2022 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Stanford | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Toledo | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 7 | Baylor | 1 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 31.0 |
| 8 | Marshall | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 1 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 32.0 |
| 10 | Arizona | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 11 | Florida State | 1 | 4 | 45 | 11.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 45.0 |
| 12 | Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| 12 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 36.0 |
| 14 | San Jose State | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 15 | James Madison | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 38.0 |
| 16 | Auburn | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 17 | Wyoming | 1 | 6 | 87 | 14.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 87.0 |
| 18 | Air Force | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 19 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 19 | Florida | 1 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 21 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 61.0 |
| 22 | Akron | 1 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 46.0 |
| 23 | BYU | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 23 | Iowa | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 25 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 25 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 28 | UCLA | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 29 | Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 29 | Syracuse | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 29 | Arizona State | 1 | 5 | 85 | 17.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 85.0 |
| 33 | Ohio | 1 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 69.0 |
| 34 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | 122 | 17.43 | 0 | 7.0 | 122.0 |
| 35 | Bowling Green | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 35 | Utah | 1 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 70.0 |
| 35 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 70.0 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 38 | East Carolina | 1 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 90.0 |
| 40 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 91.0 |
| 41 | Rice | 1 | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 74.0 |
| 42 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 42 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 42 | Northwestern | 1 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.0 |
| 45 | Boise State | 1 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 46 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 46 | Utah State | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 48 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 98.0 |
| 49 | Appalachian State | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 49 | Mississippi State | 1 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 118.0 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 51 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 51 | Texas Tech | 1 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 51 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 51 | Connecticut | 1 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.0 |
| 56 | California | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 56 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 58 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 3 | 62 | 20.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.0 |
| 59 | Alabama | 1 | 5 | 104 | 20.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 104.0 |
| 59 | Arkansas State | 1 | 5 | 104 | 20.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 104.0 |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 61 | LSU | 1 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 105.0 |
| 63 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 4 | 85 | 21.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.0 |
| 64 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 64 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 66 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 7 | 157 | 22.43 | 0 | 7.0 | 157.0 |
| 67 | Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.0 |
| 68 | South Alabama | 1 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 114.0 |
| 69 | Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 69 | Washington | 1 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.0 |
| 71 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.0 |
| 72 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 73 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 49.0 |
| 74 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 74 | SMU | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 74 | Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 74 | Troy | 1 | 2 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 78 | West Virginia | 1 | 9 | 227 | 25.22 | 1 | 9.0 | 227.0 |
| 79 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 80 | Oregon | 1 | 4 | 103 | 25.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 103.0 |
| 81 | Kansas | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 81 | TCU | 1 | 3 | 78 | 26.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 78.0 |
| 83 | Boston College | 1 | 6 | 168 | 28.00 | 0 | 6.0 | 168.0 |
| 84 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 85 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 117 | 29.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 117.0 |
| 86 | New Mexico State | 2 | 8 | 239 | 29.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 119.5 |
| 87 | Army | 2 | 3 | 95 | 31.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 47.5 |
| 87 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 3 | 95 | 31.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 95.0 |
| 89 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 35 | 35.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 35.0 |
| 90 | Oregon State | 1 | 5 | 190 | 38.00 | 1 | 5.0 | 190.0 |
| 91 | Florida International | 1 | 3 | 118 | 39.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 118.0 |