2023 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon State | 1 | 4 | 106 | 26.50 | 1 | 4.0 | 106.0 |
| 2 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 96 | 32.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 96.0 |
| 3 | UCF | 1 | 6 | 94 | 15.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 94.0 |
| 3 | James Madison | 1 | 6 | 94 | 15.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 94.0 |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 5 | 78 | 15.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 78.0 |
| 6 | San Jose State | 1 | 1 | 75 | 75.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 75.0 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 1 | 7 | 72 | 10.29 | 0 | 7.0 | 72.0 |
| 8 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 6 | 70 | 11.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 70.0 |
| 9 | Mississippi | 1 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 69.0 |
| 10 | North Carolina State | 1 | 3 | 68 | 22.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 68.0 |
| 10 | TCU | 1 | 4 | 68 | 17.00 | 1 | 4.0 | 68.0 |
| 12 | Army | 2 | 2 | 61 | 30.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 30.5 |
| 12 | Tulane | 1 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 14 | Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 60 | 30.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 60.0 |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 60.0 |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.0 |
| 17 | Memphis | 1 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.0 |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 53 | 10.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 53.0 |
| 19 | Arkansas | 1 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 22 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 39.0 |
| 23 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 38 | 38.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 38.0 |
| 24 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 37 | 9.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 37.0 |
| 26 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 26 | Hawai'i | 1 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 36.0 |
| 28 | Tulsa | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 29 | Florida International | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 29 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 29 | Oregon | 1 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 34.0 |
| 32 | Kent State | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 33.0 |
| 32 | Rice | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 33.0 |
| 34 | Temple | 1 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 32.0 |
| 35 | Old Dominion | 1 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 31.0 |
| 36 | Penn State | 1 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 30.0 |
| 37 | Clemson | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 37 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 39 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| 40 | Notre Dame | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 27.0 |
| 41 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 43 | LSU | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 43 | Texas A&M | 1 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 22.0 |
| 45 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 45 | UCLA | 1 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 21.0 |
| 47 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 20.0 |
| 49 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 50 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 50 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 50 | Missouri | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 50 | Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 54 | San Diego State | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 54 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 56 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 56 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 16.0 |
| 59 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 60 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 60 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 60 | SMU | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 63 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 63 | Colorado State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 63 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 63 | Virginia | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 67 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 67 | Rutgers | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| 67 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| 67 | Utah | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 9.0 |
| 71 | New Mexico State | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| 72 | Troy | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 73 | Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 73 | Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 73 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 73 | Louisville | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 77 | Baylor | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 77 | North Texas | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 77 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 80 | South Florida | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 81 | Ohio State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 82 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 83 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 83 | Wyoming | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| 85 | Boise State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 96 | Air Force | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -1.0 |
| 97 | Marshall | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -2.0 |
| 98 | Auburn | 1 | 3 | -8 | -2.67 | 0 | 3.0 | -8.0 |
| 99 | Indiana | 1 | 2 | -17 | -8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -17.0 |