2016 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Kirk | Texas A&M | SO | WR | 2 | 3 | 144 | 48.00 | 2 | 1.5 | 72.0 |
| 1 | Adoree' Jackson | USC | JR | DB | 2 | 4 | 143 | 35.75 | 2 | 2.0 | 71.5 |
| 3 | Isaiah McKenzie | Georgia | JR | WR | 1 | 1 | 82 | 82.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 82.0 |
| 3 | Dominique Heath | Kansas St | SO | WR | 1 | 1 | 75 | 75.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 75.0 |
| 3 | Greg Stroman | Va Tech | JR | DB | 1 | 2 | 94 | 47.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 94.0 |
| 3 | Johnathon Johnson | Missouri | FR | WR | 2 | 2 | 74 | 37.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 37.0 |
| 3 | Lloyd Hightower | Idaho | FR | WR | 10 | 1 | 33 | 33.00 | 1 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| 3 | Xavian Marks | Alabama | SO | WR | 1 | 4 | 90 | 22.50 | 1 | 4.0 | 90.0 |
| 3 | Kylen Towner | Western Ky | JR | WR | 11 | 3 | 62 | 20.67 | 1 | 0.3 | 5.6 |
| 3 | Charles Walker | Kentucky | JR | WR | 2 | 5 | 101 | 20.20 | 1 | 2.5 | 50.5 |
| 3 | JoJo Natson, Jr. | Akron | SR | WR | 10 | 10 | 199 | 19.90 | 1 | 1.0 | 19.9 |
| 3 | Kendrick Trotter | Idaho | SR | CB | 9 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 1 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| 3 | Nacarius Fant | Western Ky | JR | WR | 6 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 1 | 0.8 | 15.3 |
| 3 | Janarion Grant | Rutgers | SR | WR | 1 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 1 | 7.0 | 112.0 |
| 3 | Corey Jones | Toledo | SR | WR | 12 | 15 | 167 | 11.13 | 1 | 1.3 | 13.9 |
| 3 | Robert Ruiz | CSU | SR | WR | 10 | 15 | 125 | 8.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 3 | Blaise Taylor | Ark St | JR | DB | 11 | 26 | 212 | 8.15 | 1 | 2.4 | 19.3 |
| 3 | Austin Conway | Wyoming | FR | WR | 12 | 29 | 160 | 5.52 | 1 | 2.4 | 13.3 |
| 3 | Ed Rolle | Charlotte | SO | DB | 10 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 1 | 0.1 | -0.2 |