2026 Big 12 Conference Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 10/13/2026

Name Team Yr Pos G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Jayden McGowan Baylor SR WR 5 13 170 13.08 0 2.6 34.0
2 Tate Nagy Kansas SO WR 4 7 125 17.86 1 1.8 31.3
3 Cannon DeVries BYU SO CB 4 7 116 16.57 0 1.8 29.0
4 Brandon White Kansas St SR WR 5 9 132 14.67 1 1.8 26.4
5 Miles Coleman Okla St JR WR 5 9 129 14.33 0 1.8 25.8
6 Ace Theus TCU FR WR 4 9 99 11.00 0 2.3 24.8
7 Caleb Smith Arizona FR WR 6 5 125 25.00 1 0.8 20.8
7 Aiden Flora Iowa State SO RB 6 7 125 17.86 1 1.2 20.8
9 Kenny Johnson Texas Tech SR WR 5 9 80 8.89 0 1.8 16.0
10 Ed Small TCU SO WR 5 5 70 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
11 Trent Walker Houston SR WR 6 7 72 10.29 0 1.2 12.0
11 Tiger Bachmeier BYU SR WR 4 6 48 8.00 0 1.5 12.0
13 Antione Jackson UCF SR DB 6 7 67 9.57 0 1.2 11.2
14 Mana Carvalho Utah SO WR 5 7 54 7.71 0 1.4 10.8
14 Cade Wolford Cincinnati JR WR 4 6 43 7.17 0 1.5 10.8
16 Keaton Kubecka Kansas JR WR 5 2 48 24.00 0 0.4 9.6
17 Jalen Moss Ariz St SR WR 5 3 43 14.33 0 0.6 8.6
18 Bobby Deal Jr. Okla St JR S 5 2 41 20.50 0 0.4 8.2
19 Matt Sieg WVU FR S 6 4 45 11.25 0 0.7 7.5
20 Malachi Henry Cincinnati SR WR 5 2 37 18.50 0 0.4 7.4
21 Sterling Lockett Kansas St SR WR 5 2 29 14.50 0 0.4 5.8
21 Malcolm Simmons Texas Tech JR WR 5 3 29 9.67 0 0.6 5.8
23 Creed Whittemore Utah SR WR 5 3 23 7.67 0 0.6 4.6
24 Dillon Arkansas TCU SO LB 5 1 15 15.00 0 0.2 3.0
25 Boo Carter Colorado JR DB 5 5 13 2.60 0 1.0 2.6
26 Jahleel Culbreath UCF SR LB 6 1 12 12.00 0 0.2 2.0
27 Andrew Powdrell WVU SR S 6 1 10 10.00 0 0.2 1.7
28 Carson Robbins Iowa State SO WR 6 1 9 9.00 0 0.2 1.5
29 Garrick Ponder Baylor SR JCK 5 1 7 7.00 0 0.2 1.4
30 DeKalon Taylor Colorado SR RB 5 1 1 1.00 0 0.2 0.2
30 Omari Hayes Iowa State SR WR 6 1 1 1.00 0 0.2 0.2
32 Cory Butler, Jr. Ariz St SO WR 5 3 -2 -0.67 0 0.6 -0.4
33 Brandon Schmelzle Kansas FR S 4 1 -9 -9.00 0 0.3 -2.3

Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.