2023 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 5 | 224 | 44.80 | 2 | 5.0 | 224.0 |
| 2 | North Carolina State | 1 | 2 | 94 | 47.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 94.0 |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4 | 157 | 39.25 | 1 | 4.0 | 157.0 |
| 4 | Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 88 | 88.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 88.0 |
| 4 | UNLV | 1 | 3 | 158 | 52.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 158.0 |
| 4 | Arizona State | 1 | 2 | 100 | 50.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 100.0 |
| 4 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 50 | 50.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 50.0 |
| 4 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 41 | 41.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 41.0 |
| 4 | Akron | 1 | 3 | 105 | 35.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 105.0 |
| 4 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 33 | 33.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 33.0 |
| 4 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 31.0 |
| 4 | Texas State | 1 | 6 | 183 | 30.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 183.0 |
| 4 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 61 | 30.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 61.0 |
| 4 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 4 | 119 | 29.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 119.0 |
| 4 | Auburn | 1 | 3 | 89 | 29.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 89.0 |
| 4 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 88 | 29.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 88.0 |
| 4 | BYU | 1 | 3 | 87 | 29.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 87.0 |
| 4 | Fresno State | 1 | 2 | 58 | 29.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 58.0 |
| 4 | Army | 2 | 2 | 58 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 4 | SMU | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 4 | Buffalo | 1 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 86.0 |
| 4 | Appalachian State | 1 | 2 | 57 | 28.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 57.0 |
| 4 | Colorado State | 1 | 2 | 57 | 28.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 57.0 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 2 | 55 | 27.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 55.0 |
| 4 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 54 | 27.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 54.0 |
| 4 | UCLA | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.0 |
| 4 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.0 |
| 4 | Utah | 1 | 2 | 53 | 26.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 53.0 |
| 4 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 4 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 4 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 4 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 4 | South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 4 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 96 | 24.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 96.0 |
| 4 | New Mexico State | 1 | 2 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.0 |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 4 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 4 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.0 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 69.0 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 1 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.0 |
| 4 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.0 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 1 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.0 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 1 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.0 |
| 4 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 110 | 22.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 110.0 |
| 4 | Florida International | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 4 | UTEP | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 4 | LSU | 1 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 86.0 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 1 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.0 |
| 4 | TCU | 1 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.0 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 4 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 4 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.0 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 1 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 4 | Indiana | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 4 | North Texas | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 4 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 4 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 4 | Kent State | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 4 | East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 4 | Missouri | 1 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.0 |
| 4 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 4 | Stanford | 1 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.0 |
| 4 | Marshall | 1 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.0 |
| 4 | Oregon State | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 4 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 4 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 4 | California | 1 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.0 |
| 4 | Hawai'i | 1 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.0 |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 4 | Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 4 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 4 | South Florida | 1 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 4 | Boise State | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 4 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 4 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 4 | Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 4 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 37.0 |
| 4 | Northwestern | 1 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 49.0 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 4 | Baylor | 1 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 35.0 |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| 4 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 4 | Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 4 | Clemson | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 4 | Florida | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 4 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 1 | -30 | -30.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -30.0 |