highest average return yards in a season college football

Kevin Robinson has gained the most return yards in a season, with 1,638 yards in 2007.

Interpreted as:
highest average return return yards by a player in a season college football
NAMERET YDSRET AVGSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Kevin Robinson
K. Robinson
1,638
26.0
2007
USU USU
12
43
1,260
29.3
105.0
3
20
378
18.9
31.5
1
2Josh Smith
J. Smith
1,568
20.1
2008
COLO COLO
12
50
1,276
25.5
106.3
1
28
292
10.4
24.3
0
3Mardy Gilyard
M. Gilyard
1,483
25.6
2009
CIN CIN
13
42
1,281
30.5
98.5
2
16
202
12.6
15.5
1
4Kerwynn Williams
K. Williams
1,481
26.0
2010
USU USU
12
53
1,444
27.2
120.3
1
4
37
9.3
3.1
0
5Damaris Johnson
D. Johnson
1,405
23.4
2008
TLSA TLSA
14
54
1,382
25.6
98.7
1
6
23
3.8
1.6
0
6Damaris Johnson
D. Johnson
1,387
21.7
2009
TLSA TLSA
12
46
1,131
24.6
94.3
0
18
256
14.2
21.3
1
7Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
1,350
23.3
2010
LSU LSU
13
32
932
29.1
71.7
0
26
418
16.1
32.2
2
8Derek Abney
D. Abney
1,348
20.4
2002
UK UK
12
30
804
26.8
67.0
2
36
544
15.1
45.3
4
9Jeremy Maclin
J. Maclin
1,346
19.8
2007
MIZ MIZ
14
43
1,039
24.2
74.2
1
25
307
12.3
21.9
2
10Terrence Austin
T. Austin
1,338
17.6
2009
UCLA UCLA
13
43
1,036
24.1
79.7
0
33
302
9.2
23.2
0
11David Gilreath
D. Gilreath
1,331
19.6
2007
WIS WIS
13
42
967
23.0
74.4
0
26
364
14.0
28.0
0
12Terrence Austin
T. Austin
1,328
19.2
2008
UCLA UCLA
12
46
1,109
24.1
92.4
0
23
219
9.5
18.3
0
13Steve Suter
S. Suter
1,317
16.9
2002
MD MD
14
22
546
24.8
39.0
0
56
771
13.8
55.1
4
14Isaiah Rodgers
I. Rodgers
1,315
20.5
2019
MASS MASS
12
53
1,195
22.5
99.6
0
11
120
10.9
10.0
1
15Carlos Wiggins
C. Wiggins
1,303
29.6
2013
UNM UNM
12
44
1,303
29.6
108.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Lionell Singleton
L. Singleton
1,301
21.7
2007
FIU FIU
12
48
1,119
23.3
93.3
1
12
182
15.2
15.2
1
17Michael Walker
M. Walker
1,294
21.6
2018
BC BC
12
40
1,020
25.5
85.0
0
20
274
13.7
22.8
1
18Brandon Banks
B. Banks
1,282
22.9
2009
KSU KSU
12
39
1,127
28.9
93.9
4
17
155
9.1
12.9
0
19Jeremy Maclin
J. Maclin
1,280
19.7
2008
MIZ MIZ
14
42
1,010
24.0
72.1
1
23
270
11.7
19.3
1
20Scott Wesley
S. Wesley
1,268
22.2
2004
ARMY ARMY
11
54
1,248
23.1
113.5
1
3
20
6.7
1.8
0
21Javier Arenas
J. Arenas
1,264
18.9
2008
ALA ALA
14
26
614
23.6
43.9
0
41
650
15.9
46.4
3
22Reggie Campbell
R. Campbell
1,255
24.6
2007
NAVY NAVY
13
40
1,098
27.5
84.5
2
11
157
14.3
12.1
0
23Donta Greene
D. Greene
1,252
18.7
2002
TOL TOL
14
36
809
22.5
57.8
0
31
443
14.3
31.6
1
24William White
W. White
1,249
22.3
2002
ARMY ARMY
11
55
1,239
22.5
112.6
0
1
10
10.0
0.9
0
25Brandon James
B. James
1,248
18.1
2008
FLA FLA
14
32
738
23.1
52.7
0
37
510
13.8
36.4
2

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CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

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Fri
11/7
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11/7
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11/7
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12/5
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JMU JMU
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Fri
12/5
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JVST JVST
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12/5
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TULN TULN
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12/5
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@
BSU BSU
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12/6
BYU BYU
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TTU TTU
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