2021 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/10/2022

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Utah 5 13 296 22.77 2 2.6 59.2
2 Tennessee 5 9 122 13.56 0 1.8 24.4
3 Michigan 4 9 108 12.00 0 2.3 27.0
4 Iowa State 5 9 62 6.89 0 1.8 12.4
4 Syracuse 4 10 62 6.20 0 2.5 15.5
6 Northwestern 3 4 58 14.50 0 1.3 19.3
6 Mississippi State 5 8 58 7.25 0 1.6 11.6
8 Texas 5 7 55 7.86 0 1.4 11.0
9 LSU 4 6 52 8.67 0 1.5 13.0
9 Purdue 4 7 52 7.43 0 1.8 13.0
11 Arizona 4 6 48 8.00 1 1.5 12.0
12 Mississippi 3 2 45 22.50 0 0.7 15.0
12 Oregon State 3 4 45 11.25 1 1.3 15.0
14 Missouri 3 4 44 11.00 0 1.3 14.7
15 BYU 3 5 43 8.60 0 1.7 14.3
16 Old Dominion 1 3 41 13.67 0 3.0 41.0
17 Georgia 6 13 39 3.00 1 2.2 6.5
18 South Alabama 1 3 38 12.67 0 3.0 38.0
18 Utah State 2 3 38 12.67 0 1.5 19.0
18 Pittsburgh 3 4 38 9.50 0 1.3 12.7
21 San Diego State 2 6 37 6.17 0 3.0 18.5
22 Tulane 4 4 36 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
23 Wake Forest 3 1 35 35.00 0 0.3 11.7
24 Marshall 1 4 34 8.50 0 4.0 34.0
25 Penn State 5 4 33 8.25 0 0.8 6.6
26 Virginia Tech 2 6 32 5.33 0 3.0 16.0
27 Auburn 5 7 31 4.43 0 1.4 6.2
28 TCU 3 2 29 14.50 0 0.7 9.7
28 North Carolina 4 2 29 14.50 0 0.5 7.3
28 Cincinnati 3 3 29 9.67 0 1.0 9.7
28 Baylor 5 7 29 4.14 0 1.4 5.8
32 Oklahoma 3 4 28 7.00 0 1.3 9.3
33 Nevada 1 2 25 12.50 0 2.0 25.0
33 Washington 2 2 25 12.50 0 1.0 12.5
33 Michigan State 3 2 25 12.50 0 0.7 8.3
36 Louisville 5 5 24 4.80 0 1.0 4.8
36 Georgia Southern 3 6 24 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
36 Ohio State 4 7 24 3.43 0 1.8 6.0
39 Wisconsin 3 5 22 4.40 0 1.7 7.3
40 Maryland 4 6 21 3.50 0 1.5 5.3
40 Texas Tech 4 6 21 3.50 0 1.5 5.3
42 Air Force 2 1 20 20.00 0 0.5 10.0
43 Rice 2 2 19 9.50 0 1.0 9.5
44 Southern Mississippi 1 1 18 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
44 Florida 3 3 18 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
44 New Mexico 2 6 18 3.00 0 3.0 9.0
47 Stanford 3 2 17 8.50 0 0.7 5.7
48 Navy 3 2 16 8.00 0 0.7 5.3
48 Tulsa 4 6 16 2.67 0 1.5 4.0
50 Houston 1 1 14 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
50 Colorado 2 1 14 14.00 0 0.5 7.0
50 Arkansas 3 2 14 7.00 0 0.7 4.7
50 New Mexico State 4 6 14 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
54 Miami (Florida) 4 4 13 3.25 0 1.0 3.3
55 UCLA 2 1 12 12.00 0 0.5 6.0
55 UTSA 1 2 12 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
55 Rutgers 4 2 12 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
58 Louisiana Tech 1 2 11 5.50 0 2.0 11.0
58 Nebraska 5 3 11 3.67 0 0.6 2.2
58 Boston College 3 4 11 2.75 0 1.3 3.7
61 Florida State 4 4 10 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
61 Notre Dame 2 6 10 1.67 0 3.0 5.0
63 Akron 1 1 9 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
63 Troy 1 1 9 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
63 Minnesota 2 1 9 9.00 0 0.5 4.5
63 Kent State 1 3 9 3.00 0 3.0 9.0
63 Arizona State 2 3 9 3.00 0 1.5 4.5
68 North Carolina State 2 2 8 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
69 South Carolina 3 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 2.3
70 Washington State 4 2 6 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
71 Temple 2 3 5 1.67 0 1.5 2.5
71 Appalachian State 2 4 5 1.25 0 2.0 2.5
71 Colorado State 2 4 5 1.25 0 2.0 2.5
71 West Virginia 3 4 5 1.25 0 1.3 1.7
75 Fresno State 2 1 4 4.00 0 0.5 2.0
75 Vanderbilt 3 2 4 2.00 0 0.7 1.3
75 Boise State 4 3 4 1.33 0 0.8 1.0
78 Oregon 4 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 0.8
79 Western Kentucky 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
79 UAB 2 2 2 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
79 Liberty 2 2 2 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
79 USC 3 3 2 0.67 0 1.0 0.7
79 Georgia Tech 4 3 2 0.67 0 0.8 0.5
84 Connecticut 2 2 1 0.50 0 1.0 0.5
84 Virginia 4 2 1 0.50 0 0.5 0.3
84 Clemson 4 3 1 0.33 0 0.8 0.3
87 Arkansas State 1 3 0 0.00 0 3.0 0.0
87 Illinois 1 2 0 0.00 0 2.0 0.0
87 California 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
87 Duke 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
87 Texas State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
92 Texas A&M 3 2 -1 -0.50 0 0.7 -0.3
93 Indiana 5 2 -2 -1.00 0 0.4 -0.4
93 Oklahoma State 4 2 -2 -1.00 0 0.5 -0.5
93 Memphis 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 1.0 -2.0
96 Iowa 2 3 -3 -1.00 0 1.5 -1.5
97 Kansas State 3 2 -4 -2.00 0 0.7 -1.3
98 Alabama 5 8 -10 -1.25 0 1.6 -2.0
98 UCF 1 2 -10 -5.00 0 2.0 -10.0