2014 College Punt Return Yards Allowed Leaders

Total yards the receiving team gained on returns of a punter's kicks. It combines the punter's placement and the coverage team's tackling.

Lower is better, but more returns means more yards. In 2014, Drew Riggleman (345) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of Jordan Dascalo (329) and Will Hagerup (266). 161 punters qualify.

Final 2014 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Drew Riggleman	Arizona	345	69	46.4	38.8	24	35%	13%	10%	+4.6
2	Jordan Dascalo	Washington State	329	49	41.6	32.9	15	31%	10%	22%	−11.7
3	Will Hagerup	Michigan	266	53	42.9	34.5	17	33%	18%	10%	−7.0
4	Darragh O'Neill	Colorado	249	65	44.2	39.4	31	48%	5%	21%	+0.9
5	Bentlee Critcher	App State	249	41	40.7	33.6	12	29%	5%	20%	−12.8
6	Jackson Koonce	SMU	240	74	40.8	36.7	13	18%	4%	15%	−8.3
7	Riley Dixon	Syracuse	236	75	42.4	37.4	27	36%	4%	42%	−3.9
8	James Farrimond	Rice	234	60	42.1	35.9	16	27%	12%	12%	−2.1
9	Ryan Johnson	Louisville	228	60	40.5	35.4	16	27%	7%	31%	−14.5
10	Wil Baumann	NC State	227	56	45.3	40.2	25	45%	5%	30%	+12.9
11	Alec Vozenilek	Virginia	226	58	42.5	35.5	15	25%	13%	22%	−8.8
12	Austin Barnes	Eastern Michigan	221	21	44.5	34.0	4	19%	0%	14%	−8.1
13	William Russ	Texas	219	66	42.3	38.2	22	33%	5%	30%	−1.3
14	Nathan Renfro	Maryland	217	78	41.1	36.1	21	28%	11%	29%	−4.6
15	Trevor Pardula	Kansas	214	83	44.3	39.3	28	34%	12%	20%	+4.8
16	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	212	76	42.4	37.5	24	32%	11%	19%	+2.2
17	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	209	65	44.4	40.3	27	42%	5%	22%	+9.1
18	Logan McPherson	Louisiana Tech	205	57	37.1	32.5	16	30%	4%	17%	−19.3
19	Joe Davidson	Bowling Green	196	75	42.0	38.7	25	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
20	Eric Keena	North Texas	194	43	44.8	39.4	9	21%	2%	29%	−0.2
21	Mike Ruggles	UTEP	194	23	46.7	38.2	6	26%	0%	9%	+0.1
22	Jamie Keehn	LSU	191	68	45.0	41.2	25	37%	4%	37%	+7.6
23	Garrett Swanson	Fresno State	190	76	40.5	37.0	26	35%	4%	38%	−5.0
24	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	189	43	37.1	30.7	8	20%	3%	17%	−22.8
25	Nick O'Toole	West Virginia	187	52	42.5	38.2	23	45%	4%	40%	−1.7
26	Jose Laphitzondo	Florida International	184	59	40.7	36.1	10	17%	7%	7%	−12.9
27	Erich Toth	Indiana	184	77	40.7	36.3	21	29%	8%	43%	−8.3
28	Dillon Kidd	Iowa	181	42	39.1	34.3	14	33%	2%	38%	−15.2
29	Mike Sadler	Michigan State	180	49	41.3	35.6	14	29%	10%	27%	−8.0
30	Scott Arellano	BYU	178	60	44.8	40.8	29	49%	3%	31%	+11.5
31	Jed Barnett	Oklahoma	176	57	40.6	35.8	14	25%	9%	32%	−9.9
32	Thomas Meadows	Purdue	170	58	39.8	36.2	14	24%	3%	30%	−7.2
33	Alex Boy	Nevada	169	54	44.5	38.4	14	27%	10%	10%	−0.3
34	Kris Albarado	USC	169	53	41.6	36.7	19	37%	8%	43%	−3.1
35	Hayden Hunt	Colorado State	168	44	43.8	38.7	11	26%	7%	10%	+5.7
36	Christian Brinser	Missouri	168	71	41.2	38.5	24	34%	1%	39%	+3.5
37	Dalton Schomp	Florida Atlantic	167	46	45.2	40.9	5	14%	3%	24%	+9.9
38	Ryan Kay	Troy	167	62	40.0	36.1	23	37%	3%	25%	−8.5
39	Alex Howell	Boston College	165	59	42.9	38.7	23	40%	7%	21%	+6.1
40	Justin DuVernois	Illinois	163	72	44.4	40.4	21	30%	8%	23%	+10.1
41	Hunter Mullins	UAB	162	59	44.1	39.2	24	45%	4%	29%	+1.1
42	Stephen Witkowski	New Mexico State	160	34	40.8	34.3	9	26%	9%	21%	−8.6
43	Keith Kostol	Oregon State	159	69	39.6	37.1	31	45%	1%	33%	−2.4
44	Sean Wale	Boise State	158	58	41.0	36.9	21	36%	7%	45%	−6.0
45	Bradley Pinion	Clemson	153	70	42.5	39.8	28	41%	3%	44%	+8.7
46	Anthony Melchiori	Kent State	153	67	44.3	40.5	29	43%	4%	24%	+11.4
47	Ethan Wood	Wyoming	153	66	41.4	37.3	19	30%	8%	27%	+1.9
48	Chris Gradone	Northwestern	148	65	37.9	33.6	20	30%	8%	19%	−19.9
49	Drew Meyer	Wisconsin	135	51	38.1	34.2	17	33%	6%	29%	−10.0
50	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	135	37	41.6	37.5	12	32%	3%	22%	−2.4
51	Worth Gregory	East Carolina	132	43	43.5	37.7	15	36%	12%	24%	+3.2
52	Jarrett Cervi	Old Dominion	132	22	40.3	33.9	2	9%	4%	41%	−10.4
53	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	130	44	47.8	42.9	15	42%	6%	31%	+9.8
54	Dalton Parks	Tulsa	129	70	42.0	38.8	21	30%	7%	30%	−2.9
55	Landon Foster	Kentucky	127	66	42.6	39.2	28	44%	6%	32%	+4.7
56	Ben Rhyne	Stanford	125	54	39.9	35.7	17	32%	9%	19%	+0.6
57	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	125	56	41.9	38.2	25	45%	7%	34%	+4.8
58	Daniel Cadona	Louisiana	125	55	43.3	38.1	26	46%	11%	26%	+5.6
59	Mitch Bonnstetter	Ohio	124	63	41.8	38.8	24	38%	5%	17%	+3.9
60	Tom Hackett	Utah	124	77	47.0	42.8	37	49%	13%	28%	+23.6
61	Matt Haack	Arizona State	124	52	43.3	38.9	18	36%	8%	14%	+1.3
62	J. Schroeder	Western Michigan	117	51	43.1	40.3	18	40%	2%	10%	+4.7
63	Tyler Sarrazin	Southern Miss	114	66	39.5	37.2	18	31%	5%	30%	−8.7
64	Matt Hubbard	Georgia State	114	33	34.9	29.9	6	21%	3%	30%	−15.7
65	Zack Rogers	New Mexico	111	56	42.6	37.8	21	37%	11%	13%	+1.4
66	Tyler Williams	Marshall	106	39	44.8	39.8	12	32%	11%	20%	+4.7
67	Kyle Christy	Florida	105	56	44.4	39.2	23	41%	13%	25%	+9.5
68	Kristian Stern	UTSA	104	83	41.2	39.7	33	40%	1%	49%	+11.9
69	Justin Vogel	Miami	104	49	43.7	41.2	22	45%	2%	37%	+11.0
70	Justin Wain	UConn	102	74	38.8	36.2	23	34%	6%	38%	−10.3
71	Tim Gleeson	Rutgers	101	32	40.3	35.9	11	34%	6%	19%	−1.8
72	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M	100	56	44.5	40.9	23	41%	9%	36%	+12.5
73	Tyler Hull	South Carolina	95	38	41.2	37.1	15	39%	8%	32%	+0.6
74	Ron Coluzzi	Central Michigan	95	48	39.1	35.0	19	40%	10%	23%	−3.8
75	Brandon McKee	South Alabama	94	66	41.7	37.1	24	39%	12%	19%	+1.1
76	Wil Lutz	Georgia State	94	27	39.2	34.3	4	15%	8%	14%	−6.1
77	Peter Picerelli	Tulane	92	71	37.8	35.7	20	28%	6%	29%	−13.5
78	Cason Beatty	Florida State	91	44	41.6	38.7	15	34%	5%	43%	+5.4
79	Christian Koch	Miami (OH)	90	57	40.4	37.1	14	25%	9%	29%	−5.1
80	Joel Alesi	San Diego State	87	55	36.3	34.4	22	40%	2%	32%	−5.2
81	Zach Paul	Akron	87	66	42.5	36.4	26	39%	21%	21%	−5.1
82	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	86	62	45.5	39.9	25	40%	18%	24%	+10.5
83	A.J. Hughes	Virginia Tech	85	78	40.0	37.9	23	29%	5%	23%	+3.3
84	Logan Yunker	UNLV	85	82	40.5	38.5	35	43%	5%	32%	+1.7
85	Will Conant	Air Force	84	56	43.8	39.1	23	41%	16%	16%	+6.6
86	Michael Davidson	Texas	84	14	42.2	36.5	5	36%	0%	29%	−4.1
87	Will Johnson	Texas State	82	65	43.8	41.3	24	37%	6%	37%	+14.4
88	Joseph Occhipinti	Western Kentucky	82	46	37.7	34.6	11	24%	7%	27%	−11.6
89	Mitch Lochbihler	Kansas State	82	2	38.0	-2.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−9.0
90	Kaleb Smith	Oklahoma State	79	76	42.1	39.8	24	32%	7%	42%	+11.0
91	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	79	49	43.0	39.4	17	36%	11%	32%	+2.6
92	Cole Leininger	California	78	52	39.8	36.4	20	38%	10%	26%	−9.9
93	Taylor Heinicke	Old Dominion	77	13	47.7	41.2	8	62%	0%	0%	+4.2
94	JK Scott	Alabama	75	48	47.0	43.3	26	54%	10%	33%	+18.0
95	Matt Darr	Tennessee	73	76	42.5	38.8	27	36%	13%	36%	+9.4
96	Caleb Houston	UCF	73	48	38.5	35.3	19	41%	7%	29%	−0.6
97	Alexander Kinal	Wake Forest	73	81	43.6	42.7	28	35%	0%	24%	+21.8
98	Pablo Beltran	Navy	73	34	44.3	39.2	15	44%	15%	19%	+4.6
99	Colby Cooke	Vanderbilt	71	66	42.4	39.0	24	37%	11%	16%	+7.5
100	Jay Mattox	UTEP	71	34	41.7	35.5	9	26%	12%	16%	−7.0
101	Colin Downing	Iowa State	67	69	39.4	38.4	19	28%	0%	36%	−1.6
102	Brian McDonald	Massachusetts	62	57	37.7	34.5	12	21%	11%	31%	−15.8
103	Alex Starzyk	Temple	57	70	38.4	36.5	18	27%	6%	36%	−3.4
104	Zachary Lopez	Middle Tennessee	57	34	39.1	36.8	6	18%	6%	23%	−2.8
105	Spencer Roth	Baylor	57	46	43.3	41.2	20	43%	4%	40%	+4.6
106	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	55	50	42.9	40.8	23	50%	4%	24%	+9.9
107	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	55	48	39.9	37.0	18	44%	10%	34%	+2.4
108	Ryan Rodwell	Georgia Tech	54	29	40.8	37.6	13	45%	7%	19%	+3.7
109	Joseph Roth	Rutgers	52	28	35.4	33.5	4	14%	0%	36%	−8.5
110	Taylor Symmank	Texas Tech	50	54	42.6	39.8	18	34%	9%	42%	+8.7
111	Nick Ellis	Toledo	50	48	36.6	37.0	17	40%	0%	37%	−5.5
112	Jaron Bentrude	Utah State	49	78	40.9	38.5	33	42%	6%	43%	+11.1
113	Daniel Pasquariello	Penn State	49	41	37.7	35.7	14	34%	5%	27%	−7.8
114	Tommy Hibbard	North Carolina	48	64	41.1	39.4	29	45%	5%	40%	+2.6
115	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	48	39	45.1	41.3	23	59%	13%	31%	+7.8
116	Tyler Wedel	Northern Illinois	47	59	41.7	41.0	26	44%	0%	34%	+11.5
117	Logan Piper	Houston	47	39	39.3	36.2	11	29%	11%	42%	−1.4
118	Scott Secor	Ball State	45	13	39.8	34.8	4	31%	8%	0%	−0.9
119	Luke Ferguson	Arkansas State	44	52	41.5	39.3	22	42%	8%	39%	+0.9
120	Will Monday	Duke	41	56	43.4	40.0	21	39%	13%	33%	+11.3
121	Ryan Nowicki	Georgia Southern	41	35	40.1	37.8	17	50%	6%	47%	−0.4
122	Sean O'Kane	Middle Tennessee	41	19	38.9	32.7	4	27%	20%	8%	−1.7
123	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	39	47	41.6	37.8	17	36%	15%	41%	+1.0
124	Collin Barber	Georgia	38	32	39.2	37.5	13	41%	3%	34%	−2.5
125	Spencer Smith	Memphis	37	53	40.2	39.3	20	38%	2%	40%	+9.3
126	Ian Wheeler	Oregon	37	39	39.1	36.5	11	29%	8%	24%	−6.8
127	Tyler Grassman	Buffalo	35	50	40.7	38.4	18	36%	8%	35%	+3.5
128	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	35	46	39.0	35.9	13	30%	9%	28%	−5.2
129	Toby Baker	Arkansas	35	1	36.0	1.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.3
130	Kyle Schmidt	Ball State	34	52	42.1	39.9	18	35%	8%	27%	+3.6
131	Scott Harding	Hawai'i	32	86	41.3	40.0	31	42%	3%	18%	+9.5
132	Matt Mengel	UCLA	31	55	39.7	38.1	20	36%	5%	53%	−0.3
133	O'Kane Sean	Middle Tennessee	30	3	53.3	43.3	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.1
134	Korey Durkee	Washington	29	60	41.9	39.3	16	31%	10%	20%	+2.1
135	Matt Mills	Central Michigan	26	4	30.5	24.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−3.2
136	Dylan Seibert	Houston	25	12	41.9	39.8	2	17%	0%	17%	+1.1
137	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	25	40	40.5	37.4	13	32%	10%	46%	−0.8
138	Blake Macek	North Texas	24	30	41.0	36.9	11	46%	17%	33%	+1.4
139	Chris Gulla	Penn State	22	28	37.3	35.8	9	32%	4%	39%	−3.5
140	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	22	10	41.4	39.2	3	30%	0%	60%	−0.6
141	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	18	3	44.7	38.7	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.2
142	Owen Dubiel	Eastern Michigan	16	58	40.0	38.7	20	34%	5%	14%	−0.9
143	Connor Kornbrath	Iowa	16	16	36.7	34.4	8	50%	6%	38%	−0.9
144	Jimmy Hutchinson	Auburn	13	9	36.6	35.1	2	22%	0%	22%	−0.7
145	Sam Irwin-HIll	Arkansas	10	54	40.1	39.2	29	54%	4%	43%	+14.3
146	Alex Tardieu	Army	10	44	39.3	38.7	19	43%	2%	44%	+8.3
147	Bart Houston	Wisconsin	10	7	34.7	33.3	1	14%	0%	0%	−3.2
148	Christian Kock	Miami (OH)	9	8	37.6	36.5	2	25%	0%	50%	−1.0
149	Adam Erickson	Georgia	9	9	32.7	31.7	5	56%	0%	33%	−2.2
150	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	9	5	36.0	29.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−2.3
151	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	7	10	45.2	43.4	2	22%	0%	44%	+1.7
152	Michael Cummings	Kansas	6	1	21.0	15.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
153	Justin Simmons	Boston College	5	1	43.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
154	Kelly Kingseed	New Mexico State	5	14	34.8	32.1	5	33%	0%	8%	−7.9
155	Bobby Puyol	UConn	4	6	35.0	34.3	1	17%	0%	50%	−3.4
156	Hassan Dixon	Temple	4	3	36.7	35.3	0	0%	0%	67%	−0.7
157	John Lloyd	Cincinnati	3	11	36.3	36.0	6	55%	0%	18%	+0.4
158	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	3	1	34.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
159	Chris Smith	Temple	1	1	35.0	34.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
160	Joshua Appleby	Louisville	1	6	42.3	38.8	1	17%	17%	67%	+0.7
161	Mikael Sroka	UTEP	1	1	37.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.5

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