2022 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 11 | 440 | 40.00 | 1 | 2.8 | 110.0 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 4 | 5 | 198 | 39.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 49.5 |
| 3 | Washington State | 4 | 4 | 127 | 31.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 31.8 |
| 4 | Mississippi State | 4 | 7 | 222 | 31.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 55.5 |
| 5 | Florida State | 4 | 6 | 185 | 30.83 | 1 | 1.5 | 46.3 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 4 | 6 | 184 | 30.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 46.0 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 4 | 5 | 144 | 28.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 36.0 |
| 8 | Maryland | 4 | 7 | 197 | 28.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 49.3 |
| 9 | Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 84 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 21.0 |
| 10 | Alabama | 4 | 4 | 111 | 27.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.8 |
| 11 | Buffalo | 4 | 12 | 332 | 27.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 83.0 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 5 | 137 | 27.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 34.3 |
| 13 | Fresno State | 3 | 9 | 244 | 27.11 | 0 | 3.0 | 81.3 |
| 14 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 8 | 216 | 27.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 54.0 |
| 14 | Iowa | 4 | 7 | 189 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 47.3 |
| 16 | USF | 4 | 17 | 457 | 26.88 | 1 | 4.3 | 114.3 |
| 17 | Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | 132 | 26.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 33.0 |
| 18 | UNLV | 5 | 6 | 158 | 26.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 31.6 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 105 | 26.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.3 |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 12 | 313 | 26.08 | 1 | 3.0 | 78.3 |
| 21 | Wyoming | 5 | 6 | 156 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 31.2 |
| 22 | Virginia | 4 | 9 | 233 | 25.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 58.3 |
| 23 | North Texas | 5 | 14 | 357 | 25.50 | 1 | 2.8 | 71.4 |
| 24 | Navy | 3 | 8 | 200 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 66.7 |
| 25 | Colorado | 4 | 6 | 148 | 24.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 37.0 |
| 26 | Arizona State | 4 | 14 | 343 | 24.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 85.8 |
| 26 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.3 |
| 28 | Boston College | 4 | 7 | 171 | 24.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.8 |
| 29 | Utah State | 5 | 10 | 242 | 24.20 | 1 | 2.0 | 48.4 |
| 30 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 7 | 169 | 24.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 56.3 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 4 | 6 | 144 | 24.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 36.0 |
| 32 | Appalachian State | 4 | 8 | 190 | 23.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.5 |
| 33 | Arkansas State | 4 | 17 | 400 | 23.53 | 0 | 4.3 | 100.0 |
| 34 | South Carolina | 5 | 8 | 188 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 37.6 |
| 35 | Texas Tech | 4 | 11 | 254 | 23.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 63.5 |
| 36 | Troy | 4 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 37 | Tulane | 5 | 7 | 160 | 22.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 32.0 |
| 38 | Kent State | 4 | 11 | 251 | 22.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 62.8 |
| 39 | Nevada | 5 | 12 | 272 | 22.67 | 0 | 2.4 | 54.4 |
| 39 | Arizona | 4 | 3 | 68 | 22.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.0 |
| 41 | BYU | 5 | 8 | 181 | 22.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.2 |
| 42 | Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.3 |
| 43 | Georgia | 4 | 7 | 157 | 22.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.3 |
| 44 | UAB | 3 | 6 | 134 | 22.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.7 |
| 45 | Colorado State | 4 | 5 | 111 | 22.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.8 |
| 46 | Memphis | 4 | 14 | 309 | 22.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 77.3 |
| 47 | New Mexico | 5 | 11 | 241 | 21.91 | 1 | 2.2 | 48.2 |
| 48 | Iowa State | 4 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.8 |
| 48 | Michigan | 4 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.8 |
| 50 | Tennessee | 4 | 7 | 152 | 21.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 38.0 |
| 51 | South Alabama | 4 | 6 | 129 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.3 |
| 51 | Northwestern | 4 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.8 |
| 53 | FIU | 3 | 15 | 321 | 21.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 107.0 |
| 54 | Rutgers | 4 | 8 | 168 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 55 | Texas | 4 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.3 |
| 56 | Duke | 4 | 11 | 229 | 20.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 57.3 |
| 57 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 5 | 104 | 20.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.8 |
| 58 | Illinois | 4 | 6 | 124 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.0 |
| 59 | Boise State | 5 | 9 | 185 | 20.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 37.0 |
| 60 | Akron | 4 | 14 | 287 | 20.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 71.8 |
| 61 | San Diego State | 5 | 13 | 265 | 20.38 | 0 | 2.6 | 53.0 |
| 62 | Liberty | 4 | 14 | 284 | 20.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 71.0 |
| 63 | UCF | 4 | 8 | 161 | 20.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.3 |
| 64 | Ohio | 4 | 23 | 461 | 20.04 | 1 | 5.8 | 115.3 |
| 65 | NC State | 4 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.0 |
| 66 | UTSA | 5 | 11 | 219 | 19.91 | 1 | 2.2 | 43.8 |
| 67 | Ball State | 4 | 10 | 199 | 19.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.8 |
| 68 | Louisville | 4 | 8 | 159 | 19.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.8 |
| 69 | Old Dominion | 4 | 10 | 198 | 19.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.5 |
| 70 | Western Michigan | 4 | 14 | 277 | 19.79 | 1 | 3.5 | 69.3 |
| 71 | Purdue | 4 | 8 | 158 | 19.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.5 |
| 71 | Utah | 4 | 4 | 79 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.8 |
| 73 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 11 | 216 | 19.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.0 |
| 74 | Connecticut | 5 | 11 | 215 | 19.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 43.0 |
| 75 | Central Michigan | 4 | 8 | 156 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 75 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.3 |
| 77 | Penn State | 4 | 9 | 175 | 19.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.8 |
| 78 | Stanford | 3 | 12 | 232 | 19.33 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.3 |
| 78 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 12 | 232 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 78 | Houston | 5 | 12 | 232 | 19.33 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.4 |
| 81 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 10 | 192 | 19.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.0 |
| 82 | Notre Dame | 4 | 6 | 115 | 19.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.8 |
| 83 | UCLA | 5 | 12 | 229 | 19.08 | 0 | 2.4 | 45.8 |
| 84 | Ole Miss | 4 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.8 |
| 84 | Louisiana | 4 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 86 | Washington | 5 | 11 | 207 | 18.82 | 0 | 2.2 | 41.4 |
| 87 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 10 | 185 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.3 |
| 87 | Marshall | 4 | 8 | 148 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 89 | Oregon State | 4 | 12 | 220 | 18.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.0 |
| 90 | Indiana | 4 | 8 | 146 | 18.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.5 |
| 91 | Rice | 4 | 8 | 144 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 91 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 7 | 126 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.5 |
| 91 | LSU | 4 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.5 |
| 94 | Texas State | 4 | 5 | 89 | 17.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.3 |
| 94 | UTEP | 5 | 5 | 89 | 17.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.8 |
| 96 | Nebraska | 4 | 8 | 142 | 17.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.5 |
| 97 | North Carolina | 4 | 8 | 141 | 17.63 | 1 | 2.0 | 35.3 |
| 98 | Clemson | 4 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| 99 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.4 |
| 100 | Charlotte | 5 | 20 | 346 | 17.30 | 0 | 4.0 | 69.2 |
| 101 | Missouri | 4 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.3 |
| 102 | Southern Miss | 4 | 10 | 172 | 17.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 43.0 |
| 103 | East Carolina | 4 | 8 | 137 | 17.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.3 |
| 104 | Hawaii | 5 | 17 | 289 | 17.00 | 0 | 3.4 | 57.8 |
| 104 | Kansas | 4 | 4 | 68 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 106 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 9 | 149 | 16.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.8 |
| 107 | Florida | 4 | 12 | 195 | 16.25 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.8 |
| 107 | TCU | 3 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 43.3 |
| 109 | Bowling Green | 4 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 110 | California | 4 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.8 |
| 110 | USC | 4 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.8 |
| 112 | SMU | 4 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.8 |
| 112 | West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.8 |
| 114 | Oklahoma | 4 | 6 | 94 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 114 | Ohio State | 4 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.8 |
| 116 | Oregon | 4 | 5 | 78 | 15.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.5 |
| 117 | James Madison | 3 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.7 |
| 118 | Temple | 4 | 10 | 152 | 15.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 38.0 |
| 119 | Massachusetts | 4 | 15 | 220 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.8 | 55.0 |
| 120 | Tulsa | 4 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.3 |
| 121 | Baylor | 4 | 12 | 173 | 14.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.3 |
| 122 | Michigan State | 4 | 7 | 100 | 14.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 25.0 |
| 123 | San Jose State | 3 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 23.7 |
| 124 | Toledo | 4 | 5 | 68 | 13.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.0 |
| 125 | New Mexico State | 5 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.8 |
| 126 | Army | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| 127 | Cincinnati | 4 | 7 | 85 | 12.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 21.3 |
| 128 | Auburn | 4 | 9 | 104 | 11.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 26.0 |
| 129 | Georgia State | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |