2024 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - All Games through 09/14/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTSA | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Missouri | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Florida State | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 8 | Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 8 | Florida | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 8 | TCU | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.3 |
| 8 | Utah State | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.3 |
| 8 | Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.5 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 3 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 8 | Kansas | 3 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.3 |
| 8 | Georgia | 3 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Louisville | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 8 | Michigan | 3 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.3 |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 3 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.3 |
| 8 | Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 8 | Army | 2 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 8 | Air Force | 3 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.7 |
| 26 | Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| 26 | UCLA | 2 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.0 |
| 26 | Rice | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 26 | Mississippi State | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| 26 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.3 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.7 |
| 26 | Duke | 3 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 26 | California | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.3 |
| 26 | Oregon | 3 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.7 |
| 26 | Penn State | 2 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.0 |
| 26 | USC | 2 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.5 |
| 26 | Buffalo | 3 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| 26 | Temple | 3 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| 26 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.3 |
| 26 | Oregon State | 3 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 26 | Akron | 3 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.3 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.3 |
| 26 | Texas State | 3 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 26 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.5 |
| 26 | LSU | 3 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 26 | Purdue | 2 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.0 |
| 26 | Charlotte | 3 | 3 | 71 | 23.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.7 |
| 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.5 |
| 26 | Iowa State | 2 | 3 | 90 | 30.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 45.0 |
| 26 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 3 | 91 | 30.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 30.3 |
| 26 | Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 126 | 42.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 42.0 |
| 26 | Wyoming | 3 | 3 | 145 | 48.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 48.3 |
| 53 | Mississippi | 3 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.7 |
| 53 | Boston College | 3 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 53 | Colorado State | 3 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.7 |
| 53 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.0 |
| 53 | Houston | 3 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.3 |
| 53 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 71 | 17.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.5 |
| 53 | Oklahoma | 3 | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.7 |
| 53 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.3 |
| 53 | BYU | 3 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.7 |
| 53 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 4 | 78 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.5 |
| 53 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 4 | 83 | 20.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.7 |
| 53 | Texas Tech | 3 | 4 | 88 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 29.3 |
| 53 | James Madison | 2 | 4 | 112 | 28.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 56.0 |
| 66 | Arizona State | 3 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.3 |
| 66 | Ball State | 2 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 41.0 |
| 66 | Washington State | 3 | 5 | 84 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.0 |
| 66 | Illinois | 3 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.7 |
| 66 | Iowa | 3 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.7 |
| 66 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.0 |
| 66 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.3 |
| 66 | Kent State | 3 | 5 | 118 | 23.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 39.3 |
| 66 | Troy | 3 | 5 | 134 | 26.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 44.7 |
| 75 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 75 | San Diego State | 3 | 6 | 83 | 13.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.7 |
| 75 | Virginia | 3 | 6 | 84 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 75 | UAB | 3 | 6 | 89 | 14.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.7 |
| 75 | Notre Dame | 3 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.7 |
| 75 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 6 | 107 | 17.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.7 |
| 75 | Appalachian State | 3 | 6 | 108 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | 3 | 6 | 108 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 75 | Auburn | 3 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.7 |
| 75 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 6 | 112 | 18.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.3 |
| 75 | Clemson | 2 | 6 | 113 | 18.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.5 |
| 75 | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 115 | 19.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.3 |
| 75 | UCF | 3 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.7 |
| 75 | UTEP | 3 | 6 | 121 | 20.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.3 |
| 75 | Texas A&M | 3 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.7 |
| 75 | South Florida | 3 | 6 | 129 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.0 |
| 75 | UNLV | 3 | 6 | 130 | 21.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.3 |
| 75 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 6 | 138 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.0 |
| 93 | East Carolina | 3 | 7 | 91 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 30.3 |
| 93 | Connecticut | 3 | 7 | 109 | 15.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.3 |
| 93 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 7 | 115 | 16.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 57.5 |
| 93 | Indiana | 3 | 7 | 123 | 17.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.0 |
| 93 | Colorado | 3 | 7 | 126 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.0 |
| 93 | Alabama | 3 | 7 | 136 | 19.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.3 |
| 93 | Cincinnati | 3 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.7 |
| 93 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 7 | 151 | 21.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.3 |
| 93 | Tulane | 3 | 7 | 180 | 25.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 60.0 |
| 93 | Boise State | 2 | 7 | 255 | 36.43 | 1 | 3.5 | 127.5 |
| 103 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 8 | 123 | 15.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 41.0 |
| 103 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 8 | 129 | 16.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 43.0 |
| 103 | SMU | 3 | 8 | 138 | 17.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 46.0 |
| 103 | Stanford | 2 | 8 | 142 | 17.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 71.0 |
| 103 | Old Dominion | 3 | 8 | 145 | 18.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 48.3 |
| 103 | Northwestern | 3 | 8 | 160 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 53.3 |
| 109 | Liberty | 3 | 9 | 141 | 15.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 47.0 |
| 109 | San Jose State | 3 | 9 | 161 | 17.89 | 0 | 3.0 | 53.7 |
| 109 | Utah | 3 | 9 | 169 | 18.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.3 |
| 109 | Nebraska | 3 | 9 | 183 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 109 | Nevada | 4 | 9 | 184 | 20.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.0 |
| 109 | Maryland | 3 | 9 | 206 | 22.89 | 0 | 3.0 | 68.7 |
| 115 | Tulsa | 3 | 10 | 107 | 10.70 | 0 | 3.3 | 35.7 |
| 115 | Fresno State | 3 | 10 | 169 | 16.90 | 0 | 3.3 | 56.3 |
| 115 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 10 | 183 | 18.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 61.0 |
| 115 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 10 | 186 | 18.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 93.0 |
| 115 | Navy | 2 | 10 | 219 | 21.90 | 0 | 5.0 | 109.5 |
| 115 | Washington | 3 | 10 | 234 | 23.40 | 0 | 3.3 | 78.0 |
| 115 | Kansas State | 3 | 10 | 248 | 24.80 | 0 | 3.3 | 82.7 |
| 115 | Western Michigan | 3 | 10 | 336 | 33.60 | 2 | 3.3 | 112.0 |
| 123 | Arkansas State | 3 | 11 | 176 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.7 | 58.7 |
| 123 | South Carolina | 3 | 11 | 181 | 16.45 | 0 | 3.7 | 60.3 |
| 123 | Toledo | 3 | 11 | 209 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.7 | 69.7 |
| 123 | New Mexico | 3 | 11 | 286 | 26.00 | 0 | 3.7 | 95.3 |
| 127 | West Virginia | 3 | 12 | 169 | 14.08 | 0 | 4.0 | 56.3 |
| 127 | South Alabama | 3 | 12 | 261 | 21.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 87.0 |
| 129 | Florida International | 3 | 13 | 242 | 18.62 | 0 | 4.3 | 80.7 |
| 129 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 13 | 244 | 18.77 | 0 | 4.3 | 81.3 |
| 129 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 13 | 253 | 19.46 | 0 | 6.5 | 126.5 |