2016 National Leaders Long Punt Return Plays - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2017
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| Name | G | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Akron | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Arizona State | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Boise State | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Clemson | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Colorado | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Colorado State | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Florida State | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Georgia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kansas State | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | LSU | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Maryland | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Missouri | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rutgers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | South Florida | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Syracuse | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | TCU | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Toledo | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tulsa | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | USC | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Washington | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Washington State | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Western Michigan | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Wyoming | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Air Force | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Appalachian State | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Arizona | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Army | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Auburn | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | BYU | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Ball State | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Baylor | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Boston College | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Bowling Green | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Buffalo | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | California | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Central Michigan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Charlotte | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Connecticut | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Duke | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | East Carolina | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Florida | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Florida International | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Fresno State | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Georgia State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Hawai'i | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Houston | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Idaho | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Illinois | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Indiana | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Iowa | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Iowa State | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kansas | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kent State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Louisville | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Marshall | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Massachusetts | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Memphis | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Michigan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Michigan State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Minnesota | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Navy | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Nebraska | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Nevada | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | New Mexico State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | North Carolina | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | North Carolina State | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | North Texas | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Northwestern | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Notre Dame | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Ohio | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Ohio State | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Old Dominion | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Oregon | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Oregon State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Penn State | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Purdue | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Rice | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | SMU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | San Diego State | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | San Jose State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | South Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | South Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Stanford | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Temple | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Texas | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Texas State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Texas Tech | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Troy | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Tulane | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UCF | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UNLV | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UTEP | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UTSA | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Utah | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Utah State | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Virginia | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Wake Forest | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | West Virginia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |