2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/06/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Toledo 2 4 -4 -1.00 0 2.0 -2.0
2 San Jose State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
2 UNLV 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
2 Army 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
2 Southern Miss 1 3 0 0.00 0 3.0 0.0
6 Clemson 10 8 1 0.13 0 0.8 0.1
6 Iowa State 10 6 1 0.17 0 0.6 0.1
8 Rice 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
9 Middle Tennessee State 1 2 3 1.50 0 2.0 3.0
9 Tulsa 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
11 Oregon 11 4 4 1.00 0 0.4 0.4
11 New Mexico 2 3 4 1.33 0 1.5 2.0
11 Memphis 1 2 4 2.00 0 2.0 4.0
14 Fresno State 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
14 Arkansas State 2 1 5 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
16 Ohio State 11 2 7 3.50 0 0.2 0.6
16 Miami (OH) 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
18 Nevada 1 3 8 2.67 0 3.0 8.0
18 Louisiana 1 3 8 2.67 0 3.0 8.0
18 Florida Atlantic 1 2 8 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
21 Temple 2 3 10 3.33 0 1.5 5.0
22 Notre Dame 10 2 11 5.50 0 0.2 1.1
23 East Carolina 2 1 12 12.00 0 0.5 6.0
24 Georgia 10 4 15 3.75 0 0.4 1.5
25 Northern Illinois 2 4 16 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
25 Washington State 5 3 16 5.33 0 0.6 3.2
27 Buffalo 1 1 18 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
28 Louisville 9 6 19 3.17 0 0.7 2.1
28 Delaware 2 4 19 4.75 0 2.0 9.5
30 Jacksonville State 1 1 21 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
31 Nebraska 10 4 22 5.50 0 0.4 2.2
32 Ball State 2 6 23 3.83 0 3.0 11.5
32 FIU 1 2 23 11.50 0 2.0 23.0
34 Boston College 9 10 24 2.40 0 1.1 2.7
35 Tennessee 9 8 26 3.25 0 0.9 2.9
35 Marshall 1 4 26 6.50 0 4.0 26.0
37 Utah State 2 4 27 6.75 0 2.0 13.5
37 Florida State 10 3 27 9.00 0 0.3 2.7
39 Central Michigan 2 5 28 5.60 0 2.5 14.0
39 Eastern Michigan 1 2 28 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
41 Utah 10 5 29 5.80 0 0.5 2.9
41 Tulane 3 3 29 9.67 0 1.0 9.7
43 Baylor 11 11 32 2.91 0 1.0 2.9
43 San Diego State 2 5 32 6.40 0 2.5 16.0
45 Vanderbilt 9 5 34 6.80 0 0.6 3.8
46 Miami (FL) 9 6 35 5.83 0 0.7 3.9
46 Coastal Carolina 2 6 35 5.83 0 3.0 17.5
46 UAB 1 2 35 17.50 0 2.0 35.0
46 Kennesaw State 2 1 35 35.00 0 0.5 17.5
50 Duke 10 10 38 3.80 0 1.0 3.8
50 Illinois 10 8 38 4.75 1 0.8 3.8
50 Ole Miss 9 7 38 5.43 0 0.8 4.2
53 Western Michigan 2 3 39 13.00 0 1.5 19.5
54 Wyoming 2 3 40 13.33 0 1.5 20.0
55 Connecticut 3 4 42 10.50 0 1.3 14.0
55 Missouri State 2 2 42 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
57 Northwestern 9 9 43 4.78 0 1.0 4.8
58 Florida 10 6 44 7.33 0 0.6 4.4
59 Pittsburgh 9 8 47 5.88 0 0.9 5.2
59 Iowa 10 6 47 7.83 0 0.6 4.7
61 Auburn 9 8 48 6.00 0 0.9 5.3
61 Western Kentucky 1 5 48 9.60 0 5.0 48.0
63 Purdue 9 13 49 3.77 0 1.4 5.4
64 Louisiana-Monroe 2 3 50 16.67 0 1.5 25.0
65 Colorado State 2 4 53 13.25 0 2.0 26.5
66 Hawaii 2 3 57 19.00 0 1.5 28.5
67 USF 2 3 58 19.33 0 1.5 29.0
68 Kansas State 10 13 59 4.54 0 1.3 5.9
68 South Carolina 10 11 59 5.36 0 1.1 5.9
68 Rutgers 9 5 59 11.80 0 0.6 6.6
71 SMU 10 16 60 3.75 0 1.6 6.0
72 Texas Tech 11 9 61 6.78 0 0.8 5.5
73 Penn State 9 7 62 8.86 0 0.8 6.9
73 Ohio 3 6 62 10.33 1 2.0 20.7
73 Sam Houston State 2 4 62 15.50 0 2.0 31.0
76 Texas A&M 8 8 63 7.88 0 1.0 7.9
76 Charlotte 2 7 63 9.00 0 3.5 31.5
78 Georgia Tech 10 8 64 8.00 0 0.8 6.4
79 Missouri 9 8 67 8.38 0 0.9 7.4
80 Arizona 10 9 68 7.56 0 0.9 6.8
81 UTEP 1 3 72 24.00 0 3.0 72.0
82 Washington 10 7 77 11.00 0 0.7 7.7
82 Arkansas 8 3 77 25.67 1 0.4 9.6
84 Indiana 10 10 81 8.10 0 1.0 8.1
85 Kansas 10 15 82 5.47 0 1.5 8.2
85 Louisiana Tech 2 3 82 27.33 0 1.5 41.0
87 Michigan 10 14 91 6.50 0 1.4 9.1
88 Akron 1 5 92 18.40 0 5.0 92.0
89 Maryland 9 10 95 9.50 0 1.1 10.6
90 California 10 17 100 5.88 0 1.7 10.0
91 Syracuse 9 9 101 11.22 1 1.0 11.2
92 USC 9 4 102 25.50 1 0.4 11.3
93 Alabama 11 11 105 9.55 0 1.0 9.5
94 Bowling Green 2 4 109 27.25 1 2.0 54.5
95 Wake Forest 9 12 110 9.17 0 1.3 12.2
96 Cincinnati 10 9 111 12.33 1 0.9 11.1
97 TCU 11 11 113 10.27 1 1.0 10.3
98 BYU 11 8 114 14.25 0 0.7 10.4
99 Old Dominion 2 4 116 29.00 1 2.0 58.0
100 Georgia State 2 9 118 13.11 1 4.5 59.0
101 Texas 9 13 119 9.15 0 1.4 13.2
102 Kent State 3 9 125 13.89 0 3.0 41.7
103 UTSA 1 5 142 28.40 1 5.0 142.0
104 UCF 10 14 145 10.36 1 1.4 14.5
105 UCLA 10 15 146 9.73 1 1.5 14.6
106 North Carolina 10 15 147 9.80 0 1.5 14.7
107 Oklahoma State 10 23 150 6.52 0 2.3 15.0
108 Mississippi State 9 12 154 12.83 1 1.3 17.1
109 Kentucky 9 11 168 15.27 0 1.2 18.7
110 West Virginia 10 26 171 6.58 0 2.6 17.1
111 NC State 9 14 178 12.71 0 1.6 19.8
112 Minnesota 10 15 179 11.93 1 1.5 17.9
113 Oklahoma 9 19 190 10.00 1 2.1 21.1
114 Houston 10 12 191 15.92 0 1.2 19.1
115 Colorado 10 24 218 9.08 0 2.4 21.8
116 Massachusetts 2 7 223 31.86 1 3.5 111.5
117 Arizona State 10 13 225 17.31 0 1.3 22.5
118 Wisconsin 10 24 228 9.50 0 2.4 22.8
119 Stanford 9 18 253 14.06 0 2.0 28.1
120 Virginia Tech 10 11 258 23.45 1 1.1 25.8
121 Virginia 11 24 320 13.33 1 2.2 29.1
122 LSU 9 22 350 15.91 2 2.4 38.9
123 Michigan State 10 24 388 16.17 2 2.4 38.8
124 Oregon State 7 28 462 16.50 0 4.0 66.0