2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/13/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa 11 18 521 28.94 3 1.6 47.4
2 Texas A&M 11 25 471 18.84 2 2.3 42.8
3 Texas 12 20 456 22.80 2 1.7 38.0
4 Washington State 11 23 386 16.78 0 2.1 35.1
5 Louisville 11 20 336 16.80 1 1.8 30.5
6 Nebraska 11 24 303 12.63 1 2.2 27.5
7 Indiana 12 13 280 21.54 2 1.1 23.3
8 Virginia 12 27 271 10.04 0 2.3 22.6
9 Utah 11 20 245 12.25 1 1.8 22.3
10 Toledo 11 24 244 10.17 1 2.2 22.2
11 Texas Tech 12 23 242 10.52 0 1.9 20.2
12 Old Dominion 11 23 235 10.22 0 2.1 21.4
13 Oklahoma 11 20 232 11.60 0 1.8 21.1
14 Oregon 11 20 229 11.45 1 1.8 20.8
15 Kennesaw State 12 24 227 9.46 1 2.0 18.9
16 Florida Atlantic 11 11 221 20.09 1 1.0 20.1
17 Notre Dame 12 18 212 11.78 2 1.5 17.7
18 Georgia 12 20 211 10.55 0 1.7 17.6
19 Arizona 11 19 209 11.00 0 1.7 19.0
20 BYU 12 17 200 11.76 1 1.4 16.7
20 Ohio State 12 18 200 11.11 0 1.5 16.7
22 Wake Forest 11 16 197 12.31 1 1.5 17.9
23 South Carolina 11 19 192 10.11 1 1.7 17.5
24 Miami (FL) 11 12 185 15.42 0 1.1 16.8
24 Wyoming 11 16 185 11.56 1 1.5 16.8
26 James Madison 12 21 184 8.76 0 1.8 15.3
27 Appalachian State 11 12 181 15.08 1 1.1 16.5
27 Kent State 11 13 181 13.92 1 1.2 16.5
27 California 11 17 181 10.65 0 1.5 16.5
30 Colorado State 11 12 176 14.67 1 1.1 16.0
31 Missouri 11 16 168 10.50 1 1.5 15.3
32 Fresno State 11 18 159 8.83 1 1.6 14.5
33 UCF 11 15 158 10.53 0 1.4 14.4
34 San Diego State 11 22 157 7.14 1 2.0 14.3
35 Buffalo 11 16 155 9.69 1 1.5 14.1
36 Pittsburgh 11 13 148 11.38 1 1.2 13.5
37 Louisiana Tech 11 19 145 7.63 0 1.7 13.2
38 Miami (OH) 12 15 136 9.07 0 1.3 11.3
38 UTEP 11 22 136 6.18 1 2.0 12.4
40 Baylor 11 16 135 8.44 0 1.5 12.3
41 Coastal Carolina 11 12 133 11.08 1 1.1 12.1
41 Marshall 11 16 133 8.31 0 1.5 12.1
43 Connecticut 11 18 129 7.17 0 1.6 11.7
44 Ole Miss 11 14 126 9.00 0 1.3 11.5
45 Virginia Tech 11 16 125 7.81 0 1.5 11.4
46 Nevada 11 16 122 7.63 0 1.5 11.1
47 SMU 11 15 120 8.00 0 1.4 10.9
48 Ohio 11 9 117 13.00 0 0.8 10.6
49 Temple 11 8 115 14.38 0 0.7 10.5
49 North Carolina 11 16 115 7.19 0 1.5 10.5
51 Florida State 11 10 114 11.40 0 0.9 10.4
52 UTSA 11 18 113 6.28 0 1.6 10.3
53 Sam Houston State 12 13 110 8.46 1 1.1 9.2
53 Houston 11 18 110 6.11 0 1.6 10.0
55 Memphis 11 14 109 7.79 0 1.3 9.9
56 Arkansas State 11 20 108 5.40 0 1.8 9.8
57 Georgia Tech 11 11 107 9.73 0 1.0 9.7
58 UNLV 12 14 103 7.36 2 1.2 8.6
59 Southern Miss 11 11 102 9.27 0 1.0 9.3
60 Arizona State 11 11 101 9.18 0 1.0 9.2
60 Florida 11 11 101 9.18 0 1.0 9.2
62 Bowling Green 11 18 100 5.56 0 1.6 9.1
63 Maryland 11 13 99 7.62 0 1.2 9.0
64 Troy 12 19 98 5.16 0 1.6 8.2
65 Alabama 12 14 97 6.93 0 1.2 8.1
66 Iowa State 11 10 96 9.60 1 0.9 8.7
66 Arkansas 11 12 96 8.00 1 1.1 8.7
68 Missouri State 11 12 95 7.92 0 1.1 8.6
69 Delaware 11 5 94 18.80 1 0.5 8.5
69 Middle Tennessee State 11 13 94 7.23 0 1.2 8.5
69 Penn State 11 14 94 6.71 1 1.3 8.5
69 LSU 11 14 94 6.71 0 1.3 8.5
73 Wisconsin 12 12 93 7.75 0 1.0 7.8
74 Vanderbilt 11 11 92 8.36 1 1.0 8.4
74 FIU 11 12 92 7.67 0 1.1 8.4
76 Northern Illinois 11 10 91 9.10 0 0.9 8.3
76 USF 11 15 91 6.07 0 1.4 8.3
78 USC 12 8 89 11.13 0 0.7 7.4
79 Tulsa 11 10 87 8.70 0 0.9 7.9
79 New Mexico State 11 16 87 5.44 0 1.5 7.9
81 South Alabama 11 11 84 7.64 0 1.0 7.6
81 Clemson 11 15 84 5.60 0 1.4 7.6
83 Charlotte 11 9 82 9.11 0 0.8 7.5
84 Cincinnati 11 9 81 9.00 0 0.8 7.4
84 Minnesota 11 14 81 5.79 0 1.3 7.4
86 Illinois 11 9 80 8.89 0 0.8 7.3
87 Colorado 12 11 79 7.18 0 0.9 6.6
88 TCU 11 8 77 9.63 0 0.7 7.0
88 UAB 11 10 77 7.70 0 0.9 7.0
88 Hawaii 11 12 77 6.42 0 1.1 7.0
91 Washington 12 16 76 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
92 Kansas 11 11 72 6.55 0 1.0 6.5
93 Louisiana-Monroe 11 9 70 7.78 0 0.8 6.4
94 Western Michigan 12 16 69 4.31 0 1.3 5.8
95 Texas State 11 12 68 5.67 0 1.1 6.2
96 Michigan 12 17 65 3.82 0 1.4 5.4
97 Michigan State 11 10 60 6.00 0 0.9 5.5
98 Tulane 13 12 58 4.83 0 0.9 4.5
98 Oklahoma State 11 16 58 3.63 0 1.5 5.3
100 San Jose State 11 8 57 7.13 0 0.7 5.2
100 Boise State 13 12 57 4.75 0 0.9 4.4
102 Utah State 11 13 56 4.31 0 1.2 5.1
103 Eastern Michigan 11 6 55 9.17 0 0.5 5.0
104 Georgia Southern 11 8 54 6.75 0 0.7 4.9
104 West Virginia 11 8 54 6.75 0 0.7 4.9
104 Auburn 11 15 54 3.60 0 1.4 4.9
107 Kentucky 11 11 51 4.64 0 1.0 4.6
108 New Mexico 11 10 50 5.00 1 0.9 4.5
109 Boston College 11 6 48 8.00 0 0.5 4.4
110 UCLA 12 9 47 5.22 0 0.8 3.9
110 Kansas State 11 12 47 3.92 0 1.1 4.3
110 North Texas 12 12 47 3.92 0 1.0 3.9
113 Tennessee 11 9 46 5.11 0 0.8 4.2
114 East Carolina 11 10 45 4.50 0 0.9 4.1
115 Jacksonville State 12 8 43 5.38 0 0.7 3.6
116 Oregon State 11 8 39 4.88 0 0.7 3.5
117 Massachusetts 11 7 37 5.29 0 0.6 3.4
117 Stanford 12 7 37 5.29 0 0.6 3.1
117 Mississippi State 11 8 37 4.63 0 0.7 3.4
117 Syracuse 11 8 37 4.63 0 0.7 3.4
121 Rutgers 11 3 35 11.67 1 0.3 3.2
121 Rice 11 7 35 5.00 0 0.6 3.2
121 Louisiana 11 8 35 4.38 0 0.7 3.2
124 Duke 12 6 34 5.67 0 0.5 2.8
125 Liberty 11 11 32 2.91 0 1.0 2.9
126 NC State 11 9 29 3.22 0 0.8 2.6
127 Northwestern 11 11 25 2.27 0 1.0 2.3
128 Akron 11 7 23 3.29 0 0.6 2.1
128 Ball State 11 10 23 2.30 0 0.9 2.1
130 Army 11 6 20 3.33 0 0.5 1.8
131 Central Michigan 11 6 18 3.00 0 0.5 1.6
132 Georgia State 11 7 14 2.00 0 0.6 1.3
133 Navy 11 3 10 3.33 0 0.3 0.9
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 11 4 -1 -0.25 0 0.4 -0.1