Kickoff Return Yards Career Leaders and Records

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Leaders Table
Rk	Player	Yds	From	To	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	Darius Phillips*	3193	2014	2017	Western Michigan
6	C.J Sanders*	3166	2015	2019	SMU
7	T.J. Graham*	3153	2008	2011	North Carolina State
8	Brandon West*	3118	2006	2009	Western Michigan
9	Joe Reed*	3042	2016	2019	Virginia
10	Brelan Chancellor*	3031	2010	2013	North Texas
11	David Gilreath*	3025	2007	2010	Wisconsin
12	Autrey Golden*	2994	2012	2015	UTEP
13	Torrey Smith*	2983	2008	2010	Maryland
14	Velus Jones Jr.*	2973	2016	2021	Tennessee
15	Jessie Henderson	2945	2005	2008	SMU
16	Savon Scarver*	2935	2017	2021	Utah State
17	Jeff Liggon	2922	1993	1996	Tulane
18	Janarion Grant*	2857	2013	2017	Rutgers
19	T.Y. Hilton*	2855	2008	2011	Florida International
20	Isaiah Burse*	2835	2010	2013	Fresno State
21	Perrish Cox*	2804	2006	2009	Oklahoma State
22	Will Blackmon*	2803	2002	2005	Boston College
23	Dennis Johnson*	2784	2008	2012	Arkansas
24	Phillip Livas*	2758	2007	2010	Louisiana Tech
	Kylen Towner*	2758	2014	2017	Western Kentucky
26	Cedric Johnson	2757	1993	1996	UTEP
27	Taveon Rogers	2728	2010	2011	New Mexico State
28	Kevin Robinson	2725	2004	2007	Utah State
	Darryl Surgent*	2725	2010	2013	Louisiana
30	Brandon James*	2718	2006	2009	Florida
31	Chris Johnson*	2715	2004	2007	East Carolina
32	Brandon Thompkins	2696	2006	2009	Arkansas State
33	Brandon Tate*	2688	2005	2008	North Carolina
34	Justin Gilbert*	2681	2010	2013	Oklahoma State
35	Tyler Allen	2664	2011	2014	Eastern Michigan
	Mardy Gilyard*	2664	2005	2009	Cincinnati
37	Brandon Boykin*	2663	2008	2011	Georgia
38	Michael Walker*	2656	2015	2018	Boston College
39	Joe Redding	2642	1985	1988	Louisiana
40	Jabari Marshall	2630	2006	2008	Duke
41	Deante' Purvis	2626	2008	2011	UNLV
42	Tony Pollard*	2616	2015	2018	Memphis
43	Antonio Brown*	2612	2007	2009	Central Michigan
44	Hassan Hall*	2581	2018	2022	Georgia Tech
45	Jason Jacoby	2572	1994	1997	Tulsa
46	Michael Pierce	2570	1986	1989	Tulane
47	Aron Cruickshank*	2564	2018	2022	Rutgers
48	Luther Ambrose	2560	2008	2011	Louisiana-Monroe
49	Zek Parker	2558	1998	2001	Louisville
	Darrius Sims*	2558	2013	2016	Vanderbilt
51	Deandre Reaves*	2548	2012	2015	Marshall
52	Marcus Sullivan*	2547	2010	2014	UNLV
53	Maurice Thomas*	2525	2015	2019	Miami (OH)
	Aregeros Turner*	2525	2013	2016	Northern Illinois
55	Travis Shelton	2507	2004	2008	Temple
56	Quincy McDuffie*	2501	2009	2012	UCF
57	Derek Pegues*	2498	2005	2008	Mississippi State
58	Raymond Calais*	2493	2016	2019	Louisiana
	Ty Montgomery*	2493	2011	2014	Stanford
60	Carlos Wiggins*	2481	2012	2015	New Mexico
61	Chris Culliver*	2476	2007	2010	South Carolina
62	Kene Nwangwu*	2470	2016	2020	Iowa State
63	Rashaad Penny*	2449	2014	2017	San Diego State
64	Trumaine Riley	2447	2003	2006	Eastern Michigan
65	A.J. Jefferson*	2440	2006	2009	Fresno State
	Shedro Louis*	2440	2019	2023	Tulane
67	Sean Riley*	2433	2016	2019	Syracuse
68	Charles Nelson*	2424	2014	2017	Oregon
69	Victor Bolden*	2420	2013	2016	Oregon State
70	Tavon Austin*	2407	2009	2012	West Virginia
71	Michael Grandberry*	2401	2005	2008	Memphis
72	Kermit Whitfield*	2386	2013	2016	Florida State
73	Tyler Ervin*	2374	2011	2015	San Jose State
	Dwayne Harris*	2374	2007	2010	East Carolina
75	Derrick Mason	2368	1993	1996	Michigan State
76	Michael Perry	2366	1995	1998	Rice
77	Cyrus Gray*	2349	2008	2011	Texas A&M
	Deon Mitchell	2349	1995	1998	Northern Illinois
	Brandon Williams*	2349	2002	2005	Wisconsin
80	Leodis McKelvin*	2346	2004	2007	Troy
81	Isaiah Rodgers	2338	2016	2019	Massachusetts
	Marcus Thomas*	2338	2010	2013	Navy
83	John Eubanks*	2321	2002	2005	Southern Mississippi
84	Derek Abney	2315	2000	2003	Kentucky
85	Eric Blount	2313	1988	1991	North Carolina
86	Mike Edwards	2301	2011	2012	Hawaii
87	Qadry Ismail	2290	1989	1992	Syracuse
88	Raheem Mostert*	2289	2011	2014	Purdue
89	Deltha O'Neal	2286	1996	1999	California
90	Josh Davis*	2265	2000	2003	Nebraska
91	Mark Johnson	2263	1986	1990	Vanderbilt
92	Desmond Gee*	2241	2006	2009	Middle Tennessee State
93	William Likely*	2233	2013	2016	Maryland
94	Keith Stephens	2227	1986	1988	Louisville
95	Scott Wesley	2221	2003	2005	Army
96	Keelan Ewaliko*	2218	2014	2017	Hawaii
97	Colin Lockett*	2216	2010	2013	San Diego State
98	Dennis Norfleet*	2203	2012	2014	Michigan
99	Broderick Clark*	2200	2002	2005	Louisville
100	Tyler Lockett*	2196	2011	2014	Kansas State
101	Chris Garrett*	2185	2006	2009	Ohio
102	Eric Page*	2184	2009	2011	Toledo
103	Nyheim Hines*	2171	2015	2017	North Carolina State
104	Jakeem Grant*	2169	2012	2015	Texas Tech
105	Domanick Davis*	2168	1999	2002	LSU
106	Javier Arenas*	2166	2006	2009	Alabama
107	Kevin Marion*	2160	2004	2007	Wake Forest
108	Jonas Rutledge	2154	2001	2003	SMU
109	Terrence Austin*	2145	2006	2009	UCLA
110	Adoree Jackson*	2141	2014	2016	USC
111	Roger Williams*	2139	2006	2009	Bowling Green State
112	Myles Willis*	2138	2013	2016	Boston College
113	George Atkinson III*	2136	2011	2013	Notre Dame
114	Chris Owusu*	2132	2008	2011	Stanford
115	Dante Love*	2129	2005	2008	Ball State
116	Dorien Bryant*	2125	2004	2007	Purdue
117	James Rodgers*	2124	2007	2011	Oregon State
118	D.J. Beshears	2123	2009	2012	Kansas
119	Mark Seay	2121	1987	1991	Long Beach State
120	Marcus Wall	2120	1992	1995	North Carolina
121	Kerrith Whyte*	2115	2015	2018	Florida Atlantic
122	Andre Debose*	2111	2010	2014	Florida
123	Richard Leonard*	2103	2011	2015	Florida International
124	T.J. Logan*	2098	2013	2016	North Carolina
125	Carlos Henderson*	2094	2014	2016	Louisiana Tech
126	Jason Southall*	2092	2001	2004	UAB
127	Derin Graham	2088	1998	2000	Indiana
128	Rannell Hall*	2083	2011	2014	UCF
129	Frantrell Forrest	2076	2007	2010	UAB
130	Marcus Herford*	2075	2005	2008	Kansas
	Marcus Jones*	2075	2017	2021	Houston
132	Brian Battie*	2072	2020	2023	Auburn
133	John Ross*	2069	2013	2016	Washington
134	Matt Brown*	2068	2009	2012	Temple
135	Devon Edwards*	2066	2013	2016	Duke
136	Terrell Willis	2063	1993	1995	Rutgers
137	Jamill Smith*	2056	2010	2013	Ball State
138	C.J. Spiller*	2052	2006	2009	Clemson
139	Jeremy Maclin*	2049	2007	2008	Missouri
140	William White	2045	2001	2003	Army
	Nick Williams*	2045	2009	2012	Connecticut
142	Marcus Murphy*	2036	2010	2014	Missouri
	Jaylen Walton*	2036	2012	2015	Ole Miss
144	Terrance Strickland	2033	1988	1992	Tulane
145	Travell Harris*	2030	2018	2021	Washington State
146	Isaiah Wright*	2029	2016	2019	Temple
147	Jordan Byrd*	2020	2018	2022	San Diego State
148	Jovon Bouknight*	2016	2002	2005	Wyoming
149	Ryan Wells	2010	1999	2002	Stanford
150	Marcus Thigpen*	2009	2005	2008	Indiana
151	Tony Jackson	2004	1989	1993	Vanderbilt
152	Stephen Simmons*	1995	2007	2010	Northwestern
153	Steve Breaston*	1993	2003	2006	Michigan
	Terance Mathis	1993	1985	1989	New Mexico
155	KaVontae Turpin*	1985	2015	2018	TCU
156	Trent Guy*	1980	2006	2009	Louisville
157	Eric Stephens*	1979	2009	2012	Texas Tech
158	Tim Frager	1975	1987	1990	Boston College
159	Matthew Harding	1969	1992	1995	Hawaii
160	Dexter Wynn*	1967	2000	2003	Colorado State
161	Melvin Anderson	1965	1983	1986	Minnesota
162	Mikail Baker*	1963	2005	2010	Baylor
163	Jeff Smith*	1959	2006	2009	Boston College
164	Damon Dunn	1950	1994	1997	Stanford
	Jamal Rogers*	1950	2007	2010	Miami (OH)
166	Howard Jackson*	1947	2001	2004	UTEP
167	Quadree Henderson*	1942	2015	2017	Pitt
168	Tony Collins	1939	1977	1980	East Carolina
	Reggie Whatley*	1939	2011	2014	Middle Tennessee State
170	Tyrell Johnson*	1935	2014	2017	Arizona
171	J.J. Nelson	1932	2011	2014	UAB
172	Khalfani Muhammad*	1931	2013	2016	California
173	Alvis Whitted	1929	1994	1997	North Carolina State
174	Venric Mark*	1919	2010	2013	Northwestern
	Chandler Worthy	1919	2011	2014	Troy
176	Hank Poteat	1917	1996	1999	Pitt
177	Diivory Edgecomb	1916	2005	2008	Florida Atlantic
178	Chris Montgomery	1910	2015	2017	Charlotte
179	Willie Floyd	1907	2006	2011	Florida Atlantic
180	John Stone	1906	1998	2001	Wake Forest
181	Reggie Campbell*	1905	2004	2007	Navy
182	Malik Dunner	1904	2015	2019	Ball State
183	Nathan Jones	1902	2001	2003	Rutgers
184	Darrin Greer	1900	1986	1989	California
	Max Suter*	1900	2007	2010	Syracuse
186	Ashlan Davis*	1898	2004	2005	Tulsa
187	Randy Jones	1890	1987	1990	Duke
188	Niles Paul*	1887	2007	2010	Nebraska
189	Greg Heaggans*	1885	2002	2005	Kansas
	De'Anthony Thomas*	1885	2011	2013	Oregon
191	Roy Lewis	1880	1981	1984	Cal State Fullerton
192	David Mikell*	1876	2000	2003	Boise State
193	Champ Flemings*	1872	2018	2022	Arkansas State
	Alex Ross*	1872	2013	2016	Missouri
195	Steve Brown	1868	1979	1982	Oregon
196	Jamal Miles*	1866	2009	2012	Arizona State
	Chaz Powell*	1866	2008	2011	Penn State
198	Tony James	1862	1989	1992	Mississippi State
199	V'Angelo Bentley*	1860	2012	2015	Illinois
	T.J. Glover*	1860	2012	2014	South Alabama
	Jamal Golden*	1860	2011	2015	Georgia Tech
202	R.J. Shelton*	1855	2013	2016	Michigan State
	Josh Smith*	1855	2010	2011	UCLA
204	Willie Gault	1854	1979	1982	Tennessee
	Shane Wynn	1854	2011	2014	Indiana
206	Keith Crawford	1843	1985	1987	Ohio
207	Darrell Blackman*	1842	2004	2007	North Carolina State
208	Darius Jennings*	1839	2011	2014	Virginia
209	Deonce Whitaker	1837	1998	2001	San Jose State
210	Ralph David Abernathy IV*	1835	2011	2012	Cincinnati
211	Darius Marshall*	1832	2007	2009	Marshall
212	Omari Thompson	1827	1999	2001	Army
213	Milt Bowen	1826	1998	2002	Miami (OH)
	Diontae Johnson*	1826	2015	2018	Toledo
215	Evan Berry*	1820	2014	2017	Tennessee
216	Lindsey Lamar*	1816	2009	2012	South Florida
217	Ishmael Adams*	1815	2012	2016	UCLA
218	Brandon Rutley	1812	2008	2011	San Jose State
219	Trindon Holliday*	1806	2006	2009	LSU
220	Adam Jennings*	1803	2002	2005	Fresno State
221	Sheldon Canley	1800	1988	1990	San Jose State
	Bernard Reedy*	1800	2010	2013	Toledo
223	Ben Kelly	1798	1997	1999	Colorado
224	Erick Franklin	1794	2001	2004	Louisiana Tech
	Nick Hill*	1794	2010	2014	Michigan State
226	Leonard Scott*	1788	1999	2002	Tennessee
227	Antonio Andrews*	1780	2010	2013	Western Kentucky
228	Lyle Fitte*	1775	2009	2013	Louisiana Tech
229	Henry Bailey	1774	1991	1994	UNLV
230	Jesse Williams	1773	1977	1980	Richmond
231	Steve Clay	1772	1992	1995	Eastern Michigan
232	Anthony Williams	1762	1988	1991	Wake Forest
233	Marcus Green	1761	2015	2018	Louisiana-Monroe
234	Kwane Doster	1759	2002	2004	Vanderbilt
	Chris Douglas	1759	2000	2003	Duke
236	Syndric Steptoe	1757	2003	2006	Arizona
237	Dwayne Owens	1754	1990	1992	Oregon State
238	Felix Jones*	1749	2005	2007	Arkansas
239	Akeem Hunt*	1747	2011	2014	Purdue
	Cory Rodgers*	1747	2003	2005	TCU
241	Jamie Hickenbotham	1746	1999	2002	Arkansas State
242	Amare Jones*	1745	2018	2022	Georgia Southern
243	Justin Veltung*	1743	2009	2012	Idaho
244	Cliff Reed	1737	1981	1984	Western Michigan
245	Eric Russell*	1734	2010	2011	Middle Tennessee State
246	Quan Cosby*	1731	2005	2008	Texas
247	Giles Jackson*	1730	2019	2023	Washington
248	Christion Jones*	1727	2011	2014	Alabama
	Fred Smith	1727	2003	2007	Tulane
250	James Brooks	1726	1977	1980	Auburn

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