2023 American Athletic Conference Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name Team Yr Pos G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Kaylon Horton N Texas SR WR 11 31 656 21.16 0 2.8 59.6
2 Henry Rutledge Charlotte SO RB 10 20 467 23.35 0 2.0 46.7
3 Sam Martin Temple FR SAF 11 25 511 20.44 1 2.3 46.5
4 Sutton Smith Memphis SO RB 12 21 509 24.24 0 1.8 42.4
5 Tyler Bradley Navy FR SB 11 22 462 21.00 0 2.0 42.0
6 Shedro Louis Tulane SR RB 13 17 490 28.82 1 1.3 37.7
7 Quinton Jackson Rice FR RB 12 17 393 23.12 0 1.4 32.8
8 Jermaine Brown Jr. UAB SR RB 11 15 331 22.07 0 1.4 30.1
9 Matthew Hill S Florida SR S 12 9 238 26.44 0 0.8 19.8
10 Je'Quan Burton FAU SR WR 10 10 190 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
11 Jordan Ford Tulsa SR RB 11 11 201 18.27 0 1.0 18.3
12 Willie McCoy UTSA JR WR 10 7 172 24.57 0 0.7 17.2
13 Roderick Daniels Jr. SMU JR WR 13 9 212 23.56 0 0.7 16.3
14 Jsi Hatfield ECU SR WR 11 8 135 16.88 0 0.7 12.3
15 Chris Carpenter UTSA JR WR 12 9 113 12.56 0 0.8 9.4
16 Sean Fresch Rice JR CB 12 6 102 17.00 0 0.5 8.5
16 Edward Saydee Temple SR RB 11 6 93 15.50 0 0.5 8.5
18 Kobe Lewis FAU SR RB 11 4 91 22.75 0 0.4 8.3
19 Key'Shawn Smith SMU SR WR 13 6 90 15.00 0 0.5 6.9
20 Moochie Dixon SMU JR WR 12 4 80 20.00 0 0.3 6.7
21 Kamdyn Benjamin Tulsa SR WR 11 3 69 23.00 0 0.3 6.3
22 Duane Thomas Jr. Charlotte FR WR 11 3 62 20.67 0 0.3 5.6
23 Jaden Alexis S Florida SO WR 12 4 64 16.00 0 0.3 5.3
24 Lee Witherspoon UAB JR RB 11 4 54 13.50 0 0.4 4.9
25 Michael Johnson, Jr. FAU JR QB 10 2 46 23.00 0 0.2 4.6
26 Bryce Bohanon Tulane SO WR 10 3 41 13.67 0 0.3 4.1
27 Lee Beebe UAB FR RB 10 2 34 17.00 0 0.2 3.4
28 Darvon Hubbard Temple SO RB 11 3 36 12.00 0 0.3 3.3
29 Joachim Bangda Charlotte SR RB 10 2 29 14.50 0 0.2 2.9
30 Damon Ward N Texas JR WR 11 1 21 21.00 0 0.1 1.9
31 Tyler Lavine SMU SR RB 13 1 23 23.00 0 0.1 1.8
31 Bryan Massey SMU SR S 10 2 18 9.00 0 0.2 1.8
33 Camron Cooper UTSA FR TE 13 2 22 11.00 0 0.2 1.7
34 Mac McWilliams UAB JR CB 11 1 18 18.00 0 0.1 1.6
35 Colby Dempsey UAB JR CB 11 1 15 15.00 0 0.1 1.4
35 Jamie Pettway S Florida JR LB 12 2 17 8.50 0 0.2 1.4
35 Amin Hassan Navy JR SB 11 2 15 7.50 0 0.2 1.4
38 Dean Connors Rice JR RB 12 1 15 15.00 0 0.1 1.3
38 Ricky Lee III UAB FR CB 11 1 14 14.00 0 0.1 1.3
40 Juma Otoviano Rice SR RB 11 1 12 12.00 0 0.1 1.1
41 Michael Williams II S Florida FR DE 12 1 12 12.00 0 0.1 1.0
41 Conlan Greene Temple FR DL 11 2 11 5.50 0 0.2 1.0
43 Houston Thomas UTSA FR TE 13 1 12 12.00 0 0.1 0.9
43 Elijah Champaigne Tulane SO DL 11 1 10 10.00 0 0.1 0.9
45 Brendan Doyle Memphis SO TE 12 1 9 9.00 0 0.1 0.8
46 Kahlil Brantley FAU SO TE 10 1 7 7.00 0 0.1 0.7
47 Blake Watson Memphis SR RB 12 1 5 5.00 0 0.1 0.4
47 Alex Bauman Tulane SO TE 13 1 5 5.00 0 0.1 0.4
47 Phil Hill N Texas JR S 10 1 4 4.00 0 0.1 0.4
50 Marlon Gunn Jr. ECU SO RB 11 1 2 2.00 0 0.1 0.2

Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.