Career Leaders and Records for Kickoff Returns

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Rank	Player	Ret	From	To	Last School
1.	Troy Stoudermire*	144	2008	2012	Minnesota
2.	Tyron Carrier*	141	2008	2011	Houston
3.	T.J. Graham*	137	2008	2011	North Carolina State
4.	Kerwynn Williams*	135	2009	2012	Utah State
5.	David Gilreath*	134	2007	2010	Wisconsin
	Damaris Johnson*	134	2008	2010	Tulsa
7.	Trumaine Riley	130	2003	2006	Eastern Michigan
8.	Brandon West*	127	2006	2009	Western Michigan
9.	Isaiah Burse*	126	2010	2012	Fresno State
10.	Brandon Thompkins	124	2006	2009	Arkansas State
11.	Torrey Smith*	123	2008	2010	Maryland
12.	Jessie Henderson	122	2005	2008	Southern Methodist
13.	Dennis Johnson*	119	2008	2012	Arkansas
14.	Perrish Cox*	117	2006	2009	Oklahoma State
15.	Chris Johnson*	115	2004	2007	East Carolina
16.	Will Blackmon*	114	2002	2005	Boston College
17.	Antonio Brown*	113	2007	2009	Central Michigan
18.	Michael Grandberry*	112	2005	2008	Memphis
	Brandon James*	112	2006	2009	Florida
	Derek Pegues*	112	2005	2008	Mississippi State
	Deante' Purvis	112	2008	2011	Nevada-Las Vegas
22.	Brandon Boykin*	110	2008	2011	Georgia
	Kevin Robinson	110	2004	2007	Utah State
24.	Brandon Tate*	109	2005	2008	North Carolina
25.	Desmond Gee*	108	2006	2009	Middle Tennessee State
26.	Luther Ambrose	107	2008	2011	Louisiana-Monroe
	Phillip Livas*	107	2007	2010	Louisiana Tech
	Jabari Marshall	107	2006	2008	Duke
	Darryl Surgent*	107	2010	2012	Louisiana-Lafayette
30.	Chris Culliver*	106	2007	2010	South Carolina
	Brandon Williams*	106	2002	2005	Wisconsin
32.	T.Y. Hilton*	105	2008	2011	Florida International
33.	Taveon Rogers	103	2010	2011	New Mexico State
34.	Dwayne Harris*	102	2007	2010	East Carolina
	Scott Wesley	102	2003	2005	Army
36.	Brelan Chancellor	101	2010	2012	North Texas
37.	Cyrus Gray*	99	2008	2011	Texas A&M
	Leodis McKelvin*	99	2004	2007	Troy
39.	Roger Williams*	98	2006	2009	Bowling Green State
40.	Tavon Austin*	97	2009	2012	West Virginia
	Broderick Clark*	97	2002	2005	Louisville
	Travis Shelton	97	2004	2008	Temple
43.	Frantrell Forrest	96	2007	2010	Alabama-Birmingham
44.	Derek Abney	95	2000	2003	Kentucky
45.	D.J. Beshears	94	2009	2012	Kansas
46.	Dante Love*	93	2005	2008	Ball State
47.	Willie Floyd*	92	2006	2011	Florida Atlantic
	Jamal Rogers*	92	2007	2010	Miami (OH)
49.	Javier Arenas*	90	2006	2009	Alabama
	Josh Davis*	90	2000	2003	Nebraska
	Quincy McDuffie*	90	2009	2012	Central Florida
	Jason Southall*	90	2001	2004	Alabama-Birmingham
53.	Terrence Austin*	89	2006	2009	UCLA
	William White	89	2001	2003	Army
55.	Dorien Bryant*	88	2004	2007	Purdue
	John Eubanks*	88	2002	2005	Southern Mississippi
	Marcus Herford*	88	2005	2008	Kansas
	Kevin Marion*	88	2004	2007	Wake Forest
	Jonas Rutledge	88	2001	2003	Southern Methodist
60.	Jovon Bouknight*	87	2002	2005	Wyoming
	Diivory Edgecomb*	87	2005	2008	Florida Atlantic
62.	Trent Guy*	86	2006	2009	Louisville
	Terrell Jackson	86	2007	2011	Buffalo
	James Rodgers*	86	2007	2011	Oregon State
65.	Jeremy Maclin*	85	2007	2008	Missouri
66.	Chris Douglas	84	2000	2003	Duke
	Mike Edwards	84	2011	2012	Hawaii
	Justin Gilbert*	84	2010	2012	Oklahoma State
	Fred Smith	84	2003	2007	Tulane
	Jeff Smith*	84	2006	2009	Boston College
71.	Mikail Baker*	83	2005	2010	Baylor
	Matt Brown*	83	2009	2012	Temple
	A.J. Jefferson*	83	2006	2009	Fresno State
74.	Chris Garrett*	82	2006	2009	Ohio
	Nathan Jones	82	2001	2003	Rutgers
	Venric Mark*	82	2010	2012	Northwestern
	Brandon Rutley	82	2008	2011	San Jose State
	Eric Stephens*	82	2009	2012	Texas Tech
79.	Milt Bowen	81	2000	2002	Miami (OH)
	Steve Breaston*	81	2003	2006	Michigan
	Reggie Campbell*	81	2004	2007	Navy
	Howard Jackson*	81	2001	2004	Texas-El Paso
	Josh Smith*	81	2010	2011	UCLA
	Marcus Thigpen*	81	2005	2008	Indiana
	Corey Welch	81	2008	2011	Eastern Michigan
86.	Jason Chery	80	2005	2008	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Kwane Doster	80	2002	2004	Vanderbilt
	Lindsey Lamar*	80	2009	2012	South Florida
	Jamal Miles*	80	2009	2012	Arizona State
	Eric Page*	80	2009	2011	Toledo
	Stephen Simmons*	80	2007	2010	Northwestern
	Syndric Steptoe	80	2003	2006	Arizona
	Max Suter*	80	2007	2010	Syracuse
	Marcus Thomas*	80	2010	2012	Navy
95.	Erick Franklin	79	2001	2004	Louisiana Tech
	Nick Williams*	79	2009	2012	Connecticut
97.	Mardy Gilyard*	78	2008	2009	Cincinnati
	Chris Owusu*	78	2008	2011	Stanford
	Justin Veltung*	78	2009	2012	Idaho
100.	Terry Moss	77	2003	2006	Ball State
	Niles Paul*	77	2007	2010	Nebraska
102.	Kama Bailey*	76	2008	2011	Idaho
	Dontayo Gage	76	2006	2009	Eastern Michigan
	Orwin Smith*	76	2009	2012	Georgia Tech
	Ryan Wells	76	1999	2002	Stanford
106.	Curtis Francis*	75	2004	2007	Central Florida
	Greg Heaggans*	75	2002	2005	Kansas
	Quinton Jones*	75	2003	2006	Boise State
	Eric Russell*	75	2010	2011	Middle Tennessee State
110.	Shawn Bayes	74	2005	2008	Kent State
	C.J. Spiller*	74	2006	2009	Clemson
112.	Quan Cosby*	73	2005	2008	Texas
	Michael Ray Garvin*	73	2006	2008	Florida State
	Trindon Holliday*	73	2006	2009	Louisiana State
	Antonio King	73	2001	2004	Kent State
	Chaz Powell*	73	2008	2011	Penn State
	Dexter Wynn*	73	2000	2003	Colorado State
118.	John Broussard*	72	2003	2006	San Jose State
	Luther Huggins	72	2000	2004	Central Florida
	Adam Jennings*	72	2002	2005	Fresno State
	Darren Toney*	72	2004	2007	Arkansas State
122.	Ralph David Abernathy IV*	71	2011	2012	Cincinnati
	Darrell Blackman*	71	2004	2007	North Carolina State
	Jerry Booboo Gates*	71	2010	2012	Bowling Green State
	Darius Marshall*	71	2007	2009	Marshall
	David Mikell*	71	2000	2003	Boise State
	Cory Rodgers*	71	2003	2005	Texas Christian
128.	Mike Ball*	70	2009	2011	Nevada
	Ashlan Davis*	70	2004	2005	Tulsa
	Domanick Davis*	70	1999	2002	Louisiana State
	Willie Foster*	70	2003	2006	Rutgers
	Maurice Hall*	70	2001	2004	Ohio State
	Darryl Stonum*	70	2008	2012	Baylor
134.	Dontavia Bogan*	69	2007	2010	South Florida
	O'Neill Chambers*	69	2008	2010	Brigham Young
	Randee Drew	69	2000	2003	Northern Illinois
	Nick Hill*	69	2010	2012	Michigan State
	Patrick Jackson*	69	2005	2008	Louisiana Tech
	D.J. Monroe*	69	2008	2012	Texas
140.	Rudy Burgess*	68	2004	2007	Arizona State
	Ja'Corey Shepherd*	68	2005	2008	Rice
	Marcus Smith*	68	2004	2007	New Mexico
143.	H.J. Adams	67	2000	2003	Louisiana-Monroe
	Corey Anderson	67	2004	2007	Army
	Willie Andrews	67	2002	2005	Baylor
	Isiah Barton	67	2010	2011	Washington State
	Keenan Burton*	67	2003	2007	Kentucky
	Reggie Bush*	67	2003	2005	Southern California
	Charles Frederick*	67	2001	2004	Washington
	Jerrel Jernigan*	67	2007	2010	Troy
	Jeremiah Kobena*	67	2011	2012	Syracuse
152.	Tandon Doss	66	2008	2010	Indiana
	Tracy Lampley*	66	2009	2012	Southern Mississippi
	Eric Newman	66	2003	2006	Louisiana Tech
	Freddie Parham*	66	2008	2009	Southern Mississippi
	Jordan Poyer*	66	2009	2012	Oregon State
	Lionell Singleton	66	2005	2007	Florida International
158.	Andre Forde	65	1999	2002	Buffalo
	Damon Morton*	65	2004	2007	Colorado State
	Tab Perry*	65	2000	2004	UCLA
	Reggie Rembert*	65	2007	2010	Air Force
	Omari Thompson	65	1999	2001	Army
163.	Lance Bennett	64	2003	2006	Indiana
	Andre Booker*	64	2009	2011	Marshall
	Deandra Cobb*	64	2003	2004	Michigan State
	Travis Cobb*	64	2009	2010	Arizona
	Lovell Jackson*	64	2009	2012	Wake Forest
	Robert Kelley	64	2011	2011	Tulane
	Scott Mayle*	64	2003	2006	Ohio
	Warren Norman*	64	2009	2012	Vanderbilt
	Lowell Robinson	64	2006	2007	Pittsburgh
172.	James Bethea*	63	2000	2003	California
	A.C. Carter	63	2000	2002	Indiana
	Juaquin Iglesias*	63	2005	2008	Oklahoma
	Corey Larkins*	63	2001	2004	Tennessee
	Bobby Rainey	63	2008	2011	Western Kentucky
	Greg Reid*	63	2009	2011	Florida State
	Tyrone Walker	63	2001	2004	Western Michigan
	Eric Williams	63	2009	2010	Ball State
180.	Allan Amundson*	62	1999	2002	Oregon
	D.J. Banks	62	2009	2012	Louisiana Tech
	Donte Harden*	62	2007	2011	Ohio
	Jamie Hickenbotham	62	1999	2002	Arkansas State
	Felix Jones*	62	2005	2007	Arkansas
	Gerard Lawson*	62	2005	2007	Oregon State
	Sherrick McManis*	62	2006	2009	Northwestern
	Naaman Roosevelt*	62	2006	2009	Buffalo
	Demond Washington*	62	2009	2010	Auburn
189.	Kenjon Barner*	61	2009	2012	Oregon
	Bernard Berrian*	61	1999	2003	Fresno State
	Decori Birmingham*	61	2001	2004	Arkansas
	Tommy Davis*	61	2009	2012	Illinois
	Colin Lockett*	61	2010	2012	San Diego State
	Devin Moore	61	2005	2008	Wyoming
	Roshawn Pope*	61	2002	2006	Houston
	Fred Reid	61	2001	2004	Mississippi State
	Dyrell Roberts*	61	2008	2012	Virginia Tech
	Emmanuel Spann*	61	2004	2008	Marshall
	David Wilson*	61	2009	2011	Virginia Tech
200.	Derrell Johnson-Koulianos*	60	2007	2010	Iowa
201.	Kendall Brock*	59	2011	2012	Nevada
	Matt Carter	59	2001	2002	Akron
	Torrie Cox*	59	1999	2002	Pittsburgh
	Jesse Grandy*	59	2009	2010	Mississippi
	D.A. Griffin*	59	2008	2010	Memphis
	Adam Jones*	59	2001	2004	West Virginia
	Eddie Royal*	59	2004	2007	Virginia Tech
	Desmond Scott*	59	2009	2012	Duke
	Khalek Shepherd*	59	2011	2012	Virginia
	Bryce Sherman*	59	2009	2010	South Carolina
	Pierre Thomas	59	2003	2006	Illinois
	Johnathan Warzeka*	59	2008	2011	Air Force
	Terrence Wheatley*	59	2003	2007	Colorado
214.	Brendan Bigelow*	58	2011	2012	California
	Dion Byrum	58	2002	2005	Ohio
	Andre Debose*	58	2010	2012	Florida
	Latarence Dunbar*	58	1999	2002	Texas Christian
	Makonnen Fenton	58	2001	2003	Temple
	Derrick Hamilton*	58	2001	2003	Clemson
	Sean Schembra	58	1999	2002	Ball State
	Jonathan Stewart*	58	2005	2007	Oregon
222.	George Atkinson III*	57	2011	2012	Notre Dame
	Brandon Banks	57	2008	2009	Kansas State
	Jesse Callier*	57	2010	2012	Washington
	Ross Dickerson*	57	2003	2006	Hawaii
	Spiffy Evans	57	2011	2012	Boston College
	Donta Greene*	57	1999	2002	Toledo
	Leonard Johnson*	57	2008	2011	Iowa State
	Marlon McClure*	57	2009	2010	Texas-El Paso
	Brandon Middleton*	57	1999	2003	Houston
	Leonard Scott*	57	1999	2002	Tennessee
	Chubb Small	57	2005	2008	Marshall
	Kevin Smith*	57	2010	2012	Washington
	Marcus Sullivan	57	2010	2012	Nevada-Las Vegas
235.	Derek Good*	56	2008	2011	Colorado State
	Ronald Johnson*	56	2007	2010	Southern California
	Tony Lane*	56	2001	2003	Navy
	Jamill Smith*	56	2010	2012	Ball State
	Mike Wallace*	56	2006	2008	Mississippi
	Titus Young*	56	2007	2010	Boise State
241.	Antonio Andrews*	55	2010	2012	Western Kentucky
	Tristan Davis*	55	2005	2008	Auburn
	Charles Estes	55	2003	2004	Louisiana-Monroe
	Lyle Fitte*	55	2009	2011	Louisiana Tech
	Dominick Goodman*	55	2005	2008	Cincinnati
	Tory Harrison*	55	2006	2009	Southern Mississippi
	Mike Holmes*	55	2007	2010	Syracuse
	Malcolm Lane*	55	2006	2008	Hawaii
	Davion Mauldin	55	2008	2009	San Diego State
	D.J. Moore*	55	2006	2008	Vanderbilt
	Tyrone Pronty*	55	2006	2010	Bowling Green State
	Shawn Terry	55	1998	2001	West Virginia
	Dervon Wallace*	55	2008	2011	Western Michigan
	Robert Woods*	55	2010	2012	Southern California
	Wallace Wright*	55	2002	2005	North Carolina

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