2011 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | -16 | -4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -4.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 5 | -11 | -2.20 | 0 | 1.3 | -2.8 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 4 | -6 | -1.50 | 0 | 0.8 | -1.2 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 5 | -6 | -1.20 | 0 | 1.3 | -1.5 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 5 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 6 | -1 | -0.17 | 0 | 2.0 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 7 | 21 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 8 | 24 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 8 | 34 | 4.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Houston | 5 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 8 | 38 | 4.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 3 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 9 | 46 | 5.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 4 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | 7 | 39 | 5.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 3 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 11 | 66 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 4 | 10 | 63 | 6.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Troy | 3 | 6 | 38 | 6.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 9 | 64 | 7.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 8 | 57 | 7.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.3 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 14 | 105 | 7.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 12 | 99 | 8.25 | 0 | 3.0 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 13 | 112 | 8.62 | 0 | 3.3 | 28.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 11 | 97 | 8.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 3 | 8 | 72 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 24.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 9 | 83 | 9.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 20.8 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 4 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 10 | 97 | 9.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 8 | 79 | 9.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 7 | 73 | 10.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 6 | 63 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 8 | 84 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 10 | 109 | 10.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 24 | 275 | 11.46 | 0 | 6.0 | 68.8 |
| 1 | UAB | 3 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 11 | 134 | 12.18 | 0 | 2.8 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 7 | 88 | 12.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 8 | 101 | 12.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 11 | 153 | 13.91 | 0 | 2.8 | 38.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 7 | 101 | 14.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 20.2 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.3 |
| 101 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 1 | 2.5 | 13.0 |
| 101 | East Carolina | 3 | 7 | 64 | 9.14 | 1 | 2.3 | 21.3 |
| 101 | California | 4 | 7 | 74 | 10.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 18.5 |
| 101 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 10 | 109 | 10.90 | 1 | 3.3 | 36.3 |
| 101 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 10 | 125 | 12.50 | 1 | 2.5 | 31.3 |
| 101 | Army | 4 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 1 | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| 101 | Toledo | 4 | 8 | 107 | 13.38 | 1 | 2.0 | 26.8 |
| 101 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 6 | 82 | 13.67 | 1 | 2.0 | 27.3 |
| 101 | Nebraska | 4 | 11 | 159 | 14.45 | 1 | 2.8 | 39.8 |
| 101 | New Mexico State | 4 | 8 | 124 | 15.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 101 | Idaho | 4 | 15 | 237 | 15.80 | 1 | 3.8 | 59.3 |
| 101 | Arkansas | 4 | 9 | 159 | 17.67 | 1 | 2.3 | 39.8 |
| 101 | Georgia | 4 | 10 | 177 | 17.70 | 1 | 2.5 | 44.3 |
| 101 | UCLA | 4 | 6 | 115 | 19.17 | 1 | 1.5 | 28.8 |
| 101 | Nevada | 3 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 21.3 |
| 101 | West Virginia | 4 | 5 | 129 | 25.80 | 1 | 1.3 | 32.3 |