2024 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 12/21/2024

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 UNLV 14 34 406 11.94 2 2.4 29.0
1 Connecticut 12 34 251 7.38 0 2.8 20.9
3 Louisville 12 31 159 5.13 0 2.6 13.3
4 Louisiana Tech 12 30 390 13.00 0 2.5 32.5
5 Rice 12 29 223 7.69 0 2.4 18.6
6 Indiana 13 28 325 11.61 0 2.2 25.0
7 Tennessee 13 27 424 15.70 1 2.1 32.6
7 Virginia Tech 12 27 282 10.44 1 2.3 23.5
7 Oklahoma 12 27 210 7.78 0 2.3 17.5
10 Iowa 12 26 311 11.96 1 2.2 25.9
10 South Florida 12 26 280 10.77 0 2.2 23.3
10 Duke 12 26 241 9.27 0 2.2 20.1
10 SMU 14 26 237 9.12 1 1.9 16.9
10 Texas 14 26 219 8.42 0 1.9 15.6
15 Illinois 12 25 342 13.68 0 2.1 28.5
15 TCU 12 25 274 10.96 1 2.1 22.8
17 East Carolina 12 24 153 6.38 0 2.0 12.8
17 Notre Dame 13 24 132 5.50 0 1.8 10.2
17 Boise State 13 24 90 3.75 0 1.8 6.9
20 Pittsburgh 12 23 213 9.26 2 1.9 17.8
20 Alabama 12 23 186 8.09 0 1.9 15.5
22 Ohio State 13 22 208 9.45 1 1.7 16.0
22 James Madison 13 22 187 8.50 1 1.7 14.4
22 Boston College 12 22 136 6.18 0 1.8 11.3
22 Penn State 14 22 136 6.18 0 1.6 9.7
22 Utah 12 22 124 5.64 1 1.8 10.3
22 Bowling Green 12 22 104 4.73 0 1.8 8.7
28 Tulsa 12 21 189 9.00 1 1.8 15.8
28 Minnesota 12 21 181 8.62 0 1.8 15.1
28 Mississippi 12 21 126 6.00 0 1.8 10.5
31 Texas State 12 20 349 17.45 1 1.7 29.1
31 Toledo 12 20 278 13.90 0 1.7 23.2
31 Oregon 13 20 195 9.75 1 1.5 15.0
31 Clemson 14 20 170 8.50 0 1.4 12.1
31 Georgia 13 20 162 8.10 0 1.5 12.5
36 Fresno State 12 19 239 12.58 1 1.6 19.9
36 Colorado 12 19 197 10.37 1 1.6 16.4
36 Houston 12 19 132 6.95 1 1.6 11.0
36 Auburn 12 19 130 6.84 1 1.6 10.8
36 Virginia 12 19 120 6.32 0 1.6 10.0
36 Old Dominion 12 19 107 5.63 0 1.6 8.9
36 California 13 19 101 5.32 0 1.5 7.8
36 Eastern Michigan 12 19 60 3.16 1 1.6 5.0
44 Central Michigan 12 18 221 12.28 1 1.5 18.4
44 UCF 12 18 171 9.50 0 1.5 14.3
44 Mississippi State 12 18 163 9.06 1 1.5 13.6
44 Ohio 14 18 132 7.33 1 1.3 9.4
44 South Carolina 12 18 125 6.94 0 1.5 10.4
44 Georgia Tech 12 18 123 6.83 0 1.5 10.3
44 San Diego State 12 18 108 6.00 0 1.5 9.0
44 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 18 97 5.39 0 1.4 7.5
44 Jacksonville State 14 18 82 4.56 0 1.3 5.9
53 UTEP 12 17 311 18.29 1 1.4 25.9
53 Marshall 13 17 121 7.12 0 1.3 9.3
53 Arizona 12 17 95 5.59 0 1.4 7.9
53 Florida International 12 17 76 4.47 0 1.4 6.3
53 Sam Houston State 13 17 69 4.06 0 1.3 5.3
53 Western Michigan 13 17 68 4.00 0 1.3 5.2
59 UAB 12 16 329 20.56 2 1.3 27.4
59 Vanderbilt 12 16 259 16.19 1 1.3 21.6
59 Northwestern 12 16 243 15.19 1 1.3 20.3
59 Colorado State 12 16 235 14.69 2 1.3 19.6
59 Stanford 12 16 166 10.38 1 1.3 13.8
59 North Texas 12 16 154 9.63 1 1.3 12.8
59 Utah State 12 16 139 8.69 0 1.3 11.6
59 Kentucky 12 16 130 8.13 0 1.3 10.8
59 Miami (Florida) 12 16 116 7.25 0 1.3 9.7
59 Miami (Ohio) 13 16 112 7.00 0 1.2 8.6
59 Kennesaw State 12 16 107 6.69 0 1.3 8.9
59 Purdue 12 16 103 6.44 0 1.3 8.6
59 Wisconsin 12 16 97 6.06 0 1.3 8.1
72 Buffalo 12 15 181 12.07 0 1.3 15.1
72 Michigan 12 15 158 10.53 0 1.3 13.2
72 Syracuse 12 15 132 8.80 0 1.3 11.0
72 Massachusetts 12 15 130 8.67 1 1.3 10.8
72 West Virginia 13 15 123 8.20 0 1.2 9.5
72 Oklahoma State 12 15 88 5.87 0 1.3 7.3
72 UTSA 12 15 75 5.00 0 1.3 6.3
72 Nebraska 12 15 73 4.87 0 1.3 6.1
72 Texas A&M 12 15 58 3.87 0 1.3 4.8
72 Western Kentucky 14 15 47 3.13 0 1.1 3.4
72 Florida State 12 15 23 1.53 0 1.3 1.9
83 Baylor 12 14 290 20.71 0 1.2 24.2
83 Wake Forest 12 14 238 17.00 1 1.2 19.8
83 Iowa State 13 14 224 16.00 1 1.1 17.2
83 Arkansas State 12 14 217 15.50 1 1.2 18.1
83 South Alabama 13 14 204 14.57 1 1.1 15.7
83 Florida 13 14 187 13.36 0 1.1 14.4
83 Memphis 13 14 173 12.36 0 1.1 13.3
83 Liberty 11 14 148 10.57 0 1.3 13.5
83 Georgia Southern 13 14 95 6.79 0 1.1 7.3
83 Florida Atlantic 12 14 71 5.07 0 1.2 5.9
83 Navy 12 14 65 4.64 0 1.2 5.4
83 Charlotte 12 14 48 3.43 0 1.2 4.0
95 BYU 12 13 124 9.54 1 1.1 10.3
95 Temple 12 13 79 6.08 1 1.1 6.6
95 USC 12 13 74 5.69 0 1.1 6.2
95 LSU 12 13 49 3.77 0 1.1 4.1
99 North Carolina 12 12 188 15.67 2 1.0 15.7
99 Troy 12 12 159 13.25 1 1.0 13.3
99 Kansas State 12 12 142 11.83 2 1.0 11.8
99 Middle Tennessee 12 12 111 9.25 1 1.0 9.3
99 Maryland 12 12 107 8.92 0 1.0 8.9
99 Northern Illinois 12 12 95 7.92 0 1.0 7.9
99 Tulane 14 12 61 5.08 0 0.9 4.4
99 New Mexico State 12 12 60 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
99 Georgia State 12 12 24 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
108 Hawai'i 12 11 159 14.45 1 0.9 13.3
108 Washington 12 11 80 7.27 0 0.9 6.7
108 Washington State 12 11 76 6.91 0 0.9 6.3
108 Texas Tech 12 11 67 6.09 0 0.9 5.6
112 Arizona State 13 10 141 14.10 1 0.8 10.8
112 North Carolina State 12 10 82 8.20 0 0.8 6.8
112 Nevada 13 10 74 7.40 0 0.8 5.7
112 Arkansas 12 10 68 6.80 0 0.8 5.7
116 Rutgers 12 9 98 10.89 0 0.8 8.2
116 New Mexico 12 9 88 9.78 1 0.8 7.3
116 Cincinnati 12 9 42 4.67 0 0.8 3.5
116 Southern Mississippi 12 9 39 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
116 Army 13 9 38 4.22 0 0.7 2.9
116 Wyoming 12 9 29 3.22 0 0.8 2.4
116 Ball State 12 9 15 1.67 0 0.8 1.3
123 Coastal Carolina 12 8 90 11.25 0 0.7 7.5
123 Kansas 12 8 55 6.88 0 0.7 4.6
123 Missouri 12 8 37 4.63 0 0.7 3.1
123 Oregon State 12 8 27 3.38 0 0.7 2.3
127 San Jose State 12 7 54 7.71 0 0.6 4.5
127 Air Force 12 7 42 6.00 0 0.6 3.5
127 Akron 12 7 -1 -0.14 1 0.6 -0.1
130 Appalachian State 11 6 69 11.50 1 0.5 6.3
130 Louisiana-Monroe 12 6 63 10.50 0 0.5 5.3
130 Michigan State 12 6 50 8.33 0 0.5 4.2
133 UCLA 12 5 56 11.20 0 0.4 4.7
134 Kent State 12 4 45 11.25 0 0.3 3.8