2022 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 24 333 13.88 1 2.2 30.3
2 Alabama 2 11 282 25.64 2 5.5 141.0
3 Fresno State 10 13 231 17.77 2 1.3 23.1
4 Toledo 12 26 218 8.38 0 2.2 18.2
5 Colorado State 9 14 200 14.29 1 1.6 22.2
6 Tulane 11 19 193 10.16 1 1.7 17.5
7 Utah State 11 20 188 9.40 1 1.8 17.1
8 Middle Tennessee 11 17 173 10.18 1 1.5 15.7
9 Memphis 11 22 165 7.50 0 2.0 15.0
10 Rice 11 17 151 8.88 0 1.5 13.7
11 Michigan 3 12 149 12.42 1 4.0 49.7
12 South Alabama 11 18 148 8.22 1 1.6 13.5
13 Georgia Southern 11 16 147 9.19 1 1.5 13.4
14 Bowling Green 10 9 146 16.22 1 0.9 14.6
15 Houston 11 11 145 13.18 1 1.0 13.2
16 Navy 11 14 144 10.29 0 1.3 13.1
17 Texas State 10 14 143 10.21 0 1.4 14.3
18 Louisiana Tech 9 10 135 13.50 0 1.1 15.0
18 Marshall 11 19 135 7.11 1 1.7 12.3
20 Miami (Ohio) 10 17 125 7.35 0 1.7 12.5
21 Florida Atlantic 10 10 120 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
22 Southern Mississippi 11 16 119 7.44 0 1.5 10.8
23 South Carolina 3 9 118 13.11 2 3.0 39.3
23 Boise State 12 22 118 5.36 1 1.8 9.8
25 Cincinnati 9 11 116 10.55 0 1.2 12.9
26 Old Dominion 10 13 113 8.69 0 1.3 11.3
27 Troy 12 11 112 10.18 0 0.9 9.3
28 Akron 9 18 110 6.11 0 2.0 12.2
29 New Mexico State 8 16 109 6.81 0 2.0 13.6
30 UCF 10 17 107 6.29 0 1.7 10.7
31 East Carolina 11 14 105 7.50 0 1.3 9.5
32 SMU 10 10 102 10.20 0 1.0 10.2
32 Charlotte 9 13 102 7.85 0 1.4 11.3
32 UTEP 11 16 102 6.38 1 1.5 9.3
35 UAB 11 11 97 8.82 1 1.0 8.8
36 Western Kentucky 11 10 94 9.40 1 0.9 8.5
37 BYU 8 6 91 15.17 0 0.8 11.4
38 Army 9 11 89 8.09 2 1.2 9.9
39 Notre Dame 4 10 88 8.80 0 2.5 22.0
40 James Madison 9 16 86 5.38 0 1.8 9.6
41 Central Michigan 9 15 83 5.53 0 1.7 9.2
42 Nevada 10 11 78 7.09 0 1.1 7.8
42 Tulsa 10 14 78 5.57 0 1.4 7.8
44 Arkansas State 10 14 77 5.50 0 1.4 7.7
45 New Mexico 10 15 76 5.07 0 1.5 7.6
46 Florida International 11 10 75 7.50 0 0.9 6.8
47 Kent State 8 11 74 6.73 0 1.4 9.3
47 San Diego State 10 16 74 4.63 1 1.6 7.4
49 Liberty 9 12 72 6.00 0 1.3 8.0
50 Utah 1 7 69 9.86 0 7.0 69.0
51 Massachusetts 10 8 67 8.38 0 0.8 6.7
52 Oklahoma 2 4 66 16.50 0 2.0 33.0
52 Penn State 2 7 66 9.43 0 3.5 33.0
54 Coastal Carolina 12 10 63 6.30 0 0.8 5.3
55 Maryland 3 5 60 12.00 0 1.7 20.0
56 UNLV 10 9 59 6.56 0 0.9 5.9
57 Georgia State 10 10 58 5.80 0 1.0 5.8
57 UTSA 12 11 58 5.27 0 0.9 4.8
59 Texas 2 5 55 11.00 1 2.5 27.5
59 Michigan State 2 5 55 11.00 0 2.5 27.5
59 South Florida 9 7 55 7.86 0 0.8 6.1
62 Auburn 2 3 53 17.67 0 1.5 26.5
63 Purdue 1 3 49 16.33 0 3.0 49.0
64 Temple 9 9 43 4.78 0 1.0 4.8
65 Connecticut 8 11 42 3.82 0 1.4 5.3
66 Iowa 1 3 41 13.67 0 3.0 41.0
66 Ohio State 3 5 41 8.20 0 1.7 13.7
66 Eastern Michigan 11 8 41 5.13 0 0.7 3.7
69 Wake Forest 2 1 38 38.00 0 0.5 19.0
69 North Carolina 3 4 38 9.50 0 1.3 12.7
71 North Carolina State 2 3 35 11.67 1 1.5 17.5
72 Louisville 4 12 34 2.83 0 3.0 8.5
73 Kentucky 2 4 31 7.75 0 2.0 15.5
73 Ball State 10 10 31 3.10 0 1.0 3.1
75 Baylor 3 2 30 15.00 0 0.7 10.0
75 Illinois 1 4 30 7.50 0 4.0 30.0
75 UCLA 2 4 30 7.50 0 2.0 15.0
75 LSU 2 7 30 4.29 0 3.5 15.0
79 California 2 3 29 9.67 0 1.5 14.5
79 Texas A&M 2 5 29 5.80 0 2.5 14.5
79 Ohio 11 13 29 2.23 0 1.2 2.6
82 Louisiana-Monroe 9 6 28 4.67 1 0.7 3.1
83 Tennessee 2 2 27 13.50 0 1.0 13.5
84 Western Michigan 9 8 25 3.13 0 0.9 2.8
85 Arizona 1 2 23 11.50 0 2.0 23.0
85 Vanderbilt 2 3 23 7.67 0 1.5 11.5
85 North Texas 13 8 23 2.88 0 0.6 1.8
88 Hawai'i 10 12 21 1.75 0 1.2 2.1
89 San Jose State 10 5 20 4.00 0 0.5 2.0
90 Indiana 2 5 19 3.80 0 2.5 9.5
90 Wyoming 11 5 19 3.80 1 0.5 1.7
92 Georgia Tech 1 1 17 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
93 TCU 1 1 15 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
93 Appalachian State 8 7 15 2.14 0 0.9 1.9
95 Washington State 2 1 13 13.00 0 0.5 6.5
96 Iowa State 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
96 Mississippi State 2 4 12 3.00 0 2.0 6.0
96 Syracuse 2 5 12 2.40 0 2.5 6.0
99 Colorado 1 1 11 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
99 Oklahoma State 1 2 11 5.50 0 2.0 11.0
99 Boston College 2 4 11 2.75 0 2.0 5.5
99 Air Force 10 4 11 2.75 0 0.4 1.1
103 Georgia 1 2 10 5.00 0 2.0 10.0
103 Virginia 1 2 10 5.00 0 2.0 10.0
105 Northern Illinois 9 6 9 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
106 Florida State 1 2 7 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
106 Arkansas 3 3 7 2.33 0 1.0 2.3
106 Virginia Tech 2 6 7 1.17 0 3.0 3.5
109 USC 4 3 5 1.67 0 0.8 1.3
110 Missouri 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
110 Stanford 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
110 Texas Tech 1 2 2 1.00 0 2.0 2.0
113 Wisconsin 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
114 Clemson 2 2 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
114 Northwestern 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
114 Duke 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
117 Rutgers 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
118 Mississippi 2 3 -2 -0.67 0 1.5 -1.0
119 Buffalo 11 8 -3 -0.38 0 0.7 -0.3
120 Pittsburgh 1 3 -5 -1.67 0 3.0 -5.0
121 Oregon 1 1 -7 -7.00 0 1.0 -7.0
122 Miami (Florida) 2 2 -12 -6.00 0 1.0 -6.0