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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Penn State 4 10 202 20.20 2 2.5 50.5
1 Army 11 7 113 16.14 2 0.6 10.3
3 Oregon State 4 6 126 21.00 1 1.5 31.5
3 San Jose State 5 4 83 20.75 1 0.8 16.6
3 Arkansas 4 8 154 19.25 1 2.0 38.5
3 TCU 3 4 68 17.00 1 1.3 22.7
3 Georgia 5 13 202 15.54 1 2.6 40.4
3 West Virginia 4 9 138 15.33 1 2.3 34.5
3 Oklahoma 4 7 103 14.71 1 1.8 25.8
3 Mississippi State 4 8 114 14.25 1 2.0 28.5
3 Tulane 5 8 109 13.63 1 1.6 21.8
3 Charlotte 4 8 105 13.13 1 2.0 26.3
3 Alabama 5 12 156 13.00 1 2.4 31.2
3 James Madison 5 10 130 13.00 1 2.0 26.0
3 Mississippi 5 7 81 11.57 1 1.4 16.2
3 Notre Dame 13 15 168 11.20 1 1.2 12.9
3 Louisiana-Monroe 4 1 10 10.00 1 0.3 2.5
3 Rutgers 4 3 22 7.33 1 0.8 5.5
19 Appalachian State 5 1 23 23.00 0 0.2 4.6
19 Florida Atlantic 4 4 87 21.75 0 1.0 21.8
19 USC 4 9 187 20.78 0 2.3 46.8
19 UAB 4 1 19 19.00 0 0.3 4.8
19 Texas Tech 4 4 65 16.25 0 1.0 16.3
19 Virginia Tech 5 9 143 15.89 0 1.8 28.6
19 North Carolina State 5 10 151 15.10 0 2.0 30.2
19 Illinois 3 1 15 15.00 0 0.3 5.0
19 Tulsa 4 3 44 14.67 0 0.8 11.0
19 Duke 5 6 82 13.67 0 1.2 16.4
19 Navy 4 3 41 13.67 0 0.8 10.3
19 Tennessee 5 11 147 13.36 0 2.2 29.4
19 Texas 4 7 93 13.29 0 1.8 23.3
19 Memphis 5 8 103 12.88 0 1.6 20.6
19 Kentucky 5 6 76 12.67 0 1.2 15.2
19 UCF 4 8 101 12.63 0 2.0 25.3
19 Florida State 5 5 61 12.20 0 1.0 12.2
19 Florida International 4 8 96 12.00 0 2.0 24.0
19 Minnesota 4 4 48 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
19 Eastern Michigan 5 5 59 11.80 0 1.0 11.8
19 UNLV 5 4 47 11.75 0 0.8 9.4
19 Clemson 5 13 148 11.38 0 2.6 29.6
19 Kansas State 4 6 68 11.33 0 1.5 17.0
19 Coastal Carolina 5 5 56 11.20 0 1.0 11.2
19 Houston 3 6 67 11.17 0 2.0 22.3
19 Vanderbilt 4 9 99 11.00 0 2.3 24.8
19 Kent State 4 3 33 11.00 0 0.8 8.3
19 Wake Forest 4 7 76 10.86 0 1.8 19.0
19 Washington State 3 4 43 10.75 0 1.3 14.3
19 Utah State 5 11 117 10.64 0 2.2 23.4
19 Georgia Tech 5 7 74 10.57 0 1.4 14.8
19 Purdue 3 6 63 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
19 Fresno State 5 6 63 10.50 0 1.2 12.6
19 South Alabama 5 7 73 10.43 0 1.4 14.6
19 LSU 5 5 51 10.20 0 1.0 10.2
19 Auburn 5 11 112 10.18 0 2.2 22.4
19 Miami (Ohio) 5 6 61 10.17 0 1.2 12.2
19 Iowa State 4 6 60 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
19 Georgia Southern 5 10 94 9.40 0 2.0 18.8
19 Arkansas State 5 5 46 9.20 0 1.0 9.2
19 Hawai'i 5 7 64 9.14 0 1.4 12.8
19 Middle Tennessee 4 2 18 9.00 0 0.5 4.5
19 Northern Illinois 5 5 44 8.80 0 1.0 8.8
19 Oregon 4 12 105 8.75 0 3.0 26.3
19 Wisconsin 4 5 43 8.60 0 1.3 10.8
19 Florida 4 7 58 8.29 0 1.8 14.5
19 Liberty 5 7 58 8.29 0 1.4 11.6
19 Michigan State 3 8 66 8.25 0 2.7 22.0
19 Syracuse 5 16 126 7.88 0 3.2 25.2
19 Iowa 4 11 84 7.64 0 2.8 21.0
19 Massachusetts 10 11 83 7.55 0 1.1 8.3
19 UCLA 4 9 67 7.44 0 2.3 16.8
19 Texas A&M 5 15 111 7.40 0 3.0 22.2
19 Southern Mississippi 4 8 59 7.38 0 2.0 14.8
19 Old Dominion 5 6 44 7.33 0 1.2 8.8
19 Michigan 5 11 77 7.00 0 2.2 15.4
19 Colorado State 4 5 35 7.00 0 1.3 8.8
19 Stanford 3 2 14 7.00 0 0.7 4.7
19 Missouri 5 5 34 6.80 0 1.0 6.8
19 East Carolina 4 3 19 6.33 0 0.8 4.8
19 Central Michigan 4 4 25 6.25 0 1.0 6.3
19 Ohio State 4 5 31 6.20 0 1.3 7.8
19 Temple 4 5 31 6.20 0 1.3 7.8
19 Boston College 5 6 37 6.17 0 1.2 7.4
19 Rice 5 7 43 6.14 0 1.4 8.6
19 Texas State 5 7 42 6.00 0 1.4 8.4
19 Georgia State 5 2 12 6.00 0 0.4 2.4
19 North Carolina 5 2 12 6.00 0 0.4 2.4
19 Akron 4 7 41 5.86 0 1.8 10.3
19 Jacksonville State 5 5 28 5.60 0 1.0 5.6
19 San Diego State 4 6 33 5.50 0 1.5 8.3
19 Northwestern 4 4 22 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
19 Baylor 3 2 11 5.50 0 0.7 3.7
19 Louisiana Tech 4 11 59 5.36 0 2.8 14.8
19 New Mexico State 6 7 36 5.14 0 1.2 6.0
19 UTEP 4 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.3
19 Cincinnati 3 8 39 4.88 0 2.7 13.0
19 North Texas 4 5 24 4.80 0 1.3 6.0
19 Utah 4 10 45 4.50 0 2.5 11.3
19 Kansas 4 2 9 4.50 0 0.5 2.3
19 Troy 5 5 22 4.40 0 1.0 4.4
19 SMU 5 6 26 4.33 0 1.2 5.2
19 Colorado 3 3 13 4.33 0 1.0 4.3
19 Maryland 4 3 13 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
19 Bowling Green 5 6 25 4.17 0 1.2 5.0
19 BYU 3 8 33 4.13 0 2.7 11.0
19 South Carolina 4 8 33 4.13 0 2.0 8.3
19 Miami (Florida) 5 7 27 3.86 0 1.4 5.4
19 South Florida 5 11 42 3.82 0 2.2 8.4
19 Sam Houston State 4 6 22 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
19 Nebraska 3 3 11 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
19 Connecticut 11 11 40 3.64 0 1.0 3.6
19 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 9 32 3.56 0 1.8 6.4
19 Oklahoma State 4 4 14 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
19 UTSA 5 4 14 3.50 0 0.8 2.8
19 Arizona State 3 2 7 3.50 0 0.7 2.3
19 Toledo 5 7 23 3.29 0 1.4 4.6
19 Wyoming 5 7 23 3.29 0 1.4 4.6
19 Louisville 5 11 36 3.27 0 2.2 7.2
19 Air Force 5 7 21 3.00 0 1.4 4.2
19 Ball State 4 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 0.8
19 Pittsburgh 4 10 24 2.40 0 2.5 6.0
19 Boise State 5 3 7 2.33 0 0.6 1.4
19 Ohio 5 7 16 2.29 0 1.4 3.2
19 Virginia 4 5 11 2.20 0 1.3 2.8
19 Washington 5 8 17 2.13 0 1.6 3.4
19 Marshall 5 5 10 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
19 New Mexico 4 3 5 1.67 0 0.8 1.3
19 Buffalo 4 4 4 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
19 California 4 2 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
19 Arizona 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
19 Nevada 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
19 Western Michigan 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
19 Western Kentucky 5 2 -2 -1.00 0 0.4 -0.4
19 Indiana 3 3 -17 -5.67 0 1.0 -5.7