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.

	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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Team Leaders

PASS

635

Brosterhous

RUSH

222

Brosterhous

REC

286

Wood

Team Rankings

PPG

13.0

164th

OPP PPG

22.0

69th

RUSH YDS/G

116.5

140th

PASS YDS/G

203.3

117th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Oregon State	0-0	2-2
5	Texas State	0-0	2-2
6	San Diego State	0-0	1-3
7	Utah State	0-0	1-3
8	Washington State	0-0	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	USU	@	BSU	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	WSU	@	USU	9:00 PM
Sat 10/24	USU	@	TXST	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	CSU	@	USU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	FRES	@	USU	9:30 PM

Last Game

Troy

2 - 2

Final

Utah State

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

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

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

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

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