2016 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 3 | 6 | 75 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 9 | 117 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 11 | 153 | 13.91 | 0 | 3.7 | 51.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.8 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 12 | 173 | 14.42 | 0 | 4.0 | 57.7 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 10 | 146 | 14.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 36.5 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 17 | 252 | 14.82 | 0 | 4.3 | 63.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 14 | 209 | 14.93 | 0 | 3.5 | 52.3 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 7 | 107 | 15.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.8 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 12 | 184 | 15.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 4 | 13 | 200 | 15.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 50.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 18 | 284 | 15.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 71.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 15 | 247 | 16.47 | 0 | 3.8 | 61.8 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 14 | 235 | 16.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 58.8 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 17 | 287 | 16.88 | 0 | 4.3 | 71.8 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 21 | 357 | 17.00 | 0 | 4.2 | 71.4 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 9 | 154 | 17.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 38.5 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 14 | 241 | 17.21 | 0 | 3.5 | 60.3 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 7 | 122 | 17.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 30.5 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 10 | 176 | 17.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 9 | 159 | 17.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.8 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 17 | 301 | 17.71 | 0 | 4.3 | 75.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 15 | 266 | 17.73 | 0 | 3.8 | 66.5 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 16 | 285 | 17.81 | 0 | 4.0 | 71.3 |
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 8 | 143 | 17.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.8 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 17 | 304 | 17.88 | 0 | 5.7 | 101.3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 14 | 251 | 17.93 | 0 | 3.5 | 62.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 20 | 362 | 18.10 | 0 | 5.0 | 90.5 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 13 | 237 | 18.23 | 0 | 4.3 | 79.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 9 | 166 | 18.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.5 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 27 | 501 | 18.56 | 0 | 6.8 | 125.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 20 | 372 | 18.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 93.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 12 | 224 | 18.67 | 0 | 4.0 | 74.7 |
| 1 | Marshall | 3 | 10 | 189 | 18.90 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 17 | 323 | 19.00 | 0 | 4.3 | 80.8 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 20 | 381 | 19.05 | 0 | 5.0 | 95.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 14 | 267 | 19.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 66.8 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 12 | 232 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 18 | 348 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.6 | 69.6 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 36 | 700 | 19.44 | 0 | 9.0 | 175.0 |
| 1 | Army | 4 | 18 | 351 | 19.50 | 0 | 4.5 | 87.8 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 4 | 14 | 274 | 19.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 68.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 13 | 255 | 19.62 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 11 | 217 | 19.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 11 | 220 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 17 | 340 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.3 | 85.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 5 | 18 | 363 | 20.17 | 0 | 3.6 | 72.6 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 14 | 283 | 20.21 | 0 | 3.5 | 70.8 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 6 | 122 | 20.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 9 | 183 | 20.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 8 | 163 | 20.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.8 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 15 | 306 | 20.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 102.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 19 | 388 | 20.42 | 0 | 4.8 | 97.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 16 | 331 | 20.69 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.8 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 5 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 33.2 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 55.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 18 | 375 | 20.83 | 0 | 4.5 | 93.8 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 20 | 419 | 20.95 | 0 | 5.0 | 104.8 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 21 | 440 | 20.95 | 0 | 5.3 | 110.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 7 | 147 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.8 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 9 | 189 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 63.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 15 | 316 | 21.07 | 0 | 5.0 | 105.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 14 | 296 | 21.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 22 | 466 | 21.18 | 0 | 5.5 | 116.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 4 | 85 | 21.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 5 | 107 | 21.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 9 | 193 | 21.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.3 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 14 | 301 | 21.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 75.3 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 12 | 258 | 21.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 86.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 14 | 303 | 21.64 | 0 | 3.5 | 75.8 |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | 18 | 390 | 21.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 130.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 14 | 305 | 21.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.3 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 6 | 131 | 21.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.8 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 6 | 133 | 22.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 6 | 133 | 22.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 3 | 10 | 223 | 22.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 74.3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 13 | 290 | 22.31 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.5 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 24 | 538 | 22.42 | 0 | 6.0 | 134.5 |
| 1 | Idaho | 4 | 13 | 292 | 22.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 73.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 11 | 249 | 22.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 62.3 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 10 | 227 | 22.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 56.8 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 14 | 319 | 22.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 79.8 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 13 | 297 | 22.85 | 0 | 3.3 | 74.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 7 | 160 | 22.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 4 | 16 | 370 | 23.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 92.5 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 10 | 232 | 23.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 58.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 7 | 163 | 23.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.8 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 10 | 233 | 23.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 58.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 9 | 212 | 23.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 53.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 12 | 284 | 23.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 71.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 12 | 287 | 23.92 | 0 | 4.0 | 95.7 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 8 | 193 | 24.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.3 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 20 | 489 | 24.45 | 0 | 5.0 | 122.3 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 15 | 367 | 24.47 | 0 | 3.8 | 91.8 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 12 | 296 | 24.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 74.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 14 | 350 | 25.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 87.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 15 | 376 | 25.07 | 0 | 3.8 | 94.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | 26 | 653 | 25.12 | 0 | 6.5 | 163.3 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 4 | 14 | 354 | 25.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 88.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 11 | 283 | 25.73 | 0 | 3.7 | 94.3 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 10 | 259 | 25.90 | 0 | 3.3 | 86.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 14 | 374 | 26.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 93.5 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 15 | 404 | 26.93 | 0 | 3.8 | 101.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 10 | 281 | 28.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 70.3 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 6 | 187 | 31.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 62.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 8 | 252 | 31.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 63.0 |
| 117 | Utah | 4 | 14 | 302 | 21.57 | 1 | 3.5 | 75.5 |
| 117 | Rutgers | 4 | 21 | 455 | 21.67 | 1 | 5.3 | 113.8 |
| 117 | Ohio | 4 | 25 | 554 | 22.16 | 1 | 6.3 | 138.5 |
| 117 | Ohio State | 3 | 15 | 338 | 22.53 | 1 | 5.0 | 112.7 |
| 117 | Georgia | 4 | 14 | 317 | 22.64 | 1 | 3.5 | 79.3 |
| 117 | Notre Dame | 4 | 13 | 296 | 22.77 | 1 | 3.3 | 74.0 |
| 117 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 5 | 148 | 29.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 37.0 |
| 117 | Boise State | 3 | 11 | 332 | 30.18 | 1 | 3.7 | 110.7 |
| 117 | Texas State | 3 | 8 | 261 | 32.63 | 1 | 2.7 | 87.0 |
| 117 | New Mexico State | 4 | 9 | 319 | 35.44 | 1 | 2.3 | 79.8 |
| 117 | Georgia State | 3 | 5 | 207 | 41.40 | 1 | 1.7 | 69.0 |
| 128 | California | 4 | 23 | 516 | 22.43 | 2 | 5.8 | 129.0 |