2017 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 3 | -18 | -6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -6.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 6 | -1 | -0.17 | 0 | 2.0 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | LSU | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Alabama | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 13 | 39 | 3.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 3 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 9 | 35 | 3.89 | 0 | 3.0 | 11.7 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 3 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 4 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 3 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 9 | 40 | 4.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 3 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 3 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.7 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.8 |
| 1 | Rice | 3 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Florida International | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| 1 | Iowa | 3 | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 12 | 78 | 6.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 3 | 9 | 59 | 6.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.7 |
| 1 | UTEP | 3 | 7 | 47 | 6.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 15.7 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 3 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 4 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Washington | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 6 | 48 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 11 | 90 | 8.18 | 0 | 2.8 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 3 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 0 | 3.0 | 24.7 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| 1 | Ohio | 4 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 5 | 47 | 9.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.7 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 13 | 123 | 9.46 | 0 | 4.3 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 3 | 9 | 88 | 9.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 50 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.5 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 6 | 64 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.0 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 6 | 67 | 11.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.8 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 6 | 67 | 11.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.3 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 5 | 56 | 11.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 18.7 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 6 | 68 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 17.0 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 10 | 116 | 11.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 10 | 119 | 11.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 29.8 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 7 | 86 | 12.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 6 | 76 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 4 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 2 | 6 | 100 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 3 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.3 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 8 | 150 | 18.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 16.7 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 4 | 1 | 37 | 37.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 9.3 |
| 110 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 1 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 110 | Indiana | 4 | 11 | 55 | 5.00 | 1 | 2.8 | 13.8 |
| 110 | Oregon | 4 | 7 | 43 | 6.14 | 1 | 1.8 | 10.8 |
| 110 | UAB | 4 | 9 | 61 | 6.78 | 1 | 2.3 | 15.3 |
| 110 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 6 | 63 | 10.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 15.8 |
| 110 | Colorado State | 4 | 7 | 74 | 10.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 18.5 |
| 110 | Notre Dame | 3 | 10 | 115 | 11.50 | 1 | 3.3 | 38.3 |
| 110 | Old Dominion | 4 | 6 | 72 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 18.0 |
| 110 | San Diego State | 4 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 1 | 1.3 | 16.5 |
| 110 | North Carolina | 4 | 13 | 200 | 15.38 | 1 | 3.3 | 50.0 |
| 110 | Idaho | 4 | 9 | 155 | 17.22 | 1 | 2.3 | 38.8 |
| 110 | Virginia | 4 | 7 | 126 | 18.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 31.5 |
| 110 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 8 | 149 | 18.63 | 1 | 2.0 | 37.3 |
| 110 | Ball State | 3 | 8 | 168 | 21.00 | 1 | 2.7 | 56.0 |
| 110 | East Carolina | 3 | 6 | 134 | 22.33 | 1 | 2.0 | 44.7 |
| 110 | Auburn | 3 | 3 | 85 | 28.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 28.3 |
| 126 | Kansas | 4 | 11 | 249 | 22.64 | 2 | 2.8 | 62.3 |