NCAA Division I-A Team Returning Statistics - 2012

Average Yards Per Punt Return Leaders

		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
1	Boston College	49	859	17.5	13	282	21.7	82	1
2	Texas State	54	1356	25.1	18	363	20.2	79	1
3	Kansas State	37	1082	29.2	19	360	18.9	89	1
4	Northwestern	31	647	20.9	20	331	16.6	82	2
5	UTSA	45	810	18.0	18	281	15.6	79	1
6	Nevada	43	891	20.7	16	242	15.1	55	0
7	Missouri	35	864	24.7	28	421	15.0	72	3
8	Duke	58	1043	18.0	24	358	14.9	65	2
9	Florida State	31	764	24.6	37	536	14.5	75	3
10	Oklahoma	35	904	25.8	27	387	14.3	90	2
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
11	South Carolina	26	563	21.7	30	427	14.2	70	2
12	North Carolina	49	1139	23.2	35	496	14.2	74	2
13	Florida	36	835	23.2	18	249	13.8	50	1
14	Oregon	35	699	20.0	20	270	13.5	73	1
15	Wyoming	30	541	18.0	14	188	13.4	47	0
16	Texas A&M	35	697	19.9	34	452	13.3	96	1
17	Hawaii	58	1488	25.7	25	321	12.8	69	2
18	Georgia Tech	44	1046	23.8	20	252	12.6	56	0
19	Connecticut	30	587	19.6	22	274	12.5	80	3
20	TCU	36	807	22.4	26	322	12.4	70	1
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
21	Iowa State	36	698	19.4	10	121	12.1	48	0
22	Memphis	50	1141	22.8	25	300	12.0	57	1
23	Stanford	32	739	23.1	25	299	12.0	76	1
24	Tennessee	51	1046	20.5	22	261	11.9	81	1
25	Oklahoma State	46	1148	25.0	36	412	11.4	64	1
26	California	55	1144	20.8	19	216	11.4	69	1
27	Western Michigan	53	1033	19.5	17	190	11.2	48	0
28	Tulane	44	847	19.3	13	144	11.1	57	0
29	Ball State	45	1056	23.5	16	177	11.1	27	0
30	West Virginia	57	1118	19.6	15	165	11.0	76	1
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
31	UCF	38	943	24.8	25	266	10.6	50	0
32	Western Kentucky	44	1083	24.6	22	234	10.6	70	1
33	Arizona	29	560	19.3	16	170	10.6	63	1
34	Vanderbilt	40	874	21.9	35	366	10.5	83	3
35	Boise State	27	686	25.4	27	281	10.4	37	0
36	Ohio State	29	578	19.9	27	280	10.4	76	3
37	Texas Tech	35	812	23.2	17	176	10.4	27	0
38	Virginia Tech	45	1082	24.0	37	382	10.3	94	1
39	Pittsburgh	41	939	22.9	22	226	10.3	41	1
	Toledo	53	1170	22.1	22	226	10.3	66	1
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
41	Utah State	38	816	21.5	30	308	10.3	44	1
42	Bowling Green	39	775	19.9	27	277	10.3	80	1
43	UTEP	46	1096	23.8	19	191	10.1	26	1
44	UAB	33	687	20.8	26	261	10.0	79	2
45	Temple	47	1126	24.0	27	271	10.0	45	0
46	Alabama	21	503	24.0	34	337	9.9	32	0
47	Southern Methodist	30	692	23.1	21	205	9.8	59	0
48	Wake Forest	39	644	16.5	16	156	9.8	60	0
49	Cincinnati	34	839	24.7	26	252	9.7	42	0
50	Ohio	45	968	21.5	30	287	9.6	38	0
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
51	Colorado State	41	914	22.3	13	123	9.5	76	0
52	Nebraska	42	908	21.6	29	270	9.3	81	1
53	North Carolina State	52	1219	23.4	34	316	9.3	73	1
54	UCLA	44	967	22.0	33	302	9.2	43	0
55	Fresno State	47	995	21.2	25	228	9.1	78	1
56	LSU	31	744	24.0	36	327	9.1	89	2
57	Michigan State	36	707	19.6	23	208	9.0	44	0
58	Baylor	50	1039	20.8	16	144	9.0	45	0
	Kansas	42	819	19.5	10	90	9.0	33	0
60	Auburn	36	808	22.4	18	161	8.9	38	0
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
61	Maryland	40	959	24.0	26	232	8.9	31	0
62	South Alabama	40	833	20.8	16	141	8.8	37	0
	Michigan	42	926	22.0	16	141	8.8	42	0
64	Texas	43	996	23.2	14	123	8.8	35	0
65	Navy	44	1034	23.5	12	105	8.8	40	0
66	Brigham Young	26	616	23.7	30	258	8.6	42	0
67	East Carolina	49	972	19.8	22	188	8.5	43	0
68	Marshall	51	1014	19.9	15	124	8.3	35	1
69	Northern Illinois	38	882	23.2	32	263	8.2	44	0
70	Tulsa	36	959	26.6	31	254	8.2	54	1
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
71	Wisconsin	22	489	22.2	26	212	8.2	82	1
72	Arizona State	34	761	22.4	33	269	8.2	37	0
73	Florida International	59	1438	24.4	25	201	8.0	49	1
74	Troy	39	721	18.5	18	141	7.8	54	0
75	Massachusetts	57	1133	19.9	20	154	7.7	29	0
76	San Diego State	42	1005	23.9	15	114	7.6	28	0
	Air Force	38	878	23.1	10	76	7.6	33	0
78	Georgia	32	709	22.2	27	203	7.5	30	0
79	Kentucky	48	1009	21.0	22	165	7.5	27	0
80	Iowa	34	761	22.4	16	119	7.4	29	0
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
81	Mississippi State	44	1016	23.1	23	171	7.4	22	0
82	Minnesota	41	842	20.5	31	229	7.4	27	0
83	Miami (FL)	45	1235	27.4	17	118	6.9	25	0
84	Akron	46	745	16.2	24	165	6.9	52	0
85	Washington State	42	942	22.4	13	89	6.8	29	0
86	Washington	43	909	21.1	20	135	6.8	31	0
87	Southern Miss	53	1128	21.3	6	40	6.7	19	0
88	South Florida	35	624	17.8	20	133	6.7	39	0
89	Florida Atlantic	41	787	19.2	22	143	6.5	48	0
90	Louisiana-Monroe	43	933	21.7	23	149	6.5	22	0
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
91	Oregon State	35	642	18.3	13	84	6.5	24	0
92	Louisiana-Lafayette	47	861	18.3	20	127	6.4	27	1
93	USC	37	976	26.4	26	158	6.1	34	1
94	Penn State	30	542	18.1	30	182	6.1	29	1
95	UNLV	56	1077	19.2	17	103	6.1	21	0
96	Arkansas	31	566	18.3	21	124	5.9	25	0
97	Kent State	46	1039	22.6	9	52	5.8	12	0
98	Ole Miss	43	861	20.0	24	134	5.6	22	0
99	Colorado	57	1195	21.0	16	89	5.6	24	0
100	Eastern Michigan	59	1228	20.8	18	94	5.2	24	0
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
101	Buffalo	45	841	18.7	13	66	5.1	33	1
102	Utah	31	803	25.9	31	150	4.8	57	0
103	Army	46	916	19.9	12	58	4.8	34	0
104	Rutgers	24	557	23.2	30	140	4.7	23	1
105	Louisiana Tech	50	1186	23.7	28	121	4.3	35	0
106	Rice	38	876	23.1	19	82	4.3	27	1
107	Clemson	35	717	20.5	23	99	4.3	14	0
108	Arkansas State	37	712	19.2	11	47	4.3	24	0
109	Louisville	35	606	17.3	24	102	4.3	30	0
110	Syracuse	40	735	18.4	29	119	4.1	33	0
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
111	Indiana	44	973	22.1	14	57	4.1	13	0
112	San Jose State	42	1059	25.2	17	66	3.9	24	0
113	Virginia	55	1152	20.9	23	89	3.9	25	0
114	Houston	41	801	19.5	24	84	3.5	28	0
115	New Mexico	40	956	23.9	15	49	3.3	15	0
116	Miami (OH)	35	672	19.2	6	19	3.2	11	0
117	Purdue	60	1376	22.9	19	60	3.2	25	0
118	Middle Tennessee	44	1129	25.7	18	54	3.0	25	0
119	Central Michigan	54	1214	22.5	12	31	2.6	19	0
120	Notre Dame	30	588	19.6	21	46	2.2	11	0
		KICKOFFS					PUNTS
RK	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
121	North Texas	38	729	19.2	8	17	2.1	5	0
122	Illinois	48	904	18.8	16	25	1.6	11	0
123	New Mexico State	44	951	21.6	12	15	1.3	13	0
124	Idaho	47	839	17.9	17	17	1.0	26	0

Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau

NCAA Division I-A Team Returning Statistics - 2012

Average Yards Per Punt Return Leaders

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