2026 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Jacksonville State 3 2 77 38.50 1 0.7 25.7
1 Oklahoma 2 3 113 37.67 1 1.5 56.5
1 Boise State 1 2 72 36.00 1 2.0 72.0
1 Arizona 1 2 69 34.50 1 2.0 69.0
1 Missouri 1 2 68 34.00 1 2.0 68.0
1 USC 2 5 155 31.00 1 2.5 77.5
1 Iowa 1 5 124 24.80 1 5.0 124.0
1 Iowa State 1 5 102 20.40 1 5.0 102.0
1 Vanderbilt 1 5 83 16.60 1 5.0 83.0
10 Illinois 1 1 65 65.00 0 1.0 65.0
10 North Dakota State 3 1 40 40.00 0 0.3 13.3
10 Virginia Tech 1 2 78 39.00 0 2.0 78.0
10 UCF 1 2 55 27.50 0 2.0 55.0
10 Indiana 2 2 53 26.50 0 1.0 26.5
10 Tennessee 1 1 24 24.00 0 1.0 24.0
10 New Mexico 1 2 47 23.50 0 2.0 47.0
10 Wake Forest 1 2 44 22.00 0 2.0 44.0
10 Fresno State 2 4 81 20.25 0 2.0 40.5
10 Minnesota 1 4 80 20.00 0 4.0 80.0
10 Michigan State 3 4 61 15.25 0 1.3 20.3
10 Nevada 2 7 102 14.57 0 3.5 51.0
10 Texas 1 3 41 13.67 0 3.0 41.0
10 Penn State 3 13 172 13.23 0 4.3 57.3
10 Georgia State 1 2 26 13.00 0 2.0 26.0
10 Clemson 1 3 38 12.67 0 3.0 38.0
10 Old Dominion 1 3 38 12.67 0 3.0 38.0
10 Rutgers 1 2 24 12.00 0 2.0 24.0
10 Sacramento State 2 2 23 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
10 Colorado State 1 3 34 11.33 0 3.0 34.0
10 LSU 1 4 44 11.00 0 4.0 44.0
10 North Texas 1 1 11 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
10 UAB 2 6 65 10.83 0 3.0 32.5
10 Middle Tennessee State 2 4 41 10.25 0 2.0 20.5
10 South Carolina 1 3 30 10.00 0 3.0 30.0
10 Florida Atlantic 2 3 30 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
10 Texas A&M 1 4 38 9.50 0 4.0 38.0
10 Notre Dame 1 5 47 9.40 0 5.0 47.0
10 Alabama 1 3 27 9.00 0 3.0 27.0
10 Georgia 1 3 27 9.00 0 3.0 27.0
10 Cincinnati 1 1 9 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
10 Marshall 2 3 25 8.33 0 1.5 12.5
10 Eastern Michigan 2 2 16 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
10 Louisiana 1 1 8 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
10 Central Michigan 2 1 8 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
10 Pittsburgh 1 2 15 7.50 0 2.0 15.0
10 Army 1 1 7 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
10 Ohio 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
10 TCU 1 4 26 6.50 0 4.0 26.0
10 Wyoming 1 1 6 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
10 Texas State 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
10 FIU 3 8 46 5.75 0 2.7 15.3
10 Sam Houston State 2 2 11 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
10 Nebraska 2 7 35 5.00 0 3.5 17.5
10 Michigan 2 4 19 4.75 0 2.0 9.5
10 San Jose State 1 4 18 4.50 0 4.0 18.0
10 East Carolina 2 2 9 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
10 Stanford 1 4 17 4.25 0 4.0 17.0
10 Baylor 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
10 James Madison 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
10 Ohio State 2 8 30 3.75 0 4.0 15.0
10 Liberty 2 3 11 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
10 Arkansas State 1 2 7 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
10 San Diego State 1 4 12 3.00 0 4.0 12.0
10 Wisconsin 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
10 Oklahoma State 1 3 7 2.33 0 3.0 7.0
10 Hawaii 2 2 3 1.50 0 1.0 1.5
10 Western Michigan 1 3 4 1.33 0 3.0 4.0
10 Duke 1 4 5 1.25 0 4.0 5.0
10 Connecticut 1 2 1 0.50 0 2.0 1.0
10 Memphis 2 2 1 0.50 0 1.0 0.5
10 UNLV 3 2 1 0.50 0 0.7 0.3
10 Appalachian State 2 3 1 0.33 0 1.5 0.5
10 Buffalo 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
10 Georgia Southern 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
10 Kansas State 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
10 New Mexico State 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
10 Tulsa 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
10 Auburn 1 2 -2 -1.00 0 2.0 -2.0
10 Coastal Carolina 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 1.0 -2.0