2022 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 2 | -12 | -6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -12.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 10 | 8 | -11 | -1.38 | 0 | 0.8 | -1.1 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 3.0 | -2.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.5 |
| 1 | UAB | 1 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Tulane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 2 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 11 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Texas | 11 | 11 | 34 | 3.09 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 2 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 10 | 13 | 42 | 3.23 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 9 | 13 | 46 | 3.54 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| 1 | Maryland | 10 | 19 | 69 | 3.63 | 0 | 1.9 | 6.9 |
| 1 | Boston College | 9 | 8 | 31 | 3.88 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 11 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 10 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Auburn | 9 | 10 | 42 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| 1 | Washington State | 10 | 13 | 56 | 4.31 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 11.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 9 | 19 | 85 | 4.47 | 0 | 2.1 | 9.4 |
| 1 | Louisville | 9 | 16 | 73 | 4.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
| 1 | Iowa | 11 | 17 | 78 | 4.59 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.1 |
| 1 | Purdue | 12 | 18 | 85 | 4.72 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.1 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 11 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 9 | 44 | 4.89 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 13 | 66 | 5.08 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 9 | 8 | 42 | 5.25 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.7 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 10 | 15 | 83 | 5.53 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 10 | 13 | 73 | 5.62 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 12 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| 1 | Florida State | 11 | 11 | 67 | 6.09 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| 1 | Alabama | 10 | 11 | 67 | 6.09 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Duke | 10 | 12 | 75 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Baylor | 9 | 10 | 64 | 6.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
| 1 | TCU | 13 | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 9 | 19 | 130 | 6.84 | 0 | 2.1 | 14.4 |
| 1 | Florida | 11 | 11 | 76 | 6.91 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| 1 | Kansas | 11 | 11 | 76 | 6.91 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 10 | 12 | 85 | 7.08 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | 9 | 64 | 7.11 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| 1 | Arizona | 10 | 15 | 107 | 7.13 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.7 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 2 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 11 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 10 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| 1 | Illinois | 11 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 2 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 11 | 7 | 53 | 7.57 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.8 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 10 | 18 | 152 | 8.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.2 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 1 | UTEP | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 10 | 9 | 77 | 8.56 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 10 | 15 | 131 | 8.73 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.1 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 10 | 6 | 53 | 8.83 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Liberty | 3 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 10 | 21 | 198 | 9.43 | 0 | 2.1 | 19.8 |
| 1 | UCLA | 10 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 11 | 19 | 182 | 9.58 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Clemson | 11 | 16 | 155 | 9.69 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.1 |
| 1 | Ohio | 2 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 9 | 92 | 10.22 | 0 | 4.5 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 25 | 268 | 10.72 | 0 | 2.3 | 24.4 |
| 1 | Air Force | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | USC | 10 | 7 | 80 | 11.43 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 11 | 16 | 186 | 11.63 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.9 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 2 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 10 | 8 | 103 | 12.88 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | UNLV | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 11 | 6 | 79 | 13.17 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.2 |
| 1 | Virginia | 8 | 23 | 307 | 13.35 | 0 | 2.9 | 38.4 |
| 1 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 10 | 11 | 159 | 14.45 | 0 | 1.1 | 15.9 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 4 | 59 | 14.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.7 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 9 | 5 | 84 | 16.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 17 | 90 | 5.29 | 1 | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| 104 | Connecticut | 4 | 13 | 103 | 7.92 | 1 | 3.3 | 25.8 |
| 104 | Colorado | 11 | 34 | 287 | 8.44 | 1 | 3.1 | 26.1 |
| 104 | Indiana | 9 | 24 | 229 | 9.54 | 1 | 2.7 | 25.4 |
| 104 | California | 9 | 16 | 196 | 12.25 | 1 | 1.8 | 21.8 |
| 104 | Arizona State | 10 | 20 | 254 | 12.70 | 1 | 2.0 | 25.4 |
| 104 | Missouri | 10 | 12 | 161 | 13.42 | 1 | 1.2 | 16.1 |
| 104 | Michigan | 11 | 6 | 83 | 13.83 | 1 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 104 | Texas Tech | 11 | 8 | 122 | 15.25 | 1 | 0.7 | 11.1 |
| 104 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 20 | 308 | 15.40 | 1 | 2.2 | 34.2 |
| 104 | Georgia | 13 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 1 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 104 | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 116 | Georgia State | 2 | 8 | 133 | 16.63 | 2 | 4.0 | 66.5 |
| 116 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 35 | 635 | 18.14 | 2 | 3.5 | 63.5 |
| 118 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 13 | 317 | 24.38 | 3 | 6.5 | 158.5 |