2024 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 11/08/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 7 | 4 | -10 | -2.50 | 0 | 0.6 | -1.4 |
| 1 | North Texas | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 1 | Alabama | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 8 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | Virginia | 7 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| 1 | UTSA | 8 | 13 | 33 | 2.54 | 0 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 8 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Army | 7 | 6 | 18 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 9 | 15 | 46 | 3.07 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 9 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
| 1 | Houston | 9 | 13 | 44 | 3.38 | 0 | 1.4 | 4.9 |
| 1 | Boston College | 7 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 1 | Indiana | 8 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | California | 8 | 12 | 47 | 3.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.9 |
| 1 | Auburn | 8 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 7 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 12 | 53 | 4.42 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| 1 | Florida International | 8 | 12 | 53 | 4.42 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 7 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| 1 | UTEP | 8 | 15 | 68 | 4.53 | 0 | 1.9 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 8 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 8 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 20 | 92 | 4.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 8 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 8 | 14 | 65 | 4.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
| 1 | Missouri | 7 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 8 | 8 | 38 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 8 | 12 | 59 | 4.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.4 |
| 1 | Texas State | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 8 | 10 | 50 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 15 | 76 | 5.07 | 0 | 2.1 | 10.9 |
| 1 | Toledo | 8 | 12 | 61 | 5.08 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| 1 | Ohio | 8 | 15 | 78 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.9 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 9 | 47 | 5.22 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 8 | 18 | 98 | 5.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.3 |
| 1 | UCLA | 9 | 11 | 61 | 5.55 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 9 | 50 | 5.56 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| 1 | Louisville | 8 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 8 | 12 | 69 | 5.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.6 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 7 | 13 | 77 | 5.92 | 0 | 1.9 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 9 | 19 | 114 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 8 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 1 | Purdue | 7 | 13 | 81 | 6.23 | 0 | 1.9 | 11.6 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 16 | 101 | 6.31 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.2 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 8 | 15 | 96 | 6.40 | 0 | 1.9 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.6 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 8 | 6 | 40 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 16 | 107 | 6.69 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.4 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 7 | 8 | 54 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 21 | 146 | 6.95 | 0 | 2.3 | 16.2 |
| 1 | Utah | 7 | 11 | 78 | 7.09 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.8 |
| 1 | Utah State | 7 | 9 | 66 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 7 | 52 | 7.43 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | 12 | 91 | 7.58 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.4 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 7 | 13 | 99 | 7.62 | 0 | 1.9 | 14.1 |
| 1 | Florida | 7 | 9 | 69 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.9 |
| 1 | Illinois | 8 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
| 1 | USC | 9 | 10 | 79 | 7.90 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 8 | 7 | 56 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 8 | 7 | 56 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 8 | 9 | 73 | 8.11 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.1 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.1 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 7 | 11 | 91 | 8.27 | 0 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 7 | 10 | 83 | 8.30 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.9 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 7 | 16 | 135 | 8.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 8 | 16 | 136 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 8 | 13 | 112 | 8.62 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 8 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 9 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 1 | BYU | 7 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Stanford | 8 | 14 | 122 | 8.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.3 |
| 1 | UAB | 7 | 11 | 100 | 9.09 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 7 | 5 | 47 | 9.40 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 7 | 12 | 115 | 9.58 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.4 |
| 1 | Akron | 8 | 15 | 144 | 9.60 | 0 | 1.9 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 8 | 6 | 58 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Washington State | 7 | 8 | 79 | 9.88 | 0 | 1.1 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 8 | 11 | 111 | 10.09 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| 1 | Nevada | 9 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 8 | 11 | 116 | 10.55 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 7 | 13 | 138 | 10.62 | 0 | 1.9 | 19.7 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 8 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | LSU | 7 | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 8 | 88 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 12.6 |
| 1 | SMU | 8 | 10 | 110 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 12 | 133 | 11.08 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.6 |
| 1 | Navy | 7 | 12 | 133 | 11.08 | 0 | 1.7 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 7 | 6 | 69 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 9.9 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 8 | 15 | 174 | 11.60 | 0 | 1.9 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Ball State | 8 | 11 | 128 | 11.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 7 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 6 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 8 | 9 | 111 | 12.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 13.9 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 8 | 6 | 76 | 12.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Tulane | 8 | 7 | 89 | 12.71 | 0 | 0.9 | 11.1 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 8 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.9 |
| 1 | Oregon | 8 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 8 | 11 | 160 | 14.55 | 0 | 1.4 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 9 | 8 | 125 | 15.63 | 0 | 0.9 | 13.9 |
| 1 | Colorado | 7 | 11 | 174 | 15.82 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.9 |
| 1 | UCF | 8 | 8 | 129 | 16.13 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.1 |
| 1 | Washington | 8 | 14 | 232 | 16.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.0 |
| 112 | West Virginia | 7 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 1 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| 112 | Baylor | 8 | 17 | 79 | 4.65 | 1 | 2.1 | 9.9 |
| 112 | South Alabama | 8 | 11 | 69 | 6.27 | 1 | 1.4 | 8.6 |
| 112 | Connecticut | 8 | 18 | 138 | 7.67 | 1 | 2.3 | 17.3 |
| 112 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 18 | 150 | 8.33 | 1 | 2.6 | 21.4 |
| 112 | North Carolina | 8 | 12 | 103 | 8.58 | 1 | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| 112 | James Madison | 7 | 9 | 79 | 8.78 | 1 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 112 | Rice | 9 | 11 | 111 | 10.09 | 1 | 1.2 | 12.3 |
| 112 | Syracuse | 7 | 10 | 101 | 10.10 | 1 | 1.4 | 14.4 |
| 112 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 19 | 205 | 10.79 | 1 | 2.4 | 25.6 |
| 112 | Northwestern | 8 | 20 | 224 | 11.20 | 1 | 2.5 | 28.0 |
| 112 | Kansas State | 8 | 9 | 114 | 12.67 | 1 | 1.1 | 14.3 |
| 112 | New Mexico | 9 | 10 | 143 | 14.30 | 1 | 1.1 | 15.9 |
| 112 | Air Force | 7 | 7 | 104 | 14.86 | 1 | 1.0 | 14.9 |
| 112 | Arizona | 8 | 7 | 107 | 15.29 | 1 | 0.9 | 13.4 |
| 112 | TCU | 8 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 1 | 0.6 | 10.0 |
| 112 | Fresno State | 8 | 6 | 97 | 16.17 | 1 | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| 112 | Kansas | 7 | 11 | 185 | 16.82 | 1 | 1.6 | 26.4 |
| 112 | Boise State | 7 | 7 | 161 | 23.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 112 | Marshall | 7 | 4 | 124 | 31.00 | 1 | 0.6 | 17.7 |
| 132 | Kent State | 8 | 21 | 331 | 15.76 | 2 | 2.6 | 41.4 |
| 132 | Tulsa | 8 | 17 | 385 | 22.65 | 2 | 2.1 | 48.1 |
| 132 | Iowa | 9 | 6 | 153 | 25.50 | 2 | 0.7 | 17.0 |