2023 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Texas | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 5 | 63 | 12.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.8 |
| 1 | South Florida | 5 | 14 | 180 | 12.86 | 0 | 2.8 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 5 | 8 | 105 | 13.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 5 | 15 | 201 | 13.40 | 0 | 3.0 | 40.2 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Toledo | 5 | 17 | 239 | 14.06 | 0 | 3.4 | 47.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 100 | 14.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 9 | 132 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 9 | 133 | 14.78 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.6 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 9 | 136 | 15.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 5 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.2 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 11 | 169 | 15.36 | 0 | 2.2 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 6 | 94 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 6 | 10 | 157 | 15.70 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.2 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 11 | 173 | 15.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 43.3 |
| 1 | TCU | 3 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 8 | 128 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 5 | 10 | 163 | 16.30 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.6 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 9 | 147 | 16.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.8 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Memphis | 5 | 15 | 248 | 16.53 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.6 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 17 | 286 | 16.82 | 0 | 3.4 | 57.2 |
| 1 | UNLV | 5 | 23 | 387 | 16.83 | 0 | 4.6 | 77.4 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 6 | 102 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.4 |
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 5 | 85 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 10 | 171 | 17.10 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.2 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 11 | 189 | 17.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 37.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 5 | 86 | 17.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.2 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 5 | 12 | 207 | 17.25 | 0 | 2.4 | 41.4 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 9 | 156 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.2 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 8 | 140 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 7 | 123 | 17.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 11 | 194 | 17.64 | 0 | 3.7 | 64.7 |
| 1 | Marshall | 5 | 10 | 178 | 17.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.6 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 11 | 196 | 17.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 6 | 107 | 17.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 11 | 197 | 17.91 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.3 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 13 | 233 | 17.92 | 0 | 2.6 | 46.6 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 7 | 126 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.5 |
| 1 | Florida State | 5 | 9 | 162 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.4 |
| 1 | Air Force | 5 | 15 | 271 | 18.07 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.2 |
| 1 | California | 4 | 14 | 253 | 18.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 63.3 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 14 | 253 | 18.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 63.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 5 | 7 | 127 | 18.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.4 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 5 | 13 | 237 | 18.23 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.4 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Army | 11 | 8 | 148 | 18.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 12 | 222 | 18.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 8 | 149 | 18.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | 131 | 18.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.8 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 15 | 282 | 18.80 | 0 | 3.8 | 70.5 |
| 1 | Boise State | 5 | 12 | 227 | 18.92 | 0 | 2.4 | 45.4 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 21 | 399 | 19.00 | 0 | 4.2 | 79.8 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 11 | 210 | 19.09 | 0 | 2.2 | 42.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 5 | 8 | 153 | 19.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.6 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 7 | 134 | 19.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Troy | 5 | 10 | 195 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.8 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 9 | 179 | 19.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.8 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 11 | 219 | 19.91 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.8 |
| 1 | Ohio | 5 | 14 | 279 | 19.93 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.8 |
| 1 | Duke | 5 | 13 | 260 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.6 | 52.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 5 | 11 | 222 | 20.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 44.4 |
| 1 | Texas State | 5 | 21 | 424 | 20.19 | 0 | 4.2 | 84.8 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 7 | 142 | 20.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 9 | 183 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.6 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.6 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 6 | 124 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.8 |
| 1 | James Madison | 5 | 7 | 145 | 20.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.5 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 13 | 272 | 20.92 | 0 | 2.6 | 54.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 11 | 233 | 21.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 46.6 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 13 | 20 | 424 | 21.20 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.6 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 12 | 256 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 9 | 193 | 21.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 5 | 108 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 5 | 10 | 216 | 21.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.2 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 10 | 216 | 21.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 54.0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 5 | 11 | 238 | 21.64 | 0 | 2.2 | 47.6 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 16 | 349 | 21.81 | 0 | 4.0 | 87.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 5 | 7 | 153 | 21.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 30.6 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 11 | 17 | 382 | 22.47 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.7 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 10 | 226 | 22.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 56.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 8 | 181 | 22.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 60.3 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 11 | 249 | 22.64 | 0 | 2.2 | 49.8 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 6 | 136 | 22.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 4 | 8 | 185 | 23.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 93 | 23.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 5 | 7 | 164 | 23.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 32.8 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 11 | 258 | 23.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 5 | 10 | 242 | 24.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.4 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 9 | 221 | 24.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 3 | 74 | 24.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.7 |
| 1 | Missouri | 5 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 5 | 12 | 302 | 25.17 | 0 | 2.4 | 60.4 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 5 | 6 | 152 | 25.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 30.4 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 8 | 227 | 28.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 75.7 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 9 | 261 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 52.2 |
| 121 | San Jose State | 5 | 11 | 179 | 16.27 | 1 | 2.2 | 35.8 |
| 121 | Texas A&M | 5 | 15 | 308 | 20.53 | 1 | 3.0 | 61.6 |
| 121 | USC | 4 | 18 | 420 | 23.33 | 1 | 4.5 | 105.0 |
| 121 | Fresno State | 5 | 16 | 378 | 23.63 | 1 | 3.2 | 75.6 |
| 121 | Mississippi State | 4 | 12 | 304 | 25.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 76.0 |
| 121 | Massachusetts | 10 | 30 | 782 | 26.07 | 1 | 3.0 | 78.2 |
| 121 | Virginia | 4 | 8 | 225 | 28.13 | 1 | 2.0 | 56.3 |
| 121 | Hawai'i | 5 | 5 | 150 | 30.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 30.0 |
| 121 | Louisville | 5 | 9 | 274 | 30.44 | 1 | 1.8 | 54.8 |
| 121 | Ball State | 4 | 9 | 329 | 36.56 | 1 | 2.3 | 82.3 |
| 121 | Clemson | 5 | 5 | 218 | 43.60 | 1 | 1.0 | 43.6 |
| 121 | Washington State | 3 | 2 | 129 | 64.50 | 1 | 0.7 | 43.0 |