2026 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 10/14/2026
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernell Brown III | Florida | SO | WR | 4 | 5 | 173 | 34.60 | 2 | 1.3 | 43.3 |
| 1 | Michael Scott | James Mad | SO | WR | 6 | 11 | 220 | 20.00 | 2 | 1.8 | 36.7 |
| 1 | Javon Tracy | Minnesota | SR | WR | 6 | 17 | 299 | 17.59 | 2 | 2.8 | 49.8 |
| 1 | Vicari Swain | S Carolina | SR | DB | 6 | 12 | 189 | 15.75 | 2 | 2.0 | 31.5 |
| 5 | T.Y. Harding | U Mass | SR | WR | 6 | 4 | 148 | 37.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 24.7 |
| 5 | Tank Hawkins, Jr. | Wash St | SO | WR | 6 | 2 | 73 | 36.50 | 1 | 0.3 | 12.2 |
| 5 | Cam Bates | Boise St | JR | WR | 4 | 2 | 69 | 34.50 | 1 | 0.5 | 17.3 |
| 5 | Trent Mosley | USC | FR | WR | 4 | 5 | 158 | 31.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 39.5 |
| 5 | Robby Washington | Coast Car | JR | WR | 6 | 5 | 149 | 29.80 | 1 | 0.8 | 24.8 |
| 5 | Dameon Crowe | Texas St | FR | WR | 4 | 4 | 118 | 29.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 29.5 |
| 5 | Miles Halbert | James Mad | SO | WR | 6 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| 5 | Josiah Broxton | Vanderbilt | SO | LB | 6 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 4.5 |
| 5 | Caleb Smith | Arizona | FR | WR | 6 | 5 | 125 | 25.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 20.8 |
| 5 | Easton Messer | FAU | SR | WR | 5 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 1 | 1.0 | 22.8 |
| 5 | Hayden Roy | Toledo | FR | LB | 6 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| 5 | Isaiah Sategna III | Oklahoma | SR | WR | 5 | 7 | 130 | 18.57 | 1 | 1.4 | 26.0 |
| 5 | Caleb Nix | J'ville St | SR | SAF | 7 | 7 | 127 | 18.14 | 1 | 1.0 | 18.1 |
| 5 | Tate Nagy | Kansas | SO | WR | 4 | 7 | 125 | 17.86 | 1 | 1.8 | 31.3 |
| 5 | Aiden Flora | Iowa State | SO | RB | 6 | 7 | 125 | 17.86 | 1 | 1.2 | 20.8 |
| 5 | DaMarion Fowlkes | Missouri | SO | WR | 6 | 8 | 137 | 17.13 | 1 | 1.3 | 22.8 |
| 5 | Devin Roche | ODU | JR | RB | 6 | 10 | 154 | 15.40 | 1 | 1.7 | 25.7 |
| 5 | Bryant Wesco, Jr. | Clemson | JR | WR | 5 | 8 | 123 | 15.38 | 1 | 1.6 | 24.6 |
| 5 | Dedrick Latulas | La Tech | SR | WR | 5 | 7 | 103 | 14.71 | 1 | 1.4 | 20.6 |
| 5 | Evan James | Iowa | SO | WR | 6 | 12 | 176 | 14.67 | 1 | 2.0 | 29.3 |
| 5 | Brandon White | Kansas St | SR | WR | 5 | 9 | 132 | 14.67 | 1 | 1.8 | 26.4 |
| 5 | Qua Moss | Tennessee | SR | DB | 5 | 9 | 115 | 12.78 | 1 | 1.8 | 23.0 |
| 5 | Jaylen Thomas | Wash St | SO | S | 6 | 8 | 74 | 9.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| 5 | Brock Coffman | Kentucky | SO | WR | 6 | 9 | 75 | 8.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 5 | Bryson Graves | Delaware | JR | WR | 6 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Carson Van Dinter | Wisconsin | JR | S | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 5 | Austin Howard | Vanderbilt | SO | LB | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |