2024 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 12/21/2024

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Tennessee 5 14 294 21.00 1 2.8 58.8
2 Vanderbilt 4 11 212 19.27 1 2.8 53.0
3 Toledo 4 8 184 23.00 0 2.0 46.0
4 Louisiana Tech 4 9 160 17.78 0 2.3 40.0
5 UAB 4 7 154 22.00 1 1.8 38.5
6 Virginia Tech 4 8 148 18.50 1 2.0 37.0
7 Oregon 3 7 107 15.29 1 2.3 35.7
8 Central Michigan 4 7 140 20.00 1 1.8 35.0
8 Arkansas State 4 8 140 17.50 1 2.0 35.0
10 Fresno State 5 11 171 15.55 1 2.2 34.2
11 UCF 3 8 102 12.75 0 2.7 34.0
12 Wake Forest 4 6 132 22.00 1 1.5 33.0
13 Mississippi State 4 8 128 16.00 1 2.0 32.0
14 UNLV 6 14 191 13.64 1 2.3 31.8
15 Illinois 3 8 92 11.50 0 2.7 30.7
16 Pittsburgh 4 5 117 23.40 2 1.3 29.3
16 Stanford 4 5 117 23.40 1 1.3 29.3
18 Alabama 4 11 115 10.45 0 2.8 28.8
19 Tulsa 4 8 113 14.13 1 2.0 28.3
20 South Florida 4 8 112 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
21 East Carolina 4 8 109 13.63 0 2.0 27.3
22 SMU 5 9 133 14.78 1 1.8 26.6
23 Georgia 4 10 106 10.60 0 2.5 26.5
24 South Alabama 5 5 132 26.40 1 1.0 26.4
25 Iowa 3 11 79 7.18 0 3.7 26.3
26 Troy 4 3 104 34.67 1 0.8 26.0
27 Syracuse 4 9 101 11.22 0 2.3 25.3
28 North Texas 4 9 99 11.00 1 2.3 24.8
29 Georgia Tech 4 11 98 8.91 0 2.8 24.5
30 Iowa State 3 4 73 18.25 0 1.3 24.3
31 Houston 3 7 70 10.00 1 2.3 23.3
32 TCU 3 7 69 9.86 0 2.3 23.0
32 Arizona 2 6 46 7.67 0 3.0 23.0
34 Colorado State 5 7 110 15.71 1 1.4 22.0
34 Hawai'i 5 7 110 15.71 1 1.4 22.0
34 Connecticut 11 30 242 8.07 0 2.7 22.0
34 Duke 4 12 88 7.33 0 3.0 22.0
34 Louisville 4 13 88 6.77 0 3.3 22.0
39 Purdue 3 6 63 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
39 Ohio State 4 12 84 7.00 0 3.0 21.0
41 Oklahoma 4 9 83 9.22 0 2.3 20.8
42 Marshall 4 9 82 9.11 0 2.3 20.5
43 Liberty 3 3 61 20.33 0 1.0 20.3
44 Memphis 5 7 100 14.29 0 1.4 20.0
45 Mississippi 4 8 79 9.88 0 2.0 19.8
46 Minnesota 3 6 58 9.67 0 2.0 19.3
47 Baylor 2 3 38 12.67 0 1.5 19.0
48 Kentucky 4 8 75 9.38 0 2.0 18.8
49 Miami (Florida) 4 8 73 9.13 0 2.0 18.3
50 Maryland 3 6 54 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
51 Florida 5 8 88 11.00 0 1.6 17.6
52 Buffalo 4 7 70 10.00 0 1.8 17.5
52 Rice 4 15 70 4.67 0 3.8 17.5
54 North Carolina 4 3 67 22.33 1 0.8 16.8
55 Auburn 4 7 64 9.14 1 1.8 16.0
55 Indiana 4 8 64 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
57 Texas State 4 10 59 5.90 0 2.5 14.8
58 California 5 10 72 7.20 0 2.0 14.4
59 Florida Atlantic 4 7 57 8.14 0 1.8 14.3
59 Nebraska 3 6 43 7.17 0 2.0 14.3
61 Michigan 3 3 40 13.33 0 1.0 13.3
62 Rutgers 3 2 39 19.50 0 0.7 13.0
62 South Carolina 4 8 52 6.50 0 2.0 13.0
64 Bowling Green 4 10 51 5.10 0 2.5 12.8
65 Nevada 6 6 76 12.67 0 1.0 12.7
65 Arizona State 3 4 38 9.50 0 1.3 12.7
65 Michigan State 3 4 38 9.50 0 1.3 12.7
68 Boise State 5 13 63 4.85 0 2.6 12.6
69 Northwestern 3 5 37 7.40 0 1.7 12.3
70 Boston College 4 7 48 6.86 0 1.8 12.0
71 Georgia Southern 5 7 59 8.43 0 1.4 11.8
72 Navy 3 6 35 5.83 0 2.0 11.7
73 Coastal Carolina 4 5 45 9.00 0 1.3 11.3
74 Clemson 5 9 56 6.22 0 1.8 11.2
75 Arkansas 4 6 44 7.33 0 1.5 11.0
76 Oklahoma State 3 5 32 6.40 0 1.7 10.7
77 Massachusetts 11 14 115 8.21 1 1.3 10.5
77 Kansas State 2 3 21 7.00 1 1.5 10.5
79 BYU 3 5 31 6.20 0 1.7 10.3
80 Notre Dame 13 24 132 5.50 0 1.8 10.2
81 Penn State 4 6 39 6.50 0 1.5 9.8
82 San Jose State 5 5 47 9.40 0 1.0 9.4
83 Texas A&M 4 7 36 5.14 0 1.8 9.0
84 Texas 5 10 44 4.40 0 2.0 8.8
85 Utah State 5 4 43 10.75 0 0.8 8.6
86 Western Michigan 5 7 41 5.86 0 1.4 8.2
87 West Virginia 4 4 32 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
88 Tulane 5 4 39 9.75 0 0.8 7.8
88 LSU 4 6 31 5.17 0 1.5 7.8
90 Kent State 4 1 29 29.00 0 0.3 7.3
90 Kansas 3 3 22 7.33 0 1.0 7.3
90 Northern Illinois 4 4 29 7.25 0 1.0 7.3
93 James Madison 5 3 36 12.00 1 0.6 7.2
94 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 5 28 5.60 0 1.3 7.0
95 Washington State 11 11 76 6.91 0 1.0 6.9
96 Temple 4 5 27 5.40 1 1.3 6.8
97 Cincinnati 3 5 20 4.00 0 1.7 6.7
98 UTEP 4 2 25 12.50 0 0.5 6.3
98 Washington 3 4 19 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
100 Louisiana-Monroe 4 2 24 12.00 0 0.5 6.0
101 UTSA 4 7 23 3.29 0 1.8 5.8
102 Virginia 4 6 22 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
103 Old Dominion 4 4 21 5.25 0 1.0 5.3
103 Florida State 4 6 21 3.50 0 1.5 5.3
105 North Carolina State 4 1 20 20.00 0 0.3 5.0
105 Eastern Michigan 4 5 20 4.00 1 1.3 5.0
105 USC 3 4 15 3.75 0 1.3 5.0
105 Colorado 3 6 15 2.50 0 2.0 5.0
109 Air Force 5 2 24 12.00 0 0.4 4.8
110 Texas Tech 3 4 14 3.50 0 1.3 4.7
111 Florida International 4 4 18 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
112 Ball State 4 5 17 3.40 0 1.3 4.3
113 Miami (Ohio) 4 3 16 5.33 0 0.8 4.0
113 New Mexico State 4 4 16 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
113 Sam Houston State 5 6 20 3.33 0 1.2 4.0
116 Kennesaw State 4 3 15 5.00 0 0.8 3.8
117 Utah 2 5 7 1.40 0 2.5 3.5
118 UCLA 3 2 10 5.00 0 0.7 3.3
118 Southern Mississippi 4 3 13 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
120 Missouri 4 4 12 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
121 Oregon State 11 8 27 3.38 0 0.7 2.5
121 Charlotte 4 5 10 2.00 0 1.3 2.5
123 Western Kentucky 5 3 11 3.67 0 0.6 2.2
123 Wyoming 5 3 11 3.67 0 0.6 2.2
125 Jacksonville State 5 4 9 2.25 0 0.8 1.8
125 Ohio 5 5 9 1.80 0 1.0 1.8
127 San Diego State 5 7 6 0.86 0 1.4 1.2
128 Wisconsin 3 2 3 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
128 Georgia State 4 3 4 1.33 0 0.8 1.0
130 Army 3 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
131 Middle Tennessee 4 2 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
132 New Mexico 5 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.4 -0.6
133 Akron 4 1 -12 -12.00 0 0.3 -3.0