2025 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 11/22/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Georgia Southern 10 32 734 22.94 1 3.2 73.4
2 Arkansas State 10 28 661 23.61 2 2.8 66.1
3 Baylor 10 30 658 21.93 0 3.0 65.8
4 Bowling Green 10 28 647 23.11 0 2.8 64.7
5 Akron 11 33 691 20.94 0 3.0 62.8
6 Nebraska 10 21 607 28.90 1 2.1 60.7
7 Colorado 11 27 646 23.93 0 2.5 58.7
7 Florida Atlantic 10 27 587 21.74 0 2.7 58.7
9 Texas State 10 27 583 21.59 0 2.7 58.3
10 Western Michigan 10 27 569 21.07 0 2.7 56.9
11 UAB 10 24 557 23.21 1 2.4 55.7
12 Minnesota 10 22 520 23.64 0 2.2 52.0
13 Kansas State 10 20 518 25.90 1 2.0 51.8
14 Louisiana 10 24 486 20.25 0 2.4 48.6
15 Kansas 10 21 485 23.10 1 2.1 48.5
16 Duke 10 16 480 30.00 1 1.6 48.0
17 Tulsa 10 25 476 19.04 0 2.5 47.6
18 Troy 10 24 470 19.58 0 2.4 47.0
19 Kent State 10 25 469 18.76 1 2.5 46.9
20 Tulane 11 22 515 23.41 0 2.0 46.8
21 Missouri State 10 24 465 19.38 0 2.4 46.5
22 Coastal Carolina 10 19 461 24.26 1 1.9 46.1
23 UCLA 11 28 505 18.04 0 2.5 45.9
24 Louisiana Tech 10 21 456 21.71 1 2.1 45.6
25 Notre Dame 11 17 497 29.24 2 1.5 45.2
25 Wisconsin 11 19 497 26.16 1 1.7 45.2
27 Washington 10 20 451 22.55 0 2.0 45.1
28 Ball State 10 22 449 20.41 1 2.2 44.9
29 Connecticut 11 23 486 21.13 0 2.1 44.2
30 Iowa 10 17 440 25.88 1 1.7 44.0
31 Sam Houston State 11 24 483 20.13 1 2.2 43.9
32 Appalachian State 10 21 435 20.71 0 2.1 43.5
33 North Texas 10 20 434 21.70 0 2.0 43.4
34 Toledo 10 20 431 21.55 1 2.0 43.1
34 Liberty 10 21 431 20.52 1 2.1 43.1
34 Virginia Tech 10 23 431 18.74 0 2.3 43.1
37 Buffalo 10 21 430 20.48 0 2.1 43.0
38 Pittsburgh 10 20 427 21.35 0 2.0 42.7
39 Delaware 10 19 426 22.42 0 1.9 42.6
39 UCF 10 23 426 18.52 0 2.3 42.6
41 BYU 10 18 425 23.61 0 1.8 42.5
42 Purdue 10 19 418 22.00 0 1.9 41.8
43 Charlotte 10 17 413 24.29 1 1.7 41.3
44 San Diego State 10 18 412 22.89 0 1.8 41.2
44 Marshall 10 19 412 21.68 0 1.9 41.2
44 Oregon State 10 23 412 17.91 0 2.3 41.2
47 San Jose State 10 19 410 21.58 0 1.9 41.0
48 Miami (OH) 10 14 408 29.14 1 1.4 40.8
49 New Mexico 10 18 407 22.61 1 1.8 40.7
50 Georgia State 10 22 404 18.36 0 2.2 40.4
51 Fresno State 10 19 402 21.16 0 1.9 40.2
52 Texas A&M 10 16 396 24.75 0 1.6 39.6
53 Syracuse 10 20 393 19.65 0 2.0 39.3
54 FIU 10 19 384 20.21 0 1.9 38.4
55 Navy 9 17 344 20.24 0 1.9 38.2
56 Houston 10 19 381 20.05 0 1.9 38.1
57 Texas Tech 10 13 369 28.38 1 1.3 36.9
57 Western Kentucky 10 18 369 20.50 1 1.8 36.9
59 Auburn 10 14 361 25.79 1 1.4 36.1
59 North Carolina 10 20 361 18.05 0 2.0 36.1
61 TCU 10 16 354 22.13 0 1.6 35.4
62 Northern Illinois 10 17 350 20.59 0 1.7 35.0
63 Vanderbilt 10 15 349 23.27 0 1.5 34.9
64 Penn State 10 17 348 20.47 0 1.7 34.8
65 Nevada 10 14 346 24.71 1 1.4 34.6
66 Rice 10 18 341 18.94 0 1.8 34.1
67 James Madison 10 16 340 21.25 1 1.6 34.0
68 Boston College 10 18 339 18.83 0 1.8 33.9
69 Kennesaw State 10 19 333 17.53 0 1.9 33.3
70 Stanford 11 20 362 18.10 0 1.8 32.9
71 South Carolina 10 15 328 21.87 0 1.5 32.8
71 Temple 10 19 328 17.26 0 1.9 32.8
73 Eastern Michigan 10 18 324 18.00 0 1.8 32.4
74 UNLV 10 17 322 18.94 0 1.7 32.2
75 UTEP 10 25 320 12.80 0 2.5 32.0
76 Colorado State 10 16 319 19.94 0 1.6 31.9
77 LSU 10 15 310 20.67 0 1.5 31.0
78 Middle Tennessee State 10 15 301 20.07 0 1.5 30.1
79 USC 11 20 328 16.40 0 1.8 29.8
80 Hawaii 10 10 296 29.60 1 1.0 29.6
81 NC State 10 16 292 18.25 0 1.6 29.2
82 East Carolina 10 16 281 17.56 0 1.6 28.1
83 Wake Forest 10 12 275 22.92 1 1.2 27.5
83 Louisville 10 14 275 19.64 0 1.4 27.5
85 Ohio 10 12 273 22.75 1 1.2 27.3
86 California 10 13 267 20.54 0 1.3 26.7
87 Missouri 10 13 259 19.92 0 1.3 25.9
87 Alabama 10 15 259 17.27 0 1.5 25.9
89 Central Michigan 10 14 257 18.36 0 1.4 25.7
89 Georgia Tech 10 14 257 18.36 0 1.4 25.7
91 New Mexico State 10 12 253 21.08 0 1.2 25.3
92 Virginia 10 7 243 34.71 1 0.7 24.3
92 Boise State 10 15 243 16.20 0 1.5 24.3
94 Cincinnati 10 11 242 22.00 0 1.1 24.2
95 SMU 10 12 236 19.67 0 1.2 23.6
96 Utah State 10 13 232 17.85 0 1.3 23.2
97 Southern Miss 10 11 231 21.00 0 1.1 23.1
98 Northwestern 10 11 227 20.64 0 1.1 22.7
98 Michigan 11 16 250 15.63 0 1.5 22.7
100 Texas 11 16 245 15.31 0 1.5 22.3
101 Miami (FL) 10 10 214 21.40 0 1.0 21.4
102 Arizona State 10 13 213 16.38 0 1.3 21.3
103 USF 10 11 207 18.82 0 1.1 20.7
104 Clemson 10 10 204 20.40 0 1.0 20.4
105 Florida State 10 8 197 24.63 0 0.8 19.7
106 Arizona 10 10 196 19.60 0 1.0 19.6
107 Maryland 10 13 193 14.85 0 1.3 19.3
108 Arkansas 10 9 191 21.22 0 0.9 19.1
109 Air Force 10 9 190 21.11 0 0.9 19.0
110 Georgia 10 9 185 20.56 0 0.9 18.5
110 Kentucky 10 11 185 16.82 0 1.1 18.5
112 UTSA 10 11 184 16.73 0 1.1 18.4
113 Illinois 10 7 168 24.00 0 0.7 16.8
114 Ole Miss 10 7 164 23.43 0 0.7 16.4
115 Michigan State 10 8 162 20.25 0 0.8 16.2
116 Utah 10 11 161 14.64 0 1.1 16.1
117 Florida 10 10 160 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
118 Indiana 10 8 155 19.38 0 0.8 15.5
118 Iowa State 10 9 155 17.22 0 0.9 15.5
120 Tennessee 10 6 154 25.67 0 0.6 15.4
121 Rutgers 10 7 152 21.71 0 0.7 15.2
122 West Virginia 10 8 150 18.75 0 0.8 15.0
123 Jacksonville State 10 9 144 16.00 0 0.9 14.4
124 Washington State 10 8 140 17.50 0 0.8 14.0
125 Memphis 10 7 137 19.57 1 0.7 13.7
126 Wyoming 10 8 130 16.25 0 0.8 13.0
127 Ohio State 10 4 128 32.00 1 0.4 12.8
128 Old Dominion 10 7 121 17.29 0 0.7 12.1
129 Oklahoma State 10 9 114 12.67 0 0.9 11.4
130 Mississippi State 10 7 102 14.57 0 0.7 10.2
131 Louisiana-Monroe 10 12 95 7.92 0 1.2 9.5
132 Massachusetts 10 5 68 13.60 0 0.5 6.8
133 South Alabama 10 7 66 9.43 0 0.7 6.6
134 Army 9 4 52 13.00 0 0.4 5.8
135 Oregon 10 2 32 16.00 0 0.2 3.2
136 Oklahoma 10 1 1 1.00 0 0.1 0.1