college football most punt return yards in a season

Steve Suter has the most punt-return yards in a season, with 771 yards in 2002.

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	NAME	PR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Steve Suter S. Suter	771	2002	MD	14	22	546	24.8	39.0	0	56	13.8	55.1	4
2	Wes Welker W. Welker	752	2002	TTU	14	1	5	5.0	0.4	0	57	13.2	53.7	3
3	Dejuan Groce D. Groce	732	2002	NEB	14						43	17.0	52.3	4
4	David Allen D. Allen	729	1998	KSU	12	2	53	26.5	4.4	0	33	22.1	60.8	4
5	Santana Moss S. Moss	655	2000	MIA	11						36	18.2	59.5	4
6	Ryne Robinson R. Robinson	654	2003	M-OH	14						38	17.2	46.7	3
7	Javier Arenas J. Arenas	650	2008	ALA	14	26	614	23.6	43.9	0	41	15.9	46.4	3
8	Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	647	2002	OKLA	14	12	207	17.3	14.8	0	43	15.0	46.2	3
9	Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	642	2003	OKLA	14	8	112	14.0	8.0	0	53	12.1	45.9	4
10	Steve Breaston S. Breaston	619	2003	MICH	13	9	191	21.2	14.7	0	45	13.8	47.6	2
11	J.T. Thatcher	599	2000	OKLA	12	11	264	24.0	22.0	0	38	15.8	49.9	2
12	De'Mornay Pierson-El D. Pierson-El	596	2014	NEB	13	11	147	13.4	11.3	0	34	17.5	45.8	3
13	Terance Richardson T. Richardson	591	1999	OKST	11	1	60	60.0	5.5	0	40	14.8	53.7	1
14	Tinker Keck T. Keck	577	1997	CIN	11						38	15.2	52.5	4
15	Dante Hall D. Hall	573	1996	TA&M	12	14	324	23.1	27.0	0	43	13.3	47.8	1
16	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	573	1992	STAN	12	14	292	20.9	24.3	0	31	18.5	47.8	3
17	Shaky Smithson S. Smithson	572	2010	UTAH	13	21	507	24.1	39.0	0	30	19.1	44.0	2
18	Dexter Wynn D. Wynn	567	2002	CSU	14	22	490	22.3	35.0	0	35	16.2	40.5	1
19	Kaden Wetjen K. Wetjen	563	2025	IOWA	13	16	476	29.8	36.6	1	21	26.8	43.3	3
20	Jeremy Kerley J. Kerley	563	2009	TCU	13	18	479	26.6	36.8	0	39	14.4	43.3	2
21	Cliff Harris C. Harris	560	2010	ORE	13	7	143	20.4	11.0	0	27	20.7	43.1	4
22	Tony Logan T. Logan	560	2010	MD	12	2	46	23.0	3.8	0	31	18.1	46.7	2
23	Kevin Williams K. Williams	560	1991	MIA	11	10	185	18.5	16.8	0	36	15.6	50.9	3
24	Beno Bryant B. Bryant	560	1990	WASH	11	10	212	21.2	19.3	0	36	15.6	50.9	3
25	James Henry J. Henry	556	1987	USM	11	1	23	23.0	2.1	0	41	13.6	50.5	4

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More Maryland Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,034

Washington

RUSH

177

Howard

REC

312

Durr

Team Rankings

PPG

32.3

62nd

OPP PPG

25.8

100th

RUSH YDS/G

148.3

103rd

PASS YDS/G

283.0

29th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	Northwestern	0-1	2-1
14	Illinois	0-1	2-2
15	Maryland	0-1	2-2
16	Michigan State	0-1	2-2
17	Purdue	0-1	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MD	@	NEB	4:00 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	4:15 PM
Sat 10/17	RUTG	@	MD	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ILL	@	MD	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MD	@	PUR	1:00 PM

Last Game

UCLA

4 - 0

Final

Maryland

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

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

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

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	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
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