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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Houston 13 27 382 14.15 2 2.1 29.4
2 Middle Tennessee 13 23 337 14.65 2 1.8 25.9
3 Texas A&M 9 28 321 11.46 1 3.1 35.7
4 Iowa 12 37 316 8.54 1 3.1 26.3
5 Central Michigan 13 16 305 19.06 2 1.2 23.5
6 Virginia Tech 11 21 296 14.10 1 1.9 26.9
7 Georgia 9 20 284 14.20 0 2.2 31.6
8 Alabama 10 26 282 10.85 2 2.6 28.2
8 UTSA 13 26 282 10.85 1 2.0 21.7
10 Old Dominion 12 25 279 11.16 1 2.1 23.3
11 Colorado 10 18 259 14.39 1 1.8 25.9
12 UCLA 10 14 256 18.29 2 1.4 25.6
12 Michigan 10 27 256 9.48 0 2.7 25.6
14 Rutgers 9 21 254 12.10 1 2.3 28.2
15 Wake Forest 11 24 251 10.46 0 2.2 22.8
16 Arkansas 10 22 250 11.36 1 2.2 25.0
17 Arizona State 11 18 246 13.67 0 1.6 22.4
18 Coastal Carolina 13 21 241 11.48 3 1.6 18.5
19 Pittsburgh 11 26 240 9.23 0 2.4 21.8
20 Boise State 8 12 230 19.17 3 1.5 28.8
21 Michigan State 10 10 212 21.20 2 1.0 21.2
22 San Diego State 12 23 211 9.17 2 1.9 17.6
23 Toledo 12 25 208 8.32 2 2.1 17.3
24 Northwestern 9 13 207 15.92 0 1.4 23.0
24 Southern Mississippi 11 20 207 10.35 0 1.8 18.8
26 Nevada 12 18 198 11.00 0 1.5 16.5
27 Cincinnati 11 18 195 10.83 0 1.6 17.7
27 BYU 10 21 195 9.29 1 2.1 19.5
29 Bowling Green 12 21 188 8.95 0 1.8 15.7
29 Liberty 11 26 188 7.23 1 2.4 17.1
31 Miami (Florida) 8 17 186 10.94 0 2.1 23.3
32 Tennessee 8 17 184 10.82 0 2.1 23.0
32 Louisiana Tech 11 20 184 9.20 0 1.8 16.7
32 UCF 12 20 184 9.20 0 1.7 15.3
35 New Mexico 10 11 180 16.36 1 1.1 18.0
36 Syracuse 8 14 179 12.79 1 1.8 22.4
37 North Carolina State 10 17 177 10.41 1 1.7 17.7
38 Auburn 8 16 173 10.81 1 2.0 21.6
39 Oregon 10 16 167 10.44 0 1.6 16.7
40 Ball State 13 16 166 10.38 0 1.2 12.8
41 Arizona 8 16 165 10.31 0 2.0 20.6
41 Kentucky 11 16 165 10.31 1 1.5 15.0
43 Stanford 9 11 163 14.82 0 1.2 18.1
43 Appalachian State 12 21 163 7.76 0 1.8 13.6
45 Colorado State 10 18 160 8.89 1 1.8 16.0
46 Indiana 7 12 158 13.17 2 1.7 22.6
46 Utah 9 17 158 9.29 0 1.9 17.6
48 Notre Dame 11 14 154 11.00 0 1.3 14.0
48 Army 12 14 154 11.00 0 1.2 12.8
48 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 26 154 5.92 0 1.9 11.0
51 Maryland 9 17 148 8.71 1 1.9 16.4
52 Navy 9 14 145 10.36 1 1.6 16.1
53 Connecticut 10 11 144 13.09 0 1.1 14.4
53 Florida 10 21 144 6.86 0 2.1 14.4
55 Washington State 9 13 142 10.92 0 1.4 15.8
56 Texas 7 11 141 12.82 0 1.6 20.1
57 Western Kentucky 13 15 140 9.33 0 1.2 10.8
58 San Jose State 10 18 138 7.67 0 1.8 13.8
59 UTEP 13 26 136 5.23 0 2.0 10.5
60 Louisville 8 9 133 14.78 1 1.1 16.6
60 Memphis 11 9 133 14.78 1 0.8 12.1
62 Arkansas State 11 14 131 9.36 1 1.3 11.9
63 Florida Atlantic 12 19 129 6.79 0 1.6 10.8
64 Duke 10 14 127 9.07 0 1.4 12.7
64 Minnesota 11 15 127 8.47 0 1.4 11.5
66 Baylor 9 12 125 10.42 0 1.3 13.9
67 UAB 11 10 123 12.30 1 0.9 11.2
68 South Florida 8 10 120 12.00 0 1.3 15.0
68 North Carolina 9 13 120 9.23 0 1.4 13.3
68 Miami (Ohio) 12 13 120 9.23 0 1.1 10.0
71 Illinois 11 15 119 7.93 0 1.4 10.8
72 Eastern Michigan 13 15 114 7.60 1 1.2 8.8
73 Texas Tech 9 13 111 8.54 0 1.4 12.3
74 Kansas 9 8 108 13.50 0 0.9 12.0
74 Tulane 8 12 108 9.00 0 1.5 13.5
74 Ohio State 9 16 108 6.75 0 1.8 12.0
77 Kansas State 10 8 104 13.00 1 0.8 10.4
78 Oregon State 10 10 102 10.20 0 1.0 10.2
79 California 11 13 100 7.69 0 1.2 9.1
80 Florida International 12 14 98 7.00 1 1.2 8.2
81 Penn State 8 13 95 7.31 0 1.6 11.9
81 Mississippi State 8 15 95 6.33 0 1.9 11.9
83 North Texas 13 12 93 7.75 0 0.9 7.2
83 Virginia 8 16 93 5.81 0 2.0 11.6
85 Clemson 9 18 92 5.11 0 2.0 10.2
86 Buffalo 12 12 88 7.33 0 1.0 7.3
87 Texas State 10 10 86 8.60 1 1.0 8.6
88 SMU 10 15 85 5.67 0 1.5 8.5
89 Rice 10 9 83 9.22 0 0.9 8.3
90 East Carolina 10 12 81 6.75 0 1.2 8.1
90 Washington 10 17 81 4.76 0 1.7 8.1
92 USC 9 13 74 5.69 0 1.4 8.2
93 Kent State 13 12 73 6.08 0 0.9 5.6
94 Purdue 9 13 71 5.46 0 1.4 7.9
95 Wisconsin 10 15 70 4.67 0 1.5 7.0
95 Oklahoma State 10 16 70 4.38 0 1.6 7.0
97 Hawai'i 11 11 69 6.27 0 1.0 6.3
98 Massachusetts 11 9 66 7.33 0 0.8 6.0
99 LSU 9 16 65 4.06 0 1.8 7.2
100 South Carolina 10 9 64 7.11 0 0.9 6.4
100 Northern Illinois 13 11 64 5.82 0 0.8 4.9
102 TCU 9 7 63 9.00 0 0.8 7.0
103 Florida State 8 13 61 4.69 0 1.6 7.6
104 Tulsa 9 17 60 3.53 0 1.9 6.7
105 Boston College 9 11 59 5.36 0 1.2 6.6
105 Georgia Tech 8 13 59 4.54 0 1.6 7.4
107 Troy 11 7 54 7.71 0 0.6 4.9
107 Ohio 11 10 54 5.40 0 0.9 4.9
107 West Virginia 10 15 54 3.60 0 1.5 5.4
110 UNLV 10 7 49 7.00 0 0.7 4.9
110 Iowa State 8 8 49 6.13 0 1.0 6.1
112 Mississippi 10 6 48 8.00 0 0.6 4.8
112 Temple 10 11 48 4.36 0 1.1 4.8
114 Charlotte 12 7 46 6.57 0 0.6 3.8
114 Wyoming 12 12 46 3.83 0 1.0 3.8
114 Marshall 12 20 46 2.30 0 1.7 3.8
117 Utah State 12 14 43 3.07 0 1.2 3.6
118 Fresno State 11 15 42 2.80 0 1.4 3.8
119 Vanderbilt 9 5 41 8.20 0 0.6 4.6
119 Oklahoma 10 8 41 5.13 0 0.8 4.1
119 Akron 11 8 41 5.13 0 0.7 3.7
122 Georgia Southern 9 5 34 6.80 1 0.6 3.8
123 Western Michigan 11 10 27 2.70 0 0.9 2.5
124 Missouri 10 9 25 2.78 0 0.9 2.5
125 New Mexico State 8 4 24 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
126 Louisiana-Monroe 10 6 20 3.33 0 0.6 2.0
126 South Alabama 11 9 20 2.22 0 0.8 1.8
128 Air Force 11 4 16 4.00 0 0.4 1.5
128 Nebraska 7 7 16 2.29 0 1.0 2.3
130 Georgia State 12 3 4 1.33 0 0.3 0.3