2024 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/01/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Kennesaw State 11 37 895 24.19 2 3.4 81.4
2 North Carolina 12 31 825 26.61 2 2.6 68.8
3 Iowa 12 29 791 27.28 1 2.4 65.9
4 Oklahoma State 11 42 782 18.62 0 3.8 71.1
5 Marshall 12 32 781 24.41 0 2.7 65.1
6 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 30 776 25.87 1 2.3 59.7
7 Western Michigan 12 35 771 22.03 0 2.9 64.3
8 Charlotte 11 36 758 21.06 0 3.3 68.9
9 Ball State 11 33 748 22.67 1 3.0 68.0
10 Texas Tech 12 39 722 18.51 0 3.3 60.2
11 Tulane 13 29 696 24.00 2 2.2 53.5
12 New Mexico State 11 36 689 19.14 0 3.3 62.6
13 LSU 12 25 687 27.48 2 2.1 57.3
14 Temple 12 36 673 18.69 0 3.0 56.1
15 Arizona 11 29 662 22.83 0 2.6 60.2
16 Rice 11 25 652 26.08 1 2.3 59.3
16 Pittsburgh 12 32 652 20.38 0 2.7 54.3
18 Louisville 12 32 648 20.25 1 2.7 54.0
19 USC 13 28 646 23.07 0 2.2 49.7
20 East Carolina 12 29 628 21.66 1 2.4 52.3
21 Toledo 12 26 618 23.77 1 2.2 51.5
22 Georgia Southern 12 31 614 19.81 0 2.6 51.2
23 UAB 11 28 608 21.71 0 2.5 55.3
24 Kentucky 11 29 594 20.48 1 2.6 54.0
25 Nevada 12 33 592 17.94 0 2.8 49.3
26 Florida International 11 21 590 28.10 0 1.9 53.6
27 Louisiana Tech 12 23 587 25.52 0 1.9 48.9
28 Tulsa 11 23 584 25.39 0 2.1 53.1
29 BYU 12 21 582 27.71 3 1.8 48.5
30 UNLV 13 26 571 21.96 1 2.0 43.9
31 Washington State 12 25 568 22.72 0 2.1 47.3
32 Wisconsin 11 22 556 25.27 0 2.0 50.5
33 Liberty 10 29 553 19.07 0 2.9 55.3
33 Central Michigan 11 34 553 16.26 0 3.1 50.3
35 Baylor 12 25 545 21.80 1 2.1 45.4
36 Miami (Ohio) 14 29 544 18.76 0 2.1 38.9
37 North Carolina State 12 20 532 26.60 0 1.7 44.3
38 Florida State 11 24 530 22.08 1 2.2 48.2
38 Bowling Green 12 26 530 20.38 0 2.2 44.2
40 Kent State 11 29 529 18.24 0 2.6 48.1
41 Washington 12 23 528 22.96 0 1.9 44.0
42 Northwestern 11 24 525 21.88 0 2.2 47.7
43 Texas State 11 24 523 21.79 0 2.2 47.5
44 Kansas State 12 27 520 19.26 0 2.3 43.3
45 Miami (Florida) 12 24 519 21.63 0 2.0 43.3
46 James Madison 12 21 518 24.67 1 1.8 43.2
47 Arkansas State 12 28 517 18.46 0 2.3 43.1
48 San Diego State 11 25 515 20.60 0 2.3 46.8
49 Georgia State 11 29 507 17.48 0 2.6 46.1
50 Wyoming 11 20 504 25.20 1 1.8 45.8
51 Middle Tennessee 11 27 500 18.52 0 2.5 45.5
52 Connecticut 12 18 497 27.61 1 1.5 41.4
53 Michigan 13 24 495 20.63 0 1.8 38.1
54 Western Kentucky 13 26 494 19.00 0 2.0 38.0
55 Auburn 11 22 493 22.41 0 2.0 44.8
56 West Virginia 12 22 492 22.36 0 1.8 41.0
57 Ohio 13 23 490 21.30 1 1.8 37.7
58 Northern Illinois 12 20 484 24.20 1 1.7 40.3
59 North Texas 11 24 483 20.13 0 2.2 43.9
60 Utah State 11 25 479 19.16 0 2.3 43.5
61 UTEP 11 23 473 20.57 1 2.1 43.0
62 UTSA 12 14 463 33.07 2 1.2 38.6
62 Houston 12 22 463 21.05 0 1.8 38.6
64 SMU 13 22 454 20.64 0 1.7 34.9
65 Appalachian State 10 23 451 19.61 0 2.3 45.1
66 Missouri 12 23 450 19.57 0 1.9 37.5
67 Sam Houston State 13 22 439 19.95 0 1.7 33.8
68 South Florida 12 18 435 24.17 1 1.5 36.3
69 Kansas 11 26 430 16.54 0 2.4 39.1
70 Nebraska 12 23 427 18.57 0 1.9 35.6
71 Boise State 13 19 419 22.05 1 1.5 32.2
72 Duke 11 20 417 20.85 0 1.8 37.9
73 Vanderbilt 12 18 414 23.00 1 1.5 34.5
74 Southern Mississippi 11 21 401 19.10 0 1.9 36.5
75 Coastal Carolina 12 23 388 16.87 0 1.9 32.3
76 Colorado 12 19 386 20.32 0 1.6 32.2
76 Virginia Tech 12 19 386 20.32 0 1.6 32.2
76 Buffalo 11 23 386 16.78 0 2.1 35.1
79 Eastern Michigan 11 21 384 18.29 0 1.9 34.9
80 Akron 11 24 375 15.63 0 2.2 34.1
81 Oregon State 11 19 373 19.63 0 1.7 33.9
82 Florida Atlantic 11 20 368 18.40 0 1.8 33.5
83 Penn State 15 17 361 21.24 0 1.1 24.1
84 Minnesota 11 19 358 18.84 0 1.7 32.5
85 Georgia Tech 12 19 357 18.79 0 1.6 29.8
86 San Jose State 12 19 352 18.53 0 1.6 29.3
87 Utah 11 17 351 20.65 0 1.5 31.9
87 Syracuse 12 18 351 19.50 0 1.5 29.3
89 Cincinnati 11 16 349 21.81 0 1.5 31.7
90 Navy 12 18 348 19.33 0 1.5 29.0
90 New Mexico 11 19 348 18.32 0 1.7 31.6
92 Massachusetts 10 18 338 18.78 0 1.8 33.8
93 Old Dominion 12 22 334 15.18 0 1.8 27.8
94 Colorado State 12 18 328 18.22 0 1.5 27.3
95 Oregon 13 12 322 26.83 1 0.9 24.8
96 TCU 12 17 317 18.65 0 1.4 26.4
97 Fresno State 12 22 315 14.32 0 1.8 26.3
98 Wake Forest 11 15 310 20.67 1 1.4 28.2
99 Mississippi State 11 12 308 25.67 0 1.1 28.0
100 UCF 11 20 301 15.05 0 1.8 27.4
101 Texas A&M 12 14 297 21.21 0 1.2 24.8
102 Texas 15 15 294 19.60 0 1.0 19.6
103 Notre Dame 13 15 285 19.00 0 1.2 21.9
104 California 12 14 283 20.21 0 1.2 23.6
105 UCLA 12 15 280 18.67 0 1.3 23.3
106 Boston College 12 17 278 16.35 0 1.4 23.2
107 Florida 12 14 274 19.57 0 1.2 22.8
108 Illinois 12 14 272 19.43 0 1.2 22.7
108 Troy 11 17 272 16.00 0 1.5 24.7
110 Clemson 13 15 269 17.93 0 1.2 20.7
111 Purdue 11 14 267 19.07 0 1.3 24.3
112 Alabama 12 13 266 20.46 0 1.1 22.2
112 Virginia 11 17 266 15.65 0 1.5 24.2
114 Tennessee 12 13 255 19.62 0 1.1 21.3
115 Oklahoma 12 13 246 18.92 0 1.1 20.5
116 South Alabama 12 15 242 16.13 0 1.3 20.2
117 Hawai'i 10 16 236 14.75 0 1.6 23.6
118 Maryland 11 17 234 13.76 0 1.5 21.3
119 South Carolina 12 12 226 18.83 0 1.0 18.8
120 Stanford 11 13 218 16.77 0 1.2 19.8
121 Arkansas 12 14 214 15.29 0 1.2 17.8
122 Memphis 12 12 211 17.58 0 1.0 17.6
123 Iowa State 13 10 203 20.30 0 0.8 15.6
124 Arizona State 14 11 181 16.45 0 0.8 12.9
125 Michigan State 11 10 168 16.80 0 0.9 15.3
126 Georgia 12 11 167 15.18 0 0.9 13.9
127 Ohio State 14 14 147 10.50 0 1.0 10.5
128 Jacksonville State 14 7 146 20.86 0 0.5 10.4
129 Mississippi 11 7 141 20.14 0 0.6 12.8
130 Army 13 12 124 10.33 0 0.9 9.5
131 Indiana 12 5 95 19.00 0 0.4 7.9
132 Louisiana-Monroe 11 6 78 13.00 0 0.5 7.1
133 Air Force 11 5 73 14.60 0 0.5 6.6
134 Rutgers 12 3 21 7.00 0 0.3 1.8