most kick return touchdowns in a career in college football history

5 players are tied for the most career kick-return touchdowns, with 7 touchdowns. The first three are Savon Scarver, Tony Pollard and Rashaad Penny.

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most kick return touchdowns by a player in a career in college football history

	NAME	KR TD	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Savon Scarver S. Scarver	7	56	107	2,935	27.4	52.4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	7	40	87	2,616	30.1	65.4	1	2	2.0	0.1	0
3	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	7	51	81	2,449	30.2	48.0	2	70	35.0	1.4	1
4	Tyron Carrier T. Carrier	7	53	141	3,517	24.9	66.4	15	150	10.0	2.8	0
5	C.J. Spiller	7	52	74	2,052	27.7	39.5	53	569	10.7	10.9	1
6	Barion Brown B. Brown	6	50	65	1,910	29.4	38.2	11	91	8.3	1.8	0
7	Marcus Jones M. Jones	6	45	77	2,167	28.1	48.2	63	895	14.2	19.9	3
8	Devon Edwards D. Edwards	6	40	72	2,010	27.9	50.3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Autrey Golden A. Golden	6	48	118	2,955	25.0	61.6	0	0		0.0	0
10	Justin Gilbert J. Gilbert	6	49	100	2,638	26.4	53.8	8	55	6.9	1.1	0
11	Quincy McDuffie Q. McDuffie	6	52	90	2,501	27.8	48.1
12	Ashlan Davis A. Davis	6	22	70	1,898	27.1	86.3	14	109	7.8	5.0	1
13	Jason Huntley J. Huntley	5	46	59	1,521	25.8	33.1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Joe Reed J. Reed	5	47	106	3,042	28.7	64.7	0	0		0.0	0
15	CJ Sanders	5	54	127	3,166	24.9	58.6	40	323	8.1	6.0	1
16	Darius Phillips D. Phillips	5	51	129	3,145	24.4	61.7	32	327	10.2	6.4	1
17	Janarion Grant J. Grant	5	49	118	2,872	24.3	58.6	52	587	11.3	12.0	3
18	Morgan Burns M. Burns	5	34	51	1,572	30.8	46.2	0	0		0.0	0
19	Carlos Wiggins C. Wiggins	5	44	89	2,481	27.9	56.4	10	58	5.8	1.3	0
20	J.J. Nelson	5	41	76	1,931	25.4	47.1	35	375	10.7	9.1	1
21	Reggie Dunn R. Dunn	5	34	48	1,482	30.9	43.6
22	Brandon Banks B. Banks	5	24	57	1,625	28.5	67.7	22	213	9.7	8.9	0
23	Raghib Ismail R. Ismail	5	34	46	1,271	27.6	37.4	25	336	13.4	9.9	1
24	Jayden Harrison J. Harrison	4	63	72	1,841	25.6	29.2	0	0		0.0	0
25	Aron Cruickshank A. Cruickshank	4	55	107	2,564	24.0	46.6	21	210	10.0	3.8	1

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

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1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
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1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

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1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

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1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
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11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
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1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
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11	Clemson	1	1	.500
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15	NC State	1	1	.500
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17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

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

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1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

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1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

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1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333