2025 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/13/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Georgia Southern 10 32 740 23.13 1 3.2 74.0
2 Texas State 10 30 689 22.97 1 3.0 68.9
3 Bowling Green 9 27 617 22.85 0 3.0 68.6
4 Akron 10 27 566 20.96 0 2.7 56.6
5 Louisiana 10 25 559 22.36 1 2.5 55.9
6 Western Michigan 10 27 551 20.41 0 2.7 55.1
7 UAB 10 25 548 21.92 1 2.5 54.8
8 Louisiana Tech 9 22 546 24.82 2 2.4 60.7
9 Florida Atlantic 10 23 523 22.74 0 2.3 52.3
10 Liberty 11 25 522 20.88 1 2.3 47.5
11 Delaware 9 22 517 23.50 0 2.4 57.4
12 Tulane 10 22 515 23.41 0 2.2 51.5
13 North Texas 11 24 506 21.08 0 2.2 46.0
14 Miami (OH) 10 18 503 27.94 1 1.8 50.3
15 Troy 11 25 497 19.88 0 2.3 45.2
16 Sam Houston State 10 28 491 17.54 0 2.8 49.1
17 Tulsa 9 26 486 18.69 0 2.9 54.0
18 Marshall 10 21 482 22.95 0 2.1 48.2
19 Coastal Carolina 9 20 480 24.00 1 2.2 53.3
20 Buffalo 10 23 477 20.74 0 2.3 47.7
21 Arkansas State 9 23 473 20.57 1 2.6 52.6
22 San Jose State 9 21 431 20.52 0 2.3 47.9
22 Kennesaw State 10 23 431 18.74 0 2.3 43.1
24 Missouri State 9 22 429 19.50 0 2.4 47.7
25 San Diego State 9 18 428 23.78 0 2.0 47.6
26 Kent State 8 22 426 19.36 1 2.8 53.3
27 Charlotte 9 18 425 23.61 1 2.0 47.2
28 FIU 10 21 420 20.00 0 2.1 42.0
29 Ball State 9 20 413 20.65 1 2.2 45.9
30 Toledo 9 17 399 23.47 1 1.9 44.3
31 Navy 11 19 393 20.68 0 1.7 35.7
31 Boise State 12 22 393 17.86 0 1.8 32.8
33 Western Kentucky 10 20 378 18.90 1 2.0 37.8
34 UTEP 10 27 376 13.93 0 2.7 37.6
35 New Mexico 9 15 368 24.53 1 1.7 40.9
36 Appalachian State 10 20 367 18.35 0 2.0 36.7
37 Georgia State 9 20 364 18.20 0 2.2 40.4
38 Connecticut 8 17 360 21.18 0 2.1 45.0
38 Northern Illinois 9 17 360 21.18 0 1.9 40.0
40 UNLV 11 17 359 21.12 0 1.5 32.6
41 Eastern Michigan 10 21 353 16.81 0 2.1 35.3
42 Middle Tennessee State 10 17 347 20.41 0 1.7 34.7
43 Fresno State 9 16 325 20.31 0 1.8 36.1
44 Temple 9 18 317 17.61 0 2.0 35.2
45 Rice 10 17 313 18.41 0 1.7 31.3
46 James Madison 10 13 299 23.00 1 1.3 29.9
47 Ohio 8 12 294 24.50 1 1.5 36.8
48 Nevada 10 11 290 26.36 1 1.1 29.0
49 Oregon State 4 15 277 18.47 0 3.8 69.3
50 Hawaii 9 9 275 30.56 1 1.0 30.6
51 Central Michigan 9 12 235 19.58 0 1.3 26.1
52 New Mexico State 10 10 219 21.90 0 1.0 21.9
53 Texas A&M 3 7 216 30.86 0 2.3 72.0
54 Colorado State 9 12 214 17.83 0 1.3 23.8
55 Wyoming 9 12 203 16.92 0 1.3 22.6
56 Southern Miss 10 10 199 19.90 0 1.0 19.9
57 Air Force 11 9 190 21.11 0 0.8 17.3
58 Utah State 9 10 177 17.70 0 1.1 19.7
58 Memphis 10 10 177 17.70 1 1.0 17.7
60 UTSA 10 11 164 14.91 0 1.1 16.4
61 USF 9 9 156 17.33 0 1.0 17.3
62 East Carolina 9 10 152 15.20 0 1.1 16.9
63 Kansas State 1 2 143 71.50 1 2.0 143.0
63 Old Dominion 9 8 143 17.88 0 0.9 15.9
65 Pittsburgh 2 5 141 28.20 0 2.5 70.5
66 Washington State 6 7 140 20.00 0 1.2 23.3
67 Washington 2 5 135 27.00 0 2.5 67.5
68 Stanford 3 8 134 16.75 0 2.7 44.7
69 UCLA 2 7 133 19.00 0 3.5 66.5
70 Jacksonville State 11 8 125 15.63 0 0.7 11.4
71 Virginia Tech 1 6 124 20.67 0 6.0 124.0
72 USC 3 6 116 19.33 0 2.0 38.7
73 Colorado 2 4 112 28.00 0 2.0 56.0
74 Penn State 2 3 106 35.33 0 1.5 53.0
75 Massachusetts 9 7 103 14.71 0 0.8 11.4
76 Texas 3 6 101 16.83 0 2.0 33.7
77 Virginia 1 1 100 100.00 1 1.0 100.0
78 Duke 2 3 99 33.00 0 1.5 49.5
79 Vanderbilt 2 3 97 32.33 0 1.5 48.5
80 Auburn 2 4 96 24.00 0 2.0 48.0
81 Syracuse 2 5 95 19.00 0 2.5 47.5
82 Louisville 2 3 90 30.00 0 1.5 45.0
83 Rutgers 2 4 88 22.00 0 2.0 44.0
84 Michigan 2 4 85 21.25 0 2.0 42.5
85 South Alabama 10 8 81 10.13 0 0.8 8.1
86 BYU 1 3 76 25.33 0 3.0 76.0
87 Boston College 2 4 75 18.75 0 2.0 37.5
88 LSU 2 2 72 36.00 0 1.0 36.0
89 Kentucky 2 4 69 17.25 0 2.0 34.5
90 Missouri 2 2 66 33.00 0 1.0 33.0
91 Wake Forest 2 3 65 21.67 0 1.5 32.5
91 Army 10 5 65 13.00 0 0.5 6.5
93 Tennessee 2 2 64 32.00 0 1.0 32.0
94 West Virginia 1 3 63 21.00 0 3.0 63.0
95 Iowa 1 2 56 28.00 0 2.0 56.0
96 Louisiana-Monroe 9 6 55 9.17 0 0.7 6.1
97 Maryland 2 4 53 13.25 0 2.0 26.5
98 Indiana 2 2 45 22.50 0 1.0 22.5
99 Nebraska 1 2 42 21.00 0 2.0 42.0
100 UCF 1 2 34 17.00 0 2.0 34.0
101 Miami (FL) 2 1 32 32.00 0 0.5 16.0
102 Clemson 1 2 30 15.00 0 2.0 30.0
103 Arizona State 1 1 29 29.00 0 1.0 29.0
104 Houston 1 1 28 28.00 0 1.0 28.0
105 Notre Dame 2 2 26 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
106 Wisconsin 2 1 25 25.00 0 0.5 12.5
107 Cincinnati 1 1 23 23.00 0 1.0 23.0
107 Ole Miss 2 1 23 23.00 0 0.5 11.5
107 Arkansas 3 1 23 23.00 0 0.3 7.7
110 Michigan State 1 1 22 22.00 0 1.0 22.0
111 Purdue 2 1 20 20.00 0 0.5 10.0
112 North Carolina 1 1 19 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
113 NC State 2 1 17 17.00 0 0.5 8.5
114 California 1 1 15 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
114 South Carolina 1 1 15 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
116 Kansas 1 1 14 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
116 SMU 1 1 14 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
118 Utah 1 1 13 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
118 Northwestern 2 2 13 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
120 Texas Tech 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
121 Minnesota 1 1 8 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
122 Ohio State 1 1 3 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
123 Alabama 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
124 Georgia Tech 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0