2018 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019

Name Team Yr Pos G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Cedarius Rookard Troy SR S 1 3 65 21.67 1 3.0 65.0
2 D.J. Matthews FSU SO WR 9 15 223 14.87 1 1.7 24.8
3 Dazz Newsome N Carolina SO WR 9 14 201 14.36 1 1.6 22.3
4 Michael Walker BC SR WR 9 15 200 13.33 1 1.7 22.2
5 Donovan Peoples-Jones Michigan SO WR 10 20 244 12.20 1 2.0 24.4
6 Kyle Groeneweg Iowa SR WR 11 17 198 11.65 1 1.5 18.0
7 Chris Finke Notre Dame SR WR 11 15 172 11.47 0 1.4 15.6
8 Ryan Davis Auburn SR WR 10 16 181 11.31 0 1.6 18.1
9 Shun Brown Arizona SR WR 9 15 167 11.13 0 1.7 18.6
10 Trenton Irwin Stanford SR WR 9 11 121 11.00 0 1.2 13.4
11 Britain Covey Utah SO WR 10 19 199 10.47 0 1.9 19.9
12 K.J. Osborn Buffalo JR WR 1 5 52 10.40 0 5.0 52.0
13 Danzel McKinley-Lewis Toledo JR WR 1 2 18 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
14 Roshauud Paul Texas A&M SO WR 10 19 159 8.37 0 1.9 15.9
15 Tyler Vaughns USC SO WR 10 16 123 7.69 1 1.6 12.3
16 Ronnie Blackmon Colorado SO DB 10 22 163 7.41 0 2.2 16.3
17 Otis Anderson UCF SO RB 2 3 22 7.33 0 1.5 11.0
18 Michael Shelton BYU SR DB 5 6 41 6.83 0 1.2 8.2
19 Tyre McCants S Florida SR WR 2 3 19 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
20 DeAndre Thompkins Penn State SR WR 11 14 85 6.07 1 1.3 7.7
21 Amari Rodgers Clemson SO WR 12 33 200 6.06 1 2.8 16.7
22 Aulden Knight Cincinnati SO WR 2 3 18 6.00 0 1.5 9.0
23 Aaron Fuller Washington JR WR 12 18 106 5.89 0 1.5 8.8
24 Greg Dortch Wk Forest SO WR 8 19 106 5.58 0 2.4 13.3
25 Freddie Swain Florida JR WR 9 18 100 5.56 0 2.0 11.1
26 Riley Lees N'western SO WR 12 17 91 5.35 0 1.4 7.6
27 James Proche SMU JR WR 2 3 16 5.33 0 1.5 8.0
28 Roger Cray Western Ky SO DB 2 4 21 5.25 0 2.0 10.5
28 Jack Dunn Wisconsin SO WR 10 16 84 5.25 0 1.6 8.4
30 Mark Quattlebaum Charlotte SR WR 1 2 10 5.00 0 2.0 10.0
31 Rafael Araujo-Lopes Pittsburgh SR WR 11 15 73 4.87 0 1.4 6.6
32 KJ Hamler Penn State SO WR 11 13 63 4.85 0 1.2 5.7
33 T.J. Rahming Duke SR WR 10 19 90 4.74 0 1.9 9.0
34 Chuck Davis Virginia SO WR 10 16 74 4.63 0 1.6 7.4
35 OJ Clark NMSU JR WR 1 3 13 4.33 0 3.0 13.0
36 Taivon Jacobs Maryland SR WR 10 14 34 2.43 0 1.4 3.4
37 Jamil Sabbagh CMU JR WR 3 4 4 1.00 0 1.3 1.3
38 Olabisi Johnson CSU SR WR 3 5 0 0.00 0 1.7 0.0

Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 1.2 punt returns per game played.