2024 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/30/2024

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 UNLV 13 33 401 12.15 2 2.5 30.8
2 Tennessee 12 24 355 14.79 0 2.0 29.6
3 Louisiana Tech 12 26 344 13.23 0 2.2 28.7
4 UTEP 11 17 311 18.29 1 1.5 28.3
5 Indiana 12 25 306 12.24 0 2.1 25.5
6 Illinois 11 21 299 14.24 0 1.9 27.2
7 Texas State 11 15 296 19.73 1 1.4 26.9
8 Virginia Tech 12 27 282 10.44 1 2.3 23.5
9 Iowa 12 21 277 13.19 1 1.8 23.1
10 Baylor 11 12 272 22.67 0 1.1 24.7
11 TCU 12 21 234 11.14 1 1.8 19.5
12 South Florida 12 23 232 10.09 0 1.9 19.3
13 UAB 11 13 231 17.77 1 1.2 21.0
14 Northwestern 11 14 227 16.21 1 1.3 20.6
15 Duke 11 24 221 9.21 0 2.2 20.1
16 Texas 14 26 219 8.42 0 1.9 15.6
17 Arkansas State 12 10 215 21.50 2 0.8 17.9
18 Iowa State 13 13 210 16.15 1 1.0 16.2
19 SMU 13 23 209 9.09 1 1.8 16.1
20 Ohio State 13 22 208 9.45 1 1.7 16.0
21 BYU 12 15 205 13.67 2 1.3 17.1
22 Oregon 12 17 204 12.00 1 1.4 17.0
23 Rice 11 25 201 8.04 0 2.3 18.3
24 Oklahoma 12 24 199 8.29 0 2.0 16.6
25 Colorado 12 19 197 10.37 1 1.6 16.4
26 Pittsburgh 12 23 196 8.52 2 1.9 16.3
27 James Madison 12 22 187 8.50 1 1.8 15.6
28 Toledo 12 18 180 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
29 North Carolina 12 12 174 14.50 2 1.0 14.5
30 Colorado State 12 17 170 10.00 1 1.4 14.2
31 Clemson 13 19 168 8.84 0 1.5 12.9
32 Connecticut 12 27 165 6.11 0 2.3 13.8
33 Alabama 11 21 161 7.67 0 1.9 14.6
34 Buffalo 11 12 158 13.17 0 1.1 14.4
34 Michigan 12 15 158 10.53 0 1.3 13.2
36 North Texas 11 15 156 10.40 1 1.4 14.2
37 Wake Forest 11 11 151 13.73 0 1.0 13.7
37 Fresno State 12 16 151 9.44 0 1.3 12.6
39 Florida 12 11 150 13.64 0 0.9 12.5
39 Minnesota 11 18 150 8.33 0 1.6 13.6
41 Rutgers 12 9 146 16.22 0 0.8 12.2
42 Memphis 12 12 145 12.08 0 1.0 12.1
43 Arizona State 13 10 141 14.10 1 0.8 10.8
43 Troy 11 11 141 12.82 1 1.0 12.8
45 Vanderbilt 12 14 138 9.86 0 1.2 11.5
46 Penn State 14 22 136 6.18 0 1.6 9.7
47 Ohio 13 18 132 7.33 1 1.4 10.2
47 Houston 12 19 132 6.95 1 1.6 11.0
47 Notre Dame 13 24 132 5.50 0 1.8 10.2
50 Utah 11 19 131 6.89 1 1.7 11.9
51 Utah State 11 15 127 8.47 0 1.4 11.5
52 South Carolina 11 16 126 7.88 0 1.5 11.5
53 Louisville 11 25 122 4.88 0 2.3 11.1
54 Kansas State 12 10 121 12.10 1 0.8 10.1
55 Middle Tennessee 11 11 111 10.09 1 1.0 10.1
56 Boston College 12 18 109 6.06 0 1.5 9.1
57 Virginia 11 17 108 6.35 0 1.5 9.8
58 West Virginia 12 13 107 8.23 0 1.1 8.9
58 Old Dominion 12 19 107 5.63 0 1.6 8.9
60 San Diego State 11 16 105 6.56 0 1.5 9.5
61 Tulsa 11 16 103 6.44 0 1.5 9.4
62 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 16 101 6.31 0 1.2 7.8
63 Georgia 12 15 100 6.67 0 1.3 8.3
63 Miami (Ohio) 14 18 100 5.56 0 1.3 7.1
65 Georgia Southern 12 13 95 7.31 0 1.1 7.9
65 East Carolina 12 20 95 4.75 0 1.7 7.9
67 Wisconsin 11 14 94 6.71 0 1.3 8.5
68 Liberty 10 12 93 7.75 0 1.2 9.3
68 Washington State 12 12 93 7.75 1 1.0 7.8
68 Kennesaw State 11 15 93 6.20 0 1.4 8.5
68 Boise State 12 19 93 4.89 0 1.6 7.8
72 Miami (Florida) 12 13 91 7.00 0 1.1 7.6
72 Bowling Green 12 22 91 4.14 0 1.8 7.6
74 Central Michigan 11 14 89 6.36 0 1.3 8.1
75 New Mexico 11 9 88 9.78 1 0.8 8.0
75 Oklahoma State 11 13 88 6.77 0 1.2 8.0
77 Northern Illinois 12 11 85 7.73 0 0.9 7.1
78 Syracuse 12 12 84 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
79 UCF 11 11 82 7.45 0 1.0 7.5
79 Georgia Tech 12 13 82 6.31 0 1.1 6.8
79 California 12 16 82 5.13 0 1.3 6.8
79 Jacksonville State 14 18 82 4.56 0 1.3 5.9
83 Auburn 11 16 81 5.06 0 1.5 7.4
84 Maryland 11 11 80 7.27 0 1.0 7.3
84 South Alabama 12 11 80 7.27 0 0.9 6.7
84 Kentucky 11 13 80 6.15 0 1.2 7.3
84 Marshall 12 13 80 6.15 0 1.1 6.7
88 Temple 12 13 79 6.08 1 1.1 6.6
89 Mississippi 11 17 77 4.53 0 1.5 7.0
89 UTSA 12 17 77 4.53 0 1.4 6.4
91 Hawai'i 10 8 76 9.50 0 0.8 7.6
92 USC 13 13 74 5.69 0 1.0 5.7
93 Florida International 11 16 72 4.50 0 1.5 6.5
94 Nebraska 12 14 71 5.07 0 1.2 5.9
95 Appalachian State 10 6 69 11.50 1 0.6 6.9
95 Sam Houston State 13 17 69 4.06 0 1.3 5.3
97 Texas Tech 12 11 67 6.09 0 0.9 5.6
98 Washington 11 8 65 8.13 0 0.7 5.9
99 Arizona 11 13 64 4.92 0 1.2 5.8
99 Stanford 11 13 64 4.92 0 1.2 5.8
101 North Carolina State 12 9 62 6.89 0 0.8 5.2
102 Tulane 13 12 61 5.08 0 0.9 4.7
103 Coastal Carolina 12 7 60 8.57 0 0.6 5.0
103 Purdue 11 11 60 5.45 0 1.0 5.5
105 New Mexico State 11 11 59 5.36 0 1.0 5.4
105 Western Michigan 12 15 59 3.93 0 1.3 4.9
107 Texas A&M 12 15 58 3.87 0 1.3 4.8
108 UCLA 12 5 56 11.20 0 0.4 4.7
109 Kansas 11 8 55 6.88 0 0.7 5.0
110 Louisiana-Monroe 11 5 52 10.40 0 0.5 4.7
111 San Jose State 12 7 50 7.14 0 0.6 4.2
112 Charlotte 11 12 49 4.08 0 1.1 4.5
113 Western Kentucky 13 15 47 3.13 0 1.2 3.6
114 Mississippi State 11 13 46 3.54 0 1.2 4.2
114 Eastern Michigan 11 16 46 2.88 0 1.5 4.2
116 Massachusetts 10 10 45 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
117 LSU 11 12 43 3.58 0 1.1 3.9
118 Army 13 9 38 4.22 0 0.7 2.9
119 Missouri 12 8 37 4.63 0 0.7 3.1
120 Florida Atlantic 11 10 35 3.50 0 0.9 3.2
120 Arkansas 12 10 35 3.50 0 0.8 2.9
122 Southern Mississippi 11 7 33 4.71 0 0.6 3.0
122 Navy 12 12 33 2.75 0 1.0 2.8
124 Cincinnati 11 6 30 5.00 0 0.5 2.7
125 Oregon State 11 8 27 3.38 0 0.7 2.5
126 Wyoming 11 7 24 3.43 0 0.6 2.2
126 Nevada 12 8 24 3.00 0 0.7 2.0
126 Georgia State 11 11 24 2.18 0 1.0 2.2
129 Michigan State 11 4 18 4.50 0 0.4 1.6
129 Air Force 11 6 18 3.00 0 0.5 1.6
131 Kent State 11 3 16 5.33 0 0.3 1.5
132 Florida State 11 13 12 0.92 0 1.2 1.1
133 Akron 11 6 11 1.83 1 0.5 1.0
134 Ball State 11 6 -1 -0.17 0 0.5 -0.1