most punt return touchdowns in a career in college football history

Dante Pettis has the most career punt-return touchdowns, with 9 touchdowns.

NAMEPR TDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/G
1Dante Pettis
D. Pettis
9
53
0
0
0.0
0
90
1,274
14.2
24.0
2Antonio Perkins
A. Perkins
8
39
20
319
16.0
8.2
0
113
1,445
12.8
37.1
3Wes Welker
W. Welker
8
49
21
341
16.2
7.0
0
152
1,761
11.6
35.9
4Ryan Switzer
R. Switzer
7
53
5
69
13.8
1.3
0
98
1,063
10.8
20.1
5Javier Arenas
J. Arenas
7
52
90
2,166
24.1
41.7
0
123
1,755
14.3
33.8
6Leodis McKelvin
L. McKelvin
7
45
99
2,346
23.7
52.1
1
112
1,471
13.1
32.7
7Ryne Robinson
R. Robinson
7
50
8
135
16.9
2.7
0
121
1,677
13.9
33.5
8David Allen
D. Allen
7
40
10
269
26.9
6.7
0
103
1,645
16.0
41.1
9Avery Williams
A. Williams
6
48
39
1,076
27.6
22.4
3
87
948
10.9
19.8
10Christian Kirk
C. Kirk
6
39
48
1,048
21.8
26.9
1
37
814
22.0
20.9
11JoJo Natson
J. Natson
6
47
6
63
10.5
1.3
0
72
904
12.6
19.2
12Desean Jackson
D. Jackson
6
34
2
38
19.0
1.1
0
38
633
16.7
18.6
13Ted Ginn Jr.
T. Ginn Jr.
6
37
38
1,012
26.6
27.4
2
64
900
14.1
24.3
14Chad Owens
C. Owens
6
43
46
1,354
29.4
31.5
2
85
1,014
11.9
23.6
15Steve Suter
S. Suter
6
36
52
1,259
24.2
35.0
0
121
1,271
10.5
35.3
16Derek Abney
D. Abney
6
45
95
2,315
24.4
51.4
2
88
1,042
11.8
23.2
17Santana Moss
S. Moss
6
42
16
375
23.4
8.9
0
77
1,196
15.5
28.5
18James Henry
J. Henry
6
30
23
439
19.1
14.6
0
64
865
13.5
28.8
19Vicari Swain
V. Swain
5
30
0
0
0.0
0
25
454
18.2
15.1
20Derius Davis
D. Davis
5
55
52
1,145
22.0
20.8
1
44
658
15.0
12.0
21Isaiah McKenzie
I. McKenzie
5
34
17
375
22.1
11.0
1
60
696
11.6
20.5
22Joe Adams
J. Adams
5
46
7
124
17.7
2.7
0
36
570
15.8
12.4
23Clifton Smith
C. Smith
5
27
10
182
18.2
6.7
0
47
782
16.6
29.0
24Deangelo Hall
D. Hall
5
25
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
56
839
15.0
33.6
25Dejuan Groce
D. Groce
5
38
78
1,218
15.6
32.1
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12
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10/16
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16

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330

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576.5

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573.5

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376.0

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358.0

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10.0

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Auburn Auburn
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Florida Florida
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1.000
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Georgia Georgia
2
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7
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1.000
8
Ole Miss Ole Miss
2
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1.000
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2
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1.000
10
Tennessee Tennessee
2
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11
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1.000
12
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2
0
1.000
13
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
2
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1.000
14
Arkansas Arkansas
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15
Oklahoma Oklahoma
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16
Kentucky Kentucky
1
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0
1.000
2
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3
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1.000
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5
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1
1
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6
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7
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8
Louisiana Louisiana
1
1
.500
9
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1
1
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10
Marshall Marshall
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1
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11
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1
1
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12
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1
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13
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14
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0
1.000
2
Cincinnati Cincinnati
2
0
1.000
3
Colorado Colorado
2
0
1.000
4
Houston Houston
2
0
1.000
5
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2
0
1.000
6
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2
0
1.000
7
Utah Utah
2
0
1.000
8
West Virginia West Virginia
2
0
1.000
9
Arizona State Arizona State
1
1
.500
10
Baylor Baylor
1
1
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11
Iowa State Iowa State
1
1
.500
12
Kansas Kansas
1
1
.500
13
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
1
1
.500
14
TCU TCU
1
1
.500
15
UCF UCF
1
1
.500
16
Arizona Arizona
1
1
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
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1.000
2
Boise State Boise State
1
1
.500
3
Fresno State Fresno State
1
1
.500
4
San Diego State San Diego State
1
1
.500
5
Oregon State Oregon State
0
2
.000
6
Texas State Texas State
0
2
.000
7
Utah State Utah State
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2
.000
8
Washington State Washington State
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2
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1.000
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.500
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Ball State Ball State
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1
.500
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Buffalo Buffalo
1
1
.500
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Central Michigan Central Michigan
1
1
.500
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Kent State Kent State
1
1
.500
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
1
.500
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Ohio Ohio
1
1
.500
10
Toledo Toledo
1
1
.500
11
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1
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Bowling Green Bowling Green
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2
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13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
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2
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Miami Miami
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1.000
2
SMU SMU
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1.000
3
Virginia Virginia
2
0
1.000
4
California California
1
1
.500
5
Duke Duke
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1.000
6
North Carolina North Carolina
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1.000
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
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0
1.000
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
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0
1.000
9
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
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1
.500
11
Clemson Clemson
1
1
.500
12
Louisville Louisville
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1
.500
13
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
0
2
.000
14
Florida State Florida State
1
1
.500
15
NC State NC State
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1
.500
16
Stanford Stanford
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1
.500
17
Syracuse Syracuse
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1
.500
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Notre Dame Notre Dame
2
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
1
1
.500
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1
South Florida South Florida
2
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
1
1
.500
3
Tulsa Tulsa
2
0
1.000
4
UTSA UTSA
2
0
1.000
5
Memphis Memphis
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1
.667
6
North Texas North Texas
1
1
.500
7
Rice Rice
1
1
.500
8
Temple Temple
1
1
.500
9
Tulane Tulane
1
1
.500
10
UAB UAB
1
1
.500
11
Charlotte Charlotte
0
2
.000
12
East Carolina East Carolina
0
2
.000
13
Army Army
1
1
.500
14
Navy Navy
1
1
.500
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1
USC USC
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0
1.000
2
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2
0
1.000
3
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0
1.000
4
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2
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
2
0
1.000
6
Michigan State Michigan State
2
0
1.000
7
Nebraska Nebraska
2
0
1.000
8
Penn State Penn State
2
0
1.000
9
UCLA UCLA
2
0
1.000
10
Washington Washington
2
0
1.000
11
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1
0
1.000
12
Illinois Illinois
1
1
.500
13
Minnesota Minnesota
1
1
.500
14
Ohio State Ohio State
1
1
.500
15
Oregon Oregon
1
1
.500
16
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1
1
.500
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
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1
.500
18
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1
1
.500
2
Florida International Florida International
1
1
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3
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1
1
.500
4
Liberty Liberty
1
1
.500
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
1
1
.500
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
1
.500
7
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
0
2
.000
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
2
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
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North Dakota State North Dakota State
3
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
0
1.000
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
1
.667
5
Nevada Nevada
1
1
.500
6
UTEP UTEP
1
1
.500
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
1
.500
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
2
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
8/29
UNC UNC
@
TCU TCU
15-10
Sat
8/29
SJSU SJSU
@
USC USC
26-42
Sat
8/29
NCST NCST
@
UVA UVA
8-34
Sat
8/29
JVST JVST
@
NDSU NDSU
7-33
Sat
8/29
SAC SAC
@
EMU EMU
17-28

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/17
SYR SYR
@
PITT PITT
7:30 PM
Fri
9/18
MIA MIA
@
WAKE WAKE
7:30 PM
Fri
9/18
HOU HOU
@
TTU TTU
8:00 PM
Fri
9/18
PRST PRST
@
ORE ORE
10:30 PM
Sat
9/19
CCAR CCAR
@
DEL DEL
11:30 AM