2023 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games Lost Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachariah Branch | USC | FR | WR | 5 | 7 | 145 | 20.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.0 |
| 2 | Myles Price | Texas Tech | SR | WR | 5 | 7 | 124 | 17.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.8 |
| 3 | Tucker Holloway | Va Tech | SO | WR | 6 | 8 | 100 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.7 |
| 4 | Micah Davis | Utah State | JR | WR | 6 | 13 | 162 | 12.46 | 0 | 2.2 | 27.0 |
| 5 | Courtney Jackson | Ark St | JR | WR | 7 | 9 | 108 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 15.4 |
| 6 | Jalen Coit | NC State | SO | WR | 4 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 7 | Caullin Lacy | USA | JR | WR | 6 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| 8 | Phillip Brooks | Kansas St | SR | WR | 4 | 6 | 43 | 7.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.8 |
| 9 | Smoke Harris | La Tech | SR | WR | 9 | 22 | 153 | 6.95 | 0 | 2.4 | 17.0 |
| 10 | Khaleb Hood | Ga South | SR | WR | 7 | 13 | 88 | 6.77 | 0 | 1.9 | 12.6 |
| 11 | Mekhi Shaw | SDSU | JR | WR | 6 | 10 | 62 | 6.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| 12 | Parker Kingston | BYU | FR | WR | 7 | 10 | 54 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.7 |
| 13 | Koby Drake | Memphis | JR | WR | 3 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.7 |
| 14 | M.J. Devonshire | Pittsburgh | SR | DB | 9 | 15 | 77 | 5.13 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| 15 | Xavier Worthy | Texas | JR | WR | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 16 | Tyler Walton | Ohio | SR | WR | 3 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| 17 | Preston Fox | WVU | SO | WR | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
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.