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25
Type
Leaderboard
Section
All-Time Individual Leaders on Special Teams
Group
PUNT RETURNS
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Jack Mitchell

Oklahoma

1946-1948

#1
Yards
39
TDs
922
Yards/return
7

Christian Kirk

Texas A&M

2015-2017

#2
Yards
37
TDs
814
Yards/return
6

Gene Gibson

Cincinnati

1949-1950

#3
Yards
37
TDs
760
Yards/return
4

Floyd Little

Syracuse

1964-1966

#4
Yards
43
TDs
845
Yards/return
19.65

Eddie Macon

Pacific

1949-1951

#5
Yards
48
TDs
907
Yards/return
4

Jackie Robinson

UCLA

1939-1940

#6
Yards
37
TDs
694
Yards/return
2

Dan Shelton

NIU

2001-2004

#7
Yards
57
TDs
1,021
Yards/return
4

Wilford White

Arizona St.

1947-1950

#8
Yards
45
TDs
798
Yards/return
17.73

Mike Fuller

Auburn

1972-1974

#9
Yards
50
TDs
883
Yards/return
3

Bobby Dillon

Texas

1949-1951

#10
Yards
47
TDs
830
Yards/return
1

Bobby Newcombe

Nebraska

1997-2000

#11
Yards
48
TDs
829
Yards/return
3

James Dye

BYU/Utah St.

1992-1993

#12
Yards
61
TDs
1,046
Yards/return
5

Erroll Tucker

Utah

1984-1985

#13
Yards
38
TDs
650
Yards/return
3

George Hoey

Michigan

1966-1968

#14
Yards
31
TDs
529
Yards/return
1

Jack Christiansen

Colorado St.

1948-1950

#15
Yards
37
TDs
626
Yards/return
2

Henry Pryor

Rutgers

1948-1949

#16
Yards
37
TDs
625
Yards/return
1

Adolph Bellizeare

Penn

1972-1974

#17
Yards
33
TDs
557
Yards/return
3

Clifton Smith

Fresno St.

2004-2007

#18
Yards
47
TDs
782
Yards/return
5

Ken Hatfield

Arkansas

1962-1964

#19
Yards
70
TDs
1,135
Yards/return
5

Shaky Smithson

Utah

2009-2010

#20
Yards
43
TDs
695
Yards/return
2

Gene Rossides

Columbia

1945-1948

#21
Yards
53
TDs
851
Yards/return
3

Bill Hillenbrand

Indiana

1941-1942

#22
Yards
65
TDs
1,042
Yards/return
2

David Allen

Kansas St.

1997-2000

#23
Yards
103
TDs
1,645
Yards/return
2

Dejuan Groce

Nebraska

2000-2002

#24
Yards
76
TDs
1,201
Yards/return
5

Andre Davis

Virginia Tech 1998-01 53 833 4 15.72 Annual Champions (Ranked on Total Yards Until

1970

#25
Yards
Not listed
TDs
Not listed
Yards/return
Not listed

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