2024 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 09/14/2024

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Troy 3 2 86 43.00 1 0.7 28.7
2 Stanford 2 3 102 34.00 1 1.5 51.0
3 UAB 3 3 98 32.67 1 1.0 32.7
4 Colorado State 2 3 97 32.33 1 1.5 48.5
5 South Alabama 3 4 129 32.25 1 1.3 43.0
6 Pittsburgh 3 3 88 29.33 2 1.0 29.3
7 Kent State 2 1 29 29.00 0 0.5 14.5
8 Central Michigan 2 5 133 26.60 1 2.5 66.5
9 Mississippi State 3 5 117 23.40 1 1.7 39.0
10 Kansas State 3 4 92 23.00 2 1.3 30.7
11 Wake Forest 2 4 86 21.50 1 2.0 43.0
12 Vanderbilt 3 8 170 21.25 1 2.7 56.7
13 Tennessee 3 11 233 21.18 1 3.7 77.7
14 Toledo 3 7 141 20.14 0 2.3 47.0
15 Houston 2 4 80 20.00 1 2.0 40.0
15 North Carolina State 2 1 20 20.00 0 0.5 10.0
17 Rutgers 2 2 39 19.50 0 1.0 19.5
18 Virginia Tech 3 6 113 18.83 1 2.0 37.7
19 Hawai'i 3 6 110 18.33 1 2.0 36.7
20 UTEP 2 1 18 18.00 0 0.5 9.0
21 Fresno State 2 7 123 17.57 1 3.5 61.5
22 Arkansas State 2 8 140 17.50 1 4.0 70.0
22 Air Force 3 2 35 17.50 0 0.7 11.7
24 Memphis 3 5 86 17.20 0 1.7 28.7
25 Liberty 3 5 83 16.60 0 1.7 27.7
26 Arkansas 2 2 33 16.50 0 1.0 16.5
26 North Carolina 3 2 33 16.50 0 0.7 11.0
28 Michigan 2 2 32 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
28 Navy 2 2 32 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
30 South Florida 2 7 108 15.43 0 3.5 54.0
31 Oregon 3 7 107 15.29 1 2.3 35.7
32 Iowa State 2 1 14 14.00 0 0.5 7.0
33 Tulsa 2 6 83 13.83 1 3.0 41.5
34 Temple 2 3 41 13.67 0 1.5 20.5
35 Washington State 3 4 54 13.50 0 1.3 18.0
36 Baylor 2 3 38 12.67 0 1.5 19.0
37 Georgia 2 5 62 12.40 0 2.5 31.0
38 Florida 1 3 37 12.33 0 3.0 37.0
39 Louisiana-Monroe 2 2 24 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
39 Utah State 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
41 Oklahoma 3 5 59 11.80 0 1.7 19.7
42 Illinois 3 8 92 11.50 0 2.7 30.7
42 North Texas 3 6 69 11.50 1 2.0 23.0
44 Michigan State 3 3 34 11.33 0 1.0 11.3
45 UCF 3 9 99 11.00 0 3.0 33.0
45 UCLA 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
47 East Carolina 3 7 76 10.86 0 2.3 25.3
48 Purdue 1 4 43 10.75 0 4.0 43.0
49 Louisiana Tech 2 5 52 10.40 0 2.5 26.0
50 TCU 3 10 102 10.20 0 3.3 34.0
51 Buffalo 2 7 70 10.00 0 3.5 35.0
51 Alabama 3 9 90 10.00 0 3.0 30.0
51 Mississippi 3 6 60 10.00 0 2.0 20.0
51 Northern Illinois 1 1 10 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
55 Louisville 2 7 68 9.71 0 3.5 34.0
56 Minnesota 3 6 58 9.67 0 2.0 19.3
57 Arizona State 3 4 38 9.50 0 1.3 12.7
58 Marshall 2 7 66 9.43 0 3.5 33.0
59 Auburn 3 6 55 9.17 1 2.0 18.3
60 Miami (Florida) 3 8 73 9.13 0 2.7 24.3
61 Georgia Tech 4 10 91 9.10 0 2.5 22.8
62 Coastal Carolina 3 5 45 9.00 0 1.7 15.0
62 San Jose State 3 4 36 9.00 0 1.3 12.0
64 Connecticut 3 12 107 8.92 0 4.0 35.7
65 Notre Dame 1 4 35 8.75 0 4.0 35.0
66 Texas State 3 8 65 8.13 0 2.7 21.7
67 West Virginia 2 4 32 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
67 Bowling Green 1 2 16 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
69 Duke 3 10 78 7.80 0 3.3 26.0
70 Boston College 2 7 54 7.71 0 3.5 27.0
71 Arizona 2 6 46 7.67 0 3.0 23.0
71 Virginia 3 3 23 7.67 0 1.0 7.7
73 Texas 2 6 45 7.50 0 3.0 22.5
74 Northwestern 3 5 37 7.40 0 1.7 12.3
75 Clemson 1 6 44 7.33 0 6.0 44.0
75 Ohio State 2 9 66 7.33 0 4.5 33.0
77 Nebraska 3 6 43 7.17 0 2.0 14.3
78 SMU 3 7 50 7.14 0 2.3 16.7
79 Oregon State 2 3 21 7.00 0 1.5 10.5
79 Florida Atlantic 3 4 28 7.00 0 1.3 9.3
81 Nevada 4 4 26 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
82 Oklahoma State 3 5 32 6.40 0 1.7 10.7
83 Kentucky 2 4 25 6.25 0 2.0 12.5
84 BYU 3 5 31 6.20 0 1.7 10.3
85 Missouri 3 1 6 6.00 0 0.3 2.0
86 Iowa 2 8 47 5.88 0 4.0 23.5
87 Maryland 3 5 27 5.40 0 1.7 9.0
87 Massachusetts 3 5 27 5.40 0 1.7 9.0
89 Ball State 1 3 16 5.33 0 3.0 16.0
90 California 3 5 25 5.00 0 1.7 8.3
91 Utah 3 9 44 4.89 0 3.0 14.7
92 Washington 3 4 19 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
93 Florida International 3 3 14 4.67 0 1.0 4.7
94 Rice 3 11 51 4.64 0 3.7 17.0
95 Old Dominion 3 2 9 4.50 0 0.7 3.0
96 Cincinnati 3 5 20 4.00 0 1.7 6.7
96 Indiana 3 5 20 4.00 0 1.7 6.7
96 UNLV 3 4 16 4.00 0 1.3 5.3
96 USC 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
100 Wyoming 3 3 11 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
101 South Carolina 2 4 14 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
101 Texas Tech 3 4 14 3.50 0 1.3 4.7
103 LSU 2 3 10 3.33 0 1.5 5.0
104 Western Michigan 2 3 9 3.00 0 1.5 4.5
104 Charlotte 3 4 12 3.00 0 1.3 4.0
104 Eastern Michigan 3 2 6 3.00 0 0.7 2.0
104 Southern Mississippi 3 2 6 3.00 0 0.7 2.0
104 Western Kentucky 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
109 Ohio 3 3 7 2.33 0 1.0 2.3
110 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 3 6 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
110 Jacksonville State 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
112 Syracuse 2 3 5 1.67 0 1.5 2.5
113 Army 2 2 3 1.50 0 1.0 1.5
113 Wisconsin 2 2 3 1.50 0 1.0 1.5
115 San Diego State 3 6 6 1.00 0 2.0 2.0
115 Colorado 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
115 New Mexico State 3 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
118 UTSA 2 3 2 0.67 0 1.5 1.0
119 Sam Houston State 3 4 2 0.50 0 1.3 0.7
119 Kennesaw State 3 2 1 0.50 0 0.7 0.3
121 Georgia State 3 2 0 0.00 0 0.7 0.0
121 Miami (Ohio) 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
121 Middle Tennessee 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
121 Texas A&M 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
121 Georgia Southern 3 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
126 New Mexico 3 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.7 -1.0
127 Florida State 3 3 -10 -3.33 0 1.0 -3.3
128 Penn State 2 1 -7 -7.00 0 0.5 -3.5
129 Akron 2 1 -12 -12.00 0 0.5 -6.0