most combined return touchdowns by a player in a single season

Morgan Burns, Cliff Harris and Devin Hester are tied for the most touchdown returns in a season, with 5 touchdown returns.

	NAME	RET TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Morgan Burns M. Burns	5	2015	KSU	12	34	1,138	33.5	94.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Cliff Harris C. Harris	5	2010	ORE	13	7	143	20.4	11.0	0	27	560	20.7	43.1	4
3	Devin Hester D. Hester	5	2004	MIA	12	15	389	25.9	32.4	1	19	326	17.2	27.2	3
4	Kaden Wetjen K. Wetjen	4	2025	IOWA	13	16	476	29.8	36.6	1	21	563	26.8	43.3	3
5	Marcus Jones M. Jones	4	2021	HOU	14	19	602	31.7	43.0	2	27	388	14.4	27.7	2
6	Curtis Bolton C. Bolton	4	2018	OKLA	13	0	0		0.0	0	0	9		0.7	2
7	Jackson Abresch J. Abresch	4	2017	NIU	10	0	0		0.0	0	0	13		1.3	2
8	Marcus Green M. Green	4	2017	ULM	12	27	876	32.4	73.0	4	13	101	7.8	8.4	0
9	Mike Hughes M. Hughes	4	2017	UCF	13	20	635	31.8	48.8	2	14	233	16.6	17.9	1
10	Darius Phillips D. Phillips	4	2017	WMU	12	26	683	26.3	56.9	2	13	104	8.0	8.7	0
11	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	4	2017	MEM	13	22	881	40.0	67.8	4	1	2	2.0	0.2	0
12	Adoree' Jackson A. Jackson	4	2016	USC	13	26	767	29.5	59.0	2	20	315	15.8	24.2	2
13	Bryson Abraham B. Abraham	4	2015	LT	12	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Evan Berry E. Berry	4	2015	TENN	12	21	804	38.3	67.0	3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Cyrus Jones C. Jones	4	2015	ALA	15	1	24	24.0	1.6	0	42	530	12.6	35.3	4
16	Kaelin Clay K. Clay	4	2014	UTAH	13	22	548	24.9	42.2	1	23	346	15.0	26.6	3
17	William Likely W. Likely	4	2014	MD	13	16	496	31.0	38.2	1	20	225	11.3	17.3	1
18	Javier Arenas J. Arenas	4	2008	ALA	14	26	614	23.6	43.9	0	41	650	15.9	46.4	3
19	Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	4	2005	ND	12	1	-10	-10.0	-0.8	0	27	379	14.0	31.6	2
20	Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	4	2003	OKLA	14	8	112	14.0	8.0	0	53	642	12.1	45.9	4
21	Darrent Williams D. Williams	4	2003	OKST	10	4	83	20.8	8.3	0	13	233	17.9	23.3	2
22	Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	4	2002	OKLA	14	12	207	17.3	14.8	0	43	647	15.0	46.2	3
23	Vicari Swain V. Swain	3	2025	SC	12	0	0		0.0	0	19	302	15.9	25.2	3
24	Rasheem Biles R. Biles	3	2025	PITT	10	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Ramon Puryear R. Puryear	3	2024	LOU	13	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,385

Johnson

RUSH

911

Jackson

REC

712

Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

29.4

58th

OPP PPG

26.7

88th

RUSH YDS/G

171.3

57th

PASS YDS/G

198.8

119th

2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Arizona State	6-3	8-5
7	Iowa State	5-4	8-4
8	Kansas State	5-4	6-6
9	TCU	5-4	9-4
10	Cincinnati	5-4	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	NICH	@	KSU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/12	WSU	@	KSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	TULN	@	KSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	KSU	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	HOU	@	KSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Colorado

3 - 9

Final

Kansas State

6 - 6

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

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Sack Leaders

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46.0

45.0

43.0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167