2025 Big 12 Conference Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name Team Yr Pos G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Bryce Noernberg Kansas St FR WR 7 16 464 29.00 1 2.3 66.3
2 Kole Wilson Baylor SR WR 9 22 491 22.32 0 2.4 54.6
3 Jaden Nixon UCF SR RB 9 17 402 23.65 1 1.9 44.7
4 Quentin Gibson Colorado FR WR 8 14 329 23.50 0 1.8 41.1
5 Emmanuel Henderson Jr. Kansas SR WR 10 15 400 26.67 1 1.5 40.0
6 Cody Hagen BYU SO WR 10 15 354 23.60 0 1.5 35.4
7 Major Everhart TCU JR WR 8 9 197 21.89 0 1.1 24.6
8 Mekhi Mews Houston SR WR 11 12 270 22.50 0 1.1 24.5
9 Logan Wilson Cincinnati SR CB 8 8 190 23.75 0 1.0 23.8
10 J'Koby Williams Texas Tech SO RB 9 4 207 51.75 1 0.4 23.0
11 Preston Fox WVU SR WR 6 5 122 24.40 0 0.8 20.3
12 Aiden Flora Iowa State FR RB 8 7 148 21.14 0 0.9 18.5
13 Jaren Hamilton Ariz St SO WR 9 8 144 18.00 0 0.9 16.0
14 Jon Denman TCU FR RB 10 6 147 24.50 0 0.6 14.7
15 Kobi Foreman Okla St FR CB 7 5 101 20.20 0 0.7 14.4
16 Micah Hudson Texas Tech SO WR 9 6 116 19.33 0 0.7 12.9
17 Ismail Mahdi Arizona SR RB 11 4 82 20.50 0 0.4 7.5
18 JB Price Kansas St FR RB 7 2 46 23.00 0 0.3 6.6
19 Javin Whatley Arizona SR WR 11 3 71 23.67 0 0.3 6.5
20 Michael Allen Baylor JR S 7 2 42 21.00 0 0.3 6.0
21 Kaleb Mathis Colorado SO WR 8 3 40 13.33 0 0.4 5.0
22 Sterling Lockett Kansas St JR WR 9 2 44 22.00 0 0.2 4.9
22 Gavin Freeman Okla St JR WR 9 3 44 14.67 0 0.3 4.9
24 Sam Jackson V Okla St SR WR 9 3 41 13.67 0 0.3 4.6
25 Raleek Brown Ariz St JR RB 8 2 35 17.50 0 0.3 4.4
26 Cam Pickett Kansas JR WR 10 1 38 38.00 0 0.1 3.8
27 Tate Nagy Kansas FR WR 10 1 34 34.00 0 0.1 3.4
27 DeVon Rice Kansas St FR RB 7 1 24 24.00 0 0.1 3.4
29 Keaton Kubecka Kansas SO WR 10 1 28 28.00 0 0.1 2.8
30 Matthew McDoom Cincinnati SR CB 9 1 23 23.00 0 0.1 2.6
31 Kelsey Johnson Baylor JR TE 9 2 20 10.00 0 0.2 2.2
32 Xavier Townsend Iowa State JR WR 7 1 15 15.00 0 0.1 2.1
33 Quincy Craig Arizona JR RB 10 1 20 20.00 0 0.1 2.0
34 Smith Snowden Utah JR CB 11 3 20 6.67 0 0.3 1.8
35 Duane Thomas, Jr. UCF JR WR 9 1 15 15.00 0 0.1 1.7
35 Ryan Ward WVU FR TE 7 1 12 12.00 0 0.1 1.7
37 Khamari Anderson Ariz St JR TE 9 1 14 14.00 0 0.1 1.6
38 Gavin Grover Cincinnati SO TE 9 1 11 11.00 0 0.1 1.2
39 Royal Capell Okla St FR WR 8 1 9 9.00 0 0.1 1.1
40 Will Anciaux Kansas St SO TE 9 1 9 9.00 0 0.1 1.0
40 Cameron Dickey Texas Tech SO RB 9 1 9 9.00 0 0.1 1.0
42 Dallen Bentley Utah SR TE 11 1 10 10.00 0 0.1 0.9
43 Levani Damuni Utah SR LB 11 1 9 9.00 0 0.1 0.8
44 Cyrus Polu Utah FR LB 11 1 6 6.00 0 0.1 0.5
45 Jaden Hamm Kansas SO TE 10 1 2 2.00 0 0.1 0.2
46 Dean Connors Houston SR RB 11 1 1 1.00 0 0.1 0.1
47 Tripp Walsh Iowa State SO TE 9 1 0 0.00 0 0.1 0.0
48 Alex Bray Kansas JR DE 10 1 -4 -4.00 0 0.1 -0.4

Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.