2008 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 01/03/2009

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Alabama 14 49 701 14.31 4 3.5 50.1
2 Florida 13 41 591 14.41 2 3.2 45.5
3 Arizona 13 33 587 17.79 3 2.5 45.2
4 Boise State 13 44 539 12.25 3 3.4 41.5
5 Ohio State 12 34 439 12.91 2 2.8 36.6
6 Kansas State 12 37 428 11.57 5 3.1 35.7
7 California 13 38 448 11.79 3 2.9 34.5
8 South Florida 13 46 437 9.50 2 3.5 33.6
9 Georgia 13 25 422 16.88 1 1.9 32.5
10 Arizona State 12 26 389 14.96 0 2.2 32.4
11 TCU 13 38 417 10.97 0 2.9 32.1
12 Iowa 13 41 413 10.07 1 3.2 31.8
13 Central Michigan 13 20 410 20.50 1 1.5 31.5
14 Louisiana Tech 13 31 402 12.97 3 2.4 30.9
15 UCF 12 28 369 13.18 0 2.3 30.8
16 Oregon State 13 40 393 9.83 1 3.1 30.2
16 USC 13 49 392 8.00 0 3.8 30.2
18 Kentucky 13 43 388 9.02 0 3.3 29.8
19 LSU 13 31 380 12.26 1 2.4 29.2
19 Mississippi 13 36 380 10.56 1 2.8 29.2
21 Nebraska 13 31 376 12.13 1 2.4 28.9
22 Oklahoma State 13 20 368 18.40 2 1.5 28.3
22 New Mexico 12 22 339 15.41 0 1.8 28.3
24 Oregon 13 29 363 12.52 1 2.2 27.9
25 Fresno State 13 25 350 14.00 3 1.9 26.9
26 Florida International 12 26 320 12.31 2 2.2 26.7
27 Cincinnati 14 37 352 9.51 0 2.6 25.1
28 Vanderbilt 13 32 320 10.00 0 2.5 24.6
29 Miami (Florida) 13 28 319 11.39 1 2.2 24.5
29 UCLA 12 28 294 10.50 2 2.3 24.5
31 Colorado 12 32 293 9.16 0 2.7 24.4
32 Connecticut 13 30 306 10.20 1 2.3 23.5
33 Clemson 13 35 298 8.51 0 2.7 22.9
34 Auburn 12 21 273 13.00 1 1.8 22.8
35 Pittsburgh 13 32 295 9.22 0 2.5 22.7
36 Troy 13 26 292 11.23 0 2.0 22.5
37 Texas Tech 13 29 287 9.90 1 2.2 22.1
38 Michigan State 13 28 279 9.96 0 2.2 21.5
39 Kansas 13 24 278 11.58 1 1.8 21.4
39 Missouri 14 27 300 11.11 1 1.9 21.4
41 Ohio 12 23 255 11.09 1 1.9 21.3
42 Temple 12 23 250 10.87 0 1.9 20.8
43 Miami (Ohio) 12 22 245 11.14 3 1.8 20.4
44 Arkansas State 12 28 240 8.57 0 2.3 20.0
45 Penn State 13 25 259 10.36 1 1.9 19.9
46 Oklahoma 13 31 257 8.29 1 2.4 19.8
47 San Jose State 12 35 233 6.66 0 2.9 19.4
48 East Carolina 14 29 268 9.24 1 2.1 19.1
49 Florida Atlantic 13 31 247 7.97 0 2.4 19.0
50 Michigan 12 26 224 8.62 2 2.2 18.7
51 North Carolina 13 22 240 10.91 2 1.7 18.5
51 Stanford 12 21 222 10.57 1 1.8 18.5
51 Louisville 12 25 222 8.88 1 2.1 18.5
54 Air Force 13 20 236 11.80 0 1.5 18.2
55 Notre Dame 13 26 232 8.92 1 2.0 17.8
56 Tennessee 12 28 212 7.57 0 2.3 17.7
57 Virginia Tech 14 27 242 8.96 0 1.9 17.3
58 West Virginia 13 28 221 7.89 0 2.2 17.0
58 Memphis 13 29 221 7.62 0 2.2 17.0
60 Ball State 13 17 218 12.82 0 1.3 16.8
60 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 18 201 11.17 0 1.5 16.8
62 Western Michigan 13 29 217 7.48 0 2.2 16.7
63 Rutgers 13 16 212 13.25 0 1.2 16.3
64 Utah 13 33 211 6.39 1 2.5 16.2
65 Florida State 13 24 209 8.71 1 1.8 16.1
66 Wake Forest 13 31 195 6.29 0 2.4 15.0
67 New Mexico State 12 14 179 12.79 1 1.2 14.9
68 Southern Mississippi 13 26 192 7.38 0 2.0 14.8
69 Northwestern 13 23 191 8.30 0 1.8 14.7
70 Tulsa 13 26 189 7.27 1 2.0 14.5
70 Maryland 13 27 189 7.00 0 2.1 14.5
72 Mississippi State 12 32 173 5.41 0 2.7 14.4
73 Bowling Green 12 19 172 9.05 0 1.6 14.3
74 Georgia Tech 13 27 182 6.74 0 2.1 14.0
75 Minnesota 13 18 179 9.94 0 1.4 13.8
76 Wisconsin 13 19 175 9.21 0 1.5 13.5
77 North Carolina State 13 20 166 8.30 0 1.5 12.8
78 Houston 13 21 163 7.76 0 1.6 12.5
78 Nevada 13 26 163 6.27 0 2.0 12.5
80 Boston College 14 22 173 7.86 2 1.6 12.4
81 Iowa State 12 16 148 9.25 0 1.3 12.3
82 Indiana 12 16 144 9.00 0 1.3 12.0
83 Rice 13 23 155 6.74 0 1.8 11.9
84 UNLV 12 14 134 9.57 1 1.2 11.2
85 Duke 12 23 127 5.52 0 1.9 10.6
86 South Carolina 13 22 133 6.05 0 1.7 10.2
87 Tulane 12 16 117 7.31 0 1.3 9.8
87 Illinois 12 18 117 6.50 0 1.5 9.8
89 Navy 13 12 126 10.50 2 0.9 9.7
90 San Diego State 12 25 115 4.60 0 2.1 9.6
91 Louisiana-Monroe 12 17 111 6.53 0 1.4 9.3
91 Virginia 12 18 112 6.22 0 1.5 9.3
93 Wyoming 12 20 109 5.45 0 1.7 9.1
94 Buffalo 14 10 125 12.50 0 0.7 8.9
95 Texas 12 13 106 8.15 1 1.1 8.8
96 Marshall 12 13 103 7.92 0 1.1 8.6
96 Army 12 20 103 5.15 0 1.7 8.6
98 SMU 12 16 101 6.31 0 1.3 8.4
99 Akron 12 12 100 8.33 1 1.0 8.3
100 Northern Illinois 13 16 107 6.69 0 1.2 8.2
101 Utah State 12 11 97 8.82 0 0.9 8.1
102 Texas A&M 12 13 95 7.31 0 1.1 7.9
103 Idaho 12 15 92 6.13 1 1.3 7.7
104 Colorado State 13 18 97 5.39 0 1.4 7.5
104 Kent State 12 22 90 4.09 0 1.8 7.5
106 UTEP 12 13 88 6.77 0 1.1 7.3
106 Western Kentucky 12 18 88 4.89 0 1.5 7.3
108 Purdue 12 11 85 7.73 1 0.9 7.1
109 Middle Tennessee 12 13 81 6.23 0 1.1 6.8
110 Arkansas 12 15 80 5.33 0 1.3 6.7
111 BYU 13 22 82 3.73 0 1.7 6.3
112 Toledo 12 12 74 6.17 0 1.0 6.2
113 Eastern Michigan 12 10 65 6.50 0 0.8 5.4
114 UAB 12 13 58 4.46 0 1.1 4.8
115 Hawai'i 14 31 62 2.00 0 2.2 4.4
116 Washington 12 11 52 4.73 0 0.9 4.3
117 Syracuse 12 11 49 4.45 2 0.9 4.1
117 Washington State 13 15 53 3.53 0 1.2 4.1
119 North Texas 12 10 46 4.60 0 0.8 3.8
120 Baylor 12 12 25 2.08 0 1.0 2.1