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Leaderboard

Season Average (Minimum 1.2 returns per game)

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Type
Leaderboard
Section
All-Time Individual Leaders on Special Teams
Group
KICKOFF RETURNS
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Kylen Towner

Western Ky.

2016

#1
Kick returns
26
Yards
1,048
TDs
1
Yards/return
40.31

Paul Allen

BYU

1961

#2
Kick returns
12
Yards
481
TDs
40.08
Yards/return
Not listed

Tony Pollard

Memphis

2017

#3
Kick returns
22
Yards
881
TDs
4
Yards/return
40.05

Tremain Mack

Miami (FL)

1996

#4
Kick returns
13
Yards
514
TDs
1
Yards/return
39.54

Leeland McElroy

Texas A&M

1993

#5
Kick returns
15
Yards
590
TDs
3
Yards/return
39.33

Doak Walker

SMU

1947

#6
Kick returns
10
Yards
387
TDs
38.70
Yards/return
Not listed

JJ Nelson

UAB

2014

#7
Kick returns
22
Yards
843
TDs
4
Yards/return
38.32

Evan Berry

Tennessee

2015

#8
Kick returns
21
Yards
804
TDs
3
Yards/return
38.29

Forrest Hall

San Francisco

1946

#9
Kick returns
15
Yards
573
TDs
38.20
Yards/return
Not listed

Ray Fisher

Indiana

2009

#10
Kick returns
17
Yards
635
TDs
2
Yards/return
37.35

Kermit Whitfield

Florida St.

2013

#11
Kick returns
17
Yards
619
TDs
2
Yards/return
36.41

Tony Ball

Chattanooga

1977

#12
Kick returns
13
Yards
473
TDs
0
Yards/return
36.38

Barion Brown

Kentucky

2023

#13
Kick returns
16
Yards
576
TDs
3
Yards/return
36.00

George Marinkov

NC State

1954

#14
Kick returns
13
Yards
465
TDs
35.77
Yards/return
Not listed

A.J. Jefferson

Fresno St.

2007

#15
Kick returns
26
Yards
930
TDs
2
Yards/return
35.77

Nick Williams

UConn

2010

#16
Kick returns
17
Yards
600
TDs
35.29
Yards/return
Not listed

Bob Baker

Cornell

1964

#17
Kick returns
11
Yards
386
TDs
35.09
Yards/return
Not listed

Paul Copoulos

Marquette

1943

#18
Kick returns
11
Yards
384
TDs
34.91
Yards/return
Not listed

Eric Booth

Southern Miss.

1997

#19
Kick returns
22
Yards
766
TDs
2
Yards/return
34.82

Chris Massey

Oklahoma St.

2001

#20
Kick returns
15
Yards
522
TDs
1
Yards/return
34.80

Don Perkins

New Mexico

1959

#21
Kick returns
15
Yards
520
TDs
34.67
Yards/return
Not listed

Zonovan Knight

NC State

2021

#22
Kick returns
16
Yards
550
TDs
2
Yards/return
34.38

Robert Tate

Cincinnati

1995

#23
Kick returns
15
Yards
515
TDs
1
Yards/return
34.33

Bryan Massey

SMU

2021

#24
Kick returns
20
Yards
686
TDs
2
Yards/return
34.30

Quincy McDuffie

UCF

2012

#25
Kick returns
17
Yards
582
TDs
3
Yards/return
34.24

D.J. Reed

Kansas St.

2017

#26
Kick returns
17
Yards
582
TDs
1
Yards/return
34.24

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