2021 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games Lost Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -2.5 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | -8 | -2.00 | 0 | 4.0 | -8.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| 1 | UTSA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Ball State | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 0 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 6 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 7 | 6 | 16 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Illinois | 7 | 22 | 68 | 3.09 | 0 | 3.1 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Texas | 7 | 12 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 5 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 10 | 20 | 69 | 3.45 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.9 |
| 1 | Kent State | 7 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 3 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 6 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.2 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 5 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 7.3 |
| 1 | USC | 8 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 3 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 10.7 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 7 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 7 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 11 | 18 | 84 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.6 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 7 | 8 | 38 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 8 | 9 | 43 | 4.78 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 1 | Troy | 7 | 12 | 63 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 6 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 5 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 11 | 25 | 138 | 5.52 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Army | 4 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 10 | 6 | 37 | 6.17 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Florida | 7 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Louisville | 7 | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.6 |
| 1 | Baylor | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 6 | 8 | 60 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 10 | 75 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 2 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Akron | 10 | 21 | 158 | 7.52 | 0 | 2.1 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Florida State | 7 | 8 | 62 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.9 |
| 1 | Boise State | 5 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 7 | 19 | 150 | 7.89 | 0 | 2.7 | 21.4 |
| 1 | Indiana | 10 | 20 | 158 | 7.90 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 8 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Maryland | 6 | 12 | 99 | 8.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 1 | UNLV | 10 | 23 | 193 | 8.39 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Utah State | 3 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 7 | 13 | 111 | 8.54 | 0 | 1.9 | 15.9 |
| 1 | Nevada | 5 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Duke | 9 | 20 | 179 | 8.95 | 0 | 2.2 | 19.9 |
| 1 | Rice | 8 | 21 | 191 | 9.10 | 0 | 2.6 | 23.9 |
| 1 | Liberty | 5 | 4 | 37 | 9.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 7 | 11 | 102 | 9.27 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 6 | 6 | 57 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 6 | 8 | 78 | 9.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 17 | 170 | 10.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 9 | 15 | 152 | 10.13 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.9 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 10 | 105 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 11 | 26 | 273 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 11 | 117 | 10.64 | 0 | 1.2 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 9 | 15 | 161 | 10.73 | 0 | 1.7 | 17.9 |
| 1 | Ohio | 9 | 9 | 98 | 10.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.9 |
| 1 | Washington State | 6 | 9 | 98 | 10.89 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 10 | 20 | 219 | 10.95 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.9 |
| 1 | Missouri | 7 | 7 | 78 | 11.14 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.1 |
| 1 | LSU | 7 | 8 | 91 | 11.38 | 0 | 1.1 | 13.0 |
| 1 | California | 7 | 8 | 92 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 13.1 |
| 1 | Temple | 9 | 20 | 232 | 11.60 | 0 | 2.2 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 9 | 12 | 141 | 11.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.7 |
| 1 | South Florida | 10 | 10 | 118 | 11.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 6 | 72 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 8 | 96 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 8 | 17 | 206 | 12.12 | 0 | 2.1 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 6 | 13 | 164 | 12.62 | 0 | 2.2 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Virginia | 6 | 8 | 103 | 12.88 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.2 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 6 | 10 | 133 | 13.30 | 0 | 1.7 | 22.2 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 9 | 120 | 13.33 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.1 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.5 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 7 | 102 | 14.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 12 | 185 | 15.42 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.6 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 16 | 261 | 16.31 | 0 | 1.6 | 26.1 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 6 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.5 |
| 99 | Arkansas | 4 | 8 | 44 | 5.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| 99 | Texas State | 8 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| 99 | West Virginia | 7 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 1 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| 99 | Bowling Green | 8 | 22 | 151 | 6.86 | 1 | 2.8 | 18.9 |
| 99 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 14 | 107 | 7.64 | 1 | 1.8 | 13.4 |
| 99 | Georgia State | 5 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 1 | 1.8 | 14.8 |
| 99 | Hawai'i | 7 | 8 | 68 | 8.50 | 1 | 1.1 | 9.7 |
| 99 | UCF | 4 | 7 | 66 | 9.43 | 1 | 1.8 | 16.5 |
| 99 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 13 | 129 | 9.92 | 1 | 1.4 | 14.3 |
| 99 | Utah | 4 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 1 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 99 | Colorado | 8 | 31 | 335 | 10.81 | 1 | 3.9 | 41.9 |
| 99 | North Carolina | 7 | 12 | 140 | 11.67 | 1 | 1.7 | 20.0 |
| 99 | Navy | 8 | 16 | 189 | 11.81 | 1 | 2.0 | 23.6 |
| 99 | Kansas | 10 | 13 | 180 | 13.85 | 1 | 1.3 | 18.0 |
| 99 | Toledo | 6 | 9 | 130 | 14.44 | 1 | 1.5 | 21.7 |
| 99 | North Texas | 7 | 15 | 224 | 14.93 | 1 | 2.1 | 32.0 |
| 99 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 13 | 207 | 15.92 | 1 | 1.9 | 29.6 |
| 99 | Boston College | 6 | 10 | 172 | 17.20 | 1 | 1.7 | 28.7 |
| 99 | UTEP | 6 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 1 | 0.8 | 14.5 |
| 99 | Oregon | 4 | 8 | 143 | 17.88 | 1 | 2.0 | 35.8 |
| 99 | Mississippi State | 6 | 8 | 146 | 18.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 24.3 |
| 99 | South Carolina | 6 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.8 |
| 99 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 125 | 31.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 25.0 |
| 122 | Arizona | 11 | 19 | 175 | 9.21 | 2 | 1.7 | 15.9 |
| 122 | Nebraska | 9 | 14 | 131 | 9.36 | 2 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
| 122 | New Mexico | 9 | 19 | 178 | 9.37 | 2 | 2.1 | 19.8 |
| 122 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 13 | 156 | 12.00 | 2 | 1.4 | 17.3 |
| 122 | Western Michigan | 5 | 7 | 259 | 37.00 | 2 | 1.4 | 51.8 |