2026 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa 2 7 147 21.00 1 3.5 73.5
2 Penn State 3 13 172 13.23 0 4.3 57.3
3 Iowa State 2 5 102 20.40 1 2.5 51.0
3 Nevada 2 7 102 14.57 0 3.5 51.0
5 USC 4 8 176 22.00 1 2.0 44.0
6 Oklahoma 3 6 130 21.67 1 2.0 43.3
7 Minnesota 2 5 84 16.80 0 2.5 42.0
8 Vanderbilt 2 5 83 16.60 1 2.5 41.5
9 Illinois 2 2 79 39.50 0 1.0 39.5
10 Virginia Tech 2 2 78 39.00 0 1.0 39.0
11 Kansas 2 2 77 38.50 1 1.0 38.5
12 Arizona 2 3 74 24.67 1 1.5 37.0
12 Boise State 2 3 74 24.67 1 1.5 37.0
14 UCF 2 3 72 24.00 0 1.5 36.0
15 Missouri 2 2 68 34.00 1 1.0 34.0
16 NC State 2 3 65 21.67 0 1.5 32.5
17 TCU 2 6 64 10.67 0 3.0 32.0
18 UAB 3 7 84 12.00 0 2.3 28.0
19 New Mexico 2 3 55 18.33 0 1.5 27.5
20 Fresno State 3 4 81 20.25 0 1.3 27.0
21 Indiana 2 2 53 26.50 0 1.0 26.5
22 UCLA 3 5 78 15.60 0 1.7 26.0
22 Syracuse 2 5 52 10.40 0 2.5 26.0
24 Jacksonville State 3 2 77 38.50 1 0.7 25.7
25 Kansas State 2 5 51 10.20 0 2.5 25.5
26 San Diego State 2 8 42 5.25 0 4.0 21.0
27 Middle Tennessee State 2 4 41 10.25 0 2.0 20.5
28 Michigan State 3 4 61 15.25 0 1.3 20.3
29 Notre Dame 3 6 59 9.83 0 2.0 19.7
29 Texas A&M 3 6 59 9.83 0 2.0 19.7
31 Wake Forest 3 4 58 14.50 0 1.3 19.3
32 Old Dominion 2 3 38 12.67 0 1.5 19.0
33 Stanford 3 8 55 6.88 0 2.7 18.3
34 Nebraska 2 7 35 5.00 0 3.5 17.5
35 Colorado State 2 3 34 11.33 0 1.5 17.0
35 Texas Tech 2 4 34 8.50 0 2.0 17.0
35 Utah State 2 4 34 8.50 0 2.0 17.0
38 Clemson 3 5 47 9.40 0 1.7 15.7
39 FIU 3 8 46 5.75 0 2.7 15.3
39 Ohio State 3 10 46 4.60 0 3.3 15.3
41 South Carolina 2 3 30 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
42 LSU 3 4 44 11.00 0 1.3 14.7
43 Alabama 3 5 42 8.40 0 1.7 14.0
43 Washington 2 4 28 7.00 0 2.0 14.0
45 Georgia 2 3 27 9.00 0 1.5 13.5
45 BYU 2 4 27 6.75 0 2.0 13.5
47 North Dakota State 3 1 40 40.00 0 0.3 13.3
48 Georgia State 2 2 26 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
48 Texas 3 4 39 9.75 0 1.3 13.0
50 Tennessee 2 3 25 8.33 0 1.5 12.5
51 James Madison 2 4 24 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
52 Delaware 2 3 23 7.67 1 1.5 11.5
52 Arkansas State 2 4 23 5.75 0 2.0 11.5
54 Houston 2 2 22 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
55 Pittsburgh 3 5 32 6.40 0 1.7 10.7
56 Cincinnati 2 3 21 7.00 0 1.5 10.5
57 Florida Atlantic 3 3 30 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
58 Louisville 2 2 19 9.50 0 1.0 9.5
58 Connecticut 2 3 19 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
60 North Carolina 2 2 18 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
61 Marshall 3 3 25 8.33 0 1.0 8.3
62 Rutgers 3 2 24 12.00 0 0.7 8.0
62 Wyoming 2 4 16 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
64 Sacramento State 3 2 23 11.50 0 0.7 7.7
65 Georgia Tech 2 2 14 7.00 1 1.0 7.0
65 Army 1 1 7 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
67 Western Kentucky 3 2 20 10.00 0 0.7 6.7
68 Arizona State 2 4 13 3.25 0 2.0 6.5
69 Michigan 3 4 19 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
70 San Jose State 3 5 18 3.60 0 1.7 6.0
70 SMU 2 4 12 3.00 0 2.0 6.0
72 Hawaii 3 4 17 4.25 0 1.3 5.7
73 UTSA 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
73 Sam Houston State 2 2 11 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
73 Liberty 2 3 11 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
73 Utah 2 3 11 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
77 Louisiana 2 2 10 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
77 Washington State 2 2 10 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
79 Purdue 2 2 9 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
79 Akron 2 3 9 3.00 0 1.5 4.5
81 Eastern Michigan 4 2 16 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
81 Central Michigan 2 1 8 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
81 Tulane 3 2 12 6.00 0 0.7 4.0
81 Northwestern 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
81 Colorado 2 3 8 2.67 0 1.5 4.0
86 North Texas 3 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 3.7
86 Florida State 3 2 11 5.50 0 0.7 3.7
88 UTEP 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
88 Oklahoma State 2 3 7 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
90 Duke 3 5 10 2.00 0 1.7 3.3
91 West Virginia 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
91 East Carolina 3 3 9 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
93 California 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
94 Ohio 3 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 2.3
94 Ole Miss 3 3 7 2.33 0 1.0 2.3
96 Texas State 3 1 6 6.00 0 0.3 2.0
96 Boston College 2 2 4 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
96 Western Michigan 2 4 4 1.00 0 2.0 2.0
99 Wisconsin 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
100 Louisiana Tech 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
101 Oregon 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
101 Baylor 2 2 1 0.50 0 1.0 0.5
101 Appalachian State 2 3 1 0.33 0 1.5 0.5
104 Memphis 3 2 1 0.50 0 0.7 0.3
104 UNLV 3 2 1 0.50 0 0.7 0.3
106 Auburn 3 3 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
106 Buffalo 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
106 Florida 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
106 New Mexico State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
106 Virginia 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
111 Kentucky 2 2 -1 -0.50 0 1.0 -0.5
111 Tulsa 2 2 -1 -0.50 0 1.0 -0.5
113 Coastal Carolina 2 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.5 -1.0
113 Miami (OH) 2 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.5 -1.0
113 Miami (FL) 2 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.5 -1.0
116 Georgia Southern 2 2 -5 -2.50 0 1.0 -2.5
117 Missouri State 2 1 -6 -6.00 0 0.5 -3.0