2026 Big 12 Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/03/2026

Name Team Yr Pos G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Jayden McGowan Baylor SR WR 6 10 140 14.00 0 1.7 23.3
2 Kenny Johnson Texas Tech SR WR 6 11 106 9.64 0 1.8 17.7
3 Cannon DeVries BYU SO CB 5 10 85 8.50 0 2.0 17.0
4 Tate Nagy Kansas SO WR 6 5 96 19.20 1 0.8 16.0
5 Trent Walker Houston SR WR 6 6 74 12.33 0 1.0 12.3
6 Brandon White Kansas St SR WR 5 9 56 6.22 0 1.8 11.2
7 Caleb Smith Arizona FR WR 6 4 58 14.50 0 0.7 9.7
7 Jalen Moss Ariz St SR WR 6 6 58 9.67 0 1.0 9.7
7 Ed Small TCU SO WR 6 7 58 8.29 0 1.2 9.7
10 Tiger Bachmeier BYU SR WR 5 6 48 8.00 0 1.2 9.6
11 Sterling Lockett Kansas St SR WR 6 5 57 11.40 0 0.8 9.5
12 Bobby Deal Jr. Okla St JR S 6 4 53 13.25 0 0.7 8.8
13 Mana Carvalho Utah SO WR 7 11 45 4.09 0 1.6 6.4
14 Matt Sieg WVU FR S 6 3 36 12.00 0 0.5 6.0
14 Antione Jackson UCF SR DB 6 6 36 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
16 Malachi Henry Cincinnati SR WR 6 3 34 11.33 0 0.5 5.7
17 DeKalon Taylor Colorado SR RB 7 6 35 5.83 0 0.9 5.0
18 Miles Coleman Okla St JR WR 6 2 24 12.00 0 0.3 4.0
19 Creed Whittemore Utah SR WR 7 3 23 7.67 0 0.4 3.3
20 Gavin Freeman Baylor SR WR 6 2 17 8.50 0 0.3 2.8
21 Cade Wolford Cincinnati JR WR 5 2 12 6.00 0 0.4 2.4
22 DeAndre Moore Jr. Colorado SR WR 7 2 7 3.50 0 0.3 1.0
22 Boo Carter Colorado JR DB 7 3 7 2.33 0 0.4 1.0
24 Aiden Flora Iowa State SO RB 6 1 0 0.00 0 0.2 0.0
25 Cory Butler Jr. Ariz St SO WR 6 2 -9 -4.50 0 0.3 -1.5

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