2026 Big Ten Conference Leaders Kickoff Returns - All Games through 10/31/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Michigan State 8 21 431 20.52 0 2.6 53.9
2 Minnesota 8 12 267 22.25 0 1.5 33.4
3 Washington 8 15 263 17.53 0 1.9 32.9
4 Wisconsin 8 11 257 23.36 0 1.4 32.1
5 Northwestern 8 12 253 21.08 0 1.5 31.6
6 USC 9 15 243 16.20 0 1.7 27.0
7 Nebraska 8 12 230 19.17 0 1.5 28.8
8 Indiana 9 11 218 19.82 0 1.2 24.2
9 UCLA 8 11 204 18.55 0 1.4 25.5
10 Oregon 8 10 191 19.10 0 1.3 23.9
11 Iowa 8 5 186 37.20 1 0.6 23.3
12 Maryland 8 10 180 18.00 0 1.3 22.5
13 Michigan 8 8 170 21.25 0 1.0 21.3
14 Ohio State 8 10 164 16.40 0 1.3 20.5
15 Penn State 8 8 151 18.88 0 1.0 18.9
16 Illinois 8 7 143 20.43 0 0.9 17.9
17 Purdue 8 7 141 20.14 0 0.9 17.6
18 Rutgers 8 4 89 22.25 0 0.5 11.1