2023 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games in November Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 3 | 1 | 53 | 53.00 | 2 | 0.3 | 17.7 |
| 2 | Baylor | 4 | 3 | 101 | 33.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 25.3 |
| 3 | UCLA | 4 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| 4 | UTEP | 3 | 2 | 61 | 30.50 | 1 | 0.7 | 20.3 |
| 5 | Florida | 4 | 2 | 56 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.0 |
| 6 | UNLV | 4 | 7 | 170 | 24.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.5 |
| 7 | Texas State | 4 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.8 |
| 8 | Nevada | 4 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 4 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.3 |
| 10 | Syracuse | 4 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 11 | Texas | 4 | 7 | 129 | 18.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.3 |
| 12 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| 13 | Oregon | 4 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 13 | Texas Tech | 4 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 13 | San Jose State | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 16 | Oregon State | 4 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| 17 | TCU | 4 | 4 | 68 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 17 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 11.3 |
| 19 | Florida State | 4 | 6 | 100 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.0 |
| 20 | Alabama | 4 | 7 | 115 | 16.43 | 1 | 1.8 | 28.8 |
| 21 | Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.5 |
| 22 | South Alabama | 4 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.3 |
| 23 | Arkansas State | 4 | 7 | 102 | 14.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 25.5 |
| 24 | USF | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| 25 | James Madison | 4 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.8 |
| 26 | Appalachian State | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| 26 | Wyoming | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| 28 | Rice | 4 | 7 | 93 | 13.29 | 1 | 1.8 | 23.3 |
| 29 | Fresno State | 4 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.5 |
| 30 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 4 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 31 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| 32 | Auburn | 4 | 9 | 111 | 12.33 | 1 | 2.3 | 27.8 |
| 32 | LSU | 4 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.3 |
| 35 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 5 | 60 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 20.0 |
| 36 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| 39 | UAB | 4 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.5 |
| 40 | Iowa State | 4 | 4 | 45 | 11.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| 41 | Colorado | 4 | 9 | 101 | 11.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 25.3 |
| 42 | Bowling Green | 4 | 7 | 78 | 11.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 19.5 |
| 43 | Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 43 | Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 45 | Western Michigan | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.0 |
| 46 | Utah | 4 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| 47 | Tennessee | 4 | 7 | 69 | 9.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.3 |
| 48 | UTSA | 4 | 6 | 58 | 9.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 14.5 |
| 49 | Old Dominion | 4 | 7 | 67 | 9.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.8 |
| 50 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| 51 | SMU | 4 | 10 | 92 | 9.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 23.0 |
| 52 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| 53 | Wisconsin | 4 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 21.5 |
| 54 | Penn State | 4 | 10 | 85 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 21.3 |
| 54 | Navy | 4 | 10 | 85 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 21.3 |
| 56 | Massachusetts | 3 | 6 | 50 | 8.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.7 |
| 57 | Stanford | 4 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 58 | Toledo | 3 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.7 |
| 59 | Mississippi State | 4 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 59 | Boise State | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| 61 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 11 | 86 | 7.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 21.5 |
| 62 | Kansas | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 63 | South Carolina | 4 | 9 | 67 | 7.44 | 1 | 2.3 | 16.8 |
| 64 | New Mexico State | 4 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 65 | Liberty | 4 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 65 | Northwestern | 4 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 67 | Iowa | 4 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.5 |
| 68 | Utah State | 4 | 10 | 70 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 17.5 |
| 68 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 68 | North Texas | 4 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 68 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 68 | Indiana | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 68 | Houston | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| 74 | San Diego State | 4 | 8 | 55 | 6.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.8 |
| 75 | East Carolina | 4 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| 76 | Tulane | 4 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| 77 | Clemson | 4 | 10 | 66 | 6.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 16.5 |
| 78 | Maryland | 4 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| 79 | Akron | 4 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.8 |
| 79 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.8 |
| 81 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
| 82 | Michigan | 4 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 83 | Arizona | 4 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 83 | UCF | 4 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 83 | Boston College | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| 86 | Central Michigan | 3 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.7 |
| 86 | Virginia | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 86 | North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 89 | Southern Miss | 4 | 8 | 42 | 5.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| 90 | Hawaii | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 90 | Ohio | 3 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 90 | Washington | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 90 | Missouri | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 94 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 9 | 44 | 4.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.0 |
| 95 | Georgia | 4 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 96 | Duke | 4 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 97 | Air Force | 4 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 98 | BYU | 4 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 11.3 |
| 98 | Kent State | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 100 | Louisville | 4 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 1 | 1.8 | 7.8 |
| 101 | Charlotte | 4 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| 102 | Memphis | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 103 | Temple | 4 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
| 104 | Connecticut | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 104 | Washington State | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 106 | Nebraska | 4 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 106 | Texas A&M | 4 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 106 | Louisiana | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 109 | Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 110 | Notre Dame | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| 110 | Illinois | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 112 | Arkansas | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 113 | NC State | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 113 | FIU | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 115 | Purdue | 4 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| 116 | Troy | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 117 | Ball State | 4 | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 5.3 |
| 117 | Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 119 | Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 119 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 121 | West Virginia | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 121 | Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 123 | Kansas State | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| 124 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 5 | -4 | -0.80 | 0 | 1.3 | -1.0 |
| 125 | California | 4 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 126 | Georgia State | 4 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| 127 | Oklahoma | 4 | 7 | -19 | -2.71 | 0 | 1.8 | -4.8 |
| 128 | Buffalo | 3 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.7 |
| 129 | Kentucky | 4 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.8 |
| 130 | Rutgers | 4 | 1 | -9 | -9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -2.3 |