iowa state punt return yards leaders every year

James McMillion has the most punt-return yards for Iowa State in a season, with 435 yards in 1992.

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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	James McMillion J. McMillion	435	1992	ISU	9						23	18.9	48.3	3
2	Todd Miller T. Miller	363	2002	ISU	14	6	102	17.0	7.3	0	37	9.8	25.9	2
3	Jeff Dole J. Dole	287	1986	ISU	11	21	416	19.8	37.8	0	33	8.7	26.1	0
4	James McMillion J. McMillion	251	1991	ISU	11	3	36	12.0	3.3	0	17	14.8	22.8	0
5	Tom Buck T. Buck	240	1977	ISU	11	7	98	14.0	8.9	0	41	5.9	21.8	1
6	J.J. Moses	226	2000	ISU	11	13	278	21.4	25.3	0	20	11.3	20.5	0
7	Billy McCue B. McCue	217	1984	ISU	11						27	8.0	19.7	0
8	Allen Lazard A. Lazard	214	2015	ISU	11	0	0		0.0	0	11	19.5	19.5	0
9	Aiden Flora A. Flora	209	2025	ISU	10	8	171	21.4	17.1	0	8	26.1	20.9	1
10	Ryan Baum R. Baum	208	2006	ISU	11						13	16.0	18.9	1
11	Jaylin Noel J. Noel	199	2024	ISU	14	3	53	17.7	3.8	0	13	15.3	14.2	0
12	Todd Miller T. Miller	199	2004	ISU	12						27	7.4	16.6	0
13	Trever Ryen T. Ryen	198	2016	ISU	11						12	16.5	18.0	0
14	Trever Ryen T. Ryen	181	2017	ISU	13	1	28	28.0	2.2	0	18	10.1	13.9	1
15	Michael Wade M. Wade	171	1981	ISU	11	19	369	19.4	33.5	0	17	10.1	15.5	0
16	Trever Ryen T. Ryen	169	2015	ISU	12	16	286	17.9	23.8	0	11	15.4	14.1	1
17	Todd Miller T. Miller	167	2003	ISU	10						24	7.0	16.7	0
18	Michael Wagner M. Wagner	160	2001	ISU	11	6	106	17.7	9.6	0	15	10.7	14.5	0
19	James McMillion J. McMillion	157	1993	ISU	11	6	103	17.2	9.4	0	13	12.1	14.3	0
20	Tarique Milton T. Milton	152	2018	ISU	13	0	0		0.0	0	12	12.7	11.7	0
21	Milon Pitts M. Pitts	147	1985	ISU	11						22	6.7	13.4	0
22	Josh Lenz J. Lenz	146	2010	ISU	11	6	125	20.8	11.4	0	13	11.2	13.3	1
23	J.J. Moses	146	1999	ISU	11	21	480	22.9	43.6	0	21	7.0	13.3	0
24	Jarvis West J. West	143	2013	ISU	8	5	170	34.0	21.3	1	11	13.0	17.9	0
25	Aiden Flora A. Flora	125	2026	ISU	6	0	0		0.0	0	7	17.9	20.8	1

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More Iowa State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,001

Raynor

RUSH

680

Flora

REC

212

Overby

Team Rankings

PPG

29.7

68th

OPP PPG

21.7

56th

RUSH YDS/G

181.5

54th

PASS YDS/G

178.2

143rd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Kansas State	1-2	4-2
11	Arizona State	1-2	3-3
12	Iowa State	1-2	3-3
13	TCU	1-2	3-3
14	West Virginia	1-3	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	ISU	@	ARIZ	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	OKST	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ISU	@	BAY	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CIN	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/20	ISU	@	UCF	6:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa State

3 - 3

Final

BYU

5 - 0

Fri 9 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

784

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

25.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	2	.667
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	3	3	.500