2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/27/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 1 | -11 | -11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -11.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 2 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.5 | -1.5 |
| 1 | Temple | 9 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | USC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 11 | 17 | 1.55 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 10 | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 10 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 1 | Purdue | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 9 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Washington State | 7 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.9 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 9 | 10 | 39 | 3.90 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Ohio | 9 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 11 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Marshall | 10 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.8 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 10 | 19 | 82 | 4.32 | 0 | 1.9 | 8.2 |
| 1 | Memphis | 10 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Indiana | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 1 | UNLV | 12 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| 1 | Troy | 12 | 18 | 84 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 9 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Army | 11 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 11 | 8 | 40 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| 1 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 10 | 17 | 89 | 5.24 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.9 |
| 1 | James Madison | 10 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Toledo | 9 | 14 | 80 | 5.71 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.9 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 14 | 81 | 5.79 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| 1 | Texas State | 10 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| 1 | Navy | 11 | 9 | 53 | 5.89 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| 1 | LSU | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 11 | 8 | 51 | 6.38 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 9 | 11 | 73 | 6.64 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.1 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 10 | 9 | 60 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 9 | 15 | 108 | 7.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 11 | 11 | 80 | 7.27 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 11 | 17 | 124 | 7.29 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Delaware | 10 | 13 | 95 | 7.31 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Boise State | 12 | 12 | 89 | 7.42 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 15 | 114 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 10 | 17 | 130 | 7.65 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 9 | 70 | 7.78 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 11 | 86 | 7.82 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.7 |
| 1 | Tulane | 10 | 14 | 114 | 8.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.4 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 10 | 14 | 115 | 8.21 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 18 | 152 | 8.44 | 0 | 1.6 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Ball State | 9 | 15 | 127 | 8.47 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.1 |
| 1 | Akron | 10 | 17 | 147 | 8.65 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 16 | 144 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.4 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 9 | 83 | 9.22 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 12 | 111 | 9.25 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 12 | 113 | 9.42 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.6 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 10 | 19 | 180 | 9.47 | 0 | 1.9 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 9 | 12 | 129 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 10 | 20 | 218 | 10.90 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Washington | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | California | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | UAB | 10 | 11 | 122 | 11.09 | 0 | 1.1 | 12.2 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 9 | 7 | 87 | 12.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.5 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 9 | 14 | 217 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.1 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| 1 | NC State | 3 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.7 |
| 1 | USF | 10 | 5 | 115 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 33 | 33.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 33.0 |
| 97 | UTEP | 10 | 16 | 93 | 5.81 | 1 | 1.6 | 9.3 |
| 97 | Kent State | 8 | 12 | 76 | 6.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 97 | Syracuse | 2 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 1 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 97 | Utah State | 9 | 14 | 117 | 8.36 | 1 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| 97 | UTSA | 11 | 15 | 129 | 8.60 | 1 | 1.4 | 11.7 |
| 97 | Nevada | 10 | 10 | 110 | 11.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 97 | San Jose State | 9 | 9 | 103 | 11.44 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.4 |
| 97 | Missouri State | 10 | 16 | 198 | 12.38 | 1 | 1.6 | 19.8 |
| 97 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 17 | 232 | 13.65 | 1 | 1.9 | 25.8 |
| 97 | Bowling Green | 9 | 6 | 86 | 14.33 | 1 | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 97 | North Texas | 12 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 1 | 0.4 | 6.1 |
| 97 | Central Michigan | 9 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 1 | 0.7 | 10.6 |
| 97 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 97 | Hawaii | 9 | 8 | 140 | 17.50 | 1 | 0.9 | 15.6 |
| 97 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 19.3 |
| 112 | FIU | 11 | 16 | 128 | 8.00 | 2 | 1.5 | 11.6 |
| 112 | Wyoming | 9 | 19 | 166 | 8.74 | 2 | 2.1 | 18.4 |
| 112 | Oregon State | 4 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 2 | 1.5 | 31.3 |