2011 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 16 | 537 | 33.56 | 2 | 4.0 | 134.3 |
| 2 | Nebraska | 4 | 11 | 389 | 35.36 | 1 | 2.8 | 97.3 |
| 2 | Arizona State | 4 | 17 | 482 | 28.35 | 1 | 4.3 | 120.5 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 4 | 12 | 323 | 26.92 | 1 | 3.0 | 80.8 |
| 2 | Auburn | 4 | 19 | 501 | 26.37 | 1 | 4.8 | 125.3 |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 23 | 590 | 25.65 | 1 | 5.8 | 147.5 |
| 2 | LSU | 4 | 14 | 341 | 24.36 | 1 | 3.5 | 85.3 |
| 2 | New Mexico | 4 | 21 | 511 | 24.33 | 1 | 5.3 | 127.8 |
| 2 | San Diego State | 4 | 15 | 365 | 24.33 | 1 | 3.8 | 91.3 |
| 2 | UNLV | 4 | 22 | 534 | 24.27 | 1 | 5.5 | 133.5 |
| 2 | New Mexico State | 4 | 15 | 364 | 24.27 | 1 | 3.8 | 91.0 |
| 2 | BYU | 5 | 21 | 508 | 24.19 | 1 | 4.2 | 101.6 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 4 | 17 | 410 | 24.12 | 1 | 4.3 | 102.5 |
| 2 | UAB | 3 | 19 | 441 | 23.21 | 1 | 6.3 | 147.0 |
| 2 | California | 4 | 16 | 369 | 23.06 | 1 | 4.0 | 92.3 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 4 | 18 | 411 | 22.83 | 1 | 4.5 | 102.8 |
| 2 | Penn State | 4 | 14 | 302 | 21.57 | 1 | 3.5 | 75.5 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 19 | 396 | 20.84 | 1 | 4.8 | 99.0 |
| 19 | Temple | 4 | 9 | 315 | 35.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 78.8 |
| 19 | Florida International | 4 | 13 | 401 | 30.85 | 0 | 3.3 | 100.3 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 4 | 11 | 339 | 30.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 84.8 |
| 19 | Western Michigan | 4 | 17 | 521 | 30.65 | 0 | 4.3 | 130.3 |
| 19 | Northwestern | 3 | 8 | 231 | 28.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 77.0 |
| 19 | Ohio | 4 | 15 | 428 | 28.53 | 0 | 3.8 | 107.0 |
| 19 | UTEP | 5 | 24 | 684 | 28.50 | 0 | 4.8 | 136.8 |
| 19 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 14 | 386 | 27.57 | 0 | 4.7 | 128.7 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 11 | 302 | 27.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 75.5 |
| 19 | Colorado State | 4 | 11 | 298 | 27.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 74.5 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 4 | 9 | 242 | 26.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 60.5 |
| 19 | Washington | 4 | 21 | 563 | 26.81 | 0 | 5.3 | 140.8 |
| 19 | Texas Tech | 3 | 11 | 292 | 26.55 | 0 | 3.7 | 97.3 |
| 19 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 16 | 420 | 26.25 | 0 | 5.3 | 140.0 |
| 19 | Utah | 3 | 6 | 157 | 26.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.3 |
| 19 | Boise State | 3 | 5 | 127 | 25.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 42.3 |
| 19 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 17 | 429 | 25.24 | 0 | 4.3 | 107.3 |
| 19 | Florida State | 4 | 12 | 300 | 25.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 75.0 |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 16 | 399 | 24.94 | 0 | 5.3 | 133.0 |
| 19 | Georgia | 4 | 15 | 374 | 24.93 | 0 | 3.8 | 93.5 |
| 19 | Washington State | 3 | 8 | 199 | 24.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 66.3 |
| 19 | Iowa State | 3 | 14 | 346 | 24.71 | 0 | 4.7 | 115.3 |
| 19 | Alabama | 4 | 6 | 147 | 24.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.8 |
| 19 | Hawai'i | 4 | 17 | 416 | 24.47 | 0 | 4.3 | 104.0 |
| 19 | Purdue | 3 | 8 | 194 | 24.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 64.7 |
| 19 | Air Force | 3 | 10 | 240 | 24.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 80.0 |
| 19 | Texas A&M | 3 | 4 | 96 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.0 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 3 | 12 | 278 | 23.17 | 0 | 4.0 | 92.7 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 3 | 7 | 162 | 23.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.0 |
| 19 | Wake Forest | 3 | 11 | 254 | 23.09 | 0 | 3.7 | 84.7 |
| 19 | Connecticut | 4 | 11 | 250 | 22.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 62.5 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 4 | 18 | 409 | 22.72 | 0 | 4.5 | 102.3 |
| 19 | East Carolina | 3 | 13 | 294 | 22.62 | 0 | 4.3 | 98.0 |
| 19 | Wyoming | 4 | 13 | 293 | 22.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 73.3 |
| 19 | Iowa | 4 | 12 | 269 | 22.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.3 |
| 19 | North Carolina State | 4 | 20 | 447 | 22.35 | 0 | 5.0 | 111.8 |
| 19 | Ball State | 4 | 16 | 357 | 22.31 | 0 | 4.0 | 89.3 |
| 19 | Marshall | 4 | 21 | 468 | 22.29 | 0 | 5.3 | 117.0 |
| 19 | Arizona | 4 | 20 | 443 | 22.15 | 0 | 5.0 | 110.8 |
| 19 | Central Michigan | 4 | 18 | 398 | 22.11 | 0 | 4.5 | 99.5 |
| 19 | Oregon State | 3 | 9 | 199 | 22.11 | 0 | 3.0 | 66.3 |
| 19 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 15 | 329 | 21.93 | 0 | 5.0 | 109.7 |
| 19 | North Texas | 4 | 28 | 611 | 21.82 | 0 | 7.0 | 152.8 |
| 19 | Tulane | 4 | 25 | 545 | 21.80 | 0 | 6.3 | 136.3 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 13 | 282 | 21.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.5 |
| 19 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 15 | 324 | 21.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 108.0 |
| 19 | Stanford | 3 | 7 | 151 | 21.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.3 |
| 19 | Baylor | 3 | 13 | 280 | 21.54 | 0 | 4.3 | 93.3 |
| 19 | Louisville | 3 | 11 | 236 | 21.45 | 0 | 3.7 | 78.7 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 14 | 297 | 21.21 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.4 |
| 19 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 15 | 317 | 21.13 | 0 | 3.8 | 79.3 |
| 19 | Buffalo | 4 | 14 | 295 | 21.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.8 |
| 19 | Fresno State | 4 | 22 | 461 | 20.95 | 0 | 5.5 | 115.3 |
| 19 | Houston | 5 | 15 | 314 | 20.93 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.8 |
| 19 | Kansas | 3 | 22 | 459 | 20.86 | 0 | 7.3 | 153.0 |
| 19 | Florida | 4 | 11 | 229 | 20.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 57.3 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 4 | 10 | 208 | 20.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.0 |
| 19 | UCLA | 4 | 14 | 291 | 20.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 72.8 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 4 | 13 | 269 | 20.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 67.3 |
| 19 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 20 | 413 | 20.65 | 0 | 5.0 | 103.3 |
| 19 | Utah State | 4 | 12 | 247 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.8 |
| 19 | Minnesota | 4 | 16 | 329 | 20.56 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.3 |
| 19 | San Jose State | 4 | 24 | 493 | 20.54 | 0 | 6.0 | 123.3 |
| 19 | South Carolina | 4 | 13 | 267 | 20.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.8 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 4 | 15 | 308 | 20.53 | 0 | 3.8 | 77.0 |
| 19 | Duke | 4 | 21 | 427 | 20.33 | 0 | 5.3 | 106.8 |
| 19 | Texas | 3 | 9 | 183 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 19 | Syracuse | 4 | 21 | 426 | 20.29 | 0 | 5.3 | 106.5 |
| 19 | SMU | 4 | 7 | 142 | 20.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.5 |
| 19 | Rice | 3 | 11 | 222 | 20.18 | 0 | 3.7 | 74.0 |
| 19 | Tulsa | 4 | 20 | 403 | 20.15 | 0 | 5.0 | 100.8 |
| 19 | Army | 4 | 21 | 423 | 20.14 | 0 | 5.3 | 105.8 |
| 19 | Idaho | 4 | 22 | 439 | 19.95 | 0 | 5.5 | 109.8 |
| 19 | Illinois | 4 | 10 | 199 | 19.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.8 |
| 19 | Missouri | 4 | 13 | 258 | 19.85 | 0 | 3.3 | 64.5 |
| 19 | Virginia | 4 | 19 | 376 | 19.79 | 0 | 4.8 | 94.0 |
| 19 | Toledo | 4 | 20 | 394 | 19.70 | 0 | 5.0 | 98.5 |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 17 | 332 | 19.53 | 0 | 4.3 | 83.0 |
| 19 | Nevada | 3 | 18 | 351 | 19.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 117.0 |
| 19 | Kent State | 4 | 22 | 429 | 19.50 | 0 | 5.5 | 107.3 |
| 19 | Clemson | 4 | 12 | 233 | 19.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.3 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 13 | 250 | 19.23 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.5 |
| 19 | Akron | 4 | 23 | 442 | 19.22 | 0 | 5.8 | 110.5 |
| 19 | Troy | 3 | 14 | 268 | 19.14 | 0 | 4.7 | 89.3 |
| 19 | USC | 4 | 14 | 268 | 19.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 67.0 |
| 19 | Maryland | 3 | 18 | 340 | 18.89 | 0 | 6.0 | 113.3 |
| 19 | Oregon | 4 | 16 | 301 | 18.81 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.3 |
| 19 | Michigan | 4 | 10 | 186 | 18.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.5 |
| 19 | Mississippi | 4 | 14 | 259 | 18.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 64.8 |
| 19 | Rutgers | 3 | 8 | 148 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.3 |
| 19 | Memphis | 4 | 24 | 440 | 18.33 | 0 | 6.0 | 110.0 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 3 | 8 | 145 | 18.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 48.3 |
| 19 | Arkansas State | 4 | 11 | 199 | 18.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.8 |
| 19 | UCF | 4 | 7 | 125 | 17.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.3 |
| 19 | Boston College | 4 | 15 | 267 | 17.80 | 0 | 3.8 | 66.8 |
| 19 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 19 | 336 | 17.68 | 0 | 4.8 | 84.0 |
| 19 | South Florida | 5 | 23 | 405 | 17.61 | 0 | 4.6 | 81.0 |
| 19 | Bowling Green | 4 | 15 | 261 | 17.40 | 0 | 3.8 | 65.3 |
| 19 | Navy | 3 | 10 | 172 | 17.20 | 0 | 3.3 | 57.3 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 4 | 14 | 221 | 15.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 55.3 |
| 19 | Indiana | 4 | 16 | 245 | 15.31 | 0 | 4.0 | 61.3 |
| 19 | Colorado | 4 | 20 | 277 | 13.85 | 0 | 5.0 | 69.3 |