2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa 4 9 263 29.22 1 2.3 65.8
2 Louisville 5 17 291 17.12 2 3.4 58.2
3 Indiana 5 14 254 18.14 2 2.8 50.8
4 South Carolina 4 11 197 17.91 3 2.8 49.3
5 BYU 4 13 176 13.54 0 3.3 44.0
6 Oklahoma 4 13 172 13.23 0 3.3 43.0
7 Texas A&M 5 17 214 12.59 1 3.4 42.8
8 Pittsburgh 5 12 199 16.58 1 2.4 39.8
9 Iowa State 3 3 118 39.33 0 1.0 39.3
9 Michigan State 3 6 118 19.67 0 2.0 39.3
11 Oregon 5 14 195 13.93 1 2.8 39.0
12 Illinois 4 6 152 25.33 1 1.5 38.0
13 San Diego State 5 17 177 10.41 1 3.4 35.4
14 Mississippi State 5 11 174 15.82 0 2.2 34.8
15 Marshall 4 10 135 13.50 0 2.5 33.8
16 California 5 13 168 12.92 0 2.6 33.6
17 Nebraska 4 8 133 16.63 0 2.0 33.3
18 Louisiana Tech 5 12 165 13.75 0 2.4 33.0
19 Toledo 5 16 162 10.13 0 3.2 32.4
20 Texas 5 10 159 15.90 0 2.0 31.8
21 Tennessee 5 10 155 15.50 0 2.0 31.0
22 USF 5 13 152 11.69 1 2.6 30.4
23 FIU 5 8 149 18.63 1 1.6 29.8
24 Alabama 5 12 147 12.25 0 2.4 29.4
25 Rutgers 3 4 86 21.50 3 1.3 28.7
26 Kansas 3 11 83 7.55 0 3.7 27.7
27 Washington 4 5 106 21.20 1 1.3 26.5
28 Georgia 4 11 105 9.55 0 2.8 26.3
29 LSU 5 11 131 11.91 0 2.2 26.2
30 Appalachian State 4 14 99 7.07 0 3.5 24.8
31 Temple 4 7 97 13.86 0 1.8 24.3
31 West Virginia 3 8 73 9.13 0 2.7 24.3
33 Fresno State 5 9 120 13.33 1 1.8 24.0
34 Southern Miss 5 9 119 13.22 1 1.8 23.8
35 Missouri 5 11 114 10.36 0 2.2 22.8
36 Boston College 4 9 90 10.00 0 2.3 22.5
37 Wake Forest 5 14 112 8.00 0 2.8 22.4
38 Buffalo 4 11 89 8.09 0 2.8 22.3
39 South Alabama 4 3 88 29.33 0 0.8 22.0
40 Utah 4 6 87 14.50 0 1.5 21.8
41 Florida 4 5 85 17.00 0 1.3 21.3
42 Wyoming 4 8 84 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
43 Penn State 4 11 83 7.55 0 2.8 20.8
44 Miami (FL) 8 16 163 10.19 0 2.0 20.4
45 Duke 5 6 101 16.83 1 1.2 20.2
45 Old Dominion 5 7 101 14.43 0 1.4 20.2
47 UCF 3 4 60 15.00 0 1.3 20.0
48 Cincinnati 4 8 78 9.75 0 2.0 19.5
49 UTEP 4 11 76 6.91 0 2.8 19.0
50 SMU 5 5 94 18.80 0 1.0 18.8
51 Maryland 3 10 55 5.50 0 3.3 18.3
52 Memphis 5 8 91 11.38 0 1.6 18.2
53 Florida Atlantic 4 6 72 12.00 2 1.5 18.0
54 Notre Dame 12 18 212 11.78 2 1.5 17.7
55 Arkansas State 5 9 83 9.22 0 1.8 16.6
56 Washington State 11 13 177 13.62 0 1.2 16.1
57 UAB 4 5 64 12.80 0 1.3 16.0
58 Army 4 5 63 12.60 0 1.3 15.8
59 Arizona 3 3 46 15.33 0 1.0 15.3
60 Nevada 4 5 59 11.80 0 1.3 14.8
60 Ole Miss 6 10 89 8.90 0 1.7 14.8
60 Colorado State 4 7 59 8.43 0 1.8 14.8
60 Virginia 4 10 59 5.90 0 2.5 14.8
64 Minnesota 4 9 57 6.33 0 2.3 14.3
65 Vanderbilt 5 7 71 10.14 1 1.4 14.2
66 Clemson 5 5 70 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
67 Kennesaw State 5 5 69 13.80 0 1.0 13.8
67 Georgia Tech 5 7 69 9.86 0 1.4 13.8
69 Navy 4 4 53 13.25 0 1.0 13.3
70 Coastal Carolina 5 13 63 4.85 1 2.6 12.6
71 Tulsa 4 4 50 12.50 0 1.0 12.5
72 Colorado 3 3 37 12.33 0 1.0 12.3
73 Middle Tennessee State 4 6 47 7.83 0 1.5 11.8
74 Connecticut 13 19 150 7.89 0 1.5 11.5
74 Kansas State 2 4 23 5.75 0 2.0 11.5
76 Texas Tech 4 8 45 5.63 0 2.0 11.3
77 East Carolina 5 7 56 8.00 0 1.4 11.2
78 Miami (OH) 5 6 54 9.00 1 1.2 10.8
79 Central Michigan 5 3 53 17.67 0 0.6 10.6
80 Eastern Michigan 4 3 40 13.33 0 0.8 10.0
80 North Texas 5 12 50 4.17 0 2.4 10.0
82 Sam Houston State 4 3 39 13.00 1 0.8 9.8
82 Massachusetts 4 3 39 13.00 0 0.8 9.8
84 Houston 4 7 38 5.43 0 1.8 9.5
85 Arkansas 4 8 37 4.63 0 2.0 9.3
86 Ohio 5 5 44 8.80 0 1.0 8.8
86 North Carolina 4 4 35 8.75 0 1.0 8.8
88 Western Michigan 5 7 43 6.14 0 1.4 8.6
89 Bowling Green 4 3 34 11.33 0 0.8 8.5
90 Akron 4 4 32 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
90 Purdue 3 3 24 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
90 NC State 4 6 32 5.33 0 1.5 8.0
93 Arizona State 4 3 31 10.33 0 0.8 7.8
93 Ohio State 4 5 31 6.20 0 1.3 7.8
95 Kent State 4 3 30 10.00 0 0.8 7.5
96 Oregon State 10 8 74 9.25 0 0.8 7.4
96 Texas State 5 4 37 9.25 0 0.8 7.4
98 New Mexico State 4 5 29 5.80 0 1.3 7.3
99 Louisiana-Monroe 4 3 28 9.33 0 0.8 7.0
100 Charlotte 4 3 27 9.00 0 0.8 6.8
100 Syracuse 4 4 27 6.75 0 1.0 6.8
100 Virginia Tech 4 5 27 5.40 0 1.3 6.8
100 Kentucky 4 6 27 4.50 0 1.5 6.8
104 Oklahoma State 3 4 20 5.00 0 1.3 6.7
105 San Jose State 4 3 25 8.33 0 0.8 6.3
106 James Madison 5 5 31 6.20 0 1.0 6.2
107 Louisiana 5 8 29 3.63 0 1.6 5.8
108 Florida State 4 4 22 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
108 Georgia Southern 4 4 22 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
108 Auburn 4 5 22 4.40 0 1.3 5.5
111 Boise State 5 4 27 6.75 0 0.8 5.4
112 Utah State 5 7 26 3.71 0 1.4 5.2
112 UTSA 5 8 26 3.25 0 1.6 5.2
114 Northern Illinois 4 1 18 18.00 0 0.3 4.5
114 Michigan 4 8 18 2.25 0 2.0 4.5
116 Rice 5 5 22 4.40 0 1.0 4.4
117 Tulane 5 5 18 3.60 0 1.0 3.6
117 Troy 5 6 18 3.00 0 1.2 3.6
119 Missouri State 5 6 17 2.83 0 1.2 3.4
120 Delaware 5 2 13 6.50 0 0.4 2.6
120 Hawaii 5 2 13 6.50 0 0.4 2.6
122 Western Kentucky 5 3 11 3.67 0 0.6 2.2
123 Air Force 4 3 8 2.67 0 0.8 2.0
124 Northwestern 4 5 7 1.40 0 1.3 1.8
125 Stanford 4 1 4 4.00 0 0.3 1.0
125 Liberty 4 2 4 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
125 Wisconsin 3 2 3 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
128 Jacksonville State 5 1 4 4.00 0 0.2 0.8
128 UNLV 5 2 4 2.00 0 0.4 0.8
128 TCU 4 3 3 1.00 0 0.8 0.8
131 UCLA 3 2 2 1.00 0 0.7 0.7
132 Baylor 3 4 0 0.00 0 1.3 0.0
133 Ball State 4 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.8 -0.3
134 New Mexico 5 7 -5 -0.71 0 1.4 -1.0
134 Georgia State 4 1 -4 -4.00 0 0.3 -1.0