2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa 11 16 364 22.75 2 1.5 33.1
2 Texas 10 15 356 23.73 2 1.5 35.6
3 Texas A&M 9 20 307 15.35 1 2.2 34.1
4 Miami (FL) 13 19 269 14.16 0 1.5 20.7
5 Oregon 13 23 268 11.65 1 1.8 20.6
6 Washington State 5 15 266 17.73 0 3.0 53.2
7 Virginia 12 25 241 9.64 0 2.1 20.1
8 Louisville 9 17 230 13.53 0 1.9 25.6
9 BYU 12 18 226 12.56 1 1.5 18.8
10 Utah 11 20 218 10.90 1 1.8 19.8
11 Nebraska 11 19 211 11.11 1 1.7 19.2
12 Texas Tech 12 20 208 10.40 0 1.7 17.3
13 Wake Forest 10 15 196 13.07 1 1.5 19.6
14 Notre Dame 10 16 194 12.13 2 1.6 19.4
15 Indiana 13 14 192 13.71 2 1.1 14.8
16 South Carolina 10 17 188 11.06 1 1.7 18.8
17 Ohio State 12 16 183 11.44 0 1.3 15.3
18 California 10 16 170 10.63 0 1.6 17.0
19 Arizona 11 17 156 9.18 0 1.5 14.2
20 Georgia 11 13 153 11.77 0 1.2 13.9
21 Oklahoma 10 14 142 10.14 0 1.4 14.2
22 UCF 10 14 137 9.79 0 1.4 13.7
23 Baylor 11 16 135 8.44 0 1.5 12.3
24 Pittsburgh 9 11 122 11.09 1 1.2 13.6
25 Florida State 10 9 120 13.33 0 0.9 12.0
26 Missouri 10 10 119 11.90 1 1.0 11.9
27 Virginia Tech 10 15 117 7.80 0 1.5 11.7
28 Houston 11 17 108 6.35 0 1.5 9.8
29 Georgia Tech 11 10 107 10.70 0 0.9 9.7
29 North Carolina 10 14 107 7.64 0 1.4 10.7
31 Arizona State 11 11 101 9.18 0 1.0 9.2
32 Iowa State 10 10 96 9.60 1 1.0 9.6
33 Alabama 13 17 92 5.41 0 1.3 7.1
34 Wisconsin 10 10 90 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
35 USC 10 8 89 11.13 0 0.8 8.9
36 Arkansas 8 9 87 9.67 1 1.1 10.9
37 Clemson 11 15 84 5.60 0 1.4 7.6
38 Mississippi State 10 5 80 16.00 0 0.5 8.0
39 Cincinnati 10 8 78 9.75 0 0.8 7.8
39 SMU 11 13 78 6.00 0 1.2 7.1
41 TCU 12 8 77 9.63 0 0.7 6.4
42 Maryland 9 8 76 9.50 0 0.9 8.4
43 Kansas 10 10 72 7.20 0 1.0 7.2
44 Michigan 11 13 71 5.46 0 1.2 6.5
45 Washington 10 13 65 5.00 0 1.3 6.5
46 Penn State 10 10 63 6.30 1 1.0 6.3
46 Minnesota 10 13 63 4.85 0 1.3 6.3
48 Illinois 11 7 61 8.71 0 0.6 5.5
48 Florida 10 10 61 6.10 0 1.0 6.1
50 Oklahoma State 10 15 55 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
51 Colorado 10 9 53 5.89 0 0.9 5.3
52 Kansas State 10 11 47 4.27 0 1.1 4.7
53 UCLA 10 7 45 6.43 0 0.7 4.5
54 Fresno State 2 3 43 14.33 1 1.5 21.5
55 Michigan State 10 9 40 4.44 0 0.9 4.0
56 Auburn 9 11 38 3.45 0 1.2 4.2
57 Toledo 3 6 36 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
58 West Virginia 10 6 35 5.83 0 0.6 3.5
59 Massachusetts 2 1 33 33.00 0 0.5 16.5
59 Coastal Carolina 2 2 33 16.50 1 1.0 16.5
59 Stanford 9 6 33 5.50 0 0.7 3.7
62 Vanderbilt 10 5 32 6.40 0 0.5 3.2
62 LSU 10 8 32 4.00 0 0.8 3.2
64 Sam Houston State 2 1 31 31.00 1 0.5 15.5
64 Syracuse 9 6 31 5.17 0 0.7 3.4
66 Appalachian State 1 3 30 10.00 0 3.0 30.0
66 Ole Miss 11 6 30 5.00 0 0.5 2.7
68 Oregon State 7 6 28 4.67 0 0.9 4.0
69 Boston College 9 5 27 5.40 0 0.6 3.0
69 NC State 9 8 27 3.38 0 0.9 3.0
71 San Diego State 2 2 26 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
71 Kentucky 9 7 26 3.71 0 0.8 2.9
73 San Jose State 2 3 25 8.33 0 1.5 12.5
73 Connecticut 3 7 25 3.57 0 2.3 8.3
75 Arkansas State 2 2 23 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
76 Tulsa 2 1 22 22.00 0 0.5 11.0
77 Northwestern 9 10 20 2.00 0 1.1 2.2
78 Duke 11 5 19 3.80 0 0.5 1.7
79 James Madison 3 3 18 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
79 Tulane 4 4 18 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
81 Miami (OH) 2 1 16 16.00 0 0.5 8.0
81 Wyoming 2 1 16 16.00 0 0.5 8.0
83 Middle Tennessee State 1 1 15 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
83 Colorado State 2 1 15 15.00 0 0.5 7.5
85 Temple 2 2 14 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
85 Louisiana Tech 2 3 14 4.67 0 1.5 7.0
87 Delaware 2 1 13 13.00 0 0.5 6.5
87 Hawaii 3 2 13 6.50 0 0.7 4.3
89 Boise State 1 1 11 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
89 Rice 1 1 11 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
89 Memphis 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
89 Old Dominion 2 3 11 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
89 Tennessee 10 7 11 1.57 0 0.7 1.1
94 New Mexico State 1 1 10 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
94 FIU 1 2 10 5.00 0 2.0 10.0
94 Western Michigan 2 3 10 3.33 0 1.5 5.0
97 Central Michigan 3 2 7 3.50 0 0.7 2.3
98 Kennesaw State 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
98 North Texas 1 3 6 2.00 0 3.0 6.0
100 Rutgers 9 1 5 5.00 0 0.1 0.6
100 UTEP 1 2 5 2.50 0 2.0 5.0
100 Charlotte 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
100 USF 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
104 Marshall 1 1 3 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
105 UTSA 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
105 Purdue 9 5 2 0.40 0 0.6 0.2
107 Troy 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
107 Western Kentucky 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
107 Georgia Southern 1 2 1 0.50 0 2.0 1.0
107 Ohio 3 2 1 0.50 0 0.7 0.3
111 Buffalo 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
111 UNLV 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
111 Army 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
111 Bowling Green 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
111 Utah State 3 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
116 New Mexico 3 4 -1 -0.25 0 1.3 -0.3
117 Ball State 2 1 -3 -3.00 0 0.5 -1.5
118 East Carolina 3 1 -11 -11.00 0 0.3 -3.7