2022 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2023

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Alabama 12 25 449 17.96 2 2.1 37.4
2 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 25 338 13.52 1 2.1 28.2
3 Iowa 12 26 283 10.88 0 2.2 23.6
4 Tennessee 12 16 282 17.63 1 1.3 23.5
5 Notre Dame 13 28 286 10.21 1 2.2 22.0
6 TCU 14 25 301 12.04 2 1.8 21.5
7 Virginia Tech 10 21 213 10.14 2 2.1 21.3
8 South Carolina 12 16 248 15.50 2 1.3 20.7
9 California 11 19 223 11.74 0 1.7 20.3
10 Michigan 14 33 281 8.52 1 2.4 20.1
11 Louisiana Tech 11 15 219 14.60 0 1.4 19.9
12 Fresno State 13 14 258 18.43 2 1.1 19.8
13 Florida State 12 20 220 11.00 0 1.7 18.3
14 Duke 12 11 218 19.82 1 0.9 18.2
14 Colorado State 11 17 200 11.76 1 1.5 18.2
16 Oregon State 12 17 215 12.65 1 1.4 17.9
16 Mississippi State 12 20 215 10.75 1 1.7 17.9
16 Pittsburgh 12 30 215 7.17 0 2.5 17.9
19 Washington State 12 22 213 9.68 0 1.8 17.8
20 Toledo 13 26 218 8.38 0 2.0 16.8
21 Georgia 14 21 233 11.10 0 1.5 16.6
22 Utah State 12 21 198 9.43 1 1.8 16.5
23 Tulane 13 21 211 10.05 1 1.6 16.2
24 UCF 13 23 206 8.96 1 1.8 15.8
25 Memphis 12 23 184 8.00 0 1.9 15.3
26 Colorado 12 11 177 16.09 1 0.9 14.8
26 Bowling Green 12 12 177 14.75 2 1.0 14.8
28 Syracuse 12 22 176 8.00 0 1.8 14.7
29 Middle Tennessee 12 19 174 9.16 1 1.6 14.5
30 Clemson 13 26 187 7.19 0 2.0 14.4
30 Utah 13 26 187 7.19 0 2.0 14.4
32 Texas 13 20 186 9.30 1 1.5 14.3
33 Houston 13 12 180 15.00 1 0.9 13.8
34 North Carolina 13 14 178 12.71 0 1.1 13.7
35 Cincinnati 12 14 159 11.36 0 1.2 13.3
36 Michigan State 12 16 158 9.88 0 1.3 13.2
36 Miami (Ohio) 12 19 158 8.32 0 1.6 13.2
38 Navy 11 14 144 10.29 0 1.3 13.1
39 Oklahoma 13 12 169 14.08 0 0.9 13.0
40 Kansas State 13 14 168 12.00 1 1.1 12.9
41 Texas State 11 15 140 9.33 0 1.4 12.7
42 Rice 12 17 151 8.88 0 1.4 12.6
43 Georgia Southern 12 16 147 9.19 1 1.3 12.3
43 South Alabama 12 18 148 8.22 1 1.5 12.3
43 Marshall 11 19 135 7.11 1 1.7 12.3
46 Purdue 13 20 158 7.90 0 1.5 12.2
47 SMU 12 13 144 11.08 0 1.1 12.0
47 Maryland 13 24 156 6.50 0 1.8 12.0
49 Illinois 12 20 142 7.10 0 1.7 11.8
50 Wisconsin 12 22 139 6.32 0 1.8 11.6
51 Florida Atlantic 11 11 127 11.55 0 1.0 11.5
52 Auburn 11 16 125 7.81 0 1.5 11.4
53 East Carolina 12 18 134 7.44 0 1.5 11.2
54 Ohio State 13 17 141 8.29 0 1.3 10.8
54 Louisville 13 28 141 5.04 0 2.2 10.8
56 Akron 11 19 116 6.11 0 1.7 10.5
57 James Madison 10 18 102 5.67 0 1.8 10.2
58 Southern Mississippi 12 17 121 7.12 0 1.4 10.1
59 Old Dominion 12 15 120 8.00 0 1.3 10.0
60 New Mexico State 11 16 109 6.81 0 1.5 9.9
61 Wake Forest 12 14 115 8.21 0 1.2 9.6
62 Charlotte 11 13 102 7.85 0 1.2 9.3
62 Texas A&M 11 18 102 5.67 0 1.6 9.3
64 Boise State 13 22 118 5.36 1 1.7 9.1
65 Army 10 11 89 8.09 2 1.1 8.9
65 Florida 12 14 107 7.64 0 1.2 8.9
67 San Diego State 12 19 104 5.47 2 1.6 8.7
68 Troy 13 11 112 10.18 0 0.8 8.6
69 Washington 12 9 102 11.33 0 0.8 8.5
69 Arizona 11 13 93 7.15 0 1.2 8.5
71 BYU 12 10 101 10.10 0 0.8 8.4
72 UTEP 12 18 100 5.56 1 1.5 8.3
73 UAB 12 12 97 8.08 1 1.0 8.1
73 Iowa State 11 12 89 7.42 0 1.1 8.1
73 Penn State 13 24 105 4.38 0 1.8 8.1
76 Western Kentucky 13 12 104 8.67 1 0.9 8.0
76 Kentucky 12 18 96 5.33 0 1.5 8.0
78 Central Michigan 11 19 87 4.58 0 1.7 7.9
79 South Florida 11 10 86 8.60 0 0.9 7.8
79 Rutgers 11 12 86 7.17 1 1.1 7.8
79 North Carolina State 12 16 93 5.81 1 1.3 7.8
82 Nevada 11 13 84 6.46 0 1.2 7.6
83 Nebraska 11 5 77 15.40 1 0.5 7.0
83 Arkansas State 11 14 77 5.50 0 1.3 7.0
83 Tulsa 11 16 77 4.81 0 1.5 7.0
86 Virginia 9 11 62 5.64 0 1.2 6.9
86 New Mexico 11 15 76 5.07 0 1.4 6.9
88 Florida International 11 10 75 7.50 0 0.9 6.8
88 Miami (Florida) 11 12 75 6.25 0 1.1 6.8
90 Kent State 11 13 74 5.69 0 1.2 6.7
91 USC 14 17 93 5.47 0 1.2 6.6
92 Minnesota 12 13 78 6.00 0 1.1 6.5
93 Oklahoma State 12 12 76 6.33 0 1.0 6.3
93 Mississippi 12 14 75 5.36 0 1.2 6.3
95 Massachusetts 11 8 67 8.38 0 0.7 6.1
96 Stanford 11 10 64 6.40 0 0.9 5.8
97 Boston College 11 12 60 5.00 0 1.1 5.5
98 UNLV 11 9 59 6.56 0 0.8 5.4
98 Liberty 12 15 65 4.33 0 1.3 5.4
100 Coastal Carolina 12 10 63 6.30 0 0.8 5.3
100 Arizona State 11 17 58 3.41 0 1.5 5.3
102 Appalachian State 10 10 52 5.20 0 1.0 5.2
103 Connecticut 12 14 60 4.29 0 1.2 5.0
104 Baylor 12 9 59 6.56 0 0.8 4.9
105 Georgia State 12 11 58 5.27 0 0.9 4.8
106 Texas Tech 12 12 55 4.58 0 1.0 4.6
107 UCLA 12 10 54 5.40 0 0.8 4.5
107 UTSA 13 11 58 5.27 0 0.8 4.5
107 Arkansas 12 14 54 3.86 0 1.2 4.5
110 Eastern Michigan 12 9 52 5.78 0 0.8 4.3
110 West Virginia 11 10 47 4.70 0 0.9 4.3
110 Western Michigan 11 10 47 4.70 0 0.9 4.3
113 Indiana 11 12 44 3.67 0 1.1 4.0
114 Temple 11 10 42 4.20 0 0.9 3.8
115 Georgia Tech 11 9 41 4.56 0 0.8 3.7
116 Vanderbilt 11 7 40 5.71 0 0.6 3.6
117 Missouri 12 9 36 4.00 0 0.8 3.0
118 Ball State 11 10 31 3.10 0 0.9 2.8
119 LSU 13 16 34 2.13 0 1.2 2.6
120 Louisiana-Monroe 11 6 28 4.67 1 0.5 2.5
121 Wyoming 12 6 29 4.83 1 0.5 2.4
122 Ohio 13 14 28 2.00 0 1.1 2.2
123 San Jose State 11 5 20 4.00 0 0.5 1.8
123 North Texas 13 8 23 2.88 0 0.6 1.8
123 Hawai'i 12 12 21 1.75 0 1.0 1.8
126 Oregon 12 8 20 2.50 0 0.7 1.7
126 Northwestern 11 8 19 2.38 0 0.7 1.7
128 Kansas 12 3 18 6.00 0 0.3 1.5
129 Air Force 12 4 11 2.75 0 0.3 0.9
130 Northern Illinois 11 6 9 1.50 0 0.5 0.8
131 Buffalo 12 9 -4 -0.44 0 0.8 -0.3