2026 Big 12 Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games at Home Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aiden Flora | Iowa State | SO | RB | 2 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 1 | 3.0 | 62.5 |
| 2 | Miles Coleman | Okla St | JR | WR | 2 | 5 | 116 | 23.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 58.0 |
| 3 | Ace Theus | TCU | FR | WR | 2 | 9 | 99 | 11.00 | 0 | 4.5 | 49.5 |
| 4 | Chase Hinshaw | UCF | FR | WR | 2 | 3 | 84 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 42.0 |
| 5 | Brandon White | Kansas St | SR | WR | 3 | 7 | 120 | 17.14 | 1 | 2.3 | 40.0 |
| 6 | Cannon DeVries | BYU | SO | CB | 2 | 2 | 73 | 36.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 36.5 |
| 7 | Caleb Smith | Arizona | FR | WR | 2 | 2 | 69 | 34.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 34.5 |
| 8 | Tate Nagy | Kansas | SO | WR | 2 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 24.0 |
| 9 | Cade Wolford | Cincinnati | JR | WR | 2 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 17.0 |
| 10 | Jayden McGowan | Baylor | SR | WR | 2 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| 11 | Antione Jackson | UCF | SR | DB | 2 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.5 |
| 12 | Mana Carvalho | Utah | SO | WR | 3 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 13 | Ed Small | TCU | SO | WR | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| 14 | Bobby Deal Jr. | Okla St | JR | S | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 15 | Kenny Johnson | Texas Tech | SR | WR | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 16 | Dillon Arkansas | TCU | SO | LB | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 17 | Sterling Lockett | Kansas St | SR | WR | 3 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| 17 | Cory Butler, Jr. | Ariz St | SO | WR | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Jahleel Culbreath | UCF | SR | LB | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 19 | Boo Carter | Colorado | JR | DB | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 21 | Andrew Powdrell | WVU | SR | S | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 22 | Carson Robbins | Iowa State | SO | WR | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 22 | Matt Sieg | WVU | FR | S | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 24 | Jaquise Martin | Houston | SO | WR | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 25 | Garrick Ponder | Baylor | SR | JCK | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 26 | Malcolm Simmons | Texas Tech | JR | WR | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 27 | Creed Whittemore | Utah | SR | WR | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 28 | Omari Hayes | Iowa State | SR | WR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 29 | Trent Walker | Houston | SR | WR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Brandon Schmelzle | Kansas | FR | S | 2 | 1 | -9 | -9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -4.5 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.