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 | Boise State | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Clemson | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 | Kansas State | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Maryland | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 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 State | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Air Force | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Appalachian State | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Arizona | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Arkansas | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Arkansas State | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Army | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Auburn | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | BYU | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Ball State | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Baylor | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Boston College | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Buffalo | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | California | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Central Michigan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Charlotte | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Colorado | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Connecticut | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Duke | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | East Carolina | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Florida | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Florida International | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Fresno State | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Georgia State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Hawai'i | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Houston | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Idaho | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Illinois | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Indiana | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Iowa | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Iowa State | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kansas | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kent State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kentucky | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | LSU | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Louisville | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Marshall | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Memphis | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Michigan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Michigan State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Minnesota | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mississippi | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Missouri | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Navy | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Nevada | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | New Mexico State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | North Carolina State | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | North Texas | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Northwestern | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Ohio | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Ohio State | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Old Dominion | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Oregon | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Oregon State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Penn State | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Purdue | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Rice | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Rutgers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | SMU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | San Diego State | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | San Jose State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | South Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Stanford | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Temple | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Tennessee | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Texas | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Texas State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Texas Tech | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Toledo | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Troy | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Tulane | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Tulsa | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | UCF | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | UNLV | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | UTEP | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | UTSA | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Utah | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Utah State | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Virginia | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Wake Forest | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Washington | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | West Virginia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Western Michigan | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Wyoming | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |