2025 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 2025, AJ Winsor (488) led college football punters in punt return yards allowed, ahead of Grant Chadwick (360) and Ryan Eckley (327). 158 punters qualify.

Final 2025 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	AJ Winsor	Oregon State	488	62	44.7	34.5	15	24%	8%	16%	−22.1
2	Grant Chadwick	LSU	360	59	45.3	38.2	21	36%	8%	35%	−4.8
3	Ryan Eckley	Michigan State	327	49	48.5	40.8	21	42%	2%	27%	−8.0
4	Reed Chandley	Georgia State	301	54	45.8	39.5	23	43%	4%	21%	−2.4
5	Nick Veltsistas	Virginia Tech	262	47	45.4	37.3	18	38%	9%	36%	−7.3
6	Caile Hogan	UTSA	257	50	44.9	39.8	15	32%	6%	35%	−3.4
7	Daniel Sparks	Virginia	257	35	47.5	37.9	14	40%	11%	19%	−0.4
8	Keegan Andrews	Massachusetts	252	69	46.5	41.7	32	45%	3%	39%	+5.0
9	Aidan Flintoft	Stanford	246	58	43.3	39.1	15	27%	2%	30%	−2.1
10	Liam Dougherty	Houston	228	50	44.3	37.0	18	35%	14%	36%	−9.2
11	Trey Wilhoit	Florida International	222	50	43.5	38.6	14	28%	4%	52%	−3.1
12	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	219	51	48.7	42.4	14	27%	10%	33%	+3.7
13	Noah Botsford	UTEP	217	59	45.6	41.2	19	32%	7%	4%	+5.1
14	Emile Sebafundi	Coastal Carolina	215	62	42.5	37.1	17	27%	7%	31%	−11.2
15	Kanyon Floyd	Arizona State	210	36	41.4	34.5	8	22%	6%	36%	−13.7
16	Damon Greaves	Colorado	209	64	43.7	38.3	16	25%	8%	35%	−2.6
17	Alex Bacchetta	Rice	194	60	44.6	39.5	20	32%	8%	42%	+3.3
18	Bronson Long	Charlotte	192	70	42.7	38.4	19	28%	6%	48%	−5.4
19	Bart Edmiston	Wyoming	191	65	46.1	38.6	25	37%	17%	20%	+3.1
20	Billy Gowers	Hawai'i	190	46	46.4	41.4	24	52%	4%	37%	+2.6
21	Aleksi Pulkkinen	South Alabama	186	49	40.4	36.2	11	22%	6%	24%	−10.1
22	John Henderson	Bowling Green	184	59	40.5	35.4	20	34%	10%	43%	−18.4
23	Aidan Laros	Kentucky	179	50	44.5	38.6	20	39%	8%	51%	+2.1
24	Oliver Straw	West Virginia	177	66	42.5	38.9	17	26%	5%	22%	−7.0
25	Grayson Miller	Oklahoma	173	54	46.2	40.3	30	58%	12%	26%	+3.5
26	Adam Saul	Ball State	172	70	40.7	37.4	17	24%	4%	44%	−12.8
27	Caden Noonkester	NC State	172	52	43.6	39.0	23	45%	6%	48%	−1.5
28	Anthony Venneri	UCF	165	48	40.7	35.6	19	40%	8%	36%	−9.3
29	Joseph Castle	Akron	158	48	42.8	36.6	17	35%	10%	35%	−5.5
30	Jack Stonehouse	Syracuse	150	60	46.5	41.6	15	26%	10%	52%	+8.9
31	Will Karoll	UCLA	149	44	43.5	39.2	12	27%	5%	39%	−0.5
32	Declan Duley	Central Michigan	148	50	40.9	36.7	18	37%	6%	59%	−6.2
33	Jack Bouwmeester	Texas	145	55	44.7	38.4	24	43%	15%	43%	+1.5
34	Evan Crenshaw	Troy	144	65	45.8	41.7	32	49%	6%	30%	+5.8
35	Makenzie Ryan	UL Monroe	143	60	38.9	35.5	14	23%	5%	45%	−21.5
36	Mitchell Tomasek	Eastern Michigan	142	48	45.1	40.8	10	20%	14%	26%	+0.1
37	Tom Maginness	North Carolina	141	56	42.7	39.8	21	38%	2%	47%	+2.8
38	Finn Lappin	Kansas	140	39	45.3	41.2	13	33%	3%	44%	+1.7
39	John Hoyet Chance	Louisiana Tech	138	58	47.0	42.9	27	47%	9%	33%	+11.3
40	Ian Ratliff	App State	133	54	43.9	41.1	11	20%	2%	52%	+6.0
41	Tom Weston	Minnesota	132	59	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	31%	+1.4
42	Landon Rehkow	Utah State	131	61	42.7	38.5	19	31%	7%	32%	−6.8
43	Hunter Green	San Diego State	129	59	46.6	41.2	29	49%	17%	41%	+10.2
44	Wes Pahl	Oklahoma State	128	64	46.5	42.6	21	32%	6%	36%	+1.5
45	Patrick Foley	UAB	127	30	41.6	34.2	6	19%	10%	33%	−17.6
46	Brook Honore Jr.	California	127	20	41.4	35.4	6	27%	0%	12%	−6.8
47	Bailey Ettridge	Nevada	126	45	45.1	41.5	18	39%	4%	58%	+7.7
48	Sean West	Wisconsin	123	26	47.4	39.1	9	36%	8%	25%	0.0
49	Stewart McDonald	Missouri State	122	42	42.7	36.1	13	32%	15%	29%	−11.2
50	Curtis Gerrand	Sam Houston	119	64	43.0	40.4	23	37%	3%	56%	+2.5
51	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State	117	57	47.9	44.1	15	26%	9%	19%	+17.4
52	Sam Vander Haar	BYU	116	38	42.5	38.8	16	43%	3%	61%	+0.4
53	Max Fletcher	Cincinnati	112	35	45.8	42.0	17	49%	3%	45%	−3.4
54	Blake Doud	Alabama	110	41	42.9	38.8	15	36%	2%	49%	−0.4
55	Ian Brandt	Old Dominion	109	41	41.0	35.4	18	41%	7%	53%	−9.3
56	Brenden Lach	Delaware	107	42	39.5	35.6	15	35%	2%	47%	−7.4
57	Charlie Durkin	Kent State	107	48	41.1	37.3	13	28%	4%	29%	−11.3
58	Alex Smith	Georgia Southern	105	54	42.6	39.6	15	28%	6%	49%	−2.3
59	Trent Carrizosa	San José State	105	39	45.6	40.1	12	32%	13%	44%	−6.1
60	Devin Bale	Arkansas	105	34	45.6	39.0	14	40%	12%	35%	−0.3
61	Dylan Drennan	Buffalo	103	64	44.8	41.6	26	41%	8%	21%	+7.8
62	Sam Johnson	USC	102	20	41.4	35.3	6	30%	5%	50%	−6.2
63	Chase Leon	South Florida	102	32	43.0	39.2	15	47%	3%	44%	−2.9
64	Marshall Nichols	Georgia Tech	101	31	47.3	42.0	13	42%	10%	29%	+7.7
65	Atticus Bertrams	Wisconsin	100	35	41.8	35.9	17	44%	5%	14%	−5.6
66	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	100	28	44.9	41.3	12	43%	0%	33%	+1.6
67	Hudson Hollenbeck	Michigan	99	38	43.0	37.8	11	28%	8%	32%	−2.1
68	Jake Ference	Northern Illinois	94	30	43.7	39.9	7	23%	3%	48%	+0.3
69	Nathan Torney	Louisiana	91	50	42.1	39.4	10	20%	4%	37%	−6.7
70	Ashton Logan	Middle Tennessee	90	66	44.6	41.1	33	50%	11%	41%	+9.2
71	Cal Joseph	Wake Forest	86	57	38.1	35.1	20	35%	4%	60%	−13.9
72	Daniel Hughes	New Mexico	82	35	45.5	42.1	11	29%	5%	41%	+7.9
73	Ryan Millmore	Western Michigan	82	53	42.1	38.4	22	42%	10%	49%	+4.1
74	Anthony Frederique	Missouri State	82	11	36.9	29.5	7	54%	0%	33%	−4.4
75	Wade McSparron	SMU	80	52	42.4	39.1	16	31%	8%	45%	+2.1
76	Pierse Stainton	Miami (OH)	80	59	41.9	40.0	25	43%	3%	60%	+11.1
77	Emilio Duran	Toledo	79	60	40.6	37.3	23	38%	10%	47%	−5.4
78	Caleb Junko	Pittsburgh	79	48	44.5	40.7	12	25%	10%	41%	+0.3
79	Elijah Slibeck	Virginia	78	11	46.2	37.3	4	36%	9%	30%	−2.7
80	Luke Dunne	Washington	77	28	40.2	33.6	7	23%	14%	26%	−8.5
81	Nathan Totten	Marshall	76	55	44.9	40.4	26	45%	18%	47%	+10.4
82	Alec Clark	Tulane	75	45	46.8	43.4	17	38%	9%	38%	+13.1
83	Connor Stutz	UConn	73	44	45.5	41.0	23	51%	13%	45%	+7.8
84	Mason Love	South Carolina	72	53	45.1	41.4	18	33%	8%	39%	+6.9
85	Conor Donaghy	Jacksonville State	72	47	39.6	37.1	17	37%	4%	53%	−3.0
86	Oscar Doyle	Boise State	71	52	43.7	40.4	18	35%	10%	60%	+5.2
87	Max Morgan	Liberty	69	46	41.2	38.8	14	31%	9%	53%	−4.4
88	Ethan Pulliam	Mississippi State	69	40	46.7	45.9	10	26%	0%	48%	+14.0
89	Tyler White	Texas A&M	69	44	44.4	40.9	18	41%	5%	42%	+4.0
90	Luke Akers	Northwestern	68	32	45.4	40.7	10	32%	13%	39%	+6.8
91	Simon McClannan	Kansas State	67	48	42.5	39.5	19	40%	9%	39%	+2.4
92	Angus Davies	Tulsa	67	46	43.3	41.6	21	43%	0%	42%	+0.3
93	Tomas O'Halloran	East Carolina	66	18	42.7	37.9	6	33%	6%	53%	−2.0
94	Cam Brown	UNLV	65	43	44.0	41.1	15	35%	7%	36%	−0.1
95	Jack McCallister	Purdue	62	50	43.2	40.8	24	48%	4%	44%	+6.5
96	Max Dean	New Mexico State	60	55	42.3	39.7	20	36%	5%	42%	−0.8
97	Jakob Anderson	Rutgers	59	33	44.2	41.8	12	36%	3%	62%	+4.6
98	Daniel Vuckovic	Northern Illinois	58	25	42.3	35.0	10	36%	4%	22%	−5.4
99	Mitch McCarthy	Indiana	58	27	39.8	37.7	11	41%	0%	36%	−0.5
100	Jacob Carlson	Navy	57	32	44.6	40.3	14	44%	13%	29%	+3.9
101	Magnus Haines	Ohio	55	38	42.2	39.9	16	43%	5%	46%	+1.7
102	Jack Burgess	Texas Tech	55	40	43.4	41.0	19	48%	5%	53%	+7.9
103	Connor Weselman	Missouri	52	41	41.8	39.0	14	34%	7%	55%	−0.6
104	Luke Freer	Air Force	52	23	44.5	41.4	12	52%	4%	33%	+0.9
105	Isaac Lovison	Arizona	52	32	42.6	39.8	12	38%	6%	56%	−1.6
106	Kade Reynoldson	Duke	51	39	44.5	41.1	18	45%	5%	55%	+6.9
107	Rhys Dakin	Iowa	51	39	43.2	40.1	17	45%	8%	60%	+5.3
108	Tommy Doman	Florida	50	50	44.0	41.1	18	38%	8%	45%	+3.0
109	Michael Kern	California	49	38	41.6	38.7	9	24%	8%	42%	−3.7
110	Shamus Florio	Boston College	48	49	39.7	38.3	16	31%	2%	27%	+0.8
111	Hudson Kaak	Auburn	48	49	42.0	40.7	13	27%	2%	63%	+4.2
112	Bryce McFerson	Maryland	47	56	44.2	40.4	20	36%	15%	47%	+0.5
113	Gabriel Nwosu	Penn State	47	35	46.1	42.9	14	42%	9%	46%	+9.5
114	Oscar Bird	Ole Miss	46	32	45.9	43.8	10	31%	3%	29%	+11.0
115	Nick Haberer	Vanderbilt	46	23	46.7	43.0	10	43%	9%	50%	+7.0
116	Dylan Joyce	Miami	44	37	44.4	40.5	19	51%	14%	43%	+4.6
117	Brayden Johnson	Akron	44	12	40.1	36.4	7	58%	0%	14%	−5.5
118	Reed Harradine	Southern Miss	43	34	40.8	38.7	6	18%	3%	39%	−3.5
119	David Nunez	Texas State	41	36	40.4	38.2	12	32%	5%	58%	+0.4
120	Ryan Harris	Washington State	39	51	40.9	38.3	18	35%	6%	58%	+0.1
121	Jackson Ross	Tennessee	37	37	44.3	42.2	19	51%	5%	56%	+6.9
122	James Wagenseller	Army	35	32	43.1	40.8	15	47%	6%	48%	+5.6
123	Keelan Crimmins	Illinois	32	35	44.0	38.5	9	25%	17%	56%	−0.8
124	Ryan Leavy	East Carolina	30	20	39.1	37.6	4	20%	0%	50%	−2.7
125	Patrick Rea	James Madison	29	43	40.7	38.9	17	40%	5%	62%	+0.1
126	Nick Verdugo	Fresno State	27	47	40.6	39.6	16	33%	2%	74%	+7.7
127	Orion Phillips	Utah	27	35	42.9	40.4	13	38%	9%	44%	+6.2
128	Mac Chiumento	Florida State	27	26	44.2	40.7	13	46%	4%	70%	+2.8
129	Palmer Williams	Baylor	24	27	46.9	46.3	11	41%	4%	26%	+9.4
130	Dante Atton	Temple	24	62	42.2	41.4	26	43%	2%	80%	+5.7
131	David Barker	New Mexico State	24	6	44.5	40.5	2	33%	0%	17%	+0.4
132	Matt McKenzie	Arizona State	24	10	35.2	32.8	1	10%	0%	50%	−5.7
133	Archie Wilson	Nebraska	23	32	38.9	37.6	14	44%	3%	48%	−1.8
134	Tyler Perkins	Iowa State	22	42	42.4	40.9	19	45%	5%	57%	+5.5
135	Lachlan Carrigan	Memphis	22	42	43.4	41.2	20	47%	9%	67%	+7.4
136	Ethan Craw	TCU	21	41	41.5	38.7	14	35%	10%	39%	+0.8
137	Cade Backe	Jacksonville State	21	7	40.3	37.3	2	29%	0%	50%	−2.1
138	Joshua Huiet	Kennesaw State	19	57	41.3	39.7	25	43%	4%	52%	+1.0
139	Brett Thorson	Georgia	19	42	45.2	42.7	20	49%	10%	62%	+10.1
140	Sawyer Evans	North Texas	19	28	40.8	39.8	10	38%	4%	61%	−0.5
141	Jack Murley	Southern Miss	18	23	36.5	34.5	14	58%	8%	18%	+0.3
142	Jackson Waller	Arkansas State	18	54	41.4	40.3	24	44%	4%	35%	+0.9
143	William Hudlow	Tulane	17	1	34.0	17.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.4
144	Quinn Warren	Indiana	15	6	48.0	45.5	3	50%	0%	0%	+1.9
145	Drew Miller	Georgia	14	6	48.0	42.3	3	50%	17%	40%	+2.1
146	David Chapeau	Louisville	11	38	39.7	37.8	18	49%	8%	59%	+1.2
147	James Rendell	Notre Dame	11	25	44.6	43.4	13	54%	4%	64%	+7.8
148	Jake Stoeckel	Kent State	11	9	31.3	31.7	3	30%	0%	29%	−0.6
149	Joe McGuire	Ohio State	7	24	42.0	40.0	8	33%	8%	55%	+1.3
150	Joe McFadden	Nevada	7	2	39.5	36.0	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.4
151	Jack Smith	Clemson	6	45	42.1	41.1	22	49%	4%	56%	+8.3
152	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Oregon	5	29	42.1	39.9	13	46%	11%	55%	+1.4
153	Tashi Dorje	San Diego State	5	3	50.0	48.3	0	0%	0%	67%	+2.2
154	Carter Schwartz	Louisville	3	14	39.6	39.3	5	33%	0%	50%	−1.5
155	Baylor Hayes	Tulsa	2	2	36.5	35.5	0	0%	0%	0%	0.0
156	Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi	Colorado State	2	2	40.5	39.5	2	100%	0%	0%	+0.6
157	Steve Angeli	Syracuse	2	2	36.0	43.3	2	50%	0%	33%	+2.2
158	Jackson Kleather	Bowling Green	1	2	49.5	49.0	1	50%	0%	0%	+1.3

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