2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 01/02/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Texas A&M 13 35 525 15.00 2 2.7 40.4
2 Toledo 13 34 385 11.32 1 2.6 29.6
3 San Diego State 13 33 309 9.36 2 2.5 23.8
4 Virginia 14 32 289 9.03 0 2.3 20.6
5 Louisville 13 30 498 16.60 2 2.3 38.3
6 Oregon 14 27 339 12.56 2 1.9 24.2
6 Texas Tech 14 27 240 8.89 0 1.9 17.1
8 BYU 14 26 303 11.65 1 1.9 21.6
8 Alabama 15 26 220 8.46 0 1.7 14.7
10 Nebraska 13 25 341 13.64 1 1.9 26.2
10 Oklahoma 13 25 312 12.48 0 1.9 24.0
10 Old Dominion 13 25 305 12.20 0 1.9 23.5
10 Louisiana Tech 13 25 263 10.52 0 1.9 20.2
10 California 13 25 259 10.36 0 1.9 19.9
10 Kennesaw State 14 25 234 9.36 1 1.8 16.7
10 USF 13 25 230 9.20 1 1.9 17.7
10 Arkansas State 13 25 170 6.80 0 1.9 13.1
18 Washington State 13 24 415 17.29 0 1.8 31.9
18 Utah 13 24 304 12.67 1 1.8 23.4
18 UTEP 12 24 159 6.63 1 2.0 13.3
21 South Carolina 12 23 308 13.39 3 1.9 25.7
21 Wake Forest 13 23 254 11.04 1 1.8 19.5
21 Georgia 14 23 243 10.57 0 1.6 17.4
21 Buffalo 12 23 229 9.96 1 1.9 19.1
21 James Madison 14 23 197 8.57 0 1.6 14.1
26 Iowa 13 22 609 27.68 3 1.7 46.8
26 Texas 13 22 484 22.00 2 1.7 37.2
26 Indiana 14 22 375 17.05 2 1.6 26.8
29 Wyoming 12 21 242 11.52 1 1.8 20.2
29 Marshall 12 21 206 9.81 0 1.8 17.2
29 Fresno State 13 21 181 8.62 1 1.6 13.9
29 Coastal Carolina 13 21 147 7.00 1 1.6 11.3
29 Houston 13 21 128 6.10 0 1.6 9.8
34 Pittsburgh 13 20 293 14.65 2 1.5 22.5
34 Ohio State 14 20 211 10.55 0 1.4 15.1
34 Arizona 13 20 202 10.10 0 1.5 15.5
34 Miami (OH) 14 20 174 8.70 1 1.4 12.4
34 Kansas 12 20 134 6.70 0 1.7 11.2
34 Minnesota 13 20 120 6.00 0 1.5 9.2
34 North Texas 14 20 77 3.85 0 1.4 5.5
41 Miami (FL) 14 19 280 14.74 0 1.4 20.0
41 Connecticut 13 19 150 7.89 0 1.5 11.5
41 Penn State 13 19 146 7.68 1 1.5 11.2
41 UTSA 13 19 122 6.42 0 1.5 9.4
41 Bowling Green 12 19 109 5.74 0 1.6 9.1
41 Western Michigan 14 19 106 5.58 0 1.4 7.6
41 Troy 14 19 98 5.16 0 1.4 7.0
41 Oklahoma State 12 19 75 3.95 0 1.6 6.3
49 Missouri 13 18 218 12.11 1 1.4 16.8
49 Notre Dame 12 18 212 11.78 2 1.5 17.7
49 Appalachian State 13 18 197 10.94 1 1.4 15.2
49 Washington 13 18 171 9.50 1 1.4 13.2
49 LSU 13 18 153 8.50 0 1.4 11.8
49 Baylor 12 18 141 7.83 0 1.5 11.8
49 Virginia Tech 12 18 139 7.72 0 1.5 11.6
49 Nevada 12 18 136 7.56 0 1.5 11.3
49 Maryland 12 18 131 7.28 0 1.5 10.9
49 Clemson 13 18 131 7.28 0 1.4 10.1
49 Michigan 13 18 75 4.17 0 1.4 5.8
60 FIU 13 17 198 11.65 1 1.3 15.2
60 UCF 12 17 196 11.53 0 1.4 16.3
60 Southern Miss 13 17 195 11.47 1 1.3 15.0
60 SMU 13 17 168 9.88 0 1.3 12.9
60 North Carolina 12 17 137 8.06 0 1.4 11.4
60 Arkansas 12 17 124 7.29 1 1.4 10.3
60 New Mexico State 12 17 92 5.41 0 1.4 7.7
67 Kent State 12 16 211 13.19 1 1.3 17.6
67 Tennessee 13 16 164 10.25 0 1.2 12.6
67 Cincinnati 13 16 156 9.75 0 1.2 12.0
67 Ole Miss 14 16 119 7.44 0 1.1 8.5
67 Middle Tennessee State 12 16 109 6.81 0 1.3 9.1
67 Missouri State 13 16 97 6.06 0 1.2 7.5
67 Auburn 12 16 60 3.75 0 1.3 5.0
74 Florida Atlantic 12 15 283 18.87 2 1.3 23.6
74 Colorado State 12 15 212 14.13 1 1.3 17.7
74 Georgia Tech 13 15 157 10.47 0 1.2 12.1
74 Memphis 13 15 125 8.33 0 1.2 9.6
74 Kansas State 12 15 70 4.67 0 1.3 5.8
74 Northwestern 13 15 27 1.80 0 1.2 2.1
80 Florida 12 14 146 10.43 0 1.2 12.2
80 Arizona State 13 14 132 9.43 0 1.1 10.2
80 Boston College 12 14 117 8.36 0 1.2 9.8
80 UNLV 14 14 103 7.36 2 1.0 7.4
80 Boise State 14 14 73 5.21 0 1.0 5.2
80 Texas State 13 14 72 5.14 0 1.1 5.5
80 Utah State 13 14 60 4.29 0 1.1 4.6
80 NC State 13 14 59 4.21 0 1.1 4.5
88 Illinois 13 13 213 16.38 1 1.0 16.4
88 Mississippi State 13 13 179 13.77 0 1.0 13.8
88 Sam Houston State 12 13 110 8.46 1 1.1 9.2
88 West Virginia 12 13 106 8.15 0 1.1 8.8
88 East Carolina 13 13 83 6.38 0 1.0 6.4
88 Tulane 14 13 61 4.69 0 0.9 4.4
88 Kentucky 12 13 53 4.08 0 1.1 4.4
95 Iowa State 12 12 213 17.75 1 1.0 17.8
95 Temple 12 12 174 14.50 0 1.0 14.5
95 Ohio 13 12 160 13.33 0 0.9 12.3
95 Michigan State 12 12 150 12.50 0 1.0 12.5
95 Florida State 12 12 139 11.58 0 1.0 11.6
95 South Alabama 12 12 130 10.83 0 1.0 10.8
95 UAB 12 12 115 9.58 0 1.0 9.6
95 Vanderbilt 13 12 103 8.58 1 0.9 7.9
95 Louisiana-Monroe 12 12 98 8.17 0 1.0 8.2
95 Wisconsin 12 12 93 7.75 0 1.0 7.8
95 Hawaii 13 12 77 6.42 0 0.9 5.9
95 New Mexico 13 12 55 4.58 1 0.9 4.2
95 Liberty 12 12 36 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
95 Louisiana 13 12 29 2.42 0 0.9 2.2
95 Ball State 12 12 25 2.08 0 1.0 2.1
110 Tulsa 12 11 96 8.73 0 0.9 8.0
110 Colorado 12 11 79 7.18 0 0.9 6.6
110 Georgia Southern 13 11 73 6.64 0 0.8 5.6
113 Duke 14 10 116 11.60 1 0.7 8.3
113 Charlotte 12 10 104 10.40 0 0.8 8.7
113 Northern Illinois 12 10 91 9.10 0 0.8 7.6
113 Army 13 10 83 8.30 0 0.8 6.4
113 Oregon State 12 10 80 8.00 0 0.8 6.7
113 Syracuse 12 10 58 5.80 0 0.8 4.8
113 Akron 12 10 47 4.70 0 0.8 3.9
120 UCLA 12 9 47 5.22 0 0.8 3.9
120 Jacksonville State 14 9 47 5.22 0 0.6 3.4
120 Massachusetts 12 9 43 4.78 0 0.8 3.6
120 Rice 13 9 39 4.33 0 0.7 3.0
124 USC 13 8 89 11.13 0 0.6 6.8
124 TCU 13 8 77 9.63 0 0.6 5.9
124 Central Michigan 13 8 69 8.63 0 0.6 5.3
124 San Jose State 12 8 57 7.13 0 0.7 4.8
124 Purdue 12 8 26 3.25 0 0.7 2.2
124 Georgia State 12 8 10 1.25 0 0.7 0.8
130 Navy 13 7 63 9.00 0 0.5 4.8
130 Stanford 12 7 37 5.29 0 0.6 3.1
132 Delaware 13 6 94 15.67 1 0.5 7.2
132 Eastern Michigan 12 6 55 9.17 0 0.5 4.6
134 Rutgers 12 5 91 18.20 3 0.4 7.6
134 Western Kentucky 13 5 9 1.80 0 0.4 0.7
136 Air Force 12 3 8 2.67 0 0.3 0.7