 6 | 57 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 7 | 67 | 9.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.8 |
| 1 | UNLV | 3 | 7 | 67 | 9.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 22.3 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 5 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 7 | 71 | 10.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.8 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 5 | 51 | 10.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | 72 | 10.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 9 | 96 | 10.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 24.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.5 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 9 | 104 | 11.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | 60 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 3 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.7 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 7 | 88 | 12.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 6 | 76 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 6 | 78 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 12 | 161 | 13.42 | 0 | 2.4 | 32.2 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 6 | 87 | 14.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 6 | 89 | 14.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 6 | 93 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.3 |
| 1 | UAB | 5 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 127 | 18.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 7 | 136 | 19.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 79 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.8 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| 122 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 7 | 40 | 5.71 | 1 | 1.8 | 10.0 |
| 122 | James Madison | 4 | 9 | 98 | 10.89 | 1 | 2.3 | 24.5 |
| 122 | Indiana | 4 | 13 | 148 | 11.38 | 1 | 3.3 | 37.0 |
| 122 | Connecticut | 4 | 6 | 98 | 16.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 24.5 |
| 122 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 15 | 253 | 16.87 | 1 | 3.8 | 63.3 |
| 122 | South Alabama | 4 | 6 | 105 | 17.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 26.3 |
| 122 | Arizona State | 4 | 8 | 149 | 18.63 | 1 | 2.0 | 37.3 |
| 122 | Memphis | 4 | 5 | 107 | 21.40 | 1 | 1.3 | 26.8 |