2016 National Leaders Long Punt Return Plays - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
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| Name | G | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | |
| 1 | Clemson | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Iowa State | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | TCU | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Boston College | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Michigan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Missouri | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Penn State | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tulsa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | USC | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | UTEP | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Akron | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Arkansas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Baylor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Florida | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Kansas State | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Oregon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Rutgers | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | San Diego State | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Syracuse | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Toledo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Troy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Utah | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Alabama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Appalachian State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Arizona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Arizona State | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Arkansas State | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Army | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Auburn | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | BYU | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Ball State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Central Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Colorado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Duke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Florida International | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Florida State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Indiana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kent State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | LSU | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Memphis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | North Carolina State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | North Texas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Ohio | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Purdue | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | South Carolina | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | South Florida | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Stanford | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Temple | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Texas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | UCF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Utah State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Washington | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Wyoming | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Air Force | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Boise State | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Bowling Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Buffalo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | California | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Charlotte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Colorado State | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Connecticut | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | East Carolina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Georgia State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Hawai'i | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Houston | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Idaho | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Iowa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Kansas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Louisville | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Maryland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Mississippi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Mississippi State | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Navy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Nevada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | New Mexico State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Northwestern | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Oregon State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Rice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | SMU | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | San Jose State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | South Alabama | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Texas State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Tulane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | UCLA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | UNLV | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | UTSA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Virginia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Wake Forest | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Washington State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | West Virginia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Wisconsin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |