2025 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/02/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Georgia Southern 12 34 772 22.71 1 2.8 64.3
2 Texas State 12 33 771 23.36 1 2.8 64.3
3 Nebraska 12 30 752 25.07 1 2.5 62.7
4 Baylor 11 32 747 23.34 0 2.9 67.9
5 Akron 11 33 691 20.94 0 3.0 62.8
6 Colorado 12 30 686 22.87 0 2.5 57.2
7 Bowling Green 11 30 683 22.77 0 2.7 62.1
8 Arkansas State 12 32 676 21.13 2 2.7 56.3
9 Florida Atlantic 11 29 663 22.86 0 2.6 60.3
10 Troy 13 29 647 22.31 0 2.2 49.8
11 Western Michigan 13 32 640 20.00 0 2.5 49.2
12 Sam Houston State 12 31 626 20.19 1 2.6 52.2
13 Louisiana Tech 12 27 616 22.81 2 2.3 51.3
14 Louisiana 12 29 607 20.93 1 2.4 50.6
14 Connecticut 12 29 607 20.93 0 2.4 50.6
16 Delaware 12 27 603 22.33 0 2.3 50.3
17 Tulane 14 26 596 22.92 0 1.9 42.6
18 Duke 13 19 594 31.26 1 1.5 45.7
19 Purdue 11 27 587 21.74 0 2.5 53.4
20 UCLA 12 31 580 18.71 0 2.6 48.3
21 Minnesota 12 25 570 22.80 0 2.1 47.5
22 UAB 11 26 562 21.62 1 2.4 51.1
23 Missouri State 12 29 561 19.34 0 2.4 46.8
24 Iowa 12 23 560 24.35 1 1.9 46.7
25 Kansas 11 25 551 22.04 1 2.3 50.1
26 Kansas State 11 22 548 24.91 1 2.0 49.8
27 Coastal Carolina 12 23 543 23.61 1 1.9 45.3
28 Miami (OH) 13 20 540 27.00 1 1.5 41.5
29 Wisconsin 12 21 537 25.57 1 1.8 44.8
30 Marshall 11 24 534 22.25 0 2.2 48.5
31 Notre Dame 12 21 531 25.29 2 1.8 44.3
31 North Texas 13 25 531 21.24 0 1.9 40.8
33 New Mexico 12 20 525 26.25 2 1.7 43.8
34 Appalachian State 12 27 524 19.41 0 2.3 43.7
35 Pittsburgh 12 25 523 20.92 0 2.1 43.6
35 Tulsa 11 29 523 18.03 0 2.6 47.5
37 Liberty 11 25 522 20.88 1 2.3 47.5
38 Ball State 11 25 510 20.40 1 2.3 46.4
39 Washington 12 22 509 23.14 0 1.8 42.4
40 Vanderbilt 12 23 507 22.04 0 1.9 42.3
41 Toledo 12 23 506 22.00 1 1.9 42.2
42 Kent State 11 28 505 18.04 1 2.5 45.9
43 LSU 12 20 504 25.20 1 1.7 42.0
44 Wake Forest 12 18 500 27.78 2 1.5 41.7
45 Buffalo 11 24 495 20.63 0 2.2 45.0
46 Kennesaw State 13 26 491 18.88 0 2.0 37.8
47 Boise State 13 25 478 19.12 0 1.9 36.8
48 Virginia Tech 11 26 474 18.23 0 2.4 43.1
49 Oregon State 11 26 467 17.96 0 2.4 42.5
50 BYU 13 20 465 23.25 0 1.5 35.8
51 Penn State 12 23 455 19.78 0 1.9 37.9
52 FIU 12 23 454 19.74 0 1.9 37.8
53 Texas A&M 12 19 451 23.74 0 1.6 37.6
53 San Diego State 12 20 451 22.55 0 1.7 37.6
55 Auburn 11 19 446 23.47 1 1.7 40.5
55 Fresno State 12 21 446 21.24 0 1.8 37.2
55 San Jose State 11 22 446 20.27 0 2.0 40.5
58 UCF 11 24 445 18.54 0 2.2 40.5
59 Georgia State 11 24 440 18.33 0 2.2 40.0
60 Syracuse 11 22 433 19.68 0 2.0 39.4
61 James Madison 13 20 432 21.60 1 1.5 33.2
61 Rice 12 22 432 19.64 0 1.8 36.0
63 Texas Tech 13 16 425 26.56 1 1.2 32.7
63 Charlotte 11 18 425 23.61 1 1.6 38.6
65 Michigan 13 23 424 18.43 0 1.8 32.6
66 Houston 12 22 419 19.05 0 1.8 34.9
67 Northern Illinois 11 20 410 20.50 0 1.8 37.3
68 UNLV 13 21 406 19.33 0 1.6 31.2
69 Missouri 12 20 403 20.15 0 1.7 33.6
70 Navy 12 20 402 20.10 0 1.7 33.5
70 North Carolina 11 22 402 18.27 0 2.0 36.5
72 Stanford 12 22 394 17.91 0 1.8 32.8
73 South Carolina 11 18 391 21.72 0 1.6 35.5
74 Western Kentucky 12 20 378 18.90 1 1.7 31.5
75 UTEP 11 28 376 13.43 0 2.5 34.2
76 Nevada 11 15 375 25.00 1 1.4 34.1
77 TCU 12 16 354 22.13 0 1.3 29.5
78 Hawaii 12 13 353 27.15 1 1.1 29.4
78 Eastern Michigan 11 21 353 16.81 0 1.9 32.1
80 USC 13 21 350 16.67 0 1.6 26.9
81 Middle Tennessee State 11 17 347 20.41 0 1.5 31.5
82 Texas 13 22 345 15.68 0 1.7 26.5
83 Ohio 12 16 340 21.25 1 1.3 28.3
84 Boston College 11 18 339 18.83 0 1.6 30.8
85 Central Michigan 12 17 336 19.76 0 1.4 28.0
86 Georgia Tech 12 18 328 18.22 0 1.5 27.3
86 Temple 11 20 328 16.40 0 1.8 29.8
88 Alabama 14 19 321 16.89 0 1.4 22.9
89 Colorado State 11 17 319 18.76 0 1.5 29.0
90 Tennessee 12 10 316 31.60 1 0.8 26.3
90 Utah State 12 16 316 19.75 0 1.3 26.3
92 SMU 12 16 314 19.63 0 1.3 26.2
93 California 12 18 312 17.33 0 1.5 26.0
94 Michigan State 11 12 308 25.67 1 1.1 28.0
95 Louisville 12 15 292 19.47 0 1.3 24.3
95 NC State 12 16 292 18.25 0 1.3 24.3
97 East Carolina 12 16 281 17.56 0 1.3 23.4
98 New Mexico State 11 13 269 20.69 0 1.2 24.5
99 Memphis 12 13 268 20.62 1 1.1 22.3
100 Miami (FL) 13 12 264 22.00 0 0.9 20.3
101 Virginia 13 8 261 32.63 1 0.6 20.1
101 Southern Miss 12 12 261 21.75 0 1.0 21.8
103 Clemson 12 12 247 20.58 0 1.0 20.6
104 Illinois 12 11 245 22.27 0 0.9 20.4
105 USF 12 13 244 18.77 0 1.1 20.3
106 Cincinnati 12 11 242 22.00 0 0.9 20.2
107 Arizona State 12 14 239 17.07 0 1.2 19.9
108 Kentucky 11 14 237 16.93 0 1.3 21.5
109 Northwestern 12 11 227 20.64 0 0.9 18.9
110 Arizona 12 11 223 20.27 0 0.9 18.6
111 Arkansas 11 10 216 21.60 0 0.9 19.6
112 Washington State 12 12 215 17.92 0 1.0 17.9
113 Florida State 11 9 214 23.78 0 0.8 19.5
114 Oklahoma State 11 14 207 14.79 0 1.3 18.8
115 Maryland 11 14 206 14.71 0 1.3 18.7
116 Wyoming 11 12 203 16.92 0 1.1 18.5
117 Utah 12 15 202 13.47 0 1.3 16.8
118 Georgia 13 10 191 19.10 0 0.8 14.7
119 Air Force 11 9 190 21.11 0 0.8 17.3
119 Iowa State 11 11 190 17.27 0 1.0 17.3
121 Ohio State 13 7 185 26.43 1 0.5 14.2
122 UTSA 12 11 184 16.73 0 0.9 15.3
122 Florida 11 13 184 14.15 0 1.2 16.7
124 Ole Miss 13 8 183 22.88 0 0.6 14.1
125 Jacksonville State 13 11 180 16.36 0 0.8 13.8
126 Indiana 13 9 174 19.33 0 0.7 13.4
127 Rutgers 11 8 152 19.00 0 0.7 13.8
128 West Virginia 11 8 150 18.75 0 0.7 13.6
129 Old Dominion 12 8 143 17.88 0 0.7 11.9
130 Mississippi State 12 9 118 13.11 0 0.8 9.8
131 Massachusetts 11 7 103 14.71 0 0.6 9.4
132 South Alabama 11 9 99 11.00 0 0.8 9.0
133 Oregon 13 5 96 19.20 0 0.4 7.4
134 Louisiana-Monroe 11 12 95 7.92 0 1.1 8.6
135 Army 12 5 65 13.00 0 0.4 5.4
136 Oklahoma 12 1 1 1.00 0 0.1 0.1