2023 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | -9 | -9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -3.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -3.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -1.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 8 | -4 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
| 1 | UTSA | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 1 | California | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 15 | 22 | 1.47 | 0 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 1 | USC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 10 | 12 | 26 | 2.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | Air Force | 12 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | Akron | 9 | 12 | 32 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 11 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 12 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 13 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 9 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 2 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 11 | 27 | 124 | 4.59 | 0 | 2.5 | 11.3 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 10 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Maryland | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 2 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 9 | 9 | 49 | 5.44 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Nevada | 9 | 18 | 99 | 5.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 11 | 13 | 74 | 5.69 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 11 | 11 | 67 | 6.09 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| 1 | North Texas | 10 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | Toledo | 12 | 8 | 51 | 6.38 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Texas State | 11 | 11 | 71 | 6.45 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 13 | 85 | 6.54 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.4 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 10 | 11 | 73 | 6.64 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 9 | 9 | 62 | 6.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| 1 | UCF | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 9 | 8 | 56 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 1 | Baylor | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 18 | 126 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Army | 7 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 2 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 17 | 126 | 7.41 | 0 | 1.9 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 10 | 9 | 73 | 8.11 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 13 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Tulane | 11 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 9 | 16 | 133 | 8.31 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 16 | 134 | 8.38 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.2 |
| 1 | Texas | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 7 | 14 | 120 | 8.57 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.1 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 10 | 12 | 103 | 8.58 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 9 | 20 | 174 | 8.70 | 0 | 2.2 | 19.3 |
| 1 | UAB | 10 | 12 | 105 | 8.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Ball State | 9 | 13 | 114 | 8.77 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 8 | 75 | 9.38 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 10 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 12 | 122 | 10.17 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 9 | 10 | 104 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 11.6 |
| 1 | Kent State | 9 | 20 | 208 | 10.40 | 0 | 2.2 | 23.1 |
| 1 | Missouri | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 10 | 8 | 92 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Boise State | 10 | 13 | 155 | 11.92 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.5 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 2 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 6 | 88 | 14.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 11 | 10 | 165 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 94 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 14 | 56 | 4.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 5.1 |
| 94 | Buffalo | 10 | 15 | 93 | 6.20 | 1 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 94 | Old Dominion | 10 | 12 | 102 | 8.50 | 1 | 1.2 | 10.2 |
| 94 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 12 | 105 | 8.75 | 1 | 1.3 | 11.7 |
| 94 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 94 | Rice | 10 | 13 | 121 | 9.31 | 1 | 1.3 | 12.1 |
| 94 | Western Michigan | 8 | 12 | 115 | 9.58 | 1 | 1.5 | 14.4 |
| 94 | SMU | 10 | 15 | 151 | 10.07 | 1 | 1.5 | 15.1 |
| 94 | South Florida | 10 | 8 | 83 | 10.38 | 1 | 0.8 | 8.3 |
| 94 | Georgia State | 11 | 22 | 251 | 11.41 | 1 | 2.0 | 22.8 |
| 94 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 7 | 85 | 12.14 | 1 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| 94 | UTEP | 9 | 12 | 155 | 12.92 | 1 | 1.3 | 17.2 |
| 94 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 12 | 190 | 15.83 | 1 | 1.2 | 19.0 |
| 94 | Temple | 9 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 1 | 0.8 | 13.4 |
| 94 | Utah State | 11 | 13 | 225 | 17.31 | 1 | 1.2 | 20.5 |
| 94 | New Mexico | 10 | 13 | 307 | 23.62 | 1 | 1.3 | 30.7 |
| 94 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 102 | 51.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 102.0 |
| 111 | Marshall | 10 | 23 | 278 | 12.09 | 2 | 2.3 | 27.8 |