2009 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - All Games through 01/07/2010
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawai'i | 13 | 9 | 15 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 13 | 17 | 30 | 1.76 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 3 | USC | 13 | 17 | 35 | 2.06 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| 4 | Iowa State | 13 | 16 | 35 | 2.19 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.7 |
| 5 | UCF | 13 | 14 | 32 | 2.29 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
| 6 | Missouri | 13 | 20 | 57 | 2.85 | 1 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| 7 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 14 | 53 | 3.79 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| 8 | Ball State | 12 | 25 | 96 | 3.84 | 0 | 2.1 | 8.0 |
| 9 | LSU | 13 | 13 | 52 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Florida | 14 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| 11 | Central Michigan | 14 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 12 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 1 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 13 | Arkansas State | 12 | 31 | 147 | 4.74 | 0 | 2.6 | 12.3 |
| 14 | Ohio State | 13 | 9 | 49 | 5.44 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 15 | Nevada | 13 | 12 | 66 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| 16 | Troy | 13 | 19 | 105 | 5.53 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.1 |
| 17 | UNLV | 12 | 22 | 122 | 5.55 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.2 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 13 | 28 | 156 | 5.57 | 0 | 2.2 | 12.0 |
| 19 | Wyoming | 13 | 36 | 202 | 5.61 | 0 | 2.8 | 15.5 |
| 20 | Michigan | 12 | 21 | 118 | 5.62 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.8 |
| 21 | Iowa | 13 | 23 | 131 | 5.70 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| 22 | Buffalo | 12 | 21 | 121 | 5.76 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| 23 | TCU | 13 | 21 | 126 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 13 | 22 | 133 | 6.05 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.2 |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 10 | 61 | 6.10 | 1 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| 26 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 20 | 123 | 6.15 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| 27 | Rutgers | 13 | 28 | 173 | 6.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 13.3 |
| 28 | Oregon State | 13 | 13 | 81 | 6.23 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.2 |
| 29 | Tulsa | 12 | 28 | 175 | 6.25 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.6 |
| 30 | BYU | 13 | 16 | 103 | 6.44 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.9 |
| 31 | Texas A&M | 13 | 20 | 130 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 13 | 29 | 190 | 6.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 14.6 |
| 33 | Kentucky | 13 | 11 | 73 | 6.64 | 1 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| 34 | Louisville | 12 | 20 | 133 | 6.65 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.1 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | 13 | 17 | 114 | 6.71 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| 36 | Texas Tech | 13 | 24 | 162 | 6.75 | 1 | 1.8 | 12.5 |
| 37 | Stanford | 13 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.3 |
| 37 | Oregon | 13 | 30 | 205 | 6.83 | 0 | 2.3 | 15.8 |
| 39 | Boise State | 14 | 22 | 152 | 6.91 | 0 | 1.6 | 10.9 |
| 40 | Indiana | 12 | 31 | 216 | 6.97 | 1 | 2.6 | 18.0 |
| 41 | Florida International | 12 | 37 | 265 | 7.16 | 0 | 3.1 | 22.1 |
| 42 | UCLA | 13 | 23 | 170 | 7.39 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.1 |
| 43 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 10 | 74 | 7.40 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 44 | San Diego State | 12 | 28 | 213 | 7.61 | 0 | 2.3 | 17.8 |
| 45 | Illinois | 12 | 21 | 161 | 7.67 | 1 | 1.8 | 13.4 |
| 46 | Washington | 12 | 18 | 139 | 7.72 | 1 | 1.5 | 11.6 |
| 47 | Michigan State | 13 | 26 | 201 | 7.73 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| 48 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 22 | 172 | 7.82 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.2 |
| 49 | Duke | 12 | 31 | 243 | 7.84 | 1 | 2.6 | 20.3 |
| 50 | Bowling Green | 13 | 13 | 103 | 7.92 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.9 |
| 51 | Florida State | 13 | 17 | 136 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
| 51 | Marshall | 13 | 25 | 200 | 8.00 | 1 | 1.9 | 15.4 |
| 53 | Boston College | 13 | 29 | 241 | 8.31 | 1 | 2.2 | 18.5 |
| 54 | Temple | 13 | 22 | 184 | 8.36 | 1 | 1.7 | 14.2 |
| 55 | Mississippi | 13 | 13 | 109 | 8.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| 56 | Navy | 14 | 21 | 179 | 8.52 | 1 | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| 57 | Wake Forest | 12 | 15 | 128 | 8.53 | 1 | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| 58 | Purdue | 12 | 21 | 180 | 8.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 15.0 |
| 59 | Air Force | 13 | 18 | 155 | 8.61 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.9 |
| 60 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 30 | 261 | 8.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 21.8 |
| 61 | West Virginia | 13 | 28 | 245 | 8.75 | 0 | 2.2 | 18.8 |
| 62 | Kent State | 12 | 27 | 243 | 9.00 | 2 | 2.3 | 20.3 |
| 63 | UAB | 12 | 24 | 217 | 9.04 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.1 |
| 64 | Alabama | 14 | 17 | 156 | 9.18 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| 65 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 12 | 112 | 9.33 | 2 | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| 66 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 21 | 199 | 9.48 | 1 | 1.6 | 15.3 |
| 66 | East Carolina | 14 | 27 | 256 | 9.48 | 0 | 1.9 | 18.3 |
| 68 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 30 | 285 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 23.8 |
| 69 | New Mexico | 12 | 37 | 354 | 9.57 | 0 | 3.1 | 29.5 |
| 70 | Utah State | 12 | 19 | 185 | 9.74 | 0 | 1.6 | 15.4 |
| 71 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 24 | 234 | 9.75 | 2 | 2.0 | 19.5 |
| 72 | Virginia | 12 | 22 | 216 | 9.82 | 1 | 1.8 | 18.0 |
| 73 | California | 13 | 22 | 217 | 9.86 | 1 | 1.7 | 16.7 |
| 74 | Northwestern | 13 | 17 | 169 | 9.94 | 1 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 75 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 36 | 359 | 9.97 | 1 | 2.8 | 27.6 |
| 75 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 36 | 359 | 9.97 | 0 | 3.0 | 29.9 |
| 77 | Fresno State | 13 | 17 | 170 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.1 |
| 78 | Army | 12 | 28 | 281 | 10.04 | 2 | 2.3 | 23.4 |
| 79 | Rice | 12 | 29 | 295 | 10.17 | 0 | 2.4 | 24.6 |
| 80 | North Carolina State | 12 | 11 | 112 | 10.18 | 0 | 0.9 | 9.3 |
| 81 | Tennessee | 13 | 26 | 267 | 10.27 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.5 |
| 82 | Texas | 14 | 25 | 257 | 10.28 | 1 | 1.8 | 18.4 |
| 83 | New Mexico State | 13 | 28 | 292 | 10.43 | 1 | 2.2 | 22.5 |
| 84 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 27 | 283 | 10.48 | 2 | 2.1 | 21.8 |
| 85 | Georgia | 13 | 23 | 242 | 10.52 | 0 | 1.8 | 18.6 |
| 86 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 15 | 160 | 10.67 | 1 | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| 87 | San Jose State | 12 | 22 | 235 | 10.68 | 1 | 1.8 | 19.6 |
| 88 | Colorado | 12 | 37 | 403 | 10.89 | 4 | 3.1 | 33.6 |
| 89 | Akron | 12 | 17 | 187 | 11.00 | 2 | 1.4 | 15.6 |
| 89 | Cincinnati | 13 | 24 | 264 | 11.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 20.3 |
| 89 | SMU | 13 | 26 | 286 | 11.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| 92 | Arizona State | 12 | 34 | 377 | 11.09 | 1 | 2.8 | 31.4 |
| 93 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 36 | 401 | 11.14 | 1 | 3.0 | 33.4 |
| 94 | Idaho | 13 | 18 | 204 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.4 | 15.7 |
| 95 | Utah | 13 | 23 | 261 | 11.35 | 1 | 1.8 | 20.1 |
| 96 | North Texas | 12 | 26 | 296 | 11.38 | 1 | 2.2 | 24.7 |
| 97 | Houston | 14 | 12 | 137 | 11.42 | 1 | 0.9 | 9.8 |
| 98 | Clemson | 14 | 22 | 256 | 11.64 | 1 | 1.6 | 18.3 |
| 99 | Arkansas | 13 | 25 | 295 | 11.80 | 1 | 1.9 | 22.7 |
| 100 | Nebraska | 14 | 31 | 366 | 11.81 | 0 | 2.2 | 26.1 |
| 101 | Toledo | 12 | 19 | 227 | 11.95 | 0 | 1.6 | 18.9 |
| 102 | Maryland | 12 | 21 | 254 | 12.10 | 0 | 1.8 | 21.2 |
| 103 | Western Michigan | 12 | 21 | 260 | 12.38 | 1 | 1.8 | 21.7 |
| 104 | UTEP | 12 | 16 | 200 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.7 |
| 105 | Baylor | 12 | 25 | 316 | 12.64 | 1 | 2.1 | 26.3 |
| 106 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 | 102 | 12.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.5 |
| 107 | Auburn | 13 | 13 | 168 | 12.92 | 1 | 1.0 | 12.9 |
| 108 | Memphis | 12 | 21 | 272 | 12.95 | 1 | 1.8 | 22.7 |
| 109 | Kansas | 12 | 17 | 221 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 18.4 |
| 110 | South Carolina | 13 | 29 | 378 | 13.03 | 0 | 2.2 | 29.1 |
| 111 | Washington State | 12 | 38 | 496 | 13.05 | 2 | 3.2 | 41.3 |
| 112 | Ohio | 14 | 18 | 236 | 13.11 | 1 | 1.3 | 16.9 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 12 | 18 | 237 | 13.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.8 |
| 114 | Arizona | 13 | 17 | 224 | 13.18 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.2 |
| 115 | Mississippi State | 12 | 13 | 173 | 13.31 | 1 | 1.1 | 14.4 |
| 116 | Colorado State | 12 | 18 | 272 | 15.11 | 1 | 1.5 | 22.7 |
| 117 | Penn State | 13 | 20 | 308 | 15.40 | 1 | 1.5 | 23.7 |
| 118 | Tulane | 12 | 25 | 442 | 17.68 | 1 | 2.1 | 36.8 |
| 119 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 30 | 533 | 17.77 | 1 | 2.3 | 41.0 |
| 120 | South Florida | 13 | 11 | 231 | 21.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 17.8 |