2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games at Home Only through 01/02/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa 7 15 514 34.27 3 2.1 73.4
1 Rutgers 7 4 86 21.50 3 0.6 12.3
3 Indiana 7 19 359 18.89 2 2.7 51.3
3 Louisville 8 18 332 18.44 2 2.3 41.5
3 Notre Dame 7 10 152 15.20 2 1.4 21.7
3 Oregon 8 20 289 14.45 2 2.5 36.1
3 South Carolina 7 15 195 13.00 2 2.1 27.9
8 Florida Atlantic 6 7 175 25.00 1 1.2 29.2
8 Illinois 7 9 179 19.89 1 1.3 25.6
8 Utah 6 15 251 16.73 1 2.5 41.8
8 Nebraska 7 18 296 16.44 1 2.6 42.3
8 Colorado State 7 12 197 16.42 1 1.7 28.1
8 Duke 6 6 94 15.67 1 1.0 15.7
8 Appalachian State 6 10 148 14.80 1 1.7 24.7
8 Kennesaw State 6 13 179 13.77 1 2.2 29.8
8 Pittsburgh 7 14 188 13.43 1 2.0 26.9
8 Wyoming 6 12 159 13.25 1 2.0 26.5
8 Southern Miss 7 9 117 13.00 1 1.3 16.7
8 Washington 7 8 102 12.75 1 1.1 14.6
8 USF 6 15 189 12.60 1 2.5 31.5
8 Texas A&M 8 26 321 12.35 1 3.3 40.1
8 BYU 6 16 197 12.31 1 2.7 32.8
8 Kent State 5 10 121 12.10 1 2.0 24.2
8 Toledo 6 22 266 12.09 1 3.7 44.3
8 Vanderbilt 7 11 100 9.09 1 1.6 14.3
8 Miami (OH) 6 10 70 7.00 1 1.7 11.7
8 New Mexico 6 7 44 6.29 1 1.2 7.3
28 Washington State 6 12 247 20.58 0 2.0 41.2
28 Mississippi State 7 8 133 16.63 0 1.1 19.0
28 Ohio 6 7 116 16.57 0 1.2 19.3
28 Iowa State 6 8 130 16.25 0 1.3 21.7
28 Army 5 5 81 16.20 0 1.0 16.2
28 Texas 6 11 176 16.00 0 1.8 29.3
28 Michigan State 7 10 146 14.60 0 1.4 20.9
28 South Alabama 6 8 116 14.50 0 1.3 19.3
28 Old Dominion 6 14 202 14.43 0 2.3 33.7
28 Baylor 7 9 129 14.33 0 1.3 18.4
28 Marshall 6 12 171 14.25 0 2.0 28.5
28 UAB 6 4 57 14.25 0 0.7 9.5
28 USC 7 6 83 13.83 0 0.9 11.9
28 Temple 6 7 94 13.43 0 1.2 15.7
28 Tennessee 7 12 161 13.42 0 1.7 23.0
28 Eastern Michigan 6 3 40 13.33 0 0.5 6.7
28 Colorado 7 6 76 12.67 0 0.9 10.9
28 Miami (FL) 8 11 137 12.45 0 1.4 17.1
28 Oklahoma 8 19 235 12.37 0 2.4 29.4
28 UCF 7 14 173 12.36 0 2.0 24.7
28 Georgia Southern 6 4 48 12.00 0 0.7 8.0
28 Louisiana Tech 6 14 165 11.79 0 2.3 27.5
28 Central Michigan 5 5 58 11.60 0 1.0 11.6
28 Navy 6 5 58 11.60 0 0.8 9.7
28 FIU 6 6 68 11.33 0 1.0 11.3
28 Georgia Tech 7 10 112 11.20 0 1.4 16.0
28 Louisiana-Monroe 5 6 66 11.00 0 1.2 13.2
28 Cincinnati 7 9 96 10.67 0 1.3 13.7
28 Arizona State 7 8 84 10.50 0 1.1 12.0
28 Georgia 7 14 144 10.29 0 2.0 20.6
28 LSU 7 13 131 10.08 0 1.9 18.7
28 Troy 6 7 70 10.00 0 1.2 11.7
28 Alabama 7 19 189 9.95 0 2.7 27.0
28 Missouri 8 13 129 9.92 0 1.6 16.1
28 Florida 6 9 89 9.89 0 1.5 14.8
28 Nevada 6 10 98 9.80 0 1.7 16.3
28 SMU 6 8 78 9.75 0 1.3 13.0
28 Charlotte 7 7 68 9.71 0 1.0 9.7
28 Ohio State 7 9 86 9.56 0 1.3 12.3
28 Connecticut 6 11 105 9.55 0 1.8 17.5
28 North Carolina 6 8 73 9.13 0 1.3 12.2
28 Fresno State 6 10 90 9.00 0 1.7 15.0
28 UTSA 6 9 81 9.00 0 1.5 13.5
28 San Jose State 6 1 9 9.00 0 0.2 1.5
28 Bowling Green 6 10 89 8.90 0 1.7 14.8
28 New Mexico State 6 9 80 8.89 0 1.5 13.3
28 Syracuse 6 7 61 8.71 0 1.2 10.2
28 Virginia Tech 7 9 78 8.67 0 1.3 11.1
28 Boston College 7 11 94 8.55 0 1.6 13.4
28 Clemson 7 10 85 8.50 0 1.4 12.1
28 Arizona 7 14 118 8.43 0 2.0 16.9
28 Oregon State 7 9 75 8.33 0 1.3 10.7
28 Wisconsin 7 9 75 8.33 0 1.3 10.7
28 Penn State 7 14 116 8.29 0 2.0 16.6
28 James Madison 7 15 124 8.27 0 2.1 17.7
28 Texas Tech 7 16 131 8.19 0 2.3 18.7
28 Coastal Carolina 6 10 81 8.10 0 1.7 13.5
28 UTEP 6 9 71 7.89 0 1.5 11.8
28 Texas State 6 7 55 7.86 0 1.2 9.2
28 Ole Miss 9 15 115 7.67 0 1.7 12.8
28 Virginia 7 14 102 7.29 0 2.0 14.6
28 Arkansas State 6 8 58 7.25 0 1.3 9.7
28 Buffalo 7 14 101 7.21 0 2.0 14.4
28 West Virginia 6 8 57 7.13 0 1.3 9.5
28 California 6 15 104 6.93 0 2.5 17.3
28 San Diego State 6 19 130 6.84 0 3.2 21.7
28 Missouri State 6 8 53 6.63 0 1.3 8.8
28 Houston 6 10 66 6.60 0 1.7 11.0
28 Stanford 6 5 33 6.60 0 0.8 5.5
28 Arkansas 7 9 59 6.56 0 1.3 8.4
28 Minnesota 7 16 104 6.50 0 2.3 14.9
28 Kansas 7 15 97 6.47 0 2.1 13.9
28 Northern Illinois 6 5 32 6.40 0 0.8 5.3
28 Akron 6 6 38 6.33 0 1.0 6.3
28 Hawaii 8 9 55 6.11 0 1.1 6.9
28 Utah State 6 10 60 6.00 0 1.7 10.0
28 Sam Houston State 5 8 48 6.00 0 1.6 9.6
28 Boise State 7 9 54 6.00 0 1.3 7.7
28 Maryland 7 11 65 5.91 0 1.6 9.3
28 Memphis 6 7 41 5.86 0 1.2 6.8
28 Tulsa 6 7 40 5.71 0 1.2 6.7
28 East Carolina 6 6 34 5.67 0 1.0 5.7
28 Kansas State 6 6 33 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
28 NC State 7 9 48 5.33 0 1.3 6.9
28 Middle Tennessee State 6 9 44 4.89 0 1.5 7.3
28 Wake Forest 7 13 60 4.62 0 1.9 8.6
28 Rice 7 8 36 4.50 0 1.1 5.1
28 North Texas 7 14 62 4.43 0 2.0 8.9
28 Florida State 7 5 22 4.40 0 0.7 3.1
28 Auburn 7 11 45 4.09 0 1.6 6.4
28 Western Michigan 6 10 40 4.00 0 1.7 6.7
28 TCU 6 6 24 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
28 Air Force 6 2 8 4.00 0 0.3 1.3
28 Kentucky 7 11 42 3.82 0 1.6 6.0
28 Liberty 6 5 17 3.40 0 0.8 2.8
28 Ball State 5 6 20 3.33 0 1.2 4.0
28 Purdue 7 5 16 3.20 0 0.7 2.3
28 Jacksonville State 6 6 19 3.17 0 1.0 3.2
28 Oklahoma State 7 14 43 3.07 0 2.0 6.1
28 UCLA 6 3 9 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
28 Western Kentucky 6 3 8 2.67 0 0.5 1.3
28 Michigan 6 8 20 2.50 0 1.3 3.3
28 Massachusetts 6 5 12 2.40 0 0.8 2.0
28 Tulane 7 4 9 2.25 0 0.6 1.3
28 UNLV 6 8 17 2.13 0 1.3 2.8
28 Georgia State 6 5 10 2.00 0 0.8 1.7
28 Northwestern 7 13 25 1.92 0 1.9 3.6
28 Delaware 6 3 5 1.67 0 0.5 0.8
28 Louisiana 6 7 11 1.57 0 1.2 1.8