2026 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 09/12/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Massachusetts 2 2 141 70.50 1 1.0 70.5
2 Illinois 2 2 79 39.50 0 1.0 39.5
3 BYU 2 2 73 36.50 0 1.0 36.5
4 Florida 2 5 173 34.60 2 2.5 86.5
5 Minnesota 2 6 197 32.83 2 3.0 98.5
6 James Madison 2 6 180 30.00 3 3.0 90.0
7 Western Michigan 2 3 80 26.67 0 1.5 40.0
8 Oklahoma 2 5 132 26.40 1 2.5 66.0
9 Boise State 2 3 74 24.67 1 1.5 37.0
10 South Carolina 2 7 161 23.00 2 3.5 80.5
11 USC 3 8 176 22.00 1 2.7 58.7
11 Wake Forest 2 2 44 22.00 0 1.0 22.0
13 Temple 2 4 86 21.50 0 2.0 43.0
14 Iowa 2 7 147 21.00 1 3.5 73.5
15 Kansas State 2 7 141 20.14 1 3.5 70.5
16 New Mexico 2 6 116 19.33 0 3.0 58.0
16 Maryland 2 3 58 19.33 0 1.5 29.0
18 Syracuse 2 11 209 19.00 0 5.5 104.5
18 Ball State 2 2 38 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
20 UCF 2 7 130 18.57 0 3.5 65.0
21 Coastal Carolina 2 5 91 18.20 0 2.5 45.5
22 Virginia Tech 2 9 157 17.44 1 4.5 78.5
23 Army 2 5 87 17.40 0 2.5 43.5
24 Missouri 2 2 34 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
25 Louisiana Tech 2 6 99 16.50 1 3.0 49.5
25 Utah 2 2 33 16.50 0 1.0 16.5
27 Vanderbilt 2 8 126 15.75 2 4.0 63.0
28 UCLA 2 5 78 15.60 0 2.5 39.0
29 Michigan State 2 4 61 15.25 0 2.0 30.5
30 Sacramento State 3 3 45 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
31 Northern Illinois 2 4 59 14.75 0 2.0 29.5
32 Colorado State 2 5 71 14.20 0 2.5 35.5
33 Utah State 2 4 56 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
33 Arkansas 2 2 28 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
35 TCU 2 10 132 13.20 0 5.0 66.0
35 Georgia State 2 5 66 13.20 0 2.5 33.0
35 North Dakota State 3 5 66 13.20 0 1.7 22.0
38 Connecticut 2 5 64 12.80 0 2.5 32.0
39 Penn State 2 5 63 12.60 0 2.5 31.5
40 Rutgers 2 2 24 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
41 Georgia 2 8 95 11.88 0 4.0 47.5
42 Texas A&M 2 5 59 11.80 0 2.5 29.5
43 Indiana 2 5 55 11.00 0 2.5 27.5
43 LSU 2 4 44 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
43 Iowa State 2 3 33 11.00 0 1.5 16.5
43 Florida Atlantic 2 2 22 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
43 Southern Miss 2 2 22 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
43 Florida State 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
43 North Texas 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
50 San Jose State 3 6 62 10.33 0 2.0 20.7
51 Marshall 2 2 20 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
51 Miami (FL) 2 2 20 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
51 Western Kentucky 2 2 20 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
54 Notre Dame 2 6 59 9.83 0 3.0 29.5
55 Alabama 2 4 39 9.75 0 2.0 19.5
56 Akron 2 3 29 9.67 0 1.5 14.5
57 Nevada 2 2 19 9.50 0 1.0 9.5
58 Miami (OH) 2 3 28 9.33 1 1.5 14.0
58 Louisiana 2 3 28 9.33 0 1.5 14.0
60 Clemson 2 4 36 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
61 Buffalo 2 4 34 8.50 0 2.0 17.0
62 NC State 2 8 66 8.25 0 4.0 33.0
62 Louisville 2 4 33 8.25 0 2.0 16.5
62 Old Dominion 2 4 33 8.25 0 2.0 16.5
65 UAB 2 4 32 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
65 Eastern Michigan 3 2 16 8.00 0 0.7 5.3
65 North Carolina 2 1 8 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
68 Middle Tennessee State 2 7 50 7.14 0 3.5 25.0
69 Missouri State 2 6 42 7.00 0 3.0 21.0
69 Washington 2 4 28 7.00 0 2.0 14.0
69 Wisconsin 2 3 21 7.00 1 1.5 10.5
69 UTSA 2 3 21 7.00 0 1.5 10.5
69 Kennesaw State 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
74 Cincinnati 2 5 34 6.80 0 2.5 17.0
75 Virginia 2 3 20 6.67 0 1.5 10.0
76 Kansas 2 6 39 6.50 0 3.0 19.5
77 Pittsburgh 2 5 32 6.40 0 2.5 16.0
78 Texas Tech 2 4 25 6.25 0 2.0 12.5
79 FIU 2 6 37 6.17 0 3.0 18.5
80 San Diego State 2 8 48 6.00 0 4.0 24.0
80 Delaware 2 6 36 6.00 1 3.0 18.0
80 Purdue 2 4 24 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
80 Arkansas State 2 3 18 6.00 0 1.5 9.0
80 Tulane 2 2 12 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
80 Texas State 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
86 Kentucky 2 5 29 5.80 0 2.5 14.5
87 Jacksonville State 3 3 17 5.67 0 1.0 5.7
88 Sam Houston State 2 2 11 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
89 Georgia Southern 2 6 30 5.00 0 3.0 15.0
89 Appalachian State 2 5 25 5.00 0 2.5 12.5
89 UTEP 2 3 15 5.00 0 1.5 7.5
89 Washington State 2 2 10 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
89 Northwestern 1 1 5 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
89 Arizona 2 1 5 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
95 Baylor 2 5 24 4.80 0 2.5 12.0
96 Liberty 2 3 14 4.67 0 1.5 7.0
97 Michigan 2 2 9 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
97 West Virginia 2 2 9 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
99 Ohio State 2 6 26 4.33 0 3.0 13.0
99 Tennessee 2 3 13 4.33 0 1.5 6.5
101 Hawaii 3 4 17 4.25 0 1.3 5.7
102 SMU 2 6 25 4.17 0 3.0 12.5
103 Houston 2 2 8 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
104 Ole Miss 2 2 7 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
105 Nebraska 2 7 24 3.43 0 3.5 12.0
106 Wyoming 2 3 10 3.33 0 1.5 5.0
107 Arizona State 2 4 13 3.25 0 2.0 6.5
107 Colorado 2 4 13 3.25 0 2.0 6.5
109 Charlotte 2 3 9 3.00 0 1.5 4.5
109 Navy 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
111 Toledo 2 2 5 2.50 1 1.0 2.5
111 Fresno State 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
111 California 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
111 Troy 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
115 Oklahoma State 2 3 7 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
116 Stanford 2 4 8 2.00 0 2.0 4.0
116 Boston College 2 2 4 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
118 Duke 2 4 5 1.25 0 2.0 2.5
119 East Carolina 2 2 2 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
119 Oregon 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
121 Memphis 3 2 1 0.50 0 0.7 0.3
121 UNLV 3 2 1 0.50 0 0.7 0.3
123 Auburn 2 3 0 0.00 0 1.5 0.0
123 Air Force 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
125 Tulsa 2 2 -1 -0.50 0 1.0 -0.5
126 New Mexico State 3 3 -3 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
127 Texas 2 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.5 -1.0
128 Georgia Tech 2 2 -10 -5.00 1 1.0 -5.0
129 Kent State 2 1 -13 -13.00 0 0.5 -6.5