2024 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/14/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -2.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.7 |
| 1 | Indiana | 2 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | USC | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 77 | 77.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 77.0 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.5 |
| 24 | California | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -1.0 |
| 24 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 24 | Washington | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 24 | Texas | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 24 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 24 | North Carolina State | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 24 | Colorado | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 24 | SMU | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 24 | Utah | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 34 | Duke | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 34 | Kansas | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 34 | North Texas | 10 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| 34 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 34 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 34 | Michigan State | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 21.0 |
| 34 | Stanford | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| 34 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 34 | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 34 | Oregon | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 34 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 47.0 |
| 46 | Houston | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 46 | Wake Forest | 2 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 46 | Purdue | 1 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 35.0 |
| 46 | Syracuse | 3 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 1 | 1.3 | 28.7 |
| 50 | Virginia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Nevada | 9 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 50 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 50 | Notre Dame | 4 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| 50 | Troy | 10 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.9 |
| 55 | Charlotte | 9 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 55 | UNLV | 8 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 55 | Florida State | 2 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| 55 | Liberty | 10 | 6 | 38 | 6.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 55 | Washington State | 8 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 55 | Air Force | 9 | 6 | 84 | 14.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 9.3 |
| 61 | Bowling Green | 9 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| 61 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| 61 | Marshall | 10 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| 61 | Memphis | 10 | 7 | 60 | 8.57 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 65 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 8 | 18 | 2.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 65 | South Florida | 9 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| 65 | Akron | 8 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 65 | Western Michigan | 10 | 8 | 43 | 5.38 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 65 | Tulane | 10 | 8 | 60 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 65 | Fresno State | 8 | 8 | 111 | 13.88 | 1 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| 71 | Temple | 11 | 9 | 44 | 4.89 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 71 | Utah State | 8 | 9 | 45 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| 71 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.5 |
| 71 | San Jose State | 8 | 9 | 63 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| 71 | Arkansas State | 9 | 9 | 85 | 9.44 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| 71 | Ball State | 9 | 9 | 91 | 10.11 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.1 |
| 71 | New Mexico | 8 | 9 | 163 | 18.11 | 1 | 1.1 | 20.4 |
| 78 | Colorado State | 8 | 10 | 21 | 2.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| 78 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 10 | 28 | 2.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| 78 | Army | 12 | 10 | 44 | 4.40 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
| 78 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 10 | 55 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| 78 | Boise State | 9 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.4 |
| 78 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 10 | 81 | 8.10 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.1 |
| 84 | Rice | 10 | 11 | 34 | 3.09 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| 84 | Oregon State | 7 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| 84 | Wyoming | 8 | 11 | 59 | 5.36 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
| 87 | UTSA | 10 | 12 | 22 | 1.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 87 | East Carolina | 11 | 12 | 77 | 6.42 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| 87 | Ohio | 10 | 12 | 93 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.3 |
| 87 | Massachusetts | 7 | 12 | 97 | 8.08 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.9 |
| 91 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 13 | 21 | 1.62 | 0 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 91 | Old Dominion | 10 | 13 | 41 | 3.15 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| 91 | South Alabama | 11 | 13 | 81 | 6.23 | 1 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| 91 | Connecticut | 7 | 13 | 105 | 8.08 | 1 | 1.9 | 15.0 |
| 95 | San Diego State | 8 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.6 |
| 95 | Florida International | 10 | 14 | 91 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.1 |
| 95 | Buffalo | 10 | 14 | 114 | 8.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.4 |
| 95 | Appalachian State | 9 | 14 | 126 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.0 |
| 99 | Central Michigan | 10 | 15 | 75 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 99 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 15 | 90 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 99 | Kent State | 8 | 15 | 200 | 13.33 | 1 | 1.9 | 25.0 |
| 102 | Toledo | 10 | 16 | 76 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.6 |
| 102 | James Madison | 10 | 16 | 100 | 6.25 | 1 | 1.6 | 10.0 |
| 102 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 16 | 108 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.0 |
| 105 | Hawai'i | 8 | 17 | 161 | 9.47 | 0 | 2.1 | 20.1 |
| 106 | UTEP | 9 | 18 | 104 | 5.78 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.6 |
| 106 | New Mexico State | 10 | 18 | 270 | 15.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 27.0 |
| 108 | UAB | 10 | 19 | 169 | 8.89 | 0 | 1.9 | 16.9 |
| 108 | Georgia State | 9 | 19 | 417 | 21.95 | 1 | 2.1 | 46.3 |
| 110 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 20 | 104 | 5.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
| 111 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 23 | 129 | 5.61 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.9 |
| 111 | Tulsa | 10 | 23 | 384 | 16.70 | 2 | 2.3 | 38.4 |
| 113 | Navy | 11 | 24 | 214 | 8.92 | 0 | 2.2 | 19.5 |
| 114 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 28 | 207 | 7.39 | 0 | 2.5 | 18.8 |
| 115 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 31 | 344 | 11.10 | 1 | 2.8 | 31.3 |