2018 American Athletic Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temple | 9 | 17 | 260 | 15.29 | 3 | 1.9 | 28.9 |
| 2 | Tulsa | 9 | 9 | 125 | 13.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| 3 | Memphis | 11 | 27 | 317 | 11.74 | 1 | 2.5 | 28.8 |
| 4 | SMU | 9 | 16 | 154 | 9.63 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.1 |
| 5 | Navy | 12 | 12 | 88 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 6 | UCF | 10 | 12 | 85 | 7.08 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| 7 | Houston | 10 | 12 | 80 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 10 | 20 | 113 | 5.65 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.3 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 10 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| 10 | Tulane | 10 | 26 | 136 | 5.23 | 0 | 2.6 | 13.6 |
| 11 | East Carolina | 9 | 8 | 40 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| 12 | South Florida | 10 | 14 | 33 | 2.36 | 0 | 1.4 | 3.3 |