2022 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 9 | 178 | 19.78 | 0 | 9.0 | 178.0 |
| 2 | Baylor | 1 | 6 | 130 | 21.67 | 1 | 6.0 | 130.0 |
| 3 | Missouri | 1 | 4 | 111 | 27.75 | 1 | 4.0 | 111.0 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 1 | 3 | 105 | 35.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 105.0 |
| 5 | Oregon State | 1 | 3 | 104 | 34.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 104.0 |
| 6 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 4 | 95 | 23.75 | 1 | 4.0 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 75.0 |
| 8 | San Diego State | 1 | 7 | 73 | 10.43 | 1 | 7.0 | 73.0 |
| 9 | South Alabama | 1 | 6 | 72 | 12.00 | 0 | 6.0 | 72.0 |
| 10 | Memphis | 1 | 3 | 71 | 23.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 71.0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 71 | 23.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 71.0 |
| 10 | North Carolina State | 1 | 3 | 71 | 23.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 71.0 |
| 13 | Boise State | 1 | 5 | 69 | 13.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 69.0 |
| 14 | UCF | 1 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 1 | 4.0 | 62.0 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 1 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 55.0 |
| 16 | LSU | 1 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.0 |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 50 | 25.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 1 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 49.0 |
| 19 | Utah | 1 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 6.0 | 47.0 |
| 20 | Auburn | 1 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 45.0 |
| 21 | Oregon | 1 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 44.0 |
| 22 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.0 |
| 23 | Duke | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 24 | Army | 2 | 3 | 78 | 26.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 39.0 |
| 24 | Kent State | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 24 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 39.0 |
| 27 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 36.0 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 1 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 35.0 |
| 28 | Temple | 1 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 35.0 |
| 30 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 30 | New Mexico | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 34.0 |
| 30 | New Mexico State | 2 | 8 | 68 | 8.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 30 | Toledo | 1 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 34 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 35 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 31.0 |
| 36 | UAB | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 36 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 39 | Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.0 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 40 | BYU | 1 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 26.0 |
| 40 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 26.0 |
| 40 | Ball State | 1 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 26.0 |
| 44 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 44 | Boston College | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 46 | Central Michigan | 1 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| 47 | Connecticut | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 47 | Florida | 1 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 23.0 |
| 49 | Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 50 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 51 | Nevada | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 51 | San Jose State | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 51 | Arkansas State | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 51 | Washington | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 51 | Syracuse | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
| 51 | Texas A&M | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 19.0 |
| 51 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 19.0 |
| 58 | Kentucky | 1 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 18.0 |
| 59 | Utah State | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 59 | California | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 17.0 |
| 59 | Iowa | 1 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 17.0 |
| 63 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 63 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 63 | UNLV | 1 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| 66 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 66 | South Florida | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 66 | UTSA | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 14.0 |
| 66 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 14.0 |
| 70 | Appalachian State | 2 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 13.5 |
| 71 | James Madison | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 72 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 73 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| 73 | Liberty | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 11.0 |
| 75 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 76 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 9.0 |
| 77 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 77 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 79 | Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 79 | Florida State | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 79 | Stanford | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| 82 | Florida International | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 82 | Washington State | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 82 | Purdue | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| 85 | Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 85 | Arizona State | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 85 | Illinois | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| 88 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 88 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 90 | Ohio | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 90 | Navy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 92 | UCLA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 92 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 94 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 94 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 96 | Colorado State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 96 | East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 96 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 96 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 100 | SMU | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -2.0 |
| 100 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 100 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 103 | Kansas | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -3.0 |
| 104 | Wisconsin | 1 | 2 | -7 | -3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -7.0 |