2024 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/14/2024

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Tennessee 10 26 398 15.31 1 2.6 39.8
2 Louisiana Tech 12 30 390 13.00 0 2.5 32.5
3 Texas State 11 20 349 17.45 1 1.8 31.7
4 Illinois 10 25 342 13.68 0 2.5 34.2
5 UAB 10 15 322 21.47 2 1.5 32.2
6 Indiana 11 27 313 11.59 0 2.5 28.5
7 UTEP 11 17 311 18.29 1 1.5 28.3
8 Toledo 12 20 278 13.90 0 1.7 23.2
9 TCU 11 25 274 10.96 1 2.3 24.9
10 Iowa 10 22 267 12.14 1 2.2 26.7
11 South Florida 9 23 265 11.52 0 2.6 29.4
12 Vanderbilt 7 13 250 19.23 1 1.9 35.7
13 Fresno State 11 19 239 12.58 1 1.7 21.7
13 Virginia Tech 9 21 239 11.38 1 2.3 26.6
13 Connecticut 11 32 239 7.47 0 2.9 21.7
16 Iowa State 12 14 224 16.00 1 1.2 18.7
17 Central Michigan 11 18 221 12.28 1 1.6 20.1
18 Duke 10 24 220 9.17 0 2.4 22.0
19 Arkansas State 11 14 217 15.50 1 1.3 19.7
20 Colorado State 10 14 216 15.43 2 1.4 21.6
21 UNLV 10 24 214 8.92 1 2.4 21.4
22 Northwestern 9 14 211 15.07 1 1.6 23.4
23 Rice 10 27 208 7.70 0 2.7 20.8
24 South Alabama 13 14 204 14.57 1 1.1 15.7
25 Wake Forest 9 11 200 18.18 1 1.2 22.2
26 Texas 11 21 199 9.48 0 1.9 18.1
27 Colorado 12 19 197 10.37 1 1.6 16.4
28 SMU 11 19 194 10.21 1 1.7 17.6
29 Tulsa 11 21 189 9.00 1 1.9 17.2
30 North Carolina 12 12 188 15.67 2 1.0 15.7
31 James Madison 12 21 184 8.76 1 1.8 15.3
32 Buffalo 11 15 181 12.07 0 1.4 16.5
32 Minnesota 10 20 181 9.05 0 2.0 18.1
34 Baylor 9 10 179 17.90 0 1.1 19.9
35 Pittsburgh 9 15 175 11.67 2 1.7 19.4
36 East Carolina 11 22 161 7.32 0 2.0 14.6
37 Memphis 12 13 160 12.31 0 1.1 13.3
38 Stanford 8 11 159 14.45 1 1.4 19.9
38 Hawai'i 10 11 159 14.45 1 1.1 15.9
38 Troy 11 12 159 13.25 1 1.1 14.5
38 Alabama 8 16 159 9.94 0 2.0 19.9
42 North Texas 10 16 154 9.63 1 1.6 15.4
43 Liberty 11 14 148 10.57 0 1.3 13.5
44 Mississippi State 6 10 143 14.30 1 1.7 23.8
45 Arizona State 11 9 141 15.67 1 0.8 12.8
46 Clemson 10 17 139 8.18 0 1.7 13.9
47 Louisville 8 24 134 5.58 0 3.0 16.8
48 Syracuse 10 14 132 9.43 0 1.4 13.2
49 UCF 8 14 131 9.36 0 1.8 16.4
49 Houston 9 17 131 7.71 1 1.9 14.6
51 Michigan 7 11 130 11.82 0 1.6 18.6
51 Massachusetts 10 14 130 9.29 1 1.4 13.0
51 Utah State 10 15 130 8.67 0 1.5 13.0
51 Ohio 12 16 130 8.13 1 1.3 10.8
55 Boston College 9 19 125 6.58 0 2.1 13.9
56 West Virginia 10 15 123 8.20 0 1.5 12.3
57 Marshall 12 17 121 7.12 0 1.4 10.1
58 Ohio State 9 17 120 7.06 0 1.9 13.3
59 Auburn 9 17 119 7.00 1 1.9 13.2
60 BYU 10 11 117 10.64 1 1.1 11.7
61 Georgia Tech 8 16 116 7.25 0 2.0 14.5
61 Miami (Florida) 11 16 116 7.25 0 1.5 10.5
63 Kansas State 8 10 115 11.50 2 1.3 14.4
63 Georgia 7 12 115 9.58 0 1.7 16.4
65 Mississippi 10 18 114 6.33 0 1.8 11.4
66 Middle Tennessee 10 12 111 9.25 1 1.2 11.1
67 South Carolina 8 14 108 7.71 0 1.8 13.5
68 Kennesaw State 12 16 107 6.69 0 1.3 8.9
68 Old Dominion 11 19 107 5.63 0 1.7 9.7
70 Bowling Green 11 21 104 4.95 0 1.9 9.5
71 Penn State 10 19 103 5.42 0 1.9 10.3
72 Miami (Ohio) 12 15 102 6.80 0 1.3 8.5
73 Notre Dame 11 21 99 4.71 0 1.9 9.0
74 Virginia 9 14 97 6.93 0 1.6 10.8
74 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 18 97 5.39 0 1.4 7.5
76 Purdue 6 12 96 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
77 Florida 7 8 93 11.63 0 1.1 13.3
78 Rutgers 11 8 90 11.25 0 0.7 8.2
78 Coastal Carolina 12 8 90 11.25 0 0.7 7.5
78 Maryland 9 10 90 9.00 0 1.1 10.0
81 Oklahoma 6 11 89 8.09 0 1.8 14.8
82 New Mexico 12 9 88 9.78 1 0.8 7.3
83 Kentucky 7 11 87 7.91 0 1.6 12.4
84 Oregon 9 17 86 5.06 0 1.9 9.6
85 Northern Illinois 11 10 84 8.40 0 0.9 7.6
86 Washington 9 11 80 7.27 0 1.2 8.9
86 Arizona 9 15 80 5.33 0 1.7 8.9
88 Temple 11 12 79 6.58 1 1.1 7.2
88 Jacksonville State 13 17 79 4.65 0 1.3 6.1
90 Washington State 11 11 76 6.91 0 1.0 6.9
90 Florida International 11 17 76 4.47 0 1.5 6.9
92 San Diego State 10 15 74 4.93 0 1.5 7.4
93 Western Michigan 12 16 73 4.56 0 1.3 6.1
94 Appalachian State 10 6 69 11.50 1 0.6 6.9
94 California 9 15 69 4.60 0 1.7 7.7
96 Florida Atlantic 11 13 64 4.92 0 1.2 5.8
97 Louisiana-Monroe 11 6 63 10.50 0 0.5 5.7
97 USC 10 11 63 5.73 0 1.1 6.3
99 Utah 8 16 61 3.81 0 2.0 7.6
100 New Mexico State 12 12 60 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
100 Eastern Michigan 12 19 60 3.16 1 1.6 5.0
102 Wisconsin 9 13 58 4.46 0 1.4 6.4
103 UCLA 9 5 56 11.20 0 0.6 6.2
104 North Carolina State 9 8 55 6.88 0 0.9 6.1
105 San Jose State 10 7 54 7.71 0 0.7 5.4
105 Navy 9 9 54 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
107 Sam Houston State 12 15 51 3.40 0 1.3 4.3
108 Charlotte 10 13 50 3.85 0 1.3 5.0
109 Nebraska 8 11 49 4.45 0 1.4 6.1
110 Western Kentucky 12 15 47 3.13 0 1.3 3.9
111 Kent State 10 4 45 11.25 0 0.4 4.5
112 Arkansas 8 6 44 7.33 0 0.8 5.5
113 Nevada 10 6 43 7.17 0 0.6 4.3
114 Air Force 11 7 42 6.00 0 0.6 3.8
114 LSU 9 9 42 4.67 0 1.0 4.7
116 Southern Mississippi 12 9 39 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
117 Michigan State 8 4 38 9.50 0 0.5 4.8
117 Army 12 9 38 4.22 0 0.8 3.2
119 Texas Tech 9 7 37 5.29 0 0.8 4.1
119 Missouri 10 8 37 4.63 0 0.8 3.7
119 Oklahoma State 9 12 37 3.08 0 1.3 4.1
122 Georgia Southern 10 8 36 4.50 0 0.8 3.6
122 Boise State 10 17 36 2.12 0 1.7 3.6
124 Tulane 11 9 30 3.33 0 0.8 2.7
125 Cincinnati 9 8 29 3.63 0 0.9 3.2
126 Georgia State 12 12 24 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
127 Texas A&M 8 9 23 2.56 0 1.1 2.9
128 Wyoming 9 7 22 3.14 0 0.8 2.4
129 UTSA 9 11 21 1.91 0 1.2 2.3
130 Oregon State 9 5 19 3.80 0 0.6 2.1
130 Florida State 7 11 19 1.73 0 1.6 2.7
132 Ball State 11 8 15 1.88 0 0.7 1.4
133 Akron 10 7 -1 -0.14 1 0.7 -0.1