2023 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Toledo | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| 3 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Penn State | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 8 | Maryland | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 8 | San Jose State | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 33.0 |
| 10 | Louisville | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 10 | Ohio | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| 13 | Arizona State | 1 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 49.0 |
| 14 | Bowling Green | 1 | 6 | 77 | 12.83 | 0 | 6.0 | 77.0 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 16 | LSU | 1 | 7 | 93 | 13.29 | 0 | 7.0 | 93.0 |
| 17 | Arkansas State | 1 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 40.0 |
| 18 | Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 41.0 |
| 19 | Missouri | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 21 | Temple | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 22 | California | 1 | 5 | 72 | 14.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 72.0 |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 24 | Kent State | 1 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 73.0 |
| 25 | Oregon | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 26 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 26 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 26 | Old Dominion | 1 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 26 | South Florida | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 26 | Tulsa | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 31 | South Alabama | 1 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 61.0 |
| 32 | Army | 2 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.0 |
| 32 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 46.0 |
| 34 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 34 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 34 | East Carolina | 1 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 62.0 |
| 37 | UNLV | 1 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 0 | 6.0 | 95.0 |
| 38 | SMU | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 38 | Northwestern | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 40 | Georgia State | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 41 | Buffalo | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 43 | Akron | 1 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 67.0 |
| 44 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 44 | Florida International | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 44 | Indiana | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 44 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 44 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 49 | North Carolina | 1 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 69.0 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | 1 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 69.0 |
| 51 | Rice | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 52 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 52 | Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 52 | Kansas | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 52 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 52 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 52 | UCLA | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 58 | Texas State | 1 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 0 | 6.0 | 110.0 |
| 59 | Arkansas | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 59 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 61 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.0 |
| 61 | TCU | 1 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.0 |
| 63 | Texas A&M | 1 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 76.0 |
| 63 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 95.0 |
| 65 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 66 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.0 |
| 66 | Cincinnati | 1 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 118.0 |
| 66 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 118.0 |
| 69 | Troy | 1 | 5 | 99 | 19.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.0 |
| 70 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 70 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 70 | Mississippi | 1 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.0 |
| 70 | UTEP | 1 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.0 |
| 74 | Mississippi State | 1 | 7 | 142 | 20.29 | 0 | 7.0 | 142.0 |
| 75 | Appalachian State | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 75 | Boise State | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 75 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 78 | Wake Forest | 1 | 3 | 67 | 22.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.0 |
| 79 | UAB | 1 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.0 |
| 80 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 81 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 81 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 2 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.0 |
| 83 | Arizona | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 84 | Auburn | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 84 | Nevada | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 86 | Utah | 1 | 5 | 137 | 27.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 137.0 |
| 87 | Ball State | 1 | 4 | 110 | 27.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 110.0 |
| 88 | Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.0 |
| 89 | Rutgers | 1 | 3 | 88 | 29.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 88.0 |
| 90 | San Diego State | 1 | 3 | 91 | 30.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 91.0 |
| 90 | Air Force | 1 | 3 | 91 | 30.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 91.0 |
| 92 | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 188 | 37.60 | 1 | 5.0 | 188.0 |
| 93 | Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | 76 | 38.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 76.0 |