2018 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 2018, Ryan Stonehouse (447) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of Logan Tyler (307) and Jack Sheldon (305). 165 punters qualify.

Final 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	447	65	48.3	38.3	16	25%	13%	11%	+1.0
2	Logan Tyler	Florida State	307	82	43.2	38.3	17	21%	6%	28%	0.0
3	Jack Sheldon	Central Michigan	305	89	40.4	35.5	20	22%	3%	17%	−23.5
4	Stefan Flintoft	UCLA	284	56	45.8	37.9	17	30%	11%	29%	−1.8
5	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	281	74	40.5	34.3	18	24%	10%	21%	−20.3
6	Blake Hayes	Illinois	258	62	43.6	36.6	25	39%	8%	13%	−4.6
7	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	250	55	41.0	34.8	8	16%	4%	17%	−19.4
8	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	245	66	43.6	38.1	23	35%	9%	16%	+4.1
9	Mason King	Louisville	239	64	40.6	36.5	22	32%	3%	36%	−9.4
10	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	231	53	46.6	40.0	13	25%	11%	12%	−5.7
11	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Arizona State	209	53	43.7	37.5	20	38%	11%	31%	−0.9
12	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	205	65	43.8	39.1	20	30%	5%	17%	+1.6
13	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	201	68	41.6	37.8	20	29%	4%	17%	−6.4
14	Max Duffy	Kentucky	194	51	44.8	40.2	26	51%	4%	25%	+5.1
15	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	190	63	42.9	39.3	26	41%	3%	29%	+5.6
16	Jonn Young	East Carolina	190	71	40.1	36.9	16	23%	3%	35%	−9.0
17	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	183	74	44.3	40.2	24	32%	8%	13%	+11.7
18	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	183	51	48.2	42.7	22	45%	8%	4%	+9.5
19	Caleb Lightbourn	Nebraska	180	24	41.6	33.3	2	8%	4%	17%	−16.7
20	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	177	50	42.6	37.1	12	24%	6%	36%	−7.1
21	Derek Adams	Kent State	174	31	40.2	33.9	9	29%	3%	13%	−17.5
22	Owen White	Navy	168	53	41.6	38.5	20	38%	0%	15%	+1.0
23	Reid Budrovich	USC	160	58	39.4	35.5	18	32%	4%	33%	−10.2
24	Austin Parker	Duke	159	65	41.4	37.7	25	38%	6%	39%	−5.2
25	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	159	61	43.3	39.3	28	46%	7%	36%	+4.7
26	Corliss Waitman	South Alabama	154	67	41.7	38.1	16	25%	5%	40%	−4.8
27	Bryce Crawford	San José State	149	65	44.2	40.0	20	31%	9%	15%	−1.0
28	Trent Schneider	South Florida	147	68	42.6	37.5	15	24%	14%	24%	−0.8
29	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	147	39	39.1	36.2	7	18%	0%	18%	−10.0
30	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	136	63	42.1	39.6	28	44%	2%	30%	+10.2
31	Grant Carlson	Boston College	134	68	40.0	37.0	27	41%	3%	25%	−0.3
32	Steven Coutts	California	132	63	41.8	39.1	32	51%	3%	29%	+7.7
33	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	130	58	40.2	37.4	18	32%	2%	28%	−5.5
34	Clayton Stewart	Texas State	129	69	37.9	34.4	23	33%	6%	22%	−6.1
35	Connor Bowler	Temple	129	52	42.4	36.9	20	38%	12%	23%	−3.9
36	Parker Thome	Vanderbilt	127	49	45.1	40.0	19	39%	12%	28%	+10.7
37	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	127	16	41.2	32.0	2	13%	6%	31%	−6.2
38	Andrew Hicks	Kansas State	126	17	44.0	36.5	4	20%	5%	50%	−4.7
39	Jake Collins	Northwestern	125	72	40.7	38.0	28	39%	6%	36%	+5.8
40	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	125	48	41.3	37.0	15	31%	8%	36%	−3.0
41	Tyler Newsome	Notre Dame	124	45	44.4	38.6	16	36%	16%	24%	−1.8
42	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	123	71	41.4	38.8	26	37%	4%	39%	−0.6
43	Mac Loudermilk	UCF	123	41	42.6	37.9	15	38%	8%	21%	+0.2
44	Stone Wilson	Florida International	122	37	43.9	38.6	15	38%	8%	44%	+1.9
45	Quinn Skillin	Boise State	122	45	39.0	32.9	20	43%	13%	36%	−6.8
46	Will Hart	Michigan	121	39	47.6	39.9	17	44%	23%	8%	+7.5
47	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	119	65	42.2	39.2	23	35%	6%	44%	+5.8
48	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	115	78	42.7	40.5	24	31%	4%	19%	+7.2
49	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	112	47	51.1	44.9	21	45%	19%	22%	+26.2
50	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	111	55	41.9	39.9	12	22%	0%	51%	+2.6
51	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	109	59	40.8	37.6	24	41%	7%	26%	+3.0
52	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	108	60	43.1	37.7	20	33%	15%	21%	+5.1
53	Adam Williams	Memphis	106	50	42.9	37.3	19	37%	10%	30%	−3.0
54	Aidan Alves	Liberty	106	66	37.0	33.7	25	37%	6%	35%	−11.9
55	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	104	65	41.9	38.5	36	55%	9%	32%	+4.0
56	Corey Fatony	Missouri	104	47	44.0	40.5	24	51%	6%	14%	+3.7
57	Ryan Wright	Tulane	102	43	44.1	39.4	12	32%	13%	43%	+0.3
58	Nick Gasser	Akron	101	75	39.4	36.9	20	27%	5%	14%	−13.0
59	Joel Whitford	Washington	99	28	41.6	36.6	10	36%	7%	29%	−1.7
60	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	99	40	46.0	41.3	12	32%	14%	25%	+3.6
61	Dylan Klumph	Arizona	95	44	42.2	39.1	16	36%	5%	32%	+2.0
62	Drew Galitz	Baylor	95	50	42.5	39.4	19	37%	6%	45%	+4.8
63	Blake Johnson	Arkansas	93	7	30.4	17.1	3	43%	0%	29%	−7.0
64	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	92	72	39.8	37.3	20	28%	4%	31%	−2.4
65	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	91	69	43.3	39.4	26	37%	10%	17%	+5.2
66	Tommy Townsend	Florida	91	50	45.1	42.0	23	47%	6%	45%	+12.7
67	Race Porter	Washington	91	17	42.3	31.6	6	33%	18%	6%	−5.5
68	Zach Sinor	Oklahoma State	90	26	45.5	40.5	7	27%	8%	23%	+2.4
69	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	89	56	38.9	36.9	13	23%	2%	39%	−6.7
70	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	89	35	38.7	35.6	13	37%	3%	35%	−10.5
71	Davan Dyer	Louisiana Tech	88	58	41.1	38.2	22	38%	7%	33%	−2.3
72	Dane Roy	Houston	87	55	42.3	40.4	24	44%	2%	42%	+5.2
73	James Smith	Cincinnati	86	54	47.0	45.1	26	48%	2%	35%	+26.0
74	Jack Fox	Rice	84	80	45.5	40.6	30	37%	16%	23%	+11.1
75	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	84	46	40.1	37.0	19	40%	2%	43%	−7.0
76	Joe Schopper	Purdue	82	56	43.1	40.7	24	44%	4%	46%	+9.1
77	Jack Spicer	Miami	82	29	37.1	33.9	10	36%	0%	25%	−7.3
78	Connor Allen	Wisconsin	81	22	37.5	32.9	7	32%	5%	43%	−8.8
79	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	79	50	42.1	37.4	13	25%	8%	26%	−3.9
80	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	74	42	40.6	38.9	12	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
81	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	74	83	40.1	37.6	35	42%	8%	23%	+3.5
82	Wade Lees	Maryland	73	67	40.9	39.2	29	43%	3%	41%	+5.6
83	Tyler Hunt	Michigan State	72	36	40.1	37.0	15	42%	6%	28%	−1.1
84	Dontae Crow	Wyoming	71	24	42.8	38.1	5	21%	8%	33%	−2.7
85	Michael Farkas	Ohio	70	42	43.1	40.0	16	39%	7%	43%	−0.2
86	Billy Kinney	West Virginia	69	36	41.1	38.1	13	36%	6%	36%	+0.8
87	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	68	56	40.3	37.7	17	30%	7%	43%	−1.0
88	Colten Rastetter	Iowa	67	46	39.6	36.5	20	43%	4%	9%	−7.0
89	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	67	51	44.8	41.9	15	29%	8%	30%	+14.1
90	Matt Bonadies	Middle Tennessee	67	52	41.5	38.8	23	46%	6%	40%	+2.9
91	Yannis Routsas	UTSA	66	75	43.0	39.9	30	39%	5%	22%	+5.7
92	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	66	31	44.3	40.8	12	39%	6%	17%	+5.4
93	Jake Camarda	Georgia	64	38	43.2	37.4	11	30%	22%	35%	−0.5
94	Davis Price	Colorado	62	48	38.4	37.2	22	47%	0%	48%	−3.5
95	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	62	28	39.1	34.0	12	43%	14%	29%	−5.1
96	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	61	50	45.6	44.0	17	35%	2%	49%	+11.1
97	Clayton Howell	App State	59	46	43.2	41.5	14	30%	2%	42%	+4.1
98	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	59	49	43.2	40.3	13	27%	8%	36%	+3.6
99	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	57	51	40.0	37.0	19	37%	6%	40%	+0.4
100	Zach Feagles	Miami	56	30	38.9	36.5	13	45%	3%	21%	−2.1
101	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	53	53	43.2	41.1	17	32%	6%	15%	+2.6
102	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	53	50	42.4	38.5	22	43%	10%	41%	+0.4
103	Nick Schrage	Army	51	22	41.9	39.5	4	18%	0%	29%	−1.7
104	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	50	3	47.0	30.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−1.6
105	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	48	54	45.1	41.3	21	38%	7%	39%	+10.8
106	Jamie Sackville	SMU	47	67	39.7	37.9	22	33%	5%	30%	+0.2
107	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	47	43	44.8	41.8	16	36%	5%	44%	+9.9
108	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	46	50	37.9	34.3	11	22%	10%	33%	−16.4
109	Patrick LeCorre	Ball State	46	39	39.7	37.5	12	31%	5%	25%	−1.3
110	Taylor Hintze	Utah State	42	40	39.6	38.5	9	23%	5%	30%	+0.6
111	A.J. Cole III	NC State	41	40	41.3	38.8	20	47%	9%	34%	−0.3
112	Jake Bailey	Stanford	41	59	44.0	39.9	26	44%	17%	30%	+17.1
113	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	41	41	38.2	37.0	14	34%	0%	44%	−6.5
114	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	40	27	43.6	39.9	10	37%	11%	26%	+6.8
115	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	40	63	38.2	35.2	25	37%	6%	45%	−13.5
116	Will Spiers	Clemson	39	55	39.6	36.9	15	28%	7%	39%	−7.5
117	Rhett Almond	BYU	39	54	40.3	39.4	20	38%	2%	24%	+2.2
118	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	39	13	37.9	31.8	7	54%	15%	18%	−2.2
119	Hunter Lent	North Carolina	38	50	39.9	39.1	17	34%	0%	27%	+3.3
120	Sebastian Riella	Florida Atlantic	38	38	38.1	34.8	5	14%	0%	31%	−14.2
121	Charlie Scott	Air Force	38	25	39.0	33.9	8	30%	12%	40%	−3.9
122	Bailey Flint	Toledo	37	56	40.5	38.5	25	44%	4%	35%	−1.1
123	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	35	53	43.3	42.6	27	53%	2%	41%	+12.3
124	Tom Snee	Oregon	35	17	35.2	31.3	7	39%	0%	56%	−5.3
125	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	33	50	40.0	37.9	20	40%	2%	25%	−0.9
126	Andrew David	TCU	33	29	37.0	34.5	6	21%	7%	34%	−8.5
127	Zachary Block	Tulane	33	29	38.4	34.0	13	48%	15%	27%	+4.0
128	Blake Maimone	Oregon	29	39	42.7	40.5	17	44%	8%	39%	+6.6
129	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	28	1	65.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	0.0
130	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	27	17	41.6	37.7	4	24%	12%	40%	+1.6
131	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	27	6	48.8	44.3	2	33%	0%	17%	+1.6
132	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	26	47	44.1	42.2	20	36%	7%	42%	+14.3
133	Mike Bernier	Alabama	26	21	37.9	35.5	5	26%	5%	42%	−3.4
134	Grant Urenovitch	Kent State	26	10	34.1	31.5	1	10%	0%	0%	−5.8
135	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	24	36	38.8	36.4	12	33%	8%	20%	−0.1
136	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	23	52	42.1	40.1	23	44%	8%	34%	+9.8
137	Matt Hockett	Oklahoma State	23	22	42.5	39.7	8	36%	9%	55%	+3.1
138	Jake Stone	South Florida	23	4	41.3	30.5	2	50%	25%	0%	+0.2
139	William Przystup	Michigan State	22	20	39.7	36.6	7	35%	10%	15%	−4.7
140	Andrew Strauch	UCLA	22	3	36.3	29.0	0	0%	0%	67%	−2.5
141	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	21	53	40.2	37.7	19	35%	9%	43%	+2.5
142	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	21	62	42.1	40.5	32	52%	6%	29%	+11.7
143	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	21	29	41.1	39.0	8	28%	7%	38%	−1.1
144	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	18	32	43.6	39.9	9	27%	9%	23%	+3.9
145	Jake Verity	East Carolina	18	13	36.3	34.9	6	46%	0%	9%	−1.5
146	Alex Kinney	Colorado	15	16	41.9	40.9	8	50%	0%	21%	+3.2
147	Adam Nunez	TCU	15	35	38.6	35.9	16	46%	11%	23%	+0.3
148	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	14	33	38.8	37.3	14	35%	8%	22%	−0.1
149	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	11	51	41.2	41.0	20	39%	0%	51%	+7.4
150	Travis Reynolds	Massachusetts	11	15	37.8	34.4	5	33%	13%	43%	−2.3
151	Lester Coleman	Virginia	9	47	42.1	39.7	20	43%	11%	24%	+7.9
152	Kody Schexnayder	Mississippi State	9	9	36.1	35.1	1	11%	0%	44%	−1.7
153	Ben Scruton	Hawai'i	9	7	37.9	36.6	0	0%	0%	67%	−1.7
154	Luke Shiflett	Middle Tennessee	9	4	35.5	33.3	3	75%	0%	50%	−1.0
155	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	8	31	41.2	40.3	9	29%	3%	13%	+2.3
156	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	8	15	32.4	30.5	5	33%	7%	33%	−5.9
157	Chris Tilbey	USC	8	7	34.6	33.4	2	29%	0%	57%	−2.3
158	Jacob Finn	Florida	8	1	38.0	30.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.6
159	Grant Tinnerman	Bowling Green	7	35	37.0	36.8	6	17%	0%	14%	−4.4
160	Joe Doyle	Tennessee	5	66	41.0	39.1	25	38%	9%	38%	+7.1
161	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	4	2	35.0	22.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−4.1
162	Trevor Denbow	SMU	4	2	41.5	39.5	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.2
163	Magill Bauerle	Georgia Southern	1	44	38.9	37.5	16	30%	4%	40%	+0.3
164	Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	1	1	38.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.2
165	Xavier Subotsch	App State	1	5	33.8	33.6	3	60%	0%	40%	0.0

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