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Leaderboard

Season Average (Minimum 1.2 returns per game)

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Type
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Section
All-Time Individual Leaders on Special Teams
Group
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Steve Holden

Arizona St.

1970

#1
Yards
17
TDs
327
Long
2

Golden Richards

BYU

1971

#2
Yards
33
TDs
624
Long
4

Randy Rhino

Georgia Tech

1972

#3
Yards
25
TDs
441
Long
1

Gary Hayman

Penn St.

1973

#4
Yards
23
TDs
442
Long
1

John Provost

Holy Cross

1974

#5
Yards
13
TDs
238
Long
2

Donnie Ross

New Mexico St.

1975

#6
Yards
21
TDs
338
Long
1

Henry Jenkins

Rutgers

1976

#7
Yards
30
TDs
449
Long
0

Robert Woods

Grambling

1977

#8
Yards
11
TDs
279
Long
3

Ira Matthews

Wisconsin

1978

#9
Yards
16
TDs
270
Long
3

Jeffrey Shockley

Tennessee St.

1979

#10
Yards
27
TDs
456
Long
1

Scott Woerner

Georgia

1980

#11
Yards
31
TDs
488
Long
1

Glen Young

Mississippi St.

1981

#12
Yards
19
TDs
307
Long
2

Lionel James

Auburn

1982

#13
Yards
25
TDs
394
Long
0

Jim Sandusky

San Diego St.

1983

#14
Yards
20
TDs
381
Long
1

Ricky Nattiel

Florida

1984

#15
Yards
22
TDs
346
Long
1

Erroll Tucker

Utah

1985

#16
Yards
16
TDs
389
Long
2

Rod Smith

Nebraska

1986

#17
Yards
12
TDs
227
Long
1

Alan Grant

Stanford

1987

#18
Yards
27
TDs
446
Long
2

Deion Sanders

Florida St.

1988

#19
Yards
33
TDs
503
Long
1

Larry Hargrove

Ohio

1989

#20
Yards
17
TDs
309
Long
2

Dave McCloughan

Colorado

1990

#21
Yards
32
TDs
524
Long
2

Bo Campbell

Virginia Tech

1991

#22
Yards
15
TDs
273
Long
0

Lee Gissendaner

Northwestern

1992

#23
Yards
15
TDs
327
Long
1

Aaron Glenn

Texas A&M

1993

#24
Yards
17
TDs
339
Long
2

Steve Clay

Eastern Mich.

1994

#25
Yards
14
TDs
278
Long
1

James Dye

BYU

1995

#26
Yards
20
TDs
438
Long
2

Allen Rossum

Notre Dame

1996

#27
Yards
15
TDs
344
Long
3

Tim Dwight

Iowa

1997

#28
Yards
19
TDs
367
Long
3

David Allen

Kansas St.

1998

#29
Yards
33
TDs
730
Long
4

Dennis Northcutt

Arizona

1999

#30
Yards
23
TDs
436
Long
2

Aaron Lockett

Kansas St.

2000

#31
Yards
22
TDs
501
Long
3

Roman Hollowell

Colorado

2001

#32
Yards
29
TDs
522
Long
2

Dan Sheldon

NIU

2002

#33
Yards
21
TDs
477
Long
3

Skyler Green

LSU

2003

#34
Yards
25
TDs
462
Long
2

Ted Ginn Jr.

Ohio St.

2004

#35
Yards
15
TDs
384
Long
4

Maurice Drew

UCLA

2005

#36
Yards
15
TDs
427
Long
3

DeSean Jackson

California

2006

#37
Yards
25
TDs
455
Long
4

Kevin Robinson

Utah St.

2007

#38
Yards
20
TDs
378
Long
1

Antonio Brown

Central Mich.

2008

#39
Yards
20
TDs
410
Long
1

Greg Reid

Florida St.

2009

#40
Yards
21
TDs
387
Long
1

Shaky Smithson

Utah

2010

#41
Yards
30
TDs
572
Long
2

Dustin Harris

Texas A&M

2011

#42
Yards
18
TDs
335
Long
1

Tramaine Thompson

Kansas St.

2012

#43
Yards
16
TDs
316
Long
1

Ryan Switzer

North Carolina

2013

#44
Yards
24
TDs
502
Long
5

Tyler Lockett

Kansas St.

2014

#45
Yards
21
TDs
402
Long
2

Cameron Sutton

Tennessee

2015

#46
Yards
25
TDs
467
Long
2

Brisly Estime

Syracuse

2016

#47
Yards
16
TDs
283
Long
0

Dante Pettis

Washington

2017

#48
Yards
21
TDs
428
Long
4

Marcus Hayes

New Mexico

2018

#49
Yards
15
TDs
318
Long
1

Jaylen Waddle

Alabama

2019

#50
Yards
20
TDs
487
Long
1

Marcus Jones

Houston

2020

#51
Yards
17
TDs
337
Long
1

Kalil Pimpleton

Central Mich.

2021

#52
Yards
16
TDs
305
Long
2

Anthony Gould

Oregon St.

2022

#53
Yards
14
TDs
256
Long
2

Zachariah Branch

Southern

2023

#54
Yards
16
TDs
332
Long
1

Kam Shanks

UAB

2024

#55
Yards
16
TDs
329
Long
2

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