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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Bowling Green 12 32 836 26.13 1 2.7 69.7
2 Georgia Southern 12 37 824 22.27 1 3.1 68.7
3 Texas State 12 33 781 23.67 1 2.8 65.1
4 Baylor 12 34 767 22.56 0 2.8 63.9
5 Akron 12 34 721 21.21 0 2.8 60.1
6 Nebraska 12 27 710 26.30 1 2.3 59.2
7 Arkansas State 12 30 705 23.50 2 2.5 58.8
7 UAB 12 33 705 21.36 1 2.8 58.8
9 Colorado 12 30 686 22.87 0 2.5 57.2
9 Florida Atlantic 12 30 686 22.87 0 2.5 57.2
11 Louisiana 12 32 684 21.38 1 2.7 57.0
12 Kansas State 12 27 678 25.11 1 2.3 56.5
13 Duke 13 22 652 29.64 1 1.7 50.2
14 Louisiana Tech 12 27 650 24.07 2 2.3 54.2
15 Delaware 12 27 636 23.56 0 2.3 53.0
16 Purdue 12 29 627 21.62 0 2.4 52.3
17 Sam Houston State 12 31 626 20.19 1 2.6 52.2
18 Western Michigan 13 31 623 20.10 0 2.4 47.9
19 Kent State 12 31 622 20.06 2 2.6 51.8
20 Kansas 12 26 585 22.50 1 2.2 48.8
21 Ball State 12 29 584 20.14 1 2.4 48.7
22 UCLA 12 31 580 18.71 0 2.6 48.3
23 Liberty 12 27 577 21.37 1 2.3 48.1
24 Connecticut 12 27 570 21.11 0 2.3 47.5
25 Tulane 13 25 565 22.60 0 1.9 43.5
26 Troy 13 30 564 18.80 0 2.3 43.4
27 Marshall 12 26 560 21.54 0 2.2 46.7
28 Minnesota 12 24 557 23.21 0 2.0 46.4
29 Northern Illinois 12 24 549 22.88 1 2.0 45.8
30 Charlotte 12 22 548 24.91 1 1.8 45.7
31 Missouri State 12 28 543 19.39 0 2.3 45.3
32 UCF 12 25 541 21.64 1 2.1 45.1
33 Wisconsin 12 21 537 25.57 1 1.8 44.8
33 Washington 13 24 537 22.38 0 1.8 41.3
35 Notre Dame 12 21 531 25.29 2 1.8 44.3
36 FIU 12 25 523 20.92 0 2.1 43.6
36 Tulsa 12 29 523 18.03 0 2.4 43.6
38 Pittsburgh 12 22 522 23.73 0 1.8 43.5
39 Coastal Carolina 12 22 519 23.59 1 1.8 43.3
40 Miami (OH) 13 19 518 27.26 1 1.5 39.8
41 Syracuse 12 26 514 19.77 0 2.2 42.8
42 Iowa 12 20 511 25.55 1 1.7 42.6
43 Georgia State 12 28 510 18.21 0 2.3 42.5
44 New Mexico 12 22 508 23.09 1 1.8 42.3
45 North Texas 13 24 506 21.08 0 1.8 38.9
45 Virginia Tech 12 27 506 18.74 0 2.3 42.2
47 Boise State 14 26 498 19.15 0 1.9 35.6
48 Buffalo 12 24 495 20.63 0 2.0 41.3
49 Eastern Michigan 12 26 493 18.96 0 2.2 41.1
50 Oregon State 12 28 490 17.50 0 2.3 40.8
51 Appalachian State 12 25 484 19.36 0 2.1 40.3
52 TCU 12 21 470 22.38 0 1.8 39.2
52 Kennesaw State 13 24 470 19.58 0 1.8 36.2
54 San Jose State 12 24 469 19.54 0 2.0 39.1
55 Toledo 12 21 468 22.29 1 1.8 39.0
56 Fresno State 12 22 464 21.09 0 1.8 38.7
57 BYU 13 19 460 24.21 0 1.5 35.4
58 Auburn 12 20 459 22.95 1 1.7 38.3
59 Navy 12 21 457 21.76 0 1.8 38.1
60 Penn State 12 23 455 19.78 0 1.9 37.9
61 Texas A&M 12 20 454 22.70 0 1.7 37.8
62 Texas Tech 13 16 444 27.75 1 1.2 34.2
62 San Diego State 12 19 444 23.37 0 1.6 37.0
64 UTEP 12 31 440 14.19 0 2.6 36.7
65 James Madison 13 20 434 21.70 1 1.5 33.4
66 UNLV 13 21 421 20.05 0 1.6 32.4
67 LSU 12 19 415 21.84 0 1.6 34.6
68 Vanderbilt 12 17 405 23.82 0 1.4 33.8
69 South Carolina 12 19 402 21.16 0 1.6 33.5
69 North Carolina 12 22 402 18.27 0 1.8 33.5
71 Ohio 12 17 398 23.41 1 1.4 33.2
71 Houston 12 21 398 18.95 0 1.8 33.2
73 Nevada 12 16 396 24.75 1 1.3 33.0
74 Stanford 12 22 394 17.91 0 1.8 32.8
75 Middle Tennessee State 12 18 382 21.22 0 1.5 31.8
76 Western Kentucky 12 20 378 18.90 1 1.7 31.5
77 Boston College 12 20 376 18.80 0 1.7 31.3
78 Rice 12 20 366 18.30 0 1.7 30.5
79 Temple 12 22 364 16.55 0 1.8 30.3
80 Wake Forest 12 16 363 22.69 1 1.3 30.3
80 Louisville 12 16 363 22.69 0 1.3 30.3
82 Missouri 12 17 348 20.47 0 1.4 29.0
83 California 12 18 331 18.39 0 1.5 27.6
84 USC 12 20 328 16.40 0 1.7 27.3
85 Michigan State 12 13 325 25.00 1 1.1 27.1
86 Colorado State 12 17 319 18.76 0 1.4 26.6
87 Alabama 13 18 314 17.44 0 1.4 24.2
88 Hawaii 12 11 309 28.09 1 0.9 25.8
89 Virginia 13 9 306 34.00 1 0.7 23.5
90 New Mexico State 12 15 305 20.33 0 1.3 25.4
91 SMU 12 15 297 19.80 0 1.3 24.8
92 NC State 12 16 292 18.25 0 1.3 24.3
93 Miami (FL) 12 13 289 22.23 0 1.1 24.1
93 Central Michigan 12 15 289 19.27 0 1.3 24.1
95 Southern Miss 12 13 285 21.92 0 1.1 23.8
96 East Carolina 12 16 281 17.56 0 1.3 23.4
96 Texas 12 19 281 14.79 0 1.6 23.4
98 Kentucky 12 15 277 18.47 0 1.3 23.1
99 Arkansas 12 12 269 22.42 0 1.0 22.4
100 Georgia Tech 12 16 265 16.56 0 1.3 22.1
101 USF 12 14 264 18.86 0 1.2 22.0
102 Michigan 12 17 259 15.24 0 1.4 21.6
103 Florida State 12 11 254 23.09 0 0.9 21.2
104 Maryland 12 17 252 14.82 0 1.4 21.0
105 Arizona State 12 15 251 16.73 0 1.3 20.9
106 Oklahoma State 12 16 248 15.50 0 1.3 20.7
107 Cincinnati 12 11 242 22.00 0 0.9 20.2
108 Clemson 12 12 235 19.58 0 1.0 19.6
109 Utah State 12 13 232 17.85 0 1.1 19.3
110 Northwestern 12 11 227 20.64 0 0.9 18.9
111 Illinois 12 10 224 22.40 0 0.8 18.7
112 UTSA 12 14 218 15.57 0 1.2 18.2
113 Florida 12 14 209 14.93 0 1.2 17.4
114 Indiana 13 10 208 20.80 0 0.8 16.0
115 Georgia 13 10 205 20.50 0 0.8 15.8
116 Wyoming 12 12 203 16.92 0 1.0 16.9
117 West Virginia 12 10 198 19.80 0 0.8 16.5
118 Tennessee 12 8 197 24.63 0 0.7 16.4
118 Memphis 12 11 197 17.91 1 0.9 16.4
120 Arizona 12 10 196 19.60 0 0.8 16.3
121 Washington State 12 11 193 17.55 0 0.9 16.1
122 Air Force 12 9 190 21.11 0 0.8 15.8
122 Iowa State 12 11 190 17.27 0 0.9 15.8
124 Rutgers 12 10 189 18.90 0 0.8 15.8
125 Ole Miss 12 9 188 20.89 0 0.8 15.7
126 Utah 12 13 185 14.23 0 1.1 15.4
127 Ohio State 13 7 184 26.29 1 0.5 14.2
128 Jacksonville State 13 12 177 14.75 0 0.9 13.6
129 Old Dominion 12 10 171 17.10 0 0.8 14.3
130 Massachusetts 12 8 160 20.00 0 0.7 13.3
131 Oregon 12 7 144 20.57 0 0.6 12.0
132 Mississippi State 12 8 102 12.75 0 0.7 8.5
133 South Alabama 12 10 99 9.90 0 0.8 8.3
134 Louisiana-Monroe 12 12 95 7.92 0 1.0 7.9
135 Army 12 6 82 13.67 0 0.5 6.8
136 Oklahoma 12 2 16 8.00 0 0.2 1.3