most kick return yards in a career in college football history

Troy Stoudermire has the most career kick-return yards, with 3,615 yards.

Interpreted as:
most kick return yards by a player in a career in college football history
NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Troy Stoudermire
T. Stoudermire
3,615
54
144
25.1
66.9
0
6
8
1.3
0.1
0
2Tyron Carrier
T. Carrier
3,517
53
141
24.9
66.4
7
15
150
10.0
2.8
0
3Damaris Johnson
D. Johnson
3,417
39
134
25.5
87.6
2
47
571
12.1
14.6
2
4Kerwynn Williams
K. Williams
3,408
49
135
25.2
69.6
1
11
135
12.3
2.8
0
5CJ Sanders
CJ Sanders
3,166
54
127
24.9
58.6
5
40
323
8.1
6.0
1
6T.J. Graham
T.J. Graham
3,153
46
137
23.0
68.5
2
66
628
9.5
13.7
2
7Darius Phillips
D. Phillips
3,145
51
129
24.4
61.7
5
32
327
10.2
6.4
1
8Brandon West
B. West
3,118
49
127
24.6
63.6
1
3
17
5.7
0.3
0
9Joe Reed
J. Reed
3,042
47
106
28.7
64.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
10Brelan Chancellor
B. Chancellor
3,027
41
125
24.2
73.8
3
45
434
9.6
10.6
1
11David Gilreath
D. Gilreath
3,008
50
134
22.4
60.2
1
74
738
10.0
14.8
1
12Torrey Smith
T. Smith
2,983
38
123
24.3
78.5
3
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
13Velus Jones Jr.
V. Jones Jr.
2,973
59
122
24.4
50.4
2
18
272
15.1
4.6
0
14Autrey Golden
A. Golden
2,955
48
118
25.0
61.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
15Jessie Henderson
J. Henderson
2,945
39
122
24.1
75.5
2
16Savon Scarver
S. Scarver
2,935
56
107
27.4
52.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
17Jeff Liggon
J. Liggon
2,922
45
123
23.8
64.9
1
18Janarion Grant
J. Grant
2,872
49
118
24.3
58.6
5
52
587
11.3
12.0
3
19T.Y. Hilton
T.Y. Hilton
2,855
50
105
27.2
57.1
4
49
614
12.5
12.3
2
20Isaiah Burse
I. Burse
2,835
50
126
22.5
56.7
0
23
331
14.4
6.6
2
21Perrish Cox
P. Cox
2,804
49
117
24.0
57.2
4
60
694
11.6
14.2
2
22Will Blackmon
W. Blackmon
2,803
46
114
24.6
60.9
1
50
506
10.1
11.0
1
23Brandon James
B. James
2,796
52
115
24.3
53.8
1
118
1,383
11.7
26.6
4
24Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
2,784
50
119
23.4
55.7
3
25Darryl Surgent
D. Surgent
2,776
46
131
21.2
60.3
2
54
496
9.2
10.8
2
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1977 season.

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