2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Virginia 8 18 179 9.94 0 2.3 22.4
2 Texas A&M 6 16 342 21.38 2 2.7 57.0
2 Miami (FL) 10 16 198 12.38 0 1.6 19.8
4 Oregon 10 15 220 14.67 2 1.5 22.0
5 Virginia Tech 9 14 120 8.57 0 1.6 13.3
5 Louisville 8 14 101 7.21 0 1.8 12.6
7 Indiana 10 13 258 19.85 3 1.3 25.8
7 Kennesaw State 9 13 122 9.38 0 1.4 13.6
7 South Carolina 8 13 113 8.69 0 1.6 14.1
7 LSU 9 13 94 7.23 0 1.4 10.4
7 Alabama 9 13 78 6.00 0 1.4 8.7
12 Ohio State 9 12 138 11.50 0 1.3 15.3
12 Arkansas 9 12 96 8.00 1 1.3 10.7
12 Sam Houston State 8 12 79 6.58 0 1.5 9.9
12 Michigan 9 12 39 3.25 0 1.3 4.3
12 North Texas 8 12 32 2.67 0 1.5 4.0
17 Colorado State 9 11 167 15.18 1 1.2 18.6
17 BYU 9 11 102 9.27 0 1.2 11.3
17 California 7 11 93 8.45 0 1.6 13.3
17 Baylor 7 11 91 8.27 0 1.6 13.0
17 Louisiana Tech 7 11 82 7.45 0 1.6 11.7
17 Nebraska 8 11 82 7.45 0 1.4 10.3
17 Arkansas State 7 11 61 5.55 0 1.6 8.7
24 Notre Dame 7 10 142 14.20 1 1.4 20.3
24 Wake Forest 7 10 135 13.50 1 1.4 19.3
24 Oklahoma 8 10 126 12.60 0 1.3 15.8
24 San Diego State 7 10 117 11.70 1 1.4 16.7
24 Georgia 7 10 108 10.80 0 1.4 15.4
24 Washington State 8 10 106 10.60 0 1.3 13.3
24 UTEP 6 10 92 9.20 1 1.7 15.3
24 North Carolina 7 10 87 8.70 0 1.4 12.4
24 New Mexico State 6 10 69 6.90 0 1.7 11.5
24 UTSA 8 10 55 5.50 0 1.3 6.9
24 Coastal Carolina 6 10 35 3.50 0 1.7 5.8
24 Auburn 6 10 27 2.70 0 1.7 4.5
36 Iowa 8 9 140 15.56 1 1.1 17.5
36 FIU 8 9 129 14.33 1 1.1 16.1
36 Utah 5 9 126 14.00 1 1.8 25.2
36 Florida 8 9 101 11.22 0 1.1 12.6
36 Toledo 5 9 65 7.22 0 1.8 13.0
36 Clemson 7 9 59 6.56 0 1.3 8.4
36 Penn State 8 9 56 6.22 0 1.1 7.0
36 Tulane 9 9 32 3.56 0 1.0 3.6
36 USF 7 9 30 3.33 0 1.3 4.3
45 Old Dominion 5 8 121 15.13 0 1.6 24.2
45 Marshall 6 8 101 12.63 0 1.3 16.8
45 SMU 8 8 71 8.88 0 1.0 8.9
45 Southern Miss 7 8 63 7.88 0 1.1 9.0
45 Fresno State 4 8 59 7.38 0 2.0 14.8
45 Wisconsin 9 8 55 6.88 0 0.9 6.1
45 Boise State 8 8 51 6.38 0 1.0 6.4
45 Pittsburgh 7 8 48 6.00 0 1.1 6.9
45 Missouri State 7 8 48 6.00 0 1.1 6.9
45 Memphis 6 8 24 3.00 0 1.3 4.0
55 Texas 6 7 146 20.86 1 1.2 24.3
55 Cincinnati 7 7 124 17.71 0 1.0 17.7
55 Mississippi State 9 7 78 11.14 0 0.8 8.7
55 Colorado 9 7 67 9.57 0 0.8 7.4
55 James Madison 7 7 42 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
55 Buffalo 5 7 38 5.43 0 1.4 7.6
55 Bowling Green 5 7 35 5.00 0 1.4 7.0
55 Oregon State 8 7 33 4.71 0 0.9 4.1
55 NC State 9 7 19 2.71 0 0.8 2.1
55 Oklahoma State 6 7 17 2.43 0 1.2 2.8
55 Troy 8 7 15 2.14 0 0.9 1.9
55 Kentucky 7 7 13 1.86 0 1.0 1.9
55 Western Michigan 6 7 8 1.14 0 1.2 1.3
68 Florida Atlantic 7 6 125 20.83 1 0.9 17.9
68 Iowa State 7 6 93 15.50 1 0.9 13.3
68 Texas Tech 6 6 90 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
68 UCF 5 6 79 13.17 0 1.2 15.8
68 South Alabama 6 6 48 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
68 Michigan State 8 6 48 8.00 0 0.8 6.0
68 Duke 11 6 34 5.67 0 0.5 3.1
68 Jacksonville State 8 6 29 4.83 0 0.8 3.6
68 Liberty 8 6 29 4.83 0 0.8 3.6
68 Texas State 6 6 11 1.83 0 1.0 1.8
68 Syracuse 9 6 9 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
68 East Carolina 7 6 6 1.00 0 0.9 0.9
80 Arizona 7 5 93 18.60 0 0.7 13.3
80 TCU 7 5 69 13.80 0 0.7 9.9
80 Florida State 7 5 53 10.60 0 0.7 7.6
80 West Virginia 8 5 51 10.20 0 0.6 6.4
80 Wyoming 5 5 49 9.80 0 1.0 9.8
80 Ole Miss 8 5 46 9.20 0 0.6 5.8
80 Georgia Tech 7 5 43 8.60 0 0.7 6.1
80 Illinois 8 5 40 8.00 0 0.6 5.0
80 Kansas 7 5 37 7.40 0 0.7 5.3
80 Missouri 5 5 34 6.80 0 1.0 6.8
80 Middle Tennessee State 6 5 31 6.20 0 0.8 5.2
80 Nevada 7 5 25 5.00 0 0.7 3.6
80 UAB 7 5 22 4.40 0 0.7 3.1
80 Kansas State 6 5 20 4.00 0 0.8 3.3
80 UCLA 10 5 19 3.80 0 0.5 1.9
80 Minnesota 7 5 18 3.60 0 0.7 2.6
80 Hawaii 5 5 16 3.20 0 1.0 3.2
80 Utah State 8 5 14 2.80 0 0.6 1.8
80 Stanford 8 5 8 1.60 0 0.6 1.0
80 Louisiana 7 5 6 1.20 0 0.7 0.9
80 Purdue 9 5 2 0.40 0 0.6 0.2
101 Kent State 4 4 83 20.75 1 1.0 20.8
101 Delaware 6 4 81 20.25 1 0.7 13.5
101 Arizona State 8 4 51 12.75 0 0.5 6.4
101 San Jose State 6 4 41 10.25 0 0.7 6.8
101 Temple 8 4 39 9.75 0 0.5 4.9
101 Charlotte 7 4 36 9.00 0 0.6 5.1
101 Boston College 8 4 34 8.50 0 0.5 4.3
101 Louisiana-Monroe 7 4 24 6.00 0 0.6 3.4
101 Ball State 4 4 16 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
101 Tulsa 5 4 16 4.00 0 0.8 3.2
101 USC 10 4 16 4.00 0 0.4 1.6
101 Tennessee 5 4 15 3.75 0 0.8 3.0
101 Northwestern 9 4 9 2.25 0 0.4 1.0
101 Connecticut 4 4 8 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
101 Georgia State 7 4 0 0.00 0 0.6 0.0
101 Washington 6 4 -3 -0.75 0 0.7 -0.5
117 Appalachian State 7 3 43 14.33 0 0.4 6.1
117 Massachusetts 5 3 34 11.33 0 0.6 6.8
117 Northern Illinois 4 3 27 9.00 0 0.8 6.8
117 Miami (OH) 6 3 25 8.33 0 0.5 4.2
117 Vanderbilt 6 3 23 7.67 0 0.5 3.8
117 Rice 8 3 22 7.33 0 0.4 2.8
117 Georgia Southern 7 3 12 4.00 0 0.4 1.7
117 UNLV 5 3 9 3.00 0 0.6 1.8
117 New Mexico 5 3 7 2.33 0 0.6 1.4
117 Army 6 3 4 1.33 0 0.5 0.7
127 Rutgers 8 2 28 14.00 1 0.3 3.5
127 Ohio 3 2 8 4.00 0 0.7 2.7
127 Central Michigan 5 2 7 3.50 0 0.4 1.4
127 Air Force 7 2 1 0.50 0 0.3 0.1
127 Western Kentucky 8 2 1 0.50 0 0.3 0.1
132 Eastern Michigan 4 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 2.8
132 Maryland 5 1 10 10.00 0 0.2 2.0
132 Navy 6 1 5 5.00 0 0.2 0.8