2022 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 2022, David Shanahan (518) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of Matthew Hayball (397) and Devyn McCormick (293). 154 punters qualify.

Final 2022 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	518	73	43.5	33.2	13	17%	8%	13%	−31.8
2	Matthew Hayball	Vanderbilt	397	59	45.4	37.8	21	36%	3%	20%	−6.1
3	Devyn McCormick	UL Monroe	293	60	43.9	36.6	17	29%	7%	24%	−17.3
4	Lachlan Wilson	Tulsa	266	58	43.8	39.2	26	45%	0%	32%	−4.7
5	Clayton Stewart	Wyoming	246	69	44.3	37.9	20	29%	13%	30%	−4.0
6	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	241	47	45.8	38.5	15	32%	11%	19%	+0.9
7	James Evans	Indiana	240	75	44.3	40.1	31	41%	3%	28%	+1.5
8	Jamieson Sheahan	California	229	65	45.1	40.1	25	38%	8%	35%	+5.4
9	Eddie Czaplicki	Arizona State	228	50	46.0	39.4	18	37%	10%	27%	−2.1
10	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	216	59	42.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	24%	−8.2
11	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	215	47	42.5	37.8	16	36%	7%	18%	−3.6
12	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	205	44	43.8	36.3	19	40%	2%	28%	−6.0
13	Joe Doyle	Memphis	189	45	46.7	39.8	15	33%	13%	48%	+1.4
14	Trent Carrizosa	Colorado	184	46	40.9	36.9	14	30%	0%	28%	−12.2
15	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	181	35	44.2	38.4	11	32%	9%	10%	−3.9
16	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	175	81	44.2	40.4	26	33%	8%	43%	+12.6
17	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	175	49	44.4	39.6	17	35%	6%	46%	−0.4
18	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	162	68	44.0	39.9	16	24%	9%	35%	+5.0
19	Conor Hunt	Rice	160	42	41.3	36.8	13	33%	5%	32%	−5.6
20	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	156	51	41.8	38.5	17	33%	6%	26%	−6.3
21	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	155	43	45.5	39.1	13	30%	14%	24%	+0.6
22	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	153	46	46.7	42.4	18	39%	4%	23%	+4.2
23	Jay Bramblett	LSU	151	47	44.2	39.3	19	40%	9%	36%	+4.5
24	Noah Gettman	Akron	150	53	41.4	36.5	13	21%	8%	41%	−12.2
25	Matt Freem	Nevada	150	50	41.6	39.0	16	30%	2%	41%	+3.5
26	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	149	57	41.7	39.1	20	35%	0%	41%	+2.6
27	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	148	71	41.4	37.1	14	20%	10%	43%	−0.4
28	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	143	63	40.7	36.6	19	31%	10%	31%	−6.5
29	Shane McDonough	NC State	141	40	41.4	36.9	13	33%	5%	46%	−0.4
30	Andy Vujnovich	Wisconsin	139	56	43.6	39.3	21	39%	7%	23%	+0.4
31	Joshua Sloan	UTEP	138	45	43.3	38.3	16	36%	9%	37%	−1.7
32	Aidan Alves	Liberty	138	56	41.4	38.1	22	42%	4%	42%	+0.1
33	Jack Browning	San Diego State	130	65	45.6	42.5	31	52%	7%	33%	+18.1
34	Max Fletcher	Arkansas	130	32	37.6	32.9	13	41%	3%	32%	−11.2
35	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	127	60	46.2	41.8	28	47%	12%	22%	+12.0
36	Riley Thompson	Florida Atlantic	127	61	45.4	42.4	25	44%	5%	27%	+3.2
37	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	126	59	42.5	39.1	18	32%	4%	32%	−3.1
38	Max Von Marburg	Syracuse	124	48	40.8	36.8	8	17%	7%	28%	−11.5
39	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	122	36	43.0	39.6	15	42%	0%	35%	+1.3
40	Sam Clark	James Madison	120	50	43.2	39.2	18	36%	8%	36%	+3.6
41	Jonah Wieland	Ohio	112	16	38.8	31.8	2	13%	0%	14%	−8.8
42	Mark Vassett	Louisville	111	50	44.6	40.8	20	40%	8%	20%	+5.8
43	Brett Thorson	Georgia	110	33	44.9	41.0	18	55%	3%	52%	+3.7
44	Luke Loecher	Oregon State	106	33	45.4	40.9	11	33%	6%	36%	+5.7
45	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	105	59	42.5	39.2	22	40%	5%	54%	+5.5
46	George Caratan	UConn	104	61	40.3	38.2	18	31%	2%	48%	−5.1
47	Ryan Hanson	Arkansas State	102	48	43.7	40.8	19	40%	4%	24%	+1.3
48	Mike Rivers	Troy	101	56	42.0	38.8	26	50%	6%	33%	−1.9
49	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	98	81	36.4	34.3	19	24%	6%	31%	−26.5
50	Barney Amor	Penn State	98	50	43.9	40.6	19	39%	6%	28%	+5.0
51	Luke Akers	Northwestern	97	45	41.0	37.2	13	30%	7%	29%	−8.6
52	Austin McCready	Louisiana Tech	97	34	40.6	37.0	6	17%	3%	47%	−11.7
53	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	92	49	44.3	40.8	14	29%	8%	25%	+4.3
54	Luke Elzinga	Central Michigan	90	55	42.7	39.9	26	47%	7%	45%	+2.7
55	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	89	51	48.8	45.5	22	43%	8%	24%	+22.0
56	Evan Crenshaw	Coastal Carolina	88	47	38.7	36.2	9	20%	2%	45%	−11.9
57	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	85	73	40.5	37.7	17	24%	7%	52%	−7.1
58	Jack Stonehouse	Missouri	85	47	42.3	38.9	17	37%	9%	40%	+2.1
59	Nick Barr-Mira	UCLA	85	22	43.7	39.6	9	43%	0%	44%	+1.7
60	Michael Hayes II	Georgia State	83	57	42.0	39.7	16	30%	4%	30%	+2.2
61	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	83	31	46.8	43.5	14	45%	3%	38%	+3.4
62	Tom Ellard	Western Kentucky	82	42	42.5	40.2	19	46%	2%	40%	+1.3
63	Bailey Rice	Charlotte	82	46	42.7	39.3	17	38%	7%	48%	−0.4
64	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	80	66	39.1	37.6	15	23%	2%	25%	−8.3
65	Carson King	Fresno State	80	48	41.9	39.1	13	28%	6%	33%	−3.5
66	Riley Riethman	Navy	78	45	43.8	39.0	12	26%	7%	26%	+0.7
67	Aadyn Sleep-Dalton	USC	75	30	40.3	37.8	10	33%	0%	48%	−2.2
68	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	73	38	41.6	39.3	13	33%	5%	31%	−0.3
69	Reis Vernon	Kansas	73	35	39.9	36.1	11	31%	9%	21%	−9.5
70	Jon Sot	Notre Dame	73	45	43.2	40.7	20	44%	4%	59%	+9.2
71	Daton Montiel	Florida International	72	69	42.1	40.2	20	29%	4%	65%	−1.5
72	Colton Spangler	Maryland	71	52	44.9	42.3	19	37%	6%	26%	+11.1
73	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	71	52	46.8	43.5	29	56%	10%	17%	+16.0
74	Jack Ansell	Purdue	71	49	42.7	39.2	14	29%	10%	27%	+7.6
75	John McConnell	Marshall	71	64	39.2	36.2	26	41%	10%	37%	−7.8
76	Colin Goodfellow	Kentucky	71	33	40.8	36.9	11	32%	3%	52%	−1.9
77	Jack McCallister	Washington	70	20	41.1	35.6	6	30%	10%	5%	−3.2
78	Tory Taylor	Iowa	69	74	45.1	41.2	37	50%	15%	32%	+19.2
79	Issac Power	Baylor	69	37	42.1	38.1	14	38%	11%	29%	−1.2
80	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	69	62	43.8	40.1	22	35%	13%	25%	+9.4
81	Porter Wilson	Duke	69	42	42.3	39.8	15	39%	5%	42%	+5.4
82	Lou Hedley	Miami	68	47	45.3	42.6	24	51%	6%	20%	+12.8
83	William Przystup	Arkansas State	67	21	43.5	40.3	7	33%	0%	14%	+0.2
84	Ryan Rehkow	BYU	67	36	44.8	41.3	14	39%	8%	32%	+6.4
85	Danny Longman	Boston College	66	61	40.9	39.7	17	27%	0%	55%	+1.3
86	James Burnip	Alabama	66	39	42.8	39.1	13	33%	5%	39%	+5.1
87	Lucas Dean	UTSA	63	38	45.1	41.6	17	47%	8%	29%	+10.7
88	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	63	55	39.0	36.4	18	33%	7%	45%	−8.8
89	Laine Wilkins	Houston	61	37	44.4	41.7	11	30%	5%	17%	+2.5
90	Lucas Borrow	Ball State	60	66	41.4	38.5	28	44%	9%	43%	−5.1
91	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	60	46	44.1	40.0	18	44%	15%	13%	+3.4
92	Mason Hunt	Southern Miss	60	66	42.4	38.5	29	43%	12%	46%	+5.9
93	Nik Constantinou	Texas A&M	58	62	41.7	40.5	27	44%	2%	43%	+9.1
94	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	58	33	42.6	39.1	13	38%	3%	52%	+2.5
95	Dom Dzioban	Miami (OH)	57	71	41.9	40.3	29	44%	5%	32%	+7.9
96	Billy Boehlke	Army	56	43	38.3	35.6	8	19%	7%	46%	−9.5
97	Ethan Duane	Old Dominion	55	68	43.1	41.2	31	46%	4%	34%	+15.6
98	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	54	47	40.8	38.4	16	33%	2%	54%	−11.3
99	Mackenzie Morgan	Temple	51	58	40.0	38.7	18	33%	2%	35%	−3.8
100	Jackson Baltar	Buffalo	51	13	40.2	34.7	3	23%	8%	25%	−7.9
101	George Georgopoulos	Mississippi State	47	31	40.1	37.9	12	39%	3%	23%	−2.9
102	Nick Haberer	Washington State	46	54	41.8	40.4	20	38%	2%	50%	+5.0
103	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	46	32	41.8	39.3	17	52%	9%	22%	+5.6
104	Ryan Bujcevski	SMU	46	36	43.8	40.9	13	36%	8%	50%	+4.1
105	Anthony Venneri	Buffalo	45	33	41.7	37.6	10	29%	14%	18%	−4.4
106	Zach Murphy	Wake Forest	45	6	39.7	28.8	2	33%	17%	33%	−3.1
107	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	44	57	43.8	42.5	21	38%	4%	53%	+13.6
108	Jonathon Batzke	Toledo	44	62	39.4	37.2	12	20%	3%	40%	−13.5
109	Ross James	Oregon	44	8	41.9	36.4	2	22%	0%	67%	−2.3
110	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	42	56	46.6	44.8	31	56%	4%	41%	+21.2
111	Jesse Mirco	Ohio State	42	44	45.6	41.5	20	45%	16%	37%	+7.2
112	Sean Koetting	Missouri	42	13	40.1	35.6	4	31%	0%	44%	−2.7
113	Bernardo Rodriguez	North Texas	41	49	40.6	39.0	22	44%	0%	60%	−0.6
114	Jack Wilson	Ohio	40	38	37.1	35.0	18	47%	5%	37%	−0.7
115	Ty Zentner	Kansas State	38	54	44.7	42.2	27	50%	9%	44%	+10.1
116	Braxton Guilbeau	UL Monroe	38	3	42.0	29.3	1	33%	0%	0%	−2.6
117	Michael Turk	Oklahoma	37	60	46.7	43.1	22	37%	15%	30%	+9.1
118	Josh Carlson	New Mexico State	36	56	40.5	39.3	16	29%	0%	60%	+3.7
119	Will Ferrin	Boise State	36	2	35.5	17.5	0	0%	0%	50%	−1.7
120	Sami Sir	Bowling Green	35	68	38.5	37.1	15	23%	5%	49%	−15.7
121	Travis Benham	San José State	35	36	41.5	36.9	17	47%	17%	40%	+2.1
122	Daniel Trejo	Texas	34	40	41.6	39.8	11	26%	5%	34%	−0.8
123	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	33	44	40.4	37.5	17	39%	7%	59%	−1.3
124	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	32	73	41.7	40.2	24	33%	6%	38%	+0.1
125	Josh Smith	Kent State	32	43	40.3	38.6	14	33%	0%	38%	−3.0
126	Archer Trafford	Mississippi State	31	16	42.4	39.3	9	56%	6%	7%	−0.1
127	Jordy Sandy	TCU	31	52	39.6	37.9	16	31%	6%	64%	+0.1
128	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	30	9	41.4	38.5	3	38%	0%	29%	+0.5
129	Caden Noonkester	NC State	29	22	43.6	40.5	7	32%	9%	59%	+5.8
130	Cam Guess	Pittsburgh	29	12	35.5	33.1	3	25%	0%	40%	−4.0
131	Sam Vander Haar	Pittsburgh	28	30	39.1	36.3	13	42%	3%	31%	−3.7
132	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	26	40	40.3	38.1	15	38%	8%	42%	+3.7
133	Ashton Logan	Colorado	26	17	40.6	36.4	3	21%	7%	36%	−1.0
134	Carson Bay	Air Force	24	29	38.6	34.5	11	37%	10%	19%	−7.5
135	Logan Ward	Oklahoma State	24	28	45.0	40.5	10	34%	11%	44%	+5.0
136	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	19	49	42.5	41.3	19	39%	4%	55%	+4.1
137	Brad Robbins	Michigan	17	38	42.0	41.5	18	47%	0%	50%	+9.9
138	Andrew Osteen	UCF	17	12	39.8	35.0	3	25%	17%	18%	−2.7
139	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	16	9	43.3	41.6	3	33%	0%	13%	−0.2
140	Alex Weir	San José State	16	15	37.7	34.9	3	21%	7%	82%	−4.0
141	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	13	50	42.2	41.2	21	42%	4%	41%	+7.6
142	Reid Bauer	Arkansas	12	23	44.6	42.3	10	43%	9%	21%	+6.0
143	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	12	12	36.9	35.9	5	42%	0%	17%	−1.2
144	Bruno Perlicki	UConn	12	3	31.0	27.0	1	33%	0%	0%	−3.5
145	Colin McCreary	South Florida	10	24	40.8	39.7	7	30%	0%	68%	−2.0
146	Alex Bales	Oregon	8	7	36.0	30.5	1	13%	0%	57%	−4.4
147	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	7	17	41.2	39.6	8	47%	6%	29%	+1.9
148	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	7	34	38.9	38.0	13	41%	3%	69%	+0.1
149	Clayton Howell	App State	5	43	38.8	36.4	12	28%	12%	51%	−4.4
150	Brendan Farrell	Virginia	3	3	30.0	29.0	0	0%	0%	33%	−3.2
151	Will Hutchinson	Miami	1	3	47.3	47.0	2	67%	0%	33%	+2.0
152	Arlind Bengu	Louisiana Tech	1	2	48.5	48.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+1.1
153	Ben Falck	Hawai'i	1	1	37.0	36.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.4
154	Luke Freer	Air Force	1	2	47.5	47.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+0.8

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