2011 National Leaders Punt Returns - All Games through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU | 14 | 39 | 524 | 13.44 | 2 | 2.8 | 37.4 |
| 2 | Alabama | 13 | 39 | 507 | 13.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 39.0 |
| 3 | Fresno State | 13 | 30 | 466 | 15.53 | 2 | 2.3 | 35.8 |
| 4 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 35 | 442 | 12.63 | 4 | 2.5 | 31.6 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 13 | 32 | 435 | 13.59 | 1 | 2.5 | 33.5 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 13 | 31 | 420 | 13.55 | 4 | 2.4 | 32.3 |
| 7 | Florida State | 13 | 40 | 417 | 10.43 | 1 | 3.1 | 32.1 |
| 8 | Boise State | 13 | 34 | 404 | 11.88 | 0 | 2.6 | 31.1 |
| 9 | TCU | 13 | 34 | 339 | 9.97 | 1 | 2.6 | 26.1 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 31 | 334 | 10.77 | 1 | 2.2 | 23.9 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 14 | 22 | 332 | 15.09 | 1 | 1.6 | 23.7 |
| 11 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 32 | 332 | 10.38 | 1 | 2.5 | 25.5 |
| 13 | Michigan State | 14 | 31 | 327 | 10.55 | 2 | 2.2 | 23.4 |
| 14 | Houston | 14 | 24 | 317 | 13.21 | 2 | 1.7 | 22.6 |
| 14 | Ohio | 14 | 41 | 317 | 7.73 | 1 | 2.9 | 22.6 |
| 16 | Oregon | 14 | 33 | 315 | 9.55 | 2 | 2.4 | 22.5 |
| 17 | Penn State | 13 | 41 | 312 | 7.61 | 0 | 3.2 | 24.0 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 13 | 28 | 311 | 11.11 | 2 | 2.2 | 23.9 |
| 19 | Nevada | 13 | 26 | 307 | 11.81 | 1 | 2.0 | 23.6 |
| 20 | Utah | 13 | 33 | 298 | 9.03 | 0 | 2.5 | 22.9 |
| 21 | West Virginia | 13 | 25 | 294 | 11.76 | 0 | 1.9 | 22.6 |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 30 | 285 | 9.50 | 1 | 2.5 | 23.8 |
| 23 | Arizona State | 13 | 18 | 276 | 15.33 | 1 | 1.4 | 21.2 |
| 24 | BYU | 13 | 25 | 275 | 11.00 | 1 | 1.9 | 21.2 |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 27 | 272 | 10.07 | 1 | 2.1 | 20.9 |
| 26 | Texas | 13 | 19 | 269 | 14.16 | 1 | 1.5 | 20.7 |
| 27 | USC | 12 | 26 | 267 | 10.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 22.3 |
| 28 | Georgia | 14 | 26 | 259 | 9.96 | 1 | 1.9 | 18.5 |
| 29 | Idaho | 12 | 17 | 255 | 15.00 | 3 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| 30 | Colorado State | 12 | 25 | 248 | 9.92 | 0 | 2.1 | 20.7 |
| 31 | Marshall | 13 | 21 | 246 | 11.71 | 1 | 1.6 | 18.9 |
| 32 | Toledo | 13 | 20 | 240 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 18.5 |
| 33 | Florida International | 13 | 15 | 239 | 15.93 | 1 | 1.2 | 18.4 |
| 34 | Temple | 13 | 21 | 238 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.6 | 18.3 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 13 | 27 | 234 | 8.67 | 0 | 2.1 | 18.0 |
| 36 | Troy | 12 | 30 | 231 | 7.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.3 |
| 37 | Arkansas State | 13 | 27 | 227 | 8.41 | 2 | 2.1 | 17.5 |
| 38 | Duke | 12 | 25 | 226 | 9.04 | 0 | 2.1 | 18.8 |
| 39 | Tulane | 13 | 23 | 225 | 9.78 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.3 |
| 40 | Hawai'i | 13 | 26 | 222 | 8.54 | 2 | 2.0 | 17.1 |
| 41 | UTEP | 12 | 22 | 220 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 18.3 |
| 42 | Mississippi | 12 | 14 | 219 | 15.64 | 2 | 1.2 | 18.3 |
| 42 | Western Michigan | 13 | 22 | 219 | 9.95 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.8 |
| 44 | SMU | 13 | 21 | 217 | 10.33 | 1 | 1.6 | 16.7 |
| 45 | Stanford | 13 | 19 | 215 | 11.32 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| 45 | Rice | 12 | 24 | 215 | 8.96 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.9 |
| 45 | South Florida | 12 | 33 | 215 | 6.52 | 1 | 2.8 | 17.9 |
| 48 | Ohio State | 13 | 21 | 214 | 10.19 | 1 | 1.6 | 16.5 |
| 49 | North Carolina State | 13 | 19 | 208 | 10.95 | 1 | 1.5 | 16.0 |
| 50 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 19 | 204 | 10.74 | 0 | 1.6 | 17.0 |
| 51 | UCF | 12 | 24 | 201 | 8.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.8 |
| 52 | Michigan | 13 | 22 | 198 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.2 |
| 53 | Washington | 13 | 21 | 194 | 9.24 | 1 | 1.6 | 14.9 |
| 54 | Wyoming | 13 | 15 | 188 | 12.53 | 1 | 1.2 | 14.5 |
| 55 | Cincinnati | 13 | 27 | 186 | 6.89 | 0 | 2.1 | 14.3 |
| 56 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 | 181 | 15.08 | 2 | 1.0 | 15.1 |
| 57 | Florida | 13 | 25 | 178 | 7.12 | 2 | 1.9 | 13.7 |
| 58 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 27 | 171 | 6.33 | 0 | 2.1 | 13.2 |
| 59 | Missouri | 13 | 19 | 169 | 8.89 | 1 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 60 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 27 | 165 | 6.11 | 1 | 2.1 | 12.7 |
| 61 | East Carolina | 12 | 15 | 162 | 10.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.5 |
| 62 | Kansas State | 13 | 19 | 160 | 8.42 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.3 |
| 63 | South Carolina | 13 | 20 | 156 | 7.80 | 1 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| 64 | Auburn | 13 | 23 | 155 | 6.74 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.9 |
| 65 | Virginia | 13 | 26 | 150 | 5.77 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 66 | Wake Forest | 13 | 22 | 148 | 6.73 | 1 | 1.7 | 11.4 |
| 67 | UAB | 12 | 14 | 143 | 10.21 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.9 |
| 68 | Nebraska | 13 | 19 | 141 | 7.42 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.8 |
| 69 | Air Force | 13 | 13 | 140 | 10.77 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| 70 | Baylor | 13 | 17 | 136 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
| 70 | Purdue | 13 | 23 | 136 | 5.91 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.5 |
| 72 | Kent State | 12 | 20 | 133 | 6.65 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.1 |
| 73 | Connecticut | 12 | 23 | 132 | 5.74 | 1 | 1.9 | 11.0 |
| 74 | Tennessee | 12 | 16 | 130 | 8.13 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.8 |
| 74 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 16 | 130 | 8.13 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.0 |
| 74 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 23 | 130 | 5.65 | 0 | 1.9 | 10.8 |
| 77 | Northwestern | 13 | 8 | 127 | 15.88 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| 78 | Utah State | 13 | 16 | 125 | 7.81 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.6 |
| 79 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 11 | 121 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 10.1 |
| 79 | Iowa State | 13 | 16 | 121 | 7.56 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.3 |
| 81 | Bowling Green | 12 | 20 | 116 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
| 81 | California | 13 | 20 | 116 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.9 |
| 83 | San Diego State | 13 | 22 | 115 | 5.23 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.8 |
| 84 | Iowa | 13 | 14 | 111 | 7.93 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.5 |
| 85 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 16 | 109 | 6.81 | 1 | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 13 | 16 | 104 | 6.50 | 1 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| 87 | Buffalo | 12 | 19 | 102 | 5.37 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.5 |
| 88 | Central Michigan | 12 | 13 | 101 | 7.77 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| 89 | Navy | 12 | 13 | 97 | 7.46 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.1 |
| 90 | Kansas | 12 | 12 | 95 | 7.92 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.9 |
| 90 | Maryland | 12 | 18 | 95 | 5.28 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.9 |
| 92 | Louisville | 13 | 19 | 94 | 4.95 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.2 |
| 93 | Memphis | 12 | 10 | 93 | 9.30 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| 94 | Texas Tech | 12 | 15 | 91 | 6.07 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.6 |
| 94 | Clemson | 14 | 15 | 91 | 6.07 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.5 |
| 96 | Boston College | 12 | 15 | 90 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| 97 | Ball State | 12 | 8 | 87 | 10.88 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| 98 | Tulsa | 13 | 14 | 82 | 5.86 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.3 |
| 99 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 23 | 79 | 3.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.1 |
| 100 | North Carolina | 13 | 18 | 74 | 4.11 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| 101 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 19 | 73 | 3.84 | 0 | 1.6 | 6.1 |
| 102 | Illinois | 13 | 24 | 70 | 2.92 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 103 | North Texas | 12 | 16 | 69 | 4.31 | 1 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 104 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 17 | 68 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| 105 | Arizona | 12 | 14 | 66 | 4.71 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.5 |
| 106 | San Jose State | 12 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 106 | UNLV | 12 | 13 | 63 | 4.85 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| 108 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 17 | 59 | 3.47 | 0 | 1.4 | 4.9 |
| 109 | New Mexico State | 13 | 10 | 56 | 5.60 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 109 | Colorado | 13 | 13 | 56 | 4.31 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 111 | Army | 12 | 15 | 55 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| 112 | Minnesota | 12 | 7 | 54 | 7.71 | 1 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| 113 | UCLA | 14 | 16 | 49 | 3.06 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| 114 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 | 48 | 3.69 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| 115 | Akron | 12 | 11 | 47 | 4.27 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| 116 | Indiana | 12 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 116 | Washington State | 12 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 118 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 | 37 | 3.08 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| 119 | Kentucky | 12 | 19 | 35 | 1.84 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| 120 | New Mexico | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |