college football most punt return tds in a season

Ryan Switzer and Chad Owens are tied for the most punt-return touchdowns in a season, with 5 touchdowns.

	NAME	PR TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G
1	Ryan Switzer R. Switzer	5	2013	UNC	13	2	44	22.0	3.4	0	23	483	21.0	37.2
2	Chad Owens C. Owens	5	2004	HAW	13	2	45	22.5	3.5	0	36	531	14.8	40.8
3	Dante Pettis D. Pettis	4	2017	WASH	13						21	428	20.4	32.9
4	Cyrus Jones C. Jones	4	2015	ALA	15	1	24	24.0	1.6	0	42	530	12.6	35.3
5	Joe Adams J. Adams	4	2011	ARK	12						19	321	16.9	26.8
6	Cliff Harris C. Harris	4	2010	ORE	13	7	143	20.4	11.0	0	27	560	20.7	43.1
7	Desean Jackson D. Jackson	4	2006	CAL	13	2	38	19.0	2.9	0	25	455	18.2	35.0
8	Ted Ginn Jr. T. Ginn Jr.	4	2004	OSU	12	2	40	20.0	3.3	0	15	384	25.6	32.0
9	Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	4	2003	OKLA	14	8	112	14.0	8.0	0	53	642	12.1	45.9
10	Derek Abney D. Abney	4	2002	UK	12	30	804	26.8	67.0	2	36	544	15.1	45.3
11	Dejuan Groce D. Groce	4	2002	NEB	14						43	732	17.0	52.3
12	Steve Suter S. Suter	4	2002	MD	14	22	546	24.8	39.0	0	56	771	13.8	55.1
13	Santana Moss S. Moss	4	2000	MIA	11						36	655	18.2	59.5
14	David Allen D. Allen	4	1998	KSU	12	2	53	26.5	4.4	0	33	729	22.1	60.8
15	Quinton Spotwood Q. Spotwood	4	1997	SYR	12						31	463	14.9	38.6
16	Tinker Keck T. Keck	4	1997	CIN	11						38	577	15.2	52.5
17	James Henry J. Henry	4	1987	USM	11	1	23	23.0	2.1	0	41	556	13.6	50.5
18	Kaden Wetjen K. Wetjen	3	2025	IOWA	13	16	476	29.8	36.6	1	21	563	26.8	43.3
19	Vicari Swain V. Swain	3	2025	SC	12	0	0		0.0	0	19	302	15.9	25.2
20	Christian Kirk C. Kirk	3	2016	TAMU	13	6	173	28.8	13.3	0	13	282	21.7	21.7
21	Kaelin Clay K. Clay	3	2014	UTAH	13	22	548	24.9	42.2	1	23	346	15.0	26.6
22	De'Mornay Pierson-El D. Pierson-El	3	2014	NEB	13	11	147	13.4	11.3	0	34	596	17.5	45.8
23	Marcus Murphy M. Murphy	3	2012	MIZ	12	19	458	24.1	38.2	1	27	374	13.9	31.2
24	LaVon Brazill L. Brazill	3	2009	OHIO	13						26	350	13.5	26.9
25	Javier Arenas J. Arenas	3	2008	ALA	14	26	614	23.6	43.9	0	41	650	15.9	46.4

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More North Carolina Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

611

Edwards

RUSH

215

Hall

REC

183

Thurman

Team Rankings

PPG

23.3

109th

OPP PPG

13.7

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

155.0

90th

PASS YDS/G

211.0

103rd

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	California	1-1	2-2
11	Stanford	1-2	2-2
12	North Carolina	0-1	2-1
13	Boston College	0-1	2-2
14	Florida State	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UNC	@	PITT	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	UNC	@	DUKE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SYR	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MIA	@	UNC	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Carolina

2 - 1

Final

Clemson

2 - 1

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250