Since 2010, CJ Sanders has scored the most kick-return yards, with 3,166 yards.

Interpreted as:

most kick return yards by a player since 2010

	NAME	KR YDS	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	CJ Sanders	3,166	54	127	24.9	58.6	5	40	323	8.1	6.0	1
2	Darius Phillips D. Phillips	3,145	51	129	24.4	61.7	5	32	327	10.2	6.4	1
3	Joe Reed J. Reed	3,042	47	106	28.7	64.7	5	0	0		0.0	0
4	Brelan Chancellor B. Chancellor	3,027	41	125	24.2	73.8	3	45	434	9.6	10.6	1
5	Velus Jones Jr. V. Jones Jr.	2,973	59	122	24.4	50.4	2	18	272	15.1	4.6	0
6	Autrey Golden A. Golden	2,955	48	118	25.0	61.6	6	0	0		0.0	0
7	Savon Scarver S. Scarver	2,935	56	107	27.4	52.4	7	0	0		0.0	0
8	Janarion Grant J. Grant	2,872	49	118	24.3	58.6	5	52	587	11.3	12.0	3
9	Isaiah Burse I. Burse	2,835	50	126	22.5	56.7	0	23	331	14.4	6.6	2
10	Darryl Surgent D. Surgent	2,776	46	131	21.2	60.3	2	54	496	9.2	10.8	2
11	Kylen Towner K. Towner	2,758	50	100	27.6	55.2	3	23	220	9.6	4.4	1
12	Taveon Rogers T. Rogers	2,728	24	103	26.5	113.7	3
13	Tyler Allen T. Allen	2,663	38	131	20.3	70.1	1	3	-5	-1.7	-0.1	0
14	Michael Walker M. Walker	2,656	48	106	25.1	55.3	0	48	636	13.3	13.3	1
15	Justin Gilbert J. Gilbert	2,638	49	100	26.4	53.8	6	8	55	6.9	1.1	0
16	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	2,616	40	87	30.1	65.4	7	1	2	2.0	0.1	0
17	Hassan Hall H. Hall	2,581	54	104	24.8	47.8	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
18	Aron Cruickshank A. Cruickshank	2,564	55	107	24.0	46.6	4	21	210	10.0	3.8	1
19	Darrius Sims D. Sims	2,558	45	108	23.7	56.8	2	9	28	3.1	0.6	0
20	Deandre Reaves D. Reaves	2,538	48	92	27.6	52.9	3	20	255	12.8	5.3	1
21	Aregeros Turner A. Turner	2,531	50	102	24.8	50.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
22	Maurice Thomas M. Thomas	2,525	48	114	22.1	52.6	1	19	239	12.6	5.0	0
23	Carlos Wiggins C. Wiggins	2,481	44	89	27.9	56.4	5	10	58	5.8	1.3	0
24	Ty Montgomery T. Montgomery	2,480	46	90	27.6	53.9	3	13	239	18.4	5.2	2
25	Kene Nwangwu K. Nwangwu	2,470	50	92	26.8	49.4	1	0	0		0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,741

Carr

RUSH

1,372

Love

REC

640

Faison

Team Rankings

PPG

42.0

4th

OPP PPG

17.6

13th

RUSH YDS/G

203.4

17th

PASS YDS/G

255.1

47th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/6	WIS	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	RICE	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	MSU	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	ND	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	1:00 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

10 - 2

Final

Stanford

4 - 8

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

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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