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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Georgia Southern 11 33 754 22.85 1 3.0 68.5
2 Texas State 11 31 702 22.65 1 2.8 63.8
3 Troy 12 29 647 22.31 0 2.4 53.9
4 Bowling Green 9 27 617 22.85 0 3.0 68.6
5 Western Michigan 11 29 583 20.10 0 2.6 53.0
6 Delaware 10 25 574 22.96 0 2.5 57.4
7 Akron 10 27 566 20.96 0 2.7 56.6
8 Louisiana 11 25 559 22.36 1 2.3 50.8
9 Louisiana Tech 10 23 553 24.04 2 2.3 55.3
10 UAB 10 25 548 21.92 1 2.5 54.8
11 Miami (OH) 11 20 540 27.00 1 1.8 49.1
12 North Texas 12 25 531 21.24 0 2.1 44.3
13 Florida Atlantic 10 23 523 22.74 0 2.3 52.3
14 Liberty 11 25 522 20.88 1 2.3 47.5
15 Tulane 10 22 515 23.41 0 2.2 51.5
16 Missouri State 10 26 505 19.42 0 2.6 50.5
17 Coastal Carolina 10 21 504 24.00 1 2.1 50.4
18 Kennesaw State 11 26 491 18.88 0 2.4 44.6
18 Sam Houston State 10 28 491 17.54 0 2.8 49.1
20 Tulsa 9 26 486 18.69 0 2.9 54.0
21 Marshall 10 21 482 22.95 0 2.1 48.2
22 Connecticut 9 23 481 20.91 0 2.6 53.4
23 Buffalo 10 23 477 20.74 0 2.3 47.7
24 Arkansas State 10 26 474 18.23 1 2.6 47.4
25 FIU 11 23 454 19.74 0 2.1 41.3
26 San Diego State 10 19 435 22.89 0 1.9 43.5
26 Appalachian State 11 23 435 18.91 0 2.1 39.5
28 San Jose State 9 21 431 20.52 0 2.3 47.9
29 Kent State 8 22 426 19.36 1 2.8 53.3
30 Charlotte 9 18 425 23.61 1 2.0 47.2
31 Ball State 9 20 413 20.65 1 2.2 45.9
32 Toledo 9 17 399 23.47 1 1.9 44.3
33 Navy 11 19 393 20.68 0 1.7 35.7
33 Boise State 12 22 393 17.86 0 1.8 32.8
35 Rice 11 20 390 19.50 0 1.8 35.5
36 UNLV 12 19 387 20.37 0 1.6 32.3
37 Western Kentucky 11 20 378 18.90 1 1.8 34.4
38 UTEP 10 27 376 13.93 0 2.7 37.6
39 New Mexico 9 15 368 24.53 1 1.7 40.9
40 Georgia State 9 20 364 18.20 0 2.2 40.4
41 Northern Illinois 9 17 360 21.18 0 1.9 40.0
42 Eastern Michigan 10 21 353 16.81 0 2.1 35.3
43 Middle Tennessee State 10 17 347 20.41 0 1.7 34.7
44 Fresno State 10 16 325 20.31 0 1.6 32.5
45 Temple 9 18 317 17.61 0 2.0 35.2
46 James Madison 10 13 299 23.00 1 1.3 29.9
47 Ohio 9 12 294 24.50 1 1.3 32.7
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 Southern Miss 11 11 229 20.82 0 1.0 20.8
53 Pittsburgh 3 9 220 24.44 0 3.0 73.3
54 New Mexico State 10 10 219 21.90 0 1.0 21.9
55 Texas A&M 3 7 216 30.86 0 2.3 72.0
56 Colorado State 9 12 214 17.83 0 1.3 23.8
57 Wyoming 9 12 203 16.92 0 1.3 22.6
58 Washington State 7 10 198 19.80 0 1.4 28.3
59 USF 10 11 193 17.55 0 1.1 19.3
60 Air Force 11 9 190 21.11 0 0.8 17.3
61 Utah State 9 10 177 17.70 0 1.1 19.7
61 Memphis 10 10 177 17.70 1 1.0 17.7
63 UTSA 11 10 164 16.40 0 0.9 14.9
64 East Carolina 9 10 152 15.20 0 1.1 16.9
65 Kansas State 1 2 143 71.50 1 2.0 143.0
65 Old Dominion 10 8 143 17.88 0 0.8 14.3
67 Jacksonville State 12 9 140 15.56 0 0.8 11.7
68 Washington 2 5 135 27.00 0 2.5 67.5
69 Stanford 3 8 134 16.75 0 2.7 44.7
70 UCLA 2 7 133 19.00 0 3.5 66.5
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 Louisville 3 4 107 26.75 0 1.3 35.7
75 Penn State 2 3 106 35.33 0 1.5 53.0
76 Massachusetts 9 7 103 14.71 0 0.8 11.4
77 Texas 3 6 101 16.83 0 2.0 33.7
78 Virginia 1 1 100 100.00 1 1.0 100.0
79 Duke 2 3 99 33.00 0 1.5 49.5
80 Vanderbilt 2 3 97 32.33 0 1.5 48.5
81 Auburn 2 4 96 24.00 0 2.0 48.0
82 Syracuse 2 5 95 19.00 0 2.5 47.5
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 11 5 65 13.00 0 0.5 5.9
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 California 2 3 48 16.00 0 1.5 24.0
99 Indiana 2 2 45 22.50 0 1.0 22.5
100 Oregon 1 2 43 21.50 0 2.0 43.0
101 Nebraska 1 2 42 21.00 0 2.0 42.0
102 UCF 1 2 34 17.00 0 2.0 34.0
103 Miami (FL) 2 1 32 32.00 0 0.5 16.0
104 Clemson 1 2 30 15.00 0 2.0 30.0
105 Arizona State 1 1 29 29.00 0 1.0 29.0
106 Houston 1 1 28 28.00 0 1.0 28.0
107 Notre Dame 2 2 26 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
108 Wisconsin 2 1 25 25.00 0 0.5 12.5
109 Cincinnati 2 1 23 23.00 0 0.5 11.5
109 Arkansas 3 1 23 23.00 0 0.3 7.7
109 Ole Miss 3 1 23 23.00 0 0.3 7.7
112 Michigan State 1 1 22 22.00 0 1.0 22.0
113 Minnesota 2 2 21 10.50 0 1.0 10.5
114 Purdue 2 1 20 20.00 0 0.5 10.0
115 North Carolina 1 1 19 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
116 NC State 3 1 17 17.00 0 0.3 5.7
117 South Carolina 1 1 15 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
118 Kansas 1 1 14 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
118 SMU 1 1 14 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
120 Utah 1 1 13 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
120 Northwestern 3 2 13 6.50 0 0.7 4.3
122 Texas Tech 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
123 Ohio State 1 1 3 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
124 Alabama 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
125 Georgia Tech 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0