2024 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 12/21/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCU | 3 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -2.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 3 | 2 | -10 | -5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | -3.3 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 3 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -1.7 |
| 1 | UTSA | 3 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 3 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.7 | -0.7 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Akron | 3 | 4 | -1 | -0.25 | 0 | 1.3 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | LSU | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 5.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 9 | 23 | 2.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.8 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Memphis | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 4 | 8 | 45 | 5.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 1 | South Florida | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 9 | 54 | 6.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 6 | 40 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 10 | 73 | 7.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 3 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 3 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Florida State | 3 | 6 | 53 | 8.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.7 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 3 | 6 | 55 | 9.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.7 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 9 | 89 | 9.89 | 0 | 3.0 | 29.7 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 9 | 90 | 10.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 3 | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.7 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 3 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 25.7 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 5 | 56 | 11.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 3 | 7 | 85 | 12.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.7 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Florida | 3 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.7 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 4 | 58 | 14.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.3 |
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 6 | 96 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 1 | UAB | 3 | 6 | 101 | 16.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.7 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.3 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Washington | 3 | 5 | 117 | 23.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 39.0 |
| 119 | Baylor | 3 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 1 | 1.7 | 8.7 |
| 119 | Connecticut | 3 | 10 | 75 | 7.50 | 1 | 3.3 | 25.0 |
| 119 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 11 | 104 | 9.45 | 1 | 2.8 | 26.0 |
| 119 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 14 | 199 | 14.21 | 1 | 3.5 | 49.8 |
| 119 | Northwestern | 4 | 10 | 150 | 15.00 | 1 | 2.5 | 37.5 |
| 119 | Iowa | 4 | 5 | 76 | 15.20 | 1 | 1.3 | 19.0 |
| 119 | Air Force | 3 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 1 | 1.7 | 27.7 |
| 119 | Syracuse | 3 | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 1 | 1.3 | 24.7 |
| 119 | New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 105 | 26.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 35.0 |