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