2012 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games in December/January Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamal Miles | Ariz St | SR | WR | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 2 | Ace Sanders | S Carolina | JR | WR | 1 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 66.0 |
| 3 | Trey Watts | Tulsa | JR | RB | 2 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 27.0 |
| 4 | Darius Johnson | SMU | SR | WR | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 5 | Shaquelle Evans | UCLA | JR | WR | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 6 | Jamison Crowder | Duke | SO | WR | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 7 | Ronald Jones | Pittsburgh | SO | WR | 2 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.5 |
| 8 | Scott Harding | Hawai'i | SO | WR | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 34.0 |
| 9 | Travis Jones | FAU | JR | RB | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 33.0 |
| 10 | Johnthan Banks | Miss St | SR | DB | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 11 | Michael Holmes | Va Tech | FR | RB | 1 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 12 | Austin Zouzalik | Texas Tech | SR | WR | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 13 | JD Falslev | BYU | JR | WR | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 14 | Korvic Neat | Miss | JR | WR | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| 15 | Josh Jackson | Army | SR | DB | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 16 | Quandre Diggs | Texas | SO | DB | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 17 | Mason Robinson | Rutgers | SR | DB | 1 | 7 | 40 | 5.71 | 0 | 7.0 | 40.0 |
| 18 | Odell Beckham Jr. | LSU | SO | WR | 1 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 20.0 |
| 18 | Kai Dominguez | Louisville | SO | WR | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 20 | Tramaine Thompson | Kansas St | JR | WR | 2 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.5 |
| 21 | Shaq Thompson | Washington | FR | DB | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Robert Woods | USC | JR | WR | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 15.0 |
| 23 | Michael Carter | Minnesota | SR | DB | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 24 | Skye Dawson | TCU | SR | WR | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 25 | Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | JR | WR | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 26 | Davonte' Neal | Notre Dame | FR | WR | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| 27 | Justin Hardy | ECU | SO | WR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 28 | Adam Humphries | Clemson | SO | WR | 1 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -3.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 1.2 punt returns per game played.