2016 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Alabama 14 31 508 16.39 4 2.2 36.3
2 USC 13 27 414 15.33 2 2.1 31.8
3 Iowa 12 33 412 12.48 1 2.8 34.3
4 Michigan 13 25 357 14.28 2 1.9 27.5
5 Virginia Tech 13 38 327 8.61 1 2.9 25.2
6 Syracuse 11 16 292 18.25 0 1.5 26.5
6 Washington 13 26 292 11.23 2 2.0 22.5
8 Akron 11 13 290 22.31 3 1.2 26.4
9 Colorado 13 27 280 10.37 1 2.1 21.5
10 Texas A&M 12 12 279 23.25 3 1.0 23.3
11 Washington State 12 20 269 13.45 1 1.7 22.4
12 Boston College 12 24 264 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
13 Arkansas State 12 32 260 8.13 2 2.7 21.7
14 San Diego State 13 27 255 9.44 0 2.1 19.6
14 Tennessee 12 30 255 8.50 0 2.5 21.3
16 Florida 13 32 242 7.56 0 2.5 18.6
17 Missouri 11 23 224 9.74 1 2.1 20.4
18 Utah 12 31 218 7.03 1 2.6 18.2
19 Louisville 13 26 211 8.12 1 2.0 16.2
20 Arizona State 11 19 205 10.79 1 1.7 18.6
20 Virginia 11 20 205 10.25 0 1.8 18.6
22 Maryland 12 24 202 8.42 1 2.0 16.8
23 Western Kentucky 13 12 201 16.75 2 0.9 15.5
24 South Florida 12 19 200 10.53 1 1.6 16.7
25 Georgia 12 21 197 9.38 1 1.8 16.4
26 Pittsburgh 12 13 195 15.00 1 1.1 16.3
27 Penn State 14 30 194 6.47 0 2.1 13.9
28 Notre Dame 12 21 191 9.10 0 1.8 15.9
29 Texas State 11 20 190 9.50 0 1.8 17.3
30 Georgia Southern 11 12 188 15.67 0 1.1 17.1
31 Clemson 14 28 187 6.68 0 2.0 13.4
32 Appalachian State 13 17 185 10.88 0 1.3 14.2
32 Wyoming 13 30 185 6.17 1 2.3 14.2
34 Iowa State 11 20 182 9.10 0 1.8 16.5
34 UCLA 12 28 182 6.50 1 2.3 15.2
34 Texas 12 28 182 6.50 0 2.3 15.2
37 Indiana 13 24 179 7.46 0 1.8 13.8
38 Toledo 12 16 177 11.06 1 1.3 14.8
39 Troy 12 20 169 8.45 1 1.7 14.1
40 UTEP 11 18 168 9.33 1 1.6 15.3
40 Rutgers 11 22 168 7.64 1 2.0 15.3
40 Nebraska 13 23 168 7.30 0 1.8 12.9
43 Louisiana Tech 13 16 166 10.38 0 1.2 12.8
43 Miami (Florida) 12 17 166 9.76 0 1.4 13.8
45 Colorado State 12 18 163 9.06 1 1.5 13.6
46 Southern Mississippi 12 22 162 7.36 0 1.8 13.5
47 Boise State 13 24 159 6.63 0 1.8 12.2
48 UCF 12 23 157 6.83 1 1.9 13.1
49 Kansas State 12 16 156 9.75 1 1.3 13.0
50 Florida International 12 15 148 9.87 0 1.3 12.3
51 Wisconsin 14 21 143 6.81 0 1.5 10.2
52 Fresno State 11 18 140 7.78 0 1.6 12.7
53 Auburn 12 13 139 10.69 0 1.1 11.6
53 Oregon State 11 17 139 8.18 0 1.5 12.6
53 Ohio State 13 27 139 5.15 0 2.1 10.7
56 Marshall 11 14 138 9.86 0 1.3 12.5
56 North Texas 12 16 138 8.63 0 1.3 11.5
56 Vanderbilt 12 18 138 7.67 0 1.5 11.5
59 BYU 12 18 136 7.56 0 1.5 11.3
60 Duke 11 17 135 7.94 0 1.5 12.3
60 TCU 12 20 135 6.75 0 1.7 11.3
62 Northwestern 12 19 134 7.05 0 1.6 11.2
63 UTSA 12 16 131 8.19 0 1.3 10.9
64 Kentucky 12 14 130 9.29 1 1.2 10.8
65 Memphis 12 16 129 8.06 0 1.3 10.8
65 Middle Tennessee 12 17 129 7.59 0 1.4 10.8
65 Minnesota 12 22 129 5.86 0 1.8 10.8
68 Navy 13 14 128 9.14 0 1.1 9.8
68 Baylor 12 17 128 7.53 0 1.4 10.7
70 Army 11 16 127 7.94 0 1.5 11.5
70 LSU 11 21 127 6.05 0 1.9 11.5
72 Oklahoma 13 12 122 10.17 1 0.9 9.4
73 Idaho 12 12 121 10.08 2 1.0 10.1
74 North Carolina State 12 14 119 8.50 1 1.2 9.9
75 New Mexico 12 19 113 5.95 0 1.6 9.4
76 Western Michigan 13 14 110 7.86 0 1.1 8.5
76 Arkansas 12 16 110 6.88 0 1.3 9.2
78 Temple 13 13 109 8.38 0 1.0 8.4
78 Michigan State 11 15 109 7.27 0 1.4 9.9
80 Georgia Tech 12 10 108 10.80 0 0.8 9.0
81 Old Dominion 12 18 103 5.72 0 1.5 8.6
82 Nevada 11 9 101 11.22 0 0.8 9.2
83 Air Force 12 9 99 11.00 1 0.8 8.3
84 Louisiana-Monroe 11 11 98 8.91 0 1.0 8.9
85 Purdue 11 10 97 9.70 0 0.9 8.8
86 North Carolina 11 14 96 6.86 0 1.3 8.7
86 Texas Tech 11 14 96 6.86 0 1.3 8.7
88 Massachusetts 11 12 92 7.67 0 1.1 8.4
88 Oklahoma State 12 12 92 7.67 0 1.0 7.7
88 Cincinnati 11 15 92 6.13 0 1.4 8.4
88 Utah State 11 17 92 5.41 1 1.5 8.4
92 San Jose State 11 14 91 6.50 0 1.3 8.3
92 Bowling Green 11 17 91 5.35 0 1.5 8.3
94 South Carolina 12 13 89 6.85 0 1.1 7.4
95 Stanford 13 13 88 6.77 0 1.0 6.8
96 Buffalo 11 11 87 7.91 0 1.0 7.9
97 Ball State 11 17 83 4.88 1 1.5 7.5
98 Illinois 11 20 81 4.05 0 1.8 7.4
99 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 14 80 5.71 0 1.2 6.7
99 Tulsa 12 19 80 4.21 0 1.6 6.7
101 Wake Forest 12 21 76 3.62 0 1.8 6.3
102 Florida State 12 21 74 3.52 0 1.8 6.2
103 Kent State 10 17 73 4.29 0 1.7 7.3
103 Ohio 13 17 73 4.29 0 1.3 5.6
105 Mississippi State 12 18 71 3.94 0 1.5 5.9
106 California 12 17 65 3.82 0 1.4 5.4
107 Hawai'i 13 7 63 9.00 0 0.5 4.8
108 Tulane 11 14 62 4.43 0 1.3 5.6
109 Houston 12 14 59 4.21 0 1.2 4.9
110 Mississippi 11 9 54 6.00 0 0.8 4.9
110 Central Michigan 12 13 54 4.15 0 1.1 4.5
110 Northern Illinois 11 15 54 3.60 0 1.4 4.9
113 Oregon 11 16 53 3.31 0 1.5 4.8
114 South Alabama 11 11 50 4.55 0 1.0 4.5
115 SMU 11 13 48 3.69 0 1.2 4.4
116 Rice 11 17 47 2.76 0 1.5 4.3
117 Florida Atlantic 11 11 34 3.09 0 1.0 3.1
118 Charlotte 11 13 32 2.46 1 1.2 2.9
119 Arizona 11 9 28 3.11 0 0.8 2.5
120 Eastern Michigan 12 8 22 2.75 0 0.7 1.8
120 West Virginia 12 19 22 1.16 0 1.6 1.8
122 Connecticut 11 3 21 7.00 0 0.3 1.9
123 New Mexico State 12 6 19 3.17 0 0.5 1.6
124 Miami (Ohio) 12 6 18 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
125 East Carolina 11 8 16 2.00 0 0.7 1.5
126 Georgia State 11 6 12 2.00 0 0.5 1.1
127 UNLV 11 11 6 0.55 1 1.0 0.5
128 Kansas 11 5 -27 -5.40 0 0.5 -2.5