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Career Leaders and Records for Kickoff Return Yards

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Rank	Player	Yds	From	To	Last School
1.	Troy Stoudermire*	3615	2008	2012	Minnesota
2.	Tyron Carrier*	3517	2008	2011	Houston
3.	Damaris Johnson*	3417	2008	2010	Tulsa
4.	Kerwynn Williams*	3408	2009	2012	Utah State
5.	T.J. Graham*	3153	2008	2011	North Carolina State
6.	Brandon West*	3118	2006	2009	Western Michigan
7.	David Gilreath*	3008	2007	2010	Wisconsin
8.	Torrey Smith*	2983	2008	2010	Maryland
9.	Jessie Henderson	2945	2005	2008	Southern Methodist
10.	T.Y. Hilton*	2855	2008	2011	Florida International
11.	Isaiah Burse*	2835	2010	2012	Fresno State
12.	Perrish Cox*	2804	2006	2009	Oklahoma State
13.	Will Blackmon*	2803	2002	2005	Boston College
14.	Dennis Johnson*	2784	2008	2012	Arkansas
15.	Phillip Livas*	2758	2007	2010	Louisiana Tech
16.	Taveon Rogers	2728	2010	2011	New Mexico State
17.	Kevin Robinson	2725	2004	2007	Utah State
18.	Brandon James*	2718	2006	2009	Florida
19.	Chris Johnson*	2715	2004	2007	East Carolina
20.	Brandon Thompkins	2696	2006	2009	Arkansas State
21.	Brandon Tate*	2688	2005	2008	North Carolina
22.	Brandon Boykin*	2663	2008	2011	Georgia
23.	Jabari Marshall	2630	2006	2008	Duke
24.	Deante' Purvis	2626	2008	2011	Nevada-Las Vegas
25.	Antonio Brown*	2612	2007	2009	Central Michigan
26.	Luther Ambrose	2560	2008	2011	Louisiana-Monroe
27.	Travis Shelton	2507	2004	2008	Temple
28.	Quincy McDuffie*	2501	2009	2012	Central Florida
29.	Derek Pegues*	2498	2005	2008	Mississippi State
30.	Trumaine Riley	2492	2003	2006	Eastern Michigan
31.	Chris Culliver*	2476	2007	2010	South Carolina
32.	A.J. Jefferson*	2440	2006	2009	Fresno State
33.	Tavon Austin*	2407	2009	2012	West Virginia
34.	Michael Grandberry*	2401	2005	2008	Memphis
35.	Dwayne Harris*	2374	2007	2010	East Carolina
36.	Brelan Chancellor	2368	2010	2012	North Texas
37.	Cyrus Gray*	2349	2008	2011	Texas A&M
	Brandon Williams*	2349	2002	2005	Wisconsin
39.	Leodis McKelvin*	2346	2004	2007	Troy
40.	John Eubanks*	2321	2002	2005	Southern Mississippi
41.	Derek Abney	2315	2000	2003	Kentucky
42.	Mike Edwards	2301	2011	2012	Hawaii
43.	Mardy Gilyard*	2275	2008	2009	Cincinnati
44.	Josh Davis*	2265	2000	2003	Nebraska
45.	Desmond Gee*	2241	2006	2009	Middle Tennessee State
46.	Justin Gilbert*	2228	2010	2012	Oklahoma State
47.	Scott Wesley	2221	2003	2005	Army
48.	Broderick Clark*	2200	2002	2005	Louisville
49.	Chris Garrett*	2185	2006	2009	Ohio
50.	Eric Page*	2184	2009	2011	Toledo
51.	Javier Arenas*	2166	2006	2009	Alabama
52.	Kevin Marion*	2160	2004	2007	Wake Forest
53.	Jonas Rutledge	2154	2001	2003	Southern Methodist
54.	Darryl Surgent*	2146	2010	2012	Louisiana-Lafayette
55.	Terrence Austin*	2145	2006	2009	UCLA
56.	Chris Owusu*	2132	2008	2011	Stanford
57.	Dante Love*	2129	2005	2008	Ball State
58.	Dorien Bryant*	2125	2004	2007	Purdue
59.	James Rodgers*	2124	2007	2011	Oregon State
60.	D.J. Beshears	2123	2009	2012	Kansas
	Roger Williams*	2123	2006	2009	Bowling Green State
62.	Jason Southall*	2092	2001	2004	Alabama-Birmingham
63.	Frantrell Forrest	2076	2007	2010	Alabama-Birmingham
64.	Marcus Herford*	2075	2005	2008	Kansas
65.	Matt Brown*	2068	2009	2012	Temple
66.	C.J. Spiller*	2052	2006	2009	Clemson
67.	Jeremy Maclin*	2049	2007	2008	Missouri
68.	William White	2045	2001	2003	Army
	Nick Williams*	2045	2009	2012	Connecticut
70.	Jovon Bouknight*	2016	2002	2005	Wyoming
71.	Marcus Thigpen*	2009	2005	2008	Indiana
72.	Steve Breaston*	1993	2003	2006	Michigan
73.	Dexter Wynn*	1982	2000	2003	Colorado State
74.	Trent Guy*	1980	2006	2009	Louisville
75.	Eric Stephens*	1979	2009	2012	Texas Tech
76.	Mikail Baker*	1963	2005	2010	Baylor
77.	Jeff Smith*	1959	2006	2009	Boston College
78.	Howard Jackson*	1947	2001	2004	Texas-El Paso
79.	Jamal Rogers*	1930	2007	2010	Miami (OH)
80.	Stephen Simmons*	1920	2007	2010	Northwestern
81.	Diivory Edgecomb*	1916	2005	2008	Florida Atlantic
82.	Willie Floyd*	1907	2006	2011	Florida Atlantic
83.	Reggie Campbell*	1905	2004	2007	Navy
84.	Nathan Jones	1902	2001	2003	Rutgers
85.	Max Suter*	1900	2007	2010	Syracuse
86.	Ashlan Davis*	1898	2004	2005	Tulsa
87.	Niles Paul*	1887	2007	2010	Nebraska
88.	Venric Mark*	1881	2010	2012	Northwestern
89.	David Mikell*	1876	2000	2003	Boise State
90.	Jamal Miles*	1866	2009	2012	Arizona State
	Chaz Powell*	1866	2008	2011	Penn State
92.	Josh Smith*	1855	2010	2011	UCLA
93.	Darrell Blackman*	1842	2004	2007	North Carolina State
94.	Ralph David Abernathy IV*	1835	2011	2012	Cincinnati
95.	Darius Marshall*	1832	2007	2009	Marshall
96.	Lindsey Lamar*	1816	2009	2012	South Florida
97.	Brandon Rutley	1812	2008	2011	San Jose State
98.	Milt Bowen	1806	2000	2002	Miami (OH)
	Trindon Holliday*	1806	2006	2009	Louisiana State
100.	Adam Jennings*	1803	2002	2005	Fresno State
101.	Erick Franklin	1794	2001	2004	Louisiana Tech
102.	Greg Heaggans*	1791	2002	2005	Kansas
103.	Marcus Thomas*	1774	2010	2012	Navy
104.	Kwane Doster	1762	2002	2004	Vanderbilt
105.	Chris Douglas	1759	2000	2003	Duke
106.	Syndric Steptoe	1757	2003	2006	Arizona
107.	Felix Jones*	1749	2005	2007	Arkansas
108.	Cory Rodgers*	1747	2003	2005	Texas Christian
109.	Justin Veltung*	1743	2009	2012	Idaho
110.	Eric Russell*	1734	2010	2011	Middle Tennessee State
111.	Quan Cosby*	1731	2005	2008	Texas
112.	Fred Smith	1727	2003	2007	Tulane
113.	Kama Bailey*	1725	2008	2011	Idaho
114.	Michael Ray Garvin*	1721	2006	2008	Florida State
115.	Keenan Burton*	1715	2003	2007	Kentucky
116.	Jordan Poyer*	1711	2009	2012	Oregon State
117.	Corey Welch	1704	2008	2011	Eastern Michigan
118.	Mike Ball*	1695	2009	2011	Nevada
119.	Jerry Booboo Gates*	1691	2010	2012	Bowling Green State
	Darryl Stonum*	1691	2008	2012	Baylor
121.	D.J. Monroe*	1690	2008	2012	Texas
122.	Patrick Jackson*	1686	2005	2008	Louisiana Tech
123.	Curtis Francis*	1674	2004	2007	Central Florida
124.	Nick Hill*	1669	2010	2012	Michigan State
125.	Lowell Robinson	1665	2006	2007	Pittsburgh
126.	Juaquin Iglesias*	1664	2005	2008	Oklahoma
	Quinton Jones*	1664	2003	2006	Boise State
	Jonathan Stewart*	1664	2005	2007	Oregon
129.	Travis Cobb*	1649	2009	2010	Arizona
130.	Willie Andrews	1647	2002	2005	Baylor
131.	Warren Norman*	1640	2009	2012	Vanderbilt
132.	Deandra Cobb*	1632	2003	2004	Michigan State
133.	Bobby Rainey	1631	2008	2011	Western Kentucky
134.	Luther Huggins	1630	2000	2004	Central Florida
135.	Brandon Banks	1625	2008	2009	Kansas State
136.	Orwin Smith*	1624	2009	2012	Georgia Tech
137.	Terrell Jackson	1620	2007	2011	Buffalo
138.	Demond Washington*	1614	2009	2010	Auburn
139.	O'Neill Chambers*	1611	2008	2010	Brigham Young
140.	Jason Chery	1607	2005	2008	Louisiana-Lafayette
141.	Dontavia Bogan*	1598	2007	2010	South Florida
	Ryan Wells	1598	1999	2002	Stanford
143.	Lionell Singleton	1594	2005	2007	Florida International
144.	Maurice Hall*	1593	2001	2004	Ohio State
145.	Andre Debose*	1592	2010	2012	Florida
146.	Corey Anderson	1587	2004	2007	Army
	Dontayo Gage	1587	2006	2009	Eastern Michigan
148.	Freddie Parham*	1581	2008	2009	Southern Mississippi
149.	Jerrel Jernigan*	1580	2007	2010	Troy
150.	Isiah Barton	1578	2010	2011	Washington State
151.	Dyrell Roberts*	1577	2008	2012	Virginia Tech
152.	Shawn Bayes	1576	2005	2008	Kent State
153.	Derrell Johnson-Koulianos*	1575	2007	2010	Iowa
154.	Marlon McClure*	1571	2009	2010	Texas-El Paso
155.	Lance Bennett	1566	2003	2006	Indiana
156.	Willie Foster*	1553	2003	2006	Rutgers
	Greg Reid*	1553	2009	2011	Florida State
158.	Derrick Hamilton*	1552	2001	2003	Clemson
	Eric Williams	1552	2009	2010	Ball State
160.	Domanick Davis*	1550	1999	2002	Louisiana State
161.	Tandon Doss	1549	2008	2010	Indiana
162.	John Broussard*	1546	2003	2006	San Jose State
163.	Justin Miller*	1534	2001	2004	Clemson
164.	Randee Drew	1524	2000	2003	Northern Illinois
	Terry Moss	1524	2003	2006	Ball State
166.	Reggie Bush*	1522	2003	2005	Southern California
167.	Rudy Burgess*	1517	2004	2007	Arizona State
168.	Darren Toney*	1513	2004	2007	Arkansas State
169.	Greg McCoy*	1505	2007	2011	Texas Christian
170.	Andre Booker*	1504	2009	2011	Marshall
171.	Pierre Thomas	1495	2003	2006	Illinois
	Johnathan Warzeka*	1495	2008	2011	Air Force
173.	Marcus Sullivan	1493	2010	2012	Nevada-Las Vegas
174.	Reggie Dunn*	1482	2010	2012	Utah
	Tracy Lampley*	1482	2009	2012	Southern Mississippi
176.	Adam Jones*	1475	2001	2004	West Virginia
	Antonio King	1475	2001	2004	Kent State
178.	D.J. Banks	1474	2009	2012	Louisiana Tech
179.	Allan Amundson*	1469	1999	2002	Oregon
180.	Antonio Andrews*	1466	2010	2012	Western Kentucky
181.	Tyrone Walker	1465	2001	2004	Western Michigan
182.	Derrick Locke*	1464	2007	2010	Kentucky
183.	Latarence Dunbar*	1463	1999	2002	Texas Christian
	Jeremiah Kobena*	1463	2011	2012	Syracuse
185.	Demarco Murray*	1462	2007	2010	Oklahoma
186.	Jamie Hickenbotham	1456	1999	2002	Arkansas State
187.	Tristan Davis*	1455	2005	2008	Auburn
	Colin Lockett*	1455	2010	2012	San Diego State
	Omari Thompson	1455	1999	2001	Army
190.	Malcolm Lane*	1452	2006	2008	Hawaii
191.	Titus Young*	1449	2007	2010	Boise State
192.	Gerard Lawson*	1447	2005	2007	Oregon State
193.	Shawn Terry	1446	1998	2001	West Virginia
194.	Torrie Cox*	1442	1999	2002	Pittsburgh
195.	Charles Pauley	1441	2001	2002	San Jose State
196.	Naaman Roosevelt*	1438	2006	2009	Buffalo
197.	Tab Perry*	1434	2000	2004	UCLA
198.	Bernard Berrian*	1427	1999	2003	Fresno State
199.	Scott Mayle*	1422	2003	2006	Ohio
200.	Eric Newman	1418	2003	2006	Louisiana Tech
201.	Lovell Jackson*	1412	2009	2012	Wake Forest
202.	Terrence Wheatley*	1411	2003	2007	Colorado
203.	T.J. Rushing	1409	2002	2005	Stanford
204.	Donte Harden*	1405	2007	2011	Ohio
205.	Leonard Johnson*	1402	2008	2011	Iowa State
206.	Tommy Davis*	1398	2009	2012	Illinois
207.	Derek Good*	1396	2008	2011	Colorado State
208.	Leon Berry*	1390	2009	2010	Mississippi State
209.	Reggie Rembert*	1388	2007	2010	Air Force
210.	Eddie Royal*	1386	2004	2007	Virginia Tech
211.	Tony Lane*	1382	2001	2003	Navy
212.	Jamill Smith*	1379	2010	2012	Ball State
213.	John Stone	1377	1998	2001	Wake Forest
	Dervon Wallace*	1377	2008	2011	Western Michigan
215.	Charles Estes	1373	2003	2004	Louisiana-Monroe
	Jesse Grandy*	1373	2009	2010	Mississippi
217.	De'Anthony Thomas*	1372	2011	2012	Oregon
218.	Kenjon Barner*	1371	2009	2012	Oregon
	Khalek Shepherd*	1371	2011	2012	Virginia
220.	Makonnen Fenton	1370	2001	2003	Temple
221.	Matt Carter	1366	2001	2002	Akron
	Damon Morton*	1366	2004	2007	Colorado State
223.	Kevin Smith*	1365	2010	2012	Washington
224.	Robert Woods*	1364	2010	2012	Southern California
225.	Sherrick McManis*	1363	2006	2009	Northwestern
226.	Lyle Fitte*	1362	2009	2011	Louisiana Tech
227.	Onterio McCalebb*	1360	2009	2012	Auburn
228.	Ja'Corey Shepherd*	1358	2005	2008	Rice
229.	Ross Dickerson*	1357	2003	2006	Hawaii
230.	George Atkinson III*	1356	2011	2012	Notre Dame
231.	Chad Owens*	1354	2001	2004	Hawaii
232.	Marcus Smith*	1353	2004	2007	New Mexico
233.	Ronald Johnson*	1351	2007	2010	Southern California
234.	Dion Morton*	1349	2006	2009	Colorado State
235.	Tommylee Lewis*	1344	2011	2012	Northern Illinois
	Mike Wallace*	1344	2006	2008	Mississippi
237.	Cody Hoffman*	1331	2010	2012	Brigham Young
238.	Kendall Brock*	1328	2011	2012	Nevada
239.	David Wilson*	1324	2009	2011	Virginia Tech
240.	Decori Birmingham*	1321	2001	2004	Arkansas
241.	H.J. Adams	1316	2000	2003	Louisiana-Monroe
242.	Jesse Callier*	1309	2010	2012	Washington
243.	Dri Archer*	1308	2009	2012	Kent State
	Robbie Frey*	1308	2008	2010	Connecticut
245.	Corey Larkins*	1307	2001	2004	Tennessee
246.	Robert Kelley	1305	2011	2011	Tulane
247.	Joe Lefeged*	1304	2007	2010	Rutgers
248.	Fred Reid	1303	2001	2004	Mississippi State
249.	Mike Mason*	1302	2003	2005	North Carolina
250.	Raheem Mostert*	1300	2011	2012	Purdue

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