What Does Kick Return Average Measure?
Kick return average is kickoff-return yards divided by kickoff returns. This table ranks college football players for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.
College Football Kick Return Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | Ross Fournet | FIU | WR | 14.5 | 18.0 | - | - | - | 14.5 | - |
| 400 | Victor Snow |  | WR | 14.5 | - | 24.0 | 24.0 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 24.0 |
| 403 | Jason Patterson |  | RB | 14.3 | 15.0 | - | - | - | - | 14.3 |
| 403 | Amari Brundidge | UAB | RB | 14.3 | 6.0 | 14.3 | - | - | 19.0 | 5.0 |
| 405 | Kaden Cloud | AF | RB | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | 14.0 |
| 405 | Rod Elston | JXST | S | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | 14.0 |
| 405 | Robby Preckel |  | TE | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | 14.0 | - |
| 405 | Kale Smith | OKST | CB | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | 14.0 |
| 405 | Semaj Pierre | RICE | WR | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | 14.0 | - |
| 405 | Mikey Matthews |  | WR | 14.0 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | 21.0 | 7.0 |
| 405 | Rocky Beers | CSU | TE | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | 14.0 |
| 405 | E. Jai Mason | CLT | WR | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | 14.0 |
| 405 | Chris Crouch | GASO | DB | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | 14.0 |
| 405 | Josh Williamson | KENN | WR | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | 14.0 | - |
| 405 | Mario Sanders II |  | WR | 14.0 | 14.0 | - | - | - | 14.0 | - |
| 416 | Cataurus Hicks |  | WR | 13.8 | 3.0 | 13.8 | - | - | 13.8 | 14.0 |
| 417 | Reed Linder | ARST | WR | 13.7 | 19.0 | 13.0 | - | - | 15.5 | 13.0 |
| 417 | Antonio Harris |  | RB | 13.7 | 2.0 | 13.7 | - | - | 19.5 | 2.0 |
| 419 | Darrell Smith | UL | RB | 13.5 | 13.5 | - | - | - | 13.5 | - |
| 419 | Lavon Brown | CSU | WR | 13.5 | 13.5 | - | - | - | 13.5 | - |
| 419 | Cameron Seldon |  | WR | 13.5 | 6.0 | 13.5 | - | - | 16.0 | 6.0 |
| 422 | Sam Jackson | OKST | WR | 13.4 | 0.0 | 13.4 | - | - | 13.7 | 13.0 |
| 423 | Kaleb Mathis | COLO | WR | 13.3 | 13.3 | - | - | - | - | 13.3 |
| 423 | Clay Thevenin | LT | RB | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 13.3 | - | 11.0 | 15.0 |
| 423 | Gregory DeRosiers | MEM | RB | 13.3 | 13.3 | - | - | - | 13.3 | - |
| 426 | Cole Tabb |  | RB | 13.2 | 9.0 | 13.2 | - | - | 14.5 | 12.3 |
| 426 | Brandon Inniss |  | WR | 13.2 | 23.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 15.3 | 7.3 | 37.0 |
| 426 | Elijah Tau-Tolliver |  | RB | 13.2 | 18.0 | 14.2 | - | - | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| 429 | Lincoln Pare | TXST | RB | 13.0 | 13.0 | - | - | - | 13.0 | - |
| 429 | Daylon Gordon |  | RB | 13.0 | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | 13.0 |
| 429 | Johnnie Daniels |  | RB | 13.0 | 13.0 | - | - | - | 13.0 | - |
| 429 | Landon Phipps |  | DB | 13.0 | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | 13.0 |
| 429 | Christian Moore | | TE | 13.0 | 13.0 | - | - | - | 13.0 | - |
| 429 | Nic Trujillo | ULM | WR | 13.0 | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | 13.0 |
| 429 | Marquez Taylor | UTEP | RB | 13.0 | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | 13.0 |
| 429 | Will Hardy |  | DB | 13.0 | 17.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | - | 9.0 | 17.0 |
| 437 | Nik Henry | UTEP | WR | 12.8 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 12.8 | - | 12.1 | 16.5 |
| 438 | Nate Sullivan Jr. | ULM | TE | 12.5 | 18.0 | - | - | - | - | 12.5 |
| 439 | Will Nixon |  | RB | 12.3 | 12.3 | - | - | - | - | 12.3 |
| 440 | Josh Beetham | | TE | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | 12.0 |
| 440 | Jacob Emmers | TLSA | WR | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | 12.0 |
| 440 | Kezion Dia-Johnson | MASS | WR | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 |
| 440 | Asaad Waseem | FAU | WR | 12.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | - | - | 12.0 | - |
| 440 | Miles Parker | ECU | DL | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 | - |
| 440 | Zeke Moore |  | TE | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 | - |
| 440 | Ethan Dirrim | GASO | TE | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | 12.0 |
| 440 | Lamar Sperling | | RB | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 | - |
| 440 | Jaydyn Johnson | MRSH | LB | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 | - |
| 440 | Ryan Ward | WVU | TE | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 | - |
| 440 | Andrew Paul | JXST | RB | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 | - |
| 440 | Jaden Hart | | RB | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 | - |
| 452 | Rico Scott |  | WR | 11.7 | 17.0 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 453 | Coleson Fields |  | RB | 11.6 | 18.0 | 11.6 | - | - | 18.0 | 7.3 |
| 454 | Ofa Mataele |  | RB | 11.5 | 11.5 | - | - | - | 11.5 | - |
| 454 | Mason Williams | OHIO | TE | 11.5 | 11.5 | - | - | - | - | 11.5 |
| 454 | Cole Mullins |  | DL | 11.5 | 11.5 | - | - | - | - | 11.5 |
| 457 | Josiah Sharma |  | DL | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 457 | Jordan Washington | | TE | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 457 | Trelain Maddox | | RB | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | 11.0 |
| 457 | Nate Marshall |  | EDGE | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | 11.0 |
| 457 | Josiah Zamora |  | WR | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 457 | Derek Weisskopf |  | LB | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 457 | AJ Szymanski |  | TE | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 457 | Fitzgerald West Jr. | UL | DL | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 457 | Bryce Caufield | ORST | TE | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 457 | Zeke Berry | | DB | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | 11.0 |
| 457 | DeAndre Moore Jr. | | WR | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 11.0 |
| 457 | Brady Hunt |  | TE | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | 11.0 |
| 457 | Gavin Grover |  | TE | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | 11.0 |
| 457 | Khamari Anderson |  | TE | 11.0 | 8.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 457 | Roger Saleapaga |  | TE | 11.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 472 | Dominic Knicely | CCU | RB | 10.7 | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3.0 | 14.5 |
| 473 | Caleb Merritt |  | DT | 10.5 | 10.5 | - | - | - | - | 10.5 |
| 473 | Mitch Bolden | M-OH | TE | 10.5 | 13.0 | - | - | - | 10.5 | - |
| 473 | Jamal Roberts |  | RB | 10.5 | -5.0 | - | - | - | 10.5 | - |
| 473 | Elliott Brow |  | WR | 10.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 | - | - | 10.5 | - |
| 473 | Nick Townsend | | TE | 10.5 | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10.5 | - |
| 478 | Wondame Davis Jr. | UTEP | WR | 10.2 | 11.8 | - | - | - | 2.0 | 11.8 |
| 479 | Kelsey Johnson |  | TE | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | 10.0 | - |
| 479 | Mekhi Nelson |  | RB | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | 10.0 |
| 479 | Dezmen Roebuck |  | WR | 10.0 | - | - | 10.0 | - | - | 10.0 |
| 479 | James Peoples | | RB | 10.0 | 2.0 | - | - | - | 10.0 | - |
| 479 | Marshall Landwehr | | LB | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | 10.0 | - |
| 479 | JoJo Stone | FIU | WR | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | 10.0 |
| 479 | Colin O'Carroll | TULN | OL | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | 10.0 |
| 479 | Decker DeGraaf | | TE | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | 10.0 | - |
| 479 | Maguire Anderson | FIU | WR | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | 10.0 |
| 479 | Cade Conley | | TE | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | 10.0 |
| 479 | DeAndre Gill | CSU | DL | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | 10.0 | - |
| 479 | J.Michael Sturdivant |  | WR | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | 10.0 | - |
| 479 | Makel Green | TROY | DE | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | 10.0 |
| 479 | Dallen Bentley |  | TE | 10.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | 10.0 |
| 493 | Brock Townsend | CMU | RB | 9.5 | 19.0 | - | - | - | 9.5 | - |
| 493 | Aneyas Williams | | RB | 9.5 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 8.0 | 11.0 |
| 495 | Titus Lyons | TXST | TE | 9.3 | 17.0 | 9.3 | - | - | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| 496 | Jake Thaw | DEL | WR | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | - | - | - | 9.0 |
| 496 | Royal Capell | OKST | WR | 9.0 | 9.0 | - | - | - | 9.0 | - |
| 496 | Tyler Holzworth |  | RB | 9.0 | 9.0 | - | - | - | 9.0 | - |
| 496 | Omiri Wiggins | LT | RB | 9.0 | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | 9.0 |
| 496 | Will Anciaux |  | TE | 9.0 | 9.0 | - | - | - | 9.0 | - |