2017 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 2017, Logan Laurent (421) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of Cade Coffey (369) and Cole Moos (335). 157 punters qualify.

Final 2017 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	421	65	42.6	34.3	19	30%	9%	14%	−15.4
2	Cade Coffey	Idaho	369	66	44.6	36.7	27	41%	11%	13%	−12.2
3	Cole Moos	Kansas	335	83	39.6	35.3	24	29%	4%	26%	−29.9
4	Johnny Townsend	Florida	286	64	47.5	41.5	29	45%	8%	18%	+11.2
5	Nick Gasser	Akron	266	78	41.9	36.8	26	33%	4%	31%	−14.2
6	Jack Fox	Rice	258	57	44.2	37.2	17	30%	13%	31%	−5.0
7	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	245	64	43.9	38.2	21	33%	9%	27%	−2.3
8	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	237	79	44.4	38.9	21	27%	13%	13%	+0.3
9	Ryan Winslow	Pittsburgh	232	57	44.5	38.7	20	35%	9%	40%	−5.2
10	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	228	72	43.6	38.5	26	36%	10%	7%	+1.7
11	Alan Luna	UTEP	225	79	44.1	39.3	28	36%	9%	23%	+3.1
12	Lester Coleman	Virginia	220	71	44.0	38.1	31	43%	11%	20%	−7.8
13	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	202	52	42.8	38.8	18	35%	2%	41%	−0.3
14	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	198	50	44.1	39.7	21	42%	2%	27%	+5.3
15	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	196	59	43.5	37.9	16	27%	7%	29%	−1.7
16	A.J. Cole III	NC State	196	53	43.8	37.9	23	43%	8%	26%	−5.8
17	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	192	70	47.5	43.3	31	44%	7%	21%	+20.6
18	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	189	50	37.3	31.6	14	29%	6%	25%	−32.0
19	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	188	64	42.4	37.2	20	32%	13%	35%	+1.0
20	Logan Tyler	Florida State	179	65	43.2	39.1	21	34%	6%	29%	+3.4
21	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	176	61	42.3	36.8	17	28%	8%	14%	−8.9
22	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	173	61	40.0	35.9	20	33%	7%	43%	−12.2
23	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	170	58	42.1	38.8	20	34%	2%	25%	−9.8
24	Michael Carrizosa	San José State	170	73	45.6	41.3	31	42%	7%	28%	+10.0
25	Joel Dixon	UAB	169	60	41.3	35.7	14	23%	8%	25%	−9.7
26	Harrison Heim	UL Monroe	166	58	41.9	37.4	23	40%	9%	26%	−1.0
27	Will Spiers	Clemson	164	60	40.8	36.7	28	47%	7%	38%	−1.6
28	Sam Loy	Vanderbilt	161	64	40.2	36.5	17	27%	6%	27%	−11.5
29	Brad Robbins	Michigan	157	58	40.9	36.9	24	42%	7%	35%	−5.6
30	Austin Barnes	East Carolina	156	50	44.0	39.4	17	35%	12%	29%	+0.8
31	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	154	53	40.2	36.0	16	32%	6%	23%	−12.9
32	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	151	59	39.8	36.3	18	30%	2%	21%	−10.3
33	Austin Parker	Duke	151	61	42.0	36.6	11	18%	15%	26%	−2.9
34	Reid Budrovich	USC	147	49	42.5	37.5	19	38%	6%	31%	−2.6
35	Dylan Klumph	California	147	46	43.0	38.5	12	26%	7%	20%	−0.2
36	Riley Erickson	UNLV	146	24	36.6	28.0	6	26%	9%	23%	−12.7
37	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	142	38	39.4	34.1	9	24%	8%	43%	−5.2
38	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	134	81	42.4	38.5	27	38%	7%	23%	+0.3
39	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	131	57	38.4	34.5	19	33%	5%	42%	−12.7
40	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	130	69	41.5	38.5	18	26%	6%	19%	−1.3
41	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	130	56	43.3	39.9	20	36%	5%	33%	+5.4
42	Mike Knoll	Boston College	125	73	40.2	37.4	36	49%	5%	26%	−0.8
43	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	125	81	39.4	37.4	28	35%	5%	30%	−0.6
44	Charlie Scott	Air Force	124	41	42.1	39.1	14	34%	0%	24%	−1.8
45	Matt Flynn	Georgia Southern	123	66	40.2	36.6	15	23%	9%	35%	−11.8
46	Ryan Santoso	Minnesota	118	66	43.0	38.5	19	29%	14%	29%	+6.1
47	Jake Glatting	Arizona	113	22	35.7	29.7	6	27%	5%	14%	−11.0
48	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	110	36	42.6	37.8	11	31%	8%	40%	−4.5
49	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	109	70	45.2	42.5	28	40%	6%	40%	+13.0
50	Mason King	Louisville	108	39	44.1	39.9	8	20%	5%	24%	+0.6
51	Corey Bojorquez	New Mexico	108	67	47.3	42.1	33	49%	18%	31%	+17.3
52	Arthur Hart	Charlotte	105	85	43.5	39.5	24	28%	12%	36%	+2.4
53	Derrick Mitchell	Western Michigan	103	65	42.4	39.6	32	49%	6%	11%	+5.4
54	Hunter Niswander	Northwestern	102	63	42.9	39.9	21	33%	5%	28%	+5.5
55	Xavier Subotsch	App State	102	52	39.8	35.9	19	37%	10%	35%	−6.2
56	Joe Schopper	Purdue	98	67	40.2	37.3	28	44%	5%	49%	+0.4
57	Blake Hayes	Illinois	97	77	42.0	40.2	31	40%	3%	19%	+8.3
58	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	96	25	44.9	41.0	8	32%	0%	24%	+3.3
59	Tom Sheldon	North Carolina	94	45	45.8	42.5	15	34%	5%	36%	+6.4
60	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	94	27	44.4	33.9	7	33%	25%	0%	−5.6
61	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	93	85	40.7	38.0	29	35%	6%	34%	+2.4
62	Jake Bailey	Stanford	93	53	45.1	42.5	25	48%	6%	35%	+14.4
63	Michael Farkas	Ohio	93	54	40.4	37.9	17	35%	4%	36%	+2.4
64	Jonathan Hernandez	South Florida	92	58	43.2	36.9	14	23%	17%	29%	−2.9
65	Kyle DeWeen	Buffalo	92	56	40.6	37.9	21	38%	5%	32%	−1.0
66	Michael Dickson	Texas	91	73	48.4	44.8	35	49%	11%	39%	+36.8
67	Evan Pantels	UNLV	83	22	40.9	34.3	6	26%	17%	27%	−4.8
68	Nick Walsh	Kansas State	81	54	43.7	40.0	23	43%	11%	38%	+10.2
69	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	79	78	41.2	38.1	31	40%	10%	21%	−0.8
70	Kent Myers	Utah State	75	2	32.5	-5.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−3.7
71	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	73	51	40.3	37.4	25	48%	4%	28%	+2.6
72	Oliver Holdenson	Georgia State	73	29	38.2	34.2	13	52%	4%	13%	−4.3
73	Stone Wilson	Florida International	72	50	41.8	37.9	20	40%	12%	33%	−2.3
74	Jake Collins	Western Kentucky	71	52	39.9	36.8	19	37%	8%	20%	−3.4
75	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	70	66	40.5	38.0	22	33%	5%	35%	−5.8
76	Cameron Nizialek	Georgia	70	49	44.5	41.8	23	47%	6%	51%	+9.3
77	Alex Starzyk	Temple	70	52	40.3	34.9	21	39%	13%	26%	−4.1
78	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	69	47	44.3	41.1	11	23%	9%	24%	+7.0
79	Derek Adams	Kent State	68	79	43.6	40.5	22	28%	11%	29%	+8.8
80	Adam Nunez	TCU	66	61	39.3	36.5	31	50%	6%	40%	−2.4
81	Matt Panton	Kentucky	62	57	42.7	40.5	20	35%	5%	27%	+4.8
82	Nick Schrage	Army	61	25	42.9	39.6	7	28%	4%	12%	+0.6
83	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	58	60	40.5	38.6	21	35%	5%	26%	+2.6
84	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	57	50	43.2	40.0	27	53%	6%	29%	+9.6
85	Alex Kinney	Colorado	57	56	43.8	41.1	28	50%	4%	35%	+10.4
86	Joseph Davidson	Bowling Green	56	60	44.0	42.4	27	47%	3%	25%	+16.9
87	Corey Fatony	Missouri	56	50	44.5	41.8	23	46%	8%	31%	+13.7
88	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	56	36	37.6	35.5	7	19%	3%	34%	−10.6
89	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	54	55	42.0	39.6	14	25%	4%	43%	+0.7
90	Jamie Sackville	SMU	53	53	40.8	38.6	21	40%	6%	16%	+1.1
91	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	52	67	41.7	38.5	21	31%	12%	38%	+2.1
92	Brett Graham	UConn	52	63	38.8	37.3	23	37%	3%	31%	−2.1
93	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	52	44	44.0	41.4	18	41%	7%	40%	+7.6
94	Owen White	Navy	51	39	41.2	38.6	13	38%	6%	24%	+1.1
95	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	51	41	39.5	38.3	24	59%	0%	54%	+4.7
96	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	50	53	44.4	40.8	24	45%	13%	27%	+14.4
97	Shane Tripucka	Texas A&M	49	76	46.1	43.3	26	34%	8%	43%	+25.4
98	Zach Feagles	Miami	49	68	38.1	37.1	27	40%	4%	49%	−3.9
99	Josh Growden	LSU	49	21	36.1	33.8	12	57%	0%	50%	−4.4
100	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	48	48	39.6	36.6	9	18%	2%	53%	−12.6
101	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	47	59	42.1	39.7	24	41%	7%	32%	+3.9
102	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	47	5	42.2	32.8	0	0%	0%	20%	−3.6
103	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	46	49	38.4	37.5	10	20%	0%	14%	−10.0
104	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	46	38	46.8	41.3	19	49%	16%	11%	+5.0
105	Dane Roy	Houston	46	53	41.6	38.8	23	44%	10%	40%	+2.2
106	Ryan Rickel	Florida Atlantic	45	46	42.6	41.0	16	36%	2%	42%	+8.0
107	Will Gleeson	Ole Miss	45	51	41.5	40.2	23	45%	2%	46%	+7.1
108	Ivan Oraha	Eastern Michigan	44	22	33.7	30.8	12	55%	5%	45%	−4.5
109	Joel Whitford	Washington	43	37	41.4	39.2	15	41%	5%	27%	+1.4
110	James Smith	Cincinnati	38	64	42.0	41.4	25	39%	0%	45%	+10.1
111	Zachary Block	Tulane	38	52	39.6	36.6	15	33%	9%	29%	−2.3
112	Bryce Crawford	San José State	38	10	39.7	33.9	3	30%	10%	11%	−2.7
113	Colin Downing	Iowa State	36	62	40.3	38.7	27	46%	5%	38%	+3.8
114	Erik Powell	Washington State	36	19	42.5	39.6	5	26%	5%	6%	−0.9
115	Ryan Gersonde	Iowa	35	13	42.5	38.2	2	15%	8%	18%	−0.2
116	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	34	63	42.5	40.1	27	43%	10%	50%	+11.2
117	Wade Lees	Maryland	34	64	39.2	37.4	17	27%	3%	48%	−12.7
118	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	32	36	43.0	38.1	8	22%	14%	39%	0.0
119	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	31	67	42.0	38.3	29	43%	16%	30%	+7.2
120	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	31	59	38.6	37.6	18	31%	5%	40%	−4.1
121	Logan Cooke	Mississippi State	31	48	42.8	40.5	21	44%	8%	39%	+8.2
122	Adam Stack	Oregon	30	54	38.0	35.7	18	33%	6%	37%	−10.0
123	Connor Martin	Baylor	28	39	40.3	39.1	12	31%	3%	24%	−2.0
124	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	28	36	40.6	38.2	18	47%	8%	35%	+7.4
125	Josh Pollack	Arizona	28	15	34.6	35.1	6	43%	0%	14%	−4.8
126	Steven Coutts	California	27	5	40.8	35.4	2	40%	0%	40%	−1.3
127	Nick Porebski	Oregon State	26	49	38.5	37.5	12	24%	2%	37%	−7.9
128	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	24	57	43.2	41.4	22	39%	7%	46%	+8.4
129	Sam Geraci	Louisiana	23	64	40.7	39.2	24	42%	7%	45%	+5.3
130	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	22	33	42.3	39.6	9	26%	6%	3%	+1.3
131	John Urzua	Middle Tennessee	21	2	32.5	22.0	1	50%	0%	0%	−1.7
132	Jonny Linehan	BYU	20	59	42.9	41.9	28	47%	3%	26%	+11.9
133	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	20	33	43.3	42.1	12	36%	3%	45%	+7.6
134	Kyle Sweet	Washington State	18	32	38.4	36.6	6	19%	6%	16%	−9.4
135	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	18	16	38.7	37.6	5	31%	0%	40%	−0.8
136	Ian Shannon	Auburn	17	14	39.8	38.6	5	36%	0%	43%	−4.3
137	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	17	18	36.8	35.9	6	33%	0%	39%	−3.1
138	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	16	46	44.2	42.6	18	39%	7%	35%	+11.7
139	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	15	21	40.1	39.6	2	11%	0%	39%	−2.4
140	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	13	47	41.6	39.6	29	62%	9%	27%	+6.4
141	Cooper Mojsiejenko	Central Michigan	13	6	31.7	29.5	2	33%	0%	0%	−2.4
142	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	12	64	40.5	38.8	28	44%	8%	30%	−5.4
143	Nick Jacobs	Memphis	12	24	41.7	40.0	13	57%	4%	39%	+3.8
144	Blake Patterson	TCU	11	30	41.3	39.6	10	33%	7%	31%	+0.6
145	Carson King	Clemson	11	3	39.3	35.7	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
146	Jake Verity	East Carolina	9	3	37.3	34.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.9
147	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	8	20	34.5	32.4	6	29%	0%	0%	−9.6
148	Trevor Wood	Arizona	7	2	38.0	34.5	1	50%	0%	0%	0.0
149	Will Hart	Michigan	6	12	37.9	35.8	6	50%	8%	33%	−3.2
150	Alex Bland	Oregon State	6	11	35.9	35.4	4	36%	0%	57%	−1.2
151	Devonte Boyd	UNLV	6	1	49.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
152	Rylee Critcher	App State	6	2	24.5	21.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.6
153	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	5	44	40.9	40.8	25	57%	0%	49%	+8.0
154	Aston Walter	Rice	4	1	40.0	36.0	1	100%	0%	0%	0.0
155	Derambez Drinkard	Coastal Carolina	4	1	35.0	31.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.7
156	Nick Fitzgerald	Mississippi State	3	1	14.0	11.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
157	JK Scott	Alabama	2	42	43.4	40.9	24	56%	7%	55%	+12.9

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