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