Punt Return Yards Leaders
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 1 | Kansas State | 52 | 1026 | 19.7 | 34 | 766 | 22.5 | 92 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 45 | 868 | 19.3 | 42 | 659 | 15.7 | 84 | 3 | |||
| 3 | TCU | 44 | 911 | 20.7 | 46 | 629 | 13.7 | 64 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Boise State | 49 | 1208 | 24.7 | 51 | 625 | 12.3 | 65 | 1 | |||
| 5 | West Virginia | 50 | 1124 | 22.5 | 44 | 529 | 12.0 | 51 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Troy | 47 | 984 | 20.9 | 30 | 503 | 16.8 | 84 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Ohio State | 34 | 600 | 17.6 | 53 | 482 | 9.1 | 90 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Texas Tech | 48 | 1053 | 21.9 | 41 | 474 | 11.6 | 65 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Georgia Tech | 49 | 1061 | 21.7 | 43 | 436 | 10.1 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Utah | 43 | 839 | 19.5 | 34 | 436 | 12.8 | 75 | 1 | ||||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 11 | Wisconsin | 56 | 1105 | 19.7 | 36 | 432 | 12.0 | 56 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Connecticut | 50 | 1116 | 22.3 | 38 | 429 | 11.3 | 74 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Florida | 50 | 1034 | 20.7 | 26 | 415 | 16.0 | 83 | 2 | |||
| 14 | Colorado | 66 | 1506 | 22.8 | 40 | 411 | 10.3 | 43 | 0 | |||
| 15 | UCF | 63 | 1479 | 23.5 | 33 | 388 | 11.8 | 83 | 2 | |||
| 16 | Alabama | 48 | 1014 | 21.1 | 27 | 370 | 13.7 | 69 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Utah State | 59 | 1474 | 25.0 | 18 | 365 | 20.3 | 70 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Louisiana Tech | 64 | 1480 | 23.1 | 25 | 362 | 14.5 | 54 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Florida State | 49 | 918 | 18.7 | 33 | 359 | 10.9 | 44 | 0 | |||
| 20 | North Carolina State | 64 | 1331 | 20.8 | 27 | 357 | 13.2 | 57 | 1 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 21 | Wake Forest | 51 | 1195 | 23.4 | 34 | 355 | 10.4 | 55 | 1 | |||
| 22 | Army | 56 | 1252 | 22.4 | 21 | 342 | 16.3 | 85 | 1 | |||
| 23 | Oklahoma | 56 | 1583 | 28.3 | 45 | 340 | 7.6 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Idaho | 66 | 1379 | 20.9 | 20 | 339 | 17.0 | 100 | 2 | |||
| 25 | South Florida | 54 | 1134 | 21.0 | 39 | 333 | 8.5 | 37 | 0 | |||
| Fresno State | 58 | 1556 | 26.8 | 24 | 333 | 13.9 | 67 | 2 | ||||
| 27 | UCLA | 50 | 1262 | 25.2 | 37 | 321 | 8.7 | 68 | 0 | |||
| 28 | Georgia | 50 | 1189 | 23.8 | 27 | 318 | 11.8 | 63 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Auburn | 46 | 904 | 19.7 | 34 | 310 | 9.1 | 57 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Clemson | 44 | 1052 | 23.9 | 33 | 309 | 9.4 | 38 | 1 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 31 | Missouri | 49 | 1143 | 23.3 | 26 | 307 | 11.8 | 66 | 2 | |||
| Iowa | 43 | 862 | 20.0 | 29 | 307 | 10.6 | 56 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | Tennessee | 60 | 1462 | 24.4 | 34 | 302 | 8.9 | 45 | 1 | |||
| 34 | San Jose State | 59 | 1188 | 20.1 | 21 | 300 | 14.3 | 84 | 1 | |||
| 35 | UTEP | 66 | 1327 | 20.1 | 22 | 299 | 13.6 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 36 | Miami (OH) | 58 | 1187 | 20.5 | 33 | 297 | 9.0 | 56 | 0 | |||
| 37 | Penn State | 42 | 883 | 21.0 | 29 | 291 | 10.0 | 78 | 1 | |||
| 38 | Arkansas State | 66 | 1426 | 21.6 | 22 | 287 | 13.0 | 89 | 1 | |||
| Oregon | 53 | 1270 | 24.0 | 36 | 287 | 8.0 | 64 | 0 | ||||
| 40 | North Carolina | 56 | 1139 | 20.3 | 29 | 284 | 9.8 | 58 | 1 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 41 | Arizona | 53 | 1162 | 21.9 | 30 | 279 | 9.3 | 70 | 2 | |||
| 42 | New Mexico | 45 | 946 | 21.0 | 37 | 276 | 7.5 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 43 | Arizona State | 53 | 1175 | 22.2 | 30 | 272 | 9.1 | 48 | 0 | |||
| Mississippi State | 53 | 964 | 18.2 | 28 | 272 | 9.7 | 75 | 1 | ||||
| 45 | Michigan | 46 | 851 | 18.5 | 35 | 261 | 7.5 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 46 | East Carolina | 62 | 1506 | 24.3 | 34 | 258 | 7.6 | 46 | 0 | |||
| 47 | Indiana | 50 | 1112 | 22.2 | 23 | 254 | 11.0 | 71 | 0 | |||
| Pittsburgh | 53 | 1214 | 22.9 | 27 | 254 | 9.4 | 53 | 0 | ||||
| Washington | 74 | 1546 | 20.9 | 23 | 254 | 11.0 | 62 | 0 | ||||
| 50 | Kentucky | 63 | 1394 | 22.1 | 31 | 252 | 8.1 | 27 | 0 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| Virginia | 53 | 1048 | 19.8 | 28 | 252 | 9.0 | 67 | 0 | ||||
| 52 | Vanderbilt | 51 | 1136 | 22.3 | 34 | 249 | 7.3 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 53 | Oregon State | 60 | 1261 | 21.0 | 37 | 247 | 6.7 | 36 | 1 | |||
| 54 | USC | 39 | 880 | 22.6 | 39 | 246 | 6.3 | 45 | 0 | |||
| Houston | 57 | 1192 | 20.9 | 28 | 246 | 8.8 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 56 | UAB | 74 | 1514 | 20.5 | 21 | 242 | 11.5 | 58 | 1 | |||
| 57 | Notre Dame | 58 | 1142 | 19.7 | 26 | 237 | 9.1 | 60 | 0 | |||
| 58 | Florida International | 81 | 1723 | 21.3 | 19 | 236 | 12.4 | 80 | 2 | |||
| 59 | Akron | 60 | 1362 | 22.7 | 17 | 232 | 13.6 | 63 | 0 | |||
| 60 | Ball State | 55 | 1219 | 22.2 | 23 | 223 | 9.7 | 25 | 0 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 61 | Southern Methodist | 70 | 1292 | 18.5 | 25 | 216 | 8.6 | 33 | 0 | |||
| South Carolina | 54 | 1208 | 22.4 | 23 | 216 | 9.4 | 46 | 0 | ||||
| 63 | Kansas | 39 | 983 | 25.2 | 36 | 215 | 6.0 | 77 | 2 | |||
| 64 | Wyoming | 52 | 1206 | 23.2 | 35 | 212 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 65 | Oklahoma State | 55 | 1145 | 20.8 | 25 | 205 | 8.2 | 67 | 1 | |||
| 66 | Baylor | 60 | 1132 | 18.9 | 25 | 203 | 8.1 | 43 | 0 | |||
| 67 | Nevada | 53 | 1116 | 21.1 | 27 | 193 | 7.1 | 56 | 0 | |||
| 68 | Northern Illinois | 56 | 968 | 17.3 | 19 | 191 | 10.1 | 30 | 1 | |||
| 69 | Hawaii | 48 | 1110 | 23.1 | 16 | 190 | 11.9 | 80 | 1 | |||
| 70 | Rutgers | 53 | 1100 | 20.8 | 23 | 187 | 8.1 | 37 | 1 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 71 | Maryland | 50 | 964 | 19.3 | 26 | 184 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 72 | Texas | 51 | 1146 | 22.5 | 20 | 182 | 9.1 | 30 | 0 | |||
| Miami (FL) | 49 | 944 | 19.3 | 22 | 182 | 8.3 | 68 | 0 | ||||
| 74 | Western Michigan | 56 | 1328 | 23.7 | 22 | 179 | 8.1 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 75 | Stanford | 64 | 1374 | 21.5 | 28 | 177 | 6.3 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Temple | 59 | 1100 | 18.6 | 33 | 177 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Illinois | 40 | 762 | 19.1 | 25 | 177 | 7.1 | 34 | 1 | ||||
| 78 | Air Force | 39 | 876 | 22.5 | 15 | 176 | 11.7 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 79 | Cincinnati | 52 | 1157 | 22.3 | 21 | 173 | 8.2 | 30 | 2 | |||
| 80 | North Texas | 80 | 1470 | 18.4 | 21 | 169 | 8.0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 81 | Navy | 71 | 1795 | 25.3 | 12 | 164 | 13.7 | 46 | 0 | |||
| 82 | Louisiana-Monroe | 52 | 1018 | 19.6 | 22 | 162 | 7.4 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 83 | Arkansas | 51 | 1125 | 22.1 | 28 | 161 | 5.8 | 45 | 0 | |||
| 84 | California | 66 | 1432 | 21.7 | 18 | 159 | 8.8 | 77 | 1 | |||
| Southern Miss | 52 | 1136 | 21.8 | 24 | 159 | 6.6 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 86 | Brigham Young | 47 | 1094 | 23.3 | 26 | 157 | 6.0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 87 | Washington State | 59 | 1141 | 19.3 | 22 | 143 | 6.5 | 45 | 0 | |||
| 88 | Purdue | 60 | 1434 | 23.9 | 19 | 141 | 7.4 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 89 | San Diego State | 63 | 1274 | 20.2 | 13 | 139 | 10.7 | 27 | 0 | |||
| Nebraska | 74 | 1619 | 21.9 | 17 | 139 | 8.2 | 43 | 0 | ||||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 91 | Central Michigan | 73 | 1561 | 21.4 | 15 | 138 | 9.2 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 92 | Kent State | 47 | 1005 | 21.4 | 23 | 137 | 6.0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Middle Tennessee | 63 | 1296 | 20.6 | 19 | 137 | 7.2 | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 94 | LSU | 42 | 827 | 19.7 | 23 | 136 | 5.9 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 95 | Louisville | 67 | 1481 | 22.1 | 20 | 134 | 6.7 | 54 | 1 | |||
| Ole Miss | 59 | 1268 | 21.5 | 21 | 134 | 6.4 | 44 | 2 | ||||
| 97 | Memphis | 69 | 1525 | 22.1 | 14 | 131 | 9.4 | 52 | 0 | |||
| 98 | Texas A&M | 48 | 1130 | 23.5 | 24 | 129 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 99 | Colorado State | 57 | 1314 | 23.1 | 20 | 127 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 100 | Michigan State | 53 | 1361 | 25.7 | 31 | 126 | 4.1 | 18 | 0 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 101 | Rice | 67 | 1223 | 18.3 | 23 | 125 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 102 | Duke | 70 | 1462 | 20.9 | 17 | 123 | 7.2 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Tulsa | 69 | 1409 | 20.4 | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 104 | New Mexico State | 59 | 1014 | 17.2 | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 105 | Northwestern | 54 | 1208 | 22.4 | 19 | 120 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 106 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 63 | 1215 | 19.3 | 21 | 119 | 5.7 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 107 | Boston College | 49 | 942 | 19.2 | 19 | 118 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 | |||
| UNLV | 53 | 1045 | 19.7 | 14 | 118 | 8.4 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| 109 | Bowling Green | 71 | 1466 | 20.6 | 19 | 113 | 5.9 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 110 | Marshall | 69 | 1492 | 21.6 | 12 | 110 | 9.2 | 26 | 0 | |||
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | |||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | |||
| 111 | Minnesota | 61 | 1418 | 23.2 | 20 | 107 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Ohio | 63 | 1584 | 25.1 | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 113 | Florida Atlantic | 69 | 1532 | 22.2 | 25 | 103 | 4.1 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 114 | Western Kentucky | 30 | 481 | 16.0 | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 115 | Buffalo | 61 | 1124 | 18.4 | 12 | 89 | 7.4 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 116 | Toledo | 64 | 1211 | 18.9 | 13 | 87 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 117 | Tulane | 62 | 1106 | 17.8 | 18 | 79 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 118 | Eastern Michigan | 66 | 1381 | 20.9 | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 119 | Syracuse | 69 | 1709 | 24.8 | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 120 | Iowa State | 57 | 1056 | 18.5 | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 | |||
Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau
