Kickoff Return Yards Leaders - All Players
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | ||||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FC |
| 1 | Aregeros Turner, WR | NIU | 45 | 1181 | 26.2 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Morgan Burns, CB | KSU | 35 | 1138 | 32.5 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Christian McCaffrey, RB | STAN | 37 | 1070 | 28.9 | 98 | 1 | 15 | 130 | 8.7 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Jakeem Grant, WR | TTU | 40 | 1017 | 25.4 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Tim White, WR | ASU | 37 | 972 | 26.3 | 100 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Derek Keaton, WR | GASO | 36 | 934 | 25.9 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 276 | 15.3 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Nyheim Hines, RB | NCST | 35 | 920 | 26.3 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles Nelson, WR | ORE | 34 | 876 | 25.8 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Darius Phillips, CB | WMU | 37 | 854 | 23.1 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Evan Berry, S | TENN | 21 | 804 | 38.3 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | ||||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FC |
| Rashaad Penny, RB | SDSU | 24 | 804 | 33.5 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Kylen Towner, WR | WKU | 32 | 758 | 23.7 | 98 | 1 | 14 | 99 | 7.1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Diontae Johnson, WR | TOL | 32 | 731 | 22.8 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | KaVontae Turpin, WR | TCU | 27 | 729 | 27.0 | 60 | 0 | 18 | 181 | 10.1 | 49 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Desmond King, CB | IOWA | 29 | 708 | 24.4 | 58 | 0 | 17 | 241 | 14.2 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DeVon Edwards, S | DUKE | 25 | 700 | 28.0 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Deandre Reaves, WR | MRSH | 23 | 693 | 30.1 | 97 | 2 | 15 | 204 | 13.6 | 69 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Adoree' Jackson, CB | USC | 32 | 690 | 21.6 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 251 | 10.5 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Trevor Davis, WR | CAL | 32 | 686 | 21.4 | 43 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Carlos Wiggins, WR | UNM | 25 | 663 | 26.5 | 100 | 1 | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | ||||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FC |
| 21 | Elijah Mitchell, DB | NEV | 25 | 661 | 26.4 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Solomon Vault, WR | NW | 25 | 657 | 26.3 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Dishan Romine, RB | NAVY | 24 | 655 | 27.3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | J.D. McKissic, WR | ARKST | 24 | 654 | 27.3 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Alex Ross, RB | MIZ | 30 | 645 | 21.5 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | CJ Sanders, WR | SMU | 28 | 640 | 22.9 | 93 | 1 | 26 | 182 | 7.0 | 50 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Jeff Carr, RB | OKST | 29 | 623 | 21.5 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brandon Wilson, CB | HOU | 23 | 611 | 26.6 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tyler Ervin, RB | SJSU | 25 | 597 | 23.9 | 71 | 0 | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 85 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Jae'lon Oglesby, RB | SFA | 25 | 588 | 23.5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | PUNTS | ||||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FC |
| 31 | Chico McClatcher, WR | WASH | 25 | 582 | 23.3 | 56 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Brandon Holloway, RB | MSST | 24 | 567 | 23.6 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmett Thomas, DB | CMU | 29 | 567 | 19.6 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | D'Ernest Johnson, RB | USF | 21 | 563 | 26.8 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Tavares Martin, WR | WSU | 25 | 552 | 22.1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Brandon Powell, WR | FLA | 24 | 510 | 21.3 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Kermit Whitfield, WR | FSU | 19 | 507 | 26.7 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Damon Graham, WR | IND | 24 | 506 | 21.1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kenyan Drake, RB | ALA | 20 | 505 | 25.3 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Quadree Henderson, WR | PITT | 18 | 504 | 28.0 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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