2023 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 UNLV 9 14 262 18.71 0 1.6 29.1
2 Texas 10 17 288 16.94 2 1.7 28.8
3 Texas A&M 8 12 213 17.75 1 1.5 26.6
3 SMU 9 21 239 11.38 1 2.3 26.6
5 Miami (Ohio) 9 18 238 13.22 0 2.0 26.4
6 Florida State 9 22 237 10.77 0 2.4 26.3
7 Florida Atlantic 8 11 195 17.73 1 1.4 24.4
8 Louisiana Tech 8 19 188 9.89 2 2.4 23.5
9 South Alabama 8 17 179 10.53 0 2.1 22.4
10 Michigan 10 18 221 12.28 0 1.8 22.1
11 Iowa 10 19 220 11.58 1 1.9 22.0
12 Baylor 9 11 190 17.27 0 1.2 21.1
13 Rice 8 12 154 12.83 1 1.5 19.3
14 San Diego State 8 15 152 10.13 0 1.9 19.0
15 USC 9 11 170 15.45 1 1.2 18.9
16 Texas Tech 9 8 169 21.13 1 0.9 18.8
17 Virginia Tech 8 16 146 9.13 0 2.0 18.3
18 Colorado 9 14 163 11.64 0 1.6 18.1
19 Utah State 8 19 142 7.47 0 2.4 17.8
20 Auburn 8 14 138 9.86 1 1.8 17.3
21 James Madison 8 8 136 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
22 Navy 8 17 135 7.94 0 2.1 16.9
23 Wisconsin 9 17 151 8.88 0 1.9 16.8
24 Washington 10 11 167 15.18 1 1.1 16.7
25 Syracuse 8 10 132 13.20 0 1.3 16.5
26 Fresno State 8 14 121 8.64 0 1.8 15.1
27 Penn State 9 20 134 6.70 0 2.2 14.9
28 Nevada 8 6 118 19.67 0 0.8 14.8
29 Charlotte 8 15 117 7.80 0 1.9 14.6
30 Colorado State 8 8 115 14.38 1 1.0 14.4
30 Arkansas State 8 11 115 10.45 1 1.4 14.4
32 Tennessee 8 10 112 11.20 1 1.3 14.0
33 UTSA 8 13 111 8.54 1 1.6 13.9
34 Georgia Southern 8 17 110 6.47 0 2.1 13.8
35 Southern Mississippi 8 8 108 13.50 1 1.0 13.5
36 Sam Houston State 8 14 107 7.64 0 1.8 13.4
37 Illinois 9 11 118 10.73 0 1.2 13.1
38 Bowling Green 8 11 103 9.36 1 1.4 12.9
39 North Carolina 8 7 102 14.57 1 0.9 12.8
39 Middle Tennessee 8 9 102 11.33 0 1.1 12.8
41 Kansas 9 4 110 27.50 1 0.4 12.2
42 Oregon State 9 7 108 15.43 0 0.8 12.0
43 Florida 8 7 93 13.29 0 0.9 11.6
44 UTEP 8 7 91 13.00 1 0.9 11.4
45 New Mexico State 9 11 99 9.00 0 1.2 11.0
46 Purdue 9 14 96 6.86 0 1.6 10.7
47 Eastern Michigan 8 8 83 10.38 0 1.0 10.4
48 Arizona State 9 8 93 11.63 0 0.9 10.3
48 Pittsburgh 8 12 82 6.83 0 1.5 10.3
50 Old Dominion 8 12 81 6.75 0 1.5 10.1
51 Maryland 9 9 88 9.78 0 1.0 9.8
52 West Virginia 9 13 87 6.69 0 1.4 9.7
53 Oregon 10 9 96 10.67 0 0.9 9.6
53 East Carolina 8 10 77 7.70 0 1.3 9.6
55 Boston College 8 6 75 12.50 0 0.8 9.4
55 Mississippi State 8 8 75 9.38 0 1.0 9.4
55 Louisville 9 17 85 5.00 1 1.9 9.4
58 TCU 9 9 84 9.33 0 1.0 9.3
59 San Jose State 8 4 73 18.25 1 0.5 9.1
59 Toledo 9 12 82 6.83 0 1.3 9.1
59 Kent State 8 11 73 6.64 0 1.4 9.1
62 Wake Forest 8 9 72 8.00 0 1.1 9.0
63 Arizona 9 12 78 6.50 1 1.3 8.7
64 Duke 8 10 67 6.70 0 1.3 8.4
65 South Carolina 8 5 65 13.00 1 0.6 8.1
65 Louisiana-Monroe 8 7 65 9.29 0 0.9 8.1
65 Louisiana-Lafayette 8 8 65 8.13 0 1.0 8.1
68 Western Michigan 8 6 64 10.67 0 0.8 8.0
69 Northern Illinois 8 7 60 8.57 1 0.9 7.5
70 Iowa State 9 10 67 6.70 0 1.1 7.4
70 Jacksonville State 8 11 59 5.36 1 1.4 7.4
72 Utah 9 14 66 4.71 0 1.6 7.3
73 Troy 9 12 64 5.33 0 1.3 7.1
74 BYU 9 15 59 3.93 0 1.7 6.6
75 Miami (Florida) 8 5 52 10.40 0 0.6 6.5
75 Akron 8 9 52 5.78 0 1.1 6.5
77 Georgia 9 11 58 5.27 0 1.2 6.4
78 South Florida 8 7 50 7.14 0 0.9 6.3
78 Virginia 8 11 50 4.55 0 1.4 6.3
80 UCLA 9 9 56 6.22 0 1.0 6.2
81 UCF 9 9 55 6.11 0 1.0 6.1
82 Georgia Tech 8 5 47 9.40 0 0.6 5.9
83 Vanderbilt 8 6 46 7.67 0 0.8 5.8
83 Buffalo 8 7 46 6.57 0 0.9 5.8
85 Temple 8 9 45 5.00 0 1.1 5.6
86 Central Michigan 8 11 43 3.91 0 1.4 5.4
87 Northwestern 9 7 48 6.86 0 0.8 5.3
87 Indiana 9 9 48 5.33 0 1.0 5.3
87 Western Kentucky 8 9 42 4.67 0 1.1 5.3
90 Minnesota 9 4 46 11.50 0 0.4 5.1
90 UAB 8 5 41 8.20 0 0.6 5.1
90 Texas State 8 5 41 8.20 0 0.6 5.1
93 Ohio State 9 12 44 3.67 0 1.3 4.9
94 Missouri 8 4 37 9.25 0 0.5 4.6
94 Hawai'i 8 8 37 4.63 0 1.0 4.6
96 Florida International 8 5 36 7.20 0 0.6 4.5
96 Mississippi 8 7 36 5.14 0 0.9 4.5
98 Clemson 8 10 34 3.40 0 1.3 4.3
99 Tulane 9 6 37 6.17 0 0.7 4.1
99 Nebraska 9 13 37 2.85 0 1.4 4.1
101 Stanford 9 5 34 6.80 0 0.6 3.8
101 Oklahoma 9 14 34 2.43 0 1.6 3.8
103 Houston 9 9 33 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
104 North Texas 8 6 26 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
104 Arkansas 8 7 26 3.71 0 0.9 3.3
106 Liberty 9 6 28 4.67 0 0.7 3.1
106 Ohio 8 8 25 3.13 0 1.0 3.1
108 Washington State 9 5 27 5.40 0 0.6 3.0
109 LSU 8 2 23 11.50 0 0.3 2.9
109 Tulsa 8 3 23 7.67 0 0.4 2.9
109 California 9 7 26 3.71 0 0.8 2.9
112 Oklahoma State 10 8 28 3.50 0 0.8 2.8
113 Michigan State 9 5 23 4.60 0 0.6 2.6
114 North Carolina State 8 7 20 2.86 0 0.9 2.5
115 Boise State 9 5 20 4.00 0 0.6 2.2
116 Alabama 9 8 18 2.25 0 0.9 2.0
117 Memphis 8 7 15 2.14 0 0.9 1.9
118 Appalachian State 9 1 14 14.00 0 0.1 1.6
118 Coastal Carolina 8 9 13 1.44 0 1.1 1.6
120 Ball State 8 13 12 0.92 0 1.6 1.5
121 Cincinnati 9 7 13 1.86 0 0.8 1.4
122 Wyoming 8 2 10 5.00 0 0.3 1.3
123 Marshall 8 4 9 2.25 0 0.5 1.1
123 Georgia State 8 7 9 1.29 1 0.9 1.1
125 Kansas State 9 10 5 0.50 0 1.1 0.6
126 Air Force 8 1 2 2.00 0 0.1 0.3
127 New Mexico 8 1 0 0.00 0 0.1 0.0
128 Kentucky 8 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.3 -0.4
129 Rutgers 9 3 -10 -3.33 1 0.3 -1.1
130 Massachusetts 2 1 -3 -3.00 0 0.5 -1.5