2012 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Erickson | Texas St | JR | WR | 5 | 8 | 168 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 33.6 |
| 2 | Ace Sanders | S Carolina | JR | WR | 8 | 21 | 258 | 12.29 | 1 | 2.6 | 32.3 |
| 3 | Keiwone Malone | Memphis | SO | WR | 8 | 18 | 250 | 13.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 31.3 |
| 4 | Chris Potter | Boise St | SR | WR | 8 | 18 | 217 | 12.06 | 0 | 2.3 | 27.1 |
| 5 | Corey Brown | Ohio State | JR | WR | 8 | 15 | 209 | 13.93 | 2 | 1.9 | 26.1 |
| 6 | Scott Harding | Hawai'i | SO | WR | 8 | 15 | 198 | 13.20 | 1 | 1.9 | 24.8 |
| 7 | Rashard Smith | NC State | JR | WR | 8 | 23 | 192 | 8.35 | 0 | 2.9 | 24.0 |
| 8 | Spiffy Evans | BC | SO | WR | 8 | 9 | 185 | 20.56 | 0 | 1.1 | 23.1 |
| 9 | Tramaine Thompson | Kansas St | JR | WR | 9 | 11 | 207 | 18.82 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.0 |
| 10 | Cameron Webb | Utah State | SR | WR | 6 | 13 | 134 | 10.31 | 0 | 2.2 | 22.3 |
| 11 | Khalid Wooten | Nevada | SR | DB | 8 | 11 | 172 | 15.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 21.5 |
| 12 | Jamal Golden | Ga Tech | SO | DB | 9 | 13 | 192 | 14.77 | 0 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| 13 | Rashad Greene | FSU | SO | WR | 9 | 14 | 180 | 12.86 | 1 | 1.6 | 20.0 |
| 14 | Giovani Bernard | N Carolina | SO | RB | 7 | 10 | 133 | 13.30 | 1 | 1.4 | 19.0 |
| 15 | D.J. Banks | La Tech | JR | WR | 6 | 15 | 113 | 7.53 | 0 | 2.5 | 18.8 |
| 16 | Matt Brown | Temple | SR | RB | 6 | 10 | 112 | 11.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 18.7 |
| 17 | Justin Brown | Oklahoma | SR | WR | 9 | 16 | 167 | 10.44 | 1 | 1.8 | 18.6 |
| 17 | Odell Beckham Jr. | LSU | SO | WR | 8 | 18 | 149 | 8.28 | 1 | 2.3 | 18.6 |
| 19 | Rashad Evans | Fresno St | SR | WR | 8 | 16 | 148 | 9.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 18.5 |
| 20 | Travis Jones | FAU | JR | RB | 8 | 17 | 146 | 8.59 | 0 | 2.1 | 18.3 |
| 21 | Jackie Williams | UAB | JR | WR | 8 | 9 | 136 | 15.11 | 1 | 1.1 | 17.0 |
| 22 | Ryan Burbrink | BGSU | FR | LB | 8 | 15 | 134 | 8.93 | 0 | 1.9 | 16.8 |
| 23 | Jamill Smith | Ball State | JR | WR | 8 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.3 |
| 23 | Jamal Miles | Ariz St | SR | WR | 9 | 20 | 147 | 7.35 | 0 | 2.2 | 16.3 |
| 25 | Venric Mark | N'western | JR | RB | 8 | 9 | 129 | 14.33 | 1 | 1.1 | 16.1 |
| 26 | J.J. Worton | UCF | SO | WR | 9 | 15 | 139 | 9.27 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.4 |
| 27 | Justin Hardy | ECU | SO | WR | 8 | 14 | 120 | 8.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.0 |
| 28 | Antonio Andrews | Western Ky | JR | RB | 8 | 11 | 116 | 10.55 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| 29 | Trey Dudley-Giles | U Mass | FR | DB | 8 | 12 | 115 | 9.58 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.4 |
| 30 | De'Anthony Thomas | Oregon | SO | RB | 9 | 6 | 129 | 21.50 | 1 | 0.7 | 14.3 |
| 31 | Trey Watts | Tulsa | JR | RB | 8 | 15 | 113 | 7.53 | 1 | 1.9 | 14.1 |
| 32 | Lovell Jackson | Wk Forest | SR | WR | 8 | 8 | 112 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 32 | Josh Jackson | Army | SR | DB | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 34 | Bernard Reedy | Toledo | JR | WR | 8 | 8 | 111 | 13.88 | 1 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| 35 | Tavon Austin | WVU | SR | WR | 9 | 9 | 124 | 13.78 | 1 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| 36 | Tyler Hunter | FSU | SO | DB | 9 | 7 | 122 | 17.43 | 1 | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| 37 | Craig Mager | Texas St | SO | DB | 6 | 1 | 79 | 79.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 13.2 |
| 37 | Drew Terrell | Stanford | SR | WR | 10 | 14 | 132 | 9.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.2 |
| 39 | Jalen Saunders | Oklahoma | JR | WR | 7 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 1 | 0.6 | 12.7 |
| 40 | Cordarrelle Patterson | Tennessee | JR | WR | 8 | 4 | 101 | 25.25 | 1 | 0.5 | 12.6 |
| 41 | Joe Hansley | CSU | FR | WR | 8 | 7 | 99 | 14.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 12.4 |
| 42 | Justin Albert | Troy | SR | WR | 8 | 12 | 96 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| 42 | Nick Williams | U Conn | SR | WR | 7 | 11 | 84 | 7.64 | 1 | 1.6 | 12.0 |
| 44 | Ryan Clark | Ohio | SR | DB | 8 | 15 | 95 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.9 | 11.9 |
| 45 | Austin Zouzalik | Texas Tech | SR | WR | 9 | 9 | 106 | 11.78 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 46 | Derrick Strozier | Tulane | JR | RB | 6 | 7 | 70 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.7 |
| 47 | Andre Sims Jr. | Mich St | FR | WR | 8 | 11 | 92 | 8.36 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| 48 | Marcus Murphy | Missouri | SO | RB | 8 | 14 | 91 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.4 |
| 49 | Ritchy Desir | Syracuse | SO | DB | 7 | 12 | 77 | 6.42 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| 50 | Micah Hyde | Iowa | SR | DB | 8 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.8 |
| 50 | Brent Leonard | La-Monroe | SR | WR | 8 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.8 |
| 50 | Angelo Sebastiano | N Illinois | FR | WR | 9 | 15 | 97 | 6.47 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.8 |
| 53 | Cameron Saddler | Pittsburgh | SR | WR | 6 | 11 | 64 | 5.82 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.7 |
| 54 | Anthony McClung | Cincinnati | JR | WR | 7 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 55 | Conner Vernon | Duke | SR | WR | 8 | 6 | 80 | 13.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| 55 | Charlie Moore | Okla St | JR | WR | 9 | 14 | 90 | 6.43 | 0 | 1.6 | 10.0 |
| 57 | Wayne Times | FIU | SR | WR | 8 | 11 | 79 | 7.18 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.9 |
| 58 | Adam Humphries | Clemson | SO | WR | 8 | 15 | 76 | 5.07 | 0 | 1.9 | 9.5 |
| 58 | Khalek Shepherd | Virginia | SO | RB | 8 | 16 | 76 | 4.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.5 |
| 60 | Kenneth Acker | SMU | JR | DB | 8 | 4 | 75 | 18.75 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.4 |
| 61 | Ty MacArthur | Air Force | JR | WR | 8 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.3 |
| 61 | Kyshoen Jarrett | Va Tech | SO | LB | 8 | 11 | 74 | 6.73 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
| 63 | Cody Bruns | Washington | SR | WR | 9 | 9 | 81 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 63 | Tim Vizzi | SDSU | JR | WR | 7 | 10 | 63 | 6.30 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| 65 | Tommylee Lewis | N Illinois | SO | WR | 9 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.8 |
| 65 | Levi Norwood | Baylor | SO | WR | 9 | 7 | 79 | 11.29 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.8 |
| 67 | Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | JR | WR | 9 | 9 | 78 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 68 | Devrin Young | Tennessee | SO | RB | 7 | 8 | 59 | 7.38 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| 69 | Ronald Jones | Pittsburgh | SO | WR | 7 | 2 | 57 | 28.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.1 |
| 69 | Skye Dawson | TCU | SR | WR | 9 | 12 | 73 | 6.08 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| 69 | Jesse Della Valle | Penn State | SO | DB | 8 | 11 | 65 | 5.91 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| 69 | Dustin Harris | Texas A&M | SR | DB | 8 | 15 | 65 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.9 | 8.1 |
| 73 | Darion Monroe | Tulane | FR | DB | 8 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.9 |
| 73 | Phillip Dorsett | Miami (Fl) | SO | WR | 8 | 10 | 63 | 6.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.9 |
| 75 | Jeremy Gallon | Michigan | JR | WR | 8 | 10 | 62 | 6.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| 75 | Jonathan Krause | Vanderbilt | JR | WR | 8 | 12 | 62 | 5.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.8 |
| 77 | Jaime Wilson | W Mich | FR | WR | 6 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 78 | T.J. Glover | South Ala | SO | WR | 8 | 8 | 59 | 7.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| 79 | Tim Foley | New Mexico | SO | DB | 8 | 9 | 58 | 6.44 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
| 80 | Ameer Abdullah | Nebraska | SO | RB | 9 | 8 | 62 | 7.75 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
| 80 | Andre Debose | Florida | JR | WR | 7 | 7 | 48 | 6.86 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| 82 | Todd Thomas | Pittsburgh | SO | LB | 6 | 1 | 41 | 41.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| 82 | Cyrus Jones | Alabama | FR | ATH | 9 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 82 | Evan Lewis | Penn State | SR | WR | 8 | 9 | 54 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| 85 | Zack Craig | Okla St | JR | DB | 9 | 2 | 60 | 30.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 6.7 |
| 85 | Marcus Jones | Minnesota | SO | WR | 7 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.7 |
| 87 | Stefon Diggs | Maryland | FR | WR | 7 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 88 | Steven Manfro | UCLA | FR | RB | 9 | 8 | 54 | 6.75 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| 89 | Imani Davis | Akron | FR | WR | 8 | 10 | 47 | 4.70 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| 90 | Michael Carter | Minnesota | SR | DB | 8 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.8 |
| 91 | Christion Jones | Alabama | SO | WR | 9 | 6 | 50 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| 91 | Malcolm Mitchell | Georgia | SO | DB | 9 | 10 | 50 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| 93 | Damian Payne | Houston | SO | LB | 6 | 9 | 33 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 94 | Andre Davis | S Florida | SO | WR | 7 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
| 94 | Charles Henderson | Utah | FR | WR | 9 | 20 | 49 | 2.45 | 0 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| 96 | Dennis Norfleet | Michigan | FR | RB | 8 | 1 | 42 | 42.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| 96 | Korvic Neat | Miss | JR | WR | 6 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 96 | Dennis Parks | Rice | FR | WR | 8 | 13 | 42 | 3.23 | 0 | 1.6 | 5.3 |
| 99 | Lamarcus Farmer | UAB | FR | DB | 8 | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 100 | Ja'Gared Davis | SMU | SR | LB | 8 | 1 | 39 | 39.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 4.9 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.