2016 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Alabama | 4 | 3 | -22 | -7.33 | 0 | 0.8 | -5.5 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 3 | -7 | -2.33 | 0 | 0.6 | -1.4 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 4 | 7 | -5 | -0.71 | 0 | 1.8 | -1.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Houston | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Idaho | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 11 | 27 | 2.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 9 | 27 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 7 | 23 | 3.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 7 | 29 | 4.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.3 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 7 | 29 | 4.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 9 | 46 | 5.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 8 | 41 | 5.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 3 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.7 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 16 | 95 | 5.94 | 0 | 4.0 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 6 | 37 | 6.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.7 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 9 | 59 | 6.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 12 | 92 | 7.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 16 | 134 | 8.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 7 | 59 | 8.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 13 | 113 | 8.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 11 | 97 | 8.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 6 | 53 | 8.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 7 | 65 | 9.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 7 | 68 | 9.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.8 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 3 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 6 | 64 | 10.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 7 | 76 | 10.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 11 | 123 | 11.18 | 0 | 2.8 | 30.8 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 8 | 90 | 11.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 5 | 57 | 11.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 7 | 85 | 12.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 5 | 6 | 73 | 12.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 14.6 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.3 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 10 | 135 | 13.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 33.8 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 6 | 82 | 13.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.5 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 5 | 70 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 7 | 99 | 14.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 7 | 103 | 14.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 25.8 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 12 | 199 | 16.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.8 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.5 |
| 106 | Indiana | 3 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 1 | 2.3 | 11.3 |
| 106 | Central Michigan | 4 | 10 | 88 | 8.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 22.0 |
| 106 | Rutgers | 4 | 10 | 100 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.5 | 25.0 |
| 106 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 7 | 72 | 10.29 | 1 | 1.8 | 18.0 |
| 106 | Marshall | 3 | 6 | 62 | 10.33 | 1 | 2.0 | 20.7 |
| 106 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 6 | 72 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 18.0 |
| 106 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 11 | 133 | 12.09 | 1 | 2.8 | 33.3 |
| 106 | Hawai'i | 4 | 9 | 110 | 12.22 | 1 | 2.3 | 27.5 |
| 106 | Kent State | 4 | 10 | 123 | 12.30 | 1 | 2.5 | 30.8 |
| 106 | New Mexico | 3 | 9 | 114 | 12.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 38.0 |
| 106 | North Texas | 4 | 10 | 134 | 13.40 | 1 | 2.5 | 33.5 |
| 106 | Syracuse | 4 | 8 | 119 | 14.88 | 1 | 2.0 | 29.8 |
| 106 | Arkansas State | 4 | 7 | 108 | 15.43 | 1 | 1.8 | 27.0 |
| 106 | Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| 106 | East Carolina | 4 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 1 | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| 106 | Mississippi | 4 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 24.5 |
| 106 | Florida State | 4 | 5 | 139 | 27.80 | 1 | 1.3 | 34.8 |
| 106 | Utah State | 4 | 2 | 121 | 60.50 | 1 | 0.5 | 30.3 |
| 124 | New Mexico State | 4 | 15 | 279 | 18.60 | 2 | 3.8 | 69.8 |
| 124 | Colorado | 4 | 6 | 138 | 23.00 | 2 | 1.5 | 34.5 |