2025 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/02/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Baylor 11 32 747 23.34 0 2.9 67.9
2 Nebraska 11 28 710 25.36 1 2.5 64.5
3 Colorado 10 26 574 22.08 0 2.6 57.4
4 Purdue 9 26 567 21.81 0 2.9 63.0
5 Minnesota 10 23 549 23.87 0 2.3 54.9
6 Kansas 10 24 537 22.38 1 2.4 53.7
7 Wisconsin 10 20 512 25.60 1 2.0 51.2
8 Notre Dame 10 19 505 26.58 2 1.9 50.5
9 Iowa 11 21 504 24.00 1 1.9 45.8
10 Duke 11 16 495 30.94 1 1.5 45.0
11 UCLA 10 24 447 18.63 0 2.4 44.7
12 Wake Forest 10 15 435 29.00 2 1.5 43.5
13 LSU 10 18 432 24.00 1 1.8 43.2
14 Texas Tech 12 15 413 27.53 1 1.3 34.4
15 UCF 10 22 411 18.68 0 2.2 41.1
16 Vanderbilt 10 20 410 20.50 0 2.0 41.0
17 Kansas State 10 20 405 20.25 0 2.0 40.5
18 Houston 11 21 391 18.62 0 1.9 35.5
19 BYU 12 17 389 22.88 0 1.4 32.4
20 North Carolina 10 21 383 18.24 0 2.1 38.3
21 South Carolina 10 17 376 22.12 0 1.7 37.6
22 Washington 10 17 374 22.00 0 1.7 37.4
23 TCU 12 16 354 22.13 0 1.3 29.5
24 Auburn 9 15 350 23.33 1 1.7 38.9
24 Virginia Tech 10 20 350 17.50 0 2.0 35.0
26 Penn State 10 20 349 17.45 0 2.0 34.9
27 Michigan 11 19 339 17.84 0 1.7 30.8
28 Syracuse 9 17 338 19.88 0 1.9 37.6
29 Missouri 10 18 337 18.72 0 1.8 33.7
30 Georgia Tech 11 17 329 19.35 0 1.5 29.9
31 Alabama 13 18 320 17.78 0 1.4 24.6
32 Pittsburgh 9 16 303 18.94 0 1.8 33.7
33 SMU 11 15 300 20.00 0 1.4 27.3
34 Michigan State 10 11 286 26.00 1 1.1 28.6
35 NC State 9 15 275 18.33 0 1.7 30.6
36 Boston College 9 14 264 18.86 0 1.6 29.3
36 California 10 15 264 17.60 0 1.5 26.4
38 Stanford 9 14 260 18.57 0 1.6 28.9
39 Tennessee 10 8 252 31.50 1 0.8 25.2
40 Illinois 11 11 245 22.27 0 1.0 22.3
41 Texas 10 16 244 15.25 0 1.6 24.4
42 Texas A&M 9 12 235 19.58 0 1.3 26.1
43 USC 10 15 234 15.60 0 1.5 23.4
44 Miami (FL) 11 11 232 21.09 0 1.0 21.1
45 Arizona 11 11 223 20.27 0 1.0 20.3
46 Cincinnati 10 10 219 21.90 0 1.0 21.9
47 Clemson 11 10 217 21.70 0 0.9 19.7
48 Northwestern 9 9 214 23.78 0 1.0 23.8
48 Florida State 10 9 214 23.78 0 0.9 21.4
50 Arizona State 11 13 210 16.15 0 1.2 19.1
51 Oklahoma State 10 14 207 14.79 0 1.4 20.7
52 Arkansas State 2 6 202 33.67 1 3.0 101.0
53 Arkansas 8 9 193 21.44 0 1.1 24.1
54 Georgia 11 10 191 19.10 0 0.9 17.4
55 Oregon State 7 11 190 17.27 0 1.6 27.1
55 Iowa State 10 11 190 17.27 0 1.1 19.0
57 Utah 11 14 189 13.50 0 1.3 17.2
58 Louisville 9 11 185 16.82 0 1.2 20.6
59 Florida 10 13 184 14.15 0 1.3 18.4
60 Ohio State 12 6 182 30.33 1 0.5 15.2
61 Kentucky 9 10 168 16.80 0 1.1 18.7
62 Virginia 12 7 161 23.00 0 0.6 13.4
63 Ole Miss 10 7 160 22.86 0 0.7 16.0
64 New Mexico 3 5 157 31.40 1 1.7 52.3
65 Maryland 9 10 153 15.30 0 1.1 17.0
66 Florida Atlantic 1 6 140 23.33 0 6.0 140.0
67 Utah State 3 6 139 23.17 0 2.0 46.3
68 Sam Houston State 2 3 135 45.00 1 1.5 67.5
69 James Madison 3 7 133 19.00 0 2.3 44.3
70 East Carolina 3 6 129 21.50 0 2.0 43.0
70 Indiana 11 7 129 18.43 0 0.6 11.7
72 Connecticut 3 6 126 21.00 0 2.0 42.0
73 Akron 1 6 125 20.83 0 6.0 125.0
74 Fresno State 2 5 121 24.20 0 2.5 60.5
75 Mississippi State 10 9 118 13.11 0 0.9 11.8
76 Toledo 3 6 107 17.83 0 2.0 35.7
77 Colorado State 2 5 105 21.00 0 2.5 52.5
78 Central Michigan 3 5 101 20.20 0 1.7 33.7
79 Ball State 2 5 97 19.40 0 2.5 48.5
80 Memphis 2 3 91 30.33 0 1.5 45.5
81 Appalachian State 1 4 89 22.25 0 4.0 89.0
82 West Virginia 10 5 87 17.40 0 0.5 8.7
83 Boise State 1 3 85 28.33 0 3.0 85.0
83 Nevada 1 4 85 21.25 0 4.0 85.0
85 Tulane 4 4 81 20.25 0 1.0 20.3
86 Kent State 3 6 79 13.17 0 2.0 26.3
87 Hawaii 3 4 78 19.50 0 1.3 26.0
88 Georgia State 2 4 76 19.00 0 2.0 38.0
89 Texas State 1 2 69 34.50 0 2.0 69.0
90 Bowling Green 2 3 66 22.00 0 1.5 33.0
91 Rutgers 9 4 64 16.00 0 0.4 7.1
92 Louisiana Tech 2 4 63 15.75 0 2.0 31.5
93 Western Michigan 2 3 57 19.00 0 1.5 28.5
94 Missouri State 2 3 56 18.67 0 1.5 28.0
95 Oregon 12 3 53 17.67 0 0.3 4.4
96 Marshall 1 3 52 17.33 0 3.0 52.0
97 USF 2 2 51 25.50 0 1.0 25.5
98 New Mexico State 1 3 50 16.67 0 3.0 50.0
98 Northern Illinois 2 3 50 16.67 0 1.5 25.0
100 Louisiana 1 4 48 12.00 0 4.0 48.0
101 Ohio 3 4 46 11.50 0 1.3 15.3
102 Rice 1 2 42 21.00 0 2.0 42.0
103 Jacksonville State 1 2 40 20.00 0 2.0 40.0
103 Louisiana-Monroe 2 6 40 6.67 0 3.0 20.0
105 Coastal Carolina 2 2 39 19.50 0 1.0 19.5
106 Tulsa 2 3 37 12.33 0 1.5 18.5
107 Southern Miss 1 1 32 32.00 0 1.0 32.0
108 Delaware 2 2 29 14.50 0 1.0 14.5
109 UTSA 1 1 20 20.00 0 1.0 20.0
110 UNLV 1 2 19 9.50 0 2.0 19.0
111 Buffalo 1 1 18 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
111 Georgia Southern 1 1 18 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
111 South Alabama 1 1 18 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
114 Washington State 5 2 17 8.50 0 0.4 3.4
115 San Diego State 2 1 16 16.00 0 0.5 8.0
116 San Jose State 2 1 15 15.00 0 0.5 7.5
117 UAB 1 1 14 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
118 Temple 2 2 11 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
119 Navy 1 1 9 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
120 Oklahoma 10 1 1 1.00 0 0.1 0.1
121 UTEP 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0