2024 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 01/20/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Tennessee 13 27 424 15.70 1 2.1 32.6
2 UNLV 14 34 406 11.94 2 2.4 29.0
3 Louisiana Tech 13 30 390 13.00 0 2.3 30.0
4 Illinois 13 27 358 13.26 0 2.1 27.5
5 Texas State 13 21 351 16.71 1 1.6 27.0
6 UAB 12 16 329 20.56 2 1.3 27.4
7 Iowa 13 27 327 12.11 1 2.1 25.2
8 Indiana 13 28 325 11.61 0 2.2 25.0
9 Texas 16 30 315 10.50 1 1.9 19.7
10 UTEP 12 17 311 18.29 1 1.4 25.9
11 South Florida 13 28 300 10.71 0 2.2 23.1
12 Baylor 13 14 290 20.71 0 1.1 22.3
13 TCU 13 26 286 11.00 1 2.0 22.0
14 Toledo 13 22 285 12.95 0 1.7 21.9
15 Virginia Tech 13 28 282 10.07 1 2.2 21.7
16 Arkansas State 13 15 277 18.47 2 1.2 21.3
17 Vanderbilt 13 18 265 14.72 1 1.4 20.4
18 Connecticut 13 35 261 7.46 0 2.7 20.1
19 Colorado State 13 18 248 13.78 2 1.4 19.1
20 Northwestern 12 16 243 15.19 1 1.3 20.3
21 Duke 13 27 241 8.93 0 2.1 18.5
22 Fresno State 13 20 240 12.00 1 1.5 18.5
23 Wake Forest 12 14 238 17.00 1 1.2 19.8
24 SMU 14 26 237 9.12 1 1.9 16.9
25 BYU 13 17 229 13.47 2 1.3 17.6
26 Pittsburgh 13 25 225 9.00 2 1.9 17.3
27 Iowa State 14 14 224 16.00 1 1.0 16.0
27 Alabama 13 25 224 8.96 0 1.9 17.2
29 Oklahoma 13 28 223 7.96 0 2.2 17.2
29 Rice 12 29 223 7.69 0 2.4 18.6
31 Central Michigan 12 18 221 12.28 1 1.5 18.4
32 Buffalo 13 17 217 12.76 0 1.3 16.7
33 South Alabama 13 14 204 14.57 1 1.1 15.7
33 Ohio State 16 24 204 8.50 1 1.5 12.8
35 Colorado 13 19 197 10.37 1 1.5 15.2
36 Minnesota 13 24 196 8.17 0 1.8 15.1
37 Oregon 14 20 195 9.75 1 1.4 13.9
38 Louisville 13 34 191 5.62 0 2.6 14.7
39 Tulsa 12 21 189 9.00 1 1.8 15.8
40 North Carolina 13 13 187 14.38 2 1.0 14.4
40 Florida 13 14 187 13.36 0 1.1 14.4
40 James Madison 13 22 187 8.50 1 1.7 14.4
43 Memphis 13 14 173 12.36 0 1.1 13.3
44 UCF 12 18 171 9.50 0 1.5 14.3
45 Clemson 14 20 170 8.50 0 1.4 12.1
46 Georgia 14 21 168 8.00 0 1.5 12.0
47 Stanford 12 16 166 10.38 1 1.3 13.8
47 Syracuse 13 16 166 10.38 0 1.2 12.8
49 Rutgers 13 10 165 16.50 0 0.8 12.7
50 Mississippi State 12 18 163 9.06 1 1.5 13.6
51 Notre Dame 16 29 161 5.55 0 1.8 10.1
52 Hawai'i 12 11 159 14.45 1 0.9 13.3
52 Troy 12 12 159 13.25 1 1.0 13.3
54 Michigan 13 15 158 10.53 0 1.2 12.2
55 North Texas 13 16 154 9.63 1 1.2 11.8
56 Boston College 13 23 153 6.65 0 1.8 11.8
56 East Carolina 13 24 153 6.38 0 1.8 11.8
58 Georgia Tech 13 20 151 7.55 0 1.5 11.6
59 Arizona State 14 11 149 13.55 1 0.8 10.6
60 Liberty 12 14 148 10.57 0 1.2 12.3
61 Kansas State 13 13 142 10.92 2 1.0 10.9
62 Utah State 12 16 139 8.69 0 1.3 11.6
63 Penn State 16 23 136 5.91 0 1.4 8.5
64 Ohio 14 18 132 7.33 1 1.3 9.4
64 Houston 12 19 132 6.95 1 1.6 11.0
66 Massachusetts 12 15 130 8.67 1 1.3 10.8
66 Kentucky 12 16 130 8.13 0 1.3 10.8
66 Auburn 12 19 130 6.84 1 1.6 10.8
69 Miami (Florida) 13 17 128 7.53 0 1.3 9.8
70 Mississippi 13 21 126 6.00 0 1.6 9.7
71 South Carolina 13 18 125 6.94 0 1.4 9.6
72 Utah 12 22 124 5.64 1 1.8 10.3
73 West Virginia 13 15 123 8.20 0 1.2 9.5
74 Marshall 13 17 121 7.12 0 1.3 9.3
75 Virginia 12 19 120 6.32 0 1.6 10.0
76 Middle Tennessee 12 12 111 9.25 1 1.0 9.3
77 Boise State 14 25 109 4.36 0 1.8 7.8
78 San Diego State 12 18 108 6.00 0 1.5 9.0
79 Maryland 12 12 107 8.92 0 1.0 8.9
79 Kennesaw State 12 16 107 6.69 0 1.3 8.9
79 Old Dominion 12 19 107 5.63 0 1.6 8.9
79 Bowling Green 13 24 107 4.46 0 1.8 8.2
83 Purdue 12 16 103 6.44 0 1.3 8.6
84 California 13 19 101 5.32 0 1.5 7.8
85 Miami (Ohio) 14 18 100 5.56 0 1.3 7.1
86 Wisconsin 12 16 97 6.06 0 1.3 8.1
86 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 18 97 5.39 0 1.3 6.9
88 Northern Illinois 13 12 95 7.92 0 0.9 7.3
88 Georgia Southern 13 14 95 6.79 0 1.1 7.3
88 Arizona 12 17 95 5.59 0 1.4 7.9
91 Washington State 13 13 93 7.15 1 1.0 7.2
91 Washington 13 13 93 7.15 0 1.0 7.2
93 New Mexico 12 9 88 9.78 1 0.8 7.3
93 Coastal Carolina 13 9 88 9.78 0 0.7 6.8
93 Oklahoma State 12 15 88 5.87 0 1.3 7.3
93 UTSA 13 19 88 4.63 0 1.5 6.8
97 North Carolina State 13 10 82 8.20 0 0.8 6.3
97 Jacksonville State 14 18 82 4.56 0 1.3 5.9
99 Temple 12 13 79 6.08 1 1.1 6.6
100 Florida International 12 17 76 4.47 0 1.4 6.3
101 Nevada 13 10 74 7.40 0 0.8 5.7
101 USC 13 13 74 5.69 0 1.0 5.7
103 Nebraska 13 15 73 4.87 0 1.2 5.6
104 Florida Atlantic 12 14 71 5.07 0 1.2 5.9
105 Appalachian State 11 6 69 11.50 1 0.5 6.3
105 Sam Houston State 13 17 69 4.06 0 1.3 5.3
107 Arkansas 13 11 68 6.18 0 0.8 5.2
107 Western Michigan 13 17 68 4.00 0 1.3 5.2
109 Texas Tech 13 11 67 6.09 0 0.8 5.2
110 LSU 13 14 66 4.71 0 1.1 5.1
111 Navy 13 14 65 4.64 0 1.1 5.0
112 Louisiana-Monroe 12 6 63 10.50 0 0.5 5.3
113 Tulane 14 12 61 5.08 0 0.9 4.4
114 New Mexico State 12 12 60 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
114 Eastern Michigan 12 19 60 3.16 1 1.6 5.0
116 Texas A&M 13 15 58 3.87 0 1.2 4.5
117 UCLA 12 5 56 11.20 0 0.4 4.7
118 Kansas 12 8 55 6.88 0 0.7 4.6
119 San Jose State 13 8 52 6.50 0 0.6 4.0
120 Michigan State 12 6 50 8.33 0 0.5 4.2
121 Charlotte 12 14 48 3.43 0 1.2 4.0
122 Western Kentucky 14 15 47 3.13 0 1.1 3.4
123 Kent State 12 4 45 11.25 0 0.3 3.8
124 Air Force 12 7 42 6.00 0 0.6 3.5
124 Cincinnati 12 9 42 4.67 0 0.8 3.5
126 Southern Mississippi 12 9 39 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
127 Army 14 9 38 4.22 0 0.6 2.7
128 Missouri 13 8 37 4.63 0 0.6 2.8
129 Wyoming 12 9 29 3.22 0 0.8 2.4
130 Oregon State 12 8 27 3.38 0 0.7 2.3
131 Georgia State 12 12 24 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
132 Florida State 12 15 23 1.53 0 1.3 1.9
133 Ball State 12 9 15 1.67 0 0.8 1.3
134 Akron 12 7 -1 -0.14 1 0.6 -0.1