most kick return yards in a season ncaa history

Isaiah Burse has the most kick-return yards in a season, with 1,606 yards in 2011.

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most kick return yards by a player in a season ncaa history

	NAME	KR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Isaiah Burse I. Burse	1,606	2011	FRES	13	75	21.4	123.5	0
2	Kerwynn Williams K. Williams	1,444	2010	USU	12	53	27.2	120.3	1	4	37	9.3	3.1	0
3	Taveon Rogers T. Rogers	1,410	2010	NMSU	12	52	27.1	117.5	0
4	Damaris Johnson D. Johnson	1,382	2008	TLSA	14	54	25.6	98.7	1	6	23	3.8	1.6	0
5	Taveon Rogers T. Rogers	1,318	2011	NMSU	12	51	25.8	109.8	3
6	Torrey Smith T. Smith	1,309	2009	MD	12	51	25.7	109.1	2
7	Alan Lamar A. Lamar	1,307	2021	ARST	12	54	24.2	108.9	2
8	Rob Kelley R. Kelley	1,305	2011	TULN	13	64	20.4	100.4	0
9	Carlos Wiggins C. Wiggins	1,303	2013	UNM	12	44	29.6	108.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
10	Max Suter M. Suter	1,299	2007	SYR	12	51	25.5	108.3	1
11	Michael Grandberry M. Grandberry	1,286	2007	MEM	13	59	21.8	98.9	0
12	Mardy Gilyard M. Gilyard	1,281	2009	CIN	13	42	30.5	98.5	2	16	202	12.6	15.5	1
13	Josh Smith J. Smith	1,276	2008	COLO	12	50	25.5	106.3	1	28	292	10.4	24.3	0
14	Kevin Robinson K. Robinson	1,260	2007	USU	12	43	29.3	105.0	3	20	378	18.9	31.5	1
15	Scott Wesley S. Wesley	1,248	2004	ARMY	11	54	23.1	113.5	1	3	20	6.7	1.8	0
16	William White W. White	1,239	2002	ARMY	11	55	22.5	112.6	0	1	10	10.0	0.9	0
17	Mike Edwards M. Edwards	1,215	2012	HAW	12	40	30.4	101.3	3
18	Deonce Whitaker D. Whitaker	1,214	1998	SJSU	12	51	23.8	101.2	0	2	19	9.5	1.6	0
19	Aregeros Turner A. Turner	1,207	2015	NIU	14	45	26.8	86.2	2
20	Victor Bolden V. Bolden	1,201	2013	ORST	13	57	21.1	92.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
21	Isaiah Rodgers I. Rodgers	1,195	2019	MASS	12	53	22.5	99.6	0	11	120	10.9	10.0	1
22	Tyron Carrier T. Carrier	1,174	2010	HOU	12	50	23.5	97.8	1
23	Cyrus Gray C. Gray	1,169	2008	TAMU	12	49	23.9	97.4	1
24	Chris Owusu C. Owusu	1,167	2009	STAN	13	37	31.5	89.8	3
25	Deante' Purvis D. Purvis	1,165	2009	UNLV	12	50	23.3	97.1	1

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3	San Diego State	6-2	9-4
4	Boise State	6-2	9-5
5	Fresno State	5-3	9-4
6	Hawaii	5-3	9-4
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4,379

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3,973

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Rec TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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PPG Rankings

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

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Rush Yards Rankings

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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