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Single Season Leaders and Records for Kickoff Return Yards

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Since 2000

Rank	Player	Yds	Season	School
1.	Isaiah Burse	1606	2011	Fresno State
2.	Kerwynn Williams	1444	2010	Utah State
3.	Taveon Rogers	1410	2010	New Mexico State
4.	Damaris Johnson*	1382	2008	Tulsa
5.	Taveon Rogers	1318	2011	New Mexico State
6.	Torrey Smith	1309	2009	Maryland
7.	Robert Kelley	1305	2011	Tulane
8.	Max Suter	1299	2007	Syracuse
9.	Michael Grandberry*	1286	2007	Memphis
10.	Mardy Gilyard*	1281	2009	Cincinnati
11.	Josh Smith	1276	2008	Colorado
12.	Kevin Robinson	1260	2007	Utah State
13.	Scott Wesley	1248	2004	Army
14.	William White	1239	2002	Army
15.	Mike Edwards	1215	2012	Hawaii
16.	Tyron Carrier	1174	2010	Houston
17.	Cyrus Gray	1169	2008	Texas A&M
18.	Chris Owusu*	1167	2009	Stanford
19.	Deante' Purvis	1165	2009	Nevada-Las Vegas
20.	Diivory Edgecomb*	1155	2007	Florida Atlantic
21.	Devin Thomas*	1135	2007	Michigan State
22.	Josh Smith*	1132	2011	UCLA
23.	Damaris Johnson	1131	2009	Tulsa
	Kerwynn Williams	1131	2009	Utah State
	Ashlan Davis	1131	2004	Tulsa
26.	Brandon Banks	1127	2009	Kansas State
27.	Tobias Palmer*	1124	2012	North Carolina State
28.	Lionell Singleton	1119	2007	Florida International
29.	Demond Washington*	1117	2010	Auburn
30.	Terrence Austin	1109	2008	UCLA
31.	Dante Love*	1100	2007	Ball State
32.	Reggie Campbell*	1098	2007	Navy
33.	Brelan Chancellor	1094	2011	North Texas
	Cortney Grixby	1094	2007	Nebraska
35.	Torrey Smith*	1089	2008	Maryland
36.	Mike Edwards	1086	2011	Hawaii
37.	Gerard Lawson*	1085	2007	Oregon State
38.	Troy Stoudermire*	1083	2008	Minnesota
39.	Corey Anderson	1078	2007	Army
40.	Eric Stephens*	1071	2010	Texas Tech
41.	Brandon Thompkins	1062	2007	Arkansas State
42.	Troy Stoudermire*	1057	2009	Minnesota
43.	Jessie Henderson	1056	2008	Southern Methodist
44.	Leonard Johnson	1055	2008	Iowa State
45.	Warren Norman	1050	2009	Vanderbilt
	Bobby Rainey	1050	2009	Western Kentucky
47.	Antonio Brown*	1048	2007	Central Michigan
48.	D.J. Banks	1044	2012	Louisiana Tech
49.	Jeremy Maclin*	1039	2007	Missouri
50.	Tyler Allen	1036	2012	Eastern Michigan
	Terrence Austin*	1036	2009	UCLA
52.	Ralph David Abernathy IV*	1034	2011	Cincinnati
53.	Dennis Johnson*	1031	2009	Arkansas
54.	T.J. Graham*	1028	2008	North Carolina State
55.	Jeremiah Kobena	1027	2011	Syracuse
56.	Kenjon Barner*	1020	2009	Oregon
57.	Quan Cosby*	1017	2007	Texas
58.	Tandon Doss	1016	2010	Indiana
	Dontayo Gage	1016	2007	Eastern Michigan
60.	Dervon Wallace*	1015	2011	Western Michigan
	Wynn	1015	2011	Indiana
	Leon Berry	1015	2009	Mississippi State
63.	D.J. Beshears	1014	2011	Kansas
64.	Jeremy Maclin*	1010	2008	Missouri
65.	Chris Johnson*	1009	2007	East Carolina
66.	Dorien Bryant*	1007	2007	Purdue
67.	Darryl Stonum	1001	2009	Michigan
68.	Deante' Purvis	1000	2011	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Dwayne Harris*	1000	2009	East Carolina
70.	Nick Hill*	999	2011	Michigan State
71.	Mardy Gilyard*	994	2008	Cincinnati
	Josh Davis*	994	2002	Nebraska
73.	Brandon Boykin*	988	2009	Georgia
	Charles Estes	988	2003	Louisiana-Monroe
75.	Mike Jones	987	2009	Syracuse
76.	T.J. Graham*	986	2011	North Carolina State
	Tyron Carrier*	986	2009	Houston
	Matt Slater*	986	2007	UCLA
79.	De'Anthony Thomas*	983	2011	Oregon
80.	Jerry Booboo Gates	981	2011	Bowling Green State
81.	Greg McCoy*	979	2011	Texas Christian
82.	Charles Pauley	978	2002	San Jose State
83.	Marcus Sullivan	976	2010	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Louis Rankin	976	2007	Washington
85.	Robert Woods	971	2010	Southern California
86.	Chantz Staden	970	2008	Washington State
87.	Niles Paul*	969	2008	Nebraska
88.	Willie McNeal	968	2010	Western Kentucky
89.	David Gilreath*	967	2007	Wisconsin
90.	Freddie Parham*	961	2009	Southern Mississippi
91.	T.J. Thorpe*	960	2011	North Carolina
	Brandon West	960	2009	Western Michigan
93.	Isiah Barton	958	2011	Washington State
	Kevin Smith*	958	2011	Washington
95.	Kama Bailey	955	2008	Idaho
96.	Roger Williams*	954	2007	Bowling Green State
97.	Jason Chery	953	2008	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Jamal Rogers	953	2007	Miami (OH)
	Jabari Marshall	953	2006	Duke
100.	Joe Lefeged	948	2010	Rutgers

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