2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 12/13/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa 12 20 584 29.20 3 1.7 48.7
2 Texas A&M 12 33 529 16.03 2 2.8 44.1
3 Louisville 12 26 470 18.08 2 2.2 39.2
4 Texas 12 20 456 22.80 2 1.7 38.0
5 Washington State 12 23 386 16.78 0 1.9 32.2
6 Toledo 12 31 356 11.48 1 2.6 29.7
7 Nebraska 12 25 341 13.64 1 2.1 28.4
8 Indiana 13 20 359 17.95 2 1.5 27.6
9 South Carolina 12 23 308 13.39 3 1.9 25.7
10 Utah 12 22 303 13.77 1 1.8 25.3
11 Oklahoma 12 24 295 12.29 0 2.0 24.6
12 Pittsburgh 12 19 291 15.32 2 1.6 24.3
13 Florida Atlantic 12 15 283 18.87 2 1.3 23.6
14 Virginia 13 30 288 9.60 0 2.3 22.2
15 Oregon 12 23 263 11.43 1 1.9 21.9
16 Old Dominion 12 24 257 10.71 0 2.0 21.4
17 Wake Forest 12 21 250 11.90 1 1.8 20.8
18 San Diego State 12 31 246 7.94 1 2.6 20.5
19 BYU 13 24 265 11.04 1 1.8 20.4
20 Wyoming 12 21 242 11.52 1 1.8 20.2
21 USF 12 21 233 11.10 1 1.8 19.4
22 Buffalo 12 23 229 9.96 1 1.9 19.1
23 California 12 22 225 10.23 0 1.8 18.8
24 Texas Tech 13 27 240 8.89 0 2.1 18.5
25 Missouri 12 18 218 12.11 1 1.5 18.2
26 Kennesaw State 13 25 234 9.36 1 1.9 18.0
27 Iowa State 12 12 213 17.75 1 1.0 17.8
27 Illinois 12 13 213 16.38 1 1.1 17.8
29 Colorado State 12 15 212 14.13 1 1.3 17.7
29 Notre Dame 12 18 212 11.78 2 1.5 17.7
31 Kent State 12 16 211 13.19 1 1.3 17.6
32 Marshall 12 21 206 9.81 0 1.8 17.2
33 Georgia 13 21 220 10.48 0 1.6 16.9
34 Arizona 12 20 202 10.10 0 1.7 16.8
35 Appalachian State 12 17 199 11.71 1 1.4 16.6
36 Miami (FL) 12 14 196 14.00 0 1.2 16.3
36 UCF 12 17 196 11.53 0 1.4 16.3
38 Ohio State 13 19 208 10.95 0 1.5 16.0
39 Louisiana Tech 12 22 187 8.50 0 1.8 15.6
40 James Madison 13 23 197 8.57 0 1.8 15.2
41 Temple 12 12 174 14.50 0 1.0 14.5
42 Southern Miss 12 14 173 12.36 1 1.2 14.4
43 SMU 12 17 168 9.88 0 1.4 14.0
44 Alabama 13 21 180 8.57 0 1.6 13.8
45 Tennessee 12 16 164 10.25 0 1.3 13.7
46 Ohio 12 11 162 14.73 0 0.9 13.5
47 Miami (OH) 13 20 174 8.70 1 1.5 13.4
48 Fresno State 12 20 159 7.95 1 1.7 13.3
48 UTEP 12 24 159 6.63 1 2.0 13.3
50 Washington 13 18 171 9.50 1 1.4 13.2
51 Georgia Tech 12 15 157 10.47 0 1.3 13.1
52 Michigan State 12 12 150 12.50 0 1.0 12.5
52 Connecticut 12 19 150 7.89 0 1.6 12.5
54 Florida 12 14 146 10.43 0 1.2 12.2
54 Penn State 12 18 146 8.11 1 1.5 12.2
56 LSU 12 17 143 8.41 0 1.4 11.9
57 Baylor 12 18 141 7.83 0 1.5 11.8
58 Florida State 12 12 139 11.58 0 1.0 11.6
58 Virginia Tech 12 18 139 7.72 0 1.5 11.6
60 North Carolina 12 17 137 8.06 0 1.4 11.4
61 Mississippi State 12 12 135 11.25 0 1.0 11.3
61 Coastal Carolina 12 14 135 9.64 1 1.2 11.3
61 Nevada 12 18 136 7.56 0 1.5 11.3
64 Kansas 12 20 134 6.70 0 1.7 11.2
65 Arizona State 12 13 132 10.15 0 1.1 11.0
66 Clemson 12 18 131 7.28 0 1.5 10.9
66 Maryland 12 18 131 7.28 0 1.5 10.9
66 Arkansas State 12 22 131 5.95 0 1.8 10.9
69 South Alabama 12 12 130 10.83 0 1.0 10.8
70 Houston 12 21 128 6.10 0 1.8 10.7
71 Memphis 12 15 125 8.33 0 1.3 10.4
72 Arkansas 12 17 124 7.29 1 1.4 10.3
73 Ole Miss 12 16 119 7.44 0 1.3 9.9
74 Boston College 12 14 117 8.36 0 1.2 9.8
75 Minnesota 12 19 116 6.11 0 1.6 9.7
76 UAB 12 12 115 9.58 0 1.0 9.6
77 UTSA 12 18 113 6.28 0 1.5 9.4
78 Sam Houston State 12 13 110 8.46 1 1.1 9.2
79 Middle Tennessee State 12 16 109 6.81 0 1.3 9.1
79 Bowling Green 12 19 109 5.74 0 1.6 9.1
81 Duke 13 10 116 11.60 1 0.8 8.9
82 West Virginia 12 13 106 8.15 0 1.1 8.8
83 Charlotte 12 10 104 10.40 0 0.8 8.7
84 Vanderbilt 12 12 103 8.58 1 1.0 8.6
84 Cincinnati 12 13 103 7.92 0 1.1 8.6
86 Louisiana-Monroe 12 12 98 8.17 0 1.0 8.2
87 Tulsa 12 11 96 8.73 0 0.9 8.0
87 Missouri State 12 14 96 6.86 0 1.2 8.0
89 UNLV 13 14 103 7.36 2 1.1 7.9
90 Delaware 12 6 94 15.67 1 0.5 7.8
90 Wisconsin 12 12 93 7.75 0 1.0 7.8
90 FIU 12 14 94 6.71 0 1.2 7.8
93 New Mexico State 12 17 92 5.41 0 1.4 7.7
94 Rutgers 12 5 91 18.20 3 0.4 7.6
94 Northern Illinois 12 10 91 9.10 0 0.8 7.6
94 Western Michigan 13 18 99 5.50 0 1.4 7.6
97 Troy 13 19 98 5.16 0 1.5 7.5
98 USC 12 8 89 11.13 0 0.7 7.4
99 East Carolina 12 13 83 6.38 0 1.1 6.9
100 Army 12 9 80 8.89 0 0.8 6.7
100 Oregon State 12 10 80 8.00 0 0.8 6.7
102 Colorado 12 11 79 7.18 0 0.9 6.6
103 TCU 12 8 77 9.63 0 0.7 6.4
103 Hawaii 12 12 77 6.42 0 1.0 6.4
105 Georgia Southern 12 10 75 7.50 0 0.8 6.3
105 Oklahoma State 12 19 75 3.95 0 1.6 6.3
107 Kansas State 12 15 70 4.67 0 1.3 5.8
108 Texas State 12 12 68 5.67 0 1.0 5.7
109 North Texas 13 17 71 4.18 0 1.3 5.5
110 Michigan 12 17 65 3.82 0 1.4 5.4
111 Central Michigan 12 7 64 9.14 0 0.6 5.3
111 Navy 12 7 63 9.00 0 0.6 5.3
113 Boise State 14 14 73 5.21 0 1.0 5.2
114 Utah State 12 14 60 4.29 0 1.2 5.0
114 Auburn 12 16 60 3.75 0 1.3 5.0
116 NC State 12 14 59 4.21 0 1.2 4.9
117 San Jose State 12 8 57 7.13 0 0.7 4.8
117 Syracuse 12 10 58 5.80 0 0.8 4.8
119 Eastern Michigan 12 6 55 9.17 0 0.5 4.6
120 Tulane 13 12 58 4.83 0 0.9 4.5
121 New Mexico 12 11 53 4.82 1 0.9 4.4
121 Kentucky 12 13 53 4.08 0 1.1 4.4
123 UCLA 12 9 47 5.22 0 0.8 3.9
123 Akron 12 10 47 4.70 0 0.8 3.9
125 Jacksonville State 13 9 47 5.22 0 0.7 3.6
125 Massachusetts 12 9 43 4.78 0 0.8 3.6
127 Rice 12 9 39 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
128 Stanford 12 7 37 5.29 0 0.6 3.1
129 Liberty 12 12 36 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
130 Northwestern 12 15 27 1.80 0 1.3 2.3
131 Purdue 12 8 26 3.25 0 0.7 2.2
132 Ball State 12 12 25 2.08 0 1.0 2.1
133 Louisiana 12 9 22 2.44 0 0.8 1.8
134 Western Kentucky 12 5 9 1.80 0 0.4 0.8
134 Georgia State 12 8 10 1.25 0 0.7 0.8
136 Air Force 12 3 8 2.67 0 0.3 0.7