2020 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 2020, Lucas Dean (232) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of Reis Vernon (218) and Ryan Stonehouse (215). 151 punters qualify.

Final 2020 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Lucas Dean	UTSA	232	55	46.3	40.3	25	53%	4%	16%	+4.4
2	Reis Vernon	Kansas	218	38	37.8	31.6	7	18%	3%	29%	−23.4
3	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	215	26	45.3	34.9	9	33%	4%	19%	−2.4
4	Adam Stack	Hawai'i	210	37	43.8	38.1	10	27%	0%	33%	−4.8
5	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	198	39	43.1	36.5	14	36%	8%	33%	−4.0
6	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	196	37	43.6	36.4	10	28%	8%	31%	−6.3
7	Trent Schneider	South Florida	185	32	41.3	34.0	8	26%	6%	11%	−11.7
8	Nolan Cooney	Syracuse	175	74	44.8	41.5	25	34%	4%	26%	+12.0
9	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	165	39	43.3	37.1	16	39%	0%	23%	−8.1
10	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	161	42	40.8	35.1	14	33%	10%	29%	−10.6
11	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	154	39	43.3	38.1	11	29%	5%	36%	−2.8
12	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	151	39	43.5	38.0	13	34%	8%	24%	−2.3
13	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	148	53	46.0	41.7	20	38%	8%	18%	+1.7
14	Daniel Sparks	UL Monroe	145	30	44.6	36.0	6	19%	7%	26%	−11.8
15	Kyle Romenick	Akron	139	25	40.5	34.9	8	32%	0%	16%	−9.3
16	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	134	46	41.0	37.4	19	42%	2%	34%	−6.0
17	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	124	41	46.3	40.0	13	32%	10%	41%	+5.9
18	Trenton Gill	NC State	122	49	44.8	39.8	18	37%	12%	31%	+7.4
19	Adam Barry	Temple	119	40	44.0	40.0	18	45%	5%	23%	−4.5
20	Ryan Wright	Tulane	112	49	45.0	41.2	15	32%	6%	11%	+8.0
21	Blake Hayes	Illinois	112	42	43.8	40.6	16	38%	2%	29%	+2.2
22	Max Duffy	Kentucky	104	37	45.8	42.4	13	35%	3%	34%	+11.4
23	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	99	57	40.9	38.8	22	39%	2%	28%	+1.3
24	Will Spiers	Clemson	99	42	43.5	38.7	19	45%	7%	27%	0.0
25	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	99	44	42.0	37.9	14	32%	9%	47%	+1.2
26	Issac Power	Baylor	97	54	40.6	36.6	16	29%	7%	41%	−7.3
27	Donovan Gagen	Kansas	95	3	36.7	5.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−7.8
28	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	92	34	43.9	40.1	14	41%	6%	24%	+3.1
29	William Przystup	Nebraska	91	24	41.3	35.2	7	28%	4%	18%	−12.2
30	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	90	43	41.7	37.8	11	25%	5%	48%	−4.6
31	Matthew Hayball	Florida Atlantic	89	40	44.5	39.8	17	49%	3%	35%	−1.9
32	George Caratan	Arkansas	86	17	45.1	34.2	6	38%	13%	27%	−1.3
33	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	83	35	43.5	40.5	10	29%	3%	46%	−0.4
34	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	82	45	48.0	44.8	20	44%	7%	45%	+15.8
35	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	82	14	38.9	31.6	6	43%	7%	36%	−6.2
36	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	80	27	45.1	41.4	17	63%	4%	52%	+6.5
37	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	77	41	42.5	40.3	15	34%	2%	41%	+4.3
38	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	77	59	43.9	42.0	29	49%	3%	39%	+10.6
39	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	76	30	43.7	39.9	17	57%	0%	28%	+4.0
40	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	75	30	43.0	40.1	12	38%	3%	31%	−3.0
41	Tanner Kuljian	San Diego State	73	27	43.3	39.1	10	37%	7%	37%	+1.3
42	James Smith	Cincinnati	71	32	43.8	40.7	20	65%	3%	48%	+8.7
43	Jordan Stout	Penn State	71	33	41.5	38.8	10	30%	3%	39%	−0.5
44	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	69	10	47.7	36.8	1	10%	20%	30%	−4.5
45	Elijah Fischer	San José State	69	28	40.3	35.0	9	32%	14%	33%	−6.6
46	Grant Carlson	Boston College	67	43	42.4	39.4	14	36%	8%	22%	−0.7
47	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	66	22	41.0	39.6	8	40%	10%	32%	+2.0
48	Daniel Davies	Navy	63	44	37.1	34.7	9	20%	5%	36%	−19.6
49	Chris Naggar	SMU	63	29	39.3	37.1	7	24%	0%	43%	−7.6
50	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	63	34	40.4	38.5	11	32%	0%	40%	−3.2
51	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	62	43	43.8	40.0	15	35%	12%	26%	+3.7
52	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	62	12	44.8	38.0	5	42%	8%	33%	−2.3
53	Ben Griffiths	USC	61	18	46.4	40.8	9	50%	11%	44%	+2.9
54	Lou Hedley	Miami	59	46	47.3	45.4	15	34%	2%	55%	+17.4
55	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	58	27	44.9	39.1	5	18%	11%	19%	−3.7
56	Jordy Sandy	TCU	58	57	41.0	38.9	27	47%	5%	63%	+6.1
57	Caleb Lightbourn	Oregon State	58	14	38.6	33.0	2	14%	7%	29%	−7.2
58	Charles Ouverson	Coastal Carolina	56	33	40.2	37.2	19	59%	3%	32%	−0.4
59	Tyler Loop	Arizona	56	24	43.0	39.0	8	33%	8%	18%	−1.3
60	Cade Fuller	Fresno State	55	19	39.4	35.4	7	37%	5%	17%	−2.2
61	Zach Harding	Army	54	37	42.8	40.3	16	43%	5%	21%	+5.7
62	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	53	22	41.3	38.0	6	27%	5%	9%	−2.5
63	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	52	47	40.4	38.1	10	21%	2%	18%	−4.2
64	Andrew Osteen	UCF	52	35	44.3	41.5	9	26%	6%	38%	+3.7
65	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	52	53	44.5	43.1	23	43%	2%	55%	+14.3
66	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	49	32	43.8	39.7	9	28%	13%	10%	+4.1
67	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	48	30	39.3	37.0	5	17%	3%	33%	−6.6
68	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	47	44	37.2	35.3	10	23%	5%	26%	−8.5
69	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	47	24	46.4	39.0	6	26%	26%	36%	+2.7
70	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	46	28	41.8	39.4	10	36%	4%	22%	+1.9
71	Adam Williams	Memphis	46	41	42.6	40.0	13	32%	7%	36%	+2.6
72	Tanner Brown	UNLV	46	12	45.5	36.9	2	15%	8%	17%	−4.0
73	Josh Watts	Colorado	45	27	40.9	38.0	13	50%	4%	31%	−4.3
74	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	41	41	40.6	38.7	12	30%	3%	29%	−3.9
75	Jonn Young	East Carolina	41	28	41.8	39.2	10	38%	4%	48%	+0.9
76	Luke Akers	UCLA	41	24	43.1	39.7	12	48%	0%	38%	−1.2
77	Tom Snee	Oregon	40	22	43.1	39.6	10	50%	5%	50%	−0.1
78	Aidan Alves	Liberty	39	25	42.2	39.0	8	32%	8%	32%	+1.2
79	Oscar Draguicevich III	Washington State	38	19	46.7	41.6	9	47%	16%	5%	+3.8
80	Jamieson Sheahan	California	38	23	39.9	36.6	3	13%	0%	45%	−8.0
81	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	37	33	43.2	40.8	15	47%	6%	28%	+6.5
82	Reed Bowman	Mississippi State	37	27	42.1	40.0	14	52%	4%	46%	+5.3
83	Charlie Mendes	Rice	35	19	42.3	39.6	10	50%	5%	25%	+3.4
84	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	35	19	39.3	35.4	6	32%	11%	5%	−5.9
85	Grant McKinniss	Missouri	34	39	43.1	40.3	14	37%	8%	43%	+4.7
86	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	34	26	39.9	38.6	9	35%	0%	46%	+0.1
87	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	34	36	38.9	36.4	11	30%	3%	43%	−8.4
88	Julian Diaz	Nevada	33	21	47.7	45.2	11	52%	5%	14%	+7.9
89	Nash Griffin	Virginia	31	42	42.4	39.7	12	29%	10%	31%	+1.3
90	Jacob Finn	Florida	31	24	46.0	43.9	12	50%	4%	41%	+6.8
91	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	30	18	42.6	37.6	6	33%	17%	25%	−2.4
92	Aidan Marshall	Auburn	30	16	42.3	39.1	6	38%	6%	25%	+1.1
93	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	29	29	42.8	39.7	15	52%	10%	29%	+3.7
94	Tory Taylor	Iowa	28	40	44.1	42.9	20	50%	3%	35%	+10.4
95	Brooks Cormier	Purdue	28	15	39.7	36.5	4	27%	7%	14%	−6.0
96	Derek Adams	Northwestern	25	40	41.5	38.9	15	38%	10%	49%	+0.5
97	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	24	28	44.4	40.7	8	28%	7%	11%	+2.9
98	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	24	13	41.2	37.8	3	23%	8%	15%	−1.5
99	Gavin Wale	Boise State	23	7	39.4	36.1	2	29%	0%	14%	−1.7
100	Porter Wilson	Duke	22	53	42.9	41.1	20	40%	4%	24%	+5.5
101	Kolton McGhee	West Virginia	22	9	39.7	37.2	4	44%	0%	43%	−1.0
102	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	22	18	45.2	42.8	10	56%	6%	33%	+6.8
103	Anthony Pecorella	Maryland	21	15	42.1	39.3	8	53%	7%	33%	+2.0
104	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	21	36	40.9	38.1	14	39%	11%	31%	+0.4
105	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	20	39	42.2	41.2	12	31%	3%	36%	+5.2
106	Nickolas Null	Wyoming	19	29	38.7	36.1	6	20%	3%	26%	−8.1
107	Charlie Scott	Alabama	17	17	38.8	35.4	7	41%	12%	65%	−0.9
108	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	16	28	40.8	40.2	15	54%	0%	33%	+3.9
109	Daton Montiel	Marshall	16	2	33.0	25.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−1.0
110	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	15	25	43.4	40.0	4	18%	14%	19%	+1.3
111	Joseph Carlson	Air Force	15	14	39.6	37.1	3	21%	7%	43%	−0.2
112	Matt Freem	Nevada	15	6	46.3	43.8	1	17%	0%	17%	+0.4
113	Bubba McAtee	Clemson	15	1	44.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.1
114	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	14	48	42.9	42.6	23	48%	0%	43%	+10.6
115	Griffin Fleming	Southern Miss	14	36	39.5	39.1	10	28%	0%	65%	−3.0
116	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	14	36	42.4	40.4	10	28%	8%	61%	+5.4
117	Logan Lupo	Louisville	14	17	38.8	38.0	3	18%	0%	40%	−3.7
118	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	14	5	49.8	47.0	2	40%	0%	0%	+2.3
119	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	13	54	40.5	39.2	27	51%	6%	62%	+5.3
120	Brad Robbins	Michigan	12	23	45.3	43.0	10	43%	9%	33%	+7.8
121	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	11	37	40.7	40.4	18	49%	0%	36%	+2.3
122	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	11	23	39.0	37.8	11	52%	0%	30%	−0.2
123	Jonathan Garibay	Texas Tech	11	6	47.8	46.0	1	17%	0%	17%	+2.9
124	Xavier Subotsch	App State	10	32	42.3	41.4	12	38%	3%	35%	+4.1
125	Michael Turk	Arizona State	10	14	45.1	38.6	7	50%	29%	14%	+3.7
126	Colton Spangler	Maryland	10	9	40.0	37.9	7	58%	0%	33%	−0.2
127	Corey Dunn	Iowa State	10	2	44.0	39.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.7
128	Jared March	Utah	10	6	41.0	39.3	2	33%	0%	17%	+0.5
129	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	9	18	35.2	33.6	2	11%	6%	24%	−8.0
130	Tyler Crawford	Nebraska	9	7	39.1	37.9	2	29%	0%	14%	−1.6
131	Carson King	Fresno State	9	4	41.0	31.0	2	40%	0%	50%	−2.5
132	Paxton Brooks	Tennessee	8	49	43.6	41.8	22	45%	8%	38%	+12.0
133	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	8	32	44.4	42.3	11	34%	9%	34%	+5.2
134	Ryan Harwell	Louisville	8	19	40.1	39.6	8	42%	0%	42%	+0.9
135	Charlton Butt	UNLV	7	22	38.3	38.0	4	18%	0%	62%	−1.4
136	Isaiah Richardson	San Diego State	7	7	53.9	50.0	2	29%	14%	14%	+1.2
137	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	7	17	37.8	37.4	7	41%	0%	38%	−4.1
138	Ben Fee	Navy	7	9	33.4	32.7	1	11%	0%	44%	−1.7
139	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	6	5	35.8	30.6	1	20%	20%	40%	−1.4
140	Mitchell Crawford	Michigan State	6	9	38.4	36.0	1	13%	13%	25%	−1.5
141	Tyler Sumpter	West Virginia	5	33	40.3	39.0	14	42%	6%	52%	−0.6
142	Gamari Peterson	Akron	5	3	39.0	37.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−0.4
143	Cody Gronewold	Northwestern	5	1	43.0	38.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.9
144	Race Porter	Washington	4	10	42.4	34.5	4	36%	20%	30%	−1.1
145	Bailey Flint	Toledo	3	19	36.4	35.2	7	37%	5%	16%	−6.4
146	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	3	15	43.9	42.3	7	50%	7%	46%	+2.7
147	Matt Fraanje	SMU	3	5	32.4	31.8	2	40%	0%	40%	−1.7
148	Jake Camarda	Georgia	2	31	47.9	44.6	16	52%	16%	47%	+11.8
149	Sam Johnson	Alabama	2	10	35.4	33.2	3	30%	10%	50%	−3.3
150	Kyle Coale	Troy	1	23	37.7	36.8	8	35%	4%	27%	−2.4
151	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	1	14	42.9	42.7	5	56%	0%	14%	+2.2

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