2026 National Leaders Long Punt Return Plays - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026
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| Name | G | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Florida | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | James Madison | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Arizona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Boise State | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Fresno State | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Illinois | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Iowa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Missouri | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | USC | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Washington State | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Air Force | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Akron | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Appalachian State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Arizona State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Arkansas State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Army | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Auburn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | BYU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Baylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Boston College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Bowling Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Buffalo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | California | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Central Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Charlotte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Clemson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Colorado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Colorado State | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Delaware | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Duke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | East Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FIU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Georgia State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Hawaii | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Houston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Indiana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kansas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kent State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | LSU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Liberty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Louisville | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Marshall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Maryland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Memphis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Missouri State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | NC State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Navy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Nevada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | New Mexico State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | North Dakota State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | North Texas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ohio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Old Dominion | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Oregon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Purdue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Rice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | SMU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Sacramento State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | San Diego State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | San Jose State | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | South Alabama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Syracuse | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | TCU | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Temple | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Texas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Texas State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Toledo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Troy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Tulane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Tulsa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | UAB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | UCF | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | UCLA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | USF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | UTEP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | UTSA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Utah | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Utah State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Virginia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Washington | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wyoming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |