2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 10/29/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Louisville 4 10 246 24.60 2 2.5 61.5
2 Iowa 5 9 298 33.11 1 1.8 59.6
3 Indiana 5 14 282 20.14 2 2.8 56.4
4 Texas A&M 4 10 190 19.00 1 2.5 47.5
5 Pittsburgh 4 13 183 14.08 1 3.3 45.8
6 South Carolina 5 10 215 21.50 3 2.0 43.0
7 USF 4 9 155 17.22 1 2.3 38.8
7 BYU 4 13 155 11.92 0 3.3 38.8
9 Nebraska 4 11 154 14.00 0 2.8 38.5
10 Toledo 5 18 192 10.67 0 3.6 38.4
11 Illinois 5 8 170 21.25 1 1.6 34.0
12 Texas 4 8 131 16.38 0 2.0 32.8
13 Florida 4 7 128 18.29 0 1.8 32.0
14 Marshall 5 13 150 11.54 0 2.6 30.0
15 Tennessee 5 13 149 11.46 0 2.6 29.8
16 Michigan State 4 6 118 19.67 0 1.5 29.5
17 San Diego State 4 15 114 7.60 0 3.8 28.5
18 Oregon 5 12 135 11.25 0 2.4 27.0
19 California 5 11 134 12.18 0 2.2 26.8
20 Mississippi State 5 11 133 12.09 0 2.2 26.6
21 Washington 4 4 106 26.50 1 1.0 26.5
22 Virginia 5 12 129 10.75 0 2.4 25.8
22 Buffalo 5 14 129 9.21 0 2.8 25.8
24 Boston College 4 9 101 11.22 0 2.3 25.3
25 Iowa State 5 4 122 30.50 0 0.8 24.4
26 Temple 4 7 97 13.86 0 1.8 24.3
27 Louisiana Tech 5 13 121 9.31 0 2.6 24.2
28 SMU 4 5 94 18.80 0 1.3 23.5
29 Ole Miss 5 11 117 10.64 0 2.2 23.4
30 Florida Atlantic 4 6 93 15.50 2 1.5 23.3
31 Missouri 5 11 114 10.36 0 2.2 22.8
32 Kansas 5 15 113 7.53 0 3.0 22.6
33 Memphis 5 9 111 12.33 0 1.8 22.2
34 South Alabama 5 5 109 21.80 0 1.0 21.8
35 Fresno State 5 9 105 11.67 1 1.8 21.0
35 Wyoming 4 8 84 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
37 LSU 5 8 104 13.00 0 1.6 20.8
38 Penn State 4 10 82 8.20 0 2.5 20.5
39 Delaware 4 3 81 27.00 1 0.8 20.3
39 Notre Dame 4 7 81 11.57 1 1.8 20.3
41 Oklahoma 4 10 79 7.90 0 2.5 19.8
42 Southern Miss 5 8 98 12.25 1 1.6 19.6
43 Arizona 4 8 78 9.75 0 2.0 19.5
44 Georgia Tech 5 10 95 9.50 0 2.0 19.0
45 Maryland 4 13 75 5.77 0 3.3 18.8
46 Rutgers 5 5 91 18.20 3 1.0 18.2
47 UTEP 5 13 89 6.85 0 2.6 17.8
48 Charlotte 4 5 69 13.80 0 1.3 17.3
48 Appalachian State 4 11 69 6.27 0 2.8 17.3
50 Duke 5 4 86 21.50 1 0.8 17.2
51 Kennesaw State 5 6 84 14.00 0 1.2 16.8
52 Utah 5 7 83 11.86 0 1.4 16.6
53 Minnesota 4 9 66 7.33 0 2.3 16.5
54 Alabama 4 5 64 12.80 0 1.3 16.0
55 UCF 4 4 60 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
55 Ohio State 4 5 60 12.00 0 1.3 15.0
55 Army 4 5 60 12.00 0 1.3 15.0
58 Nevada 4 5 59 11.80 0 1.3 14.8
58 Colorado State 4 7 59 8.43 0 1.8 14.8
60 West Virginia 5 9 73 8.11 0 1.8 14.6
61 Navy 4 6 58 9.67 0 1.5 14.5
62 UAB 4 5 57 11.40 0 1.3 14.3
63 Vanderbilt 5 7 71 10.14 1 1.4 14.2
64 Connecticut 5 9 69 7.67 0 1.8 13.8
65 Miami (OH) 4 6 54 9.00 1 1.5 13.5
65 Wake Forest 4 6 54 9.00 0 1.5 13.5
67 Old Dominion 4 6 53 8.83 0 1.5 13.3
68 Miami (FL) 4 6 52 8.67 0 1.5 13.0
69 Arkansas State 5 8 64 8.00 0 1.6 12.8
70 Washington State 5 5 63 12.60 0 1.0 12.6
71 Houston 4 9 50 5.56 0 2.3 12.5
72 Central Michigan 5 4 59 14.75 0 0.8 11.8
72 Ohio 5 5 59 11.80 0 1.0 11.8
72 Georgia 4 6 47 7.83 0 1.5 11.8
75 FIU 4 5 45 9.00 0 1.3 11.3
75 Florida State 4 5 45 9.00 0 1.3 11.3
75 Texas Tech 4 9 45 5.00 0 2.3 11.3
78 East Carolina 5 7 56 8.00 0 1.4 11.2
79 Kent State 4 5 44 8.80 0 1.3 11.0
79 Missouri State 5 7 55 7.86 0 1.4 11.0
79 James Madison 4 8 44 5.50 0 2.0 11.0
82 Eastern Michigan 5 4 51 12.75 0 0.8 10.2
82 Middle Tennessee State 5 7 51 7.29 0 1.4 10.2
84 Massachusetts 4 3 39 13.00 0 0.8 9.8
85 Wisconsin 4 3 38 12.67 0 0.8 9.5
86 Clemson 4 4 37 9.25 0 1.0 9.3
87 Kansas State 5 8 45 5.63 0 1.6 9.0
88 North Carolina 4 4 35 8.75 0 1.0 8.8
88 Tulane 5 7 44 6.29 0 1.4 8.8
88 North Texas 5 8 44 5.50 0 1.6 8.8
91 Colorado 5 4 43 10.75 0 0.8 8.6
91 Virginia Tech 5 7 43 6.14 0 1.4 8.6
93 Bowling Green 5 5 42 8.40 0 1.0 8.4
94 Texas State 4 2 33 16.50 0 0.5 8.3
94 Oklahoma State 4 7 33 4.71 0 1.8 8.3
96 Western Michigan 5 9 41 4.56 0 1.8 8.2
97 Tulsa 5 6 39 6.50 0 1.2 7.8
98 Louisiana-Monroe 4 3 28 9.33 0 0.8 7.0
98 Arkansas 5 9 35 3.89 0 1.8 7.0
100 Sam Houston State 4 4 27 6.75 0 1.0 6.8
100 Baylor 5 7 34 4.86 0 1.4 6.8
102 Georgia Southern 5 5 33 6.60 0 1.0 6.6
103 Akron 5 4 32 8.00 0 0.8 6.4
104 San Jose State 4 3 25 8.33 0 0.8 6.3
104 Kentucky 4 4 25 6.25 0 1.0 6.3
104 Cincinnati 4 6 25 4.17 0 1.5 6.3
107 Arizona State 5 2 31 15.50 0 0.4 6.2
107 Utah State 5 8 31 3.88 0 1.6 6.2
107 Auburn 5 9 31 3.44 0 1.8 6.2
110 Purdue 4 3 24 8.00 0 0.8 6.0
111 Boise State 4 4 23 5.75 0 1.0 5.8
112 Syracuse 5 5 28 5.60 0 1.0 5.6
113 Oregon State 5 5 27 5.40 0 1.0 5.4
114 USC 5 2 25 12.50 0 0.4 5.0
115 Northern Illinois 4 1 18 18.00 0 0.3 4.5
115 Hawaii 6 2 27 13.50 0 0.3 4.5
115 Coastal Carolina 4 4 18 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
115 Troy 4 6 18 3.00 0 1.5 4.5
119 Louisiana 5 6 22 3.67 0 1.2 4.4
120 New Mexico State 4 6 17 2.83 0 1.5 4.3
120 UTSA 4 7 17 2.43 0 1.8 4.3
122 Liberty 5 4 19 4.75 0 0.8 3.8
123 Rice 5 4 18 4.50 0 0.8 3.6
124 NC State 5 5 17 3.40 0 1.0 3.4
125 Air Force 4 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 1.8
125 Michigan 4 8 7 0.88 0 2.0 1.8
127 Stanford 5 2 7 3.50 0 0.4 1.4
127 Western Kentucky 5 3 7 2.33 0 0.6 1.4
129 UNLV 4 2 4 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
129 Northwestern 4 6 4 0.67 0 1.5 1.0
131 Jacksonville State 5 1 4 4.00 0 0.2 0.8
131 TCU 4 3 3 1.00 0 0.8 0.8
133 UCLA 4 2 2 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
134 Ball State 4 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.8 -0.3
135 Georgia State 4 1 -4 -4.00 0 0.3 -1.0
136 New Mexico 4 6 -7 -1.17 0 1.5 -1.8