2024 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games in October Only through 12/23/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Florida | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 4 | 45 | 11.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 7 | 88 | 12.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Ohio | 3 | 4 | 51 | 12.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 8 | 105 | 13.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 35.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.8 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 6 | 86 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | 10 | 144 | 14.40 | 0 | 3.3 | 48.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 11 | 162 | 14.73 | 0 | 3.7 | 54.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 5 | 74 | 14.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 7 | 106 | 15.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 35.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 5 | 76 | 15.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 7 | 109 | 15.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 6 | 94 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 6 | 96 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 8 | 128 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 42.7 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 10 | 161 | 16.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 40.3 |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | 6 | 97 | 16.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 10 | 168 | 16.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 42.0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 13 | 219 | 16.85 | 0 | 3.3 | 54.8 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 68 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.7 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 6 | 102 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Auburn | 3 | 5 | 85 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 8 | 136 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 45.3 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 7 | 120 | 17.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.8 |
| 1 | James Madison | 4 | 5 | 86 | 17.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 5 | 86 | 17.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 10 | 176 | 17.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 7 | 124 | 17.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 3 | 4 | 71 | 17.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 11 | 196 | 17.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 6 | 107 | 17.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.7 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 12 | 215 | 17.92 | 0 | 4.0 | 71.7 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 3 | 15 | 269 | 17.93 | 0 | 5.0 | 89.7 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 3 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 3 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 12 | 223 | 18.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.8 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 12 | 227 | 18.92 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.7 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 3 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.7 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.7 |
| 1 | Marshall | 3 | 5 | 96 | 19.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 15 | 291 | 19.40 | 0 | 3.8 | 72.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 3 | 4 | 78 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 9 | 176 | 19.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 7 | 137 | 19.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.7 |
| 1 | Washington | 3 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 3 | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.5 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.8 |
| 1 | TCU | 3 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.7 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.7 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 6 | 121 | 20.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.3 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 6 | 123 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 3 | 3 | 62 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.7 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 62 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.7 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 10 | 207 | 20.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 51.8 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 3 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 5 | 107 | 21.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.7 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 3 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.3 |
| 1 | UTSA | 3 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.7 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 5 | 108 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 5 | 108 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 6 | 130 | 21.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 3 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 3 | 11 | 242 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.7 | 80.7 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | 158 | 22.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.5 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 15 | 341 | 22.73 | 0 | 3.8 | 85.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 4 | 93 | 23.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 14 | 328 | 23.43 | 0 | 4.7 | 109.3 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 7 | 166 | 23.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 41.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 2 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 3 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.7 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 3 | 6 | 148 | 24.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 49.3 |
| 1 | LSU | 3 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 9 | 229 | 25.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 76.3 |
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 3 | 77 | 25.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.7 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 7 | 180 | 25.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 45.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 6 | 156 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 53 | 26.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 17.7 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 4 | 112 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Liberty | 3 | 4 | 113 | 28.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 37.7 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 4 | 115 | 28.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 4 | 117 | 29.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 2 | 62 | 31.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 20.7 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 5 | 156 | 31.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 3 | 2 | 65 | 32.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 21.7 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 3 | 6 | 199 | 33.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 66.3 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 4 | 139 | 34.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 46.3 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 6 | 210 | 35.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 52.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 1 | 40 | 40.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 13.3 |
| 121 | Western Michigan | 4 | 22 | 416 | 18.91 | 1 | 5.5 | 104.0 |
| 121 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 17 | 371 | 21.82 | 1 | 4.3 | 92.8 |
| 121 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 14 | 359 | 25.64 | 1 | 4.7 | 119.7 |
| 121 | Duke | 3 | 11 | 302 | 27.45 | 1 | 3.7 | 100.7 |
| 121 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 10 | 297 | 29.70 | 1 | 3.3 | 99.0 |
| 121 | Utah State | 4 | 7 | 213 | 30.43 | 1 | 1.8 | 53.3 |
| 121 | Florida | 3 | 5 | 154 | 30.80 | 1 | 1.7 | 51.3 |
| 121 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 248 | 31.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 62.0 |
| 121 | UAB | 3 | 6 | 201 | 33.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 67.0 |
| 121 | Charlotte | 4 | 5 | 190 | 38.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 47.5 |
| 121 | Connecticut | 3 | 5 | 205 | 41.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 68.3 |