Punt Return Yards Single Season Leaders and Records

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Leaders Table
Rk	Player	Yds	Year	School
1	Steve Suter*	771	2002	Maryland
2	Wes Welker*	752	2002	Texas Tech
3	Dejuan Groce*	732	2002	Nebraska
4	David Allen	729	1998	Kansas State
5	Santana Moss	655	2000	Miami (FL)
6	Ryne Robinson*	654	2003	Miami (OH)
7	Javier Arenas*	650	2008	Alabama
8	Antonio Perkins*	647	2002	Oklahoma
9	Antonio Perkins*	642	2003	Oklahoma
10	Steve Breaston*	619	2003	Michigan
11	J.T. Thatcher	599	2000	Oklahoma
12	Demornay Pierson-El	596	2014	Nebraska
13	Terance Richardson	591	1999	Oklahoma State
14	Tinker Keck	577	1997	Cincinnati
15	Dante Hall	573	1996	Texas A&M
	Glyn Milburn	573	1992	Stanford
17	Shaky Smithson*	572	2010	Utah
18	Dexter Wynn*	567	2002	Colorado State
19	Jeremy Kerley*	563	2009	TCU
20	Tony Logan*	560	2010	Maryland
	Kevin Williams	560	1991	Miami (FL)
	Beno Bryant	560	1990	Washington
23	James Henry	556	1987	Southern Mississippi
24	Greg Myers	555	1995	Colorado State
25	Nathan Vasher	554	2001	Texas
26	Bernard Berrian	552	2001	Fresno State
27	Ryne Robinson*	547	2004	Miami (OH)
28	Cliff Harris*	546	2010	Oregon
29	Derek Abney	544	2002	Kentucky
30	Willie Reid*	541	2005	Florida State
	Dallas Davis	541	1999	Colorado State
32	Johnnie Johnson	538	1977	Texas
33	Brian Bonner*	535	2007	TCU
34	Chad Owens*	531	2004	Hawaii
35	Cyrus Jones*	530	2015	Alabama
36	Bryant Johnson*	528	2002	Penn State
	Thomas Bailey	528	1991	Auburn
38	Joshua Bush	526	2000	Western Michigan
39	Dave McCloughan	524	1990	Colorado
40	Willie Reid*	522	2004	Florida State
	Roman Hollowell	522	2001	Colorado
42	R.W. McQuarters	521	1997	Oklahoma State
43	Kelley Rhino	518	2001	Georgia Tech
44	Brandon James*	510	2008	Florida
	Ricky Hall	510	1999	Virginia Tech
	Kelvin Martin	510	1985	Boston College
47	Damien Dorsey*	508	2002	Louisville
48	Tony Smith	507	1990	Southern Mississippi
49	Tim Gilligan*	505	2002	Boise State
50	Deion Sanders	503	1988	Florida State
51	Ryan Switzer*	502	2013	North Carolina
52	Aaron Lockett	501	2000	Kansas State
53	Aaron Ross*	500	2005	Texas
54	Anthony Chambers*	499	2003	Purdue
	Domanick Davis*	499	2002	LSU
56	Ramon Ochoa*	495	2003	Iowa
	Steve Smith Sr.	495	1999	Utah
58	Ronnie Harris	494	1992	Oregon
59	Javier Arenas*	493	2009	Alabama
60	Ryan Broyles*	492	2009	Oklahoma
61	Corey Sawyer	488	1992	Florida State
62	Jaylen Waddle*	487	2019	Alabama
	Deangelo Hall*	487	2003	Virginia Tech
64	Jeff Sydner	483	1990	Hawaii
65	Vaughn Rivers*	479	2007	West Virginia
	Deon Figures	479	1992	Colorado
67	Gerald Hall	478	1978	East Carolina
68	Dan Sheldon	477	2002	Northern Illinois
	Tripp Welborne	477	1990	Michigan
70	Michael Fletcher	476	1998	Oregon
71	Gari Scott	475	1999	Michigan State
72	Vai Sikahema	472	1984	Brigham Young
73	Kyle Wilson*	470	2008	Boise State
	Sammie Stroughter*	470	2006	Oregon State
	Jim Leonhard*	470	2003	Wisconsin
	Nate Clements	470	2000	Ohio State
	Dwight Pickens	470	1989	Fresno State
78	Dejuan Groce	469	2001	Nebraska
	Pete Rebstock	469	2000	Colorado State
80	Antonio Freeman	468	1994	Virginia Tech
	Ryan Roskelly	468	1994	Memphis
	Scott Woerner	468	1980	Georgia
83	Cameron Sutton*	467	2015	Tennessee
	Cody Cardwell	467	2002	SMU
	Santana Moss	467	1999	Miami (FL)
86	Bobby Joe Edmonds	466	1985	Arkansas
87	Keenan Howry	465	2001	Oregon
	Andrew Mott	465	1985	Southern Mississippi
89	Phillip Buchanon	464	2001	Miami (FL)
	Bruce Branch	464	1999	Penn State
91	Joe Burnett*	463	2005	UCF
	Lynaris Elpheage*	463	2002	Tulane
	Quinton Spotwood	463	1997	Syracuse
94	Skyler Green*	462	2003	LSU
	Louis Lipps	462	1983	Southern Mississippi
96	Tim Gilligan*	460	2003	Boise State
97	Quinton Jones*	459	2005	Boise State
98	Damien Gary*	458	2002	Georgia
	Keenan Howry*	458	2002	Oregon
100	Eddie Royal*	455	2007	Virginia Tech
	Desean Jackson*	455	2006	California

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