2019 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 2019, Hayes Hicken (426) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of Dom Maggio (284) and Trent Schneider (254). 158 punters qualify.

Final 2019 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	426	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	8%	14%	−20.5
2	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	284	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5
3	Trent Schneider	South Florida	254	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	11%	−2.7
4	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	252	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	8%	16%	+5.1
5	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	244	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	4%	44%	−3.0
6	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	235	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
7	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	225	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	11%	28%	−4.1
8	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	223	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
9	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	206	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	6%	27%	−18.0
10	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	200	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	3%	39%	−4.9
11	Alex Kinney	Colorado	200	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	7%	42%	+2.6
12	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	191	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	7%	39%	+18.1
13	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	189	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
14	Tucker McCann	Missouri	182	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
15	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	181	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	5%	11%	−8.2
16	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	181	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	5%	22%	−8.2
17	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	180	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	2%	21%	−0.5
18	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	177	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	4%	19%	+0.3
19	Austin Parker	Duke	174	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	9%	30%	+4.7
20	Blake Maimone	Oregon	173	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
21	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	173	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
22	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	166	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
23	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	164	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	10%	16%	+3.6
24	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	163	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	4%	17%	−18.7
25	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	160	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
26	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	152	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	7%	20%	+0.8
27	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	149	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	5%	18%	−6.4
28	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	139	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	11%	41%	−1.2
29	Lucas Dean	UTSA	139	65	40.8	38.6	16	25%	0%	31%	−8.7
30	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	137	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
31	Jonn Young	East Carolina	137	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
32	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	134	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
33	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	133	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	11%	30%	−5.3
34	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	131	67	42.2	40.1	23	35%	0%	34%	+2.0
35	Alex Galland	San José State	130	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
36	Jonah Wieland	Akron	129	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	1%	29%	−18.9
37	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	128	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	7%	22%	+10.4
38	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	127	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	7%	34%	−4.1
39	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	127	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	9%	17%	−6.9
40	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	127	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	12%	33%	+9.2
41	Grant Carlson	Boston College	126	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	18%	−0.5
42	Blake Hayes	Illinois	125	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	3%	11%	+9.1
43	Trenton Gill	NC State	125	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	13%	29%	+6.0
44	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	125	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	15%	25%	+6.8
45	Will Hart	Michigan	121	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	15%	24%	+2.7
46	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	121	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	10%	27%	+1.8
47	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	120	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	6%	41%	+1.7
48	Wade Lees	UCLA	117	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	2%	49%	+7.1
49	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	116	29	45.0	40.3	13	45%	3%	48%	+1.4
50	Dario Longhetto	California	109	18	40.9	34.1	5	29%	0%	18%	−5.1
51	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	108	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	7%	41%	−8.8
52	Nash Griffin	Virginia	107	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
53	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	105	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	7%	24%	−18.9
54	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	104	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	5%	16%	−6.8
55	Dane Roy	Houston	103	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	4%	12%	+12.4
56	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	100	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	7%	35%	−5.9
57	Michael Turk	Arizona State	98	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
58	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	98	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	9%	17%	+3.0
59	Mason King	Louisville	97	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	9%	24%	+1.3
60	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	97	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	5%	15%	+15.7
61	Lou Hedley	Miami	96	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	7%	22%	+9.5
62	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	96	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
63	Aidan Alves	Liberty	96	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	8%	35%	−2.9
64	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	92	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	5%	39%	−1.7
65	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	90	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
66	Tommy Martin	Florida State	90	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	2%	51%	−9.5
67	James Smith	Cincinnati	89	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	2%	51%	+14.0
68	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	89	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	6%	12%	−3.8
69	Ty Perine	Alabama	88	13	44.7	36.4	2	15%	8%	15%	−3.4
70	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	86	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	10%	17%	+12.7
71	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	85	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	2%	29%	−2.7
72	Adam Barry	Temple	84	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	3%	16%	−11.6
73	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	84	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	5%	33%	−15.6
74	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	83	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	5%	23%	+6.2
75	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	81	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	6%	29%	−8.5
76	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	81	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	4%	41%	−9.4
77	Josh Growden	West Virginia	80	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	4%	45%	+4.1
78	Jake Camarda	Georgia	80	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	17%	+12.4
79	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	80	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
80	Kyle Vantrease	Buffalo	78	16	34.6	29.7	1	6%	0%	31%	−14.8
81	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	75	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
82	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	73	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	7%	39%	+4.2
83	Matt Aragon	Arizona	72	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	8%	22%	−9.7
84	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	68	21	39.7	34.5	6	29%	10%	24%	−5.6
85	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	67	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	2%	39%	−3.0
86	Steven Coutts	California	67	44	38.5	37.0	12	27%	0%	49%	−5.1
87	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	65	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	7%	37%	+6.4
88	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	63	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	8%	31%	+5.6
89	Brooks Cormier	Purdue	63	28	40.3	38.0	6	21%	0%	20%	−6.2
90	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	61	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
91	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	60	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
92	Max Duffy	Kentucky	60	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	9%	14%	+22.0
93	Ryan Wright	Tulane	57	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0
94	Andrew Osteen	UCF	52	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	10%	42%	+0.2
95	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	51	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	8%	34%	−0.7
96	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	51	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	8%	31%	+5.6
97	Joe Doyle	Tennessee	51	22	41.5	37.4	7	32%	9%	47%	−2.0
98	Adam Williams	Memphis	50	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	11%	17%	+7.9
99	Michael Farkas	Ohio	49	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
100	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	47	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	8%	39%	+10.6
101	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	46	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	2%	22%	−10.0
102	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	46	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	3%	52%	+1.2
103	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	42	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
104	Bailey Flint	Toledo	42	20	47.3	43.2	11	55%	10%	22%	+4.9
105	Matt Bromell	Southern Miss	41	7	32.7	22.7	1	14%	0%	29%	−9.0
106	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	40	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	8%	46%	+5.4
107	Xavier Subotsch	App State	39	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
108	Ben Griffiths	USC	39	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4
109	Jordy Sandy	TCU	39	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
110	Steven Sawicki	Clemson	39	5	45.4	37.6	1	20%	0%	0%	−0.5
111	Owen White	Navy	38	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	3%	29%	+7.4
112	Trevor Denbow	SMU	36	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	8%	11%	−6.0
113	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	35	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
114	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	35	9	43.2	39.3	5	56%	0%	11%	−0.6
115	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	32	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	3%	21%	−2.5
116	Issac Power	Baylor	32	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	2%	41%	−5.1
117	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	30	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	7%	24%	−2.7
118	Ben Scruton	Hawai'i	30	16	44.4	40.0	6	38%	13%	31%	+1.2
119	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	30	25	42.6	38.3	12	46%	8%	13%	−1.0
120	Brandon Gaddy	Maryland	30	5	42.8	36.8	2	40%	0%	60%	−1.0
121	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	29	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	10%	40%	+0.3
122	Adam Nunez	Rice	29	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	6%	34%	+2.6
123	Chris Barnes	Rice	28	34	45.0	44.2	11	32%	0%	26%	+7.5
124	Sam Loy	Arkansas	28	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
125	Pierce Callister	Utah State	28	18	38.2	33.6	9	47%	6%	47%	−5.4
126	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	26	30	40.7	38.4	9	36%	4%	44%	−2.6
127	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	25	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
128	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	25	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	21%	37%	+9.6
129	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	24	8	44.3	38.8	2	25%	13%	13%	+0.1
130	Derek Adams	Kent State	22	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	5%	31%	+9.7
131	Evan Finegan	Buffalo	22	5	31.2	27.8	4	67%	0%	50%	−3.7
132	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	20	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	9%	46%	−0.6
133	Stan Gaudion	Hawai'i	19	20	39.0	37.0	5	25%	5%	42%	−5.1
134	Zach Potter	Army	18	16	40.5	36.9	7	44%	13%	6%	+1.4
135	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	17	27	36.6	32.3	8	30%	19%	15%	−3.5
136	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	17	3	44.7	39.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.5
137	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	15	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	6%	28%	+2.5
138	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	15	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
139	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	14	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
140	Zach Harding	Army	14	20	48.6	46.9	8	40%	5%	15%	+9.5
141	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	12	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
142	Dillon Jones	TCU	11	4	44.5	41.8	1	25%	0%	0%	−0.4
143	Skyler DeLong	Alabama	11	10	33.0	32.5	3	27%	0%	45%	−3.9
144	Tommy Townsend	Florida	10	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	10%	46%	+7.0
145	Jamie Sackville	SMU	10	4	40.8	38.3	2	50%	0%	0%	+0.2
146	Will Spiers	Clemson	9	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	5%	46%	+4.7
147	Luke Hogan	SMU	9	1	39.0	30.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.7
148	Joel Whitford	Washington	7	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	5%	46%	+10.0
149	Kyle Corbett	Charlotte	7	4	50.8	44.0	2	50%	25%	25%	+1.2
150	Colton Spangler	Maryland	4	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	4%	43%	−1.8
151	Charlie Scott	Air Force	4	28	40.7	39.1	13	46%	7%	40%	+2.1
152	Will Reichard	Alabama	3	4	38.0	36.7	1	33%	0%	33%	−1.0
153	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	3	1	46.0	43.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.2
154	Zac Collins	Purdue	2	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	3%	24%	−2.3
155	Andrew David	Northwestern	2	29	36.4	35.6	5	17%	3%	63%	−10.3
156	Aaron Dalton	Utah State	1	7	39.0	38.9	1	14%	0%	86%	−0.8
157	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	1	1	57.0	56.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.8
158	Warren Scott	SMU	1	8	40.9	40.8	2	25%	0%	25%	−0.2

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