2024 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 2024, Jacob Ulrich (356) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of James Allen (349) and Angus Davies (300). 158 punters qualify.

Final 2024 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State	356	75	46.0	39.9	33	44%	7%	27%	+10.0
2	James Allen	Georgia State	349	51	44.5	34.8	13	26%	8%	22%	−16.2
3	Angus Davies	Tulsa	300	68	43.0	38.1	19	28%	4%	24%	−12.1
4	Josh Smith	Kent State	271	83	41.8	37.6	30	39%	1%	45%	−10.9
5	George Eberle	New Mexico State	259	62	44.7	39.4	22	36%	5%	28%	−2.7
6	Riley Riethman	Navy	243	52	45.7	39.5	23	44%	8%	24%	+6.3
7	Mark Vassett	Colorado	242	49	43.8	38.0	18	37%	4%	28%	−6.5
8	Patrick Foley	UAB	204	39	43.3	36.6	10	25%	8%	22%	−3.6
9	David Shanahan	Georgia Tech	203	46	43.3	37.2	17	37%	9%	14%	−4.2
10	Aaron Rodriguez	New Mexico	197	41	42.7	36.2	20	51%	8%	17%	+0.2
11	Jack Wilson	Ohio	196	55	41.0	37.1	19	35%	2%	33%	−12.5
12	Jack McCallister	Washington	193	36	44.0	36.5	14	38%	6%	26%	−8.3
13	Brian Buschini	Nebraska	191	44	44.7	36.7	17	39%	5%	41%	−5.0
14	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	180	59	40.9	37.8	20	34%	7%	29%	−5.0
15	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	180	43	47.9	40.7	8	19%	10%	15%	−2.1
16	Connor Stutz	UConn	172	58	43.1	39.7	18	33%	7%	19%	+2.2
17	Alex Mastromanno	Florida State	168	57	48.6	45.0	22	39%	4%	32%	+22.6
18	Jack Bouwmeester	Utah	167	60	44.7	39.9	25	41%	7%	37%	+3.4
19	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	167	39	43.8	38.0	17	44%	8%	35%	−3.0
20	Isaac Pearson	SMU	157	40	44.1	37.2	11	28%	15%	18%	−10.7
21	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	154	43	42.1	37.6	17	40%	5%	49%	−5.8
22	Lucas Borrow	Hawai'i	153	48	45.5	41.5	15	32%	2%	18%	+4.1
23	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	152	43	42.0	37.5	16	37%	5%	40%	−8.1
24	Ryan Heicher	Arkansas State	149	54	42.9	39.4	22	41%	4%	55%	−1.5
25	Jesse Mirco	Vanderbilt	144	47	48.0	42.8	20	43%	11%	19%	+11.6
26	Avery Book	Akron	142	65	43.4	40.4	24	37%	3%	15%	+1.0
27	Brian Cooey Jr.	Ball State	141	48	41.5	36.2	19	39%	8%	31%	−5.9
28	David Chapeau	Central Michigan	140	55	41.8	37.4	15	27%	5%	33%	−9.9
29	Bryce Lofton	Southern Miss	136	61	44.5	41.2	15	25%	5%	38%	+5.9
30	Ethan Duane	Buffalo	130	63	42.2	40.0	20	32%	0%	44%	+0.2
31	Nick Barr-Mira	Mississippi State	130	44	44.6	41.6	21	48%	0%	35%	+4.3
32	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	130	45	41.5	37.8	12	28%	2%	44%	−3.4
33	Michael Salgado-Medina	Arizona	125	39	43.3	39.1	17	44%	5%	41%	+2.0
34	Peter Moore	Virginia Tech	124	54	45.1	41.4	20	38%	8%	40%	+8.6
35	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	124	46	44.4	40.4	22	48%	7%	33%	+6.0
36	Adam Jacklin	UTEP	121	58	39.4	37.4	13	22%	0%	31%	−13.7
37	Josh Green	Oregon State	119	33	47.2	41.8	16	48%	9%	29%	+6.2
38	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	118	49	42.9	39.6	19	39%	4%	37%	+1.4
39	Luke Akers	Northwestern	116	41	43.1	39.7	16	40%	3%	42%	+0.9
40	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	116	43	42.9	39.3	19	44%	0%	25%	−2.1
41	CJ Kolodziey	Massachusetts	115	56	41.0	37.1	13	24%	9%	20%	−10.6
42	Luke Elzinga	Oklahoma	115	57	45.2	42.4	24	44%	4%	34%	+13.0
43	Grant Chadwick	Middle Tennessee	114	51	43.6	41.0	22	43%	2%	43%	+1.0
44	Mason Fletcher	Cincinnati	114	42	42.6	38.0	12	29%	10%	32%	−6.2
45	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	113	50	41.2	37.7	13	26%	6%	49%	−9.4
46	Caden Noonkester	NC State	113	46	43.3	39.8	17	38%	4%	48%	+3.2
47	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	107	57	44.6	42.2	18	32%	5%	38%	+14.7
48	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	106	52	45.1	41.9	25	48%	6%	41%	+3.6
49	Luke Freer	Air Force	106	31	47.5	41.4	12	43%	11%	22%	+0.9
50	Jack Culbreath	Wyoming	102	66	40.4	38.2	27	41%	3%	41%	−1.4
51	Tyler Pastula	San Diego State	102	58	46.1	40.7	20	35%	14%	30%	+4.4
52	Clay Lawrence	Fresno State	102	55	40.7	37.4	21	38%	7%	53%	−3.8
53	Keelan Crimmins	Purdue	101	64	44.9	41.8	19	30%	3%	41%	+2.7
54	Lachlan Wilson	California	101	51	45.0	40.2	18	38%	15%	32%	+3.4
55	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	99	55	45.3	42.6	18	34%	6%	31%	+8.2
56	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	97	53	43.8	41.2	15	28%	4%	26%	+1.3
57	Mitch McCarthy	UCF	96	40	44.1	40.7	18	45%	5%	70%	+1.6
58	Dylan Joyce	Miami	95	25	42.7	38.1	10	40%	4%	24%	+0.9
59	Daton Montiel	Florida International	94	57	39.4	36.4	19	33%	7%	38%	−5.9
60	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	92	46	42.4	38.8	17	40%	7%	56%	−1.6
61	Tommy Doman	Michigan	90	49	42.6	39.2	16	33%	6%	46%	−3.3
62	Patrick Rea	Louisiana Tech	88	64	39.4	35.8	23	36%	11%	38%	−9.7
63	Conner Maynard	App State	87	29	41.4	37.0	11	38%	7%	22%	−5.3
64	Eddie Czaplicki	USC	86	40	48.5	45.8	26	65%	3%	35%	+18.0
65	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	85	38	41.9	39.9	9	24%	5%	37%	−1.5
66	Mark Crawford	Minnesota	84	50	43.3	41.1	17	35%	2%	29%	−0.4
67	Ethan Craw	TCU	84	39	42.3	38.6	18	46%	8%	54%	−1.3
68	Brody Richter	UCLA	81	40	42.8	38.9	15	38%	8%	37%	−5.0
69	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	81	47	41.4	39.2	15	33%	7%	22%	+1.1
70	James Rendell	Notre Dame	80	37	41.9	39.8	16	43%	0%	26%	+3.3
71	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Charlotte	80	53	43.0	40.1	16	31%	8%	44%	−6.0
72	Will Karoll	Tulane	79	37	43.2	39.9	11	30%	5%	48%	+3.3
73	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	78	47	44.5	40.3	13	27%	9%	27%	+1.3
74	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	78	60	44.2	41.2	30	51%	8%	50%	+9.0
75	Aidan Swanson	Clemson	77	53	41.5	39.3	19	36%	4%	46%	−0.4
76	Damon Greaves	Kansas	77	33	42.4	38.5	6	19%	6%	32%	−4.4
77	Jeremy Crawshaw	Florida	76	56	45.9	43.2	25	45%	7%	36%	+18.3
78	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	75	70	43.8	41.1	28	40%	9%	45%	+9.4
79	Palmer Williams	Baylor	75	41	49.6	44.9	17	43%	13%	13%	+16.7
80	Alec Clark	Marshall	72	55	42.4	38.2	20	38%	13%	40%	−1.2
81	Ryan Hanson	James Madison	71	45	43.0	38.8	18	39%	9%	23%	+0.8
82	Tyler Loop	Arizona	71	4	41.8	24.0	3	75%	0%	0%	−4.5
83	Seamus Hall	Old Dominion	70	61	41.6	38.1	21	34%	11%	45%	−2.3
84	Michael Kern	Texas	66	31	40.5	37.1	7	23%	6%	53%	−3.8
85	Luke Larsen	East Carolina	64	51	40.9	38.6	19	38%	4%	49%	−3.7
86	Robert Cole	Troy	64	44	36.9	35.3	12	27%	2%	52%	−14.8
87	Liam Dougherty	Houston	63	57	41.9	39.1	20	35%	9%	39%	+1.5
88	Ivan Mora	Wake Forest	63	52	43.0	41.0	23	44%	4%	45%	+7.8
89	Fraser Masin	Ole Miss	61	34	46.2	43.9	17	50%	3%	42%	+10.6
90	Andrew Stokes	South Florida	60	62	44.9	42.6	25	40%	6%	22%	+14.5
91	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	60	32	45.9	40.2	11	35%	10%	27%	+0.7
92	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	60	34	45.0	42.1	10	29%	6%	37%	+6.1
93	Luke Bauer	Missouri	60	44	41.5	38.3	14	32%	9%	38%	−0.1
94	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	59	47	40.4	38.7	19	40%	2%	46%	−2.1
95	Hugh Robertson	Illinois	58	37	40.8	37.8	19	50%	8%	50%	−5.1
96	Ross James	Oregon	56	33	46.5	41.2	9	27%	18%	35%	+3.7
97	Alec Bevelhimer	Miami (OH)	55	55	41.1	40.2	25	47%	0%	53%	+8.6
98	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	55	36	40.6	37.0	12	36%	9%	50%	−1.5
99	Hunter Renner	Northwestern	54	16	43.1	37.3	4	25%	13%	36%	−2.1
100	Devin Bale	Arkansas	52	37	44.9	42.4	12	32%	5%	26%	+9.6
101	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	51	32	43.8	41.9	12	38%	9%	31%	+3.0
102	Dante Atton	Temple	51	75	40.5	39.5	27	36%	1%	46%	+1.4
103	Joshua Sloan	Memphis	51	45	43.4	41.4	17	38%	4%	50%	+4.2
104	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	51	49	40.3	39.0	23	48%	0%	55%	−4.9
105	Brett Thorson	Georgia	50	42	47.6	44.0	23	55%	12%	33%	+14.1
106	Jack Dawson	Jacksonville State	48	48	42.1	40.3	18	38%	4%	55%	−0.4
107	Emilio Duran	Toledo	46	52	42.0	40.0	23	46%	6%	32%	+8.8
108	Hudson Kaak	Oklahoma State	46	31	43.1	40.9	12	35%	12%	45%	+3.6
109	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	45	33	43.7	41.1	17	52%	6%	26%	+6.8
110	Oscar Chapman	Auburn	45	41	42.5	40.8	13	33%	3%	55%	+0.8
111	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	44	58	39.2	37.0	18	32%	7%	38%	−8.8
112	Max Morgan	Liberty	44	37	43.1	39.7	14	38%	11%	48%	+1.5
113	Mitchell Lake	App State	44	11	38.2	34.2	4	36%	0%	27%	−3.5
114	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	43	33	42.9	41.0	15	45%	3%	56%	+7.2
115	Dean Janikowski	Washington State	41	26	42.7	38.3	6	26%	9%	50%	+0.8
116	Carson Bay	Air Force	41	13	40.0	34.5	5	33%	20%	31%	−2.8
117	Marshall Nichols	UNLV	40	44	44.9	39.5	19	42%	18%	17%	+3.6
118	Stephen Kotsanlee	Utah State	40	48	42.6	41.0	12	27%	2%	47%	−2.3
119	Ian Ratliff	Texas	40	8	44.0	34.0	1	13%	25%	13%	−3.6
120	Kai Kroeger	South Carolina	38	45	47.6	42.6	20	45%	14%	39%	+10.7
121	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	36	32	42.3	40.6	12	38%	3%	64%	0.0
122	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	35	54	42.8	41.9	20	38%	0%	59%	+8.0
123	Guy Gillespie	Nevada	35	46	40.3	38.2	21	46%	7%	36%	−1.0
124	James Evans	Indiana	33	30	44.2	42.8	12	41%	0%	35%	+5.7
125	James Wagenseller	Army	32	24	41.7	38.8	9	39%	0%	43%	−1.6
126	Brady Hodges	Louisville	27	23	39.5	36.6	9	39%	9%	40%	−1.6
127	Blake Ochsendorf	LSU	25	12	40.2	36.4	7	58%	8%	45%	−2.1
128	Riley Thompson	Penn State	22	36	42.9	41.2	15	42%	6%	61%	+3.5
129	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	22	9	41.1	38.7	6	67%	0%	14%	+1.0
130	Ivan Zivenko	Boston College	20	25	37.1	36.5	9	38%	0%	42%	−4.7
131	Peyton Todd	LSU	19	18	41.6	40.6	6	33%	0%	53%	+1.2
132	Paddy Turner	Colorado State	18	44	40.4	40.0	20	45%	0%	17%	−1.7
133	Landon Rehkow	BYU	18	4	33.0	28.5	0	0%	0%	0%	−3.3
134	Joe Bowman	UTEP	18	3	26.0	20.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−4.2
135	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	17	24	46.6	42.0	4	19%	10%	57%	+3.2
136	Trey Turk	Middle Tennessee	17	3	40.7	35.0	1	33%	0%	33%	−0.6
137	Jordan Forbes	Arizona	15	5	44.0	41.0	3	60%	0%	25%	+0.8
138	Tyler White	Texas A&M	14	42	45.1	41.9	24	57%	14%	57%	+10.4
139	Jace Gilbert	Iowa State	13	11	40.2	36.6	10	63%	13%	38%	+1.5
140	Jack Martin	South Alabama	12	7	40.6	29.0	3	38%	29%	14%	−4.9
141	Liam Connor	Boston College	12	14	36.3	35.4	4	29%	0%	36%	−5.4
142	Jack Smith	Clemson	11	3	38.0	34.3	2	67%	0%	67%	−1.3
143	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	10	44	41.0	40.3	12	28%	2%	63%	−0.9
144	Noah Grant	UAB	10	2	51.5	46.5	0	0%	0%	0%	+1.7
145	Carter Schwartz	Louisville	9	12	40.2	37.8	3	25%	8%	18%	−1.5
146	Taren Schive	Boise State	9	6	42.7	37.8	3	50%	17%	40%	−0.5
147	James Burnip	Alabama	8	48	44.9	43.7	22	47%	6%	43%	+11.9
148	Cole Snyder	Eastern Michigan	8	3	46.0	43.3	1	33%	0%	0%	+0.5
149	Fabrizio Pinton	Illinois	8	5	43.2	41.6	3	60%	0%	75%	+0.8
150	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	7	44	40.5	39.5	16	36%	5%	51%	−4.3
151	Tom Foley	Northern Illinois	7	38	38.5	36.7	13	34%	8%	64%	−8.7
152	John Henderson	Bowling Green	6	48	40.8	40.3	24	50%	2%	53%	+2.3
153	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	6	30	39.5	39.3	8	27%	0%	50%	−1.6
154	Kadin Semonza	Ball State	6	6	33.7	26.0	2	33%	33%	0%	−1.0
155	Dino Beslagic	San José State	4	12	39.6	35.9	9	75%	17%	30%	+1.7
156	Wilson Berry	Kentucky	4	12	40.3	40.0	5	42%	0%	50%	+0.1
157	Ryan Marks	Utah State	2	6	42.2	35.2	4	67%	33%	0%	+0.4
158	Conor Hunt	Rice	1	12	35.8	34.0	10	83%	8%	29%	+0.6

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