2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa 12 20 546 27.30 3 1.7 45.5
2 Texas 13 22 484 22.00 2 1.7 37.2
3 Texas A&M 12 27 467 17.30 2 2.3 38.9
4 Washington State 12 24 415 17.29 0 2.0 34.6
5 Louisville 12 24 350 14.58 1 2.0 29.2
6 Indiana 15 18 335 18.61 3 1.2 22.3
7 Oregon 14 26 316 12.15 2 1.9 22.6
8 Nebraska 12 24 303 12.63 1 2.0 25.3
9 Miami (FL) 15 22 296 13.45 0 1.5 19.7
10 Old Dominion 12 24 283 11.79 0 2.0 23.6
11 Toledo 12 27 273 10.11 1 2.3 22.8
12 Virginia 13 29 272 9.38 0 2.2 20.9
13 Oklahoma 12 21 249 11.86 0 1.8 20.8
14 Utah 12 22 246 11.18 1 1.8 20.5
15 Texas Tech 13 23 242 10.52 0 1.8 18.6
16 BYU 13 19 238 12.53 1 1.5 18.3
17 Georgia 13 22 234 10.64 0 1.7 18.0
18 Kennesaw State 13 24 227 9.46 1 1.8 17.5
19 Florida Atlantic 11 11 221 20.09 1 1.0 20.1
19 Louisiana Tech 12 22 221 10.05 0 1.8 18.4
21 San Diego State 12 24 220 9.17 2 2.0 18.3
22 California 12 20 215 10.75 0 1.7 17.9
23 Notre Dame 12 18 212 11.78 2 1.5 17.7
24 Arizona 12 19 209 11.00 0 1.6 17.4
25 Ohio State 13 19 203 10.68 0 1.5 15.6
26 Wake Forest 12 18 201 11.17 1 1.5 16.8
27 FIU 12 15 196 13.07 1 1.3 16.3
28 South Carolina 11 19 192 10.11 1 1.7 17.5
29 Wyoming 11 16 185 11.56 1 1.5 16.8
30 James Madison 13 21 184 8.76 0 1.6 14.2
31 Kent State 11 13 181 13.92 1 1.2 16.5
31 Fresno State 12 19 181 9.53 1 1.6 15.1
33 Appalachian State 12 13 179 13.77 1 1.1 14.9
34 Colorado State 11 12 176 14.67 1 1.1 16.0
35 Missouri 12 16 168 10.50 1 1.3 14.0
36 UCF 11 15 158 10.53 0 1.4 14.4
37 Buffalo 11 16 155 9.69 1 1.5 14.1
38 Pittsburgh 12 14 150 10.71 1 1.2 12.5
39 Arkansas State 12 23 147 6.39 0 1.9 12.3
40 Coastal Carolina 12 19 145 7.63 1 1.6 12.1
41 Alabama 14 19 137 7.21 0 1.4 9.8
42 Miami (OH) 13 15 136 9.07 0 1.2 10.5
42 UTEP 11 22 136 6.18 1 2.0 12.4
44 Baylor 11 16 135 8.44 0 1.5 12.3
45 Cincinnati 12 12 134 11.17 0 1.0 11.2
46 Marshall 11 16 133 8.31 0 1.5 12.1
47 Connecticut 12 18 129 7.17 0 1.5 10.8
48 Ole Miss 14 14 126 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
49 Virginia Tech 11 16 125 7.81 0 1.5 11.4
50 Southern Miss 12 14 124 8.86 0 1.2 10.3
51 Nevada 11 16 122 7.63 0 1.5 11.1
51 UTSA 12 19 122 6.42 0 1.6 10.2
53 SMU 12 15 120 8.00 0 1.3 10.0
54 Temple 11 8 115 14.38 0 0.7 10.5
54 Ohio 12 10 115 11.50 0 0.8 9.6
54 North Carolina 11 16 115 7.19 0 1.5 10.5
57 Florida State 11 10 114 11.40 0 0.9 10.4
58 Sam Houston State 12 13 110 8.46 1 1.1 9.2
58 Houston 12 18 110 6.11 0 1.5 9.2
60 Memphis 12 14 109 7.79 0 1.2 9.1
61 Georgia Tech 12 11 107 9.73 0 0.9 8.9
62 LSU 12 15 104 6.93 0 1.3 8.7
63 UNLV 13 14 103 7.36 2 1.1 7.9
64 Florida 11 11 101 9.18 0 1.0 9.2
64 Arizona State 12 11 101 9.18 0 0.9 8.4
66 Bowling Green 11 18 100 5.56 0 1.6 9.1
67 Maryland 11 13 99 7.62 0 1.2 9.0
68 Troy 13 19 98 5.16 0 1.5 7.5
69 Iowa State 11 10 96 9.60 1 0.9 8.7
69 Arkansas 11 12 96 8.00 1 1.1 8.7
69 Missouri State 12 14 96 6.86 0 1.2 8.0
72 Delaware 12 5 94 18.80 1 0.4 7.8
72 Middle Tennessee State 11 13 94 7.23 0 1.2 8.5
72 Penn State 12 16 94 5.88 1 1.3 7.8
75 Wisconsin 12 12 93 7.75 0 1.0 7.8
76 Vanderbilt 12 11 92 8.36 1 0.9 7.7
77 Northern Illinois 11 10 91 9.10 0 0.9 8.3
78 USC 13 8 89 11.13 0 0.6 6.8
79 USF 12 19 88 4.63 0 1.6 7.3
80 Tulsa 11 10 87 8.70 0 0.9 7.9
80 New Mexico State 11 16 87 5.44 0 1.5 7.9
82 Minnesota 12 15 85 5.67 0 1.3 7.1
83 South Alabama 11 11 84 7.64 0 1.0 7.6
83 Clemson 12 15 84 5.60 0 1.3 7.0
85 Charlotte 11 9 82 9.11 0 0.8 7.5
86 Mississippi State 12 9 81 9.00 0 0.8 6.8
87 Illinois 12 9 80 8.89 0 0.8 6.7
88 Colorado 12 11 79 7.18 0 0.9 6.6
89 TCU 12 8 77 9.63 0 0.7 6.4
89 UAB 11 10 77 7.70 0 0.9 7.0
89 Hawaii 12 13 77 5.92 0 1.1 6.4
92 Washington 12 16 76 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
92 Western Michigan 13 17 76 4.47 0 1.3 5.8
94 Michigan 13 18 75 4.17 0 1.4 5.8
95 Kansas 11 11 72 6.55 0 1.0 6.5
95 Texas State 12 14 72 5.14 0 1.2 6.0
97 Louisiana-Monroe 11 9 70 7.78 0 0.8 6.4
98 Tulane 14 13 61 4.69 0 0.9 4.4
99 Michigan State 11 10 60 6.00 0 0.9 5.5
100 Oklahoma State 11 16 58 3.63 0 1.5 5.3
101 San Jose State 11 8 57 7.13 0 0.7 5.2
101 Boise State 13 12 57 4.75 0 0.9 4.4
103 Utah State 12 13 56 4.31 0 1.1 4.7
104 Eastern Michigan 11 6 55 9.17 0 0.5 5.0
105 West Virginia 11 8 54 6.75 0 0.7 4.9
105 Auburn 11 15 54 3.60 0 1.4 4.9
107 North Texas 13 15 53 3.53 0 1.2 4.1
108 Georgia Southern 12 9 52 5.78 0 0.8 4.3
108 New Mexico 12 11 52 4.73 1 0.9 4.3
110 Kentucky 11 11 51 4.64 0 1.0 4.6
111 Boston College 11 6 48 8.00 0 0.5 4.4
112 UCLA 12 9 47 5.22 0 0.8 3.9
112 Kansas State 11 12 47 3.92 0 1.1 4.3
114 Tennessee 12 9 46 5.11 0 0.8 3.8
115 East Carolina 12 10 45 4.50 0 0.8 3.8
116 Jacksonville State 13 8 43 5.38 0 0.6 3.3
117 Louisiana 12 11 42 3.82 0 0.9 3.5
118 Oregon State 11 8 39 4.88 0 0.7 3.5
119 Massachusetts 11 7 37 5.29 0 0.6 3.4
119 Stanford 12 7 37 5.29 0 0.6 3.1
119 Syracuse 11 8 37 4.63 0 0.7 3.4
122 Rutgers 11 3 35 11.67 1 0.3 3.2
122 Rice 12 7 35 5.00 0 0.6 2.9
124 Duke 13 6 34 5.67 0 0.5 2.6
125 Liberty 11 11 32 2.91 0 1.0 2.9
126 NC State 12 9 29 3.22 0 0.8 2.4
127 Northwestern 12 11 25 2.27 0 0.9 2.1
128 Akron 11 7 23 3.29 0 0.6 2.1
128 Central Michigan 12 7 23 3.29 0 0.6 1.9
128 Army 12 7 23 3.29 0 0.6 1.9
128 Ball State 11 10 23 2.30 0 0.9 2.1
132 Georgia State 11 7 14 2.00 0 0.6 1.3
133 Navy 12 3 10 3.33 0 0.3 0.8
134 Purdue 11 7 9 1.29 0 0.6 0.8
135 Air Force 11 2 1 0.50 0 0.2 0.1
136 Western Kentucky 12 4 -1 -0.25 0 0.3 -0.1