Kickoff Return Yards Per Return Single Season Leaders and Records

Minimum 50 kick returns.
An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates bowl stats are included.
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Leaders

  • Since 1976
  • Minimum 1 kick return per school game.
Leaders Table
Rk Player Avg Year School
1De'Montre Tuggle452020Ohio
2Deion Hair-Griffin40.82019North Texas
3Kylen Towner*40.32016Western Kentucky
4Tony Pollard*402017Memphis
5Eric Wilson Jr.39.62020Florida International
6Leeland McElroy39.31993Texas A&M
7J.J. Nelson38.32014UAB
8Evan Berry*38.32015Tennessee
9Tremain Mack37.71996Miami (FL)
10Ray Fisher37.42009Indiana
11Henry White37.31977Colgate
12Dri Archer*36.92012Kent State
13Kevin Johnson36.71997Syracuse
14Kermit Whitfield*36.42013Florida State
15Tony Ball36.41977Chattanooga
16Raghib Ismail36.11988Notre Dame
17Barion Brown*362023Kentucky
18Joshua Youngblood*35.92019Kansas State
19A.J. Jefferson*35.82007Fresno State
20Nick Williams*35.32010Connecticut
21Tyler Lockett*35.22011Kansas State
22Justin Miller*35.12002Clemson
23D.J. Taylor34.92020Arizona State
24Eric Booth34.81997Southern Mississippi
25Chris Massey34.82001Oklahoma State
26William Powell*34.62010Kansas State
27Zonovan Knight34.42021North Carolina State
28Robert Tate34.31995Cincinnati
29Bryan Massey34.32021SMU
30D.J Reed*34.22017Kansas State
Quincy McDuffie*34.22012UCF
32Reggie Hunt34.11999TCU
33Marcus Jones*342021Houston
34Tyler Hall*33.92017Wyoming
35Latarence Dunbar33.72000TCU
36Savon Scarver*33.72018Utah State
37Jonathan Stewart*33.72005Oregon
38Chad Owens33.62001Hawaii
39D.J. Monroe*33.62009Texas
40Rashaad Penny*33.52015San Diego State
41Raheem Mostert*33.52011Purdue
42Lexington Joseph33.52020Florida International
43Jerod Douglas33.31995Baylor
44D'Shawn Jamison*33.22020Texas
45Joe Reed*33.22019Virginia
46Malik Knowles*33.12021Kansas State
47Justin Miller33.12004Clemson
48Duke Johnson332012Miami (FL)
49Mac Cody331993Memphis
Terrance Roulhac331986Clemson
51Ottis Anderson32.91978Miami (FL)
52Patrick Dyson32.91998Utah
53James Williams32.91999Marshall
54Evan Berry*32.92016Tennessee
T.J. Logan*32.92016North Carolina
56Richard Reese32.82023Baylor
57C.J. Spiller*32.82009Clemson
58Lideatrick Griffin*32.82021Mississippi State
59Jacoby Ford*32.82006Clemson
Tyrone Walker32.82002Western Michigan
Eric Moulds32.81994Mississippi State
62Tyler Lockett*32.82012Kansas State
63Rick Calhoun32.81985Cal State Fullerton
64Darrynton Evans*32.72018Appalachian State
65Fred Montgomery32.61992New Mexico State
66Tim Kearse32.61982San Jose State
67Trevor Davis32.62014California
68Broderick McGrew32.61998North Texas
69Juwuan Price32.62020New Mexico State
70Morgan Burns*32.52015Kansas State
71Brian Battie32.52021South Florida
Tony Smith32.51989Southern Mississippi
73Duron Lowe32.42020UTEP
Marcus Green32.42017Louisiana-Monroe
75Lam Jones32.41978Texas
76Damond Philyaw-Johnson32.32019Duke
77Lideatrick Griffin*32.32022Mississippi State
78Trestan Ebner32.22020Baylor
79Carlos Henderson*32.22016Louisiana Tech
80Quincy McDuffie*32.22010UCF
81John Evans32.22011Western Kentucky
82Felix Jones31.92005Arkansas
83Jordan Byrd31.92020San Diego State
Blair Thomas31.91986Penn State
85Bryan Williams31.92007Akron
86Dyrell Roberts*31.92009Virginia Tech
87Brandon Aiyuk*31.92019Arizona State
88Dexter Wynn31.82000Colorado State
89Mike Hughes*31.82017UCF
Brandon Daniels31.81999Oklahoma
91Derrick Hamilton31.72001Clemson
92Winslow Oliver31.71995New Mexico
93J.R. Reed31.72003South Florida
Michael Waddell31.72003North Carolina
95Tom Pace31.62001Arizona State
96Barry Sanders31.61987Oklahoma State
97Charles Pauley31.52002San Jose State
98Chris Owusu*31.52009Stanford
99Dee Moronkola31.51998Washington State
Chris Hewitt31.51993Cincinnati