2005 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 01/04/2006

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 UCLA 12 19 475 25.00 3 1.6 39.6
2 Fresno State 13 33 614 18.61 4 2.5 47.2
3 Kentucky 11 24 395 16.46 0 2.2 35.9
4 California 12 28 438 15.64 2 2.3 36.5
5 Texas 13 43 671 15.60 4 3.3 51.6
6 West Virginia 12 23 358 15.57 2 1.9 29.8
7 UCF 13 29 446 15.38 2 2.2 34.3
8 Arizona State 12 26 389 14.96 2 2.2 32.4
9 Florida State 13 54 801 14.83 4 4.2 61.6
10 Wisconsin 13 33 484 14.67 3 2.5 37.2
10 Northwestern 12 18 264 14.67 1 1.5 22.0
12 Notre Dame 12 28 396 14.14 2 2.3 33.0
12 LSU 13 29 410 14.14 2 2.2 31.5
14 Georgia 13 33 456 13.82 1 2.5 35.1
15 Iowa 12 26 340 13.08 1 2.2 28.3
16 Bowling Green 11 29 376 12.97 1 2.6 34.2
17 Nebraska 12 50 647 12.94 0 4.2 53.9
18 Boise State 13 44 565 12.84 3 3.4 43.5
19 South Florida 12 43 538 12.51 0 3.6 44.8
20 TCU 12 26 323 12.42 0 2.2 26.9
21 Missouri 12 21 259 12.33 1 1.8 21.6
22 Kansas 12 53 640 12.08 2 4.4 53.3
23 Troy 11 35 419 11.97 1 3.2 38.1
24 Miami (Ohio) 11 29 346 11.93 1 2.6 31.5
25 Michigan 12 36 423 11.75 0 3.0 35.3
26 Washington State 11 27 314 11.63 1 2.5 28.5
27 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 12 139 11.58 0 1.1 12.6
28 Houston 12 26 299 11.50 1 2.2 24.9
29 Baylor 11 36 413 11.47 1 3.3 37.5
30 Tulane 11 27 305 11.30 0 2.5 27.7
31 Pittsburgh 11 30 338 11.27 1 2.7 30.7
32 Oregon 12 32 360 11.25 1 2.7 30.0
33 Kansas State 11 31 347 11.19 3 2.8 31.5
34 Ohio State 12 38 424 11.16 2 3.2 35.3
35 Miami (Florida) 12 37 407 11.00 2 3.1 33.9
36 UTEP 12 31 337 10.87 1 2.6 28.1
37 Arizona 11 21 227 10.81 1 1.9 20.6
38 Central Michigan 11 26 280 10.77 2 2.4 25.5
39 Colorado State 12 21 226 10.76 1 1.8 18.8
40 Ball State 11 21 225 10.71 2 1.9 20.5
41 Penn State 12 38 401 10.55 1 3.2 33.4
42 Minnesota 12 24 251 10.46 1 2.0 20.9
43 Colorado 13 30 313 10.43 2 2.3 24.1
44 Connecticut 11 37 384 10.38 0 3.4 34.9
45 Air Force 11 20 206 10.30 1 1.8 18.7
46 Louisville 12 39 394 10.10 0 3.3 32.8
47 Arkansas State 12 39 391 10.03 1 3.3 32.6
48 Utah State 11 27 270 10.00 1 2.5 24.5
49 Texas Tech 12 42 414 9.86 1 3.5 34.5
50 Boston College 12 31 302 9.74 0 2.6 25.2
51 Syracuse 11 29 279 9.62 1 2.6 25.4
52 Arkansas 11 30 287 9.57 0 2.7 26.1
53 SMU 11 22 209 9.50 0 2.0 19.0
54 Rutgers 12 21 199 9.48 2 1.8 16.6
55 Michigan State 11 21 197 9.38 0 1.9 17.9
56 Tulsa 13 25 232 9.28 1 1.9 17.8
57 North Carolina 11 31 286 9.23 1 2.8 26.0
58 Western Michigan 11 23 212 9.22 1 2.1 19.3
59 Texas A&M 11 15 136 9.07 1 1.4 12.4
60 Middle Tennessee 11 23 206 8.96 0 2.1 18.7
61 Nevada 12 28 249 8.89 0 2.3 20.8
62 Virginia Tech 13 46 408 8.87 0 3.5 31.4
63 USC 13 22 190 8.64 1 1.7 14.6
64 Iowa State 12 26 223 8.58 0 2.2 18.6
65 Tennessee 11 27 226 8.37 0 2.5 20.5
66 North Texas 11 16 132 8.25 1 1.5 12.0
67 Southern Mississippi 12 23 189 8.22 0 1.9 15.8
68 New Mexico 11 23 188 8.17 0 2.1 17.1
69 Northern Illinois 12 31 251 8.10 0 2.6 20.9
70 Navy 12 11 89 8.09 0 0.9 7.4
71 Mississippi 11 21 169 8.05 1 1.9 15.4
72 Ohio 11 25 201 8.04 1 2.3 18.3
72 Akron 13 27 217 8.04 1 2.1 16.7
74 Purdue 11 30 238 7.93 1 2.7 21.6
74 Wyoming 11 27 214 7.93 0 2.5 19.5
76 Marshall 11 30 232 7.73 0 2.7 21.1
77 Florida International 11 16 122 7.63 1 1.5 11.1
78 Auburn 12 32 241 7.53 0 2.7 20.1
79 Oregon State 11 31 232 7.48 0 2.8 21.1
80 Toledo 12 22 164 7.45 0 1.8 13.7
81 Oklahoma 12 30 222 7.40 0 2.5 18.5
82 Oklahoma State 11 24 176 7.33 0 2.2 16.0
83 Alabama 12 27 195 7.22 0 2.3 16.3
84 Kent State 11 26 184 7.08 0 2.4 16.7
85 BYU 12 27 189 7.00 0 2.3 15.8
86 Clemson 12 30 207 6.90 1 2.5 17.3
87 Virginia 12 20 137 6.85 0 1.7 11.4
88 Cincinnati 11 25 171 6.84 0 2.3 15.5
89 Army 11 35 238 6.80 0 3.2 21.6
90 North Carolina State 12 36 242 6.72 0 3.0 20.2
91 Florida 12 36 240 6.67 2 3.0 20.0
92 Stanford 11 27 178 6.59 1 2.5 16.2
93 East Carolina 11 21 138 6.57 0 1.9 12.5
94 Hawai'i 12 11 72 6.55 0 0.9 6.0
95 Utah 12 31 202 6.52 0 2.6 16.8
96 UNLV 11 15 97 6.47 0 1.4 8.8
97 Mississippi State 11 13 83 6.38 0 1.2 7.5
98 Duke 11 25 159 6.36 0 2.3 14.5
99 Vanderbilt 11 12 76 6.33 0 1.1 6.9
100 San Diego State 12 23 145 6.30 1 1.9 12.1
101 Indiana 11 22 138 6.27 0 2.0 12.5
102 Washington 11 18 110 6.11 0 1.6 10.0
103 Idaho 11 23 140 6.09 0 2.1 12.7
104 Eastern Michigan 11 12 73 6.08 0 1.1 6.6
105 UAB 11 19 112 5.89 0 1.7 10.2
106 Georgia Tech 12 35 198 5.66 0 2.9 16.5
107 Rice 11 22 120 5.45 0 2.0 10.9
108 Maryland 11 27 147 5.44 0 2.5 13.4
109 San Jose State 11 23 124 5.39 0 2.1 11.3
110 Louisiana Tech 11 27 144 5.33 0 2.5 13.1
111 Wake Forest 11 28 149 5.32 0 2.5 13.5
112 Florida Atlantic 11 18 90 5.00 0 1.6 8.2
113 Memphis 12 32 153 4.78 0 2.7 12.8
114 Illinois 11 16 73 4.56 0 1.5 6.6
115 South Carolina 12 19 85 4.47 0 1.6 7.1
116 New Mexico State 12 12 50 4.17 0 1.0 4.2
117 Buffalo 11 24 97 4.04 0 2.2 8.8
118 Temple 11 11 39 3.55 0 1.0 3.5
119 Louisiana-Monroe 11 21 64 3.05 0 1.9 5.8