Kickoff Return Yards Leaders - All Players
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | ||||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FC |
| 1 | Torrey Smith, WR | MD | 51 | 1309 | 25.7 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Mardy Gilyard, WR | CIN | 42 | 1281 | 30.5 | 99 | 2 | 36 | 202 | 5.6 | 53 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Chris Owusu, WR | STAN | 39 | 1167 | 29.9 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Deante Purvis, DB | UNLV | 50 | 1165 | 23.3 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Damaris Johnson, WR | TLSA | 46 | 1131 | 24.6 | 75 | 0 | 20 | 256 | 12.8 | 66 | 1 | 2 |
| Kerwynn Wiliams, RB | USU | 45 | 1131 | 25.1 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Brandon Banks, WR | KSU | 39 | 1127 | 28.9 | 98 | 4 | 25 | 155 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Troy Stoudermire Jr., CB | MINN | 43 | 1057 | 24.6 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bobby Rainey, RB | WKU | 44 | 1050 | 23.9 | 52 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| Warren Norman, RB | VAN | 40 | 1050 | 26.3 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | ||||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FC |
| 11 | Terrence Austin, WR | UCLA | 43 | 1036 | 24.1 | 65 | 0 | 45 | 302 | 6.7 | 47 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Dennis Johnson, RB | ARK | 40 | 1031 | 25.8 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kenjon Barner, RB | ORE | 41 | 1020 | 24.9 | 100 | 1 | 21 | 137 | 6.5 | 31 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Leon Berry, WR | MSST | 38 | 1015 | 26.7 | 89 | 1 | 26 | 69 | 2.7 | 35 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Darryl Stonum, WR | MICH | 39 | 1001 | 25.7 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Dwayne Harris, WR | ECU | 37 | 1000 | 27.0 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Michael Jones, RB | SYR | 41 | 987 | 24.1 | 79 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Tyron Carrier, WR | HOU | 34 | 986 | 29.0 | 99 | 4 | 16 | 73 | 4.6 | 31 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 | Brandon Boykin, CB | UGA | 38 | 985 | 25.9 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Freddie Parham, WR | USM | 38 | 961 | 25.3 | 100 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | ||||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FC |
| 21 | Brandon West, RB | WMU | 42 | 960 | 22.9 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Quincy McDuffie, WR | UCF | 39 | 944 | 24.2 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Roger Williams, DB | BGSU | 44 | 925 | 21.0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jovonte Taylor, WR | HAW | 38 | 918 | 24.2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Trent Guy, WR | LOU | 37 | 914 | 24.7 | 65 | 0 | 11 | 139 | 12.6 | 60 | 1 | 5 |
| 26 | Desmond Gee, WR | MTU | 41 | 910 | 22.2 | 74 | 0 | 10 | 2 | .2 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| 27 | Jerrel Jernigan, WR | TROY | 39 | 897 | 23.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Shane Turner, RB | RICE | 37 | 881 | 23.8 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Orwin Smith, RB | GT | 37 | 877 | 23.7 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Oku, RB | TENN | 33 | 863 | 26.2 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | ||||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FC |
| 31 | Dion Morton, WR | CSU | 35 | 862 | 24.6 | 43 | 0 | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 41 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Theo Riddick, WR | ND | 37 | 849 | 22.9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | James Rodgers, WR | ORST | 36 | 840 | 23.3 | 84 | 0 | 20 | 151 | 7.6 | 33 | 0 | 7 |
| 34 | Titus Young, WR | BSU | 31 | 833 | 26.9 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Luther Ambrose, WR | ULM | 39 | 832 | 21.3 | 63 | 0 | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 33 | 0 | 6 |
| 36 | Bryan McCann, CB | SMU | 34 | 824 | 24.2 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Eric Stephens, RB | TTU | 32 | 823 | 25.7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Damion Hunter, WR | ARMY | 40 | 818 | 20.5 | 46 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | Jasper Simmons, S | MIZZ | 36 | 813 | 22.6 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Eric Williams, RB | BALL | 34 | 812 | 23.9 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau
